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Nick plays a cover of Frank Zappa’s ‘Titties and Beer’ for his encore at Greenbelt 06. Interesting choice of song for a Christian festival! From another source: Roy’s son Nick regularly features a version of ‘Titties and Beer’ in live concerts (at which Roy has taken the role of the Devil), and has also been [...]
January 12th, 2008 • Barry's Imaginary Publisher
Tags: cease & desist, copyright, fair use, petition, zft
First, read it: We the undersigned petition the Zappa Family Trust (ZFT) to cease and desist from making threats of legal action against FZ tribute bands, FZ fan sites, Zappa music festivals and other related activities that are designed first and foremost to honour and promote Frank’s music, despite not being ‘approved’ by the ZFT. [...]
January 3rd, 2008 • Barry's Imaginary Publisher
Tags: cease & desist, copyright, fair use
This just in via The Idiot Bastard: guy posts little clips taken at a live ZPZ show on YouTube, receives The ZFT Treatment ™ we’ve all come to know so well: (…) come on, my vids of the show were far from professional and none of them were even full songs… I was just excited [...]
December 22nd, 2007 • Balint
Tags: Bozzio, Conceptual Continuity, Korn, Wackerman, zpz
The last few days I’ve been listenning the wonderful CD of the Banned From Utopia (the best ever versions of some tunes!), and that led me to create this continuity-chain (or circle): Chad Wackerman plays beautifully on drums -> surprise: his brother, Brooks Wackerman (a drummer, also!) plays on the new KoRn album -> the [...]
December 2nd, 2007 • Barry's Imaginary Publisher
The Magic Band play Captain Beefheart in 2008 – “It may be a bit premature for me to mention that more dates are planned, but if I’m wrong you can just say it’s the first time I was happy to be confused.” Radio6 commemorates the anniversary of the death of Frank Zappa – To commemorate [...]
November 25th, 2007 • urbangraffito
Tags: diehards, Edmonton, Zappa
Dweezil and Company finished the North American leg of their tour in Edmonton last night to a small yet appreciative audience of diehard Zappa freaks (some of which who, by the way, have waited since 1971 for this chance to hear Frank Zappa’s music performed live again). Mike Ross in his special to Sun Media: [...]
November 20th, 2007 • Balint
Tags: Dweezil, interview, Project Object, zpz
In The Oregonian, Saturday, November 17: ED CONDRAN: Project Object takes exception to your work. This is what PO’s Andre Cholmondeley told me recently: “Our band is the closest to how (Frank) Zappa did it. We leave room for experimentation. Zappa Plays Zappa plays it by the book. There’s a gross misunderstanding there. Zappa kept [...]
November 17th, 2007 • Barry's Imaginary Publisher
Tags: dvd, Dweezil, live zappa, Zappa Plays Zappa, zpz
It’s here. It’s hot. The Zappa Plays Zappa DVD, finally available on Barfko-Swill. Warmly recommended by all of us here at Barry Towers! Word of warning: NTSC format — unlike the PAL copy I bought at the Antwerp gig…
November 10th, 2007 • urbangraffito
Tags: early albums, interview, Mike Keneally, Zappas
Mike Keneally is interviewed in Modern Guitars Magazine, where he speaks on a variety of topics — his experiences playing and performing with the Zappas (Frank, Dweezil & Ahmet), Steve Vai, Henry Kaiser and The Mistakes, James LaBrie and Mullmuzzler, his thoughts on the Zappa Plays Zappa tour, as well as the re-release of his [...]
November 5th, 2007 • urbangraffito
Tags: Canadian, cover/tribute bands, Live Music, Zappa
From the moment of Frank Zappa’s untimely passing due to prostate cancer until the formation of Zappa Plays Zappa, the only way anyone could hear Zappa’s music performed live was via one of the multitude of cover/tribute bands. From rock, jazz, baroque to big band, wind quintets, and classical ensembles, the variety of musical approaches [...]
November 4th, 2007 • Barry's Imaginary Publisher
Tags: japan, zappa live, zpz
This just in – Kataoka Hiroshi, Our Man In Japan, writes: Just a quick report to let you know that Zappa Plays Zappa will come to Japan to play next year!!! They have 3 concerts. The first one is on January 21st of 2008, which is Monday, at OSAKA ZEPP holding 720 seats and I [...]
October 26th, 2007 • Barry's Imaginary Publisher
Tags: download, Dweezil, mp3, radio, zappa live, Zappa Plays Zappa
Ah the joys of Audio Hijack! Dweezil on Rockline is now available for download right over here. The file is about 101Mb, so please download directly to your hard disc (right-click, save as) instead of listening online. Bandwidth is a costly commodity… Update: Our pal Balint has split the above monolithic track into consumable segments. [...]
October 26th, 2007 • urbangraffito
Tags: Dweezil, Frank, Live Music, Zappa Plays Zappa
Dweezil and Zappa Plays Zappa are live in studio on Rockline Replay, which includes five individual on air segments, wherein Dweezil answers questions from callers as well as from the host Bob Coburn, in between performances of FZ’s and Dweezil’s music. Ever wanted to know if Frank played with Hendrix? Click and find out.
October 9th, 2007 • Barry's Imaginary Publisher
Tags: dvd, dweezil zappa, live zappa, zpz
So the Zappa Plays Zappa DVD is finally for sale at concerts since the Paris gig (Oct 5). Want to have a look at the goodies? Here’s a little sneak preview to whet your appetite…
September 25th, 2007 • Barry's Imaginary Publisher
Tags: reviews, secret word for tonight, zpz
It’s that moment we’ve all been waiting for here in the Old Continent: ZPZ hits Europe today, playing at Shepherds Bush Empire, London this very evening. I know Magic Fingers is attending, so I’ll be interested to read his review. Next up: the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, France… and Belgium! If you attend any of these [...]