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On a number of occasions [[FZ]] took on the role of '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', and aired his favorite music selections on radio stations. One such appearance was on radio station [[Wikipedia:WRXP|WPIX]] [now WRXP], NYC, during airtime slots on four consecutive days; 29th, 20th, 21st and 22nd November, 1979.
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On a number of occasions, Frank Zappa took on the role of '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', and aired his favorite music selections on radio stations. One such appearance was on radio station [[Wikipedia:WRXP|WPIX]] [now WRXP], NYC.  
  
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The FZ playlists for these 4 days, which included tracks from his own albums, were as follows;
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==FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, September 6, 1979==
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'''Playlist:'''<ref>https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/FZDJ.html</ref>
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* ''[[Dead Girls Of London]]'' - [[L. Shankar]] & [[Van Morrison]]
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* ''[[Magic Fingers]]''
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* ''No More Mr. Nice Girl'' - L. Shankar
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* ''[[Catholic Girls]]''
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* ''[[Touch Me There]]'' - L. Shankar
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* ''[[A Token Of My Extreme]]''
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* ''[[Joe's Garage (Track)]]''
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* ''[[Any Way The Wind Blows]]''
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* ''[[Lonely Little Girl]]''
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* ''[[Who Are The Brain Police?]]''
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* ''[[Dong Work For Yuda]]''
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Later that year, Zappa returned as DJ during airtime slots on four consecutive days; 29th, 20th, 21st and 22nd November 1979.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/70s/79/RW-1979-12-01.pdf ''Record World'' December 1, 1979]</ref>
  
 
== FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 19, 1979 ==
 
== FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 19, 1979 ==
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'''Playlist:'''
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'''Playlist:''' <ref>https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/FZDJ.html</ref>
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*Gangsters - [[The Specials]]
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* ''Gangsters'' - [[Wikipedia:The Specials|The Specials]]
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*Jerry & The Holograms - [[Jerry And The Holograms]]
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* ''Gerry & The Holograms'' - [[Gerry And The Holograms]]
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*[[Lemme Take You To The Beach]] - FZ
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* ''[[Lemme Take You To The Beach]]'' - Frank Zappa
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*Rangehn - [[Nina Hagen]]
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* ''Rangehn'' - [[Nina Hagen]]
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*TV Drink - The Jets
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* ''TV Drink'' - The Jets
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*Tough On You - The Plastics
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* ''Tough On You'' - [[The Plastics]]
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*Unbeschreiblich Weiblich - Nina Hagen
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* ''Unbeschreiblich Weiblich - Nina Hagen
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*I Live In A Car - [[UK Subs]]
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* ''I Live In A Car'' - [[UK Subs]]
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*[[Bamboozled By Love]] - FZ (Warts 'n All version)
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* ''[[Bamboozled By Love]]'' - FZ (Warts 'n All version)
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*[[I Ain't Got No Heart - Freak Out!|I Ain't Got No Heart]]- FZ (Freak Out! version)
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* ''[[I Ain't Got No Heart - Freak Out!|I Ain't Got No Heart]]''- FZ (Freak Out! version)
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*[[Easy Meat]] - FZ
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* ''[[Easy Meat]]'' - Frank Zappa
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*He's The Groove - Snooky Tate
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* ''[[He's The Groove]] - [[Snuky Tate]]
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*[[Catholic Girls]] - FZ
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* ''[[Catholic Girls]]'' - Frank Zappa
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*(Track here requires confirmation)?
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* ''Animal Instincts'' - Model Citizens
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*Marry Me - [[Robert & Johnny]]
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* ''Marry Me'' - [[Wikipedia:Robert & Johnny|Robert & Johnny]]
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*Summertime Blues - [[The Flying Lizards]]
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* ''[[Summertime Blues]]'' - [[The Flying Lizards]]
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*I'm A Man - [[Joe Jackson]]
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* ''I'm The Man'' - [[Wikipedia:Joe Jackson|Joe Jackson]]
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*Cars - [[Gary Numan]]
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* ''Cars'' - [[Wikipedia:Gary Numan|Gary Numan]]
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*Heiss - [[Nina Hagen]]
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* ''Heiss'' - [[Nina Hagen]]
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*[[He Used To Cut The Grass]] - FZ
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* ''[[He Used To Cut The Grass]]'' - Frank Zappa
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*Money - [[The Flying Lizards]]
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* ''Money'' - [[The Flying Lizards]]
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*Naturträne - [[Nina Hagen]]
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* ''Naturträne'' - Nina Hagen
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*[[Regyptian Strut]] - FZ
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* ''[[Regyptian Strut]]'' - Frank Zappa
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* ''Air'' - [[wikipedia:Talking Heads|Talking Heads]]
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* ''Let Me Give You Money'' - The Pipes
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* ''Gidget Goes to Hell'' - [[Suburban Lawns]]
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* ''I Want Sex'' - The Reactors
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* ''Smart Boys'' - Startjets
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* ''Stay'' - [[Frankie Valli]] & The Four Seasons
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* ''Does It Really Matter, Irene?'' - Mothmen
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* ''[[Mannish Boy]]'' - [[Muddy Waters]]
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* ''What Kind of Fool?'' - The Tams
  
 
== FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 20, 1979 ==
 
== FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 20, 1979 ==
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'''Playlist:'''
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'''Playlist:''' <ref>https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/FZDJ.html</ref>
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*Bed's Too Big Without You - [[The Police]]
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* ''The Bed's Too Big Without You'' - [[Sting|The Police]]
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*So Lonely - The Police
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* ''So Lonely'' - The Police
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*Meet The Creeper - [[Destroy All Monsters]]
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* ''Meet The Creeper'' - [[Wikipedia:Destroy All Monsters (band)|Destroy All Monsters]]
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*November 22nd - Destroy All Monsters
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* ''November 22nd'' - Destroy All Monsters
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*Messin' With The Kid - [[The Saints]]
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* ''Messin' With The Kid'' - [[Wikipedia:The Saints (Australian band)|The Saints]]
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*Story Of Love - The Saints
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* ''Story Of Love'' - The Saints
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*Summertime Blues - [[The Flying Lizards]]
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* ''[[Summertime Blues]]'' - [[The Flying Lizards]]
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*Money - The Flying Lizards
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* ''Money'' - [[The Flying Lizards]]
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*We Are Americans - (???)
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* ''We Are Americans'' - (???)
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*[[Keep It Greasey]] - FZ
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* ''[[Keep It Greasey]]'' - Frank Zappa
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*[[A Little Green Rosetta]] - FZ
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* ''[[A Little Green Rosetta]]'' - Frank Zappa
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*(Track here requires confirmation)?
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* ''Life During Wartime'' - Talking Heads
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*Jerry & The Holograms - [[Jerry & The Holograms]]
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* ''Gerry & The Holograms'' - [[Gerry And The Holograms]]
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*(Track here requires confirmation)?
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* ''Frolic With Closet Lizards'' - Col. Bruce Hampton
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*(???) - [[The Marksmen]]
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* ''Increased Resistance'' - [[Gerry And The Holograms]]
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*(???) - The Marksmen
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* ''Does It Really Matter, Irene?'' - Mothemn
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* ''[[Mannish Boy]]'' - [[Muddy Waters]]
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* ''Please Don't Go'' - Mothmen
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* ''[[I Live In A Car]]'' - [[UK Subs]]
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* ''Phone Numbers'' - [[UK Subs]]
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* ''Roof Of My Mouth'' - Colonel Bruce Hampton
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* ''I Want Sex'' - The Reactors
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* ''Leaning Near A Town, She Stood The Storm'' - Col. Bruce Hampton
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* ''The Seduction Letter'' - The Reactors
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* ''[[Touch Me There]] - [[L. Shankar]]
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* ''Don't Touch Me There'' - [[The Tubes]]
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* ''Gidget Goes To Hell'' - [[Suburban Lawns]]
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* ''My Boyfriend'' - Suburban Lawns
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* ''I'm The Man'' - Joe Jackson
  
 
== FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 21, 1979 ==
 
== FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 21, 1979 ==
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'''Playlist:'''
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'''Playlist:''' <ref>https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/FZDJ.html</ref>
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*Touch Me There - [[L. Shankar]]
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* ''Don't Do Me Like That'' - Tom Petty
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*Don't Touch Me There - [[The Tubes]]
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* ''Human Fly'' - The Cramps
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*(Track here requires confirmation)?
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* ''[[Watermelon In Easter Hay]]'' - Frank Zappa
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*My Boyfriend - [[Suburban Lawns]]
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* ''Jersey City'' - Steel Tips
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*(Track here requires confirmation)?
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* ''Heiss'' - [[Nina Hagen]]
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*[[Watermelon In Easter Hay]] - FZ
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* ''Owed T'Alex'' - [[Captain Beefheart]]
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*Steel Tips - [[Jersey City]]
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* ''[[Lucky Number]]'' - [[Lene Lovich]]
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*(???) - Nina Hagen
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* ''No More Mr. Nice Girl'' - [[L. Shankar]]
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*Owed T'Alex - Captain Beefheart
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* ''[[Debra Kadabra]]'' - Captain Beefheart & Frank Zappa
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*(Track here requires confirmation)?
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* ''Surfin' Bird'' - The Cramps
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*(Track here requires confirmation)?
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* ''Rangehn'' - [[Nina Hagen]]
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*(Track here requires confirmation)?
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* ''[[I Ain't Got No Heart]]'' - Frank Zappa
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*[[A Token Of My Extreme]] - FZ
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* ''Broken English'' - Marianne Faithful
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* ''Roof Of My Mouth'' - Col. Bruce Hampton
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* ''Gerry & The Holograms'' - [[Gerry And The Holograms]]
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* ''[[Eddie Are You Kidding?]]'' - Frank Zappa
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* ''Money'' - [[The Flying Lizards]]
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* ''Jesus Loves The Stooges'' - The Stooges
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* ''In The Park With You'' - Col. Bruce Hampton
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* ''Purple Lagoon & In The Park'' - Col. Bruce Hampton
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* ''Gidget Goes To Hell'' - [[Suburban Lawns]]
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* ''[[The Purple Lagoon]]'' - Frank Zappa
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* ''Does It Really Matter, Irene?'' - Mothmen
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* ''[[Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (The Track)]]'' - Frank Zappa
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* ''Purple Lagoon & Roof Of My Mouth'' - Col. Bruce Hampton
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* ''Roll Away The Stone'' - [[Mott The Hoople]]
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* ''Alligators Have Fun'' - Rhythm Method
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* ''Roof Of My Mouth'' - Col. Bruce Hampton
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* ''Cars'' - Gary Numan
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* ''I Live In A Car'' - [[UK Subs]]
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* ''[[Summertime Blues]]'' - [[The Flying Lizards]]
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* ''I Want Sex'' - The Reactors
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* ''Marry Me'' - Robert & Johnny
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* ''[[A Token Of My Extreme]]'' - Frank Zappa
  
 
== FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 22, 1979 ==
 
== FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 22, 1979 ==
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'''Playlist:'''
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'''Playlist:''' <ref>https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/FZDJ.html</ref>
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*Psycle Sluts - [[John Cooper Clarke]]
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* ''[[Psycle Sluts]]'' - [[John Cooper Clarke]]
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*[[The Deathless Horsie]] - FZ
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* ''[[Soldier Soldier]]'' - [[Spizzenergi]]
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*(??) - Captain Beefheart
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* ''[[The Deathless Horsie]]'' - Frank Zappa
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*Rangehn - [[Nina Hagen]]
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* ''Ten Feet Fall'' - XTC
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*[[Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy]] - FZ
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* ''The Floppy Boot Stomp'' - [[Captain Beefheart]]
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*(Track here requires confirmation)?
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* ''Money'' - [[The Flying Lizards]]
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*(Track here requires confirmation)?
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* ''Rangehn'' - [[Nina Hagen]]
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*[[Jumbo Go Away]] - FZ
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* ''[[Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy]]'' - Frank Zappa
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*[[Yo' Mama]] - FZ
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* ''Meet the Creeper'' - Destroy All Monsters
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*[[The Purple Lagoon]] (first part) - FZ
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* ''It's Alright For You'' - The Police
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*Summertime Blues - Flying Lizards
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* ''Roof Of My Mouth'' - Col. Bruce Hampton
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*[[The Purple Lagoon]] (continued) - FZ
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* ''[[Jumbo Go Away]]'' - Frank Zappa
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*[[Disco Boy]] - FZ
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* ''[[Yo' Mama]]'' - Frank Zappa
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*(Track here requires confirmation)?
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* ''[[The Purple Lagoon]]'' - Frank Zappa
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*Death Disco - [[Johnny Rotten]]
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* ''[[Disco Boy]]'' - Frank Zappa
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*[[The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing]] - FZ
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* ''Real Teeth Are Out'' - [[Gruppo Sportivo]]
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*[[For The Young Sophisticate]] - FZ
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* ''Death Disco'' - Johnny Rotten (actually Public Image Ltd.)
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*[[Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar]] - FZ
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* ''Roof Of My Mouth'' - Col. Bruce Hampton
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*(???) - Nina Hagen
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* ''[[The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing]]'' - Frank Zappa
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*[[Thirteen]] - FZ
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* ''[[For The Young Sophisticate]]'' - Frank Zappa
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*[[Peaches En Regalia|Peaches III]] (Tinseltown Rebellion) - FZ
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* ''[[Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (The Track)]]'' - Frank Zappa
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* ''Heiss'' - Nina Hagen
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* ''[[Thirteen]]'' - Frank Zappa
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* ''[[Peaches III]]'' - Frank Zappa
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* ''The Purple Lagoon'' - Frank Zappa
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* ''Duchess'' - The Stranglers
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* ''Gerry & The Holograms'' - [[Gerry And The Holograms]]
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* ''Does It Really Matter, Irene?'' - Mothmen
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* ''[[Packard Goose]]'' - Frank Zappa
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* ''Reasons To Be Cheerful'' - Ian Dury & The Blockheads
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==Sources==
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<references/>
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==External links==
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* [https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/FZDJ.html List of the WPIW playlists by Zappa.]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:16, 6 July 2025

On a number of occasions, Frank Zappa took on the role of 'Fraudulent DJ', and aired his favorite music selections on radio stations. One such appearance was on radio station WPIX [now WRXP], NYC.

FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, September 6, 1979

Playlist:[1]

Later that year, Zappa returned as DJ during airtime slots on four consecutive days; 29th, 20th, 21st and 22nd November 1979.[2]

FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 19, 1979

Playlist: [3]

FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 20, 1979

Playlist: [4]

FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 21, 1979

Playlist: [5]

FZ as DJ: WPIX, NYC, Nov 22, 1979

Playlist: [6]

Sources

  1. ↑ https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/FZDJ.html
  2. ↑ Record World December 1, 1979
  3. ↑ https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/FZDJ.html
  4. ↑ https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/FZDJ.html
  5. ↑ https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/FZDJ.html
  6. ↑ https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/FZDJ.html

External links

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