Spifnificent

Some thoughts on The REAL Frank Zappa Website as I’ve been able to explore it more thoroughly. One: it’s funny as hell. Cursors turning into rubber chickens, toilets flying out of Colloseums (forum), soundbytes at virtually every click or mouseOver. Two: Zappa Radio—genious! Now why didn’t I think of that ;-) Three: interactivity. You can get lost in this site just checking out all the TD and TG. The chatbox is great, although I’ve already read reports of the first trolls showing up. The messageboard is cool, but has some glitches still (the “Last Message on” column is stuck in February, doesn’t update). Nice screensavers/wallpapers; more please! Four: BS—let’s hope this new site-format marks the start of an abundance of new releases…

Dear America

Open Letter to America from a Canadian: “And so it has come to this. Your once-great nation has fallen into madness, an affliction of mass denial that brings shivers up the spines of millions outside your borders. Yours is a sick nation. But most of you carry on as though nothing at all is the matter. (…) America, you are a goddamn shame.”
Well he does have more than a couple of points…