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Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher
Beatles On The Rooftop
I’m sure you’ve all seen this before — The Beatles’ last public performance: The live concert idea culminated with the Beatles and [Billy] Preston performing 30 January [’69] on the rooftop of the Beatles’ Apple Building at 3 Savile Row … Continue reading
Odds & Ends
Let’s skip the witty opener and get right to the bulleted list, shall we? Unlike most “unauthorized” Zappa DVD’s, Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention In The 1960s is mandatory viewing. Trust me on this one! All of The … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged lumpy money, the beatles, united mutations, zappa documentary
49 Comments
Lumpy Money: The Playlist
Now that Lumpy Money orders are officially being shipped, I’ve added this 3 disc release to the discography pages. As ever, the Mighty Wiki has more background info. If anyone has had a chance to give this one a listen, … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music
Tagged lumpy gravy, lumpy money, new release, we're only in it for the money
85 Comments
Tom Waits: Musik & Mythos
It took our pal Tommi Brem and his associate Daniel Knapp two years to translate Jay S. Jacob’s Tom Waits biography, “Wild Years: the Music and Myth of Tom Waits”, into German — Tommi at one point likened it to … Continue reading
Posted in In Writing, Miscellany, Personal, Visual Arts
Tagged biography, illustration, tom waits
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ZFT Litigation Frenzy: School of Rock Edition
I kid you not. Incredibly, having just lost the Zappanale lawsuit, the ZFT is now going after Paul Green’s School of Rock — more specifically Napoleon M. Brock’s envolvement therein. Here’s the Berger-Kahn letter (pdf). Quote: It recently came to … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Frank Zappa, In The News
Tagged berger kahn, gail zappa, lawsuit, litigation, napoleon murphy brock, school of rock, zft
56 Comments
ZFT vs Zappanale: Gail Loses
Taken straight from Der Spiegel (and translated to English by yours truly): His name belongs to me, thought Zappa widow Gail — and so she started a lawsuit against the music festival “Zappanale”, organized each year in his honor by … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Frank Zappa, In The News, Zappanale
Tagged copyright, gail zappa, lawsuit, zft
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1973 Monday Conference & RDNZL
I love FZ’s deadpan delivery of lines that contain words such as “organs” and “gratification” in the interview part — also a nice version of RDNZL:
Hot Rats: 200 Gram Vinyl Edition
For you completists out there… Mastered and cut directly from the original analog master tape by Bernie Grundman under the supervision of Gail Zappa. This LP features Classic’s proprietary ultra quiet vinyl formula and our 200g Super Vinyl Profile II … Continue reading
Radio Clyde
Aaah, pop culture: a T-shirt worn by FZ which he had obtained prior to a 1980 gig in Glasgow becomes “new must-have after American Idol appearance”: […] the Radio Clyde T-shirt has become the must-have item for Hollywood’s A-list. Trendsetters … Continue reading