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| − | [[Ko-Ko]] | + | [[image:Ko-KoClown.jpeg|right|thumb|200px|Ko-Ko The Clown]] |
| + | [[image:Ko-KoLabel.jpeg|right|thumb|200px|Ko-Ko by Duke Ellington]] | ||
| + | [[File:Kokopenny.jpg|thumb|right|Koko signs "love" to her teacher Dr. Penny Patterson, the founder of [http://www.koko.org The Gorilla Foundation]]] | ||
| − | Zappa dedicated [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] to | + | Zappa dedicated [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] to Gail, The Kids, [[Stephen Hawking]] and Ko-Ko. |
| − | + | When asked, in an interview with Vladimir Sovetov, the book's co-author [[Peter Occhiogrosso]] responded: | |
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| + | <blockquote>VS: Who is Ko-Ko? | ||
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| + | PO: How the fuck should I know? | ||
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| + | VS: Heh! | ||
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| + | PO: I didn't mean to be so flip about Ko-Ko, but Frank's spirit took possession of me. There is Ko-Ko the Klown, who was a character in the Betty Boop cartoons, which were also quite psychedelic and which West's work seems to reflect. There is also a famous Charlie Parker song called "Koko," but I'm afraid Frank wasn't into real jazz, only jazz from hell...." - <ref>[http://www.arf.ru/Misc/po_int.html Peter Occhiogrosso Internet Interview by Vladimir Sovetov] </ref></blockquote> | ||
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| + | Occhiogrosso later surmised: | ||
| + | <blockquote>BTW, I hadn't heard of Ko-Ko the Gorilla before, but the fact that Zappa linked the name with Stephen Hawking -- who also communicates to the world via a computer keyboard -- and that Zappa was in love with the keyboard of his computer-driven Synclavier, tends to make me think that may be the correct reference.</blockquote> | ||
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| + | In the song [[Broken Hearts Are For Assholes]] Ko-Ko is also mentioned ''"You were dazzled by the exciting new costume of Ko-Ko."''. | ||
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| + | Ko-Ko was also listed in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)|The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album. | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
| + | The gorilla was called KoKo. The Charlie Parker piece is called [[wikipedia:Ko-Ko|Ko-Ko]] as was an earlier piece by Duke Ellington. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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| + | ==External links== | ||
| − | * ( | + | * [[Wikipedia:Koko (gorilla)|Wikipedia article about Koko the gorilla]] |
| − | * | + | * [[wikipedia:Ko-Ko|Wikipedia article about the Charlie Parker composition]] |
| + | * [[wikipedia:Koko the Clown|Wikipedia article about KoKo The Clown]] | ||
[[Category:Animals]] | [[Category:Animals]] | ||
[[Category:Conceptual Continuity]] | [[Category:Conceptual Continuity]] | ||
| + | [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:25, 9 November 2021
Zappa dedicated The Real Frank Zappa Book to Gail, The Kids, Stephen Hawking and Ko-Ko.
When asked, in an interview with Vladimir Sovetov, the book's co-author Peter Occhiogrosso responded:
VS: Who is Ko-Ko?
PO: How the fuck should I know?
VS: Heh!
PO: I didn't mean to be so flip about Ko-Ko, but Frank's spirit took possession of me. There is Ko-Ko the Klown, who was a character in the Betty Boop cartoons, which were also quite psychedelic and which West's work seems to reflect. There is also a famous Charlie Parker song called "Koko," but I'm afraid Frank wasn't into real jazz, only jazz from hell...." - [1]
Occhiogrosso later surmised:
BTW, I hadn't heard of Ko-Ko the Gorilla before, but the fact that Zappa linked the name with Stephen Hawking -- who also communicates to the world via a computer keyboard -- and that Zappa was in love with the keyboard of his computer-driven Synclavier, tends to make me think that may be the correct reference.
In the song Broken Hearts Are For Assholes Ko-Ko is also mentioned "You were dazzled by the exciting new costume of Ko-Ko.".
Ko-Ko was also listed in the liner notes of The MOFO Project/Object (2006) album.
Notes
The gorilla was called KoKo. The Charlie Parker piece is called Ko-Ko as was an earlier piece by Duke Ellington.
