Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Raising Sand

Posted on November 7, 2008 by urbangraffito

I picked up this unique duet album the other day, Raising Sand with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. The album was produced by the legendary T-Bone Burnett. Any preconceptions I might have had regarding Plant’s ability to perform “roots music” was blown away after my first listen to this CD. Check out this video of “Please Read The Letter” and judge for yourself:

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Obama!

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Wow wow wow, this is fantastic news to wake up to.

OMG Obama

Also: I’ve been waiting for eight years to be able to say the following three words and now I finally can: NO MORE BUSH! Aaaaahhh…

Thank you America!

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RIP Jimmy Carl Black

Posted on November 2, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Very sad news comes to us from Jerry Ford, long time friend of JCB, and caretaker of Inkanish Records:

It is my sad duty to report the news that JIMMY CARL BLACK has passed away. Jimmy left this earth around 11pm Germany time on October 31st. of cancer.

A benefit concert is being planned for December 7th in California, more information on that here (soon). And of course there’s the London benefit, which takes place next November 9.

All of us here at KUR wish to pass our condolences to Jimmy’s family. I think it’s safe to say that, through his music, Jimmy has made a lasting impression on each of our lives. He shall be sorely missed…

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Imogen Heap, Jeff Beck, Vinnie Colaiuta, 2007

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Balint

Did I mention I simply love Imogen Heap? (Unfortunately deleted from here)

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Need A Bath?

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Our pal Magic Fingers writes in to say:

You might like to tell the boys and girls at KUL about this page of my second favourite website.

FZ at Bath, 1970

… and then tell them to check out the rest of the site.

Consider it done, good Sir! Aside: when do you reckon The Big Note will be back on the airwaves in full force?

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Wuthering Ukuleles

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

With apologies for the terrible pun above, when the Ukulele Orchestra of GB covers “Wuthering Heights”, here’s what happens:

Also: Life On Mars, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly and more.

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FZ Drummers Roundtable

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

“It’s been a dream of mine to get my favorite Zappa drummers together and have us talk about our experiences.” – Terry Bozzio is joined by fellow former Zappa drummers, Chester Thompson, Ralph Humphrey, Chad Wackerman, and Ruth Underwood in this first episode of seven videos.

(Thanks Pierre!)

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ZINES! ZINES! ZINES!

Posted on October 31, 2008 by urbangraffito

What happens when a life-long “Zappa Freak” decides to “Freak Out”? Huh? And what if said “Zappa Freak” was both a writer, a micro-press publisher, and had access to a state-of-the-art computer as well as desktop publishing software? And what if said “Zappa Freak” had procreated, and his son not only shared his love of all things Zappa, yet was a micro-publisher, too? I think the answers to these questions, and more, are to be found inside the following zines:

Splurge #2 — to download a free pdf copy click

here

Urban Graffiti X — to download a free pdf copy click

here

(please remember, folks, you’re linking to large .pdf files — some people don’t like clicking on something that causes them to download something).

These zines are best viewed from Adobe Reader. You can download free Mac and PC Versions

here

Happy Halloween, Everybody!
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Zappa Scores

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Ian Stonehouse writes:

I hear that Gail has signed off all of Munchkin Music to Schotts in the USA, so Zappa scores should now be much more accessible.

Sure enough. A quick search yields 4 results for now, but I’m guessing more will be added soon.

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Name To Face

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Feed it with your name, and this website turns it into a unique avatar — don’t ask me how they do it though. Here’s what turned up when I entered Sharleena’s (real life) name:

sharl's name to face

How about that! I kid you not. Now, as for Gail Zappa…

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