Phi Zappa Crappa Interview: - Revision history

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 '''Zappa:''' About five. I made gun powder when I was six.
-'''Street:''' When you wrote [[Call Any Vegetable]] had you had any experience?
+'''Street:''' When you wrote [[Call Any Vegetable (1966 - Los Angeles)|Call Any Vegetable]] had you had any experience?
 '''Zappa:''' Calling vegetables?

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 '''Zappa:''' Like what, for instance?
-'''Street:''' Like with [[Kiss]], whose music is almost entirely about sex. What if kids listening to it get motivated by it to do some heavy petting in their cars, for instance?<br>
+'''Street:''' Like with [[Wikipedia:Kiss (band)|Kiss]], whose music is almost entirely about sex. What if kids listening to it get motivated by it to do some heavy petting in their cars, for instance?<br>
 '''Zappa:''' Do I think people who get pregnant while listening to Kiss albums should file a suit against them?

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 '''Zappa:''' Well, there's one song on there that'll probably get some just because it's completely stupid, and it's also short.
-'''Fass:''' Is it true that you don't want to be asked what happened to [[Wild Man Fischer]]?<br>
+'''Fass:''' Is it true that you don't want to be asked what happened to [[Larry Fischer|Wild Man Fischer]]?<br>
 '''Zappa:''' I answer all questions. Wild Man Fischer, as far as I know, is still walking around the street with an album under his arm.

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 '''Zappa:''' No, I can't describe what kind of character. I just haven't ever met anyone else like him.
-'''Street:''' Do you think you can relate to the punk rock kids?<br>
+'''Street:''' Do you think you can relate to the [[punk]] rock kids?<br>
 '''Zappa:''' What do you mean, relate to them?
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 '''Street:''' Like drugs?<br>
-'''Zappa:''' Drugs, or super stress, or a weird childhood or some other factor.
+'''Zappa:''' [[Drugs]], or super stress, or a weird childhood or some other factor.
 '''Street:''' So maybe you act as the catalyst that unleashes an already existing force in these people.<br>

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 '''Zappa:''' Yeah. So I mean if you're gonna say words, rock n' roll is definitely the medium.
-'''Street:''' What do you think of punk rock?<br>
+'''Street:''' What do you think of [[punk]] rock?<br>
 '''Zappa:''' I think it's gonna be the next great humiliator of the rock n' roll journalistic circuit.
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 '''Zappa:''' You've heard of Springsteen. Yeah.
-'''Street:''' But do you really think he's part of punk rock?<br>
+'''Street:''' But do you really think he's part of [[punk]] rock?<br>
 '''Zappa:''' I'm saying that along those some lines. He hits both covers of major magazines with rock journalists saying; "Yeah, this is it." It's all a hype. And then the next thing you know they call it punk rock and now those guys are gonna be writing about punk and how great it is. Unfortunately, a lot of people who are writing rock criticism today weren't around during the sixties or they'd already know that punk rock already happened folks. It was better already.

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 '''Street:''' You didn't think it was very worthwhile or meaningful?<br>
-'''Zappa:''' I never was too fond of hippies.
+'''Zappa:''' I never was too fond of [[Hippies|hippies]].
 '''Street:''' You're not a hippie, then?<br>
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 '''Street:''' Do you think it's that already?<br>
 '''Zappa:''' No, it hasn't reached the two front covers of Time and Newsweek with what's his name on the cover?<br>
 '''Street:''' [[wikipedia:Johnny Rotten|Johnny Rotten]]?<br>
 '''Zappa:''' No. Who's the one they announced last year was gonna be the new [[Bob Dylan]]?<br>
 '''Street:''' Not [[wikipedia:Iggy Pop|Iggy Pop]].<br>
 '''Zappa:''' No.<br>
 '''Street:''' Richard Hell?<br>
 '''Zappa:''' God, there's so many of them. The guy from New Jersey.
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 '''Fass:''' What in particular?<br>
-'''Zappa:''' Sex Offender.
+'''Zappa:''' "Sex Offender".
 '''Street:''' Are you trying for any special audience with what you're doing now?<br>
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 '''Street:''' Who's your favorite author?<br>
-'''Zappa:''' Dick Corberge] ([[Cordwainer Smith]]).
+'''Zappa:''' Dick Corberge ([[Cordwainer Smith]]).
 '''Street:''' What did he write?<br>

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 '''Street:''' Do you like punk rock music yourself?<br>
-'''Zappa:''' Some of the songs. I like a couple of the songs that [[wikipedia:Blondie (band)|Blondie]] does.
+'''Zappa:''' Some of the songs. I like a couple of the songs that [[Blondie]] does.
 '''Fass:''' What in particular?<br>
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 '''Street:''' What did he write?<br>
-'''Zappa:''' The Game Of Rat and Dragon.
+'''Zappa:''' "The Game Of Rat" and "Dragon".
 '''Street:''' Is that your favorite book?<br>
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 '''Zappa:''' No, I think the ultimate decision to kill yourself is something that you just make up on the spur of the moment. A lot of people sit around and think it. "Oh well, I'll kill myself," and to actually do it is a decision you make in the privacy of your own suicidal chamber. He had been on the road for us for a week prior to doing it. I hardly knew the guy.
-'''Street:''' Whatever happened to [[Suzie Creamcheese]]? Are you still in touch with her?<br>
+'''Street:''' Whatever happened to [[Suzy Creamcheese]]? Are you still in touch with her?<br>
 '''Zappa:''' Which one?
 '''Street:''' The one that [[Freak Out!]] refers to.<br>

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 '''Zappa:''' No, it hasn't reached the two front covers of Time and Newsweek with what's his name on the cover?<br>
 '''Street:''' [[wikipedia:Johnny Rotten|Johnny Rotten]]?<br>
-'''Zappa:''' No. Who's the one they announced last year was gonna be the new [[wikipedia:Bob Dylan|Bob Dylan]]?<br>
+'''Zappa:''' No. Who's the one they announced last year was gonna be the new [[Bob Dylan]]?<br>
 '''Street:''' Not [[wikipedia:Iggy Pop|Iggy Pop]].<br>
 '''Zappa:''' No.<br>
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 '''Zappa:''' God, there's so many of them. The guy from New Jersey.
-'''Fass:''' [[wikipedia:Bruce Springsteen|Springsteen]].<br>
+'''Fass:''' [[Bruce Springsteen|Springsteen]].<br>
 '''Zappa:''' You've heard of Springsteen. Yeah.
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 '''Fass:''' What such groups?<br>
-'''Zappa:''' The Beatles did it.
+'''Zappa:''' [[The Beatles]] did it.
-'''Fass:''' [[wikipedia:The Who|The Who]]?<br>
+'''Fass:''' [[The Who]]?<br>
 '''Zappa:''' Yeah, the Who. [[wikipedia:Herman's Hermits|Herman's Hermits]], too.
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 '''Zappa:''' No, that was just the first album I decided to play as much music as I did by myself.
-'''Street:''' When you wrote the song [[Wind Up Working In A Gas Station]] were you thinking of anyone in particular? Anyone you had known from your experiences?<br>
+'''Street:''' When you wrote the song [[Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station]] were you thinking of anyone in particular? Anyone you had known from your experiences?<br>
 '''Zappa:''' No, I was thinking about who goes to college.
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 '''Street:''' Who's your favorite author?<br>
-'''Zappa:''' Dick Corberge ([[wikipedia:Cordwainer Smith|Cordwainer Smith]]).
+'''Zappa:''' Dick Corberge] ([[Cordwainer Smith]]).
 '''Street:''' What did he write?<br>
-'''Zappa:''' The Game Of Rats and Dragons.
+'''Zappa:''' The Game Of Rat and Dragon.
 '''Street:''' Is that your favorite book?<br>
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 '''Zappa:''' Like what, for instance?
-'''Street:''' Like with [[wikipedia:Kiss (band)|Kiss]], whose music is almost entirely about sex. What if kids listening to it get motivated by it to do some heavy petting in their cars, for instance?<br>
+'''Street:''' Like with [[Kiss]], whose music is almost entirely about sex. What if kids listening to it get motivated by it to do some heavy petting in their cars, for instance?<br>
 '''Zappa:''' Do I think people who get pregnant while listening to Kiss albums should file a suit against them?
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 '''Street:''' Are there any major rock n' roll bands aside from yourself that you do listen to?<br>
-'''Zappa:''' I like [[wikipedia:Queen (band)|Queen]]. I like [[wikipedia:Gentle Giant|Gentle Giant]].
+'''Zappa:''' I like [[Queen]]. I like [[Gentle Giant]].
 '''Street:''' Do you think it's necessary to have a college education to survive in today's society?<br>

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 '''Zappa:''' Yes.
-'''Street:''' How did you see yourself fit into the acid rock scene of the sixties, in terms of the philosophy that was going around and the lifestyle that was going down?
+'''Street:''' How did you see yourself fit into the acid rock scene of the sixties, in terms of the philosophy that was going around and the lifestyle that was going down?<br>
 '''Zappa:''' I was laughing at it.