Category Archives: YouTubery

Roy Harper – Kangaroo Blues (2004)

Some new Roy Harper tunes on Youtube – this one is from the DVD Beyond The Door. Man, he’s heavy! – just check out his One Man Rock And Roll Band, again…

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Ultimate Insult: Somewhere In NYC

In the first video, Frank Zappa tells the story of how the Fillmore East incident involving John Lennon and Yoko Ono started from an exciting jam between two musical iconoclasts, to a matter to be decided between opposing lawyers. The … Continue reading

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BL – Borlai & Ladányi

This is a collaboration between Andrea Ladányi (dancer) and Gergő Borlai (drummer). She holds the drumsticks, he holds her hands (its just a part of their performance). See details and criticism here. (BTW: G. Borlai is a big Zappa-fan, his … Continue reading

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Bourbon Princess – The Waiting Noon

Deep-voiced lead singer/songwriter/bassist Monique Ortiz, who leads the group Bourbon Princess, with original Morphine drummer Jerome Deupree, Either Orchestra saxophonist/leader Russ Gershon and guitarist/pianist Jim Moran, describes their sound as “blue wave: new wave with a little bit of blues … Continue reading

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Opium, Morphine, Heroin

Illegal Drugs: Opium, Morphine, Heroin Pt. 1 The recent awarding of Heath Ledger a posthumous Oscar for The Dark Knight made me think about his accidental death from “acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam … Continue reading

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Zappa, YouTube, Censorship

The above video was posted by flowerpunkchip on YouTube April 15, 2008. Along with the video he posted the following statement: CENSORED. Music replaced. Gee thanks Gail, if i ever do make money from your husband’s genius, I’ll let you … Continue reading

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Peaches, Peaches, Peaches en Regalia!

Grammy Award aside, Peaches en Regalia is a fantastic song regardless of when it is performed and by whom. These videos show Zappa Play Zappa performing the song from their live DVD; FZ and his 1988 Best Band performing the … Continue reading

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Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey

Sam Dunn, a 30-year-old anthropologist and lifelong metal fan, embarks on a trip into the heart of heavy metal in Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey. His mission is to figure out why metal music is consistently stereotyped, dismissed and condemned, even … Continue reading

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The Berlusconi Protest Song Project

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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Beatles On The Rooftop

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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