Category Archives: Community

Zappa Night In Antwerp

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Peter of United Mutations dropped me a note about the upcoming Zappa Night in Antwerp, which is to take place this Saturday: Details: Doors will open at 21.00 h, and the opening band, Shit-Gun, will take the stage shortly thereafter. … Continue reading →

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The Rondo Hatton Report

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Just spotted over at Andrew’s place: The Rondo Hatton Report, “an independent electronic platform where people can creatively confess their addiction to the music of Frank Zappa”. A consensus emerged from the 20th Zappanale in Bad Doberan that most of … Continue reading →

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Valencia Zappa Film Festival

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Manuel de la Fuente Soler is a Media Studies lecturer at the University of Valencia and writer of “Frank Zappa En El Infierno” (Frank Zappa in Hell), an analysis of political discourse in Zappa’s oeuvre. He’s the thriving force behind … Continue reading →

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Le Labostrophe Videos

Posted on September 15, 2009 by urbangraffito

Le Labostrophe is a fellowship between freelance audio/video freak technicians, whose goals are : – To make available to present-day art makers an original & professional video and/or audio creation, in accordance with their own budget and complementary to their … Continue reading →

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Audience Misbehavin’

Posted on August 3, 2009 by urbangraffito

Back before video rentals became big business with the opening of the first Blockbuster Video store in Dallas in 1985, people went out to theaters for much of their entertainment.

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Mothers Night: A Ten Hour Marathon

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Rich of another Ugly Radio writes: We are doing a ten hour marathon of The Mothers on Portland OR station KBOO this Friday night starting at 8pm (PST). That’s right, it’s time once again to remember our Mothers. Of course … Continue reading →

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The Little Forum That Couldn’t

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Back in February, I announced a new version of the KUR forums: newer, better software, and a nicer look to boot. That forum has since turned out to be an avid gatherer of dust and tumbleweeds — mainly I guess, … Continue reading →

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Zappanale 20 — Jubilee Edition

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Despite all the legal intimidation that’s been going on, German ZapFest Zappanale is ready to roll! Just a couple of the confirmed bands/players for this 20th jubilee are: Terry Bozzio Gong (original line-up) The Grandmothers feat. N.M. Brock, D. Preston, … Continue reading →

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A Lumpy Legacy

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

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 →

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The Results Are In…

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

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!

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