October 23rd, 2010 • Balint
Tags: books, germany, official releases
Released for the 70th birthday here’s a REALLY big book by Frank Wonneberg examining the albums released in FZ’s lifetime. In german – “which is the way he talks whenever it’s Heavy Business”.
See details on the page of the publisher – Schwartzkopf & Schwartzkopf.
April 18th, 2008 • Barry's Imaginary Publisher
Tags: americana, books, buenos aires, japan, soundpainting
It’s been a bit of a busy week for me, fellow fen! However, here’s some stuff that didn’t pass by my radar unnoticed:
- In Japan, this and that hits the streets. Says Thomas Marrot: “the plot happens in Frank Zappa Street where human and animal characters live together in a “funky & pop” city.”
- A Zappa Music Map
- Soundpainting: “the live composing sign language created by New York composer Walter Thompson for musicians, dancers, actors, poets, and visual artists working in the medium of structured improvisation.”
A bunch of clips, again via Thomas:
- Some books we ordered from Amazon.co.uk finally arrived!
- Armed America — portraits of gun owners in their homes.
- Painting elephant — this is nothing short of mesmerizing.
.. and then there’s this:

…have a great weekend!…