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  • ...attempting to make rational judgements about things like good or bad taste in an ad campaign ... we ''like'' you ... we ''understand''). ...Records|Verve]] (that other company) has re-packaged 3 anthologies against our wishes.
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  • ...ive rock group, active since the early 1990s. They have achieved some fame in Europe and the U.S., but strictly as a cult band. ...e Blimp]]'' from [[Captain Beefheart]]'s ''[[Trout Mask Replica]]'' can be heard.
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  • ...iferously opposed to fascism Bartók moved to the USA in 1940 where he died in 1945 shortly after completing his third piano concerto. ...rom the street or from the people immediately surrounding the world of the group, and convert them into a musical reference.<ref>Frank Zappa - [[Zappa – T
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  • ...ct a child to under[stand]- to protect itself or to understand the dangers of a weenie-wagger unless he knows what a weenie is. And in law, I understand [all they only have?] a high school education.
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  • [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] talked backstage at the Wisconsin State Fair in August. WMSE morning man, Pete Christensen captured this interview for Expr I worked on an opus of music.
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  • ...e irreparable scars on the minds of foolish young consumers . . . One such case is seated before you . . . live on stage . . . yes, Terry Bozzio . . . <br> ...shiny hairdo in a semi-profile which emphasized the pooched out succulence of his insolent pouting rictus . . . <br>
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  • ...ridge, 1978.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Frank Zappa and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge in January 1978, during the interview ''[[Zappa Digs Sabs Shock!]]'', conducte ...He/she gained cult fame for his/her performance art, occultism, criticism of Christianity, androgynous image and experimental music.
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  • <BR>That's that cream of wheat coming out of you. <BR>Ah, no. That cream of wheat this morning, I know where you going.
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  • ...ho were popular from 1966 until the end of the decade. They were the stars of their own surreal comedy TV show and obviously inspired by [[The Beatles]]. ...u/ark:/67531/metadc19808/m1/#track/3 </ref> After their show was cancelled in 1968 their popularity gradually sank away.
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  • ...leave irreparable scars on the minds of foolish young consumers. One such case is seated before you, live on stage—yes, Terry Bozzio . . . ...shiny hairdo in a semi-profile which emphasized the pooched out succulence of his insolent pouting rictus.
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  • ...980. Zappa's comments can be [https://media.duncanmoran.net/DJZappa.mp3 heard here] and individual tracks are linked to streaming services; A = Apple Mus <center>'''"And now on Radio One - the best radio show you've ever heard, in your life!"'''</center>
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  • ...d freak image is wearing a little thin on the Big Z., he tells Jane Elliot in Adelaide, as his acclaimed antipodean tour closes.''' ...t, has, out of necessity, created his own light in the form of the Mothers of Invention.
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  • ...l by-products" of the extrapolated "real event". In some ways the contents of the film are autobiographical. '''HOW DID YOU EVER GET TO MAKE A MOVIE IN THE FIRST PLACE?<br>
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  • ...cial that was TD28, here is a chat with [[Jimmy Carl Black]]. The cassette of this turned up about three days after I went to print (I know I always clai ...group, talking about music. We'll start off with the [[The Mothers|Mothers of Invention]], from which you became legend. What was it like working with th
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  • ...a vu,'' the following is an accurate transcript of part of what took place in Court No. 7, The Law Courts, The Strand, April 1975: '''FZ:''' It's the musical equivalent of a recipe. It lists all the ingredients.
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  • Related = See also: <br>[[The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life|TBBYNHIYL]]<br>[[Make A Jazz Noise Here]] | #[[Love Of My Life]] (2:14)
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  • ...Royal Festival Hall|25 October 1968]]. It was first released on ''[[Ahead Of Their Time]]'', where it takes up ten tracks: # [[Holding The Group Back]]
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  • ...uld probably get quite a shock if he did for we each seem to have invented our own personal Zappa. ...d company executives who regard him as one of the most cunning capitalists in the business. There are musicians who consider him a fine composer – comp
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  • ...a is president of some stupid little record company that nobody ever heard of before.]] ...n to bend over for the [[Parents Music Resource Center|PMRC]] on the issue of album 'identification'.
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  • ...bum. Intricately composed and performed melodies combined with the epitome of humorous cynicism – this is what I'd been searching for. ...was never a dull moment, or a disappointment, with the possible exception of the song [[We're Turning Again]]. But then again, who else would dare blasp
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  • ...ard Way]]', '[[Make A Jazz Noise Here]]', '[[The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life]]' and '[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]] & [[You Can ...arnation of the band from their performance at the 1994 Stuttgart Festival in Germany.<br>
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  • ...ial and rushed to a Senate hearing while important national business waits in the wings? Is it fair that people not fortunate enough to be married to a D ...t. He has taken the podium and is again attempting to change the world or, in this matter, keep it as it is.
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  • ...entrated on his first love, modern classical composition, and has been one of the country's most outspoken opponents to the PMRC's drive to give ratings ...tar in the '80s. Also in this issue, an added bonus: a Soundpage recording of Frank's onstage debut with son Dweezil, playing "Sharleena "(see page 82).
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  • ...ism: People who can't write, doing interviews with people who can't think, in order to prepare articles for people who can't read.' [[Biography|FZ]].</bl ...o confide (off the record) that it's probably less false than true. Though in which ways I'll leave you to decide.
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  • ...writer, and the [[The Chieftains|Chieftains]]. Paddy Moloney (PM) appears in this transcript. I'd like to thank Andy Mabbett for ringing me up and telli ...use it had a rude title. A lot of them had rude titles, didn't they Frank, in those days?
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  • ...raphy|Frank Zappa]] still finds new ways to astonish with his unique brand of music. Now he takes a break to discuss exactly what he's been up to all the ...t For The Money]], and led eventually to dozens of albums bearing the mark of Frank Zappa.
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  • ...decades, Zappa's string of bands has included some of the finest musicians of the time and continually offered the most creative approach to rock instrum ...every element from rhythm-and-blues vocal groups to '60s rock. Zappa's use of elaborate hor arrangements on that record inspired later, more commercial e
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  • ...hear any new recordings from Francis Vincent Zappa until at least the turn of this decade. ...h of inspiration or lack of impetus on Zappa's part, because for an artist of such proven relentless creative imbalance, inertia is almost unthinkable. W
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  • Ottawa: Frank Zappa flopped down onto a bench seat in the small change room, heaved one leg across the other and took a long drag His hair was tied back behind his head, highlighting the fatigue in his face. He looked exhausted.
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  • [[Ed Mann]] and [[Tommy Mars]] interviewed in Wuppertal 10. 3. 91<br> ...n with Chad and with Tommy more than the Fowlers. And the spiritual energy of this band is so much better. Although the Fowlers and Chad are good musicia
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  • ...e a few, and his work as a composer and musician is described by his peers in the profession as brilliant. ...hat impresses one about Zappa is his belief in his work, his sheer delight in sharing it with us, and his overall integrity as an artist.
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  • from "The Age of Rock", Sounds of the American Cultural Revolution, ISBN 9780394705354, edited by Jonathan Ei A Vintage Book, a division of RANDOM HOUSE, New York.<br>
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  • ...hord, and it's a call and answer structure like African music, except it's in the Sardinian language and it's about sheep. ...make samples for the [[Synclavier]]. He's going back to make an entire CD of this music.
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  • ...re What You Is]] and [[Tinseltown Rebellion]], and even a variation on one of the instrumentals from the [[Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (The Series)|Shut U ...be considered a [[Jimi Hendrix]] tribute (Zappa has a painting of Hendrix in his basement studio).
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  • #[[Put A Motor In Yourself]] (5:14) #[[Have You Ever Heard Their Band?|"Have You Ever Heard Their Band?"]] (0:38)
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  • '''Tommy Mars in conversation<br> ...l third grade. So my first real musical experiences were in church singing in the choir. I wanted to take piano lessons, and I was allowed to do so at ei
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  • The Sin In [[Synclavier]]<br> From A Definitive Tribute to [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] (Best of [[Guitar Player Magazine|Guitar Player]], 1994)<br>
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  • ...Band as a potentially acceptable blues band who were misled onto the paths of greedy trendy commercialism. What the critics failed to see was that this w ...chie Shepp]] fire-exorcism than the ranting noise of the Blue Cheer strain of groups.<br><br>
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  • ...remains one of the most outrageously outspoken, eminently quotable figures in popular music. ...rs. He has cultivated a large, loyal following from his endless outpouring of recorded music and his countless concert appearances. And he has made enemi
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  • ...his is any good, then there will be more of it next time and probably even in TD57. ...t his solo from 'Yesterday'; I could play that exactly. I also learnt some of his other stuff from records with [[wikipedia:Stan Getz|Stan Getz]]. He's a
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  • ...Benatar|Pat Benatar]]/top ten catalog. Rock music's premier satirist – who in the past has lampooned everyone from [[The Beatles]] to [[Peter Frampton]] Why? Well, in Frank's words, "Why not?"
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  • ''In this rare Interview, Zappa looks back on 28 years of guitar-playing Motherhood and provides more clues to [[Conceptual Continuit ...shing about architecture."'' So said [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] – and here, in an exclusive interview, he casts a fly to catch a cathedral.<br>
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  • ...[Biography|Frank Zappa]]. Aside from the letter Z and a certain similarity in hairstyle, the commonalities aren't exactly obvious. Unless, that is, you've been following Zappa's career for the past few years. For one thing, he has
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  • ...r room and have heard some conflicting reports as to whether or not people in this committee want legislation. I understand that [[Ernest F. Hollings|Mis ...ing in my testimony if some[thing]- if- if there is not a clearcut version of whether or not legislation is what is being discussed here. So I- I'm-
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  • If "necessity be the mother of invention," Frank Zappa is then an obscene colloquialism. Francis Vincent Zappa Jr, 33, born of Sicilian/Greek parentage, is not a necessity; he is mandatory. The obligato
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  • ...e Meat (The Film)|Uncle Meat]] right now, which is the name of the Mothers of Invention movie that we've been working on for about three years . . . with ...nd, and you can really do that through music and everything . . . This was our last hit single . . . it was really a bummer, they wouldn't even play it on
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  • Transcription of the MP3 residing at [http://tasutpen.net/zappaterkel868.mp3 Tasutpen.net]<b ...y first album, at [[Verve Records|Verve]] put-out [[Freak Out!]], ah, some of the lines come to mind, ah, the instrumentation, the strange kind comes to
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  • Previous album = [[Return Of The Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar|Previous]] | #[[Sinister Footwear|Theme From The 3rd Movement Of Sinister Footwear]] (3:34)
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  • ...sonality approaches the studio. Along the way, he reveals how he makes use of his digital equipment – his extended musical instruments. Recently, Zappa's [[Barking Pumpkin Records]] became one of the first studios to acquire the Sony 32-track digital recorder. After work
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  • from "The Age of Rock", Sounds of the American Cultural Revolution, edited by Jonathan Eisen<br> A Vintage Book, a division of RANDOM HOUSE, New York.<br>
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  • ...works. The musical selections played during this program are not included in this recording.</blockquote> This audio is part of the collection: [http://www.archive.org/details/other_minds Other Minds Arc
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  • ...g legislation that would require the printing of song lyrics on the covers of record albums. ...unters, and rating live concerts and then reassessing the record contracts of those artists ... <br>
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  • [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] Puts Us In Our Place<br> ...gnizable titles, and a few unrecognizable. In a small chair past all this, in a dim receiving area, Zappa sips tea to nurse an uncharacteristically hoars
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  • ...the foundations for the reputation that would pursue him for the remainder of his life. ..., able to slip from disgusting groupie parodies to pure, unadulterated pop in a breath – or even less.
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  • ...n and he answered some questions for the Arf-dossier. His answers are gems of wisdom for me, read and enjoy: ...ated sections is removed, leaving ink only in the depressions. Put a piece of paper over the plate, press down, and your "engraving" is transferred to th
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  • ...," where records were played on the new equipment to demonstrate the magic of Hi-Fi. ...ated with him. And he was so happy that anybody would buy it to get it out of there, that he sold it to me for six dollars just to get it off his hands.
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  • ...with the Soviets, social change, running for president I and the vastness of human stupidity. '''Hi Frank, this is RockHEAD. There are six of us here.<br>
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  • ...inspired independence movements in Eastern Europe and lampooned stupidity in the west. Now he faces his most serious challenge. ...nce again bracing for the worst. With wailing harmonica and turmoiled bass in the background, the lyrics ominously and prophetically tumble out,
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  • ...iconoclast speaks up on the resources of his new instrument, the lost art of live performance, and the album sticker controversy.</blockquote> ...ound blends, polyrhythms, and lines that could formerly come together only in his head.
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  • ...siders the relationships between business, technology, and the evil forces of repression. Bill Formann interrogates. Exhibit "A" photos by Robert Matheu. ...past, he's offered the opportunity, at this interview's end, to describe, in his own words, his environment, his clothing and any involuntary facial mov
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  • ...that "[[Wowie Zowie]]" was "designed to suck the 12-year-old listener into our camp." While other groups were advocating peace and love, the Mothers would ...of Zappa sustaining one of the longest, most prolific careers in the field of rock.
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  • [[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 1|Part 1]], [[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 2|Part 2]]
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  • ...name="Overdubs">[[Penguin In Bondage]] is both bands edited together. Much of the Roxy material is overdubbed.</ref>: #[[Penguin In Bondage]] (5:24)
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  • of the ''[https://wp.societyofcomposers.org/ American Society of University Composers]'' (ASUC)<br> ...ked to attend forums and symposia on musical matters. I am usually 'booked in as a novelty act', or 'token eccentric' to liven things up for 'the serious
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  • ...us criticism and praise in almost equal measure, here is a great interview in which he gives us his insight into Frank Zappa.<br> ...f Frank Zappa]]", but most of the interview focuses on Walley's perception of Zappa as a musician and as a man, fascinating reading, enjoy. Thanks to Dav
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  • '''The Mother Of All Interviews (Part 2)<br> ...g]] ''([[wikipedia:Life in Hell|Life in Hell]], [[The Simpsons]])'' joined in.<br>
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  • '''The Mother of All Interviews (Part 1)<br> From ''A Definitive Tribute to [[Biography|Frank Zappa]]'' (Best of Guitar Player, 1994)
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  • ...erforming in London in 1971, he was pushed from a stage by an irate member of the audience, and suffered a compound leg fracture and many bruises.<br> ...g Witch]]), However, airplay for the overwhelming majority of his hundreds of songs has been sporadic at best.<br>
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  • [[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 2|Part 2]], [[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 3|Part 3]]
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  • ...osopher of the rock scene. An iconoclast and a satirist, Zappa specializes in deliberately outrageous statements to expose what he sees as society's hang "Parents saw a danger in that lewd black music" -- FZ<br>
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  • ...e = Penguin In Bondage / The Little Known History of the Mothers of Invention | ...See also:<br>[[74/05/11 Chicago IL US Auditorium Theatre|74/05/11 concert in Chicago]]
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  • [[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 1|Part 1]], [[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 3|Part 3]]
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  • ...is 1989 autobiography, [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]], "I was sick so often in Maryland, Mom and Dad wanted to move." ...imore as a teen, to attend the Peabody Conservatory, but instead he stayed in the desert and taught himself how to be a composer.
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  • Interview in [[Playboy]]<br> A candid conversation with the most original mind in rock music about world affairs, jewish princesses, fighting cancer and life
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  • ...Dr. Carolyn Dean and [[Gerry Fialka|Gerald Fialka]] assisted Bob Marshall in conducting the interview. We thank Loren Gagnon for transcribing the origin '''In your mini-manifesto on [[Joe's Garage Acts II & III|Joe's Garage]] where yo
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  • *'''The Many Minds of [[Biography|Frank Zappa]]'''<br> Pioneer, prankster, musical genius and more – we celebrate the life and times of the one and only Frank Zappa.<br>
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  • ...ran his band like a dictator, an outspoken counter to the counter-culture, in the years 1966—1970 [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] was promiscuous, controvers [[Image:68_MOI_Germany.jpg|right|none|thumb|300px|'''The Mothers of Invention in Germany, 1968.'''<br>Copyright: Getty Images.]]
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  • ...the crew of [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]], but eventually nothing came of it.<ref>http://asitecalledfred.com/2007/07/18/interview-kevin-murphy/</ref> * '''DRAKMA''' (Queen of Cosmic Greed): an evil 7 1/2 foot space-girl who lives on a mysterious unkn
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