Talk:One Shot Deal

"Occam's razor" is a "theoretical principle" attributed to Franciscan friar William of Ockham, often paraphrased as "Cut the Crap" or CC as we call it on ZWJ ;-) Duncan 11:54, 5 July 2008 (PDT)

A new section/category for ZFT-releases (post-FZs-death)?

Doing a little editing on the OSD page made me wonder: what if we were to establish a separate category for releases done by the ZFT -- that is to say, releases that were not conceived/supervised by FZ; having GZ, DZ and Joe Travers at the helm instead? I can imagine a kid's first FZ purchase being, I dunno Joe's Domage. That's not the best way to start exploring FZ's music to say the least. Some, not all, of the ZFT-releases have been considered sub-par by a large part of the fanbase, and so that's why I think a distinction between "stuff Zappa released while he was alive" vs "stuff the ZFT has released" could be of value to the wiki. What say ye?

KillUglyRadio 04:50, 6 July 2008 (PDT)

I say "Aye". Duncan 06:51, 6 July 2008 (PDT)

No pbm for me, this is factual information.

What do you think about Category:Posthumous Albums & Category:Posthumous Releases?

What is the first posthumous album then? Civilization Phaze III?

Do we manage the videos (such as The Torture Never Stops (The Film)) the same way?

Maroual 13:42, 6 July 2008 (PDT)

Yes Civilization Phaze III was the first posthumous album but not with GZ, DZ and Joe Travers at the helm - so that will be a separate sub category - just to keep the discography nice and simple :-) Duncan 14:03, 6 July 2008 (PDT)

Sorry to trunk in, but just a newbie thought, using the theoretical principle of De Bono logic - how about all post-FZ stuff having a pale colour-tint b/ground? That way you guys don't need to start more work with sub-groups etc., us readers would know straight away - whatever the article - that it's post-FZ 'cos it's on a silver, pink, or whatever b/ground. Just a post-FZ colour template needed. I'll shut up now.--Tonefish 05:58, 7 July 2008 (PDT)