Commie Comic

Posted on Tuesday, 07/12/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

“This Godless Communism”, an early 60s anti-commie comic, is pure comedy gold.

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It’s Its!

Posted on Tuesday, 07/12/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

For the apostrophe-obsessed, here’s one worth a chuckle or two: the alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe newsgroup.

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And The Poop It Kept A-Comin’

Posted on Tuesday, 07/12/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Hot Poop is four years old today. Now that may not seem like much but in blogging terms, try multiplying that by 10 to get a feel. Amazingly, I’ve yet to make it to step 3 in the lifecycle of bloggers (*). Anyway, thank you for reading, for your continued support and comments.

(*) I fit the “stats whore” profile only insofar that I check my, um, stats quite regularly.

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Cal’s Special Offer

Posted on Sunday, 07/10/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Calvin Schenkel is selling some original hand painted album artwork. Only $2000 a cover! A bargain, I tells ya. (Thanks Duncan!)

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Misc | 1 Comment

Freak Out in Cucamonga

Posted on Friday, 07/08/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Adam Fiorenza, one of the guys who’s now wrapping up the Cucamonga documentary, is putting on a concert on July 30th at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, California. He writes:

We are calling it “40 Miles East of L.A.: Freak Out in Cucamonga.” It will feature Zappa-inspired compositions, as well as songs performed by original Pal studio musicians. PAUL BUFF will also play a couple of tunes with the bands. The concert will also include documentary footage from the film, as well as personal accounts of Pal musicians who recorded with Paul Buff and Frank Zappa. The Chaffey College Theatre is a small venue, only 250 seats, so tickets will go fast. I’m still working on getting some of the original Mothers of Invention to attend, but I know they have busy schedules.

Info and tickets: palstudioz.com.

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Full Length Documentary On FZ

Posted on Friday, 07/08/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

There’s an “official” Frank Zappa documentary in the making:

The Zappa family is assembling the first full-length documentary about the legendary musical iconoclast, which they plan to release by early next year. They will debut a condensed version of the film on the tour. The documentary spans the guitarist/bandleader/composer’s diverse career, from early performance footage of songs such as “Inca Roads” and “Call Any Vegetable” through sessions for his final project, 1993’s The Yellow Shark.

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

London Live, 1988

Posted on Friday, 07/08/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

With recent events, I thought it appropriate to present a London show: Wembley Arena, April 18th 19th ’88.

Music Is The Best!

Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots | 10 Comments

Reuters, Not Roiters

Posted on Thursday, 07/07/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Wow, a series of explosions in London’s underground have closed down the entire network, plus several busses a bus exploded in the town’s center. And of course, that’s when people run to Google and do a search for “Roiters”… (screenshot) Let’s hope this is not what I think it might be… BBC site is offline back up right now, first hand reports on MetaFilter.

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FZ Singles For Sale

Posted on Thursday, 07/07/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

A friend of mine is selling his Zappa singles collection. This Word document has the list. There are some rare gems inthere! If you’re interested shoot me an email and I’ll forward your request. Hurry!

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Where is FZ Lyrics?

Posted on Wednesday, 07/06/05 by Balint

Me smells trouble. Where is Fz Lyrics & else? Google shows it, but the REAL page cannot be seen. What could have happened? Hey, it would be a terrible loss!

Posted in Frank Zappa, Site News | 6 Comments

Anti-Hit

Posted on Wednesday, 07/06/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

The Anti-Hit List: music from the depths of the net. Say, for instance, “Love Will Tear Us Apart” as sung by Tuvan Throat Singers.

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Icon Hat

Posted on Wednesday, 07/06/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

In other news, Bono gets his hat back. Bono had told the court he would not have given away the items, valued at £3,500, which he considered had iconic status, particularly the hat. “The point of principle involved was of much greater significance to us than any item of memorabilia,” he said.

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Trout Pout

Posted on Wednesday, 07/06/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Gallery of the Absurd: A new species of fish has been discovered in Hollywood: the Trout Pout (Collegenus Lip Inflatus). Baffled scientists are at a loss to explain how the mutation occurs, but have observed that it often happens suddenly and without warning among some actresses who have reached a “certain age”.

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The B-word Again

Posted on Wednesday, 07/06/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Well that’s been a while: sorry folks.

Update Late At Night: by some highly serendipitous coincidence, my webhost DreamHost has upped my monthly bandwidth limit with a hundred GB — at no cost whatsoever. The boot is therefor once again available!

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WOIIFTM 24K Gold

Posted on Monday, 07/04/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab is proud to release ‘We’re Only In It For The Money’ ULTRADISC IIâ„¢ 24K Gold CD featuring GAIN 2â„¢ remastering from the original 1968 Verve / Bizarre mixes.”

News to me.

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa News | 17 Comments