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the big nOte files - october 2007 |
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* * * Octafish has a new album ready: "Party Alarm" * * * |
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| 2007 10 31 | |
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2007 10 25 Alexei
Aigui + Dietmar Bonnen Alexei Aigui: Violine Leverkusener
Jazztage 2007 + Live-Musik
zu Stummfilmklassikern + 6. November Live @ Objekt 5
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| Andrew Greenaway's superb Idiot
Bastard website, has a new address (and lots of news as well, so
check it out)
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released october 31, 2007 grand wazoo / hot rats / m.o.i. 20 piece band music composed, arranged & conducted by frank zappa disc one
disc two
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2007 10 24 Hi
gang, Sorry
to tell you but Napoleon is suffering from a flu bug and won't be able
to perform at this year's Zappaween on Saturday. But the show will go on
and Bogus Pomp will put on their typical great Zappaween performance. Joining
BP will be Pat Buffo who has been a guest singer for BP a number of
times over the years. Ticket
prices will be reduced from $25 to $20. Feel
better Napi! Fred 2007 10 26 Dear Jerry Outlaw, Fred Hemmer, Bogus Pomp, Bogus Pomp fans & Zappaween fans, It is with great regret that I must withdraw from this year's planned Zappaween event. I have been stricken with a virus, and it is not possible for me to perform at this time. I was honored to have Bogus Pomp invite me to be a part of this year's show, and, in my opinion, Bogus Pomp is one of the best bands that I have had the privilege to perform with over the past seven years. Please accept my deepest apology. And I promise that, as soon as I am healthy again, I will return to Florida and do a show with Bogus Pomp that will knock your socks off. Please
enjoy your Zappaween celebration, and the music of Frank Zappa,
performed by Bogus Pomp, some of the finest musicians that it is my
honor to know and call my friends. Respectfully,
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| Jos Steen's
new album (vinyl !!) on the Antwerp based Ultra Eczema label
should be out.
JOS
STEEN; music for tape and turntable lp "jos
steen is a remarkable outsider in the purest possible sense of the word
! telling stories about the dude always sounds like they're untrue or
seriously exaggerated, the way he lives sounds like a fairytale and the
way he acts would resemble the heaviest mix of bukkowski and bobby
colombo. jos lives in a tiny house underneath a radiotower of the
national tv and radiostation "vrt", where he works as an audio
librarian, the house is built on the highest point of the area in a
forest, u can see it from miles and miles away, it's tiny but can be
called a museum! it is full of selfmade instruments and broken piano's,
amazing wooden string instruments made of garbage and all kinds of
foreign instruments noone remembers the name off.
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"JUST
ANOTHER DAY IN THE LIFE OF A VIDEO DOCUMENTARIST" A
lectur demonstration of the TVF Art Documentation Archive
(taal: English) Saturday, november 10 from 20:00 until 23:00 h. Free entrance, but reservation might be useful (tvf at artvideo dot tv) as there's only room for 49 persons Location: |
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ART
DOCUMENTATION ON VIDEO TREKANTEN
VIDEO FORMIDLING (TVF) is a video production company, functioning since
1980, creating and archiving documentation of aspects of art. TVF
ARCHIVE contains the following genre:
The
lecture demonstration " JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE LIFE OF A VIDEO
DOCUMENTARIST" contain excerpts from the archive and I will give a
short intruduction about the archive, the way of production and the use
of the archive. Svend Thomsen TVF TVF ism. Art Cinema OFFoff vzw - |
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| 2007 10 29 Marco sais: Hi
folks, Not
one, not two, but three new releases are available for free download
right now: Norja
- Vuonoja [WM071] Greg
Houwer - Roads of oblivion [WM072] Jeff
McLeod - At the end of the path [WM073] Download as much as you like! best
wishes, Marco
Kalnenek
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Sheik Yerbouti says: Halloween special mit Sheik Yerbouti Hallo, kleiner
Tipp für Halloween: SHEIK
YERBOUTI feiert sein 15-jährige Bühnenjubiläum mit einem ganz
besonderen Konzert morgen
Mi. 31.10. ab 21:00 im Café Hahn Koblenz Be
there or be square! Gruß, SHEIK-Jörg
Vorankündigung,
SHEIK YERBOUTI auch am: Sa.
3.11., ab 21:00 in Wallmenroth, Stairway: Die geballte Ladung Zappa:
Doppelkonzert mit THE MUFFIN MEN aus England.
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All of these albums are factory pressed,
unofficially released CDs. Bootlegs. As you can see, there isn't too
much info for these releases. If you have any extra info to add, please
let me know.
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| In our category "Rare Vai releases", here are two one-sided 7" singles from Spain. From 1993. The tracks are taken from Vai's "Sex & Religion" album. | |
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| 2007 10 28
In
2003, Haggard and Halloo (the creative writing outfit from Austin TX)
wrote Leslie Michel asking if she'd like to contribute. In 2007, Leslie submitted some work. One of her pieces, The Final Bow, is about Vito Paulekas. It got posted in September. http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2007/10/23/the-final-bow/ http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2007/09/14/a-letter-to-my-neighbor/ -
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2007/10/24, Zappa Plays Zappa
performed at L.A.'s "Rockline" radio show. The broadcast
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I saw The Wrong Object in concert last Saturday. They played at "De Singer" in Rijkevorsel (Belgium), and had brought two special guests along: Alex Maguire (a British jazz pianist who has performed with Evan Parker & Elton Dean, a.o.), and Robin Verheyen (belgian jazz sax player who is one of the revelations of the European jazz scene). The concert was great, and you should have been there. The set-list did not include any Zappa compositions. The band did perform a couple of new pieces, however, plus a fantastic version of Elton Dean's 'Seven For Lee'.
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Alex Maguire / Jean-Paul Estiévenart, Damien Polard & Robin Verheyen / 2007/10/27 at 'De Singer' |
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| 2007 10 27 | |
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Dieter Jakob's vinyl bootleg bible has been delayed a little bit. The book
was originally scheduled for release somewhere in October. It looks like
it will be out somewhere in December, or maybe in January.
Remember, the book will be the most comprehensive work about the unofficial records of Frank Zappa. And as I told Dieter: "We Zappa fans are patient. We have to be...."
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| I had mentioned this project
earlier, but as new info has become available (like the band's name), I
thought I'd add it once again:
A
special event of Zappa music happened in Montreux on September 1st (2006
!!). It's the composer/arranger Ali
N. Askin who had gathered a band to perform some of Frank's
music. The band included special guests keyboardist Mats
Öberg and drummer Morgan Ågren.
Mats told 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 played the bass. The
event included 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. The
Ensemble that performed along with the guest musicians, was called the
"MusikFabrik". 2006/09/01 - 20:00 h concert Montreux, Salle del Castillo MusikFabrik,
feat. Morgan
Ågren, Mats
Öberg, David Lindvall
-- thanks (again) to HH for the newsflash & the extra info -- Has anyone seen or heard a recording of this project? I'd sure like to hear it, and I'm not the only one...
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| 2007/10/17, over at the zappa dot
com forum, Gail Zappa wrote: Frost is on the Pumpkins...
http://www.zappa.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13027 The discussion has been mentioned all over the place, but I'm still clueless on what to expect. Let's keep an eye on www.zappa.com
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THE
OFFICIAL STEVE VAI NEWSLETTER Special
Mail Out: October 22, 2007. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- EVO
EXPERIENCE - SOUTH AMERICA Hello
Vai Fans in South America! We
are planning on holding the EVO PREMIUM EXPERIENCE at all shows on the
South American tour, however we are requiring people who would like to
take part in EVO to "pre-register" for these packages. EVO
PREMIUM EXPERIENCE packages are highly limited to 20 per show. In some
cities, we will offer an extra 5-10 EVO packages as UPGRADES - meaning
that these passes DO NOT include show tickets. You MUST buy regular
tickets to the show separately from EVO UPGRADE passes. EVO
Pre-registration allows us to estimate fan interest in taking part in
EVO, and make arrangements to hold EVO at each show. By
pre-registering, you are not obliged to purchase EVO PREMIUM EXPERIENCE
packages, however we encourage people not to pre-register if they do not
plan on buying the packages. Prices
for EVO tickets in South America are: $225
USD (plus a $12 USD booking fee) for EVO PREMIUM EXPERIENCE packages $192
USD (plus a $10 USD booking fee) for EVO UPGRADE packages (you MUST buy
your own ticket to the show.) Please
note that the information on these pages applies to EVO PREMIUM
EXPERIENCE packages. EVO UPGRADE packages receive the same items and
benefits but MUST buy their own ticket to the show. If you buy an EVO
UPGRADE package without having a ticket, you will not be let into the
show. Also
note that there have been changes/additions to the South American Tour
Dates:
If you have friends who do not visit Vai.com regularly, but would also like to buy EVO PREMIUM EXPERIENCE tickets, please tell your friends! |
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| Think
Of One has a new album out, and you can listen to an interview
with David Bovée over at the VRT's Exit Plus:
http://www.radio1.be/programmas/exdo/ I added an entry for Think Of One, plus a discography. |
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| 2007 10 26 | |
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| Issue number 106 of Zappostrophe, the czech
zappa fan club got released very recently:
zappostrophe no.106 - 2007 incl.
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| 2007 10 23 | |
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The Wrong Object will be doing a couple of concerts the following days. If you're in the neighbourhood, be sure to check them out !!
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Next Saturday, 'Zaal 100' in Amsterdam, NL, has its "Thuismarkt" concert. Why should you care? Well, around 21.00 h, Corrie van Binsbergen will be performing 'More Stories From The Girl Who Wasn't Talking', a piece for electric guitar & soundtrack. It's Corrie's answer to Frank Zappa's 'Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar'.
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2007 10 23 The Quiller Kartet will be appearing at a new location
--- Corvallis. OK, Corvallis itself is not a new location...it's been
there for quite a while. Just ask anyone you meet there. BUT, it's a new
performance venue for us Pojama People. Just a hop, skip n a jump from
Eugene or two hops, a skip and a bigger jump from Portland.
Or....perhaps you already live nearby....? Pojama People Performing the Music of Frank Zappa
AND....ALSO....BUT.... Hey kids, are ya like me? Do ya love the
Project/Object? I have put together a 9-CD compilation of the 2002 tours
to make available for trade. This was arguably the greatest unit I have
had the pleasure to share the stage with. Since I'm the arguing type, I
continually strive to put forth a better argument. :^) The band included
Ike Willis, Napoleon Murphy Brock with guests Mike Keneally, Bunk
Gardner, Chris Opperman, Candy Zappa, Arthur Barrow, Bob & Thana
Harris, Ed Palermo, Chuck Garvey to name a few. Andre Cholmondeley,
Jordan Shapiro, Seahag, Dave Johnsen & yours truly rounded out the
back-up. Drop me a line at gleonard9 at earthlink dot net if you'd like to trade for them. "Be the first block on your kid." "The woman who knew that I had dyslexia -- I never
interviewed her."
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| Here's another magazine cover from almost 25
years ago. It has been added to the Frank
Zappa Magazines section:
hotwacks quarterly no°13
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Zappa Books section:
die frank zappa story by michael
gray hardback = german translation of "mother! the frank zappa story", originally published in 1993.
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| 2007 10 19 | |
| French fanzine "Zap"
got published between 1985 and 1988 by Jean-Marie Orliange.
- additional info & pics: slime.oofytv.set |
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| zap no.0 - feb
1985 (par Jean-Marie Orliange)
28 pages
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| zap no.1 - nov
1985 (par Jean-Marie Orliange)
28 pages
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| zap no.2 - april
1986 (par Jean-Marie Orliange)
28 pages
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| zap no.3 - april
1987 (par Jean-Marie Orliange)
28 pages
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| zap no.4 - april
1988 (par Jean-Marie Orliange)
28 pages
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| Here are some scans of a Beefheart promo
letter.
These poem sheets are about 215 x 280 mm, folded in 3. The scribbles on the poem sheets are printed on. These are record company prints.
-- info: Hans-Peter Schmidt |
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| Here's a nice picture of the poster for the
1970 Bath Festival.
A copy got sold on ebay recently for about 8 euros...
-- info: Hans-Peter Schmidt |
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In 1969, the Spotnicks recorded
Frank Zappa's 'Lumpy Gravy' as a
b-side for their 'Diamonds' single. The track can also be found on various Spotnicks compilations.
Here are pictures of the 7":
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In 1979, Dutch duo Paul en André recorded a dutch version of Frank
Zappa's 'Love Of My Life'. The track got released both on 7" and on
album. Here are pictures of the 7":
-- info: Hans-Peter Schmidt |
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Ryofu recorded Frank
Zappa's 'My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama' on her "Take It To The
Limit" album.
-- info: Hans-Peter Schmidt |
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ZAPPAWEEN XII
There
is no BP USF conflict on Zappaween Several
have written whether the South Florida game will be on TV at the State
Theater 10/27. The game that day is on ABC at 3:30 so no worry about
missing it. Hopefully, we will all be at Zappaween celebrating a SF
victory. While
not confirmed, it has been reported that the USF game was moved to
accommodate the Bogus Pomp fans. Fred
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[DOOT]
DOOT!Tales, Told to an Idiot, Full of Sound and Fury... We
bring you this extra-special All-Idiot UP!DOOT: But Wait! There's More! Andrew dug up the audio from our lengthy IBS interview at Zappanale 17 in 2006. Andrew, Canadian John, and Uncle Ian set forth to interview the DOOTs: Pete Brunelli, Stephen Chillemi, and Andre Cholmondeley, after our performance on Sunday morning at Zappanale 17. As hard as we tried to forget the whole incident, Andrew has found the audio and put it up on his website for all to hear. Yep, it kinda rambles, and you can hear us move locations twice: once for noise; and once because we set the recorder down on a underground wasp's nest! Yes, really. We ramble on about many topics including some historical background on DOOT!, various Zappa-opinioneering, and some tales of our musical background. See the page and hear the audio here: http://www.davemcmann.com/ibsdoot.html We especially love the output of the voice-to-text program... I think that really gets to the core of what we were trying to say. Andrew
has been a great friend of DOOT! and we owe him Nothing! NOTHING! Well..
we owe him thanks for taking the time to cover our merry little band of
space-music weirdos in any way at all when he could be spending his time
in a myriad of other ways. He could be playing far out jazz with Blood,
Sweat, and Tears... He could be reinventing
the Buffalo Chicken Wing with canadian John and getting rich in the
process... He could be finding a cure for Kraut Rock! it is
a DOOT! burden that we have sidetracked him from more important work. We now return you to your regularly scheduled de-programming.
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| picture by Andrew Greenaway, taken from http://www.davemcmann.com/ibsdoot.html | |
2007/08/25 Bogus Pomp - concert
'Catherine Hickman Theater', Gulfport, FL, usa
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(this one was still in my mail-box..., a bit late, but the message is still HOT) 2007 09 14 [DOOT]
DOOT!NOOTS from the Krypt! Heya Dootarinos! It has been a
while since we dropped any email on ya, so grab a tasty beverage
and check this one out. Zappanale! In
August, DOOT! made the pilgrimage to Zappanale 18 in Bad Doberan,
Germany. Pete was able to bunk with a big bunch of Zappateers http://zappateers.com/
at their top secret bungalow. The highlights included having to get some
German/Austrian muscle down there to hash out the cash and toilet paper
situation with the fiercely alcoholic landlady, late night exposure to
Jenever and smoked reindeer, a merciful delivery of Brugge Tripel,
English morning tea (no crumpets, sorry to say) and relatively easy
access to the festival grounds. See
the DOOT!BLOG for a day by day rundown, photos, and links - http://chollyhoss.blogspot.com/ DOOT!
Website Update: DOOT!
has added a Merch/Downloads page with info on getting your very own
DOOT! T-Shirt, and downloads of free-as-in-beer DOOT! recordings. http://chollyhoss.com/doot/merch.html We plan to be adding several full length DOOT! performances to the page in the near future, and there should be additional merch options in the upcoming weeks. We will be setting up a PayPal button for purchasing | |
