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Tag Archives: Interview
Frank Zappa as KPFA-FM Disc Jockey
Part 1: In 1968, Tom Donahue interviews Frank Zappa about his life and work, while Zappa spins some of his favorite music ranging from surf music, doo-wop, jazz, the blues, to the works of Pierre Boulez. The song selection is … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Interview, Miscellany, Music, Pop Cult
Tagged 1968, audio streaming, blues, disc jockey, doo-wop, internet archive, Interview, jazz, kpfa-fm, Zappa
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Frank Zappa Day on KPFA-FM
Part 1: On February 10, 1986, as part of it’s fund raising marathon, KPFA dedicated an entire day of programming to the music of Frank Zappa, including the four hour long segment available for audio streaming (part one above). Zappa … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Interview, Music
Tagged 1986, audio streaming, censorship, internet archive, Interview, kpfa-fm, police harassment, satanism, Zappa
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Conversations with Jimmy Carl Black
An exceptional interview with Jimmy Carl Black by Calvin Krogh recorded at the Grand Café in Oslo in January, 2007, as well as a second interview in another hotel in Oslo later that August – and broadcast on Krogh’s new … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Interview, Mike Keneally, Miscellany, Zappa Plays Zappa, Zappanale
Tagged 2007, calvin krogh, Captain Beefheart, Interview, jimmy carl black, Oslo
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Zappanale (Then & Now) — PGSOR All Stars feat. Denny Walley
Denny Walley, slide guitar player and childhood friend of Bobby and Frank Zappa, Don Van Vliet, and Jim Sherwood (Motorhead) was asked to tour with The Paul Green School of Rock (PGSOR) All Stars. As he says in the clip … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Interview, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery, Zappanale
Tagged Alumni, Denny Walley, Interview, PGSOR All Stars, video, zappanale 19
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Captain Beefheart — Revisited
A couple of my favorite Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band videos, “I’m Gonna Booglarize You Baby” (The Spotlight Kid/Clear Spot, 1972) and “Hard Working Man” (Dust Blows Forward – Anthology, 1999) — and a reminder to revisit Barry’s Monday, … Continue reading
Posted in Captain Beefheart, Interview, Music, YouTubery
Tagged bbc, Captain Beefheart, documentary, don van vliet, Interview, videos
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Frank Zappa — Composer & Guitarist
In the above clip, an audio interview circa 1984, Frank Zappa talks about soloing on the guitar, his attitudes toward live performances, and his relationship with his audience (listen closely at the 7:05 point for a relevant opinion of Frank’s … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Interview, YouTubery
Tagged Alumni, audio documentary, composer, Frank Zappa, guitarist, improvisation, Interview, jazz, solos
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Zappa Radio Interview, New York, 1978
Frank Zappa, on the air with Mark Simone, October 30th, 1978, at WPIX-FM, New York, just prior to one of his annual (and albeit, infamous) Palladium concerts. It’s quite easy to see why these Palladium concerts were of the must … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Interview, YouTubery
Tagged Frank Zappa, Interview, New York, palladium, radio
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Three FZ Alumni Interviews
During the same week in April, 1996, while in Los Angeles, California, Juha Rompannen recorded several private interviews with Frank Zappa alumni. On April 20th, Rompannen conducted his interview with Tommy Mars (first clip). Mars talks about his musical schooling, … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Interview, YouTubery
Tagged bobby martin, bruce fowler, fz alumni, Interview, Tommy Mars, video
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Some Articles on FZ
Found on the FZ In Hungary Page: – Great rock solos of our time (NME – 1970, maybe?…) – Songwriting: Frank Zappa (Guitar Magazine, 2001) The latter has some score-samples, too.
Zappa — The Lost Interview
Barry, our most kind and benevolent webmaster, posted this seven part interview in July, 2008. However, when I sought it out both here at KUR and on the web, I came head-on to many dead links. Seems as though certain … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Interview, Music, Politics, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged culture, documentary, Frank Zappa, Interview, Music, Politics, video
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