Florida
Florida is a state in the United States.
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Frank Zappa
During World War II, Zappa and his family briefly lived in Opa-locka, Florida, before moving back to Baltimore. [1] In 1961, Zappa's parents, Francis Zappa and Rose Marie Zappa, along with their son Carl Zappa and daughter Candy Zappa, moved to Sarasota, Florida.
In The Real Frank Zappa Book, Zappa tells a story about a musician gratifying a groupie with a bottle of champagne in a town in northern Florida (see: Champagne Lecture).
Zappa concerts in Florida
- 70/10/09 Tallahassee FL US Tully Gymnasium, Florida State University
- 80/04/19 Gainesville FL US gymnasium, University of Florida
- 81/10/24 Gainesville FL US O'Connell Center, University Of Florida
- 84/12/01 St. Petersburg FL US Bayfront Center Arena
References to Florida in Frank Zappa's work
- Dental Hygiene Dilemma/I'm Stealing The Room: "Ahmet Ertegun used this towel as a bathmat six weeks ago at a rancid motel in Orlando, Florida (...)"
- The Florida Airport Tape
- The M.O.I. Anti-Smut Loyalty Oath: "And the imbecilic laws of the state of Florida"
- Another M.O.I. Anti-Smut Loyalty Oath: "And Florida being the great place that it is . . . had quite a few of these fantasies and, you know, they're disturbing enough that some promoters and uh, important people down here deemed it necessary to put special clauses into our contracts that would preclude anything that would fall under the classification of obscenity or weirdness on stage"
- Conehead/"All You Need To Know": "And if you believe that, I got some real good swamp land I'd like to sell you in Florida..."
- Be In My Video (the You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1 version): a band member solicits oral sex for the whole band from a girl who wants to fly down to Orlando, Florida, with them.
- Champagne Lecture:
- The Dick Kunc Story: "I started out in Florida, uh, producing a record at a studio (...)"
- "Carved In The Rock": "Well Ian's busy. He's uh, he's with his parents in uhm, uh... Florida."
People born in (or from) Florida
- Pat Boone (born in Jacksonville)
- Paula Hawkins (born in Salt Lake City, Utah, but later moved to Florida, to become senator (1981-1987)
- Jim Morrison (born in Melbourne)
- Lala Sloatman (born in Winter Park)
- Bebe Rebozo (born in Tampa)
- Archie Shepp (born in Fort Lauderdale)
Frank Zappa about Florida
"The only people who believe in dirty words are the people who have a certain religious viewpoint. That religious viewpoint is theirs to cherish, but it should never be ensconced in legislation. When the judge wrote the decision in Florida, what was contained in there was that the album incites people to filthy thoughts. It takes us beyond censorship into the realm of thought control. Look at it this way. If his judgment is upheld it lays the groundwork for all legislation which covers thought. And in order to enforce the legislation what you'd have to have is brain police. That's really the significance of what's happening here. It's the ground floor of a body of legislation which can condemn and punish manufacturers and retailers for distributing things which lead to unwanted thoughts. (...) Look at Florida. Florida used to have a reputation of kind of a fun place. But look at it today. It's got a governor who announced today that certain types of bathing suits will be forbidden and people are going to be arrested for wearing them." Frank Zappa in Zappa!, 1990.
