Pauline Butcher - Revision history

Spider of Destiny at 15:23, 15 July 2026

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Post-Zappa career

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Spider of Destiny: Clean-up

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Relating books, articles

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	[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)\|Butcher, Pauline]]		[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)\|Butcher, Pauline]]
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 Ill health forced her return to England in 1972. She has since worked as a teacher and a writer for theatre and radio.
 On September 5, 2011 she released her autobiography, ''[[Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa]]''.
 ==See also==

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 [[Category:Zappa Household|Butcher, Pauline]]
 [[Category:Secretaries|Butcher, Pauline]]
-[[Category:Writers|Butcher, Pauline]]
+[[Category:Biographers|Butcher, Pauline]]
 [[Category:Teachers|Butcher, Pauline]]
 [[Category:We're Only In It For the Money (The List)|Butcher, Pauline]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Butcher, Pauline]]

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 [[File:Pauline_Butcher_Money.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Pauline Butcher on the album cover of "We're Only In It For The Money".]]
-She can be seen on the album cover of ''[[We're Only In It For The Money]]''. <ref>http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/We%27re_Only_In_It_For_The_Money_Cover.html</ref> She is also visible in the sleeve of ''[[Uncle Meat]]'' as the woman shaving herself with a baby doll leg. <ref>http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/Uncle_Meat.html</ref>
+She can be seen on the album cover of ''[[We're Only In It For The Money]]''. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/We%27re_Only_In_It_For_The_Money_Cover.html</ref> She is also visible in the sleeve of ''[[Uncle Meat]]'' as the woman shaving herself with a baby doll leg. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/Uncle_Meat.html</ref>
 ==Post-Zappa career==

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 [[File:Pauline and Frank.jpg|600px|right|thumb|Pauline Butcher & FZ, backstage in Anaheim, 1968.]]
-'''Pauline Butcher''' (after her marriage ''"Pauline Bird"'') is a British woman who was Zappa's secretary from 1968 to 1972. She was hired during [[The Mothers]] first European tour to translate the lyrics from [[Absolutely Free]]. Her naivety in the music world (such as asking [[Eric Clapton]] what instrument he played.) appealed to FZ and he asked her to work as his secretary. She moved out to [[The Log Cabin]] where, amongst her many duties, she ran the [[United Mutations]] fan club.
+'''Pauline Butcher''' (after her marriage ''"Pauline Bird"'') is a British woman who was Zappa's secretary from 1968 to 1972.
-Butcher also had a brief affair with [[Cal Schenkel]]. She can be seen on the album cover of [[We're Only In It For The Money]]. <ref>http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/We%27re_Only_In_It_For_The_Money_Cover.html</ref>
+==Zappa's secretary==
 Ill health forced her return to England in 1972. She has since worked as a teacher and a writer for theatre and radio.
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 On September 5, 2011 she released her autobiography, ''[[Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa]]''.
-==Relating books, articles==
+==See also==
-[[File:Pauline_Butcher_Money.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Pauline Butcher on the album cover of "We're Only In It For The Money".]]
+* She is mentioned in ''[[My Brother Is an Italian Mother]]'' (Jazz & Pop, 1968, [[Bobby Zappa|C. R. Zappa]]).
-* She is mentioned in [[My Brother Is an Italian Mother]] (Jazz & Pop, 1968, [[Bobby Zappa|C. R. Zappa]]).
+==External links==
-* A 2005 interview [http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2005/03/28/me_and_frank_feature.shtml Me and Frank] - Pauline Bird remembers her time with "musical mystery Frank Zappa in the 1960s". - article on '''bbc.co.uk'''.
+*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2005/03/28/me_and_frank_feature.shtml Me and Frank - Pauline Bird remembers her time with "musical mystery Frank Zappa in the 1960s". - 2005 article on '''bbc.co.uk'''].
-* A 2011 interview http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/oct/03/frank-zappa-women
+* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/oct/03/frank-zappa-women Interview for the Guardian, 2011]
-* Another 2011 interview http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8799995/Pauline-Butcher-remembers-life-as-Frank-Zappas-personal-assistant.html
+* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8799995/Pauline-Butcher-remembers-life-as-Frank-Zappas-personal-assistant.html Interview for The Telegraph, 2011.]
 ==Notes==

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 *FZ in [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]: "''The residents at that time included my wife, Gail; my secretary, [[Pauline Butcher]]; our road manager, [[Dick Barber]]; [[Pamela Zarubica]]; [[Ian Underwood]]; [[Motorhead Sherwood]]; and a girl named [[Christine Frka]] - the woman on the cover of the [[Hot Rats]] album crawling out of the crypt.''"
-* She ismentioned in [[My Brother Is an Italian Mother]] ([[Jazz & Pop]], 1968, [[Bobby Zappa|C. R. Zappa]]).
+* She is mentioned in [[My Brother Is an Italian Mother]] ([[Jazz & Pop]], 1968, [[Bobby Zappa|C. R. Zappa]]).
 * A 2005 interview [http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2005/03/28/me_and_frank_feature.shtml Me and Frank] - Pauline Bird remembers her time with "musical mystery Frank Zappa in the 1960s". - article on '''bbc.co.uk'''.