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Jason.Kreitzer: Turns out he was actually David Raksin.

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Turns out he was actually David Raksin.

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 [[Image:TmershiD-89-10.jpg|frame|Frank Zappa and Pierre Boulez, May 23 1989. Photo © [[Rob Samler]]]]
-As we all know, [[Biography|Frank]] has a friendly working relationship with French composer/conductor [[Pierre Boulez]], resulting in the 1984 collaboration '[[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger|The Perfect Stranger]]' and a concert in Paris in January of that year. On May 23, 1989, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the UCLA Music Department presented 'An Evening With Pierre Boulez and Frank Zappa', in conversation at Schoenberg Hall at the university.
+As we all know, [[Biography|Frank]] has a friendly working relationship with French composer/conductor [[Pierre Boulez]], resulting in the 1984 collaboration '[[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger|The Perfect Stranger]]' and a concert in [[Paris]] in January of that year. On May 23, 1989, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the UCLA Music Department presented 'An Evening With Pierre Boulez and Frank Zappa', in conversation at Schoenberg Hall at the university.
 The presentation, which was preceded by a short press conference and photo opportunity, was sold out, and attended by such luminaries as the entire Zappa family, [[Mike Keneally]], [[Scott Thunes]], [[Bob Rice]], [[Denny Walley]], [[Janet The Planet]], [[Laurel Fishman]] and [[Eric Buxton]]. It was hosted and 'moderated' by a fairly well-informed gentleman by the name of [[David Raksin]]. The evening was divided into two parts, the first comprising conversation on music and related subjects by the three participants, followed by a lengthy segment where previously written and collected questions from the audience were presented.

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 As we all know, [[Biography|Frank]] has a friendly working relationship with French composer/conductor [[Pierre Boulez]], resulting in the 1984 collaboration '[[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger|The Perfect Stranger]]' and a concert in Paris in January of that year. On May 23, 1989, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the UCLA Music Department presented 'An Evening With Pierre Boulez and Frank Zappa', in conversation at Schoenberg Hall at the university.
-The presentation, which was preceded by a short press conference and photo opportunity, was sold out, and attended by such luminaries as the entire Zappa family, [[Mike Keneally]], [[Scott Thunes]], [[Bob Rice]], [[Denny Walley]], [[Janet the Planet]], [[Laurel Fishman]] and [[Eric Buxton]]. It was hosted and 'moderated' by a fairly well-informed gentleman by the name of [[David Raksin]]. The evening was divided into two parts, the first comprising conversation on music and related subjects by the three participants, followed by a lengthy segment where previously written and collected questions from the audience were presented.
+The presentation, which was preceded by a short press conference and photo opportunity, was sold out, and attended by such luminaries as the entire Zappa family, [[Mike Keneally]], [[Scott Thunes]], [[Bob Rice]], [[Denny Walley]], [[Janet The Planet]], [[Laurel Fishman]] and [[Eric Buxton]]. It was hosted and 'moderated' by a fairly well-informed gentleman by the name of [[David Raksin]]. The evening was divided into two parts, the first comprising conversation on music and related subjects by the three participants, followed by a lengthy segment where previously written and collected questions from the audience were presented.
 As we would expect, Frank stole the show with his comments and wisecracking demeanour, inducing constant eruptions of laughter and applause throughout the evening. Because he so dominated the affair with his natural comic abilities and intelligent comments, and because this publication is devoted primarily to Frank, this article will focus solely on his comments. The following is an excerpt from the affair. The order in which the questions and comments are presented here have been changed quite a bit, in order to make this article 'flow' better.

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-[[Image:TmershiD-89-10.jpg|frame|Frank Zappa and Pierre Boulez, May 23 1989. Photo © Rob Samler]]
+[[Image:TmershiD-89-10.jpg|frame|Frank Zappa and Pierre Boulez, May 23 1989. Photo © [[Rob Samler]]]]
-As we all know, [[Biography|Frank]] has a friendly working relationship with French composer/conductor [[Pierre Boulez]], resulting in the 1984 collaboration '[[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger|The Perfect Stranger]]' and a concert in Paris in January of that year. On May 23 1989, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the UCLA Music Department presented 'An Evening With Pierre Boulez and Frank Zappa', in conversation at Schoenberg Hall at the university.
+As we all know, [[Biography|Frank]] has a friendly working relationship with French composer/conductor [[Pierre Boulez]], resulting in the 1984 collaboration '[[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger|The Perfect Stranger]]' and a concert in Paris in January of that year. On May 23, 1989, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the UCLA Music Department presented 'An Evening With Pierre Boulez and Frank Zappa', in conversation at Schoenberg Hall at the university.
-The presentation, which was preceded by a short press conference and photo opportunity, was sold out, and attended by such luminaries as the entire Zappa family, [[Mike Keneally]], [[Scott Thunes]], [https://www.discogs.com/artist/527951-Bob-Rice Bob Rice], [[Denny Walley]], Janet the Planet, [[Laurel Fishman]] and [[Eric Buxton]]. It was hosted and 'moderated' by a fairly well-informed gentleman by the name of David Braxton. The evening was divided into two parts, the first comprising conversation on music and related subjects by the three participants, followed by a lengthy segment where previously written and collected questions from the audience were presented.
+The presentation, which was preceded by a short press conference and photo opportunity, was sold out, and attended by such luminaries as the entire Zappa family, [[Mike Keneally]], [[Scott Thunes]], [[Bob Rice]], [[Denny Walley]], [[Janet the Planet]], [[Laurel Fishman]] and [[Eric Buxton]]. It was hosted and 'moderated' by a fairly well-informed gentleman by the name of [[David Raksin]]. The evening was divided into two parts, the first comprising conversation on music and related subjects by the three participants, followed by a lengthy segment where previously written and collected questions from the audience were presented.
 As we would expect, Frank stole the show with his comments and wisecracking demeanour, inducing constant eruptions of laughter and applause throughout the evening. Because he so dominated the affair with his natural comic abilities and intelligent comments, and because this publication is devoted primarily to Frank, this article will focus solely on his comments. The following is an excerpt from the affair. The order in which the questions and comments are presented here have been changed quite a bit, in order to make this article 'flow' better.

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	[[T'mershi Duween (The Magazine)\|T'Mershi Duween]], #9, October 1989<br>		[[T'mershi Duween (The Magazine)\|T'Mershi Duween]], #9, October 1989<br>

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 It's an easy one... FUCK!
-'''Is there a God?<br>
+'''Is there a [[God]]?<br>
 What I wanna know is why would a person come HERE to ask this question?

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 There are some musicians that are performing today that I think are totally worthy of respect and fantastic on their instruments, but I must confess that I'm not a pop music consumer, so I don't listen to the radio or spend a lot of time trying to figure out what the greatest group is today ... There are excellent musicians. I know, I hired them.
-'''What have you got against Mozart and Mahler?<br>
+'''What have you got against [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] and Mahler?<br>
 Well, it's purely subjective. You like what you like and you don't like what you don't like. It doesn't sound good to me. It's too consonant.

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 '''On drummers FZ has worked with
-They know how to do it and that's why they got the job. Basically the work for the drummer is divided up between keeping time and playing the melody, and wherever it's necessary to play the melody, they gotta play accurately. It's either written exactly on paper, or it's spelled out verbally in rehearsal. There's a particular drum fill called 'Quaalude thunder'. It's required for the drummer to play as many notes as he can on all of his tomtoms in a space this big. (FZ holds his hands up, slightly apart.)
+They know how to do it and that's why they got the job. Basically the work for the drummer is divided up between keeping time and playing the melody, and wherever it's necessary to play the melody, they gotta play accurately. It's either written exactly on paper, or it's spelled out verbally in rehearsal. There's a particular drum fill called '[[Quaalude Thunder|Quaalude thunder]]'. It's required for the drummer to play as many notes as he can on all of his tomtoms in a space this big. (FZ holds his hands up, slightly apart.)
 '''What is your primary goal?<br>