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the big nOte files - july 2007 |
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the big nOte files - july 2007 |
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| updated August 07, 08, 11, 15, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27 & 29, 2007 | ||
| please send additions & corrections to bignOte@yucom.be |
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| short bits: * * * joe satriani's "surfing with the alien" has
been re-released as a cd + dvd set * * * *
* * a new dvd bootleg with the barcelona 88 zappa concert should be out *
* * Octafish has a new album ready "Party Alarm" * * * and
check out http://idiotbastard.bravehost.com/20xIBS.htm * * *
another bootleg 2CD album has been spotted:
"saint
mothers in saint paul", a concert recording from 'st.paul
auditorium', st. paul on 27th november 1974 ; it's a so-called zappa
fan trust release (no. 008/009) and it's limited to 600
numbered copies. *** the zappa
2008 calendar is out as well ***
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| 2007 08 29 | |
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MUFFIN MEN GERMAN TOUR DATES - update
The Muffin Men homepage, also has three mp3 radio shows for your enjoyment: Check out http://www.muffinmen.co.uk/
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| Roddie Muffin says:
yep, some new muffinz video has been posted on youtube |
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| 2007 08 27 | |
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2007/10/20 "Frank Zappa Kongres 2007"
organised by the czech frank zappa fanclub |
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| 2007 08 26 | |
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Thanks to Andrew G., here's an additional couple of Zappanale setlists:
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| Here's another gem. From almost 40 years ago, here's a picture of the labels of a Mexican split 7" featuring The Mothers and... Nancy Sinatra !!
-- info & scans: Hans-Peter Schmidt |
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RAINER TANKRED PAPPON |
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| I added a bit of extra info to Rainer Pappon's entry, including a couple of nice pictures. |
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PROXIMAMENTE Tony
Moliterni & Sul Divano Presentan
su Música e interpretan a Frank Zappa
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Brainpang says: ...
stumbled across the following on a Tom Waits site. Ain't
never heard about it before. It's a footnote, but check out the whole
thing for yourself. Best,
bp http://www.tomwaitslibrary.com/extras/cops.html Terran T. Steinhart: "1974-1981: Associate of music business lawyer, Martin Cohen, then partner in Cohen and Steinhart, Hollywood. Handled all of the entertainment litigation, trials and appeals, and did some music business transactional work. Handled litigation matters for various music producers, personal managers, private record labels, songwriters and artists, including artists of note: Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, Bobby Womack, Eric Burdon, George Duke, and John Mayall. The more memorable trials in this era include: representing Frank Zappa against Alice Cooper for breach of contract and unfair competition; representing Tom Waits against Los Angeles County for law enforcement abuse at Duke's Restaurant (nicknamed by Tom, Dukeing it Out at Duke's)." (Copied from: Steinhartlaw.com. Copyright Terran T. Steinhart 1999, All Rights Reserved) |
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Eazy Teeth was a project of Paul Young, Robert Williams and Tito Larriva. Don Van Vliet did the artwork of their "Car Noise / Her Blade" 7" from 1980. Below are the pictures of the front and back cover, as well of the labels. -- info & pictures: Hans-Peter Schmidt |
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Here's the complete list of dates for the Yuripean ZpZ
tour, including the Düsseldorf gig on October 2 !
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And here are the new dates:
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a message from RalphAmerica Hi
Rez Friends: ...remember that there is a new Residents release coming from Mute in October. Ralph will be doing a special promotional presale for Voice of Midnight, and it'll be one that you won't want to miss. The presale package will have something very special. But it's still shrouded in mystery. I can tell you what it will NOT be: The bonus item will NOT be a shirt, a poster, a wristband, a mousepad, pad thai, Edweena's Mushrooms, or a baby's arm holding an apple. But it certainly WILL be BONUS. So before you preorder with any other online retailer, remember the BONUS that you'll miss that will not be available from that particular online retailer. Just sayin... More exciting Ralph stuff coming...stay tuned... The
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| Till A. says:
Dear
all, this
is my latest video new on U Tube. This video contains material which a
truly free society would neither fear nor suppress. Do not take any
biological or chemical drugs before watching this video. It may confuse
your database. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NxwNw7YB9LI - |
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| If you're familiar with DimeADozen, you
should check some of the recent PJ Harvey
shows that have been added. There's some excellent 1995 shows from the
North American tour, as well as from the following Yuripean tour. Both line-ups include ex-Magic Band member Eric Drew Feldman on bass. Check them out. |
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| This second volume of The Residents' "Best Left Unspoken" series, included another batch of 'hard-to-find' and unreleased items. Food for hardcore Rezfanatics? Well, ... probably, yes. But it's still an excellent addition to your Residents collection, and as these are only released in limited quantity, you might not want to wait too long... | |
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| 2007 08 25 | |
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after the last date of the most recent leg of Zappa Plays Zappa, we are
pleased to pronounce that not only is the CD, The Dub Room
Special now shipping to a mailbox near you and live at Barfko-Swill
(12:00 PST), but here are some new dates for the Tour
de Frank in Europe and another large continent. Maybe even two. And speaking of two, as in altogether and including, you should expect to hear with your two ears more fabulousness from The Vault ere the dawning of a new year in which to vote in these here parts. xxx, the barfies |
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| I don't think that I mention The Residents
often enough in this webthing... What these guys (and girls) do, keeps amazing me. The last year or so, The Residents have collected various more or less rare recordings, and released them in their "Best Left Unspoken" series. Three volumes have been released so far, each in a limited edition of 1000 copies. One can argue wether or not these albums add enough 'new' material to
the Residents fan, as most Residents fans buy almost everything the band
releases, and the "Unspoken" series only includes a handful of
previously unreleased material...
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| Zappa's latest
"Buffalo" album has been released as a triple vinyl bootleg album
set. It's out in two editions: on black vinyl, and, as a limited release
of 200 copies, on blue vinyl.
The source for this bootleg release was the official CD. |
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| cover of the regular, black vinyl release | cover of the blue vinyl release |
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newsflash from crossfire publications:
for one of the next releases on crossfire publications, Greg Russo is looking for a clean, lossless, raw version (no noise-reduction!) of the Lo Boys single called "Play Your Music"/ "Funny Money." It was released on the Goldust label. If you have it, drop me a line, or mail Greg through his crossfire publications website.
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| The Low Budget Research Kitchen has
updated their MySpace website.
The band has added pictures from their concert at the "Festival Paredes de Coura", Aug 13, 2007.
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| Debutante Daisy's upload of her Zappanale
pictures crashed the Zappateers Scrapbook for a little while...
Check them out: http://www.zappateers.com/scrapbook/thumbnails.php?album=103
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| BigElectricChat the adrian belew e-newsletter august 17, 2007 ADRIAN BELEW POWER TRIO TOUR (SUMMER 2007) ADRIAN'S ELEPHANT BLOG STILL GOING STRONG LOTS OF DOWNLOADS AT STOREBELEW ADRIAN BELEW POWER TRIO TOUR (SUMMER 2007) Adrian, Julie, and Eric will be braving the heat and hitting the streets in August thru September. Don't miss them.
ADRIAN'S ELEPHANT BLOG STILL GOING STRONG |
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let's go back a couple of weeks, to 2007/08/04 to be more exact: Zappanale – day 2 Saturday morning, start of the second day of Zappanale madness. Friday had been the most impressive day in my five (or was it six) years of Zappanale. I saw a lot of impressive bands and heard tons of great music. For Saturday, I had made a mental note not to miss Octafish and Kimono Draggin. It turned out a good decision. |
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| The Chen Unst performance took place at ‘the other side’ of the festival ground. Somewhere between the pancake and the “freak festival” stall. I hadn’t been too impressed with the band on Thursday, where they had some technical problems. Still, with all their gear intact, they couldn’t convince me.
The picture below was taken by Bazbo. It shows the stage / truck where the Chen Unst performance was taking place.
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| Next up was Team Zappa, a
band from Norway: great musicianship, a very fine choice of Zappa
compositions and very impressive vocals. Not all opinions agreed, but
for my taste, Team Zappa did a great job. This was excellent
acquaintance. I really liked the soulful vocal touch.
Goosebumps.
A video recording of the concert was made available on DVDR in a limited edition of 20 copies.
(thanks to kdj for the setlist) |
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| Team Zappa at Zappanale 18 - pictures by Bazbo | |
| Here's a video fragment (shot by Till A.):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvNxbHsjXG0 If you want to see more of Till's experiments, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9OeH0sX_NA http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xNbOIPLxJO8 - |
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| Octafish appeared
next. You should know that Octafish is one of my favourite bands. Their
“Land Unter” and “Hai Girls” albums are essential listening. I
can recommend these to everyone. The band completely fulfilled the
expectations. Octafish will have a new album out very soon. If it
will be anything like their Zappanale concert, it sure promises to be
good. I love progressive rock with a zappa twist.
Another highlight. The band spiced up their setlist with some very fine Zappa tunes: 'G-Spot Tornado', 'King Kong' and 'Let's Move To Cleveland'. A video recording of the concert was made available on DVDR, in a limited edition of 20 copies.
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| Octafish at Zappanale 18 - pictures by Bazbo | |
| This year’s surprise was a quiz. The
questions were compiled by Ben Watson, and I was under the impression
that quite a lot of people took part in this contest. This was nice
change, and a good opportunity for me to have a bite and a beer. Congrats to Andreas, Jack, Andrew, Billy, Jaromil and all the other Zappateers who took home some very spectacular prizes. |
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Kimono Draggin
took the stage around 8 p.m. and they played one of the most powerful
sets of the festival. This was right up my alley. Kimono Draggin
frontman Joe Nolan, who you should recall as the guitar man in Doctor
Dark, played some mean guitar. Josh Hatton (bass and vocals) and Chris
Swirski (drums & vocals) completed this insane trio. I loved it.
The picture on the right shows Joe Nolan, plucking his guitar, picture taken by xal & ke. The picture below shows Stephen Chillemi, special guest with Kimono Draggin', at Zappanale 18, performing Captain Beefheart's 'Electricity'.
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Kimono Draggin' has been doing concerts in the UK and in France
recently.
Here's a link to some pictures: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8IZt2rNoycOmg
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Without Nail Bros. are becoming a yearly returning event at
Zappanale. I like what this Austrian band does, and it does sound okay,
but I do think that it’s a bit too clean. They played the entire Roxy
album, and performed the music the way that it sounds on the album. A
great job, but nothing unexpected. There were a lot of people on the stage (they have something like four lead vocalists), but I didn’t hear any ripping solos, spectacular arrangements, or other freaky stuff… I think that that’s a pity, because the band showed some incredible musicianship, so they should be able to do whatever they want… Noteworthy: Napoleon Murphy Brock did join Sex Without Nails Bros for a couple of songs.
(thanks to kdj for the setlist) A video recording of the concert was made available on DVDR, in a limited edition of 20 copies.
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| The picture above was taken by Bazbo and shows the band, with special guest Napoleon Murphy Brock at Zappanale. | |
| At this time, I had reached my limit, so I
called it a night. I went to Big Blue (the zappateers tent), had a beer
and listened to an acoustic set of The Foolz. An excellent way to
close another excellent day... And yess, this means that I missed Space Debris. I was / am unfamiliar with the band, so I did want to hear them, but I was running out of energy. Space
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