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Ivo Niehe Meets Frank Zappa (’91)

Ivo Niehe met with FZ back in ’91 for his TV-show which, in veritable Dutch-like “why-be-humble” tradition, was entitled “The TV Show”. Credit to Balint’s zappa.hu for fishing this one out of the YouTube pond! Enjoy the next fifteen minutes … Continue reading

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“It Happen(e)d Here”

This just in: The Arf-Society will release a limited edition two-CD set of the legendary Grandmothers reunion concert from 28 July 2002. The price is just 15 Euros, with all proceeds going towards helping Jimmy Carl Black pay his medical … Continue reading

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Mystery Zappa Album Poster

9illustrations wants to know: The original uploader Farbror Sid is not sure what Zappa album this poster, by Dave McMacken, came with. Anybody? I’ve been looking around on the web for a while and I can’t find this poster or … Continue reading

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Vesoul

In remembrance of Jacques Brel, who passed away 30 years ago. More clips.

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Deliverance

Cue dueling banjos! (via)

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“Smash-Flop” Return: Zappa’s Grubby Chamber!

Our pal Kevin Hoover once again hits the airwaves on Friday with his Zappa infused radio show “Zappa’s Grubby Chamber”: Apart from the Frank musicks, I have a few other special moments planned, and they mainly consist of non-Frank items … Continue reading

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Olbermann Grills Palin

Oh how I love the smell of vitriol in the morning:

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GZ: “No matter what I do/release you hate it.”

Last Saturday, in a topic related to Joe’s Menage, Gail Zappa posted the following in this zappa.com forum thread: Ok. So the simple truth is that I have been trying to figure out how to respond to the meanies that … Continue reading

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Mono Villegas

Largely unknown outside Argentina, Enrique “Mono” Villegas (born 1913) is one of those jazz originals whose talent easily levels the likes of Bill Evans. Because of his Argentine background, Columbia Records conveniently hired him in the early 50s for some … Continue reading

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1997 Captain Beefheart Documentary

Not sure if I’ve posted this before, anyway, here’s a BBC documentary on The Captain, narrated by the late great John Peel. Part one: Parts two, three, four, five, six. Via MetaFilter.

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