the big nOte files - 2002/11/23

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december 1962, frank zappa engineered some recordings for the tornadoes in paul buff's pall studio in cucamonga. at the time, the tornadoes were managed by dave aerni, another paul buff / studio pal associate.  these recordings resulted in two 7"s that were released in 1963.

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some of these tracks could be found on the first album by the tornadoes.  an album that got re-released on cd in 1994 and on 180 g vinyl in 1996.

1999 saw the release of a sampler called "beyond the surf".  this sampler presented two 'new' tracks, also from the pal sessions.  these tracks were released seperately on 7" in 2000.  i guess these recordings are only of interest for the surf music fans (hey, dick dale, are you reading this?), but they present a fine little piece of zappa / buff / aerni history as well.

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februari 2003 on, ossi duri featuring ike willis will start touring.  more info on www.ossiduri.com.

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the message on alt.fan.frank-zappa said:
"Please don't miss......BunZappa....a "real" FZ Tribute band @ The Lucky Dog
Music Hall,Green St.,Worcester,MA on Nov. 29.
We will play one set starting around 10:30."

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i went too waalwijk (the netherlands) yesterday to see cuccurullo brillo brullo and the muffin men.  liked it a lot.
guus was there as well, and he took some pictures, some of which you can find at:

thank you, guus !

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more muffin men dates:

visit http://www.muffinmen.co.uk for the latest info.

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new entries / addition:

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darn, i'm a bit too late with this, but please note that the foolz will be playing some zappa music:

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john trubee added a poem:

       The James Coburn Poem
    Copyright c 2002 John Trubee


     James Coburn died yesterday.

     He got more money and pussy
     than you or I ever got.

     Now maybe some of that money and pussy
     will dribble down
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     to us impoverished, unfortunate beggars.

     Let's celebrate!
  

 

-- John Trubee

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regarding the magic band reunion,
http://www.beefheart.com/news/reunion.htm
says that the concert dates are as follows:

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iratowns will be performing in the 'brandyhouse' in atlanta on 2002/11/23, so that's today.  if you live in the neighbourhood, you'd better hurry.

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and be sure to visit andrew's www.idiotbastard.supanet.com
he's got a lot of news on the grannies, on vai, on candy zappa, and lots & lots more...

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that's all for now, talk again to you soon,

peter van laarhoven