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Tag Archives: Frank Zappa
Zappa & Beefheart – The Torture Never Stops (Bongo Fury Tour 1975)
In his 1975 Bongo Fury Tour with Frank Zappa‘s band, Captain Beefheart delivers his blues-infused vocals in what I feel is the quintessential version of “The Torture Never Stops” (part one, above; part two, below). I’ve heard other vocalists sing … Continue reading
Son of Tweezer Glint – Part Two
Just when you thought KUR mixtapes couldn’t get any better. Monster solos. Interviews. Alternate versions. Cover versions. Proto versions. Live versions. Unreleased material. I bring you “Son of Tweezer Glint – Part Two“. Savour this one slowly, it’ll be up … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Interview, Music
Tagged alternate versions, covers, eric bogosian, Frank Zappa, live versions, mixtape, solos, streaming audio, unreleased
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Son of Tweezer Glint – Part 1B
Welcome fellow KUR-meisters to the second installment of the “Son of Tweezer Glint – Part 1B.” In this installment, we hear unique versions of Mothers of Invention songs, the singles, as well as early edits of songs which would see … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Music
Tagged 45 versions, acetates, extended versions, Frank Zappa, mixtape, mothers of invention, proto versions, streaming audio
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Zappa & Beefheart, Radio KWST, 1975
To promote the only album they ever made together – Bongo Fury – Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa put together a promotional documentary of their musical lives and times. It contained some obscure material, early collaborations, demos, proto and live … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Interview, Music, Official Releases, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged 1975, Captain Beefheart, demos, Frank Zappa, kwst, rarities
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Holiday In Berlin, 1970
Another appealing aspect of Frank Zappa’s music was his ability to self mythologize what occurred in his life into his music. This is seen quite a lot in literature, but rarely in music (which, I might add, is part of … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1970, conceptual continuity, fillmore east, fillmore west, Frank Zappa, holiday in berlin, self-mythology
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Frank Zappa and Charles Bukowski
Kuiper en Berbée perform Charles Bukowski‘s poem “The Machinery of Loss” at the Leiden Poetry Festival on June 7th, 2009, accompanied by a medley of music by Frank Zappa, performed by Renk Jan Vissers (violin) and Ton Schijvens (drums and … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, In The News, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2009, Charles Bukowski, Frank Zappa, Leiden, medley, poetry, violin
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Don “Sugarcane” Harris & Dewey Terry
Beginning his career as the guitar playing half of the 1950s rock duo, Don & Dewey, Don “Sugarcane” Harris, put down the guitar and picked up the violin after the lack of success for Don & Dewey. Recorded in 1962, … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1962, Alumni, don & dewey, Frank Zappa, rhythm and blues, sonny bono, violin
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Small Screen Zappa – 67/68
On September 16, 1967, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention made a brief 10 minute appearance on Fred Weintraub’s WOR-TV New York show “From The Bitter End”. They lip synched “Son Of Suzy Creamcheese” from Absolutely Free, then performed … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1967, 1968, bootleg sources, Frank Zappa, mothers of invention, rare videos, tv broadcast
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The Mothers of Invention – Conflicted Histories
As time has passed since the publication of The Real Frank Zappa Book, and more interviews of original band members have emerged whose individual recollections contradict was had been written (and often taken as factual history) — it further sheds … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, In Writing, Interview, Miscellany, Pop Cult
Tagged don preston, fiction/non-fiction, Frank Zappa, interviews, jim pons, jimmy carl black, The Real Frank Zappa Book
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