Kill Ugly Radio: Frank Zappa & Elsewhere

What is it about the music and lyrics of Tom Waits that popular culture has clung to so heartily? Has he touched upon something deep within our common unconscious, like some dimestore novel from which we are all characters?

And we’re all behaving like dogs…

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Stanley Jason Zappa & Nick Skrowaczewski (tenor saxophone & drums), live this evening on WKCR — 9PM Eastern Standard Time. Don’t miss it!
(Hey Stanley, don’t suppose you could sqeeze in It Had To Be You for our birthday girl, could you?)

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Når Kringkastingsorkestret stiller opp i konsertserien “Bylyder” tar de med seg musikk av blant andre Frank Zappa.

Fredag 11. april kl. 19.30
Lindemansalen, Norges musikkhøgskole (Oslo)

• Giovanni B. Pergolesi: Musikk brukt av Stravinsky i Pulcinella
• Igor Stravinskky: Pulcinella, suite
• Frank Zappa: G-spot Tornado
• Frank Zappa: Dog Breath Variations
• Frank Zappa: Revised Music for Low Budget Symphony Orchestra
• Jon Øivind Ness: Fierce Kentucky Mothers of Doom: konsert for to tromboner og to ensembler

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The sheer power… I’ve seen them 4-5 times, one of the greatest live experience ever. This one is an audience recording, but full of energy: the band (as always) almost explodes.

If you go for better sound quality, you should check the videos on their unofficial site. Or: go and see them live!

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So, say your typical big-mouthed Dutch guy yells “play the banjo!”
What do you think Old Neil’s going to do next?

Neil Young, live in Amsterdam, February 18, 2008. Wish I’d been there.

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