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Category Archives: Frank Zappa
Cheap Thrills?
The Cheapening of Music: When my friend said that he believed music has been cheapened, he was referring to the fact that music is now everywhere. It’s in your cellphone, on the web, on your microwave, TV, toys, etc. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Misc
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TBN’s April Update
And now the moment many have been waiting for: The Big Note has updated! Too much new stuff to mention here, but it does feature the “Grand Opening” of EyebrowTweezer Productions. Or wait… is that April Fools?
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Articles, Zappa Audio/Video
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Ricky & Bobby
April Fools or not, trust me when I say we have a nice show lined up: Palace Theater, Los Angeles, 21 july 1984. You will note that, by this time, the band had replaced Ricky Martin with Bobby Martin. As … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots
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Flickr Z
Hey, Flickr has a Zappa tag! Hadn’t seen these pictures before, nice set. (And this is one cool T-shirt! I had no idea Nappy Brock is auditioning for Return Of The Zombies by the way.)
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Imagery
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Picking Up Momentum
Wiki Jawaka may be less than a month old but it’s really starting to pick up momentum. A ton of information is being added constantly by its tiny userbase, and using the Random Page feature has become one of my … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Wiki
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Bruce Bickford Dot Com
Bruce Bickford finally has a worthy homepage, put together by some helpful fans with his co-operation.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Misc
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Eyebrows
Fréjus 82 Part Two is available — here’s to hoping you can actually download it as well! Also have another go at downloading EyebrowTweezer’s single if you haven’t yet. The announcement got sort of lost in the middle of all … Continue reading
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EyebrowTweezer Productions
I recently got together with SOFA and Magic Fingers, two members of theBIGnote that I hold in very high esteem. For those not in the know: SOFA is the driving force behind TBN’s website as well as a genius audio-tweaker, … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video
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Zappa Wiki Jawaka: Going Public
I hereby declare Zappa Wiki Jawaka, the wiki open for the general public. It’s only just started so it’ll need your contributions and will fail miserably without them. Want to contribute? Get an account and then read the main page … Continue reading
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If It’s Friday This Must Be Fréjus
Signs that you need to step away from your computer: you have feverish dreams riddled with double square brackets, featuring a sinister looking librarian who chases you around with a huge encyclopaedia whilst singing the Alphabet Song. Whereupon you oversleep, … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots, Personal
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Zappa, Dweezil, and Naming Conventions
So, let’s say hypothetically, you’re working on this thing called a wiki, right? Let’s say it’s a wiki on Frank Zappa, and you’re setting up a basic structure (bio, discog, videog, …). All goes well until you hit a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Personal, Zappa Misc
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Zappa Wiki Forum
Introducing The Frank Zappa Wiki Forum. More later…
Posted in Frank Zappa, Site News, Zappa Misc
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Worcester 68
Gilles — aka The Man Who Is Truly Faster Than His Shadow — has stepped in and uploaded this MOI show from Worcester ’68. As for you now disgruntled Fréjus voters: next week, okay?
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Rick Smith On Frank Zappa
While I straighten out the FB, you might want to have a listen to this interview with Rick Smith who was Frank Zappa’s personal engineer for 5 years in the mid 70s at Record Plant (and who is now quite … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video
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Grunion Pun
So many things to do, it boggles the mind: witness a grunion run, visit a zircon rock concert, create the ultimate Frank Zappa encyclopaedia.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Randamonium, Zappa Misc
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