Category Archives: YouTubery

The Music Of John Dowland

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Balint

…as played by Sting and Edin Karamazov. You might know the CD, but recently I’ve found a fine DVD, a documentary on the music of the late composer John Dowland (1563-1626), with some opinions by two music scholars, lute player Edin … Continue reading →

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Dummy Up: a/k/a Tommy Chong

Posted on April 10, 2009 by urbangraffito

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 →

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Planetshakers – Majesty (Live)

Posted on April 9, 2009 by urbangraffito

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 →

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Echidna’s Arf (Of You): Piano Version

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Have a little patience while the guy Ian Tanner wrestles his way through Village Of The Sun first, then… check it out: Far from Not perfect, yet really impressive. I mean: would you have the balls to record yourself having … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Alumni — KUR Style

Posted on April 8, 2009 by urbangraffito

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 →

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Zappa & Mothers TV Special, 1974

Posted on April 4, 2009 by urbangraffito

On Tuesday afternoon of August 27th, 1974, sometime after 5:30pm, Frank Zappa, George Duke, Chester Thompson, Tom Fowler, Napoleon Murphy Brock and Ruth Underwood took to KCET-TV Channel 28’s Sound Stage B in Culver City, Los Angeles to film a … Continue reading →

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Joe’s Garage – by Desert Rain

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Balint

Later that night: Jennifer Lettelleir gets Bests Choreographer award for the theatrical version of Joe’s Garage.

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Fantomas – with Terry Bozzio, Montreux 2005

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Balint

Woooaahh. I like it.

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Italo Zappa

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Funniest thing: two Italians writing in with Zappa related links almost simultaneously. First up, Andrea Rizzardo, who pointed me to this Italian band called Elio e le Storie Tese, in concert with special guest Ike Willis: There’s more… Then there’s … Continue reading →

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In Search Of Maria

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

I may be a grumpy old man, but this made me smile: Warning: contains music from “The Sound of Music”!

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