Ben Cohen writes:
I stumbled across an interview with the Dweez. It’s from the Danny Baker London Breakfast show from around 2005 (I think). They discuss Wild Man Fischer, and the Hendrix guitar among other things. Danny Baker is clearly a Zappa fan but doesn’t ask too many questions we haven’t heard before – presumably as that would alienate his audience.
An interesting talk, have a listen:
[audio:Dweezil_Zappa_London_Breakfast_Show.mp3]The date: June 8th 1982
The venue: Congress Centrum Hamburg, West Germany
Your mission: Download!
Maroual points out a Swiss Zappa tribute band called FIDO. Some mp3’s for your listening pleasure available here.
After Copenhagen still hungry for another ’79 show? Here it is from frankzappa.at: 27 February 1979, Rotterdam. But if you go for the ’80 band playing at the same venue, this is the link for you.
Tour de force: Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet) and Andrea Dindo (piano) perform a Zappa-medley, Atlanta 2006:
Tired of YouTube? Maybe it’s time you checked out GodTube! For example: Christian Clown Training. Or how about A Summary Of Creation Science? Oh, and in other Christian Clown news, conservative christian leaders call climate change a “distraction”:
[…] Cizik and others are using the global warming controversy to shift the emphasis away from the great moral issues of our time. Those issues, the signers say, are a need to campaign against abortion and same-sex marriage and to promote “the teaching of sexual abstinence and morality to our children.â€
It’s… VOC #6! This week’s track is entitled Fraktal Suite Part 1 and was submitted by Stephane Jose who says:
The project is called “Fraktal Musik and other 2-bits pieces”. It consists of the Fraktal Suite (a piece in 5 parts) and a collection of various computer generated and assisted music I have done over the last couple of years. Maybe KUR readers comments will encourage me to finish the work and actually do something with it. Who knows?
As always, your comments are more than welcome. Have a listen:
[audio:006_Fraktal_Suite_Part_1_Stephane_Jose.mp3]Note: Stephane opted to offer this track as streaming audio only.
Conservapedia is a much-needed alternative to Wikipedia, which is increasingly anti-Christian and anti-American.
So finally here it is: Conservapedia!
(“There is no page titled “zappa”. You can create this page. “)
… a good place to raise your kids up! Lame joke, as I’m sure you’ll agree. However, allow me to state again that:
What would happen if FZ had a lecture from Edgar Varèse?
EV: I must confess that my favorite rock song you did was “What’s the ugliest part of your body? [Here Edgard stands up, grabs an imaginary microphone, adapts a strikingly campy look on his face and sings], some saaay your nose, ba ba ba some saaaaay your toes, I think it’s your mi-hind, think it’s your mind, think it’s your mi-i-i-i-i-i-nd.â€
FZ: Gosh Mr Varese, I’m flattered.
EV: I also like very much your Uncle Meat, not so much Yellow Snow.
FZ: It’s all about the big nasty.
EV: See. It’s your nasty obsession.
Today’s Crackpot Conspiracy features Britney Spears’ shaven head, a very dead Anna Nicole Smith, Madonna and Janet Jackson’s right nipple. What do they have in common, you ask? Why, they’ve all been brainwashed by the Illuminati, silly!
The Letterman show, Oct. 8 ’82: Please welcome Frank and Moon Zappa!
Part two is right over here.
Update: Check the YouTube profile of the user who uploaded the above video for more rare Zappa TV-appearances.
“This week I is being mostly arbitrary.” There is no historical reason why you should own this show: Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen, March 5th 1979. No premiers, no special guests, and pretty much the usual 1979 set list. So why offer you this show at all?
One reason, and one reason only. That guy with the moustache who occasionally plays a bit of guitar. Tonight Frank is clearly in the mood. Long guitar solos litter this show, and each and every one is a worthy effort. From the opening Deathless Horsie, through to a great Treacherous Cretins at the end, Frank is on tonight.
And that’s all you really need to know…
Aah press releases! They make posting here easy as pie. This one comes to us from Crossfire Publications. Bring on the quotation machine:
On the record label front, Crossfire has lined-up rare, archival releases by former Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention members, such as Jimmy Carl Black, Don Preston and Bunk Gardner. When Do We Get Paid?, an archival collection of Jimmy Carl Black “the Indian Of The Group” rarities, was originally released in the UK in 1996. Crossfire head honcho Greg Russo has remastered and re-EQ’d the original recordings making them sound better than ever! The CD also includes three bonus tracks. Other CDs in the Crossfire catalogue include two rare compilations by surf music giants The Tornadoes, Now And Then and Charge Of The Tornadoes (some of the recordings were engineered by music genius Frank Zappa). Crossfire has released the Neonfire CD featuring Candy Zappa (Frank’s little sister), Nolan Porter, Napoleon Murphy Brock (Zappa vocalist extraordinaire) and Andre Cholmondeley (of Project Object) amongst others.
… In the works:
[…] an exciting release schedule for 2007, which includes ex-Zappa frontman Bob Harris’s The Great Nostalgia from 1986, which features guest performances by guitar virtuoso Steve Vai. Nolan Porter has two upcoming Crossfire releases No Apologies and Nolan (containing the Northern soul classics “If I Could Only Be Sure” and “Keep On Keeping On” – these have been in great demand in British clubs for years), whilst sister of music icon Frank Zappa, Candy Zappa’s future Crossfire CD is entitled My Brother Was A Mother.
… And finally:
soon to be available from Crossfire, the legendary Paul Buff’s PAL Studio recordings with Frank Zappa and many others – seven releases in all!
Another Tuesday, another VOC! Pierre Vervloesem is quite a wellknown name in the Belgian alternative music scene. I first got acquainted with his music via X-Legged Sally, and later Flat Earth Society, two bands he was/is a member of. Pierre also produced Worst Case Scenario, debut album of the now famous band dEUS. Anyway! Here’s his contribution, entitled Burba Bubba. Pierre says:
It’ s a one take midi guitar impro that I arranged to death so I look like a brilliant composer.
Well that worked out perfectly if you ask me! Have a listen:
[audio:005_Burba_Bubba_Pierre_Vervloesem.mp3]Like it? Download it.
