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Category Archives: Frank Zappa
Syracuse, Q & A (1975)
Frank Zappa, George Duke and Don Van Vliet respond to questions from an audience of post secondary students at Gifford Auditorium, Syracuse University, NY, on April 23rd, 1975.
Posted in Bizarre, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Interview, Pop Cult
4 Comments
The Black Page #2 on Soprano Recorder
…as played by atomholst. Sweet, huh? But you migh like Dog/Meat as well, or RDNZL.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged Dog/Meat, Frank Zappa covers, RDNZL, the black page
17 Comments
Salad Party 93
Fantastic viewing. Some background. Hat tip: Charles-Henri Hérault, and thank you to Vimeo user tuva for uploading these gems.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Movies, Music
Tagged johnny guitar watson, terry bozzio, the Chieftains, Tuvan Throat Singers
23 Comments
Wednesday Mix: Son of Tweezer Glint – Part 1-A
Beginning today and continuing every two weeks until the first week of November, I bring you the following six part KUR Mix: The Son of Tweezer Glint. The Son of Tweezer Glint is made up of proto versions of FZ … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music
Tagged acetates, demos, live, mixtape, proto versions, streaming audio, Zappa
12 Comments
Zappa MTV Tribute, 1993
MTV News At Night (MTV ENGLAND) interviews Jimmy Carl Black and biographer MIchael Gray in this 9 minute, December, 1993 overview of Frank Zappa‘s life, works, and attitudes.
Posted in Frank Zappa, In The News, Interview, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged 1993, jimmy carl black, michael gray, mtv, Zappa
5 Comments
Tale of the Three Assholes, 1977
Recorded at the Palladium in New York City on October 29th, 1977, Frank Zappa tells the story behind “Bobby Brown (Goes Down)“, one of his most famous songs which topped the charts in some European countries around 1979/80. Thanks to … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged 1977, male feminists, palladium, Zappa
4 Comments
Zappa on School Beat, 1986
Frank Zappa debates and discusses rock censorship, the PMRC, the PTA code, the “non-binding nothingness” which the record companies and the then Washington Senator’s wives perpetrated on the American public with the assistance of the media) with Christian rock DJ, … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Politics, Pop Cult, Religion, Science, YouTubery
Tagged 1986, censorship, debate, panel, pmrc, pta, school beat, video, Zappa
4 Comments
Frank Zappa–Pioneer Of Future Music
Directed by Frank Scheffer, “Frank Zappa–Pioneer Of Future Music” (2007) is a two part documentary which combined and re-edited footage and interviews from “Frank Zappa: The Present Day Composer Refuses to Die” (2000) and “Frank Zappa: Phaze II, The Big … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Interview, Jean-Luc Ponty, Music, YouTubery, Zappa Plays Zappa
Tagged documentary, Frank Scheffer, holland, re-edited, VPRO, Zappa
30 Comments
Howard Stern Interviews Moon Unit & Frank
(Thx Cory)
Jimmy’s Last Tour — Jimmy Carl Black & The Muffin Men
After stumbling across this 1993 promo video of Frank Zappa’s “Willie the Pimp” featuring Jimmy Carl Black and The Muffin Men (live with studio footage), I found the following Podcast on The Muffin Men homepage. The band reminisces about Jimmy’s … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged Alumni, audio, jimmy carl black, the muffin men, tribute/cover band, video
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