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Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher
Beefheart In Belgium
Found this on youtube.com: something for the Captain Beefheart fans outthere: More Beefheart on YouTube…
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Misc
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Frank Is Back
Our friend Evaristo sent me a couple of links that you may find interesting: – Frank Is Back: a mail-art project with a Zappa flavor to it, and – if you ever wondered where the phrase ““Eddie Are You Kidding?” … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Misc
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Camp
The most outrageous (and queerest) record label of the 60s: Camp Records. An amusing characteristic of the records they issued was the “label numbers” they gave them. Almost all of them are tongue-in-cheek gay references, if the letters and numbers … Continue reading
Rumor Has It…
Rumor has it (from a very good source) that… Rumor has it (From a very good source) that the Zappa plays Zappa show will debut in the US 4/21 at The Beacon Theatre in NYC. DZ and Napi are on … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa News
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Odds ‘n Ends
With the weekend finally in sight (hallelujah!), may I suggest you spend some time perusing Chas Radio — a deluge of wacky, hard-to-find audio stuff up for download is awaiting you there. The guy had a post about FZ some … Continue reading
Blue Balls
Also: lots of little blue balls that move around.
Posted in Amusing, Randamonium
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Würzburg ’82 (1)
Gilles thought we’d stay in Würzburg a couple weeks more by offering the 13/06/82 show — enjoy! Oh, and Imaginary Diseases finally made it to Barry Towers! Will be listening in a minute…
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots
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Duke of Trombones
Who’d-a-thunk: back in the day, George Duke attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music – on a trombone scholarship: “They had too many classical piano players. I didn’t have their chops. I couldn’t keep up with them,” Duke said of … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Misc
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Spamnesty International
Via Tom, a novel idea: Spamnesty International. We care about spam because spam is really important for your life! If spam would stop today, the world would end. We fight for a more evenly distribution of spam to everybody in … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, Geek, Pop Cult
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Devo 2.0
I was contacted a while ago by someone from Disney Records asking me “to promote Devo 2.0 and to expose new and old fans to their music”. First up: yes, I get email from Disney Records. When you’re done giggling, … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Music, Pop Cult
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iTunes Sig
‘t is a thing of wonder, the iTunes Signature Maker: iTunes Signature Maker (iTSM) analyzes your music collection and creates a short audio signature to represent who you are and what you listen to. After it checks your system configuration … Continue reading
Posted in Geek, Music, Personal
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Suits You Sir!
Nice bit of fun with surnames: feed it yours, and it’ll show you how common it is in the US. Here’s my chart:
Posted in Amusing, Personal, Randamonium
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Würzburg ’88 (2)
I know it lacks any sense of logic, but having presented you with Würzburg ’88 Part One last week, we now give you Part Two of the same concert. “That Barry,” people often say, “he’s such an eccentric!”
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots
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Zappa Plays Zappa: European Tourdates
I’m probably the last to find out — blame it on too much work and a faulty car-battery at 7pm out in the freezing cold — but the ZFT now has a page up with all the (European) tourdates for … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa News, Zappa Plays Zappa
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You Go Girl!
Willie Nelson released a gay-themed cowboy-song yesterday entitled “Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)”. What is it with closet cowboys these days? Massive outings from the prairie! As Roger Bourland puts it: “Wow Willy! You go girl!”
Posted in In The News, Music
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