Crackpot Cruise

Posted on Wednesday, 04/19/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Headline of the day: Mission Impossible star Cruise vows to eat placenta after birth.

“I’m gonna eat the placenta. I thought that would be good. Very nutritious. I’m gonna eat the cord and the placenta right there.”

Hungry Freaks, Daddy…

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Everybody I Shot Is Dead

Posted on Wednesday, 04/19/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

That was the subject of an email I received just now. Thinking I was about to engage in a conversation with a serial killer, I started reading:

I am writing to you because you are affiliated with and/or a fan of at least one of the brilliant musicians that will be featured in my upcoming book, Everybody I Shot Is Dead. My name is Deborah Chesher and I was a rock’n’roll photographer in the mid-seventies, back when the music business was still about the music. My high-quality photography book will feature pictures I took of the many musicians who have since passed, as well as my personal stories.

If you’re interested, she is chronicling the making of the book online.

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Social Experiment

Posted on Friday, 04/14/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

I wonder what would happen if Zappa fans all over the world went out and did something like this.

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Hi Fritz!

Posted on Friday, 04/14/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Ha! I know one German who’s very happy to have searched Google for “frank+zappa+zurich+1979+bootleg” some ten minutes ago! :)

Posted in Frank Zappa, Randamonium | 2 Comments

Zappa Scrapbook

Posted on Friday, 04/14/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

This guy is putting up a bunch of newspaper clippings, articles and pictures related to Frank Zappa. Nice reads, if you can ignore the background-music, the rotating smilies, and the fact that most of the articles are in dutch…

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Zürich ’79

Posted on Friday, 04/14/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Hope you have a really Good Friday with Part One of this little nugget: Zürich, Switzerland, 1 april 1979.

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www.antonwebern.com

Posted on Thursday, 04/13/06 by Balint

What a nice homepage! (With downloadable music.)

Posted in Music, Visual Arts | 3 Comments

Get Smarter!

Posted on Thursday, 04/13/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Doing ‘brain exercises’ such as watching Countdown, playing Sudoku or taking a shower with your eyes closed can apparently make us all up to 40 per cent cleverer within seven days. I don’t get the “shower with your eyes closed” bit but then, I’m probably not clever enough.

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Two Steaks A Day

Posted on Wednesday, 04/12/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

As you might expect, vegetarians will have a somewhat rough time here. For most people in Argentina, a vegetarian is something you eat.

Funny article on Argentina and its borderline obsessive preoccupation with steaks. From what I’ve witnessed while there I can tell you the article is not overstating things.

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In It For The Money

Posted on Wednesday, 04/12/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

To sum up my week so far, I’m going to introduce a hitherto unused emoticon and be done with it:

nonono

In other news, Xorg just mailed me a link to the US National Recording Registry picks for 2006. Guess who’s in it for the money?

Posted in Frank Zappa, Personal | 1 Comment

Nude Britney Spears Giving Birth

Posted on Tuesday, 04/11/06 by Balint

After a female statue posted earlier, here’s another one – of Britney Spears.

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Low-life Rounders

Posted on Saturday, 04/08/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

As a matter of course, Mothers of Good Family warn their daughters about Banjo Players, Rock Musicians, Programmers and other such low-life Rounders that might take advantage of their tender young Womanhood.

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Wiesbaden ’77

Posted on Friday, 04/07/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Available for one week: Wiesbaden, 30 January ’77.

Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots | 16 Comments

Frank Who? (2)

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

In answer to the comments on Frank Who?, this snappy Gail Zappa quote from Relix Magazine‘s April/May ’06 issue (which was sent to me by its guest editor Richard Gehr — thanks so much for that bud!) should clear things up a bit:

The two concerts seen in the Dub Room Special DVD exist separately on video, and we’re working on releasing one of them in surround sound. This also represents our first foray into another project I’m interested in, which is inviting certain well-known producers and engineers who never had an opportunity to work with Frank, but were well aware of, inspired by, or interested in his work, to get their hands on a Frank Zappa project. In this regard, we turned over the KCET concert to Frank Filipetti. And we’ll still release the Token of His Extreme DVD by the same band.

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video, Zappa News | 14 Comments

Got Phobia?

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

Here, we present a selection of 20 of your fears – look away now if the mere mention of buttons, animal costumes or takeaway forks send you into a cold sweat.

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