Plastic models of Rick Wakeman’s keyboards, accompanied by some mysterious commentary:
Mini-Moog Synthsizer is a favorite of Rick. Rick uses this Synthsizer very much as musical instruments. It has had the modulation lamp that favor has it from the lamp of a plastic model of the tank. The photograph that I took is suitable and the focus is not suitable. Excuse me.
More Zappa related doodles from last Sunday — kudos if you can tell who they are. :)
1. Obtain Belgian nationality.
2. Write obscure song about rape.
3. Wait for 25 years.
4. Profit!
Link Wray has died earlier this month in Denmark at age 76. Wray (homepage, currently unavailable), hailed as the inventor of the power chord and the “fuzz” guitar sound, was a big influence to the likes of Pete Townsend, David Bowie and Bob Dylan. In the liner notes of one of Wray’s albums Townsend wrote: “He’s the king. If Link Wray and Rumble hadn’t been there I would never have picked up a guitar.” Some of Wray’s music can be downloaded here.
A band from the Czech Republic. Did you ever hear about them? The name is a bit familiar, isn’t it? They’re coming to Hungary now (press “English” there and click on the previous link again), and here’s their story. With some political background, and some Zappa-connections, of course.
Had some fun this morning browsing through Miles’ “Frank Zappa – A Visual Documentary”. Got an inkfinger in the process…
Oh, and I had fun with this one as well!
Lennon/Ono’s “Sometime in New York” is set to be (re)released next November 22nd. However:
In a surprising move, considering how bloated most archival releases can be, the upcoming reissue of the disc has actually been pared down from its original two-record set (the second disc being a live concert disc titled Live Jam) to a single CD, cutting out the three extended experimental tracks “Jamrag”, “Scumbag”, and “Au” that were taken from Lennon’s set alongside Frank Zappa at a June ’71 concert at the Fillmore East.
Gee, I wonder why! :)
What obsolete skill are you?
Quite appropriately, I turned out to be French:
You are ‘French’. In the nineteenth century, it was the international language of diplomacy. It is a ‘beautiful’ language, meaning that it is really just a low-fidelity copy of Latin. You know the importance of communicating ‘diplomatically’, which for you means both being polite and friendly when necessary and using sophisticated, vicious sarcasm when appropriate. Your life is guided by either existentialism or nihilism, depending on the weather. You have a certain appreciation for the finer things in life, which is a diplomatic way of saying that you are a disgusting hedonist.
Ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch (see also).
What would possess us to compile the worst guitar solos in history? I mean, come on, it’s no great feat to list the best guitar solos ever. Just put Hendrix, Page, Clapton, and Gilmour in the Top 10 and everyone’s happy. It’s obscuring reality somewhat, but it’s convenient.
Hehe. Okay, and now go and check out nr. 11… He?
Ozzie Osbourne’s writing a musical about Rasputin:
“It’s a major achievement for me, because I’ve always wanted to do it,” said Osbourne. “He’s like the original rock star, you know? I said to myself, ‘What better thing to write about?'”
Update: the guardian obviously bleeped out certain words in the above statement. Let us rephrase:
“It’s a fuckin’ major achievement for me, because I’ve always fuckin’ wanted to do it,” said Osbourne. “He’s like the fuckin’ original fuckin’ rock star, you know, you fuck? Bollocks! I fuckin’ said to me fuckin’ self, ‘What fuckin’ better thing to fuckin’ write about?’ Fuck! Could you squeeze my fuckin’ untalented daughter in your bleedin’ fuckin’ article?”
We interrupt this program for a bit of scatological wit:
As much as we try to convince ourselves otherwise, the WORK POO is inevitable. For those who hate pooing at work, following is the Survival Guide for taking a dump at work.
Julie London performs Louie Louie — with strings! (via)
Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Your Kid’s Sex Life: “As you’ll see, the high schoolers and the parents live on fairly different planets.”
