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the big nOte files - december 2007 |
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| Only recently, this obscure picture of Jay Phlitman and Kim Kangaroo turned up. It shows the duo at "the attick". |
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Crossfire
Releases Zappa Veteran Bob Harris´ The Great Nostalgia with Guests
Steve Vai, Thana Harris, Tommy Mars and Stuart Hamm 11/28/07
- New York - Bob Harris, keyboardist/vocalist of the 1980 Frank Zappa
band with guitarists Steve Vai, Ray White and Ike Willis, keyboardist
Tommy Mars, bassist Arthur Barrow and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, will soon
have his 1986 album The Great Nostalgia released in an expanded format
by Crossfire Publications. The Great Nostalgia, originally a
self-financed release on his Mastahna label, has been remastered (and in
some cases remixed) from the original session tapes. More
than twenty-one years after its first release, The Great Nostalgia has
been expanded by six additional tracks. Frank Zappa heard the album in
1986 and thought that the track "Ageless Love" was outstanding
and should kick off the album. Bob Harris, who is currently working with
'80s rock legends Axe, wanted to change the song order because he highly
valued Zappa´s opinion, but the album had already been pressed. Out of
respect for Frank Zappa, "Ageless Love" is now the first track
on Crossfire´s reissue, and Jeremy Barber´s violin has replaced the
original keyboard emulation of that instrument. Suzannah
(Thana) Harris, known to Zappa fans for her vocals on the revised Sleep
Dirt album, can be found throughout The Great Nostalgia on the tracks
"Ageless Love," "The Flower" and three of the bonus
tracks. Of the additions to the album, Thana and Bob´s duets on the
standard "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" (live at the Zappanale
13 festival) and It´s A Beautiful Day´s "White Bird" (from
Thana´s album Thanatopsis) are obvious highlights. Guitar
legend Steve Vai played electric sitar on "Autumn In Nepal,"
presented here in Vai´s remixed version. He also played lead guitar on
a remixed version of the bonus track "There´s Still Hope."
Fellow FZ band member Tommy Mars played on "Autumn In Nepal,"
and noted bassist Stuart Hamm contributed to the track "The
Flower." Billy James, known to music fans as the Ant-Bee, played
percussion on the entire album. James´ tasteful use of percussion
instead of drum machines is a very important asset to the longevity of
The Great Nostalgia, as it sounds fresh without the usual `80s
trappings. One
instrumental track recorded at the original sessions, "The Blue
Gazebo," has been included on this edition. Two more recent tracks
complete the album: the brilliant piano ballad "Magnet And
Iron" and "Nobody Wins In A War," featuring sped-up
vocals from Bob, Thana and son Nathan Harris. The
Great Nostalgia will be available at retail and through dozens of paid
download services. For more information: www.crossfirepublications.com
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Tar
Tapes, Vol. 1 and Tar Tapes, Vol. 2, along with Mike's 2004 bonus PUP
release, have just been made available for download only. PUP
was initially issued as a cool little 35-minute CD preview of the
RadioKeneally internet broadcast service, personally assembled, narrated
and labeled by Mike. It features a couple of very weird MK solo
recordings, a ten-minute-plus early version of "L'il," (a song
that was intended for, but never made it to, 2004's Dog), some live Mike
Keneally Band recordings and more. It was originally included as a bonus
to those who pre-ordered Dog. PUP is light and wispy, but fine fun
nonetheless. And, at only $8, it's the cheapest Keneally music on
MooseMart! The
Tar Tapes are downloadable versions of the long-sold-out limited edition
CDs that highlight Mike's music from the '80s and very early '90s. Each
download comes with an eight-page digital reproduction of the original
CD cover, liner notes and lyrics. They can be downloaded as zip files
containing high-quality (minimum 256k variable bit rate) mp3 audio
files, compatible with all mp3 players. The files are DRM-free, meaning
that there is no anti-copying code buried in them (we trust you). And
they're only $10 each.
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| The entry for Ted Nash, was
completely wrong. A mix between nephews.
Lars Arnwald was kind enough to sort it out: There are (at least two) musicians called "Ted Nash". The first one, Ted Nash (born in 1959) is the son of Dick Nash (b.1924), one of the greatest trombonists in LA ever. He's also the nephew of multi-reed man Ted Nash (b.1922). This is the one with "Lumpy Gravy". He played tenor sax with the Les Brown Orchestra 1941-46, and with Billy May in the first half of the 50's. Then he switched mainly to alto sax and flutes in the LA studios. Of the sessions the brothers Nash participated in, one can note that they're practically in ALL recordings, albums and movies, that Henry Mancini did in LA. Listen to Ted's screaming alto solo in "Peter Gunn Theme". Dick Nash is still active while the elder Ted retired in 1984 and now lives in Carmel, CA.
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As a result, the fans of Frank Zappa's music are in shock. There's a lot of discussion going on at various places all over the web, and there's even more opinions, threads and discussions than one person can read in one day. (believe me, I tried...) I can understand some of the points that the ZFT wants to make clear,
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Zappanale Enema Bandit one
day he'll have to pay (some day he'll have to pay) The
police will say Did
you cause this misery? (x3) Thomas
are you guilty? Are you guilty Thomas, did you do these deeds? Come on, now he
said, it must be just what they all need !
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http://www.uglyradiorebellion.com/GZletter.html http://www.zappa.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=323536#323536 http://www.zappa.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13483 http://www.idiotbastard.supanet.com/you-call-that-news-/odyframe.htm http://forum.rollingstone.de/showthread.php?=1370993
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Marco says: Hi everyone, Just
in time for your new year's eve party: two new album downloads from WM
Recordings, totally free. WM074:
Lee Rosevere - Play 3 WM075:
The Rabbits - Squeeze one out Don't
forget to check out the official WM Recordings MySpace: We wish you all a very musical new year! Cheers, Marco
Kalnenek
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| As the ZFT doesn't seem too happy with the FZ
monument in Bad Doberan, I thought I'd better add the picture to
the UM files. (before it gets removed, replaced or painted in the colour
that they want...)
The picture below shows the FZ monument in Bad Doberan, by Václav Cesák. Inaugurated in 2002. |
And the second picture shows the sculpture of
Frank Zappa that you can find in Vilnius, Lithuania.
It was made by Konstantinas Bogdanas, a Lithuanian sculptor who was known for portraits of Lenin.
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news from Kilissa Cissoko (from the Voice Of Cheez) 2007 12 30 Wow! I cranked today... and finished posting my
Flute Recital...from 1986. Here's the WHOLE BLESSED THING--including a suite of
pieces I composed for Flute & Piano! ***************UPCOMING PERFORMANCES*********************** I'M PLAYING TWO SHOWS w/ THE BAND IN JANUARY DANCE
ALIVE! SPECIAL EVENT **********************www.kilissa.com*************************************
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| 2007 12 27, URR said:
Nondramatic
Public Performance... FZ... Ugly
Radio Rebellion performs the music of Frank Zappa... The
FZ Birthday Tour Check
out the letter we got from i'll
be posting all the pictures and press from the tour asap and the next
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| I have never really been a reader
/ user of the forum over at the official Frank Zappa site. Lately,
however, things have changed. I'm not only reading, I'm even posting.
Four posts so far... :-)
They're all on the same subject hower. I'm a bit concerned (putting it mildly) with the way that the ZFT is communicating with their fans, with bands and with organisations that try to keep Frank Zappa's music alive. http://www.zappa.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=323536#323536 - |
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RUSS STEDMAN: RUN DOWN TO THE BUTCHER SHOP AND BUY ME A ROSE |
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"Enema Improvisations" bootleg that i mentioned last week.
20 copies on clear vinyl side one
side two
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| cover of the clear vinyl release | cover of the black vinyl release |
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beautiful set of scans and pictures.
On the right is the program booklet for the Frank Zappa / Ensemble Modern concert series in Frankfurt, September 1992. Below are scans of various magazine covers.
-- scans & info: slime.oofytv.set |
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| 2007 12 23 - part two | |
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| 2007 12 23 - part one | |
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Trivia quizz about FZ:
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/music/music_t-z/frank_zappa.html -- info: Ive Hapers |
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No, the following is not really a part of the trivia quizz that got
mentioned above, although it might be:
You thought right. All of them. And it gets worse. Thomas Dippel, president of the Arf Society, has been summoned to court. He has to pay up for the CDs, DVDs and T-shirts that are made by the Arf Society; for the use of the name "Zappa" in "Zappanale", and so on, and so on. Gail Zappa even wants the Bad Doberan statue of FZ to be removed... The
ZAPPA Family Trust, 11848 Vose Street, CA 91605 North Hollywood, USA
represented by Gail Zappa claims 150000,- Euro against Arf-Society e.V.,
represented by it's chairman Thomas Dippel, for illegal use of the
trademark "Zappanale" and the "Zappanale-logo". For
further use of the name Zappanale for the festival, on products like
Cd's or clothing the chairman of the Arf-Society, Thomas Dippel, has to
pay up to 250000,- Euro or has to be sent to prison for 6 months up to 2
years. For further promotion for the Zappanale-festival on the domain www.zappanale.de the chairman of the Arf-Society, Thomas Dippel, has to pay up to 250000,- Euro or has to be sent to prison for 6 months up to 2 years. ... Good luck, Thomas. Let us know how we can help. ... As far as I can tell, the next step will be the music magazines. They have used Zappa's name in various articles, and even have used pictures of FZ. Now that I think of it, there have been a lot of newspapers that have mentioned FZ as well, somewhere in the last 40 years. Go get them, Gail. And if I'm not mistaken, during the first ZpZ tour, belgian national
television did some sort of special during "De Rode Loper". I
guess this means that belgian national television will be taken to court
as well. A pity, 'cause I'm rather fond of our national tv. - |
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| 2007 12 22 - part one | |
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Take it from me. If you're a Zappa vinyl bootleg fetishist, you really
want to browse this book.
I picked up Dieter Jakob's vinyl bootleg bible at the post office yesterday, and I can only say one thing: this is the best looking and most informative book that I have read in years. Lots and lots of data (incuding matrix numbers !!) and great pictures of sleeves, labels and vinyl. A tremendous work. Thank you, Dieter.
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| strictly genteel - the recordings of
frank zappa - volume two 1970 - 1971 by scott parker It's out, and it's great. part one
part two
an incredible piece of work; http://www.scottparkerbooks.com/
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| February 18, 1994, German radio
did a broadcast called "Das Luftdichtverpackten Thunfisch
Sandwich".
Almost 60 minutes of Zappa music. Great stuff & interesting comments. -- info: Gerard Wissink |
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| October 22, 1994, Dutch radio 4
did a 3-hour broadcast entitled "Life Inside The Piano". It
included the world premiere of Zappa's 'Civilisation Phase III".
the radio show consisted of:
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Last October, The Wrong Object did another couple of remarkable concerts. I was fortunate to see them in Rijkevorsel, where the band was joined by Robin Verheyen and Alex Maguire. Early november, the biggest part of this concert got broadcast on dutch radio 6, including interviews with Michel Delville and with Alex Maguire.
-- info: Gerard Wissink |
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From the Ugly Radio Rebellion newsletter: We
added another show... 2007/12/22
10:00am - Noon $15
- includes pancakes and waffles!!! Check
out another amazing band... Pojama
People performing the music of Frank Zappa We
wish everyone a safe and Happy Holidays!!! arf!
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TONY
MOLITERNI & SUL DIVANO PRESENTAN
SU PROXIMO CD & INTERPRETAN A FRANK ZAPPA PROXIMO
SHOW Viernes
21 de Diciembre a las 22 hs. Hermano,
si para estas fiestas quieres sorprender a tus seres queridos con algo
original, regala un Show Musical. Si estás cansado del típico "pauer trio", ven y escucha, 8 músicos en escena + una muñeca inflable..! Si
te quieres levantar una mina de verdad, ve y escucha a DIEGO TORRES..! Si
buscas fórmulas trilladas, lugares comunes y respuestas conocidas....
LO LAMENTAMOS..! Si
quieres comenzar el 2008 desafiando tus sentidos, ven y escucha SUL
DIVANO..! Si tu socio te estafó, o tu ex se quedó con todo, o si nunca tuvisete un mango ni ex, ven y escucha SUL DIVANO (y te regalamos la muñeca/o inflable para que le des con ganas).
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SAN
ANTONIO Y SU SÉQUITO DE SÁTRAPAS CON ONDA te invitan a disfrutar de lo
poco que queda de la cultura en Argentina... ENVIA
ESTE MENSAJE A 9 PERSONAS Y TU VIDA CAMBIARA. NO
ROMPAS LA CADENA O TE ROMPERAN EL CULO. QUE
FRANK ZAPPA TE BENDIGA. AMEN.
MAZAL-TOV. SHANTI, SHANTI, OHM..! Valor
entrada: 8 veces menos que Creamfields, 8 músicos en escena y
prometemos usar las 12 notas musicales (varias veces) o te devolvemos la
entrada...! ($12,-)
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12 19 There's more, but that'll be something for the next couple of days. In the meantime, here's a very fine Russ Stedman album: |
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12 18 OK, so here's the story. About a week ago, I stumbled upon the XLJAZZ website. I knew that they had done a couple of Zappa tribute concerts, so I wanted to check out the site for some info that I could add to this here very site. Much to my surprise, I found out that the band had released a couple of albums, including a "Zappa XL" one. Here they are: |
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| Besides Steve's best wishes for
2008, his newsletter also mentions:
... things on the agenda for 2008
Clearing the boards for a new studio recording... 2009 World tour, visiting your very backyard. See you there! Geez, I get dizzy just writing it down. Stay tuned to vai.com for updates on these things. They can all change and perhaps I'll just go to Tahiti for a few months. Well... maybe just a week.
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12 17 Hey, look. It's my pal Willy... and, no, I haven't received any letters from German lawyers... and, yes, I also think that www.killuglyradio.com is a great site... why are you asking? |
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Flemish comic book artist Willy Geets cannot hide that he's a Frank Zappa addict. One not only comes across Zappa references in his artwork (signed Wegé), but also in his audio output. A long time ago, Willy Geets was able to transform into Willy Wally, a 'k7-only radio show dj'. More recently, he has also been spotted as a part of musical duo Tegennenoam. The picture on the right is taken from "De Verchroomde Megafoon Der Voorbestemming" (The Chromeplated Megaphone Of Destiny - For Real), an underground movie that was shot at Galerie Dieperick in Wortel, Belgium on May 14, 2004. It shows Willy Geets as 'art connoisseur' Jan Ped, opening the Wegé exhibition.
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| WAZOO is in the house !! and it's great. what am i saying? it's fabulous. Show the ZFT that they should continue, and buy the album. |
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| Scheduled for release on 180 gr
vinyl, gatefold 2 LP:
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - DUST SUCKER on CARGO REC. (releasedate december 17, 2007) -- info: Nikolai Zaharov |
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Thanks to Nikolai Zaharov, here's the data
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December 4, 2007, on Dutch Radio 6, Co de Kloet and Wim Brands took closer look at some of Zappa's stories. The streams can be found here: http://www.vpro.nl/programma/deavonden/afleveringen/36797899/items/38132268/media/38234983/ and http://www.vpro.nl/programma/deavonden/afleveringen/36797899/items/38132268/media/38235066/
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CPT.CHEESE-BEARD & THE 7 SISTERS OF PREVENTION |
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12 14 Okay, so here's a bit more. Mostly concerts: Argentina, Brasil, USA, ... |
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2007 12 10 Queridos
Scruteiros ! Aniversário
do Zappa em grande estilo cheio
de surpresas incríveis, Dia
21/12/07, sexta (finalmente), às
22,00(em ponto) no Teatro Paulo Eiró, Av. Adolfo Pinheiro 765, 15,00R$
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2007 12 12 TONY
MOLITERNI & SUL DIVANO
PRESENTAN EL REPERTORIO DE SU PROXIMO CD E INTERPRETAN A FRANK
ZAPPA Viernes
21 de Diciembre a las 22 hs. en Foro Gandhi. Av. Corrientes 1743, Los
esperamos para despedir el año con buena música y buena onda, si te lo
perdes es porque no tenes la Filcar a mano...!
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| Charles Ulrich already pointed
this out to me in 2004, but I guess I'm a bit slow sometimes:
Bobby Jameson's 'Gotta
Find My Roogalator' was arranged by Zappa, not written by Zappa. And her are Jameson's MySpace pages: <http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=252132795> <http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=276453076>
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Fred adds: Hi
Gang, Directions to the Ocala show next Saturday are as follows: I-275
north toward Ocala Please call me @ (352) 427-6455 if you have any questions. Fred
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12 14 Let's just call this part one, as I've got some more stuff lined up for later today... Below you'll find the picture of Bobby Jameson's first solo album. It got released about the same time as his "Gotta Find My Roogalator" single. In 1966. And there's a couple of other pictures too: a guitar that wants to kill your mama, and an addition to the "others of invention" section. |
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speaking to Marco Kalnenek, december 2007:
The album is called "COLOR HIM IN" on Verve. Frank got Tom Wilson at Verve to pick it up and release it. Tom and Frank produced "Mothers Of Invention" for Verve. It's been re-released as a bootleg cd on Fallout out of England. It's out now.
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Bohouš, the president of the Czech Frank Zappa FanClub.
The guitar / gun has the lyrics of Frank Zappa's 'My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama' written all over it. It's part of an exhibition in the foyer of the Brno theatre at this very moment. |
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| The Electra Ensemble
performs the music of contemporary composers. Corrie van Binsbergen
wrote 'The Fifth Element" for the ensemble.
So I've added an entry for "The Electra Ensemble". - |
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Blues guitarist Pat Savage has played with The Doobie Brothers, Manfred Man, Urian Heep, The Marshall Tucker Band, and lots of others. He has performed Frank Zappa's 'The Torture Never Stops' in concert on a couple of occasions. - |
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The Keneallist - 2007 12 08 A
message from Mike: HIGHLY
ROBUST FASHION More
drivel for you, from me Happy
Saturday -- today was Friday a few minutes ago, and what did I do? Spent
a few hours in the studio working on The Assumptions' debut record --
and by the way, I've been informed (after my last Keneallist in which I
apparently inaccurately referred to myself as co-producer) that I am, in
point of fact, the sole producer of the album. Well, I'd best get to
cracking that whip a little harder then. Then it was off to the local
School of Rock for what will be my last staff meeting as music director
-- for events have conspired in various ways to make it necessary for
the SoR and myself to amicably part ways. Sad, really. It's been an
amazing year getting the San Diego school on its feet, and while it is
now up and running in highly robust fashion, it's not an easy thing to
step out of the lives and musical development of the amazing young
people I've been working with. And of course it won't be possible for me
to stay away entirely. What
is undeniable though, so I won't even waste a moment trying to deny it,
is that I was quite unable to finish a new album of my own this year,
and while there does look to be a lot of live activity on the horizon, I
look forward to 2008 presenting me with more opportunities to do what
needs to be done in a studio-ish setting and start getting some new
tunes out there for you to hear and wonder about. Anyway
-- it's the holiday season, isn't it, and you should join me in heading
to the ever irresistible MooseMart.com and buying loads of CDs and
shirts for the people in your life who need them so much, while there's
a 10% off holiday sale going on no less. And there's a new download
available now -- the limited edition EP PUP, which in late 2003 heralded
the coming of both Radio Keneally and the Dog album. If you haven't
heard PUP it's pretty much structured like a radio program with me as
host playing loads of otherwise unavailable music, including what is
probably one of my best songs "SunFlute," what is certainly
one of my weirdest "Party Poopers," and a long early studio
take of an instrumental called "Li'l" which I was certain was
going to appear (in a different version) on the Dog album, but which, as
if by magic, didn't, so for the moment this PUP version is the only one
commercially available. Only 8 bucks for this essentially album-length
"EP." Do it! Happy holidays! Dec.
13, I'll be with the DETHKLOK lads again doing a free show in Atlanta.
Only the first 450 people to show up get in, and this one is only for
those humans who are 18 years of age and older, sorry kids. It's at
Atlanta Center Stage, and you can find out more here. Then
a plane ride home just in time to get me to the two Paul Green School of
Rock San Diego gigs at The Epicentre (8450 Mira Mesa Blvd. in San
Diego), where the kids will be playing THE BEST OF THE '90s (featuring,
lest I need remind you, my daughter singing "Paranoid
Android") and I'll do a couple of solo tunes also. These are on
Saturday Dec. 15 at 1:00 pm and Sunday Dec. 16 at 4:00 pm. All ages
welcome! Tickets are only ten bucks! As these will be my last official
SoR events as a music director these are going to be super emotional, so
if you've always wanted to see me bust out in tears at a gig, now's your
chance. Plus
I'm going to Japan for a solo concert on February 1 (see below). Really
looking forward to that, I haven't been in Japan in something resembling
forever. I'll only be in town for a couple of days but we're planning on
slotting in several instore appearances at record stores and such, so
keep watching this space for more information about that. Thanks
bunches to Co de Kloet, who's about to play my last solo concert in its
entirety on Holland's Radio 6, on December 12 (and you get to listen
online, even if you live in Nantucket or Blizz). (See belower.) Thanks
gang -- Love
again mk *
* * * * * * * * * Upcoming
Keneally appearances: Dëthkløk
(featuring Brendon Small, Mike Keneally, Bryan Beller &
Gene Hoglan) Thursday,
December 13 Keneallive
in Tokyo 2008 Mike
Keneally in Solo Concert Mike's
Offside Open performance coming to GELDERN,
GERMANY, August 18, 2007: Mike's first European solo concert was
presented, fittingly, at the debut of Burkhard Hennen's Offside Open
International New Music Festival, in a delightful outdoor summer
environment. The 70-minute performance saw Mike employing guitars and
piano, sometimes simultaneously. In addition to a few Keneally catalog
gems not often played, Mike previewed some music from his upcoming
Scambot project. Thanks to Co de Kloet and NPS' Studio 6 radio for
inviting Mike to play. The show will be broadcast in its entirety by our pal Co on Radio 6 Wednesday, December 12 between 10 p.m. and midnight, Holland time (GMT +1 hour). You can listen online using this link. (Photo by Pieter van Hoogdalem)
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SEASONS OF LOVE", a painting by Frank Zappa
the work is signed by Frank Zappa -on the lower right part of the painting. When sold on ebay, a letter of the original owner came with the painting saying: "He called me his little super devil"--from the time when both of them went to Community College --
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| In a couple of day, Jos Steen
will open for Thurston Moore at the AB club in Brussels, Belgium.
LIVE, DEC 10, 2007 |
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Join us again at Sahalie Wine Cellars in Corvallis for a Zappa
Birthday Party Dec 21 (Friday) at 9pm! The Quiller Kartet will be at it
again along with guest guitarist Brian Berg Olsen. He has a night cap,
so you _know_ he's the right man for the job!
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| Taking Berlin as an example,
Peter van Nijen wants a Zappa Street in Amsterdam, NL.
He even started a website & petition to collect supporters. Check out: http://www.frankzappastraat.nl:80/ -- info: Ive Hapers |
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2007 12 08 December Update Special Event 12/20 - Jackie O's - Athens, OH 12/21 - FZ Birthday Party - The Winchester - Cleveland, OH 12/22 - Macs Bar - Lansing, MI 12/23 (12:30pm) - St Alphonzos Pancake Brunch - King Brewing Co - Pontiac, MI 12/23 (9:30pm) - The Cadieux Cafe - Detroit, MI We have lots of fun stuff lined up... in Cleveland there will be custom Tshirts with caracature artist EJ Farb, Flowers the Clown and a limited supply of FZ Kill Ugly Radio special brew... also a possible live TV appearance and another show added for Sat 12/22 am... updates as they happen!!!! www.myspace.com/uglyradiorebellion arf!
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| The mugs below were produced by the Czech
Frank Zappa Fanclub in preparation of the visit to Zappanale 2008. These, and other mugs, are available from the CFZFanclub. |
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12 07 Still no Wazoo in sight, and I ordered my copy on 31/10/2007. One would imagine that even a slow boat could do this faster... Maybe the Zappa's need a Yurripean distribution center...? Anyway, please make room for the fabulous "Where's My Waitress" compilation. |
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did a concert in Cleveland, Ohio. A video recording of this
excellent concert was made available through the Zappateers site.
Andre Cholmondeley * Napoleon Murphy Brock * Eric Svalgard * Eric Slick * Dave Johnson * Josh Oxford A huge file to download, but very worth your while.
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12 06 OK, so the "Waitress" CD has to wait until tomorrow. It's just too good to get out of my CD-player. Instead, here's a picture of a new bootleg DVD (another registration of the 1988 Barcelona gig), and a DVD that every Zappa fan should have: the Bozzio / Wackerman "Solos & Duets" DVD. |
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12 05 Somehow, I'm getting the impression that it's December. And it's not just the cold weather. It's the beautiful albums that are coming out. Only yesterday, I talked about the latest Phish release, today it's the impressive Tam Nà Valinn album, and tomorrow it'll be "(The Return Of The Son Of) Where's My Waitress, a home-taper tribute to Frank Zappa"... It almost makes me forget that I still haven't received "Wazoo". |
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2007 12 01 Greetings 2007
has been a busy year, so I have several announcements to make. First,
thank you all for your continued support. Generous donations and sales
of Monster Road DVDs have greatly helped fund the completion of my new
documentary ROCATERRANIA. In other news... BRIGHT
EYE PICTURES soon to RELEASE BRUCE BICKFORD'S "PROMETHEUS'
GARDEN" on DVD: In
the next few months, Bright Eye Pictures will release Bruce Bickford's
PROMETHEUS' GARDEN, the first film over which Bickford maintained 100%
artistic control. PROMETHEUS' GARDEN is a 28-minute stop-motion film
utilizing clay puppets and sets, cutouts, replacement series, aluminum
foil, "strato-cut" slices, molten wax, and other techniques.
The film is (very) loosely based on the Greek myth of Prometheus - an
immortal who (in some versions of the story) created the first mortals
out of clay. He also stole fire from Zeus and gave it to the people.
Zeus exacted revenge by ordering Prometheus chained to a mountain where
an eagle ate Prometheus' liver. Since he was immortal, Prometheus' liver
grew back after each daily visit by the eagle, forcing Prometheus' to
face horrific pain for eternity. Bickford's incorporation of this myth
into his animated film includes appearances by Vikings, cowboys, Vietnam
War era mercenaries, imps, elves, fairies, and countless other
historical and mythological creatures. PROMETHEUS'
GARDEN, like most of Bickford's later films, is an unscripted stream of
consciousness animated over the course of years. Bickford began work on
PROMETHEUS immediately after the release of Frank Zappa's film BABY
SNAKES in 1980; BABY SNAKES featured a sampling of Bickford animation
edited and scored by Zappa. The only other extant films featuring
Bickford's stunningly original animation - THE DUB ROOM SPECIAL and THE
AMAZING MR. BICKFORD - were also edited, scored, and released by Zappa.
PROMETHEUS' GARDEN was completed by Bickford in 1988 as a 16mm print
with optical track, but never properly released. I
recently recorded Bickford's (characteristically dry-witted) commentary
tracks for the upcoming DVD and began production on "extra"
elements - including the documentary featurette, LUCK OF A FOGHORN.
Stephen van Vuuren of SV2 Studios is authoring the DVD. I hope to have
the DVD ready for sale on the Bright Eye Pictures site (along with
MONSTER ROAD, the documentary feature I made about Bickford) no later
than February 1, 2008. Bickford has several films that have hovered near
completion for years. Hopefully, the release of PROMETHEUS' GARDEN will
spark a chain reaction so that Bickford's recent work can find the
audience it deserves. Please spread the word! LUCK
OF A FOGHORN (documentary featurette) release: I
am currently editing a 30-minute documentary "featurette" that
will be included on the upcoming exclusive Bright Eye Pictures DVD
release of Bruce Bickford's PROMETHEUS' GARDEN. This new half hour
documentary will take viewers behind the scenes and into the mind of
Bickford, creator of PROMETHEUS' GARDEN. I shot miles of film while
making MONSTER ROAD and most of this footage has never seen the light of
day. LUCK OF A FOGHORN will unearth these images along with footage from
the making of PROMETHEUS. Carrboro, NC musician Laird Dixon (from Shark
Quest) has created an original score for LUCK OF A FOGHORN and it is
hauntingly beautiful. The title of the featurette originates from a
surreal day dream Bickford had while hovering near death with pneumonia
in hospital. In addition to releasing this featurette on DVD, I am also
planning a festival, museum, and gallery tour of exhibitions. Please let
me know if there is a festival, museum, university, gallery, art cinema,
or other venue in your locale that might be interested in screening this
half-hour documentary. ROCATERRANIA
Production Status (trailer now online!): I'm
also currently editing a new documentary feature, ROCATERRANIA, a
portrait of scientific illustrator and visionary artist Renaldo Kuhler.
When he was a teenager, Renaldo Kuhler's family moved from just outside
New York City to a remote cattle ranch in Colorado. The sudden vacuum of
social stimuli caused young Renaldo to retreat into his diaries and
notebooks where he invented an imaginary country called Rocaterrania.
What began as an escape from an isolated existence became a lifelong
obsession. Hundreds of illustrations created over half a century tell
the history of Rocaterrania, the sublimated life story of Renaldo
Kuhler. ROCATERRANIA will chronicle Kuhler's journey, revealing a secret
and stunningly beautiful body of art work to the world. I hope to have
the film completed by March, 2008, for submission to festivals. I am
also planning to pursue the creation of a book version of ROCATERRANIA
in the next couple of years. The
soundtrack for ROCATERRANIA is being composed and performed by SHARK
QUEST, the North Carolina based instrumental band that scored MONSTER
ROAD. Sara Bell, Laird Dixon, Chris Eubank, Chuck Johnson, and Groves
Willer (joined by violinist Gabriel Pelli and many other talented
musicians) are creating an otherworldly score for a film about an
otherworldly man. Shark Quest's score is integral to the film and I am
forever grateful for their collaboration. A big thanks to all of the
talented musicians who have contributed to the score. Another big thanks
to the Southern Documentary Fund for their sponsorship and to the Mary
Duke Biddle Foundation for their recent generous grant to the
ROCATERRANIA project, funding the completion of the soundtrack. The
production of ROCATERRANIA has been made possible by a Fellowship from
the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, a services grant from
Alpha Cine Labs in Seattle, additional support from the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro, private support from Patrick and Suzanne
Helmick, a project grant from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, as well
as DVD sales of MONSTER ROAD. I began filming Renaldo Kuhler almost ten
years ago (February, 1998), so this project has been a long time in the
making. Thank you, Dorothy, for unconditionally supporting my obsession
to tell this story. A
preliminary trailer for ROCATERRANIA is now available online:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGkpkX-uC3k NEW
WEB SITE LAUNCH COMING: Creating
a new web site for each film I make is becoming cumbersome, confusing,
and expensive. So, with the help of Stephen and Marie van Vuuren (of SV2
Studios), I will be launching a new web site in early 2008:
www.brettingram.org The
new site will include a DVD store (with MONSTER ROAD and PROMETHEUS'
GARDEN, etc.) as well as information on past, current, and future
projects from BRIGHT EYE PICTURES. That's
about it. Thanks again for your support. I wish you all a peaceful and
joyful winter of holidays. Best
always, Brett Ingram
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Hello
Residents Friend: Just a reminder to those in California, or nearby: This Thursday, Friday and Saturday is the Residents Video Retrospective at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. 7:30 each night, tickets are cheap, and members of the Cryptic Corp will be speaking each night about the different programs. Should be fun, and we'll be there too hawking various items that fit into one of those plastic moving boxes. So stop by and say "I do believe in sanity", and then try to keep walking...(kidding, kidding!) Also, for those looking to start, continue or finish their holiday shopping, if there are little ones in your lives, please consider these options, as they are other stores we operate. Astrotot.net
has just relaunched with many new designs for not only the infant, but
also the toddler (everything from 3months up to 6 years). and Hank Hooper, kids music that adults won't hate or be embarrassed by, has a new book/cd. It's called Hank Hooper is PLAYGROUND FORTUNE TELLER, and it's a 16 page full color book, with a full length 17 song disc. The disc has musical guests such as doseone (subtle, themselves, anticon), nils frykdahl (sleepytime gorilla museum, faun fables) and dawn mccarthy (faun fables, also sang with bonnie prince billy and others). There are also new Hank Hooper ROBOT MAN tees for the kids. Hank has been providing free podcasts, minimovies and more, and this is his first release. There is a small amount of these available immediately for the holidays (more will be made, but maybe not in time for the holiday shipment.) At the Hank Hooper site there is a video preview of the book, and you can hear a bit of the music. We certainly hope that the little ones in your lives enjoy these tunes (appropriate for 1 year thru 10 years). Available at http://www.hankhooper.com Thanks, and we hope to see you at the screenings (if you can't make it, tell yer friends and family to stop by if they're local), or online. the Ralph Gang - http://www.ralphamerica.com - |
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12 04 There's more to be added, but that'll be something for tomorrow. New bootleg CDs, another bootleg DVD, a belgian band that recorded a snippet of Zappa's 'Zomby Woof', the Beefheart promo CDs from last year, ... For now, let's focus on the latest Phish album. (thanks to Danny Mathys for pointing this one out to me !!) |
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12 03 With an actual newsflash: tomorrow on dutch radio 6, a Frank Zappa special !! Co de Kloet does it again... and there's a picture of a new book on Zappa. Well, not really a new book as it's a translation of a book from 2004, but still, it's new... |
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frank zappa
by barry miles - Barry Miles' book from 2004, entitled "Frank Zappa" has been published in Italy.
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12 02 quite a busy weekend over here at the UM headquarters. i bought a new pc table, which means that i had to get the old desk out, puzzle the new one into one piece, and move the whole lot. anyway, i did treat myself to a new screen as well, so things are looking rather new and flashy... in the meantime, it looks like the show that ZpZ played in Antwerp a couple of months ago is finally up on Dime. Grab it, but make sure that you buy their DVD first :-) (support the artists) |
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2007 11 21 November Update The show on December 6 at Tonys Sports Bar in Sandy Springs, GA has been cancelled and waiting on a date to reschedule... We would like to welcome our newest team-mate; Layla Hall... 11/24/07 = 2 years with URR... FZ Birthday Tour with Ike Willis
Happy Thanksgiving!!!! www.uglyradiorebellion.com
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highlights from the Zappanale newsletter: Zappanale
#19 The date for Zappanale 19 has been set. Confirmed artists:
As usual, the event will kick off with a special event on 2008/08/14
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Big
Electric Chat In
this edition:
2008
ADRIAN BELEW POWER TRIO U.S. TOUR Adrian
Belew, Julie Slick, & Eric Slick will be hitting the road once again
in early 2008.
For
links to venues, please visit www.adrianbelew.net and click on the
NewsBelew link.
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In its latest newsletter, The Zappa Family
Trusts says that the Zappa Plays Zappa DVD is now available both on tour
and through Barko-Swill.
... the Zappa Plays Zappa tour is going to Japan!!
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2007 11 15 THE GRANDE MOTHERS RE:INVENTED the only FZ alumni on the planet consistently
performing the music of the maestro THE GRANDE MOTHERS RE:INVENTED
IN LOS ANGELES FEB 2008 Safari Sam¹s U.K. Tour MARCH 2008
CANADA JULY 2008 festival tour
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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
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ago, but this time with the extra bonus flyer...
Zappa(teers)
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The bands confirmed so far are:
those accomplished purveyors of psychedelic jazz with modern rock sensibilities and downright great musicians are a real coup for the festival and promise to be a real highlight of the weekend. Cuccurullo Brillo Brullo, Known as the Dutch masters, veterans of Zappanale, and all round great guys, Cuccurullo Brillo Brullo are doing their best to keep the music of Zappa alive by lovingly recreating his fabulous work live. Do not miss. The Foolz, veterans of the Zappa scene and great friends of the Zappateers always entertain whenever they're let loose on their instruments and on their native soil will excel themselves. Monty and the Butchers, those young English dudes fresh from their fabulous début performance at Zappanale and their brilliant show at Bradford on Avon offer a high octane mix of Zappa and their own funky compositions. Blurp, a Dutch band will Freak everyone out with some early Zappa complete with zany and crazy stage antics reminiscent of Zappa's Garrick theatre days. The tickets are priced at 80 EUR which includes indoor festival accommodation meaning you can leave your tents at home, just bring a sleeping bag, pillow case, sheet and dancing shoes.
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L'Ensemble de Basse-Normandie is an 18-piece, professional orchestra: 12 string instruments, 5 wind instruments and 1 piano. The orchestra is conducted by Jean Luc Rimey-Meille. January 2008, the ensemble will do a tour entitled "The Big Note - Frank Zappa Alchimiste". For these concerts, a number of extra instruments will be added: guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, percussion, trumpet and a trombone. The pieces to be performed include:
the orchestra:
the added musicians:
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Now here's what I call an impressive project: Andrew Greenaway, aka The Idiot Bastard, has teamed up with Cordelia Records to bring you what might become a very fine selection of songs. Read all about it on Andrew's essential site: http://idiotbastard.bravehost.com/20xIBS.htm Contributing artists include
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