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EJK frum NYC at 23:10, 1 August 2009

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Emdebe: removed obsolete Category:Geography

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removed obsolete Category:Geography

Duncan at 14:17, 4 December 2006

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Maroual at 12:25, 4 December 2006

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Duncan at 11:23, 4 December 2006

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Duncan at 09:52, 27 July 2006

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−	152 Bleecker Street, New York. A small, 199 seat, performance space/cinema on the second floor above the [[Cafe Au Go Go]]. [[Herb Cohen]] rented the theater for the six months from March 23rd to September 5th, 1967. In 1968 [[Andy Warhol]] was renting it to show his films.
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−	"One never knew what to expect, there were some nights that you just heard pure music, and other nights, [[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood\|Motorhead]]'d be talking about fixing his car, with [[Jimmy Carl Black\|Jim Black]]'s drum beat in the background. Sometimes [[Biography\|Frank]] would just sit in a chair and glower at the audience. Sometimes there were more people on stage than there were in the audience, and because of that, Frank even got to know some of us by name! There were so few hard-core [[The Mothers\|Mothers]] freaks then, that we were all very noticeable to him. I remember [[Igor Stravinsky\|Stravinsky]] being played, I remember droning music going on for ages, and then in the middle of all of that, the song that then became [[Oh No\|'Oh No, I Don't Believe It']], sort of breaking through the clouds, and I mean it just shocked me, how anything could be so beautiful, and how such beautiful music could come out of such bizarre looking people."</blockquote><div align=right>— [[Ruth Underwood]]</div>
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−	~~<blockquote>"During their stay in [[New York]], the Mothers successfully performed for six months at the~~ [[~~Garrick Theater\|~~Garrick Theatre]] doing a cleverly animated, pornographically delightful musical review. Some people liked it so much they came back repeatedly. Two [[New York\|Long Island]] school boys, affectionately dubbed [[Loeb & Leopold\|Loeb and Leopold]], held ticket stubs for some sixty-five performances. A classic study in compulsive behavior. But there were those who reacted rather violently to the show. One flaccid matron was sure that the Mothers were secretly anti-christ Commie swine bent upon polluting crew-cut American pubertines. Here authoritative observation was made on the basis of one evening's performance (to the tune of $3.50)."</blockquote>
−	~~<div align=right>— [[Bobby Zappa\|C. R. Zappa]], ''[[My Brother Is an Italian Mother]]'' (1968)</div>~~
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−	~~"New York weather in the summertime is pretty disgusting. Sometime around the first of June, the~~
−	~~air conditioner died and the owner of the theater ([[wikipedia:David Lee Roth\|David Lee Roth]]'s Dad, I'm told) decided that it would be too expensive to fix it."~~
−	~~</blockquote>~~
−	~~<div align=right>— [[Biography\|Frank Zappa]], ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]''</div>~~
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−	~~Note: If there was any Roth connection it would probably have been [[wikipedia:Manny Roth\|David Lee Roth's Uncle]].~~
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−	~~[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)~~]]

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−	<blockquote>"During their stay in [[New York]], the Mothers successfully performed for six months at the [[Garrick Theater\|Garrick Theatre]] doing a cleverly animated, pornographically delightful musical review. Some people liked it so much they came back repeatedly. Two [[Long Island]] school boys, affectionately dubbed [[Loeb & Leopold\|Loeb and Leopold]], held ticket stubs for some sixty-five performances. A classic study in compulsive behavior. But there were those who reacted rather violently to the show. One flaccid matron was sure that the Mothers were secretly anti-christ Commie swine bent upon polluting crew-cut American pubertines. Here authoritative observation was made on the basis of one evening's performance (to the tune of $3.50)."</blockquote>	+	<blockquote>"During their stay in [[New York]], the Mothers successfully performed for six months at the [[Garrick Theater\|Garrick Theatre]] doing a cleverly animated, pornographically delightful musical review. Some people liked it so much they came back repeatedly. Two [[New York\|Long Island]] school boys, affectionately dubbed [[Loeb & Leopold\|Loeb and Leopold]], held ticket stubs for some sixty-five performances. A classic study in compulsive behavior. But there were those who reacted rather violently to the show. One flaccid matron was sure that the Mothers were secretly anti-christ Commie swine bent upon polluting crew-cut American pubertines. Here authoritative observation was made on the basis of one evening's performance (to the tune of $3.50)."</blockquote>
	<div align=right>— [[Bobby Zappa\|C. R. Zappa]], ''[[My Brother Is an Italian Mother]]'' (1968)</div>		<div align=right>— [[Bobby Zappa\|C. R. Zappa]], ''[[My Brother Is an Italian Mother]]'' (1968)</div>

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−	152 Bleecker Street, New York. A small performance space on the second floor above the [[Cafe Au Go Go]]. [[Herb Cohen]] rented the theater for the six months from March 23rd to September 5th, 1967.	+	152 Bleecker Street, New York. A small, 199 seat, performance space/cinema on the second floor above the [[Cafe Au Go Go]]. [[Herb Cohen]] rented the theater for the six months from March 23rd to September 5th, 1967. In 1968 [[Andy Warhol]] was renting it to show his films.

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-"One never knew what to expect, there were some nights that you just heard pure music, and other nights, [[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood|Motorhead]]'d be talking about fixing his car, with [[Jimmy Carl Black|Jim Black]]'s drum beat in the background. Sometimes [[Frank Zappa|Frank]] would just sit in a chair and glower at the audience. Sometimes there were more people on stage than there were in the audience, and because of that, Frank even got to know some of us by name! There were so few hard-core [[The Mothers|Mothers]] freaks then, that we were all very noticeable to him. I remember [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]] being played, I remember droning music going on for ages, and then in the middle of all of that, the song that then became [[Oh No|'Oh No, I Don't Believe It']], sort of breaking through the clouds, and I mean it just shocked me, how anything could be so beautiful, and how such beautiful music could come out of such bizarre looking people."</blockquote><div align=right>— [[Ruth Underwood]]</div>
+"One never knew what to expect, there were some nights that you just heard pure music, and other nights, [[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood|Motorhead]]'d be talking about fixing his car, with [[Jimmy Carl Black|Jim Black]]'s drum beat in the background. Sometimes [[Biography|Frank]] would just sit in a chair and glower at the audience. Sometimes there were more people on stage than there were in the audience, and because of that, Frank even got to know some of us by name! There were so few hard-core [[The Mothers|Mothers]] freaks then, that we were all very noticeable to him. I remember [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]] being played, I remember droning music going on for ages, and then in the middle of all of that, the song that then became [[Oh No|'Oh No, I Don't Believe It']], sort of breaking through the clouds, and I mean it just shocked me, how anything could be so beautiful, and how such beautiful music could come out of such bizarre looking people."</blockquote><div align=right>— [[Ruth Underwood]]</div>
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 air conditioner died and the owner of the theater ([[wikipedia:David Lee Roth|David Lee Roth]]'s Dad, I'm told) decided that it would be too expensive to fix it."
 </blockquote>
-<div align=right>— [[Frank Zappa]], ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]''</div>
+<div align=right>— [[Biography|Frank Zappa]], ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]''</div>

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−	152 ~~Bleeker~~ Street, New York. A small performance space on the second floor above the [[Cafe Au Go Go]]. [[Herb Cohen]] rented the theater for the six months from March 23rd to September 5th, 1967.	+	152 Bleecker Street, New York. A small performance space on the second floor above the [[Cafe Au Go Go]]. [[Herb Cohen]] rented the theater for the six months from March 23rd to September 5th, 1967.

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 Note: If there was any Roth connection it would probably have been [[wikipedia:Manny Roth|David Lee Roth's Uncle]].
 [[Category:Concert Locations]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]

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 Bleeker Street, New York. A small performance space on the second floor above the [[Cafe Au Go Go]]. [[Herb Cohen]] rented the theater for the six months from  March 23rd to September 5th, 1967.
 <blockquote>
-"One never knew what to expect, there were some nights that you just heard pure music, and other nights, Motorhead'd be talking about fixing his car, with Jim Black's drum beat in the background. Sometimes Frank would just sit in a chair and glower at the audience. Sometimes there were more people on stage than there were in the audience, and because of that, Frank even got to know some of us by name! There were so few hard-core Mothers freaks then, that we were all very noticeable to him. I remember Stravinsky being played, I remember droning music going on for ages, and then in the middle of all of that, the song that then became 'Oh No, I Don't Believe It', sort of breaking through the clouds, and I mean it just shocked me, how anything could be so beautiful, and how such beautiful music could come out of such bizarre looking people."</blockquote><div align=right>[[Ruth Underwood]]</div>
+"One never knew what to expect, there were some nights that you just heard pure music, and other nights, [[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood|Motorhead]]'d be talking about fixing his car, with [[Jimmy Carl Black|Jim Black]]'s drum beat in the background. Sometimes [[Frank Zappa|Frank]] would just sit in a chair and glower at the audience. Sometimes there were more people on stage than there were in the audience, and because of that, Frank even got to know some of us by name! There were so few hard-core [[The Mothers|Mothers]] freaks then, that we were all very noticeable to him. I remember [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]] being played, I remember droning music going on for ages, and then in the middle of all of that, the song that then became [[Oh No|'Oh No, I Don't Believe It']], sort of breaking through the clouds, and I mean it just shocked me, how anything could be so beautiful, and how such beautiful music could come out of such bizarre looking people."</blockquote><div align=right>— [[Ruth Underwood]]</div>
+<blockquote>"During their stay in [[New York]], the Mothers successfully performed for six months at the [[Garrick Theater|Garrick Theatre]] doing a cleverly animated, pornographically delightful musical review. Some people liked it so much they came back repeatedly. Two [[Long Island]] school boys, affectionately dubbed [[Loeb & Leopold|Loeb and Leopold]], held ticket stubs for some sixty-five performances. A classic study in compulsive behavior. But there were those who reacted rather violently to the show. One flaccid matron was sure that the Mothers were secretly anti-christ Commie swine bent upon polluting crew-cut American pubertines. Here authoritative observation was made on the basis of one evening's performance (to the tune of $3.50)."</blockquote>
+<div align=right>— [[Bobby Zappa|C. R. Zappa]], ''[[My Brother Is an Italian Mother]]'' (1968)</div>
 <blockquote>
-New York weather in the summertime is pretty disgusting. Sometime around the first of June, the
+"New York weather in the summertime is pretty disgusting. Sometime around the first of June, the
-air conditioner died and the owner of the theater (David Lee Roth's Dad, I'm told) decided that it would
+air conditioner died and the owner of the theater ([[David Lee Roth]]'s Dad, I'm told) decided that it would be too expensive to fix it."
 </blockquote>
-<div align=right>[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</div>
+<div align=right>— [[Frank Zappa]], ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]''</div>
 Note: If there was any Roth connection it would probably have been [[wikipedia:Manny Roth|David Lee Roth's Uncle]].
 [[Category:Geography]]
 [[Category:Concert Locations]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]