For those who are familiar with Neil Young’s body of work, specifically his soloing technique, this will bring a big grin on your face:
See this post on Thrasher’s Wheat which gathered so many comments in defense of Young’s solo technique, a follow-up was posted.
I guess by now you know that Jimmy Carl Black is battling a nasty cancer, and has been confronted with very heavy hospital bills in attempting to do so. To help out, a benefit concert is in the works. The gig is to take place on Sunday November 9 at Bridge House II, London, UK.
Confirmed bands at this point:
Special guests shall be announced shortly. Be sure to keep an eye out here.
Obviously, the banner above is free for copy/pasting. Spread the word!
I’ve recently had some inquiries as to whether the fictional poster Sharl and I created a while back, is actually available as a real poster…
Well now it is, from my CafePress account. Printed on heavyweight 7 mil semi-gloss paper using superior dye inks. Image size 16” x 20”. Have a look, why don’t you. 🙂
I’m both pleased and proud to initiate the inaugural post of Kill Ugly Radio’s first Mixtape presentation, “Thursday Mix: Cover Me This.” Sixteen different musicians/bands performing twenty-five Frank Zappa Covers:
1. Tink / 13 — Banned From Utopia
2. Solitude — Banned From Utopia
3. Black Page #2 — Bogus Pomp
4. Filthy Hobbitz — Doot!
5. Bogner Regis — Ed Palermo Big Band
6. Heavy Duty Judy / Grand Wazoo — Ed Palermo Big Band
7. What’s New In Baltimore? — FiDO
8. Eat That Question — FiDO
9. Little House I Used To Live In — Frogg Cafe
10. King Kong — Frogg Cafe
11. Uncle Remus (Instrumental) — George Duke
12. Sexual Harassment In The Workplace — Mario Mariani
13. Packard Goose — Mario Mariani
14. Peaches En Regalia — Marzi Nyman & Estonian Dream Big Band
15. Sofa — Marzi Nyman & Estonian Dream Big Band
16. Black Page #1 — Kroumata Percussion Ensemble
17. Uncle Meat — Kroumata Percussion Ensemble
18. Eric Dolphy Memorial BBQ — Kroumata Percussion Ensemble
19. Duke of Prunes — Project Object
20. Sy Borg — Project Object
21. Pygmy Twylyte — Quintette Gaucher
22. Mr. Green Genes — Viva Zappa
23. Motherly Love — Voice of Cheez
24. Big Swifty — The Wrong Object
25. Let’s Make The Water Turn Black — Zappatistas
Most of the tracks listed above are available for download via Zappateers, or Internet Archive’s Live Music Archive, or individual band/artist websites (check them all out, there are lots of audio nuggets to be found).
Click here to listen to the mixtape.
Note: If anyone feels we are infringing their copyright, contact us and we will remove the item in question.
Steve Vai recalls his audition for Frank Zappa:
This appearance at New York’s seminal punk club, CBGBs, on May 31st, 1977 captures the Talking Heads before their debut record had even been released. The band’s characteristic sound is already fully evident as they dig into some classic material including their artsy interpretation of Al Green’s “Take Me to the River” and the career-defining “Psycho Killer.”
Concert Set List:
* 1. Don’t Worry About The Government 3:08
* 2. Take Me To The River 5:37
* 3. Uh Oh, Love Comes To Town 3:02
* 4. Psycho Killer 5:18
The Talking Heads are:
David Byrne – vocals, guitar
Chris Frantz – drums
Jerry Harrison – guitar, keyboards
Tina Weymouth – bass
Click here to listen to the concert.
Last week, Jimmy Carl Black had an operation to remove a tumour on his lung. Now, the tumour has turned out to be cancerous. Idiot Bastard Son, who spoke with Jimmy last Thursday writes:
He sounded fairly chipper, but they say they can now only treat him with more chemotherapy. He comes out of hospital on Monday (1 September) and will soon start his treatment as an out patient. To help Jimmy pay his mounting medical bills, there’s a special limited edition CD (Stick Man For Ever!) and some nifty apparel and other stuff available to buy here. Please do what you can to help the dear old Mother.
Cancer is a treacherous bitch. Do place an order if you can…
Picture courtesy of antaladriaanse
Releases from the Zappa Family Trust:
In a previous post, I made the comment, rather flippantly, that “In the final analysis, it’s not what Gail (Zappa) says that is of any real importance, it’s her actions that speak volumes.” In this post, I’ve decided to put those smug words to the test.
First, I went to my Frank Zappa collection and identified all those posthumous releases (limited, of course, to those titles actually released by Gail Zappa and the Zappa Family Trust — thus, the list above).
Of these sixteen individual releases, I asked myself, which of them are the strongest, most worthwhile recordings, whether CD or DVD? Easy choice. Live recordings, particularly the full-length, or near full-length shows: FZ:OZ, Halloween, Imaginary Diseases, Buffalo, Wazoo, and The Torture Never Stops.
Next are those long awaited releases, and the archival type releases of interest to any diehard Zappa freak: QuAUDIOPHILIAc, Trance-Fusion, The MOFO Project/Object (the 4 CD version) and Classic Albums: Apostrophe(‘)/Over-Nite Sensation.
What’s left is a series of compilation CDs: Joe’s Corsage, Joe’s Domage, Joe’s XMASage, The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle, The Dub Room Special! (the 2007 CD compilation of the 1982 video) and One Shot Deal. All of which seemingly lack Frank Zappa’s genius for conceptual continuity and compiled in such a hodgepodge of styles of musical eras as to be distracting to listen to overall.
By my simple math (okay, not my best subject), the ZFT released ten winners out of a possible sixteen since they first began. That works out to be 62.5%. Okay. Room for improvement, sure. But not that bad.
Not that bad at all.
From FZ tribute band Zappatika:
Sharl’s friend Debutante Daisy performing “Montana” with the Low Budget Research Kitchen:
Low Budget Research Kitchen plays “Inca Roads”:
The Wrong Object with Stanley J. Zappa on sax:
The Paul Green School of Rock All-Stars perform “One Shot Deal”:
The Paul Green School of Rock with Napoleon M. Brock and Denny Walley perform “Advance Romance”:
Many, many more to be found on YouTube…
In November, the plaintiffs demanded that the organizers of the Zappanale be forced to pay a €250,000 penalty or be sent to jail for two years should the festival or the related “Arf-Society” refuse to comply.
Cut to the present:
The two sides now have some six weeks to come up with an out-of-court settlement. And the Zappa Family Trust may be willing to compromise. ZFT lawyers now say that the Zappanale can use the Zappa name if they brand the festival as “Zappa music and more.“
Zappa music — and more! Them lawyers sure know how to win a case. Our credit card spending at work, ladies and gentlemen.
I’ll just let Der Spiegel do the talking.
To loosely quote Woody Allen though, if I may: “If you need me, I’ll be in the back having an anger attack.”
