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'''Marc Didden''' (July 28, 1949) is a Belgian journalist and film director. 

==Biography==

Didden was a rock journalist for the magazine Humo during the 1970s and 1980s. Later he started directing films, like ''"Brussels By Night" (1983), "Istanbul" (1985)'' and ''"Sailors Don't Cry" (1988)''. 

==Didden and Zappa==

Didden interviewed Zappa a few times ([[Humo Spoke With Zappa!]]) and wrote reviews about his albums. When Zappa died in 1993 Didden wrote an ''"in memoriam"'' in Humo <ref>http://www.killuglyradio.com/features/articles/in_memoriam_frank_zappa.php</ref>. Didden claims that Zappa was one of the first rock artists he interviewed and the relative ease of their conversation inspired him to make a career out of rock journalism. In his memoriam the journalist jokes that Zappa once lead a meeting of the magazine Humo, while their magazine editor Guy Mortier gave a concert. This is a joke based on the strong resemblance between Zappa and Humo's former magazine editor [[Guy Mortier]]. Didden also claims that Zappa once asked him to give him some more information about ''"VDB"'', because he had heard a drunk talk about him while he visited the Voddenmarkt in Brussels. <ref>"VDB" were the initials of the late Belgian Prime Minister [[Wikipedia:Paul Vanden Boeynants|Paul Vanden Boeynants]], who was notorious for being frequently accused of corruption. </ref>. 

Didden's ten personal favorite Zappa albums are: 

1. [[We're Only In It For The Money]]

2.[[Over-Nite Sensation]]

3. [[Absolutely Free]]

4. [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]

5. [[Freak Out!]]

6. [[Sheik Yerbouti]]

7. [[Uncle Meat]]

8. [[Apostrophe (')]]

9. [[Trout Mask Replica]] 

10. [[Cruising With Ruben & The Jets]]

==References==
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==See also==
* [[Wikipedia:Marc Didden]]
* [[Humo Spoke With Zappa!]] 

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