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Category Archives: Miscellany
Best (or Worst) FZ Covers – The Four Directions perform “Lonesome Cowboy Burt”
Jeff and Diane of The Four Directions perform “Lonesome Cowboy Burt” at the Bolton Street Theater in NewCastle, Australia – complete with trumpet and harmonica solos, as well as an improvised tap interpretation. I kid you not. Personally, I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Heh Heh, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged australia, Frank Zappa covers, Lonesome Cowboy Burt, The Four Directions
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Call Any Vegetable – 1970 versus 2006
One of the fantastic advantages of the advent of current technologies such as YouTube and the Internet, is it allows one to compare and contrast particular songs – in this case, Frank Zappa‘s “Call Any Vegetable” – with particular groups … Continue reading
The Sonic Beauty of Igor Stravinsky
After a long week beset from all sides with city sounds and industrial rhythms, there is nothing more soothing to my ears and mind than the sonic beauty of Igor Stravinsky‘s compositions. Listening to the following three clips, one can … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Personal, YouTubery
Tagged 1920, 1924, igor stravinsky, Stravinsky Piano Sonata, Symphonies of Wind for Instruments, The Rite of Spring
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Best FZ Covers: Battle of the YouTube Muffins, Or, Some People Like Cupcakes Better…
I’m really not certain which of these groups belongs in a compilation of best FZ covers – each has something different and unique in their version of Frank Zappa‘s Muffin Man that the other two groups do not. Give them … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery, Zappa Plays Zappa
Tagged 2008, 2009, Frank Zappa covers, MazMyth, Muffin Man, Pappa Plays Zappa, youtube, Zappa Plays Zappa
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Best FZ Covers – Panzerballett
Panzerballett is one of the most interesting and totally eclectic bands that I have had the joy of coming across in recent memory. Music critics call their sound “an innovative mixture of jazz, funk and metal, crossing complex polyrhythms with … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2009, Frank Zappa covers, Hart Genossen Von Abba Bis Zappa, Panzerballett
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BluBlu a la Zappa
While surfing YouTube recently I came across this wonder piece of stop motion animation, entitled MUTO, from the walls of Buenos Aires by graffiti and animation artist BluBlu which someone has added Frank Zappa‘s “The Torture Never Stops” from Hordern … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged blublu, Frank Zappa, graffiti art, stop motion animation
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Selected Idiot Bastard Sons
As a big fan of all Zappa and Zappa-related recordings, I’ve accumulated an immense number of live concerts, shows, and radio broadcasts via Zappateers and purchased elsewhere (far, far too many to name in this post). Among them, certain shows … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Mike Keneally, Miscellany, Music
Tagged idiot bastard son, live music, tribute/cover bands, zappa alumni, zappa covers
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Frank Zappa – WBCN Interview, 1978
Frank Zappa stops by for an after gig radio interview at WBCN-FM, Boston, MA, on October 26th, 1978. Zappa apologizes for his lateness by producing a tape from the mixing board of the start of the prior night’s show of … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Interview, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1978, boston, Frank Zappa, Interview, persona non grata, wbcn-fm
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Tunes, Treats & Torrents – Peach Noise
Ever so often a cover band comes along that absolutely impresses me with their ability to interpret Zappa’s compositions in fresh, bold new ways. The French cover band Peach Noise is one such band.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2008, 2009, Benoît Moerlen, Frank Zappa, french, Nicolas Mingot, peach noise, streaming audio, torrents, tribute/cover bands, zappateers
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Tunes, Treats & Torrents – Fattore Zeta
Italian band Fattore Zeta describes itself as a “jazz tribute to Frank Zappa” band. Their unique covers, interpretations, and arrangements of Zappa’s compositions – with their use of instruments in unexpected combinations – is really quite extraordinary (Listen to “Oh … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2007, 2009, covers, Fattore Zeta, france, Frank Zappa, Italy, torrents, tribute/cover bands, zappateers
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