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Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher
Frank Zappa On FNN
FZ, 1990, sitting in for Bob Berkowicz on Financial News Network’s Focus show. He interviews Vladimir Zvyagin, bureau chief of Soviet television in the United States:
Posted in Frank Zappa, Interview, Politics, YouTubery
Tagged 1990, fnn, russia, zappa on tv
2 Comments
A Lumpy Legacy
Yesterday, an eight minute feature aired on NPR entitled Frank Zappa: A ‘Lumpy’ Legacy’. From the intro: Gail Zappa is going after cover bands she accuses of “identity theft.” Her lawyers have sent scores of cease-and-desist letters. But many of … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Frank Zappa, Interview, Zappa Plays Zappa, Zappanale
Tagged gail zappa, zappa legacy, zft
11 Comments
Echidna’s Arf (Of You): Piano Version
Have a little patience while the guy Ian Tanner wrestles his way through Village Of The Sun first, then… check it out: Far from Not perfect, yet really impressive. I mean: would you have the balls to record yourself having … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged echidna's arf (of you), live zappa, piano
48 Comments
Ray White Leaves Zappa Plays Zappa
… and not a lot of ink was spilled over it either, apparently — Dweezil Z: He doesn’t answer any of his phones and they all say they are disconnected. Is he suddenly in the witness protection program? What has … Continue reading
The Results Are In…
We will be emailing all seven winners shortly requesting their snail mail addy. Congrats to those who won, apologies to those who didn’t get picked… Regardless: thanks all for participating. It’s been a fun ride!
Posted in Community, In Writing, Music, Visual Arts
Tagged biography, giveaway, tom waits
17 Comments
Musik & Mythos Giveaway!
Update: Contest closed! Winners to be announced shortly — stay tuned… Now that the book is finally up for sale, Sharl and I are giving away: A/ one copy of Tom Waits: Musik & Mythos, the book, along with one … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Music, Pop Cult, Visual Arts
Tagged biography, contest, free stuff, illustration, tom waits
29 Comments
Italo Zappa
Funniest thing: two Italians writing in with Zappa related links almost simultaneously. First up, Andrea Rizzardo, who pointed me to this Italian band called Elio e le Storie Tese, in concert with special guest Ike Willis: There’s more… Then there’s … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged Elio e le storie tese, live zappa, punk, the cardiacs
20 Comments
In Search Of Maria
I may be a grumpy old man, but this made me smile: Warning: contains music from “The Sound of Music”!
Posted in Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged Antwerp, flashmob, musical, the sound of music
12 Comments
On The One
What you are about to see is a mix of unrelated YouTube videos/clips edited together to create ThruYou. In other words – what you see is what you hear: (and to the multitudes that have already seen this I say: … Continue reading
Remember That Baltimore Bust?
Back in May 2008, KUR was notified of the fact that an FZ statue donated by the state of Lithuania, risked being put on the outskirts on the city of Baltimore — “because Frank Zappa was not an appropriate image … Continue reading