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Category Archives: Miscellany
Win An Original Frank Zappa Framed Print
No less than 20 hours after I posted this tweet, photographer Deborah Chesher (previous coverage) wrote: Right now I’m running a free contest on my blog that I thought you might want to let your readers know about because the … Continue reading
Dummy Up: a/k/a Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong appears on Alex Jones‘ nationally syndicated radio show to discuss the recent FBI raid of Spectrum Labs and the seizure of 10,000 DVDs of Chong’s documentary, a/k/a Tommy Chong. Also on the show is Kevin Booth, creator of … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, In The News, Insane, Interview, Miscellany, Movies, Politics, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged 1970s, bongs, DEA, documentary, drug culture, federal crime, tommy chong, video
13 Comments
Planetshakers – Majesty (Live)
Somewhere in the far reaches of the cosmos, the spirit of Frank Zappa just…spewed. Perhaps this was exactly what he was warning us all about with such releases as ‘Broadway The Hard Way’. While searching for something completely different, I … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Insane, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged christian music, media indoctrination, propaganda, video
16 Comments
Celebrating Alumni — KUR Style
The first clip, shot at a concert in Detroit, August 19, 2000, features the Grandmothers – Don Preston, Ener Bladezipper, Sandro Oliva, Bunk Gardner, and the late Jimmy Carl Black – performing Black’s “Indian of the Group”. In the second … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged geronimo black alumni, grandmothers alumni, mother's alumni, videos, zappa alumni
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Billion Dollar Baby — BBC Documentary
John Lydon (also known as Johnny Rotten) presents a profile of Alice Cooper — whose theatrical persona was perhaps America’s most significant ally with the British glam movement and who also influenced John’s own band, the Sex Pistols — on … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Interview, Miscellany, Music, Pop Cult
Tagged alice cooper group, audio documentary, audio streaming, Frank Zappa, glam rock, rock theater, shock rock
9 Comments
In Search Of Maria
I may be a grumpy old man, but this made me smile: Warning: contains music from “The Sound of Music”!
Posted in Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged Antwerp, flashmob, musical, the sound of music
12 Comments
The Monks — Bad Habits
Remaining with the theme of satire and parody in popular music, The Monks were an English punk band formed in the 1970s by former members of Strawbs – Richard Hudson, John Ford and Terry Cassidy, along with Clive Pearce (drums). … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Heh Heh, Miscellany, Music, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged debut album, parody, satire, the monks, video
13 Comments
Has He Offended Someone?
This morning, I heard “Copycat” on the radio, the song that will represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Festival: Belgium being Belgium, its Eurovision Song Contest candidate is being elected in turn yearly, between the Flemish and the Wallonian region. … Continue reading
Posted in Heh Heh, Miscellany, Music, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged elvis presley, eurovision, pastiche
14 Comments
Odds & Ends Some More
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
Posted in Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Miscellany, Music
Tagged iggy pop, phil hartman, the beatles, the hush now, yellow snow
3 Comments
On/Off
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
Posted in Frank Zappa, In Writing, Miscellany, Music, Pop Cult, Zappa Plays Zappa
Tagged 4chan, jimmy carl black, lagunitas, ruben & the jets, school of rock, trolls, ZPZ
9 Comments