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Dogs appear regularly in Zappa's work: | Dogs appear regularly in Zappa's work: | ||
− | * On the covers of [[Cruising With Ruben & The Jets]], [[Just Another Band From L.A.]] and [[Ahead Of Their Time]] Zappa and his band members are depicted with dog noses. Illustrator [[Cal Schenkel]] did this as a tribute to the dog characters in Carl Barks' comic strips about [[Donald Duck]]. | + | * On the covers of ''[[Cruising With Ruben & The Jets]], [[Just Another Band From L.A.]]'' and ''[[Ahead Of Their Time]]'' Zappa and his band members are depicted with dog noses. Illustrator [[Cal Schenkel]] did this as a tribute to the dog characters in Carl Barks' comic strips about [[Donald Duck]]. |
* A dog with sunglasses can be seen on the covers of [[Francesco Zappa]],[[Them Or Us]] and of [[The Perfect Stranger]]. | * A dog with sunglasses can be seen on the covers of [[Francesco Zappa]],[[Them Or Us]] and of [[The Perfect Stranger]]. | ||
* [[Evelyn A Modified Dog|Evelyn, A Modified Dog]] | * [[Evelyn A Modified Dog|Evelyn, A Modified Dog]] |
Revision as of 14:56, 10 May 2011
Dogs appear regularly in Zappa's work:
- On the covers of Cruising With Ruben & The Jets, Just Another Band From L.A. and Ahead Of Their Time Zappa and his band members are depicted with dog noses. Illustrator Cal Schenkel did this as a tribute to the dog characters in Carl Barks' comic strips about Donald Duck.
- A dog with sunglasses can be seen on the covers of Francesco Zappa,Them Or Us and of The Perfect Stranger.
- Evelyn, A Modified Dog
- Stink-Foot: a dog, Fido, is called to fetch some slippers and goes into an argument about the essence of Conceptual Continuity
- Dogs can be heard barking during the intro of Andy
- Dog Breath, even though the term is also American slang for a person with very bad breath
- Zomby Woof: "woof" is a sound associated with dogs
- Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me: "He had an Irish setter"
Specific articles about dogs
- Fido
- Phydeaux III
- Frunobulax, named after Zappa's own dog Fruney.
- Evelyn
- Dogess
- Killer Collie
Specific references to poodles
- The Poodle Lecture
- Dirty Love and Stink-Foot: "The poodle bites, the poodle chews it."
- Hunchentoot and Cheepnis: "The monster which the peasants in this area call Frunobulax and apparently a very large poodle."
- Food Gathering In Post-Industrial America: "as the denizens of New Perfect America dine on rats, poodles,..."