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Tag Archives: 200 motels
UnCovered Interview – Over-Nite Sensation by Dave McMacken
Here’s a nice – and long – article about and by graphic designer Dave McMacken, from Rock Pop Gallery (april 2010) – the following is a small part of the text: That night I listened to a truly bizarre take … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Visual Arts
Tagged 200 motels, album covers, Dave McMacken, Over-Nite Sensation
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200 Motels DVD – Review by SOTCAA
Frank Zappa’s 1971 big-screen venture 200 Motels has not been particularly well-preserved on VHS over the years. Although there have been several releases and re-releases, these have tended to be sourced from the same slightly iffy video masters with no … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Movies, Official Releases
Tagged 200 motels, dvd, new dvd release, tony palmer
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Spotlight, Swedish TV, 1971
While in Stockholm, Sweden on December 4th, 1971 during a short European tour, Frank Zappa and The Mothers appeared on the Swedish TV show entitled “Spotlight“. The 34 minute broadcast had interviews with Zappa mingled with music clips from 200 … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Community, Frank Zappa, Interview, Jean-Luc Ponty, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1971, 200 motels, france, Frank Zappa, paris, Spotlight, vaudeville band
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Zappa, Frank – 200 Motels DVD
As mentioned in the comments by LA Guru, heeeere’s Zappa’s 200 Motels: Released on DVD for the first time, by original director Tony Palmer, is this flawed masterpiece of circa 1970 Frank Zappa craziness. Obviously shot in a very short … Continue reading
Coming Soon: Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels
Here’s an excerpt: Tony Palmer DVD confirms: “we have no fixed release date… but one thing is for sure, we have the master tapes and the urban myth that they ‘disappeared’ is untrue.”