Become Frighteningly Obsessed

Posted on Wednesday, 10/13/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

“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 probably never get it back,” but express your opinion that his early body of work is enough to counterbalance any mediocre material he may have released later. Your hero is the only one who ever really got it right, and as long as you live you’ll never see another artist like him.”
— A Guide To Talking Rock

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Baby Snakes

Posted on Saturday, 10/09/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Every so often I need a reminder of why I spend money on KUR. Every so often, I get the answer. Today’s answer was purchasing the Baby Snakes DVD. Two hours plus of sheer musical heaven — man I love this one (right down to the five year old Roxy DVD Yet To Come To Fruition Trailer, but I digress). Two questions though: is Roy Estrada’s hairdo real? And is that girl Angel-With-The-White-Painted-Face high on quaaludes or what?

Posted in Frank Zappa, Personal, Zappa Audio/Video | 8 Comments

Joe’s Domage: A Rip-Off?

Posted on Friday, 10/08/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Ouch! Joe’s Domage is getting very harsh reviews here at KUR so far… Anyone want to chime in with their point of view? (I’ve yet to receive this release so I’ll reserve my judgement.)

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video, Zappa News | 6 Comments

Time Sandwich

Posted on Friday, 10/08/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

This week’s Friday Boot is a collection of live tracks from ’66, ’70 and ’73 known as Time Sandwich.

Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots | 4 Comments

Streaming Quaudio

Posted on Thursday, 10/07/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Listen to three full streaming Quaudiophiliac tracks here. (Or you could just decide to buy the damn thing!)

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video | 4 Comments

Welcome Back Gilboot

Posted on Wednesday, 10/06/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Some of you may have noticed that Gilles’ site with Zappa bootleg cover artwork (among other things) had vanished in the past week. Well, it’s back on the air.

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Down Monster Road

Posted on Tuesday, 10/05/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Next Wednesday 13 the Doctor and I will be attending the annual Filmfestival of Ghent for a screening of “Monster Road” (the Bruce Bickford docu). Should you be looking for us, we’ll be the ones wearing the fake Groucho Marx eyebrow-moustache combo (widely available at various prank shops) yelling “Get lost, creep!”. Kidding.

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The Big Note’s Halloween Edition

Posted on Sunday, 10/03/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

The Big Note has rolled out its Halloween edition — once again chock full of good stuff. Of particular interest: “Trick Or Treat”, Warren Cuccurullo and L. Shankar’s “The Blue” and TBN member MM7’s monster Halloween compilation. Oh, and also, this… ;)

Posted in Music, Zappa Audio/Video, Zappa Misc | 1 Comment

I Am Learn

Posted on Sunday, 10/03/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

“I wrote a ridiculous Perl program to generate text. Thing is, it developed some bugs, and has managed to create phrases and combinations of words (which actually make sense) that I didn’t even program in. I hooked it up to the Blogger API, and now it updates its own weblog with no editing on my part (I just give it a bunch of topics to talk about). Check it out, I’ve called it ‘Learn’. It sounds like a typical teenage girl.” (via Kevin Francis)

Posted in Bizarre, Science | 5 Comments

Google Flatulence

Posted on Saturday, 10/02/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Google Ad
What exactly is Google trying to tell me here?

Posted in Amusing, Personal | 5 Comments

Friday — Again

Posted on Friday, 10/01/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Well, all 6 invites are out the door and our little short story is still unfolding. While reading it, you may enjoy Part Two of this week’s Friday Boot offering.

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The Zappa’s: A Collaborative Writing Effort

Posted on Thursday, 09/30/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

I have 6 gmail invites just waiting to be passed on, and who better to give them to than you, esteemed Hot Poop reader. Of course, you’ll have to do something in return. With that in mind, let’s indulge in a bit of collaborative writing, shall we? We’re going to write a mini “The Zappa’s” and the idea is that each participant in the comments takes the storyline off where the last one left it. First 6 respondants with valid email addresses get the invites. I’ll kick it off, you take it from there:

– Gail Zappa (GZ): Joe! Get your ass over here like, pronto!
– Joe Travers (JT): (stumbles out of the vault, covered in analog tape) Uh yeah?
– GZ: What’s that noise I hear comin’ out of the vault?
– JT: Uh well…

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Misc | 14 Comments

Invoice No. 17548

Posted on Thursday, 09/30/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Got a mail from Barfko-Swill: “Your order has been shipped!” Let the salivating commence! :)

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video | 5 Comments

Fast For Bush

Posted on Wednesday, 09/29/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

People That Have Gone Bonkers, Part 54874367: “God is raising up multitudes of Christians to fast and pray for the holiness of President George W. Bush and our nation. Join us in God’s grassroots movement.”

Posted in Politics, Religion, Silly | 4 Comments

Earring Semantics

Posted on Wednesday, 09/29/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

MonkeyFilter: “Earrings on Men – both ears? one ear? What is more ‘preferred’ or ‘accepted’ for men (in the USA) – both ears or single ear piercing?” One commenter about sums it up: “I wear a coat hanger through my trachea. It means I’m cool.”

Posted in Pop Cult, Silly | 1 Comment