Category Archives: Frank Zappa

Unreleased Lumpy Gravy Cover Photos – Part 6

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Balint

The final (6th) part of these unreleasesd photo series (see our earlier post). From the Commodore Crush blog, with no Zommify Widget this time, but watermarks – read the accompanying text there also, hehe.

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The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAA Birthday Bundle

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

By now you may have read about this elsewhere: the ZFT yesterday released another Birthday Bundle. It’s a digital-download compilation album featuring various artists including Macy Gray, Holland Greco and of course FZ himself. Full tracklist here, a bit more … Continue reading →

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Strictly Genteel (All Versions Mix)

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Balint

This is a mix of four different arrangements / recordings of “Strictly Genteel,” synchronized measure for measure and then re-synchronized to the video. It’s worth watching it in it’s original Youtube page, reading the detailed description of the amazing mix. … Continue reading →

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Rondo Hatton Report: Vol. 5

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Right in time for Christmas, a new Rondo Hatton Report has been published – Volume 5 can be downloaded here and contains ten fresh essays. For coming issues, you are encouraged to submit your own!

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UnCovered Interview – Over-Nite Sensation by Dave McMacken

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Balint

Here’s a nice – and long – article about and by graphic designer Dave McMacken, from Rock Pop Gallery (april 2010) – the following is a small part of the text: That night I listened to a truly bizarre take … Continue reading →

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RIP The Captain

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Captain Beefheart, dead at 69.

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Henry Rollins’ Tribute to Frank Zappa

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Balint

If you notice, Fanatics, tonight is a bit of a concept show. It’s all Zappa, all night. We take this Saturday’s broadcast to do this because on 12-04-93, Frank Zappa passed away. I know, it’s not the happiest occasion to … Continue reading →

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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #4

Posted on December 5, 2010 by urbangraffito

Anyone familiar with Frank Zappa’s 1988 band is no doubt familiar with the unique guitar and lyrical stylings of multi-instrumentalist Mike Keneally, that band’s “stunt guitarist“. It wasn’t very long after the demise of Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa‘s band ‘Z’ … Continue reading →

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His Last Tour

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Well here we are anyway Mr Zappa.

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Q&A: Scott Thunes

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Balint

Above Mr Thunes talks about his audition at the Zappa at the Roundhouse event. Below: still him on a) Ike Willis, b) Valley Girl, c) Solitude. Mr Thunes is a Great Guy. For the hardcore fans: the whole Q&A in … Continue reading →

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