Frank Zappa

[blondifan]

Originally Posted by Dvder

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The disc portraits are very reminiscent of Robert Crumb's work, but I couldn't see any mention of his name in the readable credits. It'd be entirely fitting if they were, and Crumb was so prolific they might have appeared at some time in the past - oh God, 50 years. But if not, in the style of is just as good and probably safe from the sometimes litigious Crumb.

There was a small 4 page booklet i didn't scan that mention

Art of Packaging by Gail Zappa, Michael Mesker & Ahmet Zappa

It doesn't actually say who did the illustrations.

[Decadence]

Originally Posted by melvin

If i can figure out how to digitalize MC´s, you may have luck
Btw, this a private recording made with a Walkman, so don´t except Hi-Fi Quality ...

Thank you, Melvin.

Apologies for the delay (life intrudes). Have listened all the way through and started again. For an audience boot, pretty well done.

Don't miss out on this, gents!

[tsunamiSD]

Dweezil Zappa extends legacy of his dad, Frank Zappa, despite family battle

A long article, only part of it about the feud that has arisen.

“It seemed predestined to my dad, because he wrote ‘musician’ on my birth certificate where it asked my religion,” Dweezil recalled with a laugh. “He really let me choose my own path and then answered the questions I had, as opposed to molding my direction as a musician.”
Alas, life is anything but a laughing matter these days for Dweezil, who is embroiled in a contentious dispute with two of his three siblings.
For the past 11 years, Dweezil has been paying tribute to his legendary dad as the leader of Zappa Plays Zappa.

Since his death, the Zappa estate has posthumously released nearly 50 more albums by Frank Zappa, whose music ranged from rock, jazz and doo-wop to chamber works, symphonies and genre-blurring fusions.
But Zappa Plays Zappa — which performs Thursday at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach (ticket information appears below) — is no longer Zappa Plays Zappa, at least not in name. And Dweezil is now worried the time may come when he won’t even be able to perform as Dweezil Zappa, just as Dweezil.

*****

farther down the article are quotes from various celebs about Frank...

[Decadence]

Originally Posted by tsunamiSD

Dweezil is now worried the time may come when he won’t even be able to perform as Dweezil Zappa, just as Dweezil.

How bad is it when you're not allowed to use your own name?

That's some sad shit.

"Dweezil" could suffice, tho.. not like anyone is going to confuse him with someone else.

How about: "Dweezil Plays His Dad"?

[Dvder]

Originally Posted by Decadence

Thank you, Melvin.

Apologies for the delay (life intrudes). Have listened all the way through and started again. For an audience boot, pretty well done.

Don't miss out on this, gents!

Defintely recommended, with all thanks to Melvin.

Certainly better than any of my contemporary attempts with an old piano-key portable cassette. One of my attempts (1971) which actually captured a young Gary Moore with Colosseum and, on the other side was the first public performances of Black Dog and Stairway (by you know who) which was radically outclassed by a much better version from the same gig found online about ten years ago.

Which was lucky because my tape chewed up shortly afterwards.
But John Hiseman and Gary's gig is lost forever, at least to me.

[chip]

Just a quick aside... If anyone has never checked out Zappa Plays Zappa or whatever Dweezil is forced to call it these days: do so.

Dweezil spent several years in the woodshed practicing to get his chops up to play his father's material and learn Frank's sense of phrasing/improvisation. It paid off in spades! I had the pleasure of seeing ZPZ on the ProgNation tour several years ago. When Dweezil took his solos I closed my eyes, and I swear I could see Frank playing the solos.

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[ballyhoo]

Originally Posted by Decadence

How bad is it when you're not allowed to use your own name?

That's some sad shit....

indeed, that really is some sad shit. this spiteful family feud is just plain ridiculous.

from some of the articles I've read, Gail (under some bad non-family advice) is almost
wholly to blame for it. the simple fact that she decided to split the Zappa Family Trust
into anything BUT 4 equal parts, so each Zappa kid got 25%, is a real head scratcher!

this is a RS article about it from August 2016, maybe gives some more background;
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/fe...y-feud-w431684

either way, I don't think Frank would be very happy about it. those fekkin' kids!

[Dvder]

Well, just fresh from watching the Roxy show I strongly recommend to any waiverers to just see it. Great music crossing more boundaries than you could shake a stick at, great playing by the whole band, a great selection of Mothers' music and great fun to experience.

Being the sort of geekish nerd who bothers reading what used to be called sleeve notes, I really didn't notice the herculean efforts that went in to re-syncing up the video and audio over multiple cameras and three separate shows. All that was invisible, which is the highest praise.

One of the great live concerts, imho.

[Decadence]

Some quotes from the Master:

“Definition of rock journalism: People who can't write, doing interviews with people who can't think, in order to prepare articles for people who can't read.”

“Interviewer: 'So Frank, you have long hair. Does that make you a woman?'
FZ: 'You have a wooden leg. Does that make you a table?”

“A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole.”

“If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.”

“Art is making something out of nothing, and selling it.”

“There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over.”

“Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.”

“The United States is a nation of laws, badly written and randomly enforced.”

“You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of football team, or some nuclear weapons, but in the very least you need a beer.”

“Tobacco is my favorite vegetable.”

“Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.”

“The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own”

“For the record, folks; I never took a shit on stage and the closest I ever came to eating shit anywhere was at a Holiday Inn buffet in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1973.”


One of the reasons I'm such a fan.. unabashedly telling it like it is.

[blondifan]

I highly recomend "the Real Frank Zappa Book". You'll find you'll get through it in no time.

The New York Post said, "This book belongs in every home".