Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Knebworth Valentine

Valentine’s day is rapidly approaching, gentlemen. So I was thinking: what can I possibly get my girl that will amaze everyone? Hold on people, I think I’ve come up with the answer — check out the Frank Zappa at Knebworth … Continue reading

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Nosferatu

Amazing: Google video has the entire 1922 version of Nosferatu up for viewing and downloading. Via cynical-c. Update: and here’s Ed Wood’s complete Glen or Glenda! Via robot wisdom.

Posted in Film, Pop Cult | 3 Comments

Los Angeles ’84

This week’s Friday Boot offering: Palace Theater, Los Angeles, CA, 22 july 1984 — with guest performances by George Duke, Johnny Guitar Watson, Aynsley Dunbar, Denny Walley and Bruce Fowler. Available for one week, as always…

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eBay Atheist

On eBay: Send an atheist to his local church! Everytime I come home, I pass this old Irish church. I promise to go into that church every day– for a certain number of days– for at least an hour each … Continue reading

Posted in Bizarre, Religion, Silly | 2 Comments

KUR: Your Top 100 Belgian Weblog

Hey whaddayaknow: according to Alexa, KUR caps the 74th spot in the Top 100 of Belgian weblogs! You know what that means, right? It means there’s about a 100 weblogs in this country. :) Looking at Alexa’s info page for … Continue reading

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Wild Man Download

Well I’ll be. The entire “An Evening With Wild Man Fischer” is available for (mp3) download here, where it is stated that: This 1968 legendary master piece has yet to see a re-release. Frank Zappa’s widow owns the right and … Continue reading

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Debbie Does Demography

You stick it to them Native ‘mericans, Debbie! … But the study also found that “Native” Americans have dry ear wax and body odor similar to Asians, proving they migrated here from Asia. So whom did THEY steal the land … Continue reading

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Joycean Spam

If James Joyce were alive today and sent me an email, his message would probably end up in my junk-folder. Here’s what I was looking at inthere, just now: Overcome by awe as was democracy my chair, glancing from mustard … Continue reading

Posted in Randamonium | 3 Comments

Magnatune

Magnatune: the future of record labels? Haven’t been able to listen to any of the albums available yet, but I’m intrigued by the concept: It’s the shareware model applied to music. Listen to 427 complete MP3 albums from musicians we … Continue reading

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Harcourt E. Gingersnap

The Groucho Marx Name Generator. Brought to you by the man who gave us Drawn!

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First Lines

The 100 best first lines from novels. Maybe they should have added this one: “This book exists on the premise that somebody, somewhere, is interested in who I am, how I got that way, and what the fuck I’m talking … Continue reading

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Googling Tiananmen

This would be funny if it wasn’t so sad: images.google.com/images?q=tiananmen versus images.google.cn/images?q=tiananmen

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Smoke Poll

With smoking becoming more and more socially inacceptable, I’m curious to know how KUR readers think about the topic. Do you smoke? Trying to quit? Think smokers are pitiful idiots? A poll to the rescue! Disclosure: I’m a smoker myself.

Posted in Personal, Randamonium | 13 Comments

The Vortex Of Zappa’s Maximalism

You didn’t think I could write a title like that, eh? Well actually I didn’t. It’s a term taken from Michel Delville & Andrew Norris, both living in Brussels, who have written a book on Zappa, Cpt. Beefheart and Californian … Continue reading

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Lit Winston

So you get a chance to meet FZ in person, chat a little, and then: Around now the next elevator opened up, he said, “Nice talking to you,” and got on. Just as the doors were closing he realized he … Continue reading

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