The people behind "Zappanale Festival,":http://www.en.zappanale.de/index_en.html the German-based Frank Zappa dedicated music festival, are being sued by Frank Zappa's widow. Gail Zappa believes that using her late husband's name has a price tag, a £200,000 price tag. She also has some other demands. "Ms. Zappa wants to pick the acts performing and wants a new logo that doesn't carry Zappa's t..
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Crap. I can't find my favorite Frank Zappa clip on YouTube. It's his musical performance of "I'm the Slime" from the '76 season of Saturday Night Live. It's a classic. Back when there was no CGI or special effects, Zappa managed to have slime ooze out over a TV on the set. But, it doesn't exactly ooze, it more like streamed down the TV set. Whatever speed the slime fell at the track is my favor...
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So Lonesome Cowboy Burt has stepped on a rainbow at age 70:From The Independent:Jimmy Carl Black: Drummer and vocalist with The Mothers of Invention"Hi boys and girls, I'm Jimmy Carl Black, and I'm the Indian of the group". This was how the drummer and occasional singer with the original line-up of The Mothers of Invention would introduce himself on stage and on record.Led by the guitarist, com...
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New England Patriots Cheerleader Angela.SportsBlogNflByBubba mailbag: By Bob Cerm | SportsByBrooks.com SbB Editor(Q.) I am a former Pro Football Player, so hopefully you’ll take my question! But 1st, Mr. nearly dead on correct about the outcome of that Broncos – Raiders game last week. ‘One bizarre thing leads to another’? I can’t believe that that actually happened, but for the Bronco
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Oh, lordy - and i thought the secret treaty discussed in my last post was scary.Try this on for scary:Now Debuting: One-Click Payment For Illegal DownloadsPosted by Tom Steinert-Threlkeld/ZDNet.comFrank Zappa again is a mother of invention.Since Friday, songs of the experimental musician, dead now for almost 15 years, have been used to test a one-click system for getting payments from individu...
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This article's headline sounds a lot more hopeful than i get from my reading of the textPandora, Webcasting appear headed for Senate victoryPosted by Greg Sandoval/CNet.comTechnology companies are supposed to be wide-eyed novices on Capitol Hill. I've read that they don't spread enough money around or aren't hip to the ways of Washington.Regardless of whether that's true, this weekend saw Pando...
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From the L.A.Times'Dark Knight' Christian Bale jailed in alleged assault! Of his mother and sister?The Dark Knight smashed box office records this weekend. Now comes news that Batman/Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his mother and sister. The alleged incident was believed to have taken place on Sunday night at Park Lane's Dorchester Hotel in London where ...
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www.oldschoolmusic.imeem.comFrank Zappa, Rock Musician / Guitarist / Composer * Born: 21 December 1940 * Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland * Died: 4 December 1993 (prostate cancer) * Best Known As: Iconoclastic rocker who did "Dynamo Hum"Guitarist Frank Zappa was also a production wizard whose early work with The Mothers of Invention displayed terrific musical knowledge and an outrage...
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On Monday, a new DVD retrospective was released that focuses on the methods employed by Frank Zappa for his two albums, "Over-nite sensation" (1973) and "Apostrophe(')" (1974). The DVD gives fans a more intimate look at a man that is commonly dubbed a prolific and highly distinctive musician, composer and band leader. The "Apostrophe(') / Over-nite Sensation DVD" offers: rare interviews, mus
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From Frank Zappa’s 1968 masterpiece We’re Only In It for the Money comes this inimitable ditty about a pair of morons who enjoy lighting farts, among other things, and somehow winding up finding their talents put to good use in the military.
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MUSIC NEWS - Zappa Records has started selling official digital downloads directly from Zappa.com. They've kicked it off with the 41st anniversary release of 'MOTHERMANIA,' which also marks the 45th anniversary of Frank Zappa & The Mothers. The album is available in 256kbps MP3 or lossless FLAC format here (see track list below).Back on May 10, 1964, Frank Zappa named his band
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In Frank Zappa’s autobiography, The Real Frank Zappa Book, he dedicates an entire chapter to describe the daunting task of getting an orchestra to perform his original compositions. Attempting such a feat cost Zappa well over $250,000, but failed to...
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Got some Lumpy Money lying around? Why not spend it on a new Frank Zappa 3-CD set.It seems fitting somehow that the box set commemorating the 40th anniversary of the release of two early Frank Zappa albums was about a year late. I mean, the guy lived in a log cabin with a bowling alley in the basement, so what's a year, give or take, among friends?It was 41 years ago that We're Only In It For T...
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Founding member of Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention, and self described "Indian Of The Group," drummer/vocalist Jimmy Carl Black has passed away November 1st, 2008 after a short battle with lung cancer. Black was 70. Jimmy Carl Black provided drums and vocals for the first 8 Mothers Of Invention releases, as well as the 200 Motels release. At Steely Dan's 2001 Rock and Roll Hall o...
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You know something? Before Frank Zappa died in 1993, he was a lot of things: a tireless tinkerer, a musical adventurer, a trail-blazing perfectionist, an outlandishly innovative band leader, and a caring and, shall we say, "highly original" husband and father. But you know what? There's one thing he wasn't: a good-looking man. Such trivial physicalities were clearly of no great importance to th...
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