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Monthly Archives: February 2010
The Muffin Men @ Fairport & Elsewhere
In 2008, The Muffin Men – a British band, based in Liverpool, England which primarily plays the music of Frank Zappa – performed at Fairport’s Cropredy Convention, performing such Zappa classics as “Zoot Allures”, “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow” and … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Interview, Miscellany, Music, Personal, YouTubery
Tagged 2001, 2002, 2008, beefheart covers, Co de Kloet, crossfire publications, Fairport's Cropredy Convention, Interview, jimmy carl black, live, the muffin men, Where’s The $%&§#@’ Beer?, zappa covers
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The Magic Band – Peel Sessions, July 2004
Besides being an avid collector of Frank Zappa and Mothers of Invention bootlegs and field recordings – as well as a collector of Captain Beefheart‘s various and sundry recordings (and a collector of all the related recordings of the various … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Captain Beefheart, Miscellany, Music
Tagged 2004, bbc, Captain Beefheart, collecting, john peel, Maida Vale Studios, the magic band
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Ian Tanner Strikes Back
…this time with Punky’s Whips. Excellent, as usual:
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged Ian Tanner, live zappa, piano, Punky's Whips
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The Mothers on WESU-FM’s Psychedelicatessen
Once a year, on and around Father’s Day, Wesleyan University radio station WESU 88.1 FM in Middletown, Connecticut puts on an Annual Father’s Day Zappa Marathon – Father’s Day with the Mothers – hosted by Psychedelicatessen’s Psychedelic Rick. Usually broadcast … Continue reading
Die Beistelltische – Are You Hardcore, Enough?
Die Beistelltische is a German sextet (from Göttingen) that performs Frank Zappa’s music a cappella. In 2007, they contributed a special edit of their a capella version of ‘The Idiot Bastard Son’ to “20 Extraordinary Renditions”, that was released on … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Music, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged a capella, billy the mountain, Die Beistelltische, Frank Zappa, mothers of invention, tribute/cover band
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