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

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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?)

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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

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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.)

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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

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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…

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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

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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.

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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! :)

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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…

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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