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Is this anoter clue for the Conceptual Continuity or what?

Each nation its own beer must have. If your doesn’t, don’t be sad… At leats every nation has its soul (although some people just don’t care). Now that UE went a little larger, you can expand your horizons, and learn something about Finland and Zappa’s relation to Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Well, as you know, some nations also has a Zappa’s statue. It is right there, at the end of Vilnius’ Kalinausko street (click on the thumbnaileye. At the picture on the wall, you can see the “corcovado”, the most well known symbol of my city, Rio de Janeiro). Anyway, since we started with beer, we can’t forget the tities, specially if the girls in question are better than the Beatles! Cheers!

Posted in Personal, Pop Cult, Randamonium | 2 Comments

Frank Zappa Gig List

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

Feeling a bit bored today, I went to check out Charles Ulrich‘s fabulous Frank Zappa Gig List (version 04/04/04). Much as I appreciate this treasure of information, I’ve always deplored the fact that it wasn’t searchable in any way — I mean, you have to sort of drill into the “HTML version” quite a bit to find what you’re looking for. So, since I was bored, I grabbed the txt version and dropped it in a database. There’s quite a bit of flaws in the txt giglist formatting (superfluous tabs, bad date-formats, etc), but I’m weeding them out as we speak. Watch this site as, soon, it will offer a fully searchable, database-based version of the FZ Gig List!

Posted in Frank Zappa, Site News, Zappa Misc | 14 Comments

For She’s A Jolly Good Doctor

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

Happy Birthday, Dr Sharleena!! :)

Posted in Personal | 12 Comments

Falwell Down the Fall

Posted on Monday, 05/03/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

On Sept. 10, 1987, Jerry Falwell promised he’d go down the Typhoon waterslide at Heritage Island if 1,000 people donated $1,000 to the faltering PTL. Of course, 1,000 people did. Religion really doesn’t get any better than this! (via sharpeworld)

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Read All About It!

Posted on Monday, 05/03/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Centerville (Roitters) – In what’s been described as one of the most impressive updates in the history of the web, thebignote‘s SOFA today announced the birth of several new features which he described as “nifty, tuf ‘n bitchin'”. “I think I may cry, ” said the editor in chief, his voice trembling as he called us from his Winnebago stationed near Holland Michigan. “I’m particularly proud of our new magazine, ‘I Never Really Cared For Sports, Illustrated‘, but please tell your readers we’ve also got a new Fake Boot, a massive new portion of FZ-related downloads and an essay written by Mike Keneally!” The editor in chief was last seen running down Main Street wearing nothing but a “Beer Makes Beautiful Bodies” T-shirt, yelling “Viola! Viola!”.

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video, Zappa Misc | 3 Comments

One of the brain police…

Posted on Saturday, 05/01/04 by Bertanya

Now this could be a risky occupation, i jest ye not. For after avowing to being one of the brain police, the future held as an acquaintance the infamous charles manson, and thus far 35 years in prison for murder. A musician before his association with famous folk though, he has still found opportunities to subsequently pursue this, especially since requesting transfer from californias state prison system. I quite like this tranquil tune from the selection you can sample. Well, i guess it beats being a rock.

Posted in Music, Pop Cult, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Izzy La B

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

Have a look at this marvellous example of contemporary webdesign, authored by a certain someone whom we shall name Izzy La B. Then click on the Kill Ugly Radio links on that page. …back? That was fun eh?

Posted in Personal, Silly, Site News | 6 Comments

Interesting

Posted on Friday, 04/30/04 by Dr Sharleena

On e-Bay: very cool Zappa Songbook for sale. Besides the sheet music, it contains 8 full page pictures and 20 + pages of illustrations by Cal Schenkel. Also contains a 14 page manuscript reproduction. Owner says the book is in excellent condition. Looks tempting…

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Misc | 4 Comments

Courtney Cuckoo

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

Meanwhile, in a parallel universe far far away: “I have a magic pussy,” she announces. “If you fuck me, you become a king. I’m a kingmaker.”

Posted in Pop Cult, Silly | 2 Comments

Mixology

Posted on Tuesday, 04/27/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

“Just look at these people. Maybe they are all screwing their dentists and nannies and getting the clap and living in a spiritual void–they’re still floating on an ocean of booze and glamour.”

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Apostrophe

Posted on Tuesday, 04/27/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

If, like me, you find it impossible to write a single sentence without wondering about proper punctuation, don’t take this test. The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe…

Posted in Books, Personal | 3 Comments

Blow that Surfboard Some More

Posted on Sunday, 04/25/04 by Dr Sharleena

From Alan at Cordelia Records: “‘Lemme Take You to the Beach’ has come back from the pressing plant“… Pas op: “For an initial period the postage on this CD is free to anywhere in the world”!

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

The Blimp

Posted on Friday, 04/23/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

The Horror of The Blimp.

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Boots Keep ‘A Comin’