New Member

[leafs]

Hello there - new member

I've been into Zappa for about year and a half or so now but have only started to look into all this wealth of stuff on this inter-web. So anyone got any good sites and stuff for all sorts of information on Zappa.

I've got Lather, WOINFTM, Ahead of Their Time, Uncle Meat, Joe's Garage and Hot Rats. I guess that's sort of an introduction.

[Barry]

Welcome to KUR forums, Leafs!

Now, as for your current collection, you might want to add a couple of Z-releases which are generally considered to be landmarks:

- Roxy & Elsewhere
- Over-Nite Sensation
- One Size Fits All
- Apostrophe
- Zoot Allures
- Bongo Fury
- Sheik Yerbouti
- Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
- Them Or Us
- Broadway The Hard Way
- Make A Jazz Noise Here
- and onward...

[leafs]

Hey thanks, I've been meaning to get One Size Fits All for a while now, but it's a real hassle getting some of Zappa's stuff here. I've had to import Uncle Meat and We're Only in it For the Money.
I generally like all of Zappa's things but it's taking me a bit of getting used to the Shiek Yerbouti and onwards stuff. I don't know, the real synthesized instruments and even-more-sex-oriented lyrics kinda put me off. I've heard some of Civilization Phaze III though and it seems really good. I've never heard anything like it.

[Chris]

Hi, Leafs! (Interesting nickname...you like birches, I assume?) Welcome to the forum. Don't let the sexual lyrics put you off -- remember that words are harmless, and Frank merely reported actual events, leaving the listener to decide for himself what it is about our society that causes aberrations, rather than taking some moral standpoint about it himself.

[leafs]

Hey I have no problem with the content of the lyrics - it's just a bit of a bore when EVERY one on things like Joe's Garage is about robot blowjobs and what have you.  

[leafs]

Ah, are you the guy that wrote the Zappology online book?! Wow, that thing is great!

[Chris]

Thanks!    If you don't mind my asking, where do you live (referring to your comment about the difficulty in getting FZ's music)?

[leafs]

I'm in New Zealand. It's sort of east of Australia and under Japan if you don't know where it is. Y'know, the place used for Lord of the Rings.

[Chris]

Waitakere? Auckland? Wellington?

[leafs]

Wrong. Christchurch. In the South Island

[Chris]

Cool! I'm jealous. Beautiful country.

[womanfromutopia]

I hear the surfin down there is amaizing. Or I could be an idiot. But I am a gambler.
Ooh met a fine chick from New Zealand, Girl Scout camp counselor yeah
(Just tryin to spice things up a bit, oh fuck it.)

[leafs]

Hmm other people have thought that too but I don't really think it's very good at all. Well not predominently anyway. Well I got Lumpy Gravy the other day and it's there's a really good lowdon in your book there Chris. Interesting stuff.

[Chris]

I'm glad it's proving useful to someone.  

That album becomes more and more addictive the more you "know" it. Some of his most beautiful pieces of music are on that one.

[Vincent]

Hi, I am a new member as well.  I'm from England and have been into Zappa for maybe 2 years now.  Look forward to posting my thoughts.  Later!