Author Archives: Balint

About Balint

architect.

Ed Palermo 2011

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Be In My Video?

You’ll find more videos from them on Youtube – with always perfect timing.

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Double Zappa

I’ve found that FZ albums tend to come in twos. …says Brendan in his series of album-couples on his page The Rising Storm, called Double Zappa. With nice reviews and some samples – coincidentally I was just reading about the … Continue reading

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From Hungary With Love

I discovered Frank Zappa’s music in the early years of the ’70s, back in my home country, Budapest, Hungary. I was about 20 years old, and just went through eight years of music training, and four years of art school, … Continue reading

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Varèse: Poême électronique 1958

First presented at the 1958 Brussels Worlds Fair with 425 speakers placed throughout the famous Philips pavilion, the placement of the speakers and design of the building gave the spectators a feeling of being housed within a concrete, silver seashell. … Continue reading

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Dave McMacken – again…

…on Over-Nite Sensation, again (remember this interview?). Found at Zappateers. And if it’s not enough, you can get an in-depth look at the cover on this Flickr gallery! Woww…

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The Black Page – Tap-Dance!

Performed & choreographed by Alli Bach – read the notes on (the source:)  Zappa in France and the comments on the original YouTube page! Bravo!

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Scott Thunes on PlanetZappa

Another Scott Thunes interview, from planetzappa.com (2001): PZ: Is there any question you’ve never been asked that you would like to answer? ST: Probably. Actually, there is: Do you believe that it was a mistake to work with Frank Zappa … Continue reading

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What´s New in Tokyo?

Create a MySpace Playlist at MixPod.com A cover band called Denkichi Coverd (?) from Japan (?) playing very good covers (!). I love the presence of the acoustic guitar – the playlist becomes a video stream (from YouTube) if you … Continue reading

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Scott Thunes: San Francisco Free Jazz, 2010

founded in 2008, the san francisco jazz collective is a rotating group of well-seasoned musicians that record their music with no charts, no chord changes, no discussions… they simply ‘hit record’ and play. the results have been amazing… sometimes: straight-up … Continue reading

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