Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will be featuring a week-long series of events in honour of Frank Zappa, starting February 13.
Several musicians including guitarist Adrian Belew and longtime Zappa sideman Ike Willis will help celebrate his legacy, which includes 60 albums-worth of material. […] Many events are free and open to the public, but space must be reserved.
Is anyone planning to attend any of these? Feel free to say “Yes!” and rub it in… :)
Snow ranging in colour from light yellow to orange and carrying a distinctive “musty” odour was observed yesterday in five districts of Omsk province, which lies in western Siberia and borders Kazakhstan.
Ain’t no Huskie wee-wee either, methinks…
Gilles presents: Frankfurt, 28/11/71! He told me this version appears to be missing Cruising for Burgers inbetween Sharleena and King Kong but let’s not have that spoil the fun…
When I grow up I want to draw pretty girls the way Milo Manara does:
Envious? Moi?
At Tiny Mixtapes: “songs to lament the fact that I’ve had my period for 15 days” — including of course Alien Orifice.
One can only imagine what would’ve happened, had young FZ had an internet connection, and stumbled upon this. :)
Artist Ron Mueck currently has an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. I find his out-of-proportion yet hyper-realistic sculptures fascinating to look at. Here’s a behind-the-scenes slideshow of how the exhibition was installed. Bonus: video filmed during Ron Mueck’s residency at The National Gallery in London.
Interesting review of a recent concert by the Manhattan School of Music Percussion Ensemble performing Edgard Varèse. A notable quote:
Having grown up surrounded by hiphop, industrial, and electronica, these kids find nothing unusual in the idea of a piece which is all about sirens, noise and thunderous percussion. In fact, I think they get a work like Ionisation in a way that most classically-trained musicians of previous generations have a lot of trouble wrapping their heads around.
Via aworks which also links to an mp3 download of Ionisation.
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So yeah, I had no idea there was a zappa.ru. :)
It’s a joyous day here at KUR as we kick off our Voice Of Cheese series! The first contribution comes from Joe Cronin. Joe says:
It’s pretty strange but seems to have a circular sort of logic about it… I am a Big Zappa fanatic. Have known Scott Thunes for 25 years. He was a roomate of mine a million years ago — long story… Now he is a neighbor, here in San Rafael Cal.
The track is called “PLINK”. Click the arrow to have a listen:
[audio:001_Plink.mp3|loop=yes]Like it? Download it.
Now then: about that poll. At this time of writing, out of 257 voters, 39% (a nominal 99 votes) declared they not only play music, but have recorded some of it as well.
The plan, as obvious as it must have probably been, is to showcase a KUR reader’s recording, say once per week. I would host your track, have the commenting masses do their thing, and we’d hopefully find some gems in the process here and there. To be clear: your tune needn’t be Zappa-esque or avant-garde or something like that. Anything goes — from hillbilly country-music through Klezmer to high-brow electronic music.
So here’s how I got it worked out practically:
Care to join the Voice Of Cheese? You know the drill! :)
That’s what musician/composer Rhys Chatham needed for a piece entitled “A Crimson Grail Part One”. Download the whole thing here and while you’re at it, read this review. (via)
Someone somewhere must have been extra nice to Barry this week; not only did I get bread with my gruel, but he also insisted that this week’s show should be May 1st 1973. And, as Barry always gets what he wants, May 1st it is.
Now, I don’t know many people who dislike the 1973 tour (actually, I don’t know anybody), and as this is one of the best shows from that year, it becomes essential listening in my book. This happens to be the final night of Kin Vassey’s short stint with the band. Interestingly, it’s also the one and only FZ show I know of that begins with the complete Yellow Snow Suite.
Highlights? Dupree’s Paradise, Big Swifty, and the Son of Mr Green Genes/King Kong/Chunga’s Revenge encore. Oh yes, and the rest of the show.
You’ll enjoy this one.
