more info soon...

CONCERT SCHEDULE

Dr Zurkon already showed what it might look like at: http://maczappa.serveftp.net:591/fzcoverdsearch.html

I've included the link to my concert list below.

SOFANIC MESSAGES IN FRANK ZAPPA'S MUSIC REVEALED

http://www.tiferet.com/sausage/index.html

JAGATARA

A little while ago I received additional info from Avo and from Yosuke:

Jagatara is a Japanese word from 100-200 years ago and it's difficult to explain. There used to be a very famous funk band named "JAGATARA" in the 80's-early 90's in Japan.

JAGATARA comes from "JAGA" & "TARA": "JAGA" means "Potato", and " TARA " means Fish...(a cod(fish)). I think it means "mixed together many things".

The band "Jagatara" is a fundamentally a funk band (like Fela-Kute). They also respect FZ and etc ....
The band stoppend around 1991 because lead singer Edo Akemi had died.
They didn’t perform FZ but they did respect FZ.

Jagatara has over 15 CDs and 4 DVDs out.

Every year there is a festival called "Jagatara Matsuri(Festival)". A tribute to ex-Jagatara members, of which 3 members have already passed away.

This is the main page of the festival (in Japanese):  http://www.loft-prj.co.jp/jagatara/

ROBYN HITCHCOCK

THE MONKEES: HEAD

GARY PANTER

www.garypanter.com

The pictures on the right show his artwork for the Ralph Records catalogues number six and seven (from 1980 and 1981)

JEFF BUCKLEY

I don’t know if it happened often, but Jeff Buckley played a Residents cover in concert at ‘Arlene’s Grocery’, NYC, on 1997/02/09.

• 1997/02/09 Jeff Buckley – concert ‘arlene’s grocery’, nyc, ny, usa

  • nightmares by the sea * witches rave  * so real * paranoia in the city (haven't you heard) * lover you should have come over * morning theft * vancouver * moisture (the residents) * sky is a landfill * chocolate * mojo pin * grace * last goodbye
    

COVERING DEUS

Sam Vervoort covered 'Nothing Really Ends'. It's available for download.

-- info: Ive Hapers

BILLY COBHAM

Thanks to Zappateer 'Bastard Son' for the info:

• billy cobham: life and times
      (1976, lp, usa, atl sd18166) - feat. allan zavod and george duke

CHRIS OPPERMAN 2005 12 11

I'm a bit too late with this, especially for the Recital...

[Chris Opperman Mailing List - Sunday, December 11th, 2005]

Episode #48: "Lotus Feet" Nominated for a GRAMMY!

Oppy Music on Sale for the Holidays! www.onesheet.com/chrisopperman.html
Preview new tracks and read Opperman's blog at www.myspace.com/chrisopperman.
Opperman's music is available on iTunes and other digital music services.
Chris Opperman plays KORG keyboards and uses Finale music notation software.

* "Lotus Feet" Nominated for a GRAMMY!

* Solo Piano Recital Wednesday Night

* "Lotus Feet" Nominated for a GRAMMY!

Okay, I realize that it hasn't even been a week since my last mailing list update, but I hope you'll excuse the intrusion for this very special announcement.

The composition "Lotus Feet" on Steve Vai's "Real Illusions: Reflections" album which was released this year was a live performance featuring Steve Vai & the Metropole Orkest with special guests Chris Opperman on piano and Bryan Beller on bass as performed in Holland in 2004.  Anyway, the exciting news is the track has been nominated by the GRAMMYS for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance!" 

It's the first time that a track that I played on has been nominated for a GRAMMY and that's pretty exciting.  I sure hope Steve wins this time.  Leading the nominations this year are the lovely Miss Mariah Carey and the horrifically overrated Kanye Whatever. 

* Solo Piano Recital Wednesday Night

Also, for those of you who are interested, I booked a last minute show at Masquer's Cabaret because I owed the booker a show.  So, if you are the type of Oppy fan who wishes I would just wear a nice suit and play the piano for an hour at a reasonably quiet and respectful venue, this is the gig for you.  It's Wednesday night, I go on a little before 8:30 and it's at 8334 West 3rd St., West Hollywood, CA.  Cover is $7 and I believe it's all ages but you may want to double check.

Happy holidays!

-- Chris

ELMER & FRED

• elmer & fred: elmer & fred
      (1981, unreleased, usa, rhino) - the album was announced by rhino in 1981

As you can imagine, a demo tape of this recording is circulating.

BTW, the recoring is up for grabs at dimeadozen right now.

BRUCE BICKFORD

Season's Greetings!

First, the sad news:
For those who have not yet heard, George Bickford passed away in his sleep on October 9, 2005.
He was ninety years old and had battled Alzheimer's disease for more than a decade. Mr. Bickford was an ingenious builder, an accomplished architect, and a brilliant aerospace engineer.
He was also a true original. George Bickford will be sorely missed.

Now, the good news:
In memory of George Bickford, we are pleased to announce that the Monster Road DVD will be released sometime during the month of February, 2006, from the Bright Eye Pictures web site:
http://www.brighteyepictures.com/

Monster Road has screened at more than 50 film festivals, museums, and alternative cinema venues in 12 countries, winning more than a dozen awards. The movie is currently playing periodically on the Sundance Channel. However, our hopes of securing a commercial release of the DVD by a large scale distributor have fizzled, the dust has settled, and now it's time to DIY this thing.

The DVD will feature a load of extras, including deleted scenes and previously unreleased Bruce Bickford animation clips.

We apologize for the delay of this release and greatly appreciate your interest and patience.

Our excuse for taking so long with this thing?
First, we'd hoped to have secured a "deal" by now. Second, it's taking a while to get all the DVD extras together and (the animation clips) approved by Bruce Bickford. Finally, E-commerce and DVD authoring/replicating/packaging are new territories for us, and are, frankly, not the most enjoyable aspects of indie
filmmaking, especially when one is knee-deep in a new creative project.

Brett Ingram is currently working on a new feature documentary - a portrait of another unheralded creative genius, scientific illustrator and outsider artist Renaldo Kuhler. Stay tuned to the Bright Eye Pictures web site for more info on this project.

Jim Haverkamp is working on a new short narrative film in collaboration with Don Baker, a writer/director/actor and a longtime supporter of Monster Road.

Jim and I appreciate all the support we have received from each of you.
Without your help, Monster Road would still be just a dream. By purchasing one or more copies of the Monster Road DVD upon its release in February, you can help us with our new projects.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Brett Ingram and Jim Haverkamp

ZAPPA FEST IN PORTUGAL

In Canecas, a small town near Lisbon, Portugal, last 21th December a group of friends reunited to celebrate Zappa's Birthday and listen to his music. Present were 2 portuguese bands that played Zappa's music, Miosotis and Zappanoia, the last group testing a new formation and adapting Zappa's writing to portuguese and social and political happenings of today.

FZ, CB AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF MAXIMALISM

• frank zappa, captain beefheart and the secret history of maximalism
  by michel delville and andrew norris  
      (2005, book, uk, salt publishing)
  
  • I finished the plus thirty page introduction of this almost two hundred page book today, and I'll probably be reading it again tomorrow.
    "FZ, CB and the Secret History of Maximalism" kicks off with showing how Zappa looked at his Project/Object. It also goes into the Big Note theory and its relation to, what Zappa calls, his Air Sculptures. Furthermore, it gives examples about Zappa's and Van Vliet's maximalist approach, linking these examples to other musicians, writers, poets, and much more.
    
    This book is no easy reading, and you need to know your Zappa (and Beefheart) to enjoy it. I've only finished the introduction and I've already made some notes about things that I have to listen to or that I have to read.
    
  • Recommended.
    
    -- to be continued --

HELLHOUND ON MY TRAIL

Greetings! Happy Christmas Eve!!! Here's a great song for the occasion! Robert Johnson Hellhound on my Trail (1936) 

I got to keep movin', I've got to keep movin'
Blues fallin' down like hail, blues fallin' down like hail
Umm mmm mmm mmm
Blues fallin' down like hail, blues fallin' down like hail
And the days keeps on worryin' me,
there's a hellhound on my trail, hellhound on my trail, hellhound on my trail

If today was Christmas eve
If today was Christmas eve, and tomorrow was Christmas day
If today was Christmas eve, and tomorrow was Christmas day
(spoken: Aow, wouldn't we have a time, baby?)
All I would need my little sweet rider just, to pass the time away, huh huh, to pass the time away
You sprinkled hot foot powder, mmm mmm, around my door, all around my door
You sprinkled hot foot powder, mmm, all around your daddy's door, hmm hmm hmm
It keep me with ramblin' mind, rider
Every old place I go, every old place I go
I can tell, the wind is risin', the leaves tremblin' on the tree, tremblin' on the tree
I can tell, the wind is risin', leaves tremblin' on the tree hmm hmm mmm mmm
All I need's my little sweet woman, and to keep my company, hmmm hmm, hey hey
My company

TINSELTOWN REBELLION

• Frank Hernandez: vocals, bass solos

• Bob Trewhella: vocals, lead guitar

• Rich Ebersole: vocals, bass

• Bruce Marson: keyboards

• Kathy Sheppard: keyboards, vocals

• Pat Calabrese: percussion

ARF! UN OMAGIO DI AMNESIA VIVACE A FRANK ZAPPA

• arf! - un omaggio di amnesia vivace a frank zappa
  by amnesia vivace
      (2003, book, italy, amnesia vivace)
  
  • The fourth of December 2003, Amnesia Vivace published a Zappa tribute.
    Despite my lack of knowledge of the Italian language, I enjoyed this book very much. The book itself looks like a piece of art: a heavy cardboard cover, heavy paper on the inside, the package kept together by a piece of rope.
    The booklet itself collects a number of articles by various contributors: Ben Watson, Marco Maurizi, Pasquale Cacchio, Daniele Timpano, Francesco Gentile and Nando Boero.
    
  • The biggest surprise were the two pictures of Zappa-inspired artwork: the first one by Alberto Gennari, the second one by Giuseppe Cacace.
    Take a look at http://www.ponticonlecose.com/arf.htm
    for more then an impression.
    
  • www.amnesiavivace.com

FZ - THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO HIS MUSIC

• frank zappa - the complete guide to his music
  by ben watson
      (2005, book, uk, omnibus press)
  
  • In 1998, Omnibus Press released a very informative book called "The Complete Guide To The Music Of Frank Zappa" (above right). A nice little booklet (in a more or less CD-format) that took you through the complete Zappa discography. Nice pictures & very well written by Ben Watson.
    A couple of months ago, Omnibus re-released the book with a new title, a new look and a new chapter (below right), taking into account the Zappa albums that have been release the last couple of years.
    
    I really liked the previous format, and it's a pity that a lot of pictures didn't make this new edition, but still, it's nice reading. An excellent gift for people that need an introduction to FZ.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

ZITA SWOON

• zita swoon: camera concert - a band in a box
      (2005, cd+dvd, be, chikaree records abiab400)
  
  • They're spoiling us. The latest, brand-new Zita Swoon album has a bonus DVD. Just like that.
    "Camera Concert - A Band In A Box", this latest Zita Swoon album is exactly what one expects from Zita Swoon: a very impressive album. Zita Swoon is one of the most important bands in Belgium. This live album does not present new material, but it does give you the opportunity to find out what the band sounds like live. Especially the DVD is impressive. It's hard to believe that the video was shot during a concert. It's all very laid back, very intimate as well. Tom Waits is never far way. Also note the Bob Dylan composition on their play-list, and yes, Radio Candip is a joy for the eye & ear.
    
    A must-have.

MIKE KENEALLY BAND

January 11 2006 , 23:00 - 24:00 h. on Radio 4FM: Mike Keneally Euro Band live in Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland!

Mike Keneally (guit, voc.), Bryan Beller (bass), Herman van Haaren (violin), Marco Minneman (drums)

http://www.omroep.nl/nps/output/4fm.html

IMAGINARY DISEASES

www.zappa.com

On the "A" in Frank:  "Is this the Mothers of Invention?"

1.  Oddients
2.  Rollo
3.  Been To Kansas City In A Minor
4.  Farther O'Blivion
5.  D.C. Boogie
6.  Imaginary Diseases
7.  Montreal

First "A" in Zappa:  "Eau de Petit Wazoo"

Frank's face above the "N" in Imaginary:  "Oh the 10 Piece Band"

Frank Zappa: Conductor/Guitar/Vocals
Malcolm McNabb: Trumpet
Gary Barone: Trumpet/Flugelhorn
Tom Malone: Tuba/Saxes/Piccolo Trumpet/Trumpet
Earl Dumler: Woodwinds
Glenn Ferris: Trombone
Bruce Fowler: Trombone
Tony Duran: Slide Guitar
Dave Parlato: Bass
Jim Gordon: Drums

At the bottom on the "9A" from the film:
"Composed/Produced/Performed/Edited/Mixed/Tweaked by Frank Zappa!
Vaultmeistered by Joe Travers/Mastered by Doug Sax & Robert Hadley/Liner notes by Steve Vai."

On Zappa's right foot, bottom right corner, "Zappa Records (tm). Official Release #76!"

NAPOLEON MURPHY BROCK

THE PRIME TIME SUBLIME COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA

-- 2005/12/13 --

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Babies were up for auction on eBay's Chinese subsidiary, Eachnet. Boys were going for $3,450, while girls cost $1,603... Many people thought that a stain on a wall in Chicago was actually a miraculous apparition of the Virgin Mary... A woman in Afghanistan was stoned to death for adultery... A Rhode Island man was arrested after he offered an undercover policewoman T-bone steaks in exchange for sex... The Girl Scouts were suing people who didn't pay for their cookies... Doctors in Belgium treated a fifteen-year-old Iraqi girl for leg wounds caused by a cluster bomb, then sent the bill to the U.S. embassy... The Clovis, New Mexico police locked down a middle school, closed off several streets, and placed officers on rooftops before discovering that what they thought was a weapon carried by a student was actually a thirty-inch burrito...

...Florida police were looking for a naked man who steals into the homes of elderly women late at night and tickles their feet... People in Zanzibar were living in fear of a sexually rapacious, sodomy-prone goblin named Popo Bawa... Dr. W. David Hager, the George W. Bush-appointed adviser to the FDA and a vocal opponent of emergency contraception, abortion, and pre-marital sex, was accused by his ex-wife of anally raping her on a regular basis over many years. Hager is the author of the books "As Jesus Cared for Women" and, with his wife, "Stress and the Woman's Body."... American funeral homes were earning frequent-flier miles every time they shipped a corpse... In the West Bank, Israeli soldiers broke into the home of a Palestinian family so that they could watch a soccer game... An Australian woman was arrested for attempting to bring fifty-one tropical fish into the country hidden in her skirt... Berlin police, acting on a kidnapping tip, stopped a car and pulled a man from the car's trunk; it turned out the man, wearing only a thong and collar, was a voluntary sex slave... A woman in Pennsylvania offered her newborn baby's clothes as a billboard for advertising. "Everyone looks at babies," she said... UNICEF released a short film that shows an airstrike attack on a village of Smurfs...

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Now You can get all 3 of our CDS for the price of Any 2 - the 3rd CD is FREE along with the primeTime sublime Curb Your God T-shirt. This offer is only available when ordered directly from us (not through our retail distributors since they do not send shirts with CD orders).
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...It was reported that interrogators at Guantanamo Bay tortured prisoners with the music of Christina Aguilera... A study showed that the world military budget was about $1,035,000,000,000 in 2004; the United States accounted for nearly half of that... Two women were upset when they visited a Houston mausoleum and found that the cremated remains of their mother had been replaced by a can of sour-cream-and-onion potato chips... Police in Nigeria arrested a cow for murder... A German woman named Petra Ficker threw her husband, Frank Ficker, out of the house after her parrot cried out the name of Mr. Ficker's mistress, Uta. "It's just me and my parrot now," said Petra... He acted on divine orders. "God would tell me," Bush said, "'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.' And I did, and then God would tell me, 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq...' And I did."... In Maryland the first kill of bear season was credited to Sierra Stiles, an eight-year-old girl, who shot a 211-pound bear twice in the chest with a .243-caliber rifle. "They won't eat now," Sierra said of bears. "They won't eat a thing."...

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...British potato farmers held protests against the Oxford English Dictionary; they were offended by the term "couch potato."... At the U.S. Justice Department, the $8,000 modesty curtains used to cover the bareness of the statues of Majesty of Justiceand Spirit of Justice were removed, once again exposing an aluminum nipple... A Zamboni driver in Morristown, New Jersey, was charged with drunk Zamboni driving... Former Canadian Minister of Defense Paul Hellyer called on Canadian Parliament to hold hearings on the best way to deal with extraterrestrials. "I'm so concerned about what the consequences might be of starting an intergalactic war," said Hellyer, "that I just think I had to say something."... In Muncie, Indiana, a paraplegic man was on his way to Mount Zion Baptist Church when his motorized wheelchair became stuck on some train tracks. He was thrown ten yards and killed by a thirty-eight-car freight train... A Cambodian man found his mother after being separated from her for thirty years, then learned that she was also the mother of his wife... The Environmental Protection Agency was working on ways to limit the radioactivity of the planned Yucca Mountain, Nevada, nuclear-waste dump for the next 1 million years... Police in Moldova were looking for a man who robs banks by hypnotizing the tellers...The Vatican announced that men with "deep-rooted homosexual tendencies" may not become Roman Catholic priests. Men who experienced "transitory"homosexual tendencies at least three years ago, however, may... The community council of Perthshire, Scotland, forced a developer to change the layout of his housing development so that it would not disturb fairies... In Manchester, New Hampshire, a man named Ronald MacDonald was arrested for stealing $133 from a safe at a Wendy's restaurant... There was a shortage of Santas in Perth, Australia; current Santas said that the risk of litigation was too great. "Once upon a time you'd walk through the mall saying 'Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas'," said Santa John Gomez, "but now you say nothing."

ZAPPA DOT COM

Deer Swillees,

We've been in the Vault. We're back now with some highly seasoned treats for you in special consideration of events at this time - of year. Yule love the next adventure in the Corsaga Series - Joe's XMASage! Be present.

And as an extra added radient, more enlightening than Rudolf's nose, please be advised to watch the skies on the longest night of the year - here, at Barfko-Swill, where we continue to feel it is our duty . . . and Music is the BEST!

xxx,

The Barfies

http://www.zappa.com

http://www.zappa.com/whatsnew.html

http://stores.musictoday.com/store/dept.asp?band_id=1150&dept_id=8450&sfid=2

THE KENEALLIST 2005 12 15

Happy holidays O Keneallistites!

Here's a quick one for your busy holiday schedule -- just a few items:

PRE-ORDERING for
Mike Keneally Band's
GUITAR THERAPY LIVE CD/DVD limited edition set
NOW ON at
WWW.MOOSEMART.COM

Anyone who has found my previous releases to be just too tasteful can stop their entertainment dollar right here -- GUITAR THERAPY LIVE the CD features over seventy minutes of overexcited musicians playing very loudly at the peak of their capabilities simply because it's fun to do so. Mike, Bryan, Rick and Joe all going way over the top just for you. And the DVD which comes with the signed limited edition features the entire June 30 '05 show at the Baked Potato -- a true sight for sore ears, with an amazing 5.1 surround mix.

Production wraps up next month, we hope they'll be in hot needy hands by March. If you wish to support our efforts by pre-ordering we'd be incessantly grateful. The signed, numbered limited edition of 3000 is first come, first serve -- don't let it go out of print and send us a miserable email in two years about how you missed your opportunity (those emails are very sad).

http://www.moosemart.com! See you there...

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BAKED POTATO -- MKB with CHAD WACKERMAN -- DEC. 30

We are putting together a very ambitious set list for this New Years' Eve Eve show -- and here's some additional exciting news for you -- Andy West, bassist from the Dregs and the Mistakes, will be sitting in with us for a few songs as well! Killer cool!

Here's yer details, wrapped up with a bow:

Mike Keneally Band
Legendary drummer Chad Wackerman joins Mike for the first time since the 1988 Zappa tour!
Also featuring Bryan Beller and Rick Musallam and special guest Andy West
Friday, December 30, 2005
The Baked Potato
3787 Cahuenga Blvd. West
Studio City, CA 91604
(818) 980-1615
Open at 7:00 p.m.
Shows: 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.

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NEW MUSIC FOR METROPOLE

Today I came close to finishing the writing and demo-ing of a new piece, which will be premiered at the upcoming live performance of The Universe Will Provide with the Metropole Orkest in March. I think the new piece might be called "4S" and it's really messing with my head, I'm very excited for people to hear it. This performance will be in The Netherlands, and there will be more activity around Europe before and after that -- we will tell all after the new year is upon us.

This week I've also been in the studio with Brad Teaby finishing up a bunch of long-in-the-works Jip material. And next month I'll be involved in a recording project with Ronan Chris Murphy, Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto. And writing/planning continues apace for the next three to five MK album projects. Busy year coming up.

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STILL HAVEN'T POSTED AT MySpace.com/MikeKeneally, STILL WANT TO

Every time I've tried to participate over there, I couldn't figure out how to get started. I'm so not savvy with that world...so I begged my friend Dan, who's been waiting super patiently for me to get going in the My Space world, for some pointers, and he sent me eighty lines of text that I haven't been able to deal with yet. Hey, I just moved, still living out of boxes, eight projects going on, need any more excuses from me? Didn't think so. OK I'll stop being lame soon, believe me I'd like to. In the meantime, those of you who do know your way around at My Space, go see what I'm missing.

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REQUESTING GOOD VIBES for SEAMUS

Our youngest guinea pig Seamus is staying overnight at the vet tonight with super-swollen lymph nodes; they're still working out precisely what's wrong with him, so send him the super-good healing vibes if you would, thanks very much.

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MARK CRANEY

Friend and brilliant drummer Mark Craney (with whom I worked on Z's "Shampoohorn" album) has passed away after a long illness -- I contributed a track to an album called "Something With A Pulse" a long time ago, raising funds to help with his care. He hung in for a good long time and I'm very grateful to have known him. Please send him good wishes on his journey.

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WES WEHMILLER

Tonight's the one-year anniversary of our gig at the Belly Up with our dear late friend, bassist Wes Wehmiller. Thanks to Wes' parents for writing and reminding me of that. Love to Wes and howdy to all who love and miss him.

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MILES BEYOND

Recommended website: http://www.miles-beyond.com, website of Paul Tingen who wrote the magnificent book "Miles Beyond" about the electric music of Miles Davis. Great book, and the website is a great companion. Poking around there I even found a glowing testimonial from Doug Boucher, longtime überfan of MK music and charter alt.music.mike-keneally newsgroup denizen (Scott Chatfield, if you want to affix an umlaut to "überfan" you may, I couldn't be bother to figure out how to generate one. Or if you don't feel like it you can leave this parenthetical stage direction to wave in the wind for all to see. Hi, world.) [Hi, Mike! -Scött]

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I stop now. This was supposed to be short. Happy holidays everyone!

-- Mike

THE CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER BAND

Como há 16 anos, a The Central Scrutinizer Band comemora mais um aniversário do mestre Frank Zappa. 

Venha ouvir algumas pérolas de Frank Zappa, como Sharleena, Zoot Allures, Sofa, Andy, Blessed Relief, Montana, Zombie Woof e muito mais...

Dia 22 de dezembro, quinta feira..no Café Piupiu.

22h -  Café Piupiu - São Paulo

R Treze de Maio 134, Bixiga - 11 - 3258 8066

www.scrutinizer.com.br

• 2005/12/22 The Central Scrutinizer Band  -  concert 'café piupiu', são paulo, brasil 

WMRECORDINGS

Howdy folks,

Two more new releases from WM Recordings to brighten up your holidays!

Is it free sex that you want? Then get Nambavan - Sex, drugs & Russian girls [WM031]
http://www.wmrecordings.com/releases/wm031.htm

Or are you more of an anti-consumerist? Then this is the release for you: Sid Peacock - You can't buy everything forever [WM030]
http://www.wmrecordings.com/releases/wm030.htm

And don't forget to check out our older releases if you haven't yet.

best wishes,
Marco Kalnenek

FIREWORKS

The 2006-07 Season already promises to be a very exciting one for us.  The ensemble will begin touring more extensively, with concerts planned throughout the country, including Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Texas, Ohio, Maryland, and Kansas.  On its home turf in New York City, the ensemble will initiate a new concert series at Symphony Space and present a portrait concert of the music of Frank Zappa at the Miller Theater.  '06-'07 will also see the release of two new records, "Chimera," the music of Brian Coughlin, and "Dance Mix, Volume 2," featuring dance music from around the world.

ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA - THE NEW DATES

• 2005/05/15 concert ‘Amsterdam Music Hall’, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• 2005/05/17 concert ‘Falkoner’, Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen

• 2005/05/18 concert ‘Sentrum Scene’, Oslo, Norway

• 2005/05/19 concert ‘Stockholm Hovet’, Stockholm, Sweden

• 2005/05/21 concert ‘Philipshalle’, Dusseldorf, Germany

• 2005/05/22 concert ‘Tempodrom’, Berlin, Germany

• 2005/05/23 concert ‘T-Mobile Arena’, Prague, Czech Republic

• 2005/05/24 concert ‘Petofi Csarnok Open -Air’, Budapest, Hungary

• 2005/05/26 concert ‘Kongresshaus’, Zurich, Switzerland

• 2005/05/27 concert ‘Mazda Palace’, Milan, Italy

• 2005/05/28 concert ‘Teatro Tenda Striscle’, Rome, Italy

• 2005/05/30 concert ‘Forest National’, Brussels, Belgium

• 2005/06/01 concert ‘Manchester Apollo’, Manchester, UK

• 2005/06/02 concert ‘Royal Albert Hall’, London, UK

• 2005/06/05 concert ‘Zenith’, Paris, France

special guests on the Zappa Plays Zappa Tour:

Steve Vai, Terry Bozzio and Napoleon Murphy Brock

DANIEL ROHR

• 2006/01/14 performance 'Ringlokschuppen', Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Germany

MERRY AXEMAS

Looks like a nice Santa mutation to me...

COSMIK DEBRIS IN CONCERT

Before the gig of Cosmik Debris (featuring Jimmy Carl Black as special guest!! ), the Hungarian Frank Zappa Association will be showing a video of Zappa's Saturday Night Live's appearnace.

More info at:
http://www.zappa.hu/index.php?newlang=english

CHADBOURNE RELEASED VAN VLIET MATERIAL

eugene chadbourne: oldtime banjo
    (2005, cdr, france, relaxey vous) - incl.'click clack' (don van vliet)

BALALAIKA NUEVA

From the Zappateers site:

Balalaika Nueva play Peaches En Regalia

English: http://www.balalaikarus.de/Start_nueva_us.html

The track can be found at: 

http://huckleberry.ultranet.ru/my-z-page/sounds/Balalaika-Nueva-Peaches.mp3

EUGENE CHADBOURNE ON TOUR

2006

BIG NEWS! Watch for Dr. Chad as a special guest lead guitarist and banjo picker with the Violent Femmes on tour during the year...Banjo on Blister in the Sun!
Yeah!

OK here we go, Dr. Chad with the Violent Femmes PLEASE NOTE ONLY THE 2/3 SHOW at FILMORE IS CONFIRMED

• 2006/01/29 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - Phoenix, AZ. w/ Cake + Tegan & Sarah

• 2006/01/31 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - : San Diego, CA at the HOB

• 2006/02/01 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - : Los Angeles, CA...at the HOB

• 2006/02/02 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - : Santa Cruz, CA

• 2006/02/03 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - : San Francisco, CA. Fillmore West

• 2006/02/04 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - : Stockton, CA...

• 2006/02/05 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - : University of Calf at Humbolt
  
  

• 2006/02/13 Aki Takase Fats Waller Project feat. Dr.Chadbourne - /Prato, Italy
  stay tune for news of Dr. Chad solo shows in Italy in February

MORE VIOLENT FEMMES DATES!
----------- THESE DATES ARE CONFIRMED -------------------------

• 2006/02/23 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - Limerick Trinity Rooms

• 2006/02/24 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - Galaway- Ireland Roisin Dubh

• 2006/02/25 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - -Dublin - Ireland Vicar Street

• 2006/02/26 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - - London UK Shepherds Bush Empire

2006/03/24 Aki Takase Fats Waller Project feat.Dr.Chadbourne - Bremen, Germany

FIRST INTERNATIONAL TOUR BY THE NEW G.O.I.N. group  //  That stands for Get out of Iraq Now
Dr. Chad/vocals/banjo/guitar * Brian Ritchie/bass/shakuhachi * Victor de Lorenzo/percussion * Brian Jackson/vocals/keyboards

• 2006/03/28 G.O.I.N., feat. Dr.Chadbourne - Paris, Banlieus Blues festival

• 2006/03/31 G.O.I.N., feat. Dr.Chadbourne - (TBC) Baarle-Nassau, Holland

• 2006/04/01 G.O.I.N., feat. Dr.Chadbourne - Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Holland

• 2006/04/03 G.O.I.N., feat. Dr.Chadbourne - Milano, Italy

New duo project with Dr. Chad and Kevyn Blechdom, vocal, banjo, electronics
This duo will have a residency in Nantes, France over April 5-6 and then will perform at the I.D.E.A.L. festival in that city April 7-8

• 2006/04/23-28 The Jack and Jim Show in residency in Brest, France including duo gig with Dr. Chad and Jimmy Carl Black and a collaboration with the Monstre band.
  

• 2006/05/20 Aki Takase Fats Waller project feat.Dr.Chadbourne - /Lorrach, Germany/Jazz Tone

• 2006/05/22 Aki Takase Fats Waller project feat.Dr.Chadbourne - /Ulm, Germany

2006/05/23 - 2006/05/28  THE GREATEST CHADFEST OF ALL TIME AT MUSIQUE ACTION 2006, Vandouevre Les-Nancy, France

2006/05/23  Eugene Chadbourne / The Butterfly Garden - concert Vandouevre Les-Nancy, France

- Eugene Chadbourne The Butterfly Garden
(Les Jardins des Papillons) Special septet combining two trios, ZU frome Rome and Malachy Papers from
Kansas City performing sections of a suite from the Insect and Western series;

Mark Southerland (USA) tenor sax, homemade instruments, 8-track
Mike Dillon, (USA) vibraphone, drums, percussion
Johnny Hamill, (USA) acoustic bass
Massimmo Pupillo, (Italy) electric bass
Jacobo Battaglia, (Italy) drums
Luka Mai, (Italy) baritone saxophone
Eugene Chadbourne,(USA) composition, guitar, banjo

2006/05/24  Eugene Chadbourne 2 - concert Vandouevre Les-Nancy, France

Eugene Chadbourne 2
New Directions in Appalachian Music
Aspects of the traditional Appalachian music repertoire are attacked by an international assemblage of improvisers:

Mike Cooper, lap steel guitar, dobro (UK)
Paul Lovens, selected drums and cymbals, singing saw (Germany)
Cedric Prive, violin (France)
Johnny Hamill, bass (USA)
Eugene Chadbourne, banjo, vocals (USA)
Phil Minton, vocals (UK)

2006/05/25 - Salle des fêtes : Eugene Chadbourne 3 - - concert Vandouevre Les-Nancy, France

One of My Favorite Country and Western Singers Has Always Been Johnny Paycheck--and this is the most elaborate Tribute to Johnny Paycheck yet, with new arrangements created for a most unique instrumental blend.

Special guest steel guitar soloist Susan Alcorn (USA)
David Fox, piano (USA)
Jimmy Carl Black, drums (USA)
Bill Barrett, harmonica (USA)
Steven De Bruyn, harmonica (Belguim)
Richie West, French horn (USA)
David Doyle, French horn, mandolin (USA)
Eugene Chadbourne, electric guitar, vocals (USA)

2006/05/26 - Eugene Chadbourne 4 Chadbourne Baptist Church - concert Vandouevre Les-Nancy, France

 nice rock and country band set, combining American and European musicians, focusing mainly on Chadbourne original song repertoire.

Dave Fox, piano (USA)
David Doyle, French horn and mandolin (USA)
Johannes Bauer, trombone (Germany)
Roddie Gilliard, electric bass (UK)
Schroeder, drums (Germany)
Eugene Chadbourne, electric guitar, voice (USA)
Molly Chadbourne, vocal (USA)

2006/05/27 Hills Have Jazz feat.Dr.Chadbourne - concert Vandouevre Les-Nancy, France

Hills Have Jazz band We will do some Chadbourne original jazz themes to avoid being strictly part of the new "free jazz cover band" regime; but will also be doing some classics.

special guest Oliver Lake alto and soprano saxophone (USA)
Mark Southerland tenor saxophone, clarinet (USA)
Thomas Heberer trumpet (Germany)
Bill Barrett harmonica (USA)
Mike Dillon vibraphone (USA)
Pat Thomas piano (UK)
Richie West drums (USA)
Eugene Chadbourne guitar, banjo, voice (USA)

2006/05/28 The Horror Part Nine Band feat.Dr.Chadbourne - concert Vandouevre Les-Nancy, France

Musicians
H.O.M.O. electric toothbrush, sampling, electronics (Portugal)
Stefan Verstraten didjiridoo, exotic instruments (Belguim)
Martin Klapper toys, electronics (Czech-Denmark)
Schroeder percussion (Germany)
DJ Point turntables (Slovenia)
Eugene Chadbourne banjo composition

Friends
Jimmy Carl Black lead fiend, voice, narration (USA-Germany)
Vid Zeraj fiend (Croatia)
Molly Chadbourne fiend (USA)
Kalina Samardjieva fiend (Bulgaria)

ZAPPANALE 17

• 2006/07/14
  • Larts Studs (Denmark)
  • AGE  (Germany)
  • Voice Of Cheeze  (USA)
  • TriPod  (USA)
  • Zappatistas  (GB)
  • Daniel Rohr "Alles über Frank"  (Schweiz)
  • Jane  (Germany)
    
• 2006/07/15
  • Jazzprojekt Hundehagen  (Germany)
  • Ikarisches Ensemble  (Germany)
  • The Troope  (NL)
  • Soft Machine  (GB)
  • Sex Without Nails Bros.  (Austria)
  • Paul Green School of Rock - plays Led Zeppelin / Black Sabbat  (USA)
    
• 2006/07/16
  • DOOT  (USA)
  • Paul Green School of Rock - plays the rocking Frank Zappa  (USA)
  • Les Polissons  (France)
  • Discus  (Indonesien)
  • ???

Check out www.zappanale.de for the latest info, tickets, a place to sleep, etceteras
 

DORKTONES

http://dorktones.libsyn.com/

Also available as mp3 download.

ZAPPA RADIO SPECIAL

There is going to be a Zappa Radio special on WICN - Worcester, MA on Saturday 12/17 @ 7:30 PM Eastern.

The good thing for anybody that is not in the area, is that they broadcast live over the internet also at WWW.WICN.ORG .

NEW ZAPPA ALBUM

• frank zappa: joe's xmasage  (75)
      (2005, cd, usa, vaultarnative records)
  
  • Newsflash from www.zappa.com
    

Right in time for you Christmas tree:

1. mormon xmas dance report
2. prelude to “the purse”
3. mr. clean (alternate mix)
4. why don’tcha do me right?
5. the muthers/power trio
6. the purse
7. the moon will never be the same
8. gtr trio
9. suckit rockit
10. mousie’s first xmas
11. the uncle frankie show

THE WRONG OBJECT

• the wrong object & guests: live 2005
      (2005, cdr-pro, bel, private release)
  
  • The latest Wrong Object demo presents the Wrong Object in concert at various locations throughout Yurrip. Playing Zappa stuff as well as material by Delville.
    This album features Harry Becket, who joined the band for a couple of concerts in Belgium and Elton Dean, who played with the band in Paris, France.
    Needless to say that this a "must-hear".
    
    If you're familiar with the band's previous demos, you'll be surprised by this one. Laurent Delchambre (on drums), Fred Delplancq (on tenor sax) and Jean-Paul Estiévenart (on trumpet) have joined Michel Delville and Damien Polard and make the Wrong Object a band that you should keep an eye on.
    
  • The band's got a new website as well:
    http://www.wrongobject.com
    Check it out.

THE BLUTCH ADVENTURE

• the blutch adventure: one to five
      (2005, 2cdr, bel, lama recordings 015)
  
  • from the booklet:
    "The Bluioaetch project is a 4 track project with different musicians starting a tape without knowing how the endresult will come out. They record their pieces of music by turns and in a random way onto the 4-track-cassette one by one until the tape is full. So the music comes about by accident. Sometimes it ends up in a beautiful song, sometimes in bizarre mindblowing soundscapes. The Bluioaetch-project is organized at least once a year. These are the first five parts, recorded over 5 years."
    
    Impressive, to say the least.
    
  • Out on Lama.

THE LAMA HOME BAND

• the lama home band: sparebedbirthmarks
      (2005, cdr, bel, lama recordings 016)
  
  • The latest and brand-new release on Lama is by The Lama Home Band. This is experimental low-fi at its very best.

KIM KANGAROO

• kim kangaroo: giant dead lip samba
      (2004, cdr, bel, lama recordings 013)
  
  • "Giant Dead Lip Samba" presents work that Kim Kangaroo recorded between 1982 and 1987. Some of this material has been released as Horse Cyclone, Situation, Swan Show, or as Kim Kangaroo.
    Considering that Kim was only 13 years old in 1982, these recordings show that he was already listening to Residents material at a very young age.
    
    Just think of what it did to Kim...
    This might make an interesting case study...

JAY PHLITMAN & KIM KANGAROO

• jay phlitman & kim kangaroo: jazzmasters
      (2005, cdr, bel, lama recordings 014)
  
  • It has been a productive year for Lama Recordings.
    For those of you that have always wondered what Phlitman and Kangaroo would sound like, playing jazz, here's your answer.
    "Jazzmasters" collects 9 compositions, each dedicated to a jazz legend: Billy Holiday, Archie Shepp, Eric Dolphy, Roland Kirk, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey, Duke Ellington and Ornette Coleman.
    If this was a quizz and someone would ask me to add the name to each track, I wouldn't have too many points. The album, however, deserves all the points. I like it a lot.
    I hope this is just part one.
    
  • Lama! Recordings?
    Dungelstraat 41
    B - 3440 Zoutleeuw
    Belgium

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART BOOTLEG DVD

• captain beefheart: the mirror man looks back
      (2005, dvd, ??, ??)
  
  • Here's a brand-new Captain Beefheart DVD bootleg.
    True, it's a bootleg and that means that someone is making money out of this (and it's not the artists), but it's good to see that some Beefheart video is turning up.
    
    I can't tell you too much about this. I've seen it, but I don't really know what the source is.
    The first track is from The Old Grey Whistle Test from 1974; there's the BBC tribute from a couple of years ago; there's the little thing by Anton Corbijn, and then there's some more live stuff, but I can't put my finger on it.
    Additional info is welcome.

NEW FRANK ZAPPA BOOTLEG ALBUM

• the mothers of invention: mr.gene's greens - detroit '68
       (2005, cd-bootleg, usa, zipperman zap-019)
  
  • Here's a brand-new bootleg from the american zipperman label. Presenting The Mothers in Detroit in 1968.
    
    Tape traders (or concert traders as one might call them) know that this is a very fine concert.

6TH ANNUAL MILWAUKEE ZAPPA FEST

6th Annual Milwaukee Zappa Fest w/ & Jason Seed Elixir Ensemble & Dr. Chow's Love Medicine

Linneman's Riverwest Inn, 1001 E. Locust, Milwaukee, WI - (414)
263-9844
-  9 PM - $8

Local bands covering only Zappa music.  For further info contact milwaukeefly2000 at yahoo dot com

PETULANT FRENZY

Mister Dave said:

Petulant Frenzy in concert 2005 12 08

Hi,
for those of you on the right latitude and longitude, please be aware that the merely entertaining Petulant Frenzy will once again be forcing unsuspecting molecules of air to collide in a fashion similar to that envisioned by Frank Zappa a long time ago, in a land far away.

The Marquee
Cnr Parramatta Rd and Pyrmont Bridge Rds
Camperdown
9:00 - 12:00
AU$15.00
http://www.petulantfrenzy.com

Oh, and free burns of the Roxy DVD to the first 1000 payers.

--Mister Dave

• 2005/12/08 Petulant Frenzy - concert 'the marquee', camperdown, australia

BARRY GOLDBERG

Barry Goldberg is / was a white blues organist closely associated with Mike Bloomfield. Member of the Electric Flag.

The FZ connection cme about through Tom Wilson, who produced both the Mothers and Goldberg.

"I played the chords, and Bloomfield played the screeches. And they made this rhythm and blues record, which has a lot of words in it like 'baby'. But I'm sure it's very excellent. Maybe it doesn't even have the words in it like 'baby'. Maybe they got something psychedelic like 'mama'." --FZ, 12/22/66 

• barry goldberg: carry on / ronnie siegel from avenue l
      (1967, 7", usa, verve folkways kf 5045) - produced by tom wilson, feat.frank zappa on 'carry on'

MARTY SEVEN

Frank Zappa mentions drummer Marty Seven in a radio interview from 1981.

Here's a transcription of the interview:

Frank: The drummer auditions are closed right now because I just hired a guy from Chicago. His name is Marty Seven. As a matter of fact, he's probably there visiting in Chicago with his parents right now... because he was out here... He was living in Boston, he came out, he tried out, he got the job and then moved all of his stuff out to California and then went back to visit with his parents for a week. So he may be back there right now so if he's there, Hi Marty, how you doing?

(from the Zappateers Forum) 

any extra info would be appreciated.

THE LAMA HOME BAND

• the lama home band: sans culottes
      (2004, cdr, bel, lama recordings 012)
  
  • The Lama Home Band is Kim Kangaroo and D.Down, plus guests.
    I vividly remember their previous album "Deux Ma Sacoche", which came in a handbag... And now there's "Sans Culottes". This is a very fresh and fun sounding album. It's obvious that the Lama Home Band admires the bands that you know from the Ralph Record Label.
    
    "Sans Culottes" proves that the Do It Yourself scene produces excellent music.
    
    You should really give this a try.
    Check the Lama! Recordings? address below.
    

MODERN BOG

• modern bog: the first casket
      (2003, cdr, bel, lama recordings 010)
  
  • "The First Casket" was recorded in 1983 (!) by a Belgian quartet consisting of Kim Kangaroo, D.Down, Mister Pingpongballoon and R.Room.
    This piece of history got released last year on CDR on the excellent It's A Lama! Recordings? record label.
    A toy guitar, tape manipulation, casio sounds and a voice that could easily come from a Cavandoli cartoon in one track and from Captain B. in the next track.
    I like this a lot.
    
    If you're up for something experimental, you have to check this out.
    
  • Lama! Recordings?
    Dungelstraat 41
    B - 3440 Zoutleeuw
    Belgium

KANGMAN & ZONEN

• kangman & zonen: pas op, zwenkt uit
      (2001, cdr, bel, lama recordings 009)
  
  • Belgian comic book artist and cartoonist Kim Duchateau is involved in various musical projects.
    The 'band' that made "Pas Op, Zwenkt Uit" was called Kangman & Zonen, and this litlle and very limited disc (only fifty copies made) was released together with one of his books.
    This is truly hilarious material. Sticking with the letter "K", it even sounds like something inbetween Kamagurka and Klimperei.
    
    Visit Kim's excellent site to get an idea of what he's up to:
    
    http://www.kimkrampen.be

JOHN TRUBEE

I dream surreal dreams and think of these things in the quiet moments in the darkness before my alarm clock buzzes.

I only regret I don't possess even more time to escape from the noise and distractions of the days to reside by rich pools of reflection.

They Behave As Proud And Arrogant Children
Copyright c 2005 John Trubee

They behave as proud and arrogant children
All relations: shoutfests of competition
nourished on upbringings
of TV football and videogames

Devoid of integrity
all systems fail:
Black unfortunates drown
while Ivy League cronies
fuss over dinner reservations.

Kansan peasants protect their children
from science

The sentimental deification of golfers
posited as some supreme value to emulate

All is money and buying,
scheming and getting
All is position and territory
and image and reputation
based on nothing
of value or meaning.

They behave as proud and arrogant children:
All is a battle to prove a misplaced sense of manhood
(while men themselves are despised)
All circumstances a battle to trounce
the eternal other
They establish paradigms of black and white
which require no reflection
of which they are incapable

Vince Lombardi's aphorism replaces thinking

Battles lacking any overarching goal
or reason or meaning
Battles for the sake of battle
Inherent belligerence contrives rationalizations
for itself

Devoid of integrity all systems fail
Devoid of integrity all systems fail
Devoid of integrity all systems fail

They behave as proud and arrogant children.

-- John Trubee

CHRIS OPPERMAN 2005 12 05

Episode #47: Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?

Order now at www.oppymusic.com!
Preview new tracks and read Opperman's blog at www.myspace.com/chrisopperman.
Opperman's music is available on iTunes and other digital music services.

Chris Opperman plays KORG keyboards and uses Finale music notation software.

• Oppy Music Holiday Sale

• DVD Bootleg Club, Vol. I: Special Opps Live @ Level One 8/24/04

• Reviews of Foggy Highway and the 11/20/05 Concert!

• New New Music Music Music

* Oppy Music Holiday Sale

Hey there!  We are having a sale on all my CD's this month in celebration of the holidays.  You can get any 2 for $20, any 3 for $30 or all 4 for $40!  No shipping charge in the continental U.S.!  They makes great stocking stuffers.  You can access the sale here:

http://www.onesheet.com/chrisopperman.html

If you have any trouble ordering, or any questions, feel free to e-mail me!  This sale will last until January 2nd, 2006, and we recommend that you order by the 17th to get them in time for Christmas.

* DVD Bootleg Club, Vol. I: Special Opps Live @ Level One 8/24/04

Johnny D. and I finished putting together the first entry in our DVD Bootleg Club of the 8/24/04 show at Level One in Los Angeles.  This was Andre LaFosse's first performance with the band as the electric guitarist and also features Jen Kuhn on electric cello, Isaac Slape on electric bass, and Kevin Dooley on the drums.  Special guest Kat Parsons appears on her song "To Return to You."  The DVD will also contain all of the short-form videos that appeared on oppymusic.com throughout the second half of 2004 and early 2005 which also features Todd Carey (formerly Lieberman) on guitar and Mike Keneally on guitar and keyboards.  We were hoping to get this out before Christmas, and we still might, but we're cutting it very close so we're not accepting any pre-orders until I actually have the DVD's in my hand.  We have a couple other volumes of the series planned for 2006, and I sincerely hope that you enjoy them!

* Reviews of Foggy Highway and the 11/20/05 Concert!

Volkmar Mantei of Germany's Ragazzi progressive rock magazine wrote a nice review of both Concepts of Non-linear Time and Beyond the Foggy Highway which you can check out here:

http://www.ragazzi-music.de/opperman05.html

Also, Tiffiny Kaye Whitney wrote an EXTREMELY flattering article of our most recent show here:

http://www.lasplash.com/Entertainment/Special_Opps_Rocks_Santa_Monica_Pier.php

The photos were taken by the lovely and talented Cassidy Freeman.

* New New Music Music Music

I realize that I haven't been performing very often lately, and that's mostly because I've been doing a whole lot of writing.  Currently, I'm working on the last piece for the studio album (tentatively titled "The Sorcerer's Apprentice") called The Porpentine.  We debuted the first several movements of it at the 11/20/05 show and we also recorded the intro to it at The Mothership a couple of weeks ago.  It's going to be quite the epic, probably clocking in at around 15-20 minutes, and I really think it's the greatest thing I've ever written.  I'm currently orchestrating it for full orchestra and that has been my musical obsession for the last two months.  I was really proud of Special Opps for performing a huge chunk of it a couple weeks ago, because it is ridiculously difficult (we spent almost all of our rehearsal time just on that one piece).

I've also started writing songs for the album that's going to come after the one that I'm currently working on.  I'll be pretty jazzed when the day finally comes that I can make records as quickly as I can write them, but in the meantime, I'll just keep augmenting my catalog.  The two latest editions are two rock songs, complete with lyrics.  The first is called "That You Didn't Say Yesterday" that I think rocks pretty hard, and the second one is a humorous look at dating in Los Angeles called "Brenda, You're a Coward."  The challenge on that album for me is going to be writing all songs with lyrics instead of only instrumentals, although I plan on finally recording "Music for the Coronation of the Royalty King" for it.

Every once in awhile, my dad or Tanya will ask me when I plan on recording "Tanya's Song" and the answer is someday.  I realize that there are two other volumes in the Oppy Music trilogy that I haven't recorded yet and although changes will obviously need to be made to them to update them to the 21st century, I haven't forgotten. 

Anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and music is the best!  2006 is going to be a big year.

-- Chris

KLIMPEREI

KLIMPEREI : http://klimperei.free.fr

GOTAN PROJECT

• gotan project: la revancha del tango live
      (2005, dvd, fr, ya basta) - incl. 'chunga's revenge' (frank zappa)
  
  • For me, Gotan Project's version of Frank Zappa's 'Chunga's Revenge' is on of the best covers around.
    "La Revancha Del Tango Live" does include this superb track, performed as an encore to a fabulous concert.
    
    If you're into exploring music, you need this one.

DRUMMERS DOUBLE BILL

"The impulse to form the "Drummers Double Bill" emerged when Rob Verdurmen, drummer for the Willem Breuker Kollektief since 1974, discovered how much fun composing could be. Although he had written several pieces for the W.B.K., that ensemble played works penned principally by Breuker himself."

http://home.planet.nl/~kuddi001/

Featuring

• Rob Verdurmen

• Arend Niks

• Arjen Gorter

• Corrie van Binsbergen

• Joost Buis

• George Pancraz

• Alex Coke

• Rutger van Otterloo

The picture on the right, shows the band during their tour in China in Danyang, July 2004.

Early 2006, the band will be touring The Netherlands.

• 2006/01/14 concert ‘Plusetage’, Baarle Nassau, NL

• 2006/01/19 concert ‘Floratheater’, Delft, NL

• 2006/01/20 concert ‘Schouwburg’, Rotterdam, NL

• 2006/02/23 concert ‘Bimhuis’, Amsterdam, NL

• 2006/02/26 concert ‘Harmonie’, Leeuwarden, NL

• 2006/03/20 concert ‘Groote Kerk’, Veere, NL

CORRIE VAN BINSBERGEN

• 2005/11/29 Toon Tellegen in concert ‘De Werf’, Brugge, Belgium

• 2005/11/30 Toon Tellegen in concert ‘Arenbergschouwburg’, Antwerpen, Belgium

• 2005/12/06 Toon Tellegen in concert ‘Auditorium Minnepoort’, Leuven, Belgium

• 2005/12/15 Toon Tellegen in concert ‘Cultuurcentrum’, Lier, Belgium

• 2005/12/18 Toon Tellegen in concert ‘Stadsschouwbourg’, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
  

• 2006/03/12 Hagar Peeters  & Corrie van Binsbergen band in concert ‘Muziekcentrum’, Enschede, NL

• 2006/03/15 Schrijvers in concert Special  & Corrie van Binsbergen band ‘Bimhuis’, Amsterdam, NL

• 2006/03/18 Renate Dorrestein & Corrie van Binsbergen band in concert ‘Lantaren / Venster’, Rotterdam, NL

LARRY WILD MAN FISCHER

2005/12/10

Ubin Twinz proudly presents

the L.A. premiere

of

DERAILROADED

inside the mind of

Larry "Wild Man" Fischer

STEVE VAI & THE BREED
STEVE VAI & THE METROPOLE ORKEST

2005-12-04 radio special, dutch radio 4, 'nps output': the 2005-10-02 tilburg concert

2005-12-11 radio special, dutch radio 4, 'nps output': the 2005-07-07 "Aching Hunger Phase II"  groningen concert with the Metropole Orkest

2005-12-18 radio special, dutch radio 4, 'nps output': bonus material from tilburg & groningen

and there's more:

2005-12-12 tv special, dutch nederland 3, 'nps output': the 2005-07-07 "Aching Hunger Phase II"  groningen concert with the Metropole Orkest - part one

2005-12-19 tv special, dutch nederland 3, 'nps output': the 2005-07-07 "Aching Hunger Phase II"  groningen concert with the Metropole Orkest - part two

NEW ENTRIES IN UM

• The Definiens Project
• The Appollonicon
• The Cucamonga Surf Dogs
• Dino Dupree and the Pharaohs

These bands took part in the Frank Zappa / Paul Buff tribute concert on 2005/07/30 at the 'Chaffey College Theatre' in Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA.

I need more info on these bands. Did anyone attend or does anyone have extra info? Please share it with us. (bignOte at yucom dot be)

ZAPPANALE TV

FRANK ZAPPA: RESOLVER & BRUTALITY

"This is an audio cassette containing 58 minutes of synclavier music. The songlist and the title Resolver + Brutality are hand-written by Frank Zappa itself."

Click on the link and read on...

http://www.afka.net/resolver-brutality.htm

If you want to hear it, go to the Zappateers site and get your Bittorrent program running.
It's worth your effort.

the concert calendar * the concert calendar

search via

http://maczappa.serveftp.net:591/fzcoverdsearch.html

• 2005/11/30 Sul Divano - concert capital federal, argentina
   

• 2005/12/03 Frogg Café - concert 'Orion Sound Studio', Baltimore, MD – 8pm  
  

• 2005/12/04 Steve Vai - radio special, dutch radio 4, 'nps output': the 2005-10-02 tilburg concert
  
• 2005/12/06 Toon Tellegen in concert ‘Auditorium Minnepoort’, Leuven, Belgium
  
• 2005/12/08 Eugene Chadbourne / Doot!  - concert 'Cafe Nine', New Haven, CT, usa
  2005/12/08 Petulant Frenzy - concert 'the marquee', camperdown, australia
  

• 2005/12/09 Eugene Chadbourne / Doot!   - concert/ 'Buttonwood Tree', Middletown, CT, usa
  

• 2005/12/10 the Wrong Object - concert “Tournai Prog Event”, Belgium
  2005/12/10 screening of "Derailroaded' in hollywood, la, usa
   

• 2005/12/11 Steve Vai - radio special, dutch radio 4, 'nps output': the 2005-07-07 "Aching Hunger Phase II"  groningen concert with the Metropole Orkest
  

• 2005/12/12 Steve Vai - tv special, dutch nederland 3, 'nps output': the 2005-07-07 "Aching Hunger Phase II"  groningen concert with the Metropole Orkest - part one
  

• 2005/12/15 Toon Tellegen in concert ‘Cultuurcentrum’, Lier, Belgium
  

• 2005/12/18 Steve Vai - radio special, dutch radio 4, 'nps output': bonus material from tilburg & groningen
  2005/12/18 Toon Tellegen in concert ‘Stadsschouwbourg’, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
  

• 2005/12/19 Steve Vai - tv special, dutch nederland 3, 'nps output': the 2005-07-07 "Aching Hunger Phase II"  groningen concert with the Metropole Orkest - part two
  

• 2005/12/22 The Central Scrutinizer Band  -  concert 'café piupiu', são paulo, brasil 
  

• 2005/12/30 Mike Keneally Band + Chad Wackerman - concert 'The Baked Potato', Studio City, CA, usa
  

• 2006/01/14 Drummers Double Bill – concert ‘Plusetage’, Baarle Nassau, NL
  2006/01/14 Daniel Rohr - performance 'Ringlokschuppen', Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Germany
  

• 2006/01/19 Drummers Double Bill – concert ‘Floratheater’, Delft, NL
  

• 2006/01/20 Drummers Double Bill – concert ‘Schouwburg’, Rotterdam, NL
  

• 2006/01/21 Bogus Pomp - concert St.Petersburg, fl, usa
  

• 2006/01/29 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - Phoenix, AZ. w/ Cake + Tegan & Sarah
  

• 2006/01/31 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - : San Diego, CA at the HOB
  

• 2006/02/01 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - : Los Angeles, CA...at the HOB
  

• 2006/02/02 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - : Santa Cruz, CA
  

• 2006/02/03 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - : San Francisco, CA. Fillmore West
  

• 2006/02/04 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - : Stockton, CA...
  

• 2006/02/05 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - : University of Calf at Humbolt
  

• 2006/02/13 Aki Takase Fats Waller Project feat. Dr.Chadbourne - /Prato, Italy
  

• 2006/02/23 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - Limerick Trinity Rooms
  2006/02/23 Drummers Double Bill – concert ‘Bimhuis’, Amsterdam, NL
  

• 2006/02/24 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - Galaway- Ireland Roisin Dubh
  

• 2006/02/25 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - -Dublin - Ireland Vicar Street
  

• 2006/02/26 Violent Femmes feat.Dr.Chadbourne - - London UK Shepherds Bush Empire

• 2006/02/26 Drummers Double Bill – concert ‘Harmonie’, Leeuwarden, NL
  

• 2006/03/11 the Wrong Object - concert ‘Plusetage’, Baarle-Nassau, the Netherlands
   

• 2006/03/12 Hagar Peeters  & Corrie van Binsbergen band in concert ‘Muziekcentrum’, Enschede, NL
  

• 2006/03/15 Schrijvers in concert Special  & Corrie van Binsbergen band ‘Bimhuis’, Amsterdam, NL
  

• 2006/03/17 the Wrong Object - concert 'Zaal Alma', Sint-Jozef Rijkevorsel, Belgium
  

• 2006/03/18 Renate Dorrestein & Corrie van Binsbergen band in concert ‘Lantaren / Venster’, Rotterdam, NL
  

• 2006/03/20 Drummers Double Bill – concert ‘Groote Kerk’, Veere, NL
  

• 2006/03/28 G.O.I.N., feat. Dr.Chadbourne - Paris, Banlieus Blues festival
  

• 2006/03/31 G.O.I.N., feat. Dr.Chadbourne - (TBC) Baarle-Nassau, Holland
  

• 2006/04/01 G.O.I.N., feat. Dr.Chadbourne - Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Holland
  

• 2006/04/03 G.O.I.N., feat. Dr.Chadbourne - Milano, Italy
  

• 2006/04/08 Palinckx - concert 'Plusetage', Baarle-Nassau, The Netherlands
  2006/04/08 Bogus Pomp - concert Clearwater, fl, usa
  

• 2006/04/23-28 The Jack and Jim Show in residency in Brest, France including duo gig with Dr. Chad and Jimmy Carl Black and a collaboration with the Monstre band.
  

• 2006/05/20 Aki Takase Fats Waller project feat.Dr.Chadbourne - /Lorrach, Germany/Jazz Tone

• 2006/05/22 Aki Takase Fats Waller project feat.Dr.Chadbourne - /Ulm, Germany
  

• 2006/05/15 ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA concert 'heiniken music hall', amsterdam, the netherlands - special guests: nm brock, terry bozzio, steve vai
  

• 2006/05/17 ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA concert copenhagen, denmark - special guests: nm brock, terry bozzio, steve vai
  

• 2006/05/18 ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA concert ‘sentrum scene’, oslo, norway - special guests: nm brock, terry bozzio, steve vai
  

• 2006/05/19 ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA concert 'hovet', stockholm, sweden - special guests: nm brock, terry bozzio, steve vai
  

• 2006/05/21 ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA concert 'philipshalle', düsseldorf, germany - special guests: nm brock, terry bozzio, steve vai
  

• 2005/05/22 ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA concert 'tempodrom', berlin, germany - special guests: nm brock, terry bozzio, steve vai
  

• 2005/05/23 ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA concert ‘t-mobile arena’, prague, czech republic - special guests: nm brock, terry bozzio, steve vai
  

2006/05/23 - 2006/05/28  THE GREATEST CHADFEST OF ALL TIME AT MUSIQUE ACTION 2006, Vandouevre Les-Nancy, France

• 2006/05/23  Eugene Chadbourne / The Butterfly Garden - concert Vandouevre Les-Nancy, France

• 2006/05/24  Eugene Chadbourne 2 - concert Vandouevre Les-Nancy, France

• 2006/05/25 - Salle des fêtes : Eugene Chadbourne 3 - - concert Vandouevre Les-Nancy, France

• 2006/05/26 - Eugene Chadbourne 4 Chadbourne Baptist Church - concert Vandouevre Les-Nancy, France

• 2006/05/27 Hills Have Jazz feat.Dr.Chadbourne - concert Vandouevre Les-Nancy, France

• 2006/05/28 The Horror Part Nine Band feat.Dr.Chadbourne - concert Vandouevre Les-Nancy, France

• 2005/05/24 ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA concert ‘petofi csarnok open -air’, budapest, hungary - special guests: nm brock, terry bozzio, steve vai
  

• 2005/05/26 ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA concert ‘kongresshaus’, zurich, switzerland - special guests: nm brock, terry bozzio, steve vai
  

• 2005/05/27 ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA concert ‘mazda palace’, milan, italy  - special guests: nm brock, terry bozzio, steve vai
  

• 2005/05/28 ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA concert ‘teatro tenda striscle’, rome, italy - special guests: nm brock, terry bozzio, steve vai
  

• 2005/05/30 ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA concert ‘forest national’, brussels, belgium - special guests: nm brock, terry bozzio, steve vai
  

• 2005/06/01 ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA concert ‘manchester apollo’, manchester, uk - special guests: nm brock, terry bozzio, steve vai
  

• 2005/06/02 ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA concert ‘royal albert hall’, london, uk - special guests: nm brock, terry bozzio, steve vai
  

• 2005/06/05 ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA concert ‘zenith’, paris, france  - special guests: nm brock, terry bozzio, steve vai

ZAPPANALE

• 2006/07/14 - Zappanale
  • Larts Studs (Denmark)
  • AGE  (Germany)
  • Voice Of Cheeze  (USA)
  • TriPod  (USA)
  • Zappatistas  (GB)
  • Daniel Rohr "Alles über Frank"  (Schweiz)
  • Jane  (Germany)
    
• 2006/07/15 - Zappanale
  • Jazzprojekt Hundehagen  (Germany)
  • Ikarisches Ensemble  (Germany)
  • The Troope  (NL)
  • Soft Machine  (GB)
  • Sex Without Nails Bros.  (Austria)
  • Paul Green School of Rock - plays Led Zeppelin / Black Sabbat  (USA)
    
• 2006/07/16 - Zappanale
  • DOOT  (USA)
  • Paul Green School of Rock - plays the rocking Frank Zappa  (USA)
  • Les Polissons  (France)
  • Discus  (Indonesien)
  • ???