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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Catching the Culture with its Pants Down — George Carlin
George Carlin talks about the famous “7 Dirty Words” Supreme Court case in this December 17th, 2007, 5th part of 7 interview by Jenni Matz and Henry Colman for the Archive of American Television. He talks about his HBO specials, … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Heh Heh, Interview, Miscellany, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged 7 dirty words, comedy, culture jamming, george carlin, Interview, video
2 Comments
Tuba Green Genes
Ab Fab:
Who Do You Think You Arf?!? – The European Grandmothers
I have always been intrigued by the D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) ethic among bands who cover and interpret Zappa’s music. True, few of these acts have any hope of actually being signed by today’s youth driven music business. In many … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1993/94 tour, CD production, D.I.Y. ethic, live music, sandro oliva, The European Grandmothers, zappa covers
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This is Rock ‘n Roll!
Tiny Vilnius Tears
With a ZPZ concert imminent in the town of Vilnius, Lithuania, Dweezil, Diva and Gail reckoned it would be a nice opportunity to pay an emo-sho-null tribute to the iconic FZ statue present there. Check out the TV coverage. ‘t … Continue reading
Posted in Interview, Visual Arts, Zappa Plays Zappa
Tagged hypocrisy, statue, vilnius, Zappanale, zft, ZPZ
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You Ef What You Zee — The Eternal Question
In one of the previous posts, “The MOI – Conflicted Histories“, I was struck by one of the questions posed to Jimmy Carl Black:
Posted in Alumni, Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Insane, Music, Personal, YouTubery
Tagged don preston, fanatical fans, jimmy carl black, novelty song, the eternal question, video, vile foamy ectoplasm, zappa alumni
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Small Screen Zappa – 67/68
On September 16, 1967, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention made a brief 10 minute appearance on Fred Weintraub’s WOR-TV New York show “From The Bitter End”. They lip synched “Son Of Suzy Creamcheese” from Absolutely Free, then performed … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1967, 1968, bootleg sources, Frank Zappa, mothers of invention, rare videos, tv broadcast
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Ossi Duri Play Tink Walks Amok
More Ossi Duri. Hat tip: Cory Tucker
Fraternity Of Man — Oh No I Don’t Believe It
“Fraternity Of Man” was released on Abc Records in 1968 and featured a cover of Frank Zappa’s “Oh No I Don’t Believe It” (which he had yet to release himself). Blues leads were handled by Elliot Ingber, and psychedelic leads … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1968, blues, Elliot Ingber, fan video, fraternity of man, psychedelia, video, Warren Klein, zappa covers
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The Mothers of Invention – Conflicted Histories
As time has passed since the publication of The Real Frank Zappa Book, and more interviews of original band members have emerged whose individual recollections contradict was had been written (and often taken as factual history) — it further sheds … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, In Writing, Interview, Miscellany, Pop Cult
Tagged don preston, fiction/non-fiction, Frank Zappa, interviews, jim pons, jimmy carl black, The Real Frank Zappa Book
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