http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=The_Berkeley_Symphony_Plays_Frank_Zappa&feed=atom&action=historyThe Berkeley Symphony Plays Frank Zappa - Revision history2024-03-29T01:01:23ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.34.2http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=The_Berkeley_Symphony_Plays_Frank_Zappa&diff=46828&oldid=prevJason.Kreitzer at 21:56, 18 July 20212021-07-18T21:56:11Z<p></p>
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</table>Jason.Kreitzerhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=The_Berkeley_Symphony_Plays_Frank_Zappa&diff=46827&oldid=prevJason.Kreitzer at 21:55, 18 July 20212021-07-18T21:55:54Z<p></p>
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</table>Jason.Kreitzerhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=The_Berkeley_Symphony_Plays_Frank_Zappa&diff=45543&oldid=prevSpider of Destiny at 20:07, 17 November 20202020-11-17T20:07:25Z<p></p>
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</table>Spider of Destinyhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=The_Berkeley_Symphony_Plays_Frank_Zappa&diff=45163&oldid=prevSpider of Destiny at 20:27, 13 November 20202020-11-13T20:27:40Z<p></p>
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</table>Spider of Destinyhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=The_Berkeley_Symphony_Plays_Frank_Zappa&diff=37803&oldid=prevSpider of Destiny at 16:10, 19 February 20122012-02-19T16:10:13Z<p></p>
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</table>Spider of Destinyhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=The_Berkeley_Symphony_Plays_Frank_Zappa&diff=37802&oldid=prevSpider of Destiny at 16:09, 19 February 20122012-02-19T16:09:33Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Last year, when [[Kent Nagano]], director of the [[Berkeley Symphony Orchestra|Berkeley Symphony]], was in Paris at the Pompidou Center, he came across Zappa's name on the list of orchestral commissions by [[Pierre Boulez]]. His curiosity piqued, he contacted Zappa, asking for scores to look at, for possible performance by the Berkeley Symphony.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Last year, when [[Kent Nagano]], director of the [[Berkeley Symphony Orchestra|Berkeley Symphony]], was in Paris at the Pompidou Center, he came across Zappa's name on the list of orchestral commissions by [[Pierre Boulez]]. His curiosity piqued, he contacted Zappa, asking for scores to look at, for possible performance by the Berkeley Symphony.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"I didn't know what to expect these scores to be like," Nagano recalls, "maybe [[wikipedia:Rodgers and Hammerstein|Rodgers and Hammerstein]], some insipid sort of thing. But I know I didn't expect to see a work of the difficulty of an [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wikipedia:Elliot Carter|</del>Elliot Carter]], the complexity of [[Pierre Boulez|Boulez]], the sincerity of [[Tōru Takemitsu|Takemitsu]], and the driving intensity of [[Edgar Varèse|Varèse]]."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"I didn't know what to expect these scores to be like," Nagano recalls, "maybe [[wikipedia:Rodgers and Hammerstein|Rodgers and Hammerstein]], some insipid sort of thing. But I know I didn't expect to see a work of the difficulty of an [[Elliot Carter]], the complexity of [[Pierre Boulez|Boulez]], the sincerity of [[Tōru Takemitsu|Takemitsu]], and the driving intensity of [[Edgar Varèse|Varèse]]."</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Apparently Nagano's interest in the scores rekindled Zappa's desire to have them performed. Several weeks later, he called Nagano, informing him that the [[London Symphony Orchestra (The Orchestra)|London Symphony Orchestra]] had been hired, and would Kent be willing to conduct? The first recording was issued a few months ago, with a second one on the way.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Apparently Nagano's interest in the scores rekindled Zappa's desire to have them performed. Several weeks later, he called Nagano, informing him that the [[London Symphony Orchestra (The Orchestra)|London Symphony Orchestra]] had been hired, and would Kent be willing to conduct? The first recording was issued a few months ago, with a second one on the way.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On June 16th, at 8:00 pm, the Berkeley Symphony will present a concert devoted entirely to Zappa's works. It will be broadcast live on [[wikipedia:KPFA|KPFA]] and will be the first in a series of live broadcasts of the Symphony which will continue through July. The series, an attempt to bring back the concept of the radio symphony orchestra, will be hosted by Terry Hawkins and Charles Amirkhanian.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On June 16th, at 8:00 pm, the Berkeley Symphony will present a concert devoted entirely to Zappa's works. It will be broadcast live on [[wikipedia:KPFA|KPFA]] and will be the first in a series of live broadcasts of the Symphony which will continue through July. The series, an attempt to bring back the concept of the radio symphony orchestra, will be hosted by Terry Hawkins and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Charles Amirkhanian<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, playing the works of Frank Zappa, will be heard on Saturday, June 16th at 8:00 pm.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, playing the works of Frank Zappa, will be heard on Saturday, June 16th at 8:00 pm.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Spider of Destinyhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=The_Berkeley_Symphony_Plays_Frank_Zappa&diff=35715&oldid=prevSpider of Destiny at 09:35, 20 May 20112011-05-20T09:35:02Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Last year, when [[Kent Nagano]], director of the [[Berkeley Symphony Orchestra|Berkeley Symphony]], was in Paris at the Pompidou Center, he came across Zappa's name on the list of orchestral commissions by [[Pierre Boulez]]. His curiosity piqued, he contacted Zappa, asking for scores to look at, for possible performance by the Berkeley Symphony.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Last year, when [[Kent Nagano]], director of the [[Berkeley Symphony Orchestra|Berkeley Symphony]], was in Paris at the Pompidou Center, he came across Zappa's name on the list of orchestral commissions by [[Pierre Boulez]]. His curiosity piqued, he contacted Zappa, asking for scores to look at, for possible performance by the Berkeley Symphony.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"I didn't know what to expect these scores to be like," Nagano recalls, "maybe [[wikipedia:Rodgers and Hammerstein|Rodgers and Hammerstein]], some insipid sort of thing. But I know I didn't expect to see a work of the difficulty of an [[wikipedia:Elliot Carter|Elliot Carter]], the complexity of [[Pierre Boulez|Boulez]], the sincerity of [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wikipedia:</del>Tōru Takemitsu|Takemitsu]], and the driving intensity of [[Edgar Varèse|Varèse]]."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"I didn't know what to expect these scores to be like," Nagano recalls, "maybe [[wikipedia:Rodgers and Hammerstein|Rodgers and Hammerstein]], some insipid sort of thing. But I know I didn't expect to see a work of the difficulty of an [[wikipedia:Elliot Carter|Elliot Carter]], the complexity of [[Pierre Boulez|Boulez]], the sincerity of [[Tōru Takemitsu|Takemitsu]], and the driving intensity of [[Edgar Varèse|Varèse]]."</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Apparently Nagano's interest in the scores rekindled Zappa's desire to have them performed. Several weeks later, he called Nagano, informing him that the [[London Symphony Orchestra (The Orchestra)|London Symphony Orchestra]] had been hired, and would Kent be willing to conduct? The first recording was issued a few months ago, with a second one on the way.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Apparently Nagano's interest in the scores rekindled Zappa's desire to have them performed. Several weeks later, he called Nagano, informing him that the [[London Symphony Orchestra (The Orchestra)|London Symphony Orchestra]] had been hired, and would Kent be willing to conduct? The first recording was issued a few months ago, with a second one on the way.</div></td></tr>
</table>Spider of Destinyhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=The_Berkeley_Symphony_Plays_Frank_Zappa&diff=30418&oldid=prevMaroual at 00:15, 30 July 20092009-07-30T00:15:30Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There were always rumors floating about that Zappa was busy writing music other than what he put on his rock albums – genuine orchestral music. Nothing ever appeared (despite an unfortunate concert with [[Zubin Mehta]] and the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]], when Zappa coined the semi-immortal phrase, "Hit it, Zubin"), and many simply forgot about his "other" music.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There were always rumors floating about that Zappa was busy writing music other than what he put on his rock albums – genuine orchestral music. Nothing ever appeared (despite an unfortunate concert with [[Zubin Mehta]] and the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]], when Zappa coined the semi-immortal phrase, "Hit it, Zubin"), and many simply forgot about his "other" music.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Last year, when [[Kent Nagano]], director of the Berkeley Symphony, was in Paris at the Pompidou Center, he came across Zappa's name on the list of orchestral commissions by [[Pierre Boulez]]. His curiosity piqued, he contacted Zappa, asking for scores to look at, for possible performance by the Berkeley Symphony.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Last year, when [[Kent Nagano]], director of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Berkeley Symphony <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Orchestra|Berkeley Symphony]]</ins>, was in Paris at the Pompidou Center, he came across Zappa's name on the list of orchestral commissions by [[Pierre Boulez]]. His curiosity piqued, he contacted Zappa, asking for scores to look at, for possible performance by the Berkeley Symphony.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"I didn't know what to expect these scores to be like," Nagano recalls, "maybe [[wikipedia:Rodgers and Hammerstein|Rodgers and Hammerstein]], some insipid sort of thing. But I know I didn't expect to see a work of the difficulty of an [[wikipedia:Elliot Carter|Elliot Carter]], the complexity of [[Pierre Boulez|Boulez]], the sincerity of [[wikipedia:Tōru Takemitsu|Takemitsu]], and the driving intensity of [[Edgar Varèse|Varèse]]."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"I didn't know what to expect these scores to be like," Nagano recalls, "maybe [[wikipedia:Rodgers and Hammerstein|Rodgers and Hammerstein]], some insipid sort of thing. But I know I didn't expect to see a work of the difficulty of an [[wikipedia:Elliot Carter|Elliot Carter]], the complexity of [[Pierre Boulez|Boulez]], the sincerity of [[wikipedia:Tōru Takemitsu|Takemitsu]], and the driving intensity of [[Edgar Varèse|Varèse]]."</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Apparently Nagano's interest in the scores rekindled Zappa's desire to have them performed. Several weeks later, he called Nagano, informing him that the London Symphony Orchestra had been hired, and would Kent be willing to conduct? The first recording was issued a few months ago, with a second one on the way.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Apparently Nagano's interest in the scores rekindled Zappa's desire to have them performed. Several weeks later, he called Nagano, informing him that the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>London Symphony Orchestra <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(The Orchestra)|London Symphony Orchestra]] </ins>had been hired, and would Kent be willing to conduct? The first recording was issued a few months ago, with a second one on the way.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On June 16th, at 8:00 pm, the Berkeley Symphony will present a concert devoted entirely to Zappa's works. It will be broadcast live on KPFA and will be the first in a series of live broadcasts of the Symphony which will continue through July. The series, an attempt to bring back the concept of the radio symphony orchestra, will be hosted by Terry Hawkins and Charles Amirkhanian.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On June 16th, at 8:00 pm, the Berkeley Symphony will present a concert devoted entirely to Zappa's works. It will be broadcast live on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[wikipedia:</ins>KPFA<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|KPFA]] </ins>and will be the first in a series of live broadcasts of the Symphony which will continue through July. The series, an attempt to bring back the concept of the radio symphony orchestra, will be hosted by Terry Hawkins and Charles Amirkhanian.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
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</table>Maroualhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=The_Berkeley_Symphony_Plays_Frank_Zappa&diff=26567&oldid=prevPropellerkuh at 18:56, 23 December 20072007-12-23T18:56:03Z<p></p>
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</table>Propellerkuhhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=The_Berkeley_Symphony_Plays_Frank_Zappa&diff=24327&oldid=prevMaroual at 13:07, 7 May 20072007-05-07T13:07:29Z<p></p>
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