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Books By Frank Zappa

• Them Or Us (The Book)
• The Real Frank Zappa Book

Books About/ Related To Frank Zappa

• Being Frank - My Time With Frank Zappa by Nigey Lennon
• No Commercial Potential: The Saga of Frank Zappa by David Walley
• Cosmik Debris by Greg Russo
• Electric Don Quixote by Neil Slaven
• The Negative Dialectics Of Poodle Play by Ben Watson
• Necessity Is - The Early Years of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention by Billy James
• Dangerous Kitchen: The Subversive World of Zappa by Kevin Courrier
• In His Own Words by Barry Miles
• Frank Zappa - A Visual Documentary by Barry Miles
• Frank Zappa: A Biography by Barry Miles
• My Brother Was A Mother by Patrice "Candy" Zappa

Magazines with a Zappa Dedication

• Mothers Home Journal
• Hot Raz Times
• Cosmik Debris
• Totally Zapped
• Cucamonga
• Da Werdz
• Society Pages - Norway
• Mother People
• Zap
• Black Page
• T'mershi Duween
• Frank's Chronicle
• Society Pages - USA
• The Arf Dossier
• Debra Kadabra
• Le Pingouin Ligoté
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Articles By Frank Zappa

• The Fanzine Questionnaire (1966)
• Freak Out! Hot Spots (1966)
• My Favorite Records (Hit Parader, 1967)
• Absolutely Free: The Complete Libretto (1967)
• The Story Of Ruben & The Jets (sleeve notes, 1968)
• The Incredible History Of The Mothers (Hit Parader, 1968)
• The Oracle Has It All Psyched Out (Life, 1968)
• Lumpy Gravy? (text from the aborted Capitol original release, 1968)
• The Story Of Uncle Meat (sleeve notes, 1968)
• Groupies As People (High Times, 1969)
• Fifties Teenagers And Fifties Rock (Evergreen, 1970)
• Hey, Mister Snazzy Executive! Here It Is! Your Very Own MOI Customized Press Kit With The Answers To The Questions That Have Plagued You Day & Night For The Past Two Years Of Our Contractual Association (1970)
• What Ever Happened To The Mothers Of Invention? (Hit Parader, 1970)
• 200 Motels Press kit (1971)
• Edgard Varèse: The Idol of My Youth (Stereo Review, June 1971)
• In Case You've Never Heard Of Our Group... (Warner Promo-circular, 1971)
• The Legend Of Cleetus Awreetus-Awrightus & the Grand Wazoo (sleeve notes, 1972)
• The Complete History Of The Few Last Weeks Of The Mothers Of Invention (Warner Promo Circular, 1972)
• The Evolution Of The Guitar's Use In Pop Music (Guitar Player, 1977)
• The Story Of Joe's Garage (sleeve notes, 1979)
• Say Cheese... (You Are What You Is, sleeve notes, 1981)
• Two Orchestral Stupidities (Musician, 1981)
• Letter from FZ to President Reagan (1985)
• Extortion, Pure and Simple... (Cashbox, 1985)
• Z-Pack Opening Letter (1985)
• Prepared Statement Of Mr. Zappa, witness before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on September 19, 1985
• It's Not Over Yet, Folks! (Z-Pack closing letter, 1985)
• On Junk Food for the Soul (New Perspective's Quarterly, 1987)
• Zappa Announces C.A.S.H. - Church of American Secular Humanism (Unused Press Release, 1987)

Interviews with Frank Zappa

• If You Get A Headache... (Free Press, Loraine Alterman, 1966)
• Mothers invent sounds worse than music (Herald Examiner, Bob Levinson, 1966)
• Zappa and the Mothers: Ugly Can Be Beautiful (Village Voice, Sally Kempton, 1968)
• Frank Kofsky interviews FZ (Source Unknown, 1968)
• German TV Interview (1970)
• The Rock Family Affair: Frank Zappa (Life, 1971)
• Martin Perlich interviews FZ (Source Unknown, 1972)
• The Perspective of Frank Zappa (Down Beat, Jim Schaffer, 1973)
• Humo Spoke With Zappa! (Humo, Marc Didden, 1973)
• Let's Talk Clothes (Words & Music, Dino Orlando, 1973)
• Dialogue: Frank Zappa (COQ, Patrick William Salvo, 1974)
• Frank Zappa's Got Brand New Shoes (Hustler, 1974)
• Melody Maker Interview (Patrick & Barbara Salvo, 1974)

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• Personal Interview by unk. with Eric Buxton in the background, at Frank's house. 4+ hrs. Dec 22, 1989.

Articles About Frank Zappa

• Ontario Man Writes Score For New Film (Pomona Progress-Bulletin, 1962)
• Vice Squad Raids Local Film Studio (Ontario Daily Report, 1964, Ted Harp)
• Ontario Composer, Steve Allen, To Play Wacky Duet (Unknown Source, 1963)
• My Brother Is an Italian Mother (Jazz & Pop, 1968, C.R. Zappa)
• Mothers’ Lament: "They Called Us Entertainment" (Rolling Stone, 1968, Sue C. Clark)
• Zappa, Frank (Lillian Roxon's Rock Encyclopedia, 1969)
• Mother’s Day Has Finally Come (Rolling Stone, 1969, Jerry Hopkins)
• Montreux Casino Fire Destroys Zappa's Gear, Cancels Purple Taping (Variety, 1971)
• Only In It For The Money (David Walley, 1972, Outerbridge & Lazard)
• In Respect Of Rubbish (Society Pages (magazine), 1982, Ben Watson)
• The Musical Times Of Francesco Zappa ("Francesco Zappa" sleeve notes, 1984, David Ocker)
• That Ol' "Fish Thing" (Washington Post, 1984)
• The Idea of Demonic Seduction in Keats and Zappa (T.C. Richards, 1985)
• Frank Zappa Zapped by "Late Show" (Los Angeles Times, Deborah Caulfield, 1987)
• Frank's Wild Years (Q, Andy Gill, 1989)
• Cucamonga Science & Beyond (Billboard, 1990, Drew Wheeler)
• Das Capitalist (Continental Profiles, 1991, Neil Cohen)
• Zappa, Frank (Baker's Biographical Dictionary, 1992, Nicolas Slonimsky)
• Zappa, Frank (America Online, 1993)
• Zappa Plays On (Guardian, 1993, Nigel Leigh)
• Frank Zappa Dies of Cancer (Los Angeles Times, 1993, [[Paul Feldman]$)
• The History of Music from A to Zappa (Los Angeles Times, 1993, David Toop)
• An Indefatigable Inventor (Irish Times, 1993, Joe Jackson)
• Frank - Fearless and still Fighting (Guardian, 1993, Alex Kershaw)
• BBC Television Tribute (1993)
• Cancer claims Frank Zappa, 52 (New York Post, 1993)
• Frank was the Real Thing living in a Nightmare (Guardian, 1993, Germaine Greer)
• Frank Zappa Obituary (source unknown, 1993, Richard Gehr)
• Frank Zappa, Musical Iconoclast, Guitarist and restless Innovator, dies at 52 (New York Times, 1993, Jon Pareles)
• More than shock value (USA Today, 1993)
• Revolutionary (The New Yorker, 1993, Václav Havel)
• The Duke of Prunes (Time Magazine, 1993, Michael Walsh)
• Weird Mother was a Towering Talent (New York Post, 1993, Lisa Robinson)
• Zappa's death leaves a Void in more than Rock (Knight Rider, 1993, Gary Graff)
• Zappa, Mr. Non-conformity (Washington Post, 1993, Richard Harrington)
• In Memoriam Frank Zappa (Humo, 1993, Marc Didden)
• Sonora (1994)
• Thing-Fish: Ample Annie's Story (unknown source, probably 1994)
• The True Story of LSO (Internet, 1994, David Ocker)
• Frank in Earnest (Source unknown, 1994, Andrew Ellis)
• Viva Zappa! (Spin, 1994, Richard Gehr)
• A Real Mother (Q, 1994, Andy Gill)
• Rolling Stone Biography: Zappa, Frank (1995)
• Zappa's Still Dead... But The Ultimate Freak Image He Created Continues To Live (Tucson Weekly, 1995, Dave McElfresh)
• Frank Zappa: My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (Guitar Player, 1995, James Rotondi)
• From Hungary With Love (HUH Magazine, 1995, Gabor Csupo)
• Heavy Duty: a Quick Look at the Misunderstood Guitar Playing of Frank Zappa (Internet, 1995, Nick's Music Page)
• Philm's notes on shooting the Chunga's Revenge album sleeve (Internet, 1995, Phil Franks)
• Saint Zappa, Halloween Idyll (Aquarian, 1995, Charles Frick)
• Say It's Your Birthday: A Mother of Invention (Addicted To Noise, 1995, Jaan Uhelszki)
• Sound Reasoning: Zappa the genius or Zappa the village idiot? (College Press Service, 1995, Keith Harrison)
• Considering Zappa (Internet, 1996, Evil Bob)
• Rough Guide to Rock - Frank Zappa (Rough Guides Ltd., 1996, Mike Lee)
• You're probably Wondering why I'm Here (t@p fringe, 1996, Michael B. Kassel)
• Rough Guide to Rock: Frank Zappa (Penguin, 1996, Ian Stonehouse)
• Frank Zappa: The Present Day Composer (Goldmine, 1996, William Ruhlmann)
• WE ARE The Mothers... AND THIS IS WHAT WE SOUND LIKE! (Mix, 2003, Chris Michie)
• You Call That Music? (Mix, February 2003, Chris Michie)

Album, Video, Film & Book Reviews

• More Polemics From Pop Satirist (Los Angeles Times, 1968, Pete Johnson)
• Popular Records - Pass Aspirin, Please (Los Angeles Times, 1966, Pete Johnson)
• Sound Track (Hollywood Reporter, 1970, Mathy Orloff)
• Frank Zappa on CD (and LP), Part I (Stereophile, 1987, Richard Lehnert)
• Frank Zappa on CD (and LP), Part II (Stereophile, 1988, Richard Lehnert)
• Comedic Crap Detection: Frank Zappa's "Broadway The Hard Way" (Internet, Tony Palmeri, 1988)
• Frank Zappa on CD (and LP), Part III (Stereophile, 1989, Richard Lehnert)
• The Old Masters (article) (Stereophile, 1989)
• Uncle Disgusting (Q, Andy Gill, 1989)
• Two Sides Of Frank Zappa (Cosmik Debris E-Zine, Cai Campbell, 1989)
• Frank Zappa: He Is What He Are (Q, Andy Gill, 1989)
• The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (article) (Q, 1991, Charles Shaar Murray)
• Rolling Stone Album Guide: Zappa, Frank (1992, P.E.)
• Just When You Thought It Was Safe (Cutting Edge, 1993, Phil Wilding)
• Looking for the links between "Freak Out!" and "Finnegans Wake" (New York Times, 1993, Peter Keepnews)
• Ahead Of Their Time (article) (Q, 1993, Stuart Maconie)
• Uncle Meat (article) (Vox, 1993, Andy Robson)
• Uncle Meat Video Review (Q, 1993, Martin Longley)
• Frank Zappa & The Ensemble Modern - The Yellow Shark (Q, 1993, Stuart Maconie)
• Civilization à la Zappa; The Cult Composer’s Epic Final Work Is a Complex Summation of a Life (LA Times, 1994)
• Zappa's Outermost Phaze (Internet, 1994, Stephen Homan)
• Unmissable (Guardian, 1994, Dan Glaister)
• Zappa: The Yellow Shark (Stereophile, 1994, Richard Lehnert)
• Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses to Die! (Stereophile, 1995)
• Frank Zappa Reissues (Soundz, 1995, R.U. Sirius)
• Is This Phase One Of The Best Of Frank Zappa? ("Strictly Commercial" sleeve notes, 1995, Dan Oullette)
• Strictly Commercial (article) (Rykodisk promo, 1995)
• Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa (People Magazine, 1995, Steve Dougherty)
• Strictly Commercial: The Best of Zappa (R.A.R., 1995, Randy Hall)
• The Lost Episodes: about the album (sleeve notes, 1996, Rip Rense)
• The Lost Episodes: about the cover art (sleeve notes, 1996, Rip Rense)
• The Lost Episodes (article) (Pitchfork Review, 1996, Jason Josephes)
• 200 Motels video (The Music & Travel Report, 1996, Jim Sheldon-Dean)
• Läther (article 1) (All-Music Guide, 1996, Richie Unterberger)
• Läther !article 2 (San Jose Metro, 1996, Nigey Lennon)
• Strictly Commercial: Is This Rykodisc Trying To Get Frank Zappa's Cruddy Music On The Radio? (Jazz Online, Nigey Lennon, 1996)
• Thing-Fish: The Return of Frank Zappa, Philip Fisher, 2003, The British Theatre Guide

Interviews with the FZ menagerie

Family members

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Bandmembers

• Gold From California: Alice Stuart Is Back, Mike Plumbley (e-mail interview, July 1998)

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Other Supporting Cast

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