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Tag Archives: 2010
The Tubes – Re Styles, Then & Now
From the very beginning of The Tubes, I was always taken with the vocal and performance style of band member Re Styles – born Shirley Marie MacLeod (certainly being a teenage boy at the time didn’t hurt my infatuation very … Continue reading
Le Concert Impromptu plays Zappa
The wind quintet Le Concert Impromptu perform Frank Zappa compositions “King Kong” (above) and “Peaches en Regalia” (below) in these extracts from Jean-François Zygel‘s series ‘The Music Box’ with additional guest Didier Lockwood. The theme is on “Bach to the … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, FZcovers, YouTubery
Tagged 2010, Bach to the Future, france, Le Concert Impromptu, The Music Box
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ZAPPATiKA! – Strictly Frankly
Everyone knows I’m always game for fresh new covers of Frank Zappa music, no matter the source, so when Zap Mcinnes of ZAPPATiKA! sent KUR an edited mix (ready for streaming) as a sort of belated Xmas present of their … Continue reading
Posted in FZcovers, Miscellany, Music
Tagged 2010, holland, Leiden, QBUS Concert Hall, Strictly Frankly, The Netherlands, The Ultimate Rock Party, Zap Mcinnes, ZAPPATiKA!
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Yugen & Rock In Opposition
For as long as I have been a music listener, it has very often perplexed me that the music, and the artists, with which I listened to on an increasingly regular basis, and increasingly over the years and decades – … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Official Releases, Personal, YouTubery
Tagged 2010, Italy, rock in opposition, streaming audio, yugen
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George Duke Band plays Zappa
For as long as I’ve been a fan of Frank Zappa‘s music, I’ve also been a fan of the music of George Duke. Indeed, both musicians have taken me on musical trips I could never have imagined going on.
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2010, Frank Zappa, george duke, germany, Jazz Club Minden, the george duke band
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FZ’s Them or Us – Rereleased, 2010/12/1
In 1984 Frank Zappa self-published Them or Us, created with a dot matrix printer. A new facsimile edition – published by Pinter & Martin Ltd of the United Kingdom (which means they can only ship this book to the UK … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Official Releases, Zappa Family Trust
Tagged 1984, 2010, facsimile edition, Frank Zappa, Pinter & Martin Ltd, rerelease, Them or Us
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Sore TappaZ Plays Zappa – Amsterdam Blue Note, June 2010
Based in Leverkusen, Amsterdam – band leader and vocalist Christopher Klassen‘s home town – Sore TappaZ plays Klassen‘s original compositions as well as and the music of Frank Zappa.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2010, Amsterdam, Amsterdam Blue Note, Christopher Klassen, Sore TappaZ, zappa covers
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Ensemble Modern on BBC Radio 3
Our good friend Xorg, a KUR regular and frequent mixer of the sardonic lipids, informs us that BBC Radio 3 is currently broadcasting (probably for only a few more days) via the BBC iPlayer – the Ensemble Modern performing Arnold … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music
Tagged 1912, 2010, Arnold Schoenberg, bbc radio 3, ensemble modern, Pierrot Lunaire, Sounds New Festival, Sprechgesang
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Arthur Jarvinen – In Memoriam (1956-2010)
Arthur Jarvinen, musician, composer, founder of the California E.A.R. Unit, and music copyist for the late Frank Zappa, himself passed away on October 4th, 2010.
Posted in Frank Zappa, In The News, Miscellany, Music
Tagged 2010, Arthur Jarvinen, david ocker, Frank Zappa, Kyle Gann, music copyist, While You Were Art
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In the Beginning…
In the beginning there was a word, and the word was secret, and the secret word was…Mudshark! And for fifty years the Mudshark ruled supremely as the only secret word on the planet Earth, but one day the Mudshark became … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Music, Personal
Tagged 2010, ike willis, Zappanale 21, ZAPPATiKA!
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