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Had this video-taped remnant of my birthday weekend at hand, thought I’d share…

“It’s on a boat, right?”

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Some more download. The exact date: 12.02.1988; the exact place: Philadelphia; the exact source: zappa.at.

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Part two is now available — with Flo and Eddie on four tracks! Run screaming or download: the choice is yours.

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Moustaches, goatees, and beards. They are not the same. Discuss.

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Now that it’s available in stores, I’ve put up a page for the “Baby” MOFO release over at the discography section. If you’ve already purchased it, why not post a review?

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Cripes! I just had a chance to see this page in IExplorer on a Windows XP machine. Hadn’t you guys noticed the right sidebar was sitting way too close to the entries? For all these years? Anyway, one display:inline; rule to the #narrow div and all appears to be well again. Carry on, carry on.

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Do you happen to live in the picturesque south west of England? The Zappateers are having a party there next February:

Via Peaches en Regalia.

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Can I tell you my favourite Frank Zappa story?

He was playing this theme park north of Toronto, Canada’s Wonderland. I forget who opened for him, no doubt another rectal thermometer…
They were abused.

So he comes out with his band to cheers, and they proceed to play Nerf football on stage for over half an hour. Everybody starts booing, people getting really upset, and all these people started to leave–about half the audience. Frank stops, looks around, goes up to the mic, and says, ‘Now that all the assholes have left, let’s rock and roll.’ And apparently he played the best show Toronto had ever seen him play.

– A conversation with Tom Waits

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Meanwhile, in the WTF Department:

Yes: it’s the Teenar, a department store mannequin converted into a working electric guitar.

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As you may know, there’s currently an exhibit on Frank Zappa at the Lancaster Museum. Here’s one Ms. S. talking about it:

… or rather: not talking about it — take your pick.

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Oh what a world we live in:

When Jim Stauffer of Petaluma saw a chicken crawling out of a mound of compost like the living dead, he knew something had changed at the egg farm next door. “We called them zombie chickens,” Stauffer said. “Some of them crawled right up out of the ground. They’d get out and stagger around.”

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Ready to sell your soul to the Devil? Robert Johnson’s Gibson L1 is being sold — for a mere $6,000,000 no less. The sellers claim this is Robert Johnson’s actual Gibson L1 guitar, as seen in the iconic studio portrait.

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In case you didn’t receive the zappa.com email:

Our best information at this time is that MOFO Deluxe could ship as late as the week of FZ’s birthday. Sadly, unless you and Santa have a special relationship with FedEx, you might not get it by Christmas. But maybe you’re a Curmudgeon. Once the holiday joints and snouts is soon dispersed you can revel in the excellence that is the 4 Discs of the MOFO of your dreams.

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Since Jingle Bells is a little overdone this time of year, I thought Tchaikovsky’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” would be a great alternative. At first I didn’t think it could be done, but as I recorded sounds from my road bike and mountain bike it started to take shape.

See a smidge of Conceptual Continuity emerging? Thought so. (via)

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Gilles is back with a boot from September 29 ‘77: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada. Get it while it’s hot!

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