Category Archives: Music

The Berlusconi Protest Song Project

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Michel Delville of Belgian FZ tribute band The Wrong Object writes in to announce an interesting project: There is a new myspace page devoted to musical responses to the New Fascism in all its guises and disguises. Please come and … Continue reading →

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ZPZ Wins At The Grammys

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

Dweezil Zappa’s ZPZ band has won this year’s Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance: “Did you feel it? The world actually fell off its axis,” said Dweezil Zappa, accepting the award for best rock instrumental performance for “Peaches en Regalia,” … Continue reading →

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Gil Scott-Heron at Wolfgang’s Vault

Posted on February 7, 2009 by urbangraffito

Activist poet and musician, Gil Scott-Heron’s musical career began in the late ’60s. He quickly emerged as a sharp, intelligent critic of contemporary culture, boasting terrific jazz-styled accompaniment. By the late ’70s, Scott-Heron’s sound had adopted a bit more of … Continue reading →

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Beatles On The Rooftop

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

I’m sure you’ve all seen this before — The Beatles’ last public performance: The live concert idea culminated with the Beatles and [Billy] Preston performing 30 January [’69] on the rooftop of the Beatles’ Apple Building at 3 Savile Row … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Mix: The Golden Era

Posted on February 3, 2009 by urbangraffito

Let your mind drift back fellow Zappa freaks to that Golden Era of Zappadom: the 1970s. During that decade he did his most prolific touring, began recording his live shows almost religiously, and produced some of the most successful and … Continue reading →

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Dirty Deeds Will Rock You!

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Balint

Now THAT’s what I call a mix… The original source is Deluxe Music, a german music TV (if I’m right), but I’ve found it here – scroll down for more!

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John Mayall & His Bluesbreakers

Posted on January 30, 2009 by urbangraffito

Now that the weekend is here, and you’ve finally got some room to move, why not kick it off with these two live videos of John Mayall and His Bluesbreakers (probably the seminal british blues band) performing “An Eye For … Continue reading →

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Pygmy Twylyte – Five Versions

Posted on January 29, 2009 by urbangraffito

I was going through my Zappa collection the other day, and I noticed I had quite a few versions of Pygmy Twylyte. The first four are covers by Tribute/Cover Bands, and the fifth is one of my favorite proto-versions from … Continue reading →

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Odds & Ends

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Let’s skip the witty opener and get right to the bulleted list, shall we? Unlike most “unauthorized” Zappa DVD’s, Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention In The 1960s is mandatory viewing. Trust me on this one! All of The … Continue reading →

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Lumpy Money: The Playlist

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Now that Lumpy Money orders are officially being shipped, I’ve added this 3 disc release to the discography pages. As ever, the Mighty Wiki has more background info. If anyone has had a chance to give this one a listen, … Continue reading →

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