We don’t condone shoe throwing…

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

“…but we prefer it to war” — Thank You For Throwing Your Shoe. (See also)

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Tubes Wild West Show — Mondo Bondage

Posted on December 18, 2008 by urbangraffito

Did someone mention The Tubes? For your entertainment pleasure, here is an updated theatrical version of The Tubes classic “Mondo Bondage” taken from their DVD, “Wild In London” (Recorded at the Shepherds Bush Empire, Dec 2004).

Beware: An aging Fee in leather bondage attire may either offend, or perhaps even excite certain viewers. You are hereby warned.

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Jethro Tull @ Fillmore East 1970

Posted on December 17, 2008 by urbangraffito


Let’s all climb aboard the YouTube time machine and trip back to the year 1970 at the Fillmore East where Jethro Tull is captured performing two tracks from their 1969 release, Stand Up: “A New Day Yesterday” and “For A Thousand Mothers”. Got to love the energy and enthusiasm in these videos. Well worth the trip.

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Satisfaction Injection – Solaris (outtake)

Posted on December 16, 2008 by urbangraffito

I recently came across this new band, Satisfaction Injection, while trolling around Last.fm looking for new music. They consist of Matthijs Tuijn (guitar/tenor saxophone), Bas Warner (guitar), Kim Bots (alto saxophone/clarinet), Jonathan Roorda (bass guitar/piano) and Laurens Roorda (drums/soprano saxophone). They first began as a jamming formation that has grown to a band with own material and an extensive cover repetoire. Jazz forms the basis of their music which experiments with funk, fusion and post-rock. Jazz like John Coltrane, and progressive rock bands like The Brecker Brothers, Caravan, and Frank Zappa are also inspirations and influence. To hear more, check out their page at Last.fm.

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Duo Sonare

Posted on December 16, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Nice little medley of Zappa tunes, performed on the classical guitar:

Via zappa.hu!

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Zappa Autographs

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Says SOFA in a thread that kind of morphed into a discussion on FZ autographs:

TBN had a nice page of sigs, at one point in time (hint).

Now, I know a hint when I see one and yes, TBN did have some nice sigs (two, three). Since we’re on the topic, here’s my coveted little FZ sig, a birthday gift from a distinguished English gentleman who goes by the name of Magic Fingers, I hasten to add.

How about yourself? I would be interested to see any autographs (FZ or other!) you boys ‘n girls may have collected in the past. If you have any, drop me a note at killuglyradio [at] gmail [dot] com with a pic attached and perhaps a little blurb on how you obtained it, and I’ll see if I can post them here.

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Eric Clapton — Cocaine

Posted on December 15, 2008 by urbangraffito

I have always dug this Eric Clapton song*, especially when performed “live” as in this video. Sit back. Enjoy. A great way to start one’s week.

*Cocaine was originally a song written and recorded by J.J. Cale in 1975 and most widely known as a cover version recorded by Eric Clapton.

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A Brighter Shade Of Green

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

As a member of Dads Without Sleep I can attest to the fact that it is of the utmost importance to stay creative during those sleepless nightly hours. Behold! I redesigned this site mostly in between — to quote my people — the soup and the potatoes.

Oh look. We seem to have broken the search form as well as a number of other things in the process, but that’s okay because you all will, in the end, get rid of your Windows machines and buy an iMac. No? Yes. Regardless: if you find anything weird around these parts, do feel free to drop me an email (address at the bottom).

So… how do you like the new look? Be brutally honest now…

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Pink Floyd – Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 (1980)

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Balint

This footage was filmed to be used on the movie “The Wall”, but it was not included later. I did not know of the existence of a live (filmed) recording like that, I would certainly like to see that on a DVD. The audio here was updated from “Is There Anybody Out There Live CD”.  Long, nice solos.

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Confessions Of A Bootlegger

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Surely, a fun read:

I rigged up the inside of a basketball that I cut in half, with all the gear laid out inside and taped down, buttons up, and I had a girlfriend who’d strap this on under a puffy blouse and go in pretending to be pregnant! We had wires snaked up the arms to lavalier [clip-on] mikes on her shoulders, or on either side of a hat that I rigged up. She went to the bathroom, turned it on in the stall, walked back out to the front and we were taping! But then she had to stand, not sit, in the center of the stage all night, to get the stereo sound, and everyone kept asking her ‘When are you due?’ and saying ‘You can sit in my chair’ and all that stuff got recorded too. They were babbling into the microphones and ruining my tape.”

From the same site, also check out a comic entitled The Ballad of Frank Zappa as well as this interview with Wild Man Fischer (scroll down).

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