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Category Archives: Frank Zappa
Friday Mix: Tweezer Glint – Part Three
Welcome to the third KUR mix of four, presented on four consecutive Fridays in May, entitled “Friday Mix: Tweezer Glint (Studio-ized Concert Versions) Part III“. As with the two prior Tweezer Glint mixes, this week’s mix is full of tracks … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Miscellany, Music
Tagged audio streaming, fz, live versions, mixtape, Zappa
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Beat The Boots III
Available only from Amazon for now, Beat The Boots III, a six disc continuation of the original Beat The Boot series, is confusing the heck out of just about everybody. Official? ZFT endorsed? Zappa.com is not helping much as it’s … Continue reading
Zappanale (Then & Now) — Sex without Nails bros
Masterminded by the Austrian legend Wickerl Adam, and formed as an offshoot of the Hallucination Company in 1998 (an Austrian rock music theater project also founded by Wickerl in 1977 that operated in a “Frank Zappa-oriented, modern rock music performance … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery, Zappanale
Tagged Conrad Schrenk, cover band, Jil Y Creek, SWNB, video, Werner Laher, Wickerl Adam, Zappanale
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Ed Palermo CD Release Party @ Iridium
This just in via email from Ed Palermo, himself, regarding the release of his new Zappa CD, “Eddy Loves Frank” from Cuneiform Records: As most of you know, this is my third tribute album in dedication to the music of … Continue reading
Zappanale (Then & Now) — PGSOR All Stars feat. Denny Walley
Denny Walley, slide guitar player and childhood friend of Bobby and Frank Zappa, Don Van Vliet, and Jim Sherwood (Motorhead) was asked to tour with The Paul Green School of Rock (PGSOR) All Stars. As he says in the clip … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Interview, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery, Zappanale
Tagged Alumni, Denny Walley, Interview, PGSOR All Stars, video, zappanale 19
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Friday Mix: Tweezer Glint – Part Two
Welcome to this second KUR mix of four, presented on four consecutive Fridays in May, entitled “Friday Mix: Tweezer Glint (Studio-ized Concert Versions) Part II“. Parts Three and Four will be posted on consecutive Fridays this May 22nd and 29th, … Continue reading
The Jimmy Carl Black Story — Jon Larsen
Recorded prior to Jimmy’s passing from cancer in 2008, The Jimmy Carl Black Story is a double CD from Jon Larsen‘s label, Zonic Entertainment/Hot Club Records. Joined by Zappa alumni Tommy Mars (keyboards), along with Knut Reiersrud (guitar/harmonica), Ola Kvernberg … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Interview, Music
Tagged audio streaming, documentary, jazz, jimmy carl black, jon larsen, mothers of invention, new label, new release, oral history, Zappa
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Ban(ne)d From Utopia — Stuttgart, 1994
In the summer of 1994, promoters from the Jazz Open festival in in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany, contacted the Fowler Brothers. Chad Wackerman interview at Idiot Bastard: The Fowler Brothers [Tom & Bruce] got a call from a festival in … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1994, Alumni, ban(ne)d from utopia, dvd, jazz open festival, live, stuttgart, Zappa
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Mothermania Re-released
This just in via ZFT’s newsletter: Mothermania is now available as a digital download: This Frank Zappa download is available in DRM-free, MP3 256KBPS and FLAC format. FZ’s MP3’s will play on iPod® and all MP3 players. Priced at $18 … Continue reading