Salon nights…

Friday was a day for good spirits in the world of zappa, even before the days of the friday boot. These tales of friday nights at chez zappa, have a melancholic uplifting quality. One thing though, are these two quotes as they seem, ‘… I still kick myself for not having brought a tape recorder. It was the night that filmmaker Leonard Shrader stopped in.’ – ‘… It was, in fact, the night of the great talk with director Shrader… I readied my tape recorder.’ I guess it’s just another enigma from LA…

FZ on the Beeb – Again

Be sure not to miss this next Friday: “Jez Nelson presents a specially recorded studio session from some of the “dazzling improvisors” that were instrumental in creating Zappa’s music. Recorded in Los Angeles in November, the group reunites some of Zappa’s finest sidemen, including the legendary drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, the Fowler brothers, Walt and Bruce, on brass, bassist Arthur Barrow, and keyboard player Tommy Mars, amongst others.”