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Category Archives: Music
Poll Two
Well that was telling, wasn’t it. Seems the majority of Z-fans who read KUR, are in the 30 to 40 range, closely followed by the 40+ contingent. Beyond/below that, online interest fades. But hey! We have a new poll for … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Personal
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Samchillian
Fun with your QWERTY keyboard: “One key press can equal ‘one pitch higher’ in a scale. Suddenly a scale is just a repetition of two keys. Scale too boring? Create a microtonal flurry of notes that sounds like Hendrix and … Continue reading
Moore Keeps On Rockin’
A new video for Neil Young’s Keep On Rockin’ In The Free World — directed by Michael Moore.
That Other Barry
An interesting profile on Barry Miles. “We tried out different types of Benzedrine – very seriously, making notes. We were artists – none of this hedonistic bullshit!”
Posted in Books, Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Misc
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Best Cover Versions
The 50 best cover versions of original songs. What, no “Louisiana Hooker With Herpes“? Must agree with their #1 pick, although Johnny Cash’s rendition of U2’s “One” comes close.
Posted in Music
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Meaning!
Songmeanings.net collects user comments about song-lyrics. Here’s a comment for Bobby Brown: “I think this song is about a guy who thought he was great and that he could do anything but in the end it failed and he became … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music
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Quite The Jump
David Lee Roth, the rock singer whose unfortunate choice of onstage clothing I vaguely remember, is training to be a NYC paramedic.
Posted in Bizarre, Music
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Masters Of War
“It’s just Bob Dylan’s song. We were just singing Bob Dylan’s song … If you think it has to do with Bush that’s because you’re drawing your own conclusions. We never conveyed that Bush was the person we were talking … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Music, Politics
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File Under Fruitcake
My WTF moment of the day: MacNET: “Care to explain?” Doug: “Sure. Why not? I am preserving our history. When the world goes up in flames in this jihad against all things Western, music will be one of the first … Continue reading
Broadband Optimizer
Freshly installed at Casa Barry: OS X Broadband Optimizer. Now I can burn up my bandwidth twice as fast!
Posted in Music, Personal
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An evening with the music of FZ
It was on 21st of october – a show was held beginning with the tv-show We Don’t Mess Around from ’78, and then Cosmik Debris played. So here you’ll find some words about the night, some pictures, and – on … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music
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Peel’s Final Session
John Peel, “maker and breaker” of bands, legendary BBC DJ whose radio-sessions included just about anybody from Cpt. Beefheart to David Bowie to The White Stripes, died from a heart attack earlier today. (Guardian coverage)
Posted in Music
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It’s A Has Been, Jim
At the small chance that you hadn’t come across this already: Has Been — William Shatner’s new album as produced by Ben Folds and featuring, among others, Adrian Belew. You can listen to some tracks here (via evaristo). A classic … Continue reading
Déja Voo
Guess what: the rock-concept-opera-album is making a comeback. Run Forest, run!
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Become Frighteningly Obsessed
“Once you’ve picked your cult hero, the only thing left to do is bring him up in every single music conversation. Compare every other artist unfavorably to your hero. Lament the fact that your hero has “lost it†and “will … Continue reading