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Category Archives: Frank Zappa
The Lost Patio
As patios go, The Zappa Patio is a pretty heavily consulted one among Zappa fans. So when it goes offline for whatever reason, Zapheads with funny names such as Knut Skogstad jump to the rescue. The Patio appears to be … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Frank Zappa, Miscellany
Tagged alt fan frank zappa, the zappa patio, zappa fansites
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Mothers In Da House – The Don & Bunk Show
In the last few years, with the cost of touring becoming so high, musical acts (to my knowledge Mike Keneally is also performing these intimate concerts) have had to innovate, playing whenever and wherever feasibly possible – including community halls, … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2010, alternate venues, bunk gardner, don preston, Frank Zappa, Maclean Studio, Mike Keneally, the don and bunk show
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WUSB-FM’s Zappathon Returns
If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know that us here at KUR have supported wusb.fm‘s Zappathon ever since we first heard of it. The last edition featured KUR-pal SOFA live on air, as well as a bunch of soundbites which … Continue reading
Greasy Love Songs: “Cruising With Ruben & The Jets” Vinyl Version Re-released
Email from the ZFT, christal clear and full of detail as usual (click to enlarge): The blurb at Barfko Swill: Yum & Cheap Thrills together at last. It’s 40+ years later for this Anniversary FZ AudioDocumentary in the project/object series. … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Official Releases
Tagged cruising with ruben & the jets, greasy love songs, vaulternative records, zft
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Tunes, Treats & Torrents – The Muffin Men
Anyone who has followed my posts knows that I’m a avid downloader of torrents from Zappateers (and a fantastic bunch of freaks they are – I tip my hat to them for all the excellent Zappa torrents I’ve downloaded through … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, Zappanale
Tagged 1993, bunk gardner, don preston, Frank Zappa, jimmy carl black, the muffin men, torrents, tribute band, zappateers
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Varèse At The Southbank
Our pal MagicFingers writes: Any of you KUR afficionados who happen to be in the London area over the weekend of April 16-18 might be in for a bit of a treat. There’s something rather special happening down at the … Continue reading
Revised Music for Marimba and Orchestra
From Simon Boyar: We didn’t get the whole thing and its kind of wobbly but here is about 2/3 of The World Premiere (2/20/10) of Frank Zappa’s Revised Music for Marimba and Orchestra conducted by Jonathan Haas with The NYU … Continue reading
Yellow Shark Rehearsal – September 16, 1992
Although in obvious pain and discomfort (you can hear it in his voice) – in this five part, never broadcasted rehearsal footage, one can easily see the tenacity with which Frank Zappa approached all of his musical endeavours, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1992, ensemble modern, Frank Zappa, yellow shark rehearsal
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Cucamonga Era Recordings Re-released
This just in, by way of Andrew: Crossfire Publications is making the first six of 32 download-only albums taken from Paul Buff’s recordings made at Pal Studios and Original Sound Studios available at CDBaby.com and iTunes (others companies will also … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, In The News, Music
Tagged crossfire publibcations, cucamonga, greg russo, pal studios, paul buff
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RIP Herb Cohen
Herb Cohen, the tough, litigious manager and label operator who introduced such notables as the Mothers of Invention and Tom Waits during the ’60s and ’70s, died Tuesday of unknown causes in Napa, Calif. He was 77.