Ha! There you were thinking this weblog was going down the drain. Silly you.
- News from Zappanale: Ike Willis and Bobby Martin will be part of the show again, Thomas is currently awaiting confirmation from Ray White.
- KUR reader Alex posts a layman’s introduction to FZ (my words) on his excellent review site.
- Check out Zappa Symphonies from The New Dutch Academy.
- Ween have a new/old release out entitled The Pod (caution: iTunes link).
- Which reminds me VaiTunes is back.
- Hit me over the head with a chicken and call me Betty but, by golly, The Leisure Society album The Sleeper is a thing of absolute, desolate, chilling beauty — Spotify link for the Spotify enabled.
- And finally… be sure to take the Coolness Test.
KUR going down the drain? Silly people. The only reason I haven’t been posting at my usual rate is that I’ve been occupied by editing and researching the next KUR mixtape. A real colossal one, this mix. Lots of solos from bandmates we haven’t heard enough from: Peter Wolf, Patrick O’Hearn, Adrian Belew, Ed Mann, Terry Bozzio, Vince Colaiuta and, of course, Steve Vai.
Anyone ever find a better tape of UCLA Pauley Pavillion, Dec. 31, 1977 than “Wax Flags”? I found it in a record shop back in 78. The sound is horrid…even for a boot. Back then, I took a parametric equalizer and mixed the LPs down to a cassette. There was minimal improvement, but enough to tell that there were some FANTASTIC solos at that show by Mars, Wolf, O’Hearn and FZ (of course). I have never found another tape of that show. Oh, wait, I know…The Vault! 😉
An addendum:
http://alexwritesaboutstuff.blogspot.com/2010/02/addendum-beginners-introduction-to.html
Thanks for the plug…but it’s not that great. 😉
The site, not the plug.
My site isn’t that great – yours is awesome.
I need to stop these Eric Idle-esque corrections.
[quote comment=”9632″]My site isn’t that great – yours is awesome.
I need to stop these Eric Idle-esque corrections.[/quote]
You underestimate yourself, and your site, Alex. I found your opinions highly interesting, informed, and very well reasoned – especially amid weblogs that base their opinions because something is “rad man”, like “totally wow”.