Crumb In France

Does he miss anything about America? “For one thing, I guess I miss all those large-butted American women. But also my role as a commentator on that culture. I mean, I can’t comment on French culture. I can’t tell what the hell’s going on here.” Has that given him an identity crisis? “A little bit, yeah, a little bit.”

Crumb: “When I was four, I knew I was weird.”

Bullet

Woody Allen – Standup Comedian:

Years ago, my mother gave me a bullet…a bullet, and I put it in my breast pocket. Two years after that, I was walking down the street, when a berserk evangelist heaved a Gideon bible out a hotel room window, hitting me in the chest. Bible would have gone through my heart if it wasn’t for the bullet.

See if you can find some routines there that were later used in his movies.

The Emperor’s New Clothes

There seems to be an increasing amount of problems all over this site when trying to comment, post at the forums or download anything. Some kind people have let me know about this privately since I hadn’t been experiencing the problem all that much myself.
Thanks for that, as for a while I was sitting here feeling like the emperor wearing new clothes (“they no longer love me”, “it’s my breath”, “where’s my Freudian manual, I know I left it close to the sofa”). I have a hunch as to why this is happening though (*cough* new webhost policies *cough*). Will be investigating the phenomenon — and in the mean time, please do comment, if you can…

Update 23/05: fair is fair, dreamhost had nothing to do with this; it be my own stupidity…

EyebrowTweezer Productions

I recently got together with SOFA and Magic Fingers, two members of theBIGnote that I hold in very high esteem. For those not in the know: SOFA is the driving force behind TBN’s website as well as a genius audio-tweaker, and Magic Fingers, in his capacity of Musibrarium Curator has built up a firm reputation with his series of FZ guitar solo variations known as “The Variation Variations”. If you’re a Zappa List member, you’ve probably witnessed the eagerness with which these collections are currently being traded.

Anyway, enough of me talking, here’s the interview I had with them, where they announce their latest project entitled “EyebrowTweezer Productions”. Read it, and then download a taste of what they’re up to…

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Bob & Bobette

Bob Dylan has finally given permission to a Hollywood studio to make a film about his life:

It is traditional in films spanning a lifetime for characters to be played by more than one actor, but rare for them to change sex or race. Haynes is considering female actors, including the pop singer Beyonce Knowles, the tennis champion Venus Williams and the television presenter Oprah Winfrey.

You might want to read that again.

Zappa Wiki Jawaka: Going Public

I hereby declare Zappa Wiki Jawaka, the wiki open for the general public. It’s only just started so it’ll need your contributions and will fail miserably without them. Want to contribute? Get an account and then read the main page before you jump in. Questions? Suggestions? There’s a Wiki Jawaka chat session taking place today, at my 6pm (CET). The informal chat will be held here (much thanks to Dennis). Be there or be square!