Short bits:

* * * The University of Calgary Wind Ensemble recorded Zappa's 'Dog Breath Variations on their "Gardens of Dreams" CD * *  *

* * * Daniele Sepe recorded Zappa's 'Peaches' on his "Suonarne 1 Per Educarne 100" album * * *

* * * new album by Corrie van Binsbergen: Het Wisselend Toonquintet: Dierenverhalen * * *

* * *  New Jean-Luc Ponty album is due out. It's called "The Acatama Experience" and will be out on Koch records. * * * 

* * * New Steve Vai double album has been announced * * * 

* * * Swiss band Fido has released two albums with Zappa compositions * * *

* * * Joe Deninzon / Stratospheerius has a new album out: "HeadSpace". * * *

DAVID GREENBERG

• david greenberg: spring any day now
      (2003, cd, can, marquis music)
  
  • David Greenberg's "Spring Any Day Now" album is subtitled "Music of 18th century Scotland and elsewhere". You can imagine my suprise that it also included a nice version of Zappa's 'Echidna's Arf'.

ZAPPATRONIX PICTURES

I can imagine that Zappatronix logical habitat is a theater stage or a smaller club. Nevertheless, they would have made quite an impression at Zappanale.

The pictures below are stills from the mpeg4-movie.

THE CZECH FZ FAN CLUB ART PROJECT

Check out the complete info here.

The end date of the project has been rescheduled to the end of June !!

DZ & ZPZ

Dweezil Zappa says:

Hello Everyone,

I've noticed that there seems to be a bit of confusion surrounding the lineup of this year's tour. I would love to clarify things for all of you.

First of all it is important to keep in mind that Frank's music is the only reason this tour exists. We all love it and want to see and hear more of it. It is the true focus and Star of the Show. It's a nice bonus for the fans to have the chance to see musicians who've had previous experience in Frank's band playing his music once again. By no means should their presence on stage be over-emphasized. The mission of everyone on the stage is to present the Music!

As you all know Frank has a vast catalog of multifarious compositions. Over the years he led numerous incarnations of band lineups. Some people stayed for a while, some people left and came back etc. This is not a new concept when it comes to executing Frank's music. In our continuing efforts to provide you with a thrilling concert experience we have embraced some changes in material and in personnel. The ZPZ core band has not changed but we do have a new addition as well as a few probable surprises.

I am extremely excited to be able to present some new songs to you in our setlist this year, aided by the talents of our special guest vocalist, Ray White. I have personally always been a huge fan of the sound of his voice. Hearing him sing "Illinois Enema Bandit" and "Doreen" at rehearsals has been a lot of fun. But hearing him on other songs I've never heard him sing has been even more fun. I'm sure you all will agree when you get your chance to hear him for yourself.

Our special video footage with performances from Frank is also going to be quite provocative.

Later in the year we may even have an international reunion with Steve Vai and Terry Bozzio but that has yet to be confirmed. I'll keep you posted on the status of that as well as any other additions to our lineup.

I have also noticed a few of our European friends requesting ZPZ to come to your hometowns. I would personally love to do more of an extended European tour and visit places like Finland and return to places like Manchester. I have already made my own inquiries into the possibilities of increasing the number of European dates. If it can be done it will done.

I would also like to remind those of you who might be feeling left out for missing last year's tour that the DVD of that tour will be available at the upcoming shows. You can see all 3 + hours of your favorite songs with last years special guests right in your own living room. take a look at the DVD trailer link below. I'm very happy that we were able to capture some of those performances in such fine style for all of you.

Thank you for your continued support. I look forward to seeing all of you out there this year.

Dweezil

www.zappa.com

ZpZ FEATURING RAY WHITE

I'm really looking forward to Ray White's performance with the Zappa Plays Zappa band.

Ray has been performing with a lot of the Bay Area jam bands after his playing with Zappa. I'm curious to find out if he'll be able to persuede the ZpZ band in some serious jammin'...

Zero

• 1998/03/27 Zero – concert ‘Maritime Hall’,  San Francisco, CA, usa

  • Alan Hertz: drums, Ray White: guitar, Lonnie Showtime: bongos, Greg Anton: percussion

  • Set 1: I Like My Women On The Trashy Side, Pits Of Thunder, Favela, Listen Here, Cripple Creek, Chance in a Million

  • Set 2: It's Up to You* > It's Impossible* > It's Up to You*, Down in Brazil > Highway 61 Revisited, End of the World Blues, Kissing the Boo Boo, Home On the Range

  • Encores: Sun Sun Sun > Gregg's Eggs intro > Sun Sun Sun > Riders On The Storm > Catalina > Sun Sun Sun

Motherbug 

• 2004/03/21 Motherbug Trio – concert ‘Avalon Ballroom’, San Francisco, CA, usa

  • Will Bernard: guitar, Keith McArthur: bass, Jan Jackson: drums

  • guest: Ray White: vocal (*)

  • Mung Beans & Rice, Rounders, Motherbug Theme, Afro Sheen, Leo's Cat(*), Ripple Soul

THE WEASEL MUSIC

Read all about it (and listen to it) over at the Zappateers site !!

TFEC says:

THE WEASEL MUSIC side 1 - 1969 acetate 19.18 (TFEC)

lineage: original acetate > Alesis Masterlink (level boosting, tracking) > CDR > flac > the best fucking website in the world (Zappateers)

1. Albert Hall Spoken Introduction

2. Chamber Music Piece 1

3. Mozart Ballet

4. Some Zany MOI Bullshit

5. Chamber Music Piece 2

Here it is: 1/24th of "The History and Collected Improvisations of the MOI."

THE STORY OF THE ACQUISITION: A firsthand account from my source ...

So I get a call from the widow of the great artist, Neon Park. She says, "I've been going through Marty's stuff (Neon's real name was Marty) and I have a lot of records of his. I was talking to (mutual friend) Betzy and she said you like records. Do you want them?" and, being the vinyl hound I am, I said, "You bet! I'll take 'em all sight unseen." She said, "Okay, I'll go pull the can back in from the street." She had had them all in a trash can waiting for the Sanitation Engineers to pick them up.

Now I know Neon worked for many years doing album art for Warner Brothers (best known for Zappa's WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH and his string of covers for LITTLE FEAT) and was on their mailing list for new releases. Upon going through the LPs from the trash bin I found the usual assortment of product, some good, some not to my liking.

But then...

In an envelope addressed to Mr. Frank Zappa at his Laurel Canyon address, I found three studio acetate test recordings: a early ELO LP, a copy of Jean-Luc Ponty's Zappa tribute LP, KING KONG, and a curious disc labeled "The Weasel Music". Suspecting that this might indeed BE SOMETHING, I cautiously played it once. It seemed to be a live recording of the Mothers goofing around on stage doing what I guessed to be a mock-ballet. While light pseudo-classical piano arpeggios play (Ian Underwood?) you can hear the shuffling of feet and various antics while the crowd respond with laughter and amusement. I would imagine that it was mostly a visual presentation as opposed to an essential Zappa musical composition.

I kept this relic in good condition, still in its original envelope and cardboards. I lent it to my new friend and Zappaphile, Krel, when I moved to Little Rock. He has played it only twice, recording it both times.

So there you go.

ZpZ - RAY WHITE

SPECIAL GUEST:

Ray White

Guitar and Vocals

Ray White is a rock and blues guitarist most well-known as a member of Frank Zappa's touring ensembles. He was drafted into Zappa's band in the fall of 1976, being featured on rhythm guitar and vocals. He participated on such albums as Zappa in New York (featuring a powerful lead vocal on "The Illinois Enema Bandit"), Tinsel Town Rebellion, and You Are What You Is amongst others in Zappa's voluminous catalogue.

WARREN CUCCURULLO

• warren cuccurullo: machine language (1)
      (1997, cd, usa, imago recording company)
  
  • I added the details for Warren's first solo album to his discography today.
    Don't expect anything like "RoadRage", or like "Thanks To Frank". This is synth-soundscape stuff.

ZPZ - Europe 2007

Yes!  And we are delighted to inform you of the following Zappa Plays

Zappa dates in Europa:

• Sep 25, 2007: London, UK - Shepherds Bush Empire

• Sep 26, 2007: Tilburg, Netherlands - 013

• Sep 27, 2007: Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg

• Sep 29, 2007: Fribourg, Germany - Le Fri-Son

• Sep 30, 2007: Munich, Germany - Circus Krone

• Oct 01, 2007: Frankfurt, Germany - Jahrhunderthalle

• Oct 03, 2007: Stuttgart, Germany - KKL Beethovensaal

• Oct 04, 2007: Erfurt, Germany - Messehalle

• Oct 05, 2007: Paris, France - Grand Rex

• Oct 06, 2007: Antwerp, Belgium - Elisabeth Hall

• Oct 08, 2007: Arhus, Denmark - The Music House

• Oct 09, 2007: Stavanger, Norway - Venue To Be Announced

• Oct 10, 2007: Bergen, Norway - Peer Gynt

• Oct 12, 2007: Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene

• Oct 13, 2007: Lund, Sweden - Olympen

• Oct 14, 2007: Stockholm, Sweden - Cirkus

xxx, the Barfies

• 2007/09/25 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Shepherds Bush Empire', London, UK

• 2007/09/26 Zappa plays Zappa - concert '013', Tilburg, Netherlands

• 2007/09/27 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Melkweg', Amsterdam, Netherlands

• 2007/09/29 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Le Fri-Son', Fribourg, Germany

• 2007/09/30 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Circus Krone', Munich, Germany

• 2007/10/01 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Jahrhunderthalle', Frankfurt, Germany

• 2007/10/03 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'KKL Beethovensaal', Stuttgart, Germany

• 2007/10/04 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Messehalle', Erfurt, Germany

• 2007/10/05 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Grand Rex', Paris, France

• 2007/10/06 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Elisabeth Hall', Antwerp, Belgium

• 2007/10/08 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'The Music House', Arhus, Denmark

• 2007/10/09 Zappa plays Zappa - concert -Venue To Be Announced-, Stavanger, Norway

• 2007/10/10 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Peer Gynt', Bergen, Norway

• 2007/10/12 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Sentrum Scene', Oslo, Norway

• 2007/10/13 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Olympen', Lund, Sweden

• 2007/10/14 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Cirkus', Stockholm, Sweden

THE WRONG OBJECT - ANNIE WHITEHEAD - HARRY BECKETT

• the wrong object featuring annie whitehead and harry becket: platform one
      (2007, cd, uk, jazzprint jpvp138cd)
  
  • "It's jazz, Jim, but not as we know it".
    
    Shazam... Here it is. The long awaited album of The Wrong Object featuring Annie Whitehead on trombone and Harry Beckett on trumpet. Sure, I'm prejudiced as I was at the two Mechelen concerts where a big part of this album got recorded, but still...
    "Platform One" is another new album by The Wrong Object and it's great. The compositions by Michel Delville, Frank Zappa, Annie Whitehead and Harry Beckett, make a perfect mixture. The band is in great shape, and guests Annie Whitehead and Harry Becket add an extra flavour that fits in very well. It's like they've been playing together for years.
    My favourite tracks: Annie Whitehead's 'Platform 1' and Frank Zappa's 'Filthy Habits'.
    God, this is good...
    
  • Essential listening !!

ZAPPA - DETRITOS COSMICOS

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG

A new Zappa bootleg has been announced: Mothers Including Beef. It includes the 1975/05/11 concert, with the Captain.

f.zappa, captain beefheart, d.walley, t.fowler, t.bozzio, n.m.brock, b.fowler, g.duke

ADDING PICTURES - continued

-- picture sent in by Hans-Peter Schmidt

UNIVERS ZERO IN PARIS

Univers Zero will be performing in Paris, France on May 30, 2007.

RICHARD PINHAS ON TOUR

Having released a new double CD on Cuneiform and completing a Japanese tour, Richard Pinhas, "Father of French Electronic Music", sets his sights on performing in North America.

• Saturday, June 23 - Cafe Metropol, Los Angeles, CA
• Sunday, June 24 - Santa Monica, CA
• Monday, June 25- open
• Tuesday, June 26 - open
• Wednesday, June 27 - G3 Club, San Francisco, CA (TBC)
• Thursday, June 28 - open
• Friday, June 29 - 21 Grand, Oakland/SF, CA
• Saturday, June 30 - open
• Sunday, July 1 - Rotture, Portland, Oregon
• Monday, Jul 2 or 3 - Seattle [venue TBA]
• Tuesday, July 3 - Horrist, Seattle
• Wednesday, July 4 - Travel to Montreal
• Thursday, July 5 - Montreal Jazz Festival
• Fri-Sun, July 6-11 - open dates for U.S.
• Thursday, July 12 - Velvet Lounge, Washington DC
• Friday, July 13 - Baltimore, MD
• TBC (July 7th-11th) : Detroit, Nyack, New Haven, Philadelphia

PEACHES EN REGALIA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elLAECHnSSc

FZ & PF

I'm looking for the source of this picture. It's probably from a magazine like Actuel, but I'm not sure as I don't have it.

Who can help me out ??

The name of the magazine & date of publication would be a great help.

ADDING PICTURES

Here's the cover of "The Eyes Of Osaka" vinyl 3lp set.

ELTON DEAN & THE WRONG OBJECT

• elton dean & the wrong object: the unbelievable truth
      (2007, cd, usa, moonjune)
  
  • October 2005, the Elton Dean and The Wrong Object had scheduled four concerts. Two of these didn't happen because of Elton's health problems. The remaining two took place in Liège, Belgium, and in Paris, France.
    Moonjune Records recently released the Paris concert recordings of Elton Dean & The Wrong Object as "The Unbelievable Truth". Moonjune should be known to everyone as the label that puts out albums by artists like Hugh Hopper, The Soft Machine and Tripod, just to name a few. "The Unbelievable Truth" fits in nicely.
    The album itself is astonishing. I've heard The Wrong Object on various occasions with different line-ups, and the Elton Dean / The Wrong Object project is an essential chapter in my book.
    Just listen to the first notes of 'Seven For Lee' and you'll know what I mean.
    
  • Essential listening !!
    

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• Todd Rundgren / Sanctuary Records

• Michael Bruce (ex-Alice Cooper Group)

• Starcastle / ProgRock Records

• Bouchard, Dunaway and Smith (ex-BOC/Alice Cooper)

• Napoleon Murphy Brock (ex-Zappa)

• Joey Molland (Badfinger)

• Don Preston (ex-Zappa)

• The Lizards (Rainbow/BOC/Black Sabbath/Riot members)

• Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow/BOC)

• Vanilla Fudge

• Pat Travers & Carmine Appice

• Peter Banks (Yes/Flash)

• Rockette Morton (ex-Capt. Beefheart)

• Mitch Mitchell (Hendrix)

• GMT (feat. Bernie Torme of Ozzy Osbourne/Ian Gillan)

• Jock Bartley (Firefall)

• Bruce Cameron Project (feat. Jack Bruce, Buddy Miles, Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Ken Hensley)

• Harvey Dalton Arnold (Outlaws)

• The NAZZ (Stewkey)

• Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep/Blackfoot)

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ZAPPATRONIX

Marco Cortesi and Hilaria Kramer are the driving forces behind Zappatronix.

Zappatronix got invited to the 17th edition of the Zappanale festival. Unfortunately, they had to cancel.

I added a bit of biographical data to the Zappatronix entry.

NO PIGEONHOLES

No Pigeonholes
6 May 2007/ radio marabu edition
hosted by Don Campau

www.doncampau.com

special guest: John Trubee

playlist

• Rudy Schwartz Project:

  • Creation Science Polka

• Little Fyodor:

  • Happy People

• Fustercluck:

  • WomanBabyChildLadyGirlMamaWoman

• John Trubee and The Ugly Janitors Of America:

  • Vicious Pygmy

  • Deaf Woman's Vagina

  • Hag Marsala

  • Polychromates On The Magnesium Bonding Material

  • Blind Man's Penis

  • Christina's Lullaby

  • High Tide

  • Composting With Styrofoam

Don Campau adds:

Thanks to John Trubee for the in-studio interview.

for broadcast on Radio Marabu/ Europe's leading alternative station  www.radiomarabu.de

listen to the No Pigeonholes podcast:  http://doncampau.podomatic.com/

A NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG

• frank zappa: texas '73 - perhaps the most outrageous bunch so far
      (2007, cd-bootleg, usa, zap-023)
  
  • The latest Zapperman / Zipperdeke release has reached the old continent. It presents the well-kown 1973 Arlington concert.
    It has some nice bonus material: the 'unconcert', a couple of studio outtakes and some 7" edits.

CUCAMONGA

The 2007/05/14 Cucamonga radio show (on belgian radio 1) featured Stuurbaard Bakkebaard with a broadcast of a part of the 2006/12/07 concert at the "Transmusicales de Rennes" festival, Cpt. Cheese-Beard & the 7 Sisters of Prevention with Zappa's 'I'm The Slime' and some parts of the new Zappa DVD.

ANOTHER NEW ODIN ALBUM

• odin: live at the maxim
      (2007, cd, ger, long hair lhc57)
  
  • While Odin's previous release took an look at a 1973 session, "Live At The Maxim" even goes a bit further back in time. "Live At The Mamim" got recorded in Schweinfurt, Germany in September 1971.
    Zappa's Mothers were an obvious influence of Odin. Odin even performed a number of Zappa compositions in concert. On "Live At The Maxim" one can find excellent versions of 'Oh No', 'My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama', 'Little House', and 'Peaches en Regalia'.

MARKUS STAUSS

A couple of months ago, I mentioned a new album by Markus Stauss:

• markus stauss: trank zappa grappa in varese? - cryptic echoes - live in belgium
      (2006, cdr-promo, switzerland, fazzul music)

The "Trank Zappa Grappa in Varese?" will be performed live again.

• 2007/11/17 Markus Stauss - concert 'De Plusetage', Baarle Nassau, NL

-- info: tom baeten

KURT MCGETTRICK

steve marsh
2007 05 13

I have sad news about a Zappa alumni: Kurt McGettrick (bari sax - '88 tour) died last Sunday night (5/7/07).  Cancer...

Kurt was a friend and a musical colleague of mine.  He was an enormously talented and accomplished musician and he will be greatly missed here in LA.

Here's a link to a sax web forum where people are paying tribute to Kurt McGettrick, the musician.

http://www.saxontheweb.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=59044

sincerely,

THE RESIDENTS

New at Ralph:

There is now a presale on the new NIGHT OF THE HUNTERS 2CD set that is on

it's way here in the first week of June! Read all about it at

VOICE OF CHEEZ

-----Original Message-----

Voice of Cheez
2007 05 13

Subject: Zappa This Friday

Voice of Cheez Frank Zappa Tribute

Friday, May 18
Nietzsche's, 248 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY
10 pm show time
$6 cover

No commercial potential? Fortunately for Zappa fans in Western New York there are still musicians out there who aren't "only in it for the money."

Buffalo's long-standing Frank Zappa tribute band, Voice of Cheez, can be seen this Friday, May 18 at Nietzsche's, 10 pm. Always an entertaining and lovingly crafted show, the virtual "super group" features Tom Fenton (guitar & vocals), Tina Peel (vocals & madness), Kilissa Cissoko (sax, flute & vocals), Cathy Carfagna (keyboards & vocals), Doug Lambert (bass) and George Olmsted (drums).

Voice of Cheez took their name from a track on Zappa's 1967 debut album, Freak Out. The original "Voice of Cheese" is a dull-witted monologue by Suzie Creamcheese-a parody of the all-American cheerleader-type. Voice of Cheez, the band, performs songs from all eras of Zappa's tenure as the witty satirist of rock.

www.voiceofcheez.com

-----------------------------------------------------------

On May 14, 2007, at 12:33 PM, Tom Fenton wrote:

"The Voice of Cheese" is track #2 on 1969's Uncle Meat.

-- Tom

-----------------------------------------------------------

hi tom (and I'm also gonna pass along to others I may have...offended...:-)

yep, i realized that...like...after I sent it out... oops.....too much multi-tasking over here.

Well..no doubt I shall hear about it...from the Zappa universe....so...let the corrections begin... 

yaknow....it's only radio promo....

k

SUL DIVANO

2007 05 14
PROTESTA ART. vol.3 (otra invitacion desde Alemania)

No será mucho??...

2007. SUL DIVANO obtuvo por tercer año consecutivo la invitación a efectos de representar lo mas vanguardista del rock argentino en un prestigioso festival de rock que desde hace casi 20 años se celebra en Rostock -Alemania-  y que congrega anualmente a bandas y público de diversas nacionalidades (en el último asistieron 17000 personas aprox). 

En la primer invitación -2005-, dada nuestra falta de recursos para asistir, solicitamos ayuda mediante presentación en español, inglés y alemán a: Cancillería, Ministerio de Cultura, Ministerio de Turismo, Aerolíneas Argentinas y hasta nos reunimos con el Sr. Gregorio Cernadas, agregado cultural y léase: máximo responsable de cultura de la Embajada de Argentina en pleno corazón de Berlín, solicitando ayuda para los pasajes "únicamente"... Si bien el agregado cultural nos embriagó de ideas originales y alentadoras acerca de cómo se puede subsidiar una gira, en ningún momento nos dijo: "Voy a ver qué puedo hacer por ustedes..!"

Finalmente, tuvimos que rechazar dicha invitación dado que las empresas nacionales solo esponsorean grupos nacionales que escucha la masa... (no lo dicen pero te cortan el rostro y después te enteras -por la tele- a quien esponsorean)... Las empresas alemanas solo esponsorean grupos alemanes, el gobierno argentino no sabe / no contesta, Aerolineas Argentinas viaja con los aviones atestados de turistas europeos desde que desapareció el 1 a 1 y por eso no tienen cupo¿? y la Embajada Alemana -obviamente- apoya a artistas alemanes.

Pero aquí no termina este tangazo (lo decimos por lo deprimente pero de calidad..!), para nuestra sorpresa durante el 2006 nos llegó una segunda invitación y repetimos el circuito con idénticos resultados...

Por último,  hace unos meses, recibimos una tercer invitación, y si bien nos sentimos pesimistas y rehaceos a presentarnos ante los organismos gubernamentales, que en teoría deberían ayudarnos, queremos compartir con ustedes la carta que CANCILLERIA nos enviara luego de nuestro segundo pedido de ayuda.

Al respecto, nos suceden tres cosas:

* En primer lugar agradecemos la carta. 

* En segundo lugar, criticamos la manera de promover el arte de nuestra CANCILLERIA porque creemos que el gobierno debería solidarizarse desde lo económico con artistas que no cuentan con un perfil comercial, ya que al contrario de lo que sucede con artistas que hacen del arte su "pyme", SUL DIVANO cuenta con el rechazo de productoras, sellos y fundamentalmente de empresas que -sabemos- cuando la ponen, es porque piensan en "triplicarla" y no en engrandecer el arte con el gesto..!! 

* Y por último, creemos que nuestro estilo musical es tan ARGENTINO como lo son la Chacarera, el chamamé o el tango (y sino -como dijimos- lean  esta protesta)... y repudiamos el hecho de que cada vez que se "promueven"  desde lo económico, iniciativas de artistas no comerciales, se haga en nombre de los supuestos "ritmos autóctonos argentinos". Nosotros somos tan autóctonos como el tango y el mate porque nacimos, aprendimos y la parimos en LA ARGENTINA.  

Gracias una vez mas por tomarse el tiempo de leer nuestra protesta Vol. 3 y si saben de alguien que esté este dispuesto a hacernos el "favorcito": Sepan que este ensamble de 9 músicos está a punto de tranzar con lo intransable... Después de todo a "DE la V" no le fue tan mal, o si?.  

Gracias nuevamente.

SD

RUSSIAN FLEXI

• frank zappa: beauty knows no pain
      (????, 6"-flexi, russia, ??)

clear vinyl, folded b/w cover, one-side monaural recording

CAPTAIN CHEESE-BEARD & THE 7 SISTERS OF PREVENTION

• cpt. cheese-beard & the 7 sisters of prevention: s/t
      (2007, dvdr-demo, belgium, private release)
  
  • Cpt. Cheese-Beard & The 7 Sisters Of Prevention is a belgian band, that performs the music of Frank Zappa.
    Earlier this year, the band video-taped a rehearsal and put the recording on a DVDR to use as a promotional little dittie. I was quite impressed. Not in the least because it's a nine piece band, which adds some nice colours and textures to the sound.
    In the meantime, 2 saxophone players have joined the band, making the total a stunning 11 musicians:
    
    • Didier Demeestere: drums
    • Pascal Hauben: bass
    • Sara Corsius: keyboard
    • Johan De Coninck Corsius: guitar & voice
    • Rojah Lao: vocals
    • Vanessa Spy 007: very dynamic backing vocals
    • Katja Maes: melodic percussion
    • Antje De Groef: flute
    • Thomas Van Gelder: alto & soprano sax
    • Kristof Kerremans: sax
    • Ludovic Jean-Mart: sax
      
  • I, for one, am very thrilled to find out what they will sound like next Friday, as they will be performing in Brussels.
    You'll need a damn good excuse if you won't see you there...

• 2007/05/18 Cpt.Cheese-Beard & the 7 Sisters of Prevention - concert 'Atelier 210', Etterbeek, Belgium

ARROGANT MOP

CROSSFIRE PUBLICATIONS

The Crossfire Publications website says:

NEW: Two CDs by former Mothers members, Don Preston's "Vile Foamy Ectoplasm" and Bunk Gardner's "It's All Bunk!", are now available. A collection of Don Preston's more classical pieces, "Works", is available for advance orders. Please see the individual CD pages and the order form for more information.

Also coming in the summer is a series of CDs recorded at Paul Buff's Pal Studios, covering 1957 to 1964. Some of the many unreleased and extremely rare tracks will feature Frank Zappa, who learned how to run a recording studio from Paul Buff. This is the first authorized release of this highly prized material, drawn from Buff's master mixdown tapes and reference discs. More details soon.

Jimmy Carl Black's "When Do We Get Paid?" is also available now.

http://www.crossfirepublications.com/

Greg Russo adds:

CDBaby has Don's CD, and they should be getting Bunk's CD by the end of next week.  Another of Don's CDs, "Works," is probably going to be the next one.  Very few people have the one he sold at shows a few years ago.  I'm going to be banging them out one after the other!  This is not to mention Paul Buff's book and JCB's book as well as a completely unrelated book that I'm finishing up on The Mamas & The Papas.

Paul Buff and I are working out the details of our series.  There will be at least 6 CDs of Pal Studios recordings (some with FZ), and maybe just as many CDs of his Original Sound recordings.  Very exciting.

MORE PALINCKX

March 14, the ASKO Ensemble, with Palinckx and Hans Dagelet performed "Bovenkamermuziek", a piece by Jacq Palinckx:

• 2007/03/14 ASKO Ensemble & Palinckx, Hans Dagelet - concert 'Muziekgebouw aan het IJ', Amsterdam, NL

The concert got broadcast on dutch national radio 4. Unfortunately the broadcast did have a small drop-out, which is a pity because the music sounded great.

-- thanks to Gerard for the info & the recordings

PALINCKX

Earlier this year, dutch radiochannel Concertzender, did a special on Palinckx. Three times four hours of music, including lots of unreleased material.

Here's the playlist of the final episode (broadcast on march 19, 2007)

2007/03/19 radio show "Palinckx", concertzender, dutch radio

1. Pa.Link.XL(extra-large) live tijdens het Victoriaville Festival 2000 in Canada
   Mixtuur, B.U.T., Daily Smooth Simularity, Lapdance, Henry's Void, Dikketee, Monteverdi, Trottinette, The Model, Bach, Dancing in the Dump
   Jacq Palinckx, gitaar * Bert Palinckx, bas * Han Buhrs; zang * Chris Cutler drums * DNA draaitafels * Daan vandeWalle, piano
   

2. Live tijdens het Holland Festival Bimhuis 2004
   Don't be Late. (met daarin een speciale gastrol voor David Moss), Arms in Doubt/Suspicious, Evidently Chickentown, It aint Me, Jazz, Get On Top, Big Time Would Be, Nothing Shaking on Damsquare, Abracadabra, To My Other Half, Locomotive Breath
   Jacq Palinckx, gitaar * Bert Palinckx, bas * Han Buhrs; zang * DNA draaitafels * Alan purves, Drums * David Moss, zang en drums op Don't be late
   

3. Covers (Vonk 3)
   Worldwar 3 en 9
   Joost Buis, Jacq Palinckx, Bert Palinckx, Michael Vatcher, Herman van Haaren, Eduard van Regteren Altena, T.T.M, Fons Mommers
   

4. Liverecordings 2001-2005
   Worldwar 4
   Jacq Palinckx, Bert Palinckx,Han Buhrs, Alan Purves, DoNotAsk,Martin Scholz, Yvonne van de Pol, Jacqueline Hamelink
   

5. Fab 8 plays#9 (2006 013 tilburg)
   Worldwar 4, Good Morning, I'm Only Sleeping, Tomorrow When I'm Without You, Back In The USSR/Dear Prudence, I want You
   Jacq Palinckx, Bert Palinckx,Han Buhrs, Alan Purves, DoNotAsk, Martin Scholz, Yvonne van de Pol, Jacqueline Hamelink
   

6. Freelinckx (liverecordings 2001-2005). 1 oktober 2004 Paradox Tilburg
   Don't Be Late, Arms in Doubt, Velter Walked the Dog
   Jacq Palinckx, Bert Palinckx, Han Buhrs, Alan Purves, DoNotAsk, Martin Scholz, Guido Nijs, Louk Boudesteijn
   

7. TilNo BeAm. 27 april 2005 Bimhuis Amsterdam
   Everybody is Under Suspicion, Damsquare
   Jacq Palinckx, Bert Palinckx, Han Buhrs, Alan Purves, DoNotAsk, Boris Kovac, Svetlana Spajic-Latinovic, Bogdan Rankovic, Boban Bijelic, Vlada Cukovic

-- thanks to Gerard for the info & the recordings

JEFF SIMMONS

• soundtrack: naked angels
      (1969, lp, usa, straight records  sts 1056)

The picture on the right shows the cover of the VHS video release of this movie.

GERONIMO BLACK

Below, you can find some pictures from 35 years ago. Geronimo Black, Jimmy Carl Black's band, recorded their first album in 1972 !

• geronimo black: geronimo black  (1)
      (1972, lp, universal city recs)

• Jimmy Carl Black: vocals

• Andy Cahan: drums, piano

• Tjay Contrelli: tenor sax, baritone sax

• Bunk Gardner: tenor sax

• Tom Leavey: bass, background vocals

• Denny Walley: guitar, background vocals

THE LSO CONCERT PROGRAM BOOKLET

The picture on the right shows the cover of the program booklet.
(thanks to slime.oofytv.set for the picture)

The London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Kent Nagano, plus David Ocker (clarinet), Chad Wackerman and Ed Mann (percussion) performed works of Frank Zappa:

• 'Envelopes' (version for large orchestra, 1981) - world premiere
• 'Mo'n Herb's Vacation' (clarinet solo with large orchestra, 1979) - world premiere
• 'Bob In Dacron - Sad Jane' (ballet suite, 1979) - world premiere
• 'Pedro's Dowry' (version for large orchestra, 1975) - world premiere
• 'Bogus Pomp' (version for large orchestra, 1975) - world premiere
• 'Strictly Genteel', conducted by Frank Zappa

THE KENEALLIST 2007 05 10

2007 05 10 

THE KENEALLIST: May 9 2007: REISSUES OUT NOW!

 Hat. and Dust Speck reissues now exist for reals! Available in handy single-CD edition, as well as deluxe signed and numbered CD/DVD configurations for the adventurous.

No, that's not the sound of hell freezing over-- it's the sound of multitudes of delighted MK fans brushing off their antiquated CD and DVD playing devices, to enjoy the embarrassment of riches offered by these luscious reissues.

"These are some of the best reissues I've ever seen. THIS is how reissues should be done." --- blogcritics.org

People from here to there are drooling over the loving attention paid to detail with these releases-- the reconstruction of original art elements, the new liner notes which fill in gaps in the story, the wildly interesting and fun DVD material, the super-high quality remastering of the CDs, the extra music restored to hat. and on and on. Go to alt.music.mike-keneally on Usenet, or http://www.myspace.com/mikekeneally and check out the happy testimonials from happy testy moaners.

Then, get thee to www.moosemart.com for a rocking good time ordering these sweet items. Make great Mother's Day gifts, I'm told!

New sounds at RadioKeneally.com

Scott has just loaded the reunion tracks recorded by Doug Lunn, Toss Panos and myself for the reissue DVDs into the RadioKeneally playlist, along with the menu music I created for both DVDs (a cappella versions of the hat. songs for the hat. menus, guitar-only recordings for the "Dust Speck" songs). The reunion tracks are requestable from the handy RadioKeneally request form-a-rama.

Gigs there be

Please know this:

Mike Keneally Band  (Mike Keneally, Rick Musallam, Doug Lunn & Marco Minnemann)
With the Allan Holdsworth Band
(featuring Jimmy Johnson on bass and Chad Wackerman on drums)

Friday, June 29, 2007
Birch North Park Theatre
2891 University Avenue
San Diego, CA 92104-2929
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Showtime: 8:00 p.m.
Advance tickets: $20 & $25
Day-of-show tickets: $23 and $28
Info: 619-239-8836

Mike Keneally Band  (Mike Keneally, Rick Musallam, Doug Lunn & Joe Travers)

Friday, July 6, 2007
The Baked Potato
3787 Cahuenga Blvd. West
Studio City, CA 91604
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Shows: 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
Tickets $20
Info: 818-980-1615

There (or as the kids spell it, "therre") will also be a gig in San Pedro, CA on Thursday, July 5-- details on that soon. Beller had to drop out of these gigs for reasons to be revealed soon, and I'm delighted to have the spectacular Doug Lunn along for the ride on these. After all these years, this will be the first time Doug and Joe have played Keneally songs together! Special times.

Also, I'm now into week four of my musical directorship of the San Diego chapter of the Paul Green School of Rock, and we are working towards several live performances of "The Wall"-- the first will be on July 3 at the San Diego County Fair, and there will be a further two performances later in July at The Epicentre on Mira Mesa Blvd.

Enjoy wonderful things!

mk

WHAT'S NEW IN BERLIN

It's on my list of places I want to visit. I just never made it over there.

And now they're going to rename Street Number 13 into the "Frank Zappa Strasse". In July.

Luc, who recently visited Berlin, showed me where the street is located. The picture below shows the Marzahn and the Hellersdorf district. The Frank Zappa Strasse will be located where the circle-mark is. The picture on the right is the Zoom In.

PLANETAZAPPA BLOGSPOT

Somehow, I put up a bad link for Carlos Zerpa's Zappa blog. So here's the right one:

www.planetazappa.blogspot.com

BRUCE BICKFORD