Short bits:

 * * * Two new Zappa bootleg CDs have been announced: "Volare" and "Synclavier Music". This latter one might be the Resolver & Brutality recording that turned up recently. * * *
 * * *  Hans Vandenburg's latest project is called Dierenpark. They have an album out, called "Slip-Tong" on which you can hear a 'Peaches En Regalia' intro drum roll for about two seconds... * * * 
 * * * Jan Donkers wrote a book called "Mijn Muziek" (My Music) that includes a 9-page chapter on Zappa & the Mothers Of Invention. The back of the book has a picture of FZ on it. * * * 
* * * The new George Duke album is called "In A Mellow Tone" * * *

POJAMA PEOPLE FEATURING IKE WILLIS

Pojama People featuring Ike Willis
performing the music of Frank Zappa

• 2006/08/22 concert 'The Rainbow', Seattle, WA, usa
• 2006/08/23 concert 'Dante's', Portland, OR, usa
• 2006/08/24 concert 'WOW Hall', Eugene, OR, usa

YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON BOOTZ ANYMORE

I've told you about Dieter Jakob's book on Zappa bootlegs. Here's an update:

You can’t do that on bootz anymore – Volume 1: The vinyl

I am going to write a (picture-)book about Zappa vinyl bootlegs and try to get together all photos of the bootlegs I know. As far as I know only the photos of the below mentioned bootlegs are still missing for my book. 

List of vinyl bootlegs (photos wanted):

• At Lorely (2LP GREY+WHITE Vinyl Coloured Cover)
• Charlie's Favourite (2LP Testpressing)
• Christmas in New York in '76 (LP) **
• Dortmund 1984 (LP Green Vinyl)
• Frankie Meets Bobby [only one side is Zappa] (LP Clear Vinyl)
• Frankie Meets Bobby [only one side is Zappa] (LP Green Vinyl)
• From the Vaults to the Biggest Halls Volume 1 (LP) **
• Leatherette (2LP B/W Comic Deluxe Cover RED Vinyl)
• Metal Man Has Hornet's Wings (LP BLACK Vinyl BW SCRAPMETAL INSERT) Slipped Disc Records Label
• S' n M (LP) **
• Saarbrücken '78 (2LP BLACK VINYL) NOT Fooeee (Beat The Boot Box) Version
• Saarbrücken '78 (2LP BLACK/BLUE VINYL)
• Saarbrücken '78 (2LP YELLOW VINYL)
• The Best of ... Pappa Zappa & Any Way the Wind Blows (2LP ) **
• Zappaskance (2LP) **

The discs marked with ** are only known by name from various more or less reliable sources. I’m quite sure that they are not existing and results of misinterpreted labels or just homemade fakes of “serious” bootlegs. Anyway, if somebody should know something about these discs, I’d appreciate a lot to get the information. Anyway, I’d be happy if anybody from the huge Zappa fan community could help me to get a photo or a scan of all these missing boots.

Music is the best!

Dieter

MORE SETLISTS

Adrian Belew

• 2006/08/10  concert ‘Turning Point’ - Piermont, NY, usa
  • Writing on the Wall, Dinosaur, Ampersand, Young Lions, Beat Box Guitar, Matchless Man, Madness, Drive 1, Within You Without You, Drive 2, Lone Rhino, Of Bow and Drum, Big Electric Cat, Frame By Frame, Three of a Perfect Pair, Elephant Talk, Thela Hun Ginjeet
  • an 89-minute recording of this concert circulates

Allan Holdsworth: guitar / Steve Hunt: keys / Jimmy Johnson: bass / Vinnie Colaiuta: drums

• 1989/08/28 concert san antonio, usa
  • Funnels, Shallow Sea, Looking Glass, Pud Wud, White Line, Devil Take The Hindmost, drum solo/Non-Brewed Condiment, Maid Marion
  • a 66-minute recording of this show circulates

Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band  [Don Van Vliet / Jeff Moris Tepper / Richard Snyder / Eric Drew Feldman / Robert Williams / Gary Lucas]

• 1981/01/24-E- concert 'the old waldorf', san francisco, ca, usa

  • Bass Solo (with sax), Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit A Man, Hot Head, Ashtray Heart, Dirty Blue Gene, Best Batch Yet, band intros, Safe As Milk, Flavor Bud Living, Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles, One Red Rose That I Mean, You Should Know By The Kindness of a Dog How A Human Should Be [poem], Bat Chain Puller, Sugar 'N' Spikes, Kandy Korn, Suction Prints [instrumental], Big-Eyed Beans From Venus

  • a 67-minute recording of this concert circulates
    

• 1981/01/24-L- concert 'the old waldorf', san francisco, ca, usa

  • Bass Solo (with sax), Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit A Man, I Want To Find A Woman Who'll Hold My Big Toe Until I Have To Go, Hot Head, Ashtray Heart, Dirty Blue Gene, Smithsonian Institute Blues, Safe As Milk, Flavor Bud Living, Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles, Sue Egypt, Untitled [poem], Doctor Dark, My Human Gets Me Blues, Sheriff of Hong Kong, Suction Prints [instrumental], band intros & crowd

  • a 59-minute recording of this concert circulates

The Ike Willis Band

• 1986/--/-- concert Los Angeles, CA, usa
  • (Venting The) Krypton Gas, Biznis As Usual, Bad Time, The Foreigner From Boston, Solution, Ounces Of Prevention, Fine, The Hollow Earth
  • a 41-minute recording of this show circulates, soundboard source

HITWEEK

compiled by willem de ridder and frank dam

- this book is some sort of "best of" of the dutch underground magazine "hitweek" that got published from 1965 until 1969.
hitweek was the first dutch magazine that talked about zappa & the mothers of invention.
a couple of these articles are in this book.

Here's a complete list of the Hitweek Mothers related articles:

• 21-10-66: p.1: freak out! the mothers of invention
  21-10-66: p.3: the mothers of invention
• 02-12-66: p.1: freak out! the mothers of invention
• 01-09-67: p.5: frank zappa naar nederland
• 15-09-67: p.1 the mothers of invention in amsterdam
• 22-09-67: p.1: mother of invention frank zappa / speciaal zappa nummer
  22-09-67: p.3: frank zappa is pro provo
• 29-09-67: p.1: zappa
• 06-10-67: p.4: mothers of invention: all teksten van absolutely free
• 29-12-67: p.1: mothers of invention komen weer
• 01-03-68: p.3: zapplaat
  01-03-68: p.5: publiciteitsman zappa
• 29-03-68: p.1: de nieuwe lp van de moeders
• 24-05-68: p.1: hoera, hoera! de derde moeders lp is er
• 31-05-68: p.1: gedegen gesprek over derde mothersplaat
  31-05-68: p.4-5: zappa strip: we're only in it for the money
• 21-06-68: p.1: klonterige jus van frank zappa
  21-06-68: p.6: de ontdekking van frank zappa
• 25-10-68: p.1: deze man (zappa) is een gevaar
  25-10-68: p.3: deze man is zeer gevaarlijk (zappa)
• 1-11-68: p.6: zappa
• 15-11-68: p.2: zappa kan de pot op
• 10-1-69: p.1: zappa plaat
• 15-11-68: p.9: avant-garde in de muziek: zappa
• 25-4-69: p.1: zappa film
  25-4-69: p.1: zappa dubbel lp is uit

DANIEL ROHR'S ALLES UEBER FRANK

Daniel Rohr's "Alles über Frank" will be performed at:

• 2006/10/01 (20:00 UHR) Daniel Rohr - performance "ZAPPA!" Alles über Frank" im "Markgräfler Zeltkulturfestival"  Müllheim Baden, Germany

• 2006/10/26 (20:00 UHR) Daniel Rohr - performance "ZAPPA!" Alles über Frank" im "Haus der Jugend"  Ludwigshafen, Germany

• 2006/10/27 (20:00 UHR ) Daniel Rohr - performance "ZAPPA!" Alles über Frank" im "Theater"  Bielefeld, Germany

• 2006/10/28 (20:00 UHR ) Daniel Rohr - performance "ZAPPA!" Alles über Frank" im "Theater"  Bielefeld, Germany

• 2006/11/24 (20:00 UHR ) Daniel Rohr - performance "ZAPPA!" Alles über Frank" im "Waldsee"  Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany

• 2006/11/25 (20:00 UHR ) Daniel Rohr - performance "ZAPPA!" Alles über Frank" im "Waldsee"  Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany

• 2007/01/20 (20:00 UHR ) Daniel Rohr - performance "ZAPPA!" Alles über Frank" im "Zehntscheuer"  Ravensburg, Germany

• daniel rohr: zappa! alles über frank
      (2006, dvdr-pro, switzerland, private release)
  
  • The title says it all. "Zappa! Alles über Frank" is a recording of Daniel Rohr's performance with the same name.
    It's Zappa performed in German.
    
    I saw this performance in Zappanale and I was impressed by both Daniel Rohr and by his backing band (that features Frank Goos!)

WRONG

• tranquil: 'falling out of phase' / wrong: 'achy breaky beefheart', 'wild up'
      (1994, 7", usa, destroy all music - sun ship records)  

BOOTLEG UPDATE

JEFF SIMMONS

- added info for:

• jeff simmons: blue universe
      (2004, cd, usa, private release)

thanks to Charles Ulrich

TONY MOLITERNI & SUL DIVANO

* P R O X I M A M E N T E *

TONY MOLITERNI & SUL DIVANO

PRESENTAN SU MUSICA

&

INTERPRETAN A FRANK ZAPPA

Músico invitado

ANDREA PRODAN

VIERNES 1 DE SEPTIEMBRE  21 HS.

Auditorio BAUEN
Callao 360
Entrada $ 10,-  ya están disponibles.

Un show imperdible, donde harán lo imposible
para enloquecer tus sentidos..!

• 2006/09/01 Tony Moliterni & Sul Divano - concert 'auditorio bauen', capital federal, argentina

TOTALLY ZAPPED

Below are the covers of Cosmik Debris number 9, and from Totally Zapped numbers 10 until 12.
They're from the same series, just changed name with number 10.
I don't have these myself, so I plucked them from the internet.

Cosmik Debris / Totally Zapped was the first fanzine that was published by Rob Cerreta. Later Rob also did Mother People.
(Wonder where Rob is nowadays...)

NEW JAPANESE BOOTLEG 7" EP

Limited to 50 (numbered) copies, this 7" gets the "impossible to find" label...

A NEW RESIDENTS ALBUM

Residential Friend...or fiend...

BEST LEFT UNSPOKEN VOL. 1 - Obscure Residents Instrumentals is available for presale right now!

This is the first offering in a series of a few more volumes from the obscure Residents instrumental collection!

This first one contains a lot of great stuff, some previously unreleased, including pieces from the Tweedles sessions (upcoming release).

Here's the track list: Pollex Christi (1997's super limited edition instrumental, and first limited RA release), Haeckel's Tale (main title - written for Showtime's Masters of Horror, but never used), The Mad Gasser (unreleased from the Animal Lover sessions), Tired Old Man (from the Part Three of the Mole Trilogy sessions, previously unreleased), Hidden Hand (from the Demon's Dance Alone sessions (on the Deluxe version of DDA), Pickle (from the DDA sessions, released on the Golden Goat DVD single), Dead Men (from the Animal Lover sessions, previously unreleased), Mr. Skull's New Year's Eve Song (a studio reworking of Mr. Skull's intro - from Stranger than Supper), Dream Wheel (from I Murdered Mommy), Daydreams in Space (from Daydream B-Liver), The Rubber Robber (from the Tweedles sessions) In the Outhole (from the Kettles of Fish DVD), In an Ugly Mood (from the Tweedles sessions), Jack's Lament (from the Animal Lover sessions, previously unreleased).

Go reserve yer copy now...
http://www.ralphamerica.com

the Ralph Gang...

FZLE IN CONCERT

• 2006/10/21 FZLE - concert 'Hallsberg Jazz & Bluesklubb', Hallsberg, Sweden
  

MORE NEWS ON THE FREAK OUT BOX

"Yes, there is a certain manifestation of Freak Out! but there are 3 other discs - approximately 3 hours of alternate tracks from the sessions for the most part, some crazy surprises, and a little bit of FZ talking about. There are a few FZ edits here and there. You will enjoy the disc/overy I am sure, almost as much a s we did. And then there is the packaging which we are also very excited about. This is truly one for the fervent and devout...it is good to know that some of what I say makes sense to some of the people who read it. So just so you heard it from me, there is nothing on the discs, 3 of which are about an hour of mostly (MOSTLY!) UNRELEASED materials, that is me talking for 30 minutes - why would I do such a thing to you or to FZ!!!! But we do have him in his own words too. And yes, it is all about Freak Out! What more do I really have to say."

DON PRESTON AKASHIC ENSEMBLE 

• 2006/09/05 Don Preston Akashic Ensemble – lecture & show ‘nectar's’, burlington, vt, usa /8pm show/9pm
  http://www.liveatnectars.com
  

• 2006/09/07 Don Preston Akashic Ensemble – concert ‘mile end cultural center (main hall)’, montreal, quebec, canada
  http://www.mileend.ca
  

• 2006/09/10 Don Preston Akashic Ensemble – concert ‘steel city coffeehouse’, phoenixville, pa, usa
  http://steelcitycoffeehouse.com/
  

• 2006/09/11 Don Preston Akashic Ensemble – lecture & concert ‘cornell univ’,ithaca, ny, usa -lecture & perf/12:15pm - free to public
  http://www.cornell.edu
  

• 2006/09/12 Don Preston Akashic Ensemble – concert ‘rongovian embassy’, trumansburg, ny, usa show/7pm
  http://www.rongo.com
  

• 2006/09/13 Don Preston Akashic Ensemble –  lecture & concert ‘yale -sprague/morse recital hall, new haven ct lecture &perf/10:30am
  http://www.yale.edu
  

• 2006/09/13 Don Preston Akashic Ensemble – concert ‘the space’, hamden, ct, usa - show/7pm
  http://www.thespace.tk
  

• 2006/09/14 Don Preston Akashic Ensemble – lecture & concert ‘university of mass’, lowell, ma, usa  -lecture/perf 1:00pm-3:00pm
  

• 2006/09/15 Don Preston Akashic Ensemble – concert ‘lily pad’, cambridge, ma, usa
  http://www/lily-pad.net
  
• 2006/09/16 Don Preston Akashic Ensemble – lecture & concert ‘as220’, providence, ri, usa -lecture/8:30pm show/10pm
  http://www.as220.org
  
• 2006/09/17 Don Preston Akashic Ensemble – concert ‘the monkey’, new york city, ny, usa show/8pm
   http://themonkeynyc.com/

ED PALERMO BIG BAND

New concert dateS added for the Ed Palermo Big Band:

• 2006/09/04  Ed Palermo Big Band - concert  ( 6:00PM) Detroit Jazz Fest Detroit, MI , usa
  

• 2006/09/21 Ed Palermo Big Band - concert 'sonar', Baltimore, MD, usa

ZAPPA EVENT IN MONTREUX

A special event of Zappa music will happen in Montreux on September 1st. It's the composer/arranger Ali N. Askin (of Ensemble Modern fame) who has gathered a band to perform some of Frank's music. The band includes special guests keyboardist Mats Öberg and drummer Morgan Ågren. Mats tells that the band will perform Revised Music For Guitar And Low Budget Orchestra, Village Of The Sun, Echidna's Arf (Of You) and Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?, plus stuff from Zappa In New York.
Gustaf Hielm, former member of Meshuggah will play the bass. 

The event includes music by Zappa and Varèse, including some arrangements and transcriptions of Zappa's music by Ali N. Askin. 

In the early 1990's Askin was Zappa's assistant for the project The Yellow Shark with Ensemble Modern.

FZLE

• frank zappa live event: s/t
      (2006, cdr-promo, denmark, private release)
  
  • FZLE, or the Frank Zappa Live Event, released a promotional CDR earlier this year. The seven tracks were recorded live in concert, 2005/12/22, at the 'Pumpehuset' in Copenhagen, Denmark. A very fine selection of songs, performed by a band that's in great shape.
    Those of you who saw the FZLE concert at Zappanale know what I'm talking about: this is a band that you should try to see (or hear). It's fun.
    Their Zappanale concert is up at the Zappateers site, so grab it while you can.
    
    Can't wait to hear them on the next Zappanale box !!
    
  • http://www.fzle.dk/

EASY MEAT

• easy meat: new facts in the strange case of...
      (1995, cd, nl, van records 74321 264562)
  
  • There's a band in The Netherlands that is (or was) called Easy Meat, and this band performed the music of Frank Zappa.
    And then there's this other Dutch band that's called Easy Meat. This one is from The Hague and does not play Zappa's music, but plays some (nice) straigh-forward rock music. No direct link to Zappa, but nice-sounding rock (a bit like Lenny Kravitz).
    
    Well, they ARE called Easy Meat...

SETLISTS

• Adrian Belew - Guitar and vocals
• Eric Slick - Drums
• Julie Slick - Bass

• 2006/08/11  concert ‘Buffalo Icon’ - Buffalo, NY , usa
  • Writing on the Wall, Dinosaur, Ampersand, Young Lions, Beat Box Guitar, Matchless Man, Madness, Drive (Aborted), The Lone Rhino, Of Bow and Drum, Big Electric Cat, Frame by Frame, Three of a Perfect Pair
  • Encore: Elephant Talk, Thela Hun Ginjeet
  • an 81-minute recording of this concert circulates
    
• 2006/08/14  concert ‘World Cafe Live’, Philadelphia, PA , usa
  • Writing on the Wall, Dinosaur, Ampersand, Young Lions, Beat Box Guitar, Intermission Music, Matchless Man, Madness, Drive - Within You Without You, Walk Around The World, The Lone Rhinoceros
  • a 65-minute recording of this concert circulates (= only part of the concert)

• 2006/08/01 - concert Eugene OR (WOW Hall)  
  • Funeral For A Friend (Elton John) , Synchronicity (The Police) , Carry On (CSN&Y) , The Real Me (The Who) , Speed Metal Symphony (Cacophony) , Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Neil Young) , Warning (Black Sabbath) , Search and Destroy (The Stooges) , The Time Warp from the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Waka/Jawaka (Frank Zappa) , Time (Pink Floyd) , Yours is No Disgrace (Yes) , Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles) , Material Girl (Madonna) , Frame By Frame (King Crimson) , Live And Let Die (Paul McCartney) , YYZ (Rush) , Shining Star (Earth Wind and Fire) , Purple Rain (Prince) , Apache (Sugarhill Gang)

Sting & Branford Marsalis

• Sting: vocals
• Branford Marsalis - Saxes
• Kenny Kirkland - Piano, Keyboards
• Dolette MacDonald - Vocals
• Mino Cinelu - Percussion
• J. T. Lewis - Drums
• Tracy Ann Wormworth - Bass
• Jeffrey Lee Campbell - Guitar
• Delmar Brown - Keyboards

• 1988/07/27 concert 'Wiltern Theatre', Los Angeles, CA, usa
  • (Set 1)
    • Someone To Watch Over Me (George & Ira Gershwin) > Sister Moon, Band Introduction > Lazarus Heart > Too Much Information, Englishman In New York, Rock Steady, Straight To My Heart, Tempted (Tilbrook/Difford), One World (Not Three), If You Love Somebody (Set Them Free), Bring On The Night > When The World Keeps Running Down, Lonely House (Kurt Weill), The Idiot Bastard Son (Frank Zappa), I Don't Wanna Be (performed by Dolette MacDonald), L.A. Promise (performed by Delmar Brown), If You Love Somebody (Set Them Free)*, Bring On The Night**
  • (Set 2)
    • Intro, Blasphemy (performed by Kenny Kirkland and Branford Marsalis), They Dance Alone (Gueca Solo), Consider Me Gone, King of Pain, Be Still My Beating Heart, Walking In Your Footsteps, Fragile (Portuguese), Guitar Solo > Little Wing Intro, Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix), The Secret Marriage, Don't Stand So Close To Me, Mack The Knife (German and English), Cario Mio Ben (Italian), Ne Me Quitte Pas (French) (Jacques Brel), Home On The Range (Woody Guthrie), Every Breath You Take
  • * repeated track
    ** repeated track, song is cut
  • Notes: In 1988 Sting had serious plans to release a live album of (parts of) the show recorded at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on July 27, 1988. Eventually this never came about, but the complete recording surfaced on the bootleg "The Art Of The Heart" in October 1992.
  • a 181 minute recording of this concert circulates

ZAPPATISTAS

In the meantime, on the Zappateers website, Amaretto is seeding an excellent Zappatistas show. An excellent concert in excellent quality.

John Etheridge - guitar, voice
Simon Bates - saxophones, voice
Annie Whitehead - trombone
Simon Finch - trumpet
Steve Lodder - keyboards, arrangements
Rob Statham - bass
Mike Bradley - drums
Teena Lyle - percussion, vibes, voice

• 2003/06/26 concert "Brianza Open Jazz Festival", Monza, Mi, Italy
  • Peaches en Regalia, Grand Wazoo, band introduction, Let's Make the Water Turn Black > Sofa #1, Eat that Question > Sexual Harassment in the Workplace > King Kong, Sleep Dirt, band introduction, Big Swifty, Harry You're a Beast > Oh No > Theme from Lumpy Gravy, I'm the Slime
  • broadcast on Rai Radio Tre on 2003/12/02

NEW BEEFHEART ALBUM

• captain beefheart & the magic band: live london '74
      (2006, cd, uk, emi)
  
  • Another official live album. From the Captain's 1974 period where he hired some musicians to be his Magic Band...
    Not his best touring band...
    This concert got released in 1994 in Portugal on the Movie Play Gold record label, and has now been released by EMI.

BEEFHEART'S BUDDAH YEARS

• captain beefheart and his magic band: the buddah years
      (2006, cd, uk, sony bmg)
  

  • "The Buddah Years" is a new Beefheart sampler on Sony / BMG. Tracks 1 - 8 are from "Safe As Milk", tracks 9 - 12 from "Mirror Man".

FZ BOOTLEG INCOGNITO

INVENTIONS

In 1971 (!!) Piet Davelaar started "Inventions", a Frank Zappa & Mothers fanzine published by the Frank Zappa Society.

To my knowledge, "Inventions" was the first Zappa fanzine. The first issues were published about 35 years ago.
As you can see, I tried to add a table of contents which should give you an idea of what it was all about: newsflashes, new releases, and a lot of info on the artists that belonged to the Zappa Family.

A true piece of history...
Thanks to Piet Davelaar.

published by the frank zappa society
written & compiled by p.davelaar & j.j. van vechgel

• news
• new album
• zappa, john and yoko
• alice cooper
• beefheart story - part three
• extra news
• lord buckley
• the zappa & mothers story - part three
• lyrics
• more news
• interview rolf ulrich kaiser - frank zappa / part one
• pictures

published by the frank zappa society
written & compiled by p.davelaar & j.j. van vechgel

• news
• 200 motels
• lyrics (lumpy gravy)
• the gto's
• the mothers in rotterdam
• extra news
• 'mudsharks, motels and mothers', 1971/10/23 melody maker article
• interview rolf ulrich kaiser - frank zappa / part two
• pictures
• the zappa & mothers story - part four
• alice cooper
• alice stuart
• the turtles
• rainbow theatre incident
• more news
• montreux fire
• latest news

published by the frank zappa society
written & compiled by p.davelaar & j.j. van vechgel

• news
• extra news
• the persuasions
• alice cooper: "school's out"
• the mothers: "just another band from l.a."
• frank zappa: "waka jawaka / hot rats"
• geronimo black
• jean-luc ponty
• zappa comes to the netherlands
• captain beefheart & the magic band: "the spotlight kid"
• lyrics (gto's)
• alice cooper: "killer"
• beefheart in concert in the netherlands
• zappa & orchestra in concert in the netherlands
• interview rolf ulrich kaiser - frank zappa / part three
• lyrics

published by the frank zappa society
written & compiled by p.davelaar & j.j. van vechgel

• news
• 'zappin' l.a.', article by alain dister
• mothers' singles
• 'beefheart bonanza', article
• 'captain beefheart and the magic band: clear spot', review
• 'monstrueuze muziek van zappa en grand wazoo', article
• 'zappa zet stampvol houtrust op stelten', article
• 'pray silence for the grand wazoo', article
• 'zappa: muziek per meter', article
• 'die frank zappa story', article by urban gwerder
• 'some day someone will write the definitive book on zappa', article
• 'i'm the most fenomenal man in records: kim fowley', article by richard williams
• 'mothers' pride', article by michaell watts

published by the frank zappa society
written & compiled by p.davelaar & j.j. van vechgel

• news
• old mothers' singles
• zappa before the mothers
• the mothers of invention
  • frank zappa
  • jimmy carl black
  • roy estrada
  • don preston
  • bunk gardner
  • jim sherwood
  • ian underwood
  • art tripp
  • lowell george
  • buzz gardner
• edgard varèse discography
• pictures

published by the frank zappa society
written & compiled by p.davelaar

• news
• pictures
• zappa on groupies
• zappa on politics
• lenny bruce
• the mothers' story: 1970 - 1971
• straight & bizarre discography
• poems by don van vliet
• urban gwerder on the montreux fire

published by the frank zappa society
written & compiled by p.davelaar

• news
• over-nite sensation
• newspaper articles: concert reviews
  • 'zappa grandioos', algemeen dagblad
  • 'mothers lossen verwachtingen geenszins in', volkskrant
  • 'zappa ouderwets', het parool
  • 'ego-trip van zappa', utrechts dagblad
  • 'frank zappa niet overbodig', oor
  • nektar
  • aynsley dunbar
• frank zappa bio  (from reprise records)
• frank zappa auxiliary
• mothers line-up
• newspaper articles: concert reviews
  • 'frank zappa met nieuwe teleurstellende mothers', nrc handelsblad

DON VAN VLIET

• conjunction no.3
      (1982, usa, conjunctions)
  
  • Issue number three of Conjunctions magazine featured a Don Van Vliet painting on the cover and included a couple of drawings and fourpoems:
    
    • hollow smoke
    • popplin' gas hearts
    • the smith that cleans our stars
    • dopedinstunnedmirages

• kunstforum no.112
      (1991/04, germany)
  
  • April 1991, Kunstforum published the first part of its "Outside USA" special. It featured a 8-page article with lots of pictures of paintings on Don Van Vliet:
    
    "Don Van Vliet: Das Organlose Leben", Paolo Bianchi & Robert Fleck.

SOFT MACHINE

Seeing Soft Machine at Zappanale was one of the absolute highlights of the festival. The result is that I have been listening to a lot of SM lately...

And as Danny Mathys says: "You can't go wrong with their first albums".
So I added pictures and info for the first batch of Soft Machine albums...

ALTERNATIVE TV

• alternative tv: in control
      (2006, cd, usa, anarchy music)
  
  • I already knew Alternative TV's version of Zappa's 'Why Don't You Do Me Right?', but this new album also includes their version of 'Plastic People'.

R.S.MOORE

• r.stevie moore: platformat
      (2005, cd, usa, private release)
  
  • R.Stevie Moore's "Platformat" is another excellent album.
    Again R.Stevie Moore displays his excellent musicianship. Personally, I think his excellent coverversions will turn you into a R.S.Moore fan immediately.
    10 CC's 'Headline Hustler', Roxy Music's 'Do The Strand' and the very bluesy 'Diddy Wah Diddy' are just great. Supertramp's 'Hide In Your Shell' is maybe even better.
    "Platformat" is something that I would like my favourite radio station to sound like: a mix of different styles, nice contrasts mixed with familiar tunes.
    
    I like it.
    www.rsteviemoore.com

   

DWEEZIL ZAPPA

• dweezil zappa: go with what you know
      (2006, cd, usa, zappa records zr 20003)
  
  • The latest Dweezil album is called "Go With What You Know" and it's quite different from his previous escapades. For my ears, there's a couple of tracks that the album could have done without ('Noitpure', CC$, maybe even Preludumus Maximus) . The rest, however, is rather impressive. 'Love Ride' is a great opener and 'Fighty Bitey' has some very catchy and funny guitar riffs.
    'All Roads Lead To Inca' is what the title suggests: a guitar solo over the Inca Roads vamp. Nice. Very nice. 
    'Peaches En Regalia' actually is the original version with Dweezil on extra synth guitar. The track is great, of course. I don't think that Dweezil adds a lot to the track, but from a technical point, it's rather impressive (and quite interesting) what he does.
    Freaks need to know that Scott Thunes and Terry Bozzio are featured on one track, the Zappa Plays Zappa band on another track, and of course the Zappa band on 'Peaches'.

VPRO PICNIC - SCHISCHGEBAB - WINO MAN

The cover of the first pressing was a blank white sleeve consisting of two pieces of cardboard folded into a hexagon and rivited together. Reissus were available in regular square covers.

COLOURED VINYL ZAPPA BOOTLEG

CUCCURULLO BRILLO BRULLO

Cuccurullo Brillo Brullo will be performing the music of Frank Zappa in Rotterdam and in Delft this weekend. If you're in the neighbourhood, you have to check them out.

2006/08/18 Cuccurullo Brillo Brullo - concert 'Op Staande Voet', Straatweg, Rotterdam, NL

2006/08/19 (22.00 h) Cuccurullo Brillo Brullo - concert "Delft Jazz Festival", 'De Joffer', Nieuwstr 14, Delft, NL

ANDRE CHOLMONDELEY 2006 08 13

Good grief, it looks like André is on a mission... Here's another two of his newsletters. Check it out.
It's not chronological, but that's my mistake...

BELEW POWER TRIO!!!! tomorrow in Philadelphia...don't miss it...also IKE WILLIS Live..in OREGON!!

hey everyone...

FIRST OFF - Since so many people keep asking -- a few things about ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA:

1-yes we know about it, we in fact PLUGGED it from stage all during the spring PO tour

2-I, and the band, still say - SUPPORT ALL ZAPPA RELATED ACTIVITIES.

3-yes there will be another one, this fall, with a similar lineup to the other tours so far

4-yes GAIL ZAPPA hates us with a passion - just as she hates most or all of the Zappa-repertoire bands planet-wide. She has spent a small fortune trying to sue us since, oh, 1995 or so..and NEVER has she gotten a fcuking DIME ooutt ame..though I have had to spend a grand or so on P/O's lawyer. ONE gig was cancelled as a result of her insane anti-zappa activities.

5-Gail dislikes, or seems to be disliked by - the VAST MAJORITY of Zappa-alumni. Just take a look at how many more she will get on this tour. Where are the MAJOR players..the MOTHERS.. Ike Willis...The Fowlers... the 1988 band guys......?????

There are a handful of fantastic people she still talks to - but she will just as quickly dismiss them..for playing with little old project/object, as she has done to certain fine alumni. Also-thanks - we KNOW she has 'copywritten' the name 'project/object' - it doesn't affect us and is a typical waste of her money. Even if it did, we'd carry on under a different name 'cos FRANK -on his deathbed-asked all fans to PLAY HIS MUSIC. OK - i am feeling sick - enough of this and hope that answers a couple dozen emails in one swell foop.

OK _ ADRIAN BELEW NEWS!!

well- many of you are seeing this BELEW incredible tour -- if not -- make plans and GO!. Adrian's rare solo tours are a thing of wonder, always have been. But his current lineup -- man oh man can you saw nukular energy??? Yep - I admit it - i'm TOTALLY biased, his rhythm section is made of of good friends - THE SLICKS from Philly. many of you were regaled with ERIC SLICK on the spring 2006 Project Object Tour. Well- he and sister Julie Slick (bass) are now driving the BELEW POWER TRIO. The show early this week in NYC was a-m-a-z-i-n-g to say the least.. (and YES, to answer a couple of you -- they ARE related to GRACE, she is their 2nd cousin by marriage. So- bring them Airplane boots to pass along to me. BTW -- speaking of Airplane-Project/Object continuity --- Airplane's vocalist for a decade or so is DIANA MANGANO -- cousin of ROBBIE "SEAHAG" MANGANO!!)

CHECK OUT ERIC SLICK's BLOG >>>http://adrianbelewpowertrio.blogspot.com/

CHECK OUT ROBIN SLICK's BLOG>>> http://inherownwrite.blogspot.com/

Adrian -with his new POWER TRIO, featuring ERIC SLICK (drums) and JULIE SLICK (bass) - The NYC show at BB King's on tuesday was just INCREDIBLE -- huge sound, power-pop-fusion-experimental-soundpainting-madness-exhilirating-guitarification!! Don't miss this tour -- It's short but sweet and only hits a few stops - GET TICKETS NOW!! SOME SHOWS ARE SELLING OUT, you do NOT want to miss this -- Setlist includes the BEST of Adrian's ENTIRE catalog, great new stuff from SIDES 1,2,3, and of course some 80s KING CRIMSON CLASSICS!!:

●Tomorrow NIGHT -- Get tickets NOW this may sellout! ●08/14 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live ●08/16 Chastain Park - Atlanta, GA ●08/17 Freebird Live - Jacksonville, FL ●08/18 State Theatre - St. Petersburg, FL ●08/19 Bamboo Room - Lake Worth, FL

SURF TO >>> http://www.adrianbelew.net

IKE WILLIS NEWS

IKE WILLIS now lives in LA, nuff said. He is doing some shows in OREGON with ex-PO drummer and apparent masochist GLENN LEONARD. Check these shows out !! See Ike tear it up again in the Northwest!!

Pojama People featuring Ike Willis performing the music of Frank Zappa

Aug 22 The Rainbow 722 NE 45th Street Seattle, WA 206-634-1761 TheRainbowLive.com

Aug 23 DANTE'S 1 SW 3rd Avenue & Burnside Portland, Oregon 97204503-226-6630 www.danteslive.com

Aug 24 WOW Hall 291 W 8th Ave Eugene, OR 541-687-2746 wowhall.org

To join the Pojama People mailing list, send a request to: gleonard9@earthlink.net

ANDRE' CHOLMONDELEY NEWS

OH - BTW --Below we have my typically self-aggrandizing photo of the day -- about a month ago I was lucky enough to jam a bit with a major hero -= Mr Adrian Belew hisself - onstage July 16 , Bad Doberan Germany - one of my FAVORITE little towns anywhere. So tranquil... air so incredible coming off the Baltic..mmmmm. Right here we were jamming the solo vamp from Zappa's "Packard Goose", earlier we did "Muffin Man" and i blew the easiest words in the universe since i never sing the damn song. Oh well - all Pilsner-inspired fun. having seen Adrian live since Feb 1982 (King Crimson, Rutgers University) when i was about 17... then many MANY solo tours, also - a fave Adrian show-with one of my top 5 artists DAVID BOWIE when Ade toured with DB's greatest hits band in 1990 (amazing tour!! when will the dame release that stuff!!) So - this was a very cool, wacky honor and i thank the mad genius PAUL GREEN for dragging me up there as utility guitarist/bassist and to generally make a fool of myself.

And -- LET ME PLUG MY OWN MUSIC ... - wow-- from the last email I actually had a couple people order my CD - thanks!! So-- if you are into the weirder side of things -- check it out , give alisten and you can buy one track, 6 tracks or the whole damn CD, digitally or 'actual'.

To check out :Andre' Cholmondeley "ENIGMA WITH ATTITUDE" and get Soundbytes/Download MP3s/Buy it as a CD!!

CLICK HERE>>> http://store.itsaboutmusic.com/andre.html

It's mostly solo weirdness, done on a VS 880, a laptop , one track of my band HIDDEN AGENDA live in NYC and one track recorded live by engineer Frank Bellina in Philly as part of a Don Preston concert in sep2005 when i had a featured moment. Check it out!

And SCROLL DOWN for even more news --- the DON PRESTON akashic tour is coming soon. I wish you could xeck it out..... 

ANDRE CHOLMONDELEY 2006 08 10

BELEW...PRESTON...KENEALLY news.......Zappa Alumni on the Loose !......and ZAPPA 'freak out' reissue + CANDY ZAPPA CORRECTION

Hey y'all. Hope you are well. Oh boy - as I start to write this.....Here we go again -- Red Alert..whew...the cable news is filled with the madness. Humans. What a mess. What a bunch of crazy monkeys we turned out to be. Watch that movie Space Odyssey: 2001 again. 

Meanwhile - in the only dimension that seems to consistently make sense to me -the SONIC DIMENSION, we have some news. All of it Zappa related in one way or another. Thanks for signing up on our email list. Please let me know if you're getting duplicates. ALSO -- anyone with PRESS CONTACTS - please drop me a line! 

CANDY ZAPPA NEWS

Oops -- I mis-interpreted the info on the ZAPPA SINGS ZAPPA page -- and told y'all that CANDY ZAPPA will be at those upcoming shows. She IS part of the overall project - BUT WILL NOT BE ON THE AUGUST 2006 shows. 

In fact - on vocals will be Napoleon Murphy Brock and John Tobacco - one show each. Nigey Lennon clarifies all in this letter: 

their site http://www.myspace.com/zappasingszappa 

"Hi Andre --

"Sorry for the confusion. The site was actually designed by a fan in Belgium, and it is in need of some reorganizing which I haven't had time for so far. 

Candy is definitely part of the Zappa Sings Zappa project. We hope to tour this fall. In the meanwhile, I thought it would be good to list Ed's gigs, since John appears with him, and Ed's band and L/T/Z share musicians: it's the same basic band, playing the same basic material as arranged by Ed. Future gig listings will be clear as to whether Candy is appearing.....AGAIN --- Candy won't be singing at either of these two shows. John Tabacco will be handling the vox at Hecksher Park, and Napoleon at Detroit. 

Thanks for your help! 

--Nigey" 

ADRIAN BELEW NEWS

Adrian is on tour right now with his amazing new POWER TRIO, featuring my good buddies ERIC SLICK (drums) and JULIE SLICK (bass) - as you probably know--Eric is the DRUMMER FOR PROJECT/OBJECT! The NYC show at BB King's on tuesday was just INCREDIBLE -- huge sound, power-pop-fusion-experimental-soundpainting-madness-exhilirating-guitarification!! Don't miss this tour -- It's short but sweet and only hits a few stops - GET TICKETS NOW!! SOME SHOWS ARE SELLING OUT, you do NOT want to miss this -- Setlist includes the BEST of Adrian's ENTIRE catalog, great new stuff from SIDES 1,2,3, and of course some 80s KING CRIMSON CLASSICS!!: (PS - Look out for the CURREN tour 

●Tonight -08/10 Turning Point - Piermont, NY (SOLD OUT!!!) ●08/11 Buffalo Icon - Buffalo, NY ●08/12 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe ●08/14 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live ●08/16 Chastain Park - Atlanta, GA ●08/17 Freebird Live - Jacksonville, FL ●08/18 State Theatre - St. Petersburg, FL ●08/19 Bamboo Room - Lake Worth, FL

DON PRESTON NEWS

Don will be lecturing on the History Of Synths/Avant Garde Electronic Music and unique Scores. This time around we'll stop at Yale, U MASS, and Cornell Universities. Don will demonstrate and perform on his highly *modified* vintage Minimoog, once owned by his buddy -Tangerine Dream's Michael Hoenig. There will also be performances after each lecture, some at the lecture halls, some at local venues. Email me for details or see the links. We'll be playing several new pieces by Don, and he will be performing some solo jazz-piano. MOOG technology will figure heavily, the group will also have a MOOG RME Voyager as well as some MOOGERFOOGER pedals onstage!! 

More info from those wackos at http://www.moogmusic.com. Here are our dates - come out and say HAPPY BIRTHDAY DON - he'll turn 74 on Sep 21!! 

DON PRESTON AKASHIC ENSEMBLE TOUR SEPT 2006

• DON PRESTON - synths, apple computer, vocals
• ANDRE' CHOLMONDELEY - guitar/synths, vocals
• CHERI JIOSNE - percussion/synth, vocals

TUE 5 BURLINGTON VT Nectar's http://www.liveatnectars.com

THU 7 MONTREAL QUEBEC Mile End Cultural Center -AKA "Main Hall"

SAT 9 TBA http://www.myspace.com/donpreston

SUN 10 TBA http://www.myspace.com/donpreston

MON 11 ITHACA NY Cornell Univ. -midday/lecture/performance http://www.cornell.edu

TUE 12 TRUMANSBURG NY Rongovian Embassy http://www.rongo.com

WED 13 NEW HAVEN CT Yale Univ. midday/lecture/performance http://www.yale.edu

WED 13 HAMDEN CT The Space - http://www.thespace.tk

THU 14 LOWELL, MA University of Mass., Lowell -midday/lecture/performance

FRI 15 CAMBRIDGE MA Lily Pad (was "zeitgeist") http://www/lily-pad.net

SAT 16 PROVIDENCE RI AS220 -evening/lecture/performance http://www.as220.org

SUN 17 NEW YORK CITY NY The Monkey http://themonkeynyc.com/

MIKE KENEALLY NEWS

Didja order the new MK band CD/DVDD "Guitar Therapy" - well - you should -- it rules!!

DON'T MISS the Mike Keneally Re-Master/Re-Issues of the classics "BOIL THAT DUST SPECK" and "HAT"

get thee to http://www.keneally.com