Comments on: Happy Birthday Rykodisc http://www.killuglyradio.com/hot-poop/2004/01/31/happy-birthday-rykodisc Frank Zappa news, weird links, lumpy gravy. Wanna bun? Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:05:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: NWBA http://www.killuglyradio.com/hot-poop/2004/01/31/happy-birthday-rykodisc#comment-3786 NWBA Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.killuglyradio.com/hot-poop/2004/01/31/happy-birthday-rykodisc#comment-3786 Good reading.<br />"Having Frank Zappa call to tell me that we have to recall all Mothers of Invention CDs in the stores immediately because he was being sued by some former band members."<br />I hadn't heard that story before, but it doesn't surprise me. The business of being FZ has certainly helped the survival of the lawyer industry.<br />I have many mixed feelings about Ryko, but it is interesting to read their story and look back. Innovation is great stuff, until the suits discover it, run it through the blender, homogenize and pasteurize it.<br />Remember the internet? Wanna buy some ad space? Good reading.
“Having Frank Zappa call to tell me that we have to recall all Mothers of Invention CDs in the stores immediately because he was being sued by some former band members.”
I hadn’t heard that story before, but it doesn’t surprise me. The business of being FZ has certainly helped the survival of the lawyer industry.
I have many mixed feelings about Ryko, but it is interesting to read their story and look back. Innovation is great stuff, until the suits discover it, run it through the blender, homogenize and pasteurize it.
Remember the internet? Wanna buy some ad space?

]]> By: NWBA http://www.killuglyradio.com/hot-poop/2004/01/31/happy-birthday-rykodisc#comment-3787 NWBA Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.killuglyradio.com/hot-poop/2004/01/31/happy-birthday-rykodisc#comment-3787 One more interesting thing (to me, anyway)...<p>I have only scanned the article, and may have missed something, but it seems there is no mention of ZFT, Gail or other family members associated with the Zappa part of the Ryko story. Maybe it's only because of space limitations, but my evil mind is making more of the apparent omission than it might deserve.<p>oops...I said I wasn't going to waste my time ripping on them anymore. Did I break a promise? Not the first time, won't be the last. Gotta go. Call anytime.</p></p> One more interesting thing (to me, anyway)…

I have only scanned the article, and may have missed something, but it seems there is no mention of ZFT, Gail or other family members associated with the Zappa part of the Ryko story. Maybe it’s only because of space limitations, but my evil mind is making more of the apparent omission than it might deserve.

oops…I said I wasn’t going to waste my time ripping on them anymore. Did I break a promise? Not the first time, won’t be the last. Gotta go. Call anytime.

]]> By: Dr Sharleena http://www.killuglyradio.com/hot-poop/2004/01/31/happy-birthday-rykodisc#comment-3788 Dr Sharleena Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.killuglyradio.com/hot-poop/2004/01/31/happy-birthday-rykodisc#comment-3788 No, no mention of them in this article from what i saw. There's also other people choosing not to mention them: "Candy" Zappa in her book "My Brother was a Mother", and the same goes to Nigey Lennon on "Being Frank: My Time with Frank Zappa". Mmmh... No, no mention of them in this article from what i saw. There’s also other people choosing not to mention them: “Candy” Zappa in her book “My Brother was a Mother”, and the same goes to Nigey Lennon on “Being Frank: My Time with Frank Zappa”. Mmmh…

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