Category Archives: Frank Zappa

Whatchamacallit (2)

Belgium! Music! Covers! Freaks! City! Of! Tiny! Lites! There was a post earlier about their samples – here they are with a demo! Get it! Love it!

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NYC 31/10/74 (2)

Today is the first day I overslept in a South-American country. With that interesting fact out of the way, here is, as promised, part two of NYC 31/10/74. Oh, and we’ll be leaving for Brazil tomorrow, so don’t expect much … Continue reading

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Joe’s XMASage

Wow… Barry steps out of the house, and a new release is announced: Waddayasay?…

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The Phlorescent Teach

Mark Volman teaches the faculty of Baptist-identified Belmont University. Volman has also put his hard-partying days behind him. A committed Christian, he and his wife and business partner, Emily Ector-Volman, are active members of Harpeth Presbyterian Church, where they sing … Continue reading

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Zappanale TV

Did you already hear about it? This Zappanale TV shows some video recordings – another band each month. For now: Bogus Pomp. Sounding good – again. (Although the drums are a bit too noisy, but anyway, it’s not a CD…).

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Frankzappa.at

Zapped Again? Ja! – Weil ich denke, es wird Zeit für eine umfassende deutschsprachige Site über das Leben und Schaffen von Frank Zappa. In the German language, which is the way he talks whenever it’s Heavy Business.

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La Venganza de Chunga

Played by the Gotan Project again, this time live. Wow. Video: Queremos Paz.

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Bogus Pomp Is Good

Of all the Zappa cover bands Bogus Pomp is the one that is really close to my heart. Great music, fine solos, elaborated orchestration, and sometimes Napoleon Murphy Brock, as dessert. Here are some recordings from 2004 (Thanks to Jerry … Continue reading

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Todo Bien

Buenos dias! I’m typing this from a hideously configurated PC somewhere in hot-n-humid Buenos Aires, having had some 4 hours of sleep since Wednesday, so I’ll keep it brief — forgive me for añy typos that may occur. As promised … Continue reading

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Dumb All Over

„My dear grandson Bwana-Linth, I hereby express my will: thou shalst be the one to post the link of this really fine blog called Dumb All Over. Barry, thy Grandfather” That’s how it happened. Seems to be a new page … Continue reading

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The Busy Gail Zappa

Another fortunate working experience occurred the other night when I drove Gail Zappa to the airport. On the next ride a question would be fine about the release of Trance Fusion, perhaps…

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Stuttgart ’88 (2)

Then comes The Big One. First of all, I must say that I’ve found listening to every version of “Stairway To Heaven” to be the most tedious part of this whole reviewing task. There’s simply nothing very interesting about most … Continue reading

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Sebkha-Chott

Had any of you ever heard of this french band? Neither had I. What tickled my curiosity was a description by someone on the french Zappa-list (you can blame me for the translation to English): They’re somewhere inbetween Zappa, Mr … Continue reading

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Pandora

Pandora is a fun little project that creates a radiostation for you based on the artist/song you initially gave it. I typed in Frank Zappa upon which it started to play what it thinks is Zappa-related music and informed me … Continue reading

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Ween

What’s the closest thing to Zappa these days? I would say Ween comes close. These guys fondly take the piss out of just about any musical genre — and they do so with admirable flamboyance. Case in point: 12 Golden … Continue reading

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