It’s very late here, i can’t keep it up but thanks Nigey, David, John, Greg and the people at WUSB for, indeed, a dynamite show plenty of rare stuff and good info. It’s always thrilling to hear Zappa on the radio!
Category: Zappa Audio/Video
Barry Towers webcam update!
All is well now. Cheers WUSB!
Barry Towers Live!
WUSB broadcast: the story of a disaster.
WUSB?
Well here we are trying to tune into WUSB’s Zappathon, and what iTunes is giving us, is speeded up gibberish. Hello hello? WUSB?
Tune In Drop Out
(From the Inbox:) Next April 18th USB Radio will be hosting a twelve hour celebration of Frank Zappa’s music along with John Tabacco, Nigey Lennon, Greg Russo (author of Cosmik Debris) and a bunch of others. The whole show will be streamed via the web.
Blow that surfboard, son!
This one to our countless surf-bands-members readers: the guys at Cordelia Records are immersed on a project to publish “Surf Instrumental cover versions
of tunes by Frank Zappa”. At first it sez it’s already closed, but then i think there’s still time to send yours. Check it out!
WNYC
Filipe sent me this link to NYC’s Public Radio Archives. You’ll have to dig a little but there’s some cool audio stuff available (Persuasions, interview with Gail, Turtle Island String Quartet, …)
FZ’s music is alive
Here’s our friend ZombyWoof with come new FZ-covers, his page can be reached from anyplace now, finally. It’s updated regularly – all five works available now are really great, my favorite might be King Kong junior. Your comments are highly appreciated – here, or to his address.
General Electric
Since it’s friday, let there be something to download – and something to be surprised at (can it be connected any way to Gilles?…)
Waltz For Guitar
“At age 18, Zappa was experimenting with serialism and the guitar and tossed off Waltz For Guitar. It remained unknown until Keyboard and Guitar Player magazine published a Zappa celebration edition in 1992. In a characteristic comment, Zappa called it ‘…a 12 tone crab canon… it’s kind of short and boring‘”. (thanks Filipe)
Zut Alors!
This one for our two Belgians readers (oe ist?): next Saturday, The Wrong Object are playing “Zappa & A Few Tunes Of Their Own” in l’Aquilone, 25 Boulevard Saucy, Lige (thanks Bernard).
Sheik YerFoolz
A couple of less well known Zappa tribute bands – both have mp3’s up for grabs: Sheik Yerbouti (German) and The Foolz (Dutch). (thanks Fran6!)
Zappa Tributos
Enormous Penis
TBN rides again! Parts Two of FZ KPPC DJ and FZ BBC DJ are awaiting your download. Also make sure you check out the DaVinci’s Notebook selection – an acapella act that performs such titles as “Internet Porn”, “Enormous Penis” and “Liposuction”. Yes: barbershop singing is alive and kicking (and it has, apparently, an enormous penis).
Populah
In the past week I’ve been hit with over 300 referrers from this bootleg links page. Some interesting stuff there to look into, although I’m not quite sure about how legal it all is. (Oh and erh: hi there incoming traffic – nope, no boot available for now, carry on please)