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	Interview with [[Biography\|Frank Zappa]] by [[Marc Didden]] for the Belgian magazine Humo, 1973<br>		Interview with [[Biography\|Frank Zappa]] by [[Marc Didden]] for the Belgian magazine Humo, 1973<br>

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+[[File:Frank Zappa interviewed by Humo, 1974.jpg|550px|thumb|right| [[Marc Didden]], Frank Zappa and [[Guy Mortier]], 15 November 1973.]]
 Interview with [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] by [[Marc Didden]] for the Belgian magazine Humo, 1973<br>
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 Aahh, the toll of fame my friend, nothing you can do against that.
-<div align=right>Marc DIDDEN, Humo november 15 1973</div align=right>
+<div align=right>Marc DIDDEN, Humo Bovember 15, 1973</div align=right>
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 <div align=right>Note: [[Guy Mortier]] is chief editor of Humo, and shows a striking physical resemblance to Frank Zappa.<br>

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	Interview with [[Biography\|Frank Zappa]] by [[Marc Didden]] for the Belgian magazine Humo, 1973<br>		Interview with [[Biography\|Frank Zappa]] by [[Marc Didden]] for the Belgian magazine Humo, 1973<br>

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 Of course I'm bothered by it, but it's not going to make me change my mind. I still consider "[[200 Motels]]" a good movie. It could have been better, but it's good. Next question.
-'''When will you be presenting a festival over here, the way you did so gracefully in [[Amougies Festival|Amougies]] in '69?<br>
+'''When will you be presenting a festival over here, the way you did so gracefully in [[Actuel Festival|Amougies]] in '69?<br>
 Don't mention that, it's the blackest period in my whole life. First they get me over here to present a festival, something which I'm really not any good at. I still haven't figured out how I got dragged into this. Next it becomes obvious that absolutely no person in the audience understands one word of English, so my incredibly witty puns have no effect whatsoever, so that I find myself to be totally useless, and, as such, renounce to the job of presenter. Since I was stuck here anyway, I let myself get overwhelmed once again, and went out to jam with some of the groups at the request of the promotors, very much to their dislike might i add. Finally, let me just say it was icy cold in Amougies and there was nothing but Green Hotdogs to eat, so you'll understand that from now on, any person that conjurs up the idea of organizing a festival in mid winter gets my best wishes and can shove it.

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 '''And a 1000% less theatricality?<br>
-Pungent remark there, jackass. The lack of theatricality, of course, does have its reasons. I might be something of a authoritarian kind of a person, but i don't have the slightest need to force some sort of behaviour upon someone that does not become the person. You could expect [[Howard Kaylan]] and [[Mark Volman]] to do crazy stuff on stage, those guys were born for it, but [[Jean-Luc Ponty|Jean-Luc]] (Ponty), [[The Fowler Brothers|Bruce]] and [[The Fowler Brothers|Tom]] (Fowler), [[Ruth Underwood]], [[George Duke]] and [[Ralph Humphrey]] aren't exactly comedians. So all I ask of them is that they make good music, which they are capable of.
+Pungent remark there, jackass. The lack of theatricality, of course, does have its reasons. I might be something of a authoritarian kind of a person, but i don't have the slightest need to force some sort of behaviour upon someone that does not become the person. You could expect [[Flo & Eddie|Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman]] to do crazy stuff on stage, those guys were born for it, but [[Jean-Luc Ponty|Jean-Luc]] (Ponty), [[The Fowler Brothers|Bruce]] and [[The Fowler Brothers|Tom]] (Fowler), [[Ruth Underwood]], [[George Duke]] and [[Ralph Humphrey]] aren't exactly comedians. So all I ask of them is that they make good music, which they are capable of.
 '''What are the other Mothers, the old ones, up to lately?<br>

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-Interview with [[Frank Zappa]] by [[Marc Didden]] for the Belgian magazine Humo, 1973<br>
+Interview with [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] by [[Marc Didden]] for the Belgian magazine Humo, 1973<br>
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 '''Did he steal those wonderful deep vocal phrasings from you, or did you steal them from him?<br>
-How shall I put it? Maybe like this: if Frank Zappa ever makes it in the history books, it'll be because of the fact that he has been the Vocal Coach of [[Don Van Vliet]] aka Captain Beefheart. Your turn.
+How shall I put it? Maybe like this: if Frank Zappa ever makes it in the history books, it'll be because of the fact that he has been the Vocal Coach of Don Van Vliet aka [[Captain Beefheart]]. Your turn.
 '''How come groups may come and groups may go, you've been sticking around for the last ten years?<br>

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 Well yeah, John sort of censored those tapes. First, he let out all the Dirty Talk Mark and Howard uttered during that jam, and there was a lot of that. Next, he erased all the cursing words that some people from the audience directed to Yoko Ono, so you can hardly speak of a truthfull account on what happened that day. I'm a bit disappointed in John for this, I never would have expected it from him, but then again, what can you expect from friends.
-'''Right. One more question: Don't you find it to be annoying to be mistaken for Guy Mortier all the time?<br>
+'''Right. One more question: Don't you find it to be annoying to be mistaken for [[Guy Mortier]] all the time?<br>
 Aahh, the toll of fame my friend, nothing you can do against that.

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-First published in the Belgian magazine Humo, 1973<br>
+Interview with [[Frank Zappa]] by [[Marc Didden]] for the Belgian magazine Humo, 1973<br>
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 <div align=right>Note: Guy Mortier is chief editor of Humo, and shows a striking physical resemblance to Frank Zappa.<br>
-This interview translated back to English by yours truly, not Marc Didden.</div align=right>
+This interview translated back to English by yours truly, not [[Marc Didden]].</div align=right>
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