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Tag Archives: video
ZPZ & the Vault
But this vault belongs to Wolfgang, where you can watch 2 videos and an interview. Pretty good performances, but there’s a second meaning to me behind all this: Dweezil’s presence seems to “legalise” FZ’s materials on this homepage.
Who IS The REAL Frank Zappa, Anyway?
Sometimes I am quite delighted to discover a fan-made Frank Zappa video like the one posted above. It reinforces my belief that the future of FZ’s public image is in the right hands: creative, open-minded, technology embracing hands. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, Personal, Pop Cult, YouTubery, Zappa Family Trust, Zappanale
Tagged Alumni, Frank Zappa, video, zft
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Zappa at Montreux Prog Nights, 2009
Since 2006, the goal of Montreux Prog Nights has been to to promote progressive music in Switzerland, especially in Montreux, by organizing three or four events each year in various venues. In 2009, the band FiDOplaysZAPPA performed a Zappa Night … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2009, FiDOplaysZAPPA, Frank Zappa, Lazuli, live music, Montreux Prog Nights, tribute/cover bands, video, zappa covers
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Frank Zappa & the Mothers in Stockholm, 1973
One of my favorite performances by any Zappa ensemble is this particular performance by the early Roxy band (prior to the arrival of Napoleon Murphy Brock and Chester Thompson, and featuring Ian Underwood on woodwinds) at Soliden, Skansen, Stockholm, Sweden, … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Jean-Luc Ponty, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1973, Frank Zappa, mothers of invention, Oppåpoppa, Stockholm, Swedish TV, tv broadcast, video
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Zappanale 20 – Highlight: Sheik Yerbouti
Take one Zappa tribute band, Sheik Yerbouti, add three alumni from Zappa’s touring and recording bands – Napoleon Murphy Brock, Denny Walley, and Robert Martin – put them all together on the Zappanale 20 Main Stage, and the result is … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery, Zappanale
Tagged 2009, Denny Walley, live music, napoleon murphy brock, robert martin, Sheik Yerbouti, streaming audio, tribute band, video, zappa alumni, zappanale 20
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Zappanale 20 – Highlights
I’ve recently come across a couple of highlight videos from Zappanale 20. The first (above) is of Project Object featuring the son of the late Jimmy Carl Black, Geronimo Black performing “Cosmic Debris”. The second video (below) is The Grandmothers … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Music
Tagged 2009, geronimo black, project object, the grandmothers, video, zappa covers, zappanale 20
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Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band – Chorus TV, Paris, 1980
Recorded at the Theatre de L’Empire, in Montmartre, Paris, on November 7th, 1980, for the French TV program ‘Chorus’ – promoting their eleventh studio album, Doc at the Radar Station – Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band performed a 30 … Continue reading
Posted in Captain Beefheart, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1980, bootleg sources, Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, Chorus TV, video
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Zappa on School Beat, 1986
Frank Zappa debates and discusses rock censorship, the PMRC, the PTA code, the “non-binding nothingness” which the record companies and the then Washington Senator’s wives perpetrated on the American public with the assistance of the media) with Christian rock DJ, … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Politics, Pop Cult, Religion, Science, YouTubery
Tagged 1986, censorship, debate, panel, pmrc, pta, school beat, video, Zappa
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Jimmy’s Last Tour — Jimmy Carl Black & The Muffin Men
After stumbling across this 1993 promo video of Frank Zappa’s “Willie the Pimp” featuring Jimmy Carl Black and The Muffin Men (live with studio footage), I found the following Podcast on The Muffin Men homepage. The band reminisces about Jimmy’s … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged Alumni, audio, jimmy carl black, the muffin men, tribute/cover band, video
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