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Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher
Toronto ’69
This week’s boot: Rockpile, Toronto Canada, May ’69. For you nitpickers out there (you know who you are) it may also have been the 5/19/69 Massey Hall gig, although the gig list seems to suggest otherwise.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots
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This Note’s For You
Neil Young is set to release a new album called Living With War. The songs are — surprise! — anti-Bush / anti-war, and will be available as streaming audio on his site next Friday. There’s even a weblog: This is … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Music, Politics
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Pffrt
And now for a merry bit of high-brow if somewhat flatulent singalong animation, Made In Belgiumâ„¢. (via)
Posted in Silly
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Rare Beef
For Cpt Beefheart fans: 2 rare releases are for sale at ReR Megacorp: Grow Fins (5 CD’s of unreleased material, tracing the Magic Bands from the beginning) and Dust Sucker (being the unreleased Bat Chain Puller LP).
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music
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Boinged
Ya know, in the past we’ve been metafiltered, linkfiltered, growabrained, powazeked, and now this: it ain’t Rolling Stone, but Burnt managed to have Boing Boing post my FZ vs PMRC Flickr set on their frontpage this morning. What’s next? Slashdot? … Continue reading
Zappathon ’06 Post Scriptum
For those of you who missed out on last Sunday’s wusb.fm’s ’06 Zappathon, a stream of the entire show is available here. Alternatively, you can sign up for the snailmail vine over at the Uncle Beat Forum. Oh, and by … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video
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ZPZ Video Clips
Flat Top Sam (no really) sent in links to video clips of Zappa Plays Zappa during rehearsal. They’re short but sweet, have a look: Florentine Pogen (one, two) and The Black Page.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video, Zappa Plays Zappa
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Zappa Over The Phone
Duncan alerts me to the fact that Bill Camarata over at Box of Sound included a 1988 phone interview with Frank Zappa in one of his podcasts. Being the swell guy that he is, Duncan has clipped out the relevant … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video
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Dark Side Of The Wizard
I had never heard about this but apparently, several years ago a rumor began to circulate about a strange connection between Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon (1973) and the MGM classic The Wizard of Oz (1939). Synchronize the … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Music, Pop Cult
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Cha Cha!
Sexy vintage album covers. My favorite has to be this one: An obese barefooted elderly man dressed like a mid-70s Barry Manilow, holding a stray dog and throwing around confetti while contemplating a possibly sexual relationship with a goodlooking yet … Continue reading
200 Motels Promotional Pictures
Some time ago, I obtained original prints of promotional pictures taken during the production of Zappa’s 200 Motels. Don’t ask how I got them — let’s just call it good karma. And since good karma begets good karma, I figured … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Imagery
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This Sunday: Zappathon ’06
Hey kids, just a reminder: WUSB’s Zappathon ’06 airs tomorrow, starting at noon and going til midnight (EST). Co-hosted by John Tabacco and Nigey Lennon it’ll be nothing short of a Zapfest featuring interviews and rare recordings. On top of … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video, Zappa News
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ZPZ At The Jammy’s
Last night was Zappa Plays Zappa’s official opening at the Jammy’s. Judging from this review authored by one Trendmonger at the zappa.com forums, we are in for a treat. A Big Treat: Chick Corea came out for the Fender Rhodes … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video, Zappa News, Zappa Plays Zappa
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37 Cello’s
Very cool: video of musician Ethan Winer playing a song composed entirely of 37 cello parts. He even plays the percussion parts on his cello. It was recorded on 23 tracks using 37 plug-in effects. (Here’s the youTube link in … Continue reading
Zürich ’79 (2)
This morning I said to myself, “Self”, I said, “you posted part one of Zürich ’79, wouldn’t it be a swell idea to post part two?” “Self,” I responded, “excellent thinking“. Whereupon Self and I had some more coffee, enjoying … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots
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