Category Archives: Frank Zappa

Ultimate Insult: Somewhere In NYC

Posted on March 10, 2009 by urbangraffito

In the first video, Frank Zappa tells the story of how the Fillmore East incident involving John Lennon and Yoko Ono started from an exciting jam between two musical iconoclasts, to a matter to be decided between opposing lawyers. The … Continue reading →

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French FZ-Fans To Boycott ZPZ’s Paris Concert

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

This just in via Uni-Muta: French FZ fansite Les Fils de l’Invention are calling for a boycott of the upcoming ZPZ Concert in Paris. Translation: Just after last month’s dismissal of the case of the ZFT against the Arf Society, … Continue reading →

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Kent Nagano on How He Met Frank Zappa

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Balint
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Tuesday Mix: FZ in the 80s

Posted on March 3, 2009 by urbangraffito

Admittedly, there are some Frank Zappa fans who do not enjoy his 80s material quite as much as his music which came out of the 60s and 70s. That said, I really enjoyed compiling this mix together. At first, I … Continue reading →

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Odds & Ends Some More

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

Time for another bag of miscellany that may or may not be of interest to you: In search of the click track: guess who wins, guess who loses. The Hush Now – free album download. I was given this link … Continue reading →

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Let There Be Drums

Posted on February 21, 2009 by urbangraffito

As Terry Bozzio explains in his introduction to “The Black Page“, the modern trap drum set is a very young invention (it was first created in the 1700s), and little has been taught at the post-secondary or university level about … Continue reading →

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On/Off

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

A mix of things that you may or may not already know… New ZPZ tourdates are announced. Gail and Dweez talk about an upcoming Ruben & The Jets release (mp3 link), akin to, or so it seems, the MOFO project. … Continue reading →

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The Return Of Unmatcheds

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Balint

After a few years of pause, the Unmatched series rides again – and comes up with no less than three CDs! Yes, the Hispanic Zappa Tributes – see UniMuta’s fine comments on vol. 8, vol. 9 and vol 10!

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Conceptual Continuity, Anyone?

Posted on February 14, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

A while ago, I was sent a link to a course on the music of Frank Zappa, given between 2001 and 2007 by one Jason Klein of the University of North Texas. Browsing around, I stumbled across this PDF (caution: … Continue reading →

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Zappa, YouTube, Censorship

Posted on February 14, 2009 by urbangraffito

The above video was posted by flowerpunkchip on YouTube April 15, 2008. Along with the video he posted the following statement: CENSORED. Music replaced. Gee thanks Gail, if i ever do make money from your husband’s genius, I’ll let you … Continue reading →

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