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Books by Watson about Zappa

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 [[Ben Watson]] (1956) is a British writer noted for his writings on [[Biography|Frank Zappa]]. He made contributions to "The Wire" and "Hi-Fi News". His writings display the influences of [[wikipedia:Theodor Adorno|Theodor Adorno]] and the Frankfurt School, the Situationists, [[James Joyce]] and [[wikipedia:J. H. Prynne|J.H. Prynne]] (Watson's tutor at Cambridge University).
-Watson wrote several books and articles about Zappa: ''[[Frank Zappa - The Negative Dialectics Of Poodle Play]] (1995)'', ''[[Frank Zappa: The Complete Guide to His Music]]'' (1998, revised in 2005) and ''[[Academy Zappa: Proceedings of the First International Conference of Esemplastic Zappology]] (2005)''. He additionally wrote the article ''[[The Last Days of Frank Zappa]]'' and an obituary. <ref>http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/sr171/watson.htm</ref> He is interviewed in ''[[Frank Zappa - The Freak-Out List]] (2010)''.
+Watson wrote several books and articles about Zappa: ''[[Frank Zappa - The Negative Dialectics Of Poodle Play]] (1995)'', ''[https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/39674.Frank_Zappa Frank Zappa: The Complete Guide to His Music]'' (1998, revised in 2005) and ''[https://afka.net/Books/Academy_Zappa.htm Academy Zappa: Proceedings of the First International Conference of Esemplastic Zappology] (2005)''. He additionally wrote the article ''[[The Last Days of Frank Zappa]]'' and an obituary. <ref>http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/sr171/watson.htm</ref> He is interviewed in ''[[Frank Zappa - The Freak-Out List]] (2010)''.
 ==Quotes by Watson about Zappa==

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 ==Quotes by Watson about Zappa==
-''"I listened to [[We're Only In It For The Money]] because my older brother had a copy, but at age 12 ... It was like reading my brother's copies of "Oz" and "Suck and Frendz" and "International Times" - a vague aura of illicit sleaze excitement, but it didn't get under my skin. I finally "heard" Zappa in Italy in 1974 when some Mexican students kept playing his records ([[The Grand Wazoo]] and [[Apostrophe (')]]). I loved the records because they were so detailed and thought-provoking and silly and complex (the same reason I liked [[James Joyce|Finnegans Wake]]). The music refuses to give up its actuality - the logic of its component parts - to any overriding moral or political concept. When I went up to Cambridge to study history, all I had was ten LPs by [[Gustav Mahler|Mahler]] and soon a similar number by Zappa. I said to someone who played sax at college (his name was Andrew Blake) "I really like the sound of the tenor sax `blowing its nose' on [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]. How can I hear more music like that?" He replied: "[[Archie Shepp]], Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler". That set me off in another direction."'' <ref>http://www.kindamuzik.net/article.shtml?id=492 KindaMuzik Interview</ref>
+''"I listened to [[We're Only In It For The Money]] because my older brother had a copy, but at age 12 ... It was like reading my brother's copies of "Oz" and "Suck and Frendz" and "International Times" - a vague aura of illicit sleaze excitement, but it didn't get under my skin. I finally "heard" Zappa in Italy in 1974 when some Mexican students kept playing his records ([[The Grand Wazoo]] and [[Apostrophe (')]]). I loved the records because they were so detailed and thought-provoking and silly and complex (the same reason I liked [[James Joyce|Finnegans Wake]]). The music refuses to give up its actuality - the logic of its component parts - to any overriding moral or political concept. When I went up to Cambridge to study history, all I had was ten LPs by [[Wikipedia:Gustav Mahler|Mahler]] and soon a similar number by Zappa. I said to someone who played sax at college (his name was Andrew Blake) "I really like the sound of the tenor sax `blowing its nose' on [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]. How can I hear more music like that?" He replied: "[[Archie Shepp]], Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler". That set me off in another direction."'' <ref>http://www.kindamuzik.net/article.shtml?id=492 KindaMuzik Interview</ref>
 ''"The real point of Zappa is, as you rightly say, the music. That is why he was so big in Europe. The lyrics are a total mystery to Polish and Czech fans. I mean, they are to English-speaking listeners too, but US and UK pop consumers expect their own tastes and prejudices to be flattered."''<ref>http://www.kindamuzik.net/article.shtml?id=492 KindaMuzik Interview</ref>
-''"I'm fascinated by Zappa's attraction towards eastern music. With Zappa, it's not hippie-dippie ersatz bullshit, it's as seriously critical of western (aka bourgeois) values as [[Coltrane|John Coltrane]]'s world-music project (aka "Free Jazz")."''<ref>http://www.kindamuzik.net/article.shtml?id=492 KindaMuzik Interview</ref>
+''"I'm fascinated by Zappa's attraction towards eastern music. With Zappa, it's not hippie-dippie ersatz bullshit, it's as seriously critical of western (aka bourgeois) values as [[John Coltrane]]'s world-music project (aka "Free Jazz")."''<ref>http://www.kindamuzik.net/article.shtml?id=492 KindaMuzik Interview</ref>
 ==Notes==

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 [[Image:Ben watson.jpg|frame|Ben Watson]]
-[[Ben Watson]] (1956) is a British writer noted for his writings on [[Frank Zappa]]. He made contributions to "The Wire" and "Hi-Fi News". His writings display the influences of [[wikipedia:Theodor Adorno|Theodor Adorno]] and the Frankfurt School, the Situationists, [[James Joyce]] and [[wikipedia:J. H. Prynne|J.H. Prynne]] (Watson's tutor at Cambridge University).
+[[Ben Watson]] (1956) is a British writer noted for his writings on [[Biography|Frank Zappa]]. He made contributions to "The Wire" and "Hi-Fi News". His writings display the influences of [[wikipedia:Theodor Adorno|Theodor Adorno]] and the Frankfurt School, the Situationists, [[James Joyce]] and [[wikipedia:J. H. Prynne|J.H. Prynne]] (Watson's tutor at Cambridge University).
 Watson wrote several books and articles about Zappa: ''[[Frank Zappa - The Negative Dialectics Of Poodle Play]] (1995)'', ''[[Frank Zappa: The Complete Guide to His Music]]'' (1998, revised in 2005) and ''[[Academy Zappa: Proceedings of the First International Conference of Esemplastic Zappology]] (2005)''. He additionally wrote the article ''[[The Last Days of Frank Zappa]]'' and an obituary. <ref>http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/sr171/watson.htm</ref> He is interviewed in ''[[Frank Zappa - The Freak-Out List]] (2010)''.

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 [[Ben Watson]] (1956) is a British writer noted for his writings on [[Frank Zappa]]. He made contributions to "The Wire" and "Hi-Fi News". His writings display the influences of [[wikipedia:Theodor Adorno|Theodor Adorno]] and the Frankfurt School, the Situationists, [[James Joyce]] and [[wikipedia:J. H. Prynne|J.H. Prynne]] (Watson's tutor at Cambridge University).
 ==Quotes by Watson about Zappa==
-''"I listened to [[We're Only In It For The Money]] because my older brother had a copy, but at age 12 ... It was like reading my brother's copies of "Oz" and "Suck and Frendz" and "International Times" - a vague aura of illicit sleaze excitement, but it didn't get under my skin. I finally "heard" Zappa in Italy in 1974 when some Mexican students kept playing his records ([[The Grand Wazoo]] and [[Apostrophe (')]]). I loved the records because they were so detailed and thought-provoking and silly and complex (the same reason I liked [[James Joyce|Finnegans Wake]]). The music refuses to give up its actuality - the logic of its component parts - to any overriding moral or political concept. When I went up to Cambridge to study history, all I had was ten LPs by [[Gustav Mahler|Mahler]] and soon a similar number by Zappa. I said to someone who played sax at college (his name was Andrew Blake) "I really like the sound of the tenor sax `blowing its nose' on [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]. How can I hear more music like that?" He replied: "[[Archie Shepp]], Pharoah Sanders, [[Albert Ayler]]". That set me off in another direction."''
+''"I listened to [[We're Only In It For The Money]] because my older brother had a copy, but at age 12 ... It was like reading my brother's copies of "Oz" and "Suck and Frendz" and "International Times" - a vague aura of illicit sleaze excitement, but it didn't get under my skin. I finally "heard" Zappa in Italy in 1974 when some Mexican students kept playing his records ([[The Grand Wazoo]] and [[Apostrophe (')]]). I loved the records because they were so detailed and thought-provoking and silly and complex (the same reason I liked [[James Joyce|Finnegans Wake]]). The music refuses to give up its actuality - the logic of its component parts - to any overriding moral or political concept. When I went up to Cambridge to study history, all I had was ten LPs by [[Gustav Mahler|Mahler]] and soon a similar number by Zappa. I said to someone who played sax at college (his name was Andrew Blake) "I really like the sound of the tenor sax `blowing its nose' on [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]. How can I hear more music like that?" He replied: "[[Archie Shepp]], Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler". That set me off in another direction."'' <ref>http://www.kindamuzik.net/article.shtml?id=492 KindaMuzik Interview</ref>
-==Books by Watson about Zappa==
+''"The real point of Zappa is, as you rightly say, the music. That is why he was so big in Europe. The lyrics are a total mystery to Polish and Czech fans. I mean, they are to English-speaking listeners too, but US and UK pop consumers expect their own tastes and prejudices to be flattered."''<ref>http://www.kindamuzik.net/article.shtml?id=492 KindaMuzik Interview</ref>
-==Articles by Watson==
+''"I'm fascinated by Zappa's attraction towards eastern music. With Zappa, it's not hippie-dippie ersatz bullshit, it's as seriously critical of western (aka bourgeois) values as [[Coltrane|John Coltrane]]'s world-music project (aka "Free Jazz")."''<ref>http://www.kindamuzik.net/article.shtml?id=492 KindaMuzik Interview</ref>
-An obituary about Zappa http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/sr171/watson.htm
+==Notes==
-==See also==
+==External links==
 * [[Wikipedia:Ben Watson (music writer)|Ben Watson]]
 * [http://www.kindamuzik.net/article.shtml?id=492 KindaMuzik Interview]<br>

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 ==Articles by Watson==
 [[The Last Days of Frank Zappa]]
 An obituary about Zappa http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/sr171/watson.htm

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 ==Books by Watson about Zappa==
 [[Frank Zappa - The Negative Dialectics Of Poodle Play|The Negative Dialectics Of Poodle Play]] (1995) <br>
-[[Frank Zappa: The Complete Guide to His Music]] (2005) <br> (revised edition of an earlier 1998 publication)
+(revised edition of an earlier 1998 publication) [[Frank Zappa: The Complete Guide to His Music]] (2005) <br>
 [[Academy Zappa: Proceedings of the First International Conference of Esemplastic Zappology]] (2005) <br>

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 ==Books by Watson about Zappa==
-[[Academy Zappa: Proceedings of the First International Conference of Esemplastic Zappology ]]<br>
+[[Academy Zappa: Proceedings of the First International Conference of Esemplastic Zappology]]<br>
 [[Frank Zappa - The Negative Dialectics Of Poodle Play|The Negative Dialectics Of Poodle Play]]<br>
 [[Frank Zappa: The Complete Guide to His Music]]<br>