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-'''Rip Rense''' is a [[Los Angeles]] journalist, who wrote for The [[Los Angeles Times]], [[The New York Times]], Philadelphia Inquirer, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, Los Angeles Magazine, ICE, Musician, Spin, Guitar World.
+[[File:Rip Rense.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Rip Rense.]]
-He first interviewed Frank Zappa in 1975. He also introduced [[Nicolas Slonimsky]] to Zappa. Rense was present at many of the Friday Night Soirees from one of which he recalls making Zappa laugh:
+'''Rip Rense''' is a [[Los Angeles]] journalist, essayist and novelist, who wrote for The [[Los Angeles Times]], [[The New York Times]], Philadelphia Inquirer, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, Los Angeles Magazine, ICE, Musician, Spin and Guitar World.
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-Rense instigated and produced ''[[Frankly A Capella]]''.
+Rense wrote the liner notes for ''[[The Yellow Shark]]'' (1993) and is one of the people receiving thanks for their ''"very special but no less significant contributions"'' in ''[[The Yellow Shark]]'' liner notes. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_Yellow_Shark.html#Acknowledgements</ref>
-Rip Rense is one of the people receiving thanks for their ''"very special but no less significant contributions"'' in ''[[The Yellow Shark]]'' liner notes. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_Yellow_Shark.html#Acknowledgements</ref> Rense wrote the booklets for both ''The Yellow Shark'' and ''[[The Lost Episodes]]''.
+==Post-Zappa's death activities==
 ==Articles==
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 ==References==
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 [[Category:Journalists|Rense]]
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 ==Articles==
-*[[A different Zappa emerges in epic 'operapantomime']]
+* ''[[A different Zappa emerges in epic 'operapantomime']]
-*[[The Lost Episodes: about the album]]
+* ''[[The Lost Episodes: about the album]]''
-*[[The Lost Episodes: about the cover art]]
+*''[[The Lost Episodes: about the cover art]]''
-*[[Z-Pack - L.A. Times article]]
+*''[[Z-Pack - L.A. Times article]]''
 ==References==
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 [[Category:Supporting Cast|Rense]]
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 '''Rip Rense''' is a [[Los Angeles]] journalist, who wrote for The [[Los Angeles Times]], [[The New York Times]], Philadelphia Inquirer, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, Los Angeles Magazine, ICE, Musician, Spin, Guitar World.
-He first interviewed [[Biography|Zappa]] in 1975. He also introduced [[Nicolas Slonimsky]] to Zappa. Rense was present at many of the Friday Night Soirees from one of which he recalls making Zappa laugh:
+He first interviewed Frank Zappa in 1975. He also introduced [[Nicolas Slonimsky]] to Zappa. Rense was present at many of the Friday Night Soirees from one of which he recalls making Zappa laugh:
 <blockquote><p>
-"My favorite memory of those many special nights, as I write this, was the last such salon I attended, in the summer of 1993. It was, in fact, the night of the great talk with director Shrader. (...) I knew that few people appreciated absurdity as much as a guy who named his entrepenurial business [[Intercontinental Absurdities]]. Besides, as he said on the Mothers "Live at the Roxy" album, "I love monster movies." I readied my tape recorder.</p>
+''"My favorite memory of those many special nights, as I write this, was the last such salon I attended, in the summer of 1993. It was, in fact, the night of the great talk with director Shrader. (...) I knew that few people appreciated absurdity as much as a guy who named his entrepenurial business [[Intercontinental Absurdities]]. Besides, as he said on the Mothers "Live at the Roxy" album, "I love monster movies." I readied my tape recorder.''</p>
 <p>
-"This requires a bit of set-up," I said. "In one of the cheesiest of the old Universal 'Frankenstein' movie sequels, '[[The Ghost of Frankenstein]],' Ygor, the crazed shepherd played by Béla Lugosi, plots to have his brain implanted in the monster's head. Dr. Bohmer (Lionel Atwill), aids in the plot. The monster eventually revives from surgery---with Ygor's brain---then rampages through the house, which, like all Frankenstein houses, is surrounded by angry villagers. Ygor/Frankenstein opts to lure the villagers into the house, which is outfitted with gas jets, and do away with them en masse. And this is what he yells."</p>
+''"This requires a bit of set-up," I said. "In one of the cheesiest of the old Universal 'Frankenstein' movie sequels, '[[The Ghost of Frankenstein]],' Ygor, the crazed shepherd played by Béla Lugosi, plots to have his brain implanted in the monster's head. Dr. Bohmer (Lionel Atwill), aids in the plot. The monster eventually revives from surgery---with Ygor's brain---then rampages through the house, which, like all Frankenstein houses, is surrounded by angry villagers. Ygor/Frankenstein opts to lure the villagers into the house, which is outfitted with gas jets, and do away with them en masse. And this is what he yells."''</p>
 <p>
-I hit the tape. Out came the gravelly voice of the great Lugosi, screaming, "Bohmer! Turn on the gas!" I played it repeatedly.</p>
+''I hit the tape. Out came the gravelly voice of the great Lugosi, screaming, "Bohmer! Turn on the gas!" I played it repeatedly.''</p>
 <p>
-Zappa literally doubled over with deep laughter, his face crinkled, tears in his eyes. On the AAAFNRAA scale, it was apparently a ten. I played the tape again and again, and he laughed on and on, as did I, until at last he became collected enough to bid me goodnight. We shook hands, for what turned out to be the last time, and as I rose leave, I heard the final words I ever heard Frank Zappa speak---quintessentially sardonic, ironic, somewhat bitter, painfully blunt, and hilarious:</p>
+''Zappa literally doubled over with deep laughter, his face crinkled, tears in his eyes. On the AAAFNRAA scale, it was apparently a ten. I played the tape again and again, and he laughed on and on, as did I, until at last he became collected enough to bid me goodnight. We shook hands, for what turned out to be the last time, and as I rose leave, I heard the final words I ever heard Frank Zappa speak---quintessentially sardonic, ironic, somewhat bitter, painfully blunt, and hilarious:''</p>
 <p>
-"Turn on the gas!""''<ref>[http://www.riprense.com/zappa_drinks.htm Rip Rense - Zappa Drinks And Goes Home (originally published in L.A. Weekly)]</ref>
+''"Turn on the gas!""''<ref>[http://www.riprense.com/zappa_drinks.htm Rip Rense - Zappa Drinks And Goes Home (originally published in L.A. Weekly)]</ref>
 </p></blockquote>
 Rense instigated and produced ''[[Frankly A Capella]]''.
-He is one of the people receiving thanks for their ''"very special but no less significant contributions"'' in ''[[The Yellow Shark]]'' liner notes. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_Yellow_Shark.html#Acknowledgements</ref> Rense wrote the booklets for both ''The Yellow Shark'' and ''[[The Lost Episodes]]''.
+Rip Rense is one of the people receiving thanks for their ''"very special but no less significant contributions"'' in ''[[The Yellow Shark]]'' liner notes. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_Yellow_Shark.html#Acknowledgements</ref> Rense wrote the booklets for both ''The Yellow Shark'' and ''[[The Lost Episodes]]''.
 ==Articles==
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 [[Category:Supporting Cast|Rense]]
 [[Category:Writers|Rense]]
-[[Category:Producers|Rense]]
+[[Category:Record Producers|Rense]]
 [[Category:Journalists|Rense]]

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-'''Rip Rense''' is an [[Los Angeles]] journalist, who wrote for The [[Los Angeles Times]], [[The New York Times]], Philadelphia Inquirer, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, Los Angeles Magazine, ICE, Musician, Spin, Guitar World.
+'''Rip Rense''' is a [[Los Angeles]] journalist, who wrote for The [[Los Angeles Times]], [[The New York Times]], Philadelphia Inquirer, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, Los Angeles Magazine, ICE, Musician, Spin, Guitar World.
 He first interviewed [[Biography|Zappa]] in 1975. He also introduced [[Nicolas Slonimsky]] to Zappa. Rense was present at many of the Friday Night Soirees from one of which he recalls making Zappa laugh:
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 Rense instigated and produced ''[[Frankly A Capella]]''.
-He is one of the people receiving thanks for their ''"very special but no less significant contributions"'' in ''[[The Yellow Shark]]'' liner notes. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_Yellow_Shark.html#Acknowledgements</ref> Rense wrote the booklets for both ''The Yellow Shark'' as well as ''[[The Lost Episodes]]''.
+He is one of the people receiving thanks for their ''"very special but no less significant contributions"'' in ''[[The Yellow Shark]]'' liner notes. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_Yellow_Shark.html#Acknowledgements</ref> Rense wrote the booklets for both ''The Yellow Shark'' and ''[[The Lost Episodes]]''.
 ==Articles==
 *[[A different Zappa emerges in epic 'operapantomime']]
 *[[Z-Pack - L.A. Times article]]

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 </p></blockquote>
-Rense instigated and produced ''[[Frankly A Cappella]]''.
+Rense instigated and produced ''[[Frankly A Capella]]''.
 He is one of the people receiving thanks for their ''"very special but no less significant contributions"'' in ''[[The Yellow Shark]]'' liner notes. <ref>http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/The_Yellow_Shark.html#Acknowledgements</ref> Rense wrote the booklets for both ''The Yellow Shark'' as well as ''[[The Lost Episodes]]''.

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-[[Los Angeles]] Journalist, having written for The [[Los Angeles Times]], [[The New York Times]], Philadelphia Inquirer, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, Los Angeles Magazine, ICE, Musician, Spin, Guitar World.
+'''Rip Rense''' is an [[Los Angeles]] journalist, who wrote for The [[Los Angeles Times]], [[The New York Times]], Philadelphia Inquirer, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, Los Angeles Magazine, ICE, Musician, Spin, Guitar World.
-He first interviewed [[Frank Zappa|Zappa]] in 1975. He also introduced [[Nicolas Slonimsky]] to Zappa.
+He first interviewed [[Frank Zappa|Zappa]] in 1975. He also introduced [[Nicolas Slonimsky]] to Zappa. Rense was present at many of the Friday Night Soirees from one of which he recalls making Zappa laugh:
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-Instigated and Produced:
+Rense instigated and produced ''[[Frankly A Cappella: The Persuasions Sing Zappa]]''.
-Wrote booklets for:
+He is one of the people receiving thanks for their ''"very special but no less significant contributions"'' in ''[[The Yellow Shark]]'' liner notes. <ref>http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/The_Yellow_Shark.html#Acknowledgements</ref> Rense wrote the booklets for both ''The Yellow Shark'' as well as ''[[The Lost Episodes]]''.
 ==Articles==