Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher

We don’t condone shoe throwing…

“…but we prefer it to war” — Thank You For Throwing Your Shoe. (See also)

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Duo Sonare

Nice little medley of Zappa tunes, performed on the classical guitar: Via zappa.hu!

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Zappa Autographs

Says SOFA in a thread that kind of morphed into a discussion on FZ autographs: TBN had a nice page of sigs, at one point in time (hint). Now, I know a hint when I see one and yes, TBN … Continue reading

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A Brighter Shade Of Green

As a member of Dads Without Sleep I can attest to the fact that it is of the utmost importance to stay creative during those sleepless nightly hours. Behold! I redesigned this site mostly in between — to quote my … Continue reading

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Confessions Of A Bootlegger

Surely, a fun read: I rigged up the inside of a basketball that I cut in half, with all the gear laid out inside and taped down, buttons up, and I had a girlfriend who’d strap this on under a … Continue reading

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Did Coldplay Copy Joe Satriani?

You be the judge: (via)

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Randomnicity

While I’m mainly reading up on unrelated topics these days, you may find the following of interest: Duncan tells me that Zappa will be the featured article on the front page of Wikipedia on Thursday December 4th. Morgan Holt sends … Continue reading

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¡Hola Lucas!

Some nine months ago, Dr Sharleena and I hatched a cunning plan. It looked something like this: As of yesterday morning at 9:42 am, upon some seven hours of labour, here’s what our plan looks like: World: meet Lucas! More … Continue reading

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Persona Non Grata: Adrian Belew Weighs In

With regard to this, here’s what Adrian Belew has to say: I told dweezil I would try my best to insure he would not see andre. but I put it off and put it off and I want to make … Continue reading

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As The ZFT vs Zappanale Soap Continues

I received Zappanale‘s 19th newsletter yesterday, which talks mainly about the ZFT vs Zappanale trial. Remember that one? Back in August, there was talk of an out-of-court settlement: The Zappa Family Trust may be willing to compromise. ZFT lawyers now … Continue reading

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