Category Archives: Frank Zappa

Tom Fowler Interview, Los Angeles, 1996

Posted on August 24, 2009 by urbangraffito

Interviewed by Juha Rompannen, in Los Angeles on April 24th, 1996, Tom Fowler — who played bass guitar in Frank Zappa’s touring and recording band between 1973 and 1975 — talks about his background, time with Frank, other collaborations, and … Continue reading →

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Philly Cheez

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

This just in by way of Andrew: In a very recent interview, Dweezil said a live FZ concert circa 1976 will be released soon featuring Terry Bozzio and “a female singer”. Word is, Vaulternative will issue a CD of the … Continue reading →

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Holiday In Berlin, 1970

Posted on August 21, 2009 by urbangraffito

Another appealing aspect of Frank Zappa’s music was his ability to self mythologize what occurred in his life into his music. This is seen quite a lot in literature, but rarely in music (which, I might add, is part of … Continue reading →

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The Loudness War in Modern Audio Mastering

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Balint

A note by Thinman: And if you are interested where recent CDs from our beloved composer’s work suffer from [the Loudness War], just listen to Buffalo or Trance-Fusion. I suffer physically when listening to productions of that kind. See the … Continue reading →

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Little House I Used To Live In, Berlin ’78

Posted on August 16, 2009 by urbangraffito

One of the reasons Frank Zappa’s music has been so appealing to me throughout the years is because so many of his compositions like “Little House I Used To Live In” function as a canvas for his musical ideas (a … Continue reading →

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Napoleon M. Brock In Der Spiegel

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Nice little interview with NMB in der Spiegel where he speaks about touring with Frank Zappa and, of course, Zappanale where he will be performing this weekend. Money quote: Gail Zappa should recognize that these music enthusiasts, like the initiators … Continue reading →

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Capt. CHEESE-BEARD & The 7 Sisters Of Prevention – Live In Brussels

Posted on August 6, 2009 by urbangraffito

Capt. CHEESE-BEARD & The 7 Sisters Of Prevention will be performing two hours of “Live” Zappa music on Friday, September 18th, 2009, starting at 8:30 PM, at Indigo Studios, a new venue in Brussels, Belgium, close to the old Wielemans … Continue reading →

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Project/Object & Zappanale Fever

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Andre Cholmondeley of Project/Object dropped a note announcing the band’s mini August tour in Europe. The gigs are: SAT 08: Prague, Czech Republic – Lucerna music bar SUN 09: Eindhoven, Netherlands – Effenaar TUE 11: Laredo, Spain – Polideportivo Municipal … Continue reading →

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Zappa Dragons

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Peter Karpick has been building a collage series incorporating FZ quotes and related imagery. Here’s one: Weird and oddly compelling. Check out his Flickr stream.

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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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