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I haven’t even had time to give this one a listen, but Gilles says it’s one of his favorites, so it must be good: Pachuco Hop – Rockpile Toronto, February 23 1969. By the way: if not for some kind … Continue reading →

I love personality tests that go out of their way to tell me just how speshul a person I am: “Barry, you show a slight right-hemisphere dominance with a moderate preference for auditory processing, an unusual and somewhat paradoxical combination … Continue reading →

First day at the office, yer gets yer tea out, and stentorian tones tell you it’s a coffee break, not a tea break. So, yer sneaks out, under the back, see ? Way down where barry can’t find you. Then … Continue reading →

UK based readers may be interested to know that tickets for the upcoming Thing-Fish performance at Battersea Arts Centre are available as of July 1. To get yours, drop a mail at boxoffice@bac.org.uk.

Hans Zeiger, 18, is an Eagle Scout and president of the Scout Honor Coalition. He is a Seattle Times columnist and chairman of Washington Young Americans for Freedom. He is also an idiot.

I know a certain someone who will laugh her butt of when she follows this link.

Empty seats at the front desk of the office, why that must mean it’s holiday time, since who ever heard of a virtual reality recession. This could result in the KUR answer to Suan Zao Ren Tang, but unless barry … Continue reading →

Fred, intrepid Z-reporter of the french persuasion, recently stumbled across some Zappa-live pictures on eDonkey. He’d like to publish them on his site but in order to avoid any copyright issues, he wants to know who took the pictures, and … Continue reading →

In the spring of 1993 Zappa invited some friends over to his house at Laurel Canyon. Among them were Johnny Guitar Watson, The Chieftains, The Tuvans and some FZ techs. Here are some video excerpts from that memorable day. More … Continue reading →

One-minute vacations are unedited recordings of somewhere, somewhen. Sixty seconds of something else. Sixty seconds to be someone else.

NadaBlog has live footage of Frank Zappa playing the solo from “Black Napkins” on top of the “Sleep Dirt” ditty, apparently shot at a rehearsal from the last tour in ’88. “It’s Frank Zappa. Playing Guitar with a cigarette in … Continue reading →

Prepare your Dr Brown’s Cel-Ray sodas, put on your preferred summer bermudas, and enjoy: The good ol’ Chrome Dinette is playing Fillmore East, June 1971 during all july, ladies and gentlemen! Real futuristic, ah? (You Are Not Alone, Barry :-)

The end of Barbie as we know it.

Apart from Zappanale 14 in Germany, there’s another Zapfest taking place in Bordeaux, France, which is scheduled for next September 11-13. You may want to check it out if you’re in the region…

Aah summertime! Between Guacamole and Error500 off on holiday for the entire month of July, and Dr. Sharleena off investigating the promiscuous behaviour of one-eyed bisexual pinguins in lower Patagonia – things are getting lonely here at the office (how … Continue reading →