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Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher
Zappa Meets Dali
The Sancho Plan collective have created an animated short film entitled “The Black Page”. It is apparently quite an ambitious undertaking: The Black Page is our first true interactive short film & by far our most ambitious project to date. … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Movies, Music, Visual Arts
Tagged animation, live zappa, salvador dali, the black page
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Frank Zappa: The Interview Sessions
Available from Chrome Dreams: The disc contains: …over 70 minutes of often hilarious but always thought provoking and stimulating interviews with Uncle Frank, during which he speaks eloquently on just about any subject thrown at him. From John and Yoko … Continue reading
Slonimsky On Zappa
Slonimsky who? Nicolas Slonimsky. (Via henningmusick)
Napoleon’s New Album: Pre-Order Now
We reported on Napoleon M. Brock’s new album “This Is What Frank Zappa Heard” a couple of weeks ago. Now you can pre-order with the aid of this handy Word document. As a reminder of what this release is about, … Continue reading
Beating ‘Beat The Boots’
I subscribe to Google Web Alerts for the term “Frank Zappa”. And so earlier today, this alert turned up: Erhm… Alanis Morissette type irony aside: while the ZFT continues to prohibit us from displaying so much as thumb-nailed album artwork … Continue reading
Coming Soon: Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels
Here’s an excerpt: Tony Palmer DVD confirms: “we have no fixed release date… but one thing is for sure, we have the master tapes and the urban myth that they ‘disappeared’ is untrue.”
The Case Of The Zappa Family Trust
Paul Carr has written an excellent paper on the clash between the ZFT and tribute bands. Looking at both conflicting points of view in depth, he comes to this conclusion: How would Zappa himself have learnt his trade if his … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Family Trust
Tagged copyright, tribute bands, zft
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Get Yer Persuasions!
Got an email yesterday from Julie Lawson, whose husband is Jerry Lawson, former lead singer, arranger & producer of The Persuasions. She writes: We wanted to let your readers know that the Persuasions tribute to Zappa is out of print … Continue reading
Thing-Fish Live: Highlights
In 2003 Stagecraft Entertainment managed to stage an authorized (!) adaptation of Thing-Fish. Here’s, quote: “a very roughly edited selection of scenes of the unforthcoming DVD release”: Takes me back to the weekend of my 35th birthday, when Tommi presented … Continue reading