User:Jason.Kreitzer
I became a fan by seeing the video for "You Are What You Is" in 88-89. (My family got cable in 1988.) I have a lot of albums, as well as 200 Motels on VHS, Baby Snakes, Does Humor Belong in Music, The Torture Never Stops and The Dub Room Special on DVD, TRFZB and other stuff.
Back in 1992-1993, I wrote my college application essay for American University about Zappa. It turned out that, at the time, their Admissions office had a lot of Zappa fans. (I did not end up enrolling there.)
Honestly, my view of the world would not be the same without Zappa's influence.
Personally powerful Zappa moment: I spent Summer 1992 on USY On Wheels, a Jewish youth group bus trip around the country. I was listening to "Trouble Every Day" while riding through Los Angeles and I saw this black street performer telling his audience, "The riots are over!" Which riots? :(
Contributions
Actors
Albums
- 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition
- Halloween 81 Highlights
- The Hot Rats Sessions
- The Mothers 1970
- Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show
Articles by Zappa
Bandmembers
Bootlegs
- Carousel
- Charlie's Favourite
- Dump All Over
- Dupree's Paradise (Bootleg)
- Dweezil Has Messed My Mind Up
- The Godfather In Full Metal Jacket
- Guitar Hernia
- Nice Concert Nice People
- Swiss Cheese At The Festivalhalle Basel In 1974
- Zappa Demo's
Celebrity Fans
Comedians
Concerts
- 67/10/01 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Theatret
- 67/10/02 Lund Sweden Olympen
- 68/07/23 Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go
- 68/08/03 New York NY US Wollman Rink, Central Park
- 68/09/09 The Joey Bishop Show Vine Street Theater Hollywood Los Angeles US
- 68/10/03 Copenhagen Denmark Tivoli Gardens
- 68/10/06 Bremen Germany Beat Club
- 68/10/20 Amsterdam Netherlands Concertgebouw
- 68/10/23 London UK Colour Me Pop, BBC2 TV show
- 68/10/26 Paris France Olympia
- 69/02/07-08 Miami Beach FL US Thee Image
- 69/02/16 Stratford CT US Ballroom
- 69/02/21-22 New York NY US Fillmore East
- 69/04/25 New York NY US Colden Center, Queens College
- 69/05/23 Appleton WI US Memorial Chapel, Lawrence University
- 69/05/30 Birmingham UK Town Hall
- 69/06/13-14 New York NY US Fillmore East
- 69/08/02 New York NY US Wollman Rink, Central Park
- 69/08/06 Highland Park IL US Ravinia Outdoor Music Center
- 70/03/07 Los Angeles CA US Olympic Auditorium
- 70/05/08-09 New York NY US Fillmore East
- 70/06/18 Uddel Netherlands VPRO TV
- 70/10/09 Tallahassee FL US Tully Gymnasium, Florida State University
- 70/12/16 Brussels Belgium Paleis voor Schone Kunsten
- 71/05/21 Chicago IL US Auditorium Theatre
- 71/08/07 Los Angeles CA US Pauley Pavilion, UCLA
- 71/11/12 New York NY US The Dick Cavett Show
- 71/11/19 Stockholm Sweden Folkets Hus
- 71/11/23 Duesseldorf Germany Rheinhalle
- 72/09/24 Boston MA US Music Hall
- 72/11/11 Washington DC US DAR Constitution Hall
- 72/11/12 Providence RI US Palace Theater
- 73/03/02 Tampa FL US Curtis Hixon Hall
- 73/03/03 Hollywood FL US Sportatorium
- 73/03/04 Daytona Beach FL US Peabody Auditorium
- 73/03/07 Columbus OH US Veterans Memorial Auditorium
- 73/03/11 Arlington TX US Texas Hall Auditorium
- 73/05/08 Boston MA US Music Hall
- 73/05/09 Passaic NJ US Capitol Theatre
- 73/06/24-26 Sydney Australia Hordern Pavilion
- 73/08/30 Bologna Italy Stadio Communale
- 73/11/11 Wayne NJ US William Paterson College
- 73/11/18 Waterloo Ontario Canada University Of Waterloo
- 73/11/22 New York NY US Avery Fisher Hall
- 73/12/08 Los Angeles CA US Roxy
- 73/12/09-10 Los Angeles CA US Roxy
- 74/03/08 Kansas City KS US Soldiers And Sailors Memorial Hall
- 74/04/20 Toledo OH US Sports Arena
- 74/07/03 Normal IL US University Auditorium, Illinois State University
- 74/07/06 Little Rock AR US Robinson Memorial Auditorium
- 74/07/12 Miami FL US Jai Alai Fronton
- 74/07/13 St. Petersburg FL US Bayfront Center Arena
- 74/07/17 Phoenix AZ US Celebrity Theater
- 74/08/11 San Diego CA US Golden Hall
- 74/08/27 Los Angeles CA US KCET-TV Studio
- 74/09/08 Bologna Italy Stadio Comunale
- 74/09/09 Milan Italy Velodromo Vigorelli
- 74/10/03 Marseilles France Le Salle Vallier
- 74/11/08 Passaic NJ US Capitol Theatre
- 74/11/09 Boston MA US Orpheum Theater
- 75/10/01 Vancouver BC Canada War Memorial Gymnasium
- 75/11/21 Zagreb Yugoslavia Sportska Dvorana
- 76/10/14 Tampa FL US Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
- 76/10/30 New York NY US Felt Forum
- 77/10/22 Montreal Quebec Canada Forum
- 77/12/31 Los Angeles CA US Pauley Pavilion, UCLA
- 78/02/18 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium
- 78/02/24 Eppelheim Germany Rhein-Neckar Stadion
- 78/09/21 Poughkeepsie NY US Mid Hudson Civic Center
- 78/10/15 Stony Brook NY US SUNY
- 79/02/21 Brussels Belgium Vorst Nationaal
- 79/02/23-24 Paris France Nouvel Hippodrome, Porte de Pantin
- 79/02/26 Wiesbaden Germany
- 79/03/16 Pau France
- 79/03/21 Eppelheim Germany Rhein-Neckar-Halle
- 79/03/23 Graz Austria
- 79/03/26 Hanover Germany Eilenriedhalle
- 80/04/11 Wichita KS US Henry Levitt Arena, Wichita State University
- 80/04/17 Tampa FL US Jai Alai Fronton
- 80/04/20 Atlanta GA US Fox Theatre
- 80/10/17 Dallas TX US Convention Center Arena
- 80/11/13 Pittsburgh PA US Stanley Theater
- 80/12/05 Berkeley CA US Community Theater
- 81/10/22 St. Petersburg FL US Bayfront Center Arena
- 81/10/23 Sunrise FL US Sunrise Musical Theatre
- 81/11/25 Detroit MI US Cobo Hall
- 82/05/21 Cologne Germany Sporthalle
- 82/06/04 Cologne Germany
- 82/06/11-12 Frankfurt Germany Alte Oper
- 83/01/11 London UK Barbican Theatre
- 84/08/07 Des Moines IA US Civic Center
- 84/08/30 Columbia MD US Merriweather Post Pavilion
- 84/09/13 Drammen Norway Drammenshallen
- 84/09/24-25 London UK Hammersmith Odeon
- 84/09/27 Luxembourg Luxembourg Ancien Hall D'Expositions
- 84/11/13 Washington DC US D. A. R. Constitution Hall
- 84/11/30 Sunrise FL US Sunrise Musical Theatre
- 84/12/01 St. Petersburg FL US Bayfront Center Arena
- 84/12/04 Memphis TN US Orpheum Theater
- 84/12/17 Seattle WA US Paramount Theatre
- 84/12/18 Vancouver BC Canada Queen Elizabeth Theatre
- 84/12/23 Universal City CA US Universal Amphitheater
- 88/02/12-14 Upper Darby PA US Tower Theatre
- 88/02/25 Pittsburgh PA US Syria Mosque
- 88/03/03-04 Chicago IL US Auditorium Theatre
- 88/03/09 Buffalo NY US Shea's Theater
- 88/03/12 Burlington VT US Memorial Auditorium
- 88/03/13 Springfield MA US Civic Center
- 88/03/16 Providence RI US Civic Center
- 88/03/21 Syracuse NY US Landmark Theater
- 88/03/23 Towson MD US Towson Center
- 88/04/10 Ghent Belgium Sportpaleis
- 88/04/16 Brighton UK Brighton Centre
- 88/04/18-19 London UK Wembley Arena
- 88/04/20 Birmingham UK National Exhibition Centre
- 88/05/13 Bilbao Spain Pabellon de los Deportes de La Casilla
- 88/05/20 Paris France Le Zenith
- 88/05/23 Strasbourg France Hall Tivoli
- 88/05/26 Fuerth Germany Stadthalle
- 88/05/30 Udine Italy Palasport Primo Carnera
- 88/05/24 Stuttgart Germany Beethovensaal, Liederhalle
- 88/06/02 Milan Italy Palatrussardi
- 88/06/03 Turin Italy Palasport
- 88/06/05 Modena Italy Palasport
- 88/06/06 Florence Italy Palasport
- 88/06/07 Rome Italy PalaEur
- 88/06/09 Genoa Italy Palasport
Covers And Musical Quotes
FZ Menagerie Discography
Geography
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- Pennsylvania
- Tijuana
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- Torrance
- UCLA
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- Wall Street
- Washington
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Interview Discs
Magazines
Miscellaneous
- All American Top 100
- Dave Aerni Presents The Best Of The Aertaun, Daani, Ador & Daytone Labels
- Let It Rock For Release
- Let's Go To Wight
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 2
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 3
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 4
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 5
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 6
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 7
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 8
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 9
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 10
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 12
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 13
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 14
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 15
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 16
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 17
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 18
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 19
- Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 20
- Singles & Rarities
- A Very Zappa Birthday
Musicians
Presidents
Press Reviews
- Is This Phase One Of The Best Of Frank Zappa?
- The Lost Episodes: about the album
- The Lost Episodes: about the cover art
- Sound Reasoning: Zappa the genius or Zappa the village idiot?
The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)
- FCC
- I.R.S.
- Kuder Preference Test
- The Little Red Book
- Merrill Lynch
- Mormons
- Isaac Newton
- Bob Packwood
- PCP
- A Proposal For A System To Replace Phonograph Record Merchandising
- Quaalude Thunder
- Rothschild Venture Capital
- Zeitmasse
Side Projects
- Flint
- Jefferson Airplane Loves You
- Music From The 21st Century
- "All Night Long"
- "The Captain's Fat Theresa Shoes"
- "Petroleum"
- "Space Boy"
- "Would You Like A Snack?(Slick/Zappa)"
Singles
Them Or Us (The List)
Tracks
- "A Piece Of Contemporary Music"
- "A Special Guest Artist"
- "Absolutely Disgusting"
- "Almost Up To Date"
- "Another Assembly Of Items"
- "Another New Event"
- "Another Weirdo Number"
- "Carved In The Rock"
- "Choose Your Foot"
- "Give People Somewhere To X-Scape Thru"
- "Good Night"
- "Happy Halloween To Each And Every One Of You"
- "The History Of The San Clemente Magnetic Deviation"
- "I Heard A Note!"
- "I Love Monster Movies"
- "In Conclusion"
- "Irate Phone Calls"
- "Jazz Buffs And Buff-etts"
- "My Favorite Album"
- "Pervert's Special Holiday"
- "PooYeahrg"
- "Really Little Voice"
- "Secret Greasing"
- "Serious Fan Mail"
- "She Said"/City Of Tiny Lites
- "Slack 'Em All Down"
- "Something Terrible Has Happened..."
- "Thank You"/Dinah-Moe Humm
- "That Greatest Of American Holidays"
- "That Problem With Absolutely Free"
- "The Greatest New Undiscovered Group In America"
- "The Moment You've All Been Waiting For"
- "The Most Important Musical Event Of 1976"
- "The Phone Call"/My Babe
- "The World Will Be A Far Happier Place"
- "This Is The Show They Never See"
- "Turn The Light Off"/Pamela's Intro
- "Two For The Price Of One"
- "We Are Doing Voter Registration Here"
- "We're Hurtin' For Tunes"
- "We're Makin' A Movie"
- "What The Fuck’s Wrong With Her?"
- "What's Happening Of The Universe"
- "Who Do You Think You Are"
- 1/4 Tone Unit
- The 23rd "Mondellos"
- Absolutely Free (Instrumental)
- The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary (Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary)
- All Skate/Dun-Dun-Dun (The Finnish Hit Single)
- Any Way The Wind Blows (1987 Remix)
- Any Way The Wind Blows (The Lost Episodes)
- Anyway The Wind Blows - Basic Tracks
- Anyway The Wind Blows - Vocal Overdub
- As A Matter Of Fact…
- Au
- Audience Participation - RDNZL
- Babbette
- Baby Snakes Rehearsal
- Bathtub Man
- Beloit Sword Trick
- Big Sequence
- Big Swifty (The Roxy Performances)
- Black Napkins (Baby Snakes)
- Black Napkins (Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary)
- Black Napkins Instructions
- The Black Page 1 (Piano Version)
- The Black Page 2 (Piano Version)
- Blood Unit
- Bobby, This Is Tony
- Bogus Pomp (Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary)
- Bondage
- Bondage Intro
- Bruce Bickford/"Disco Outfreakage"
- Brutality
- A Bunch Of Stuff
- Calculus
- Camarillo Brillo/Muffin Man
- Can I Help You With This Dummy?
- Cheepnis - Percussion
- Chewin' On The Wires
- Chucha
- Chunga's Revenge (Trance-Fusion)
- Church Chat
- The Clap (Chunga's Revenge)
- Conehead/"All You Need To Know"
- Convocation
- Copenhagen Night Music
- Cosmik Intro
- Creationism
- Cruisin' For Burgers (1977 Mix)
- Cue 1
- Cue 2
- Cue 3
- Cue 4
- Cue 5
- Cue 6
- Cue 7
- CUT 1 "Coming Soon!..."
- CUT 2 "The Wide Screen Erupts..."
- CUT 3 "Coming Soon!..."
- CUT 4 "Frank Zappa's 200 Motels..."
- Dance Me This (The Track)
- Dave & Al
- Denny & Froggy Relate
- Dense Slight
- Divan Ends Here
- Dog/Meat
- Don't Fuck Around
- The Duke
- The Duke (Live At Whisky a Go-Go, Los Angeles, 1968)
- Duke Of Prunes (Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary)
- Echo Pie
- Energy Frontier (Take 4)
- Energy Frontier (Take 6 With Overdubs)
- Enigmas 1 Thru 5
- Evening At The Hermitage
- Exercise 4 Variant
- Falling In Love Is A Stupid Habit
- Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison (Track)
- Finale
- Flopsmash Musics
- Frank's Last Words...
- Freak Chouflee'
- Freak Out Drum Track w/Timp. & Lion
- Freak Out Zilofone
- Freak Trim (Kim Outs A Big Idea)
- Get The Makeup
- Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder (1966 - San Francisco)
- Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder (Vocal Overdub Take 2)
- Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder - Basic Tracks
- Goat Polo
- Green Genes Snoop
- Grunion Run (Alternate Mono Mix)
- The Guy On The Staten Island Ferry…
- Happy Birthday, Chad!
- Harry, You're A Beast (Instrumental)
- Help, I'm A Rock - FZ Edit
- Hermitage
- Hollywood Perverts
- How Could I Be Such A Fool? - Basic Tracks
- Hungry Freaks, Daddy (1987 Remix)
- Hungry Freaks, Daddy (TTG Studios)
- Hungry Freaks, Daddy - Vocal Overdub Take 1
- I Ain't Got No Heart (Basic Tracks)
- I Ain't Got No Heart-Vocal Overdub Master Take
- I Can Get Us In
- I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth (Alternate Version)
- I'm Going To Have To Put You On Medication
- I'm Not Satisfied (1966 - San Francisco)
- I'm Not Satisfied - 2nd Vocal Overdub Master Take 2 (Rough Mix)
- I'm So Cute/"Entertainment All the Way"
- I'm Stealing The Room
- Idiot Bastard Snoop
- The Idiot Bastard Son (Instrumental)
- The Importance Of An Earnest Attempt (By Hand)
- Intro
- Introucious
- It Can't Happen Here (Mothermania Version)
- It Has Just Been Passed…
- It's OK to be smart…
- It's The Eighties
- Jamrag
- The Jelly
- Just Imagine…
- Justine (Harris/Terry)
- King Kong (Hammersmith Odeon)
- King Kong (The Roxy Performances)
- King Kong/Roy's Halloween Gas Mask
- Later We Can Shoot You
- Lion Roar & Drums from Freak Out
- Lonely Little Girl (Instrumental)
- Love Of My Life (Original Version)
- Love Of My Life (Piano Intro)
- Lumpy Gravy "Shuffle"
- Lumpy Gravy (Extract)/Improvisation
- Läther (The Track)
- Managua/ Police Car/ Drum Solo
- Massagio Galore (BOTC)
- Mom & Dad (Instrumental)
- Monday Show 1 Start
- Monday Show 2 Start
- Mondello's Revenge
- More Beer!
- Motherly Love (1966 - San Francisco)
- Motherly Love - Vocal Overdub Master Takes
- Mothers At KPFK
- Munchkin Tits
- My Guitar (Proto I- Excerpt)
- My Head?
- N. Double A, AA
- Naval Aviation In Art (Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary)
- Ned The Mumbler
- New York's Finest 2 & Credits
- New York's Finest Crazy Persons
- No. 4
- NYC Audience
- Objects
- Oh, In The Sky
- The Old Curiosity Shoppe
- Opus 5
- Oral Sex At Gunpoint
- Orgy, Orgy
- The Origin Of Manx
- Pachuco Gavotte
- Peaches III
- Pedro's Dowry (Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary)
- Percussion Insert Session Snoop
- Percussion Object 1 & 2 (FZ Edit)
- Phyniox (Take 1)
- Phyniox (Take 2)
- Piano
- The Players
- The Pleated Gazelle
- Porn Wars Deluxe
- Pound - Bass & Kybds Solo
- Project X Minus .5
- Project X.5
- Pumped And Waxed
- Punky's Whips (Unused Version)
- Punky's Whips Intro
- The Purple Lagoon/Any Kind Of Pain
- Radio Has Helped To…
- Randomonium, Take One
- Reagan At Bitburg (BOTC)
- Reeny Ra
- Resolver ED.
- The Restaurant Scene
- Revised Music For Low Budget Symphony Orchestra
- The Rewards Of A Career In Music
- Rollo (Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary)
- Rykoniki
- Sakuji's March
- Samba Funk
- The Sanzini Brothers
- The Sanzini Brothers (The Mothers 1970)
- Saturday Show Start
- Section 8, Take 22
- Shoot You Percussion Item
- Shortly: Suite Exists Of Holiday In Berlin Full Blown
- Show Start/Bogus Pomp Explained
- Sleazette
- Slime Intro
- Space Boogers
- Spontaneous Minimalist Composition
- Stinkfoot (Live, 1988)
- The Story Of “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow/St. Alphonzo’s Pancake Breakfast”
- The Story Of Pedro's Dowry
- The Story Of Rollo
- Strictly Genteel (Keyboard OD Version)
- Strictly Genteel (Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary)
- The String Quartet
- Stuffit Variations
- Sunday Show 1 Start
- Sunday Show 2 Start
- Take Me Out To The Ball Game
- Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (Instrumental)
- Tango
- Terry's Solo
- This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich
- Titties 'N' Beer/"Audience Participation"/The Dance Contest/The Black Page 2
- Trouble Every Day (Single Edit)
- Trouble Every Day - Basic Tracks
- Trudgin' Across The Tundra
- Tuning and Studio Chatter
- Two On The Town
- Tyrone Start The Tape
- Uncle Rhebus
- Unit 2, Take 9
- Unit 3A, Take 3
- Unit 9
- VPRO Intro
- Velvet Sunrise
- Vito Rocks The Floor (Greek Out!)
- Walkin' Out
- The Walking Zombie Music
- Waltz
- Watermelon In Easter Hay (Live, 1978)
- Watts
- Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence
- The Way The Air Smells...
- We Can Not Shoot You
- We're Gonna Kill Ya
- What It Was
- What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening?
- What's The Name Of Your Group? (The Suites)
- What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise)
- What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise/Instrumental)
- While You Were Art 1
- The Whip
- Who Are The Brain Police? (1987 Remix)
- Who Are The Brain Police - Basic Tracks
- Who Are The Brain Police? (Section A, C, B)
- Who Are The Brain Police? (Section B) - Alternate Take
- Who Needs The Peace Corps? (Instrumental)
- Wolf Harbor
- Wolf Harbor II
- Wolf Harbor III
- Wolf Harbor IV
- Wolf Harbor V
- Worms From Hell
- Wowie Zowie (TTG Studios)
- WXTC
- Yeah, Well…
- You Can Get A Point Across…
- You Didn't Try To Call Me (Basic Tracks)
- You Never Know Who Your Friends Are
- You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here - Basic Tracks
- You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here - Vocal Overdub Take 1 (Incomplete)/Take 2 (Incomplete)
- Your Teeth And Your Shoulders And Sometimes Your Foot Goes Like This...../Pojama Prelude
- ‘Ere Ian Whips It/JCB Spits It/Motorhead Rips It
Tributes & Cover Albums
Tributes & Cover Bands
Tributes & Covers
Videography
Zappa Phenomena