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Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher
Pan flutes! Orchestra hits! James Brown Grunts!
“Famous sounds“: sounds that have been created or used by somebody, liked and then copied by many others, and thus earned a “classic” status. I’d like to open this section of Synth Mania utilizing as a starting point portions of … Continue reading
I Am The Eggman
I am me and Rummy’s he, Iraq is free and we are all together. (Related: RollingStone — The Worst President In History?)
Posted in In The News, Music, Politics
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Another Zappa Book
Yet another book on Zappa is hitting the shelves: The Words and Music of Frank Zappa by one Kelly Fisher Lowe. And just to make this post a bit more interesting: on the cover, the typeface used is the same … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Frank Zappa
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UH, REALLY COOL
I THINK THAT, UH, FRANK ZAPPA’S FACIAL HAIR IS REALLY COOL TO LOOK AT AND, UH, I AM ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT GETTING IT TATTOOED ON MY BODY. (myspace.com: where braincells go to die.)
Posted in Frank Zappa, Silly
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The Effect Of Pr0n
A scientific study into the effect of pr0n on male fertility, at last! “Gentleman, would you like to know how to improve the potency of your semen? Do you need a good excuse to give your significant other when she … Continue reading
Crackpot Cruise
Headline of the day: Mission Impossible star Cruise vows to eat placenta after birth. “I’m gonna eat the placenta. I thought that would be good. Very nutritious. I’m gonna eat the cord and the placenta right there.” Hungry Freaks, Daddy…
Posted in Bizarre
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Everybody I Shot Is Dead
That was the subject of an email I received just now. Thinking I was about to engage in a conversation with a serial killer, I started reading: I am writing to you because you are affiliated with and/or a fan … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Pop Cult, Visual Arts
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Social Experiment
I wonder what would happen if Zappa fans all over the world went out and did something like this.
Posted in Music, Pop Cult
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Hi Fritz!
Ha! I know one German who’s very happy to have searched Google for “frank+zappa+zurich+1979+bootleg” some ten minutes ago! :)
Posted in Frank Zappa, Randamonium
2 Comments
Zappa Scrapbook
This guy is putting up a bunch of newspaper clippings, articles and pictures related to Frank Zappa. Nice reads, if you can ignore the background-music, the rotating smilies, and the fact that most of the articles are in dutch…
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Articles
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Zürich ’79
Hope you have a really Good Friday with Part One of this little nugget: Zürich, Switzerland, 1 april 1979.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots
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Get Smarter!
Doing ‘brain exercises’ such as watching Countdown, playing Sudoku or taking a shower with your eyes closed can apparently make us all up to 40 per cent cleverer within seven days. I don’t get the “shower with your eyes closed” … Continue reading
Posted in Randamonium, Science
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Two Steaks A Day
As you might expect, vegetarians will have a somewhat rough time here. For most people in Argentina, a vegetarian is something you eat. Funny article on Argentina and its borderline obsessive preoccupation with steaks. From what I’ve witnessed while there … Continue reading
Posted in Randamonium
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In It For The Money
To sum up my week so far, I’m going to introduce a hitherto unused emoticon and be done with it: In other news, Xorg just mailed me a link to the US National Recording Registry picks for 2006. Guess who’s … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Personal
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Low-life Rounders
As a matter of course, Mothers of Good Family warn their daughters about Banjo Players, Rock Musicians, Programmers and other such low-life Rounders that might take advantage of their tender young Womanhood.