Short bits:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DAVID GREENBERG

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

ZAPPATRONIX PICTURES

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

The pictures below are stills from the mpeg4-movie.

THE CZECH FZ FAN CLUB ART PROJECT

Check out the complete info here.

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

DZ & ZPZ

Dweezil Zappa says:

Hello Everyone,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dweezil

www.zappa.com

ZpZ FEATURING RAY WHITE

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

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

Zero

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

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

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

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

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

Motherbug 

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

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

  • guest: Ray White: vocal (*)

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

THE WEASEL MUSIC

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

TFEC says:

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

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

1. Albert Hall Spoken Introduction

2. Chamber Music Piece 1

3. Mozart Ballet

4. Some Zany MOI Bullshit

5. Chamber Music Piece 2

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

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

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

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

But then...

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

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

So there you go.

ZpZ - RAY WHITE

SPECIAL GUEST:

Ray White

Guitar and Vocals

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

WARREN CUCCURULLO

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

ZPZ - Europe 2007

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

Zappa dates in Europa:

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

• Sep 26, 2007: Tilburg, Netherlands - 013

• Sep 27, 2007: Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg

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

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

• Oct 01, 2007: Frankfurt, Germany - Jahrhunderthalle

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

• Oct 04, 2007: Erfurt, Germany - Messehalle

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Oct 13, 2007: Lund, Sweden - Olympen

• Oct 14, 2007: Stockholm, Sweden - Cirkus

xxx, the Barfies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THE WRONG OBJECT - ANNIE WHITEHEAD - HARRY BECKETT

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

ZAPPA - DETRITOS COSMICOS

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG

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

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

ADDING PICTURES - continued

-- picture sent in by Hans-Peter Schmidt

UNIVERS ZERO IN PARIS

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

RICHARD PINHAS ON TOUR

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

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

PEACHES EN REGALIA

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

FZ & PF

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

Who can help me out ??

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

ADDING PICTURES

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

ELTON DEAN & THE WRONG OBJECT

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

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• Todd Rundgren / Sanctuary Records

• Michael Bruce (ex-Alice Cooper Group)

• Starcastle / ProgRock Records

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

• Napoleon Murphy Brock (ex-Zappa)

• Joey Molland (Badfinger)

• Don Preston (ex-Zappa)

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

• Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow/BOC)

• Vanilla Fudge

• Pat Travers & Carmine Appice

• Peter Banks (Yes/Flash)

• Rockette Morton (ex-Capt. Beefheart)

• Mitch Mitchell (Hendrix)

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

• Jock Bartley (Firefall)

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

• Harvey Dalton Arnold (Outlaws)

• The NAZZ (Stewkey)

• Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep/Blackfoot)

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ZAPPATRONIX

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

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

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

NO PIGEONHOLES

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

www.doncampau.com

special guest: John Trubee

playlist

• Rudy Schwartz Project:

  • Creation Science Polka

• Little Fyodor:

  • Happy People

• Fustercluck:

  • WomanBabyChildLadyGirlMamaWoman

• John Trubee and The Ugly Janitors Of America:

  • Vicious Pygmy

  • Deaf Woman's Vagina

  • Hag Marsala

  • Polychromates On The Magnesium Bonding Material

  • Blind Man's Penis

  • Christina's Lullaby

  • High Tide

  • Composting With Styrofoam

Don Campau adds:

Thanks to John Trubee for the in-studio interview.

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

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

A NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG

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

CUCAMONGA

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

ANOTHER NEW ODIN ALBUM

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

MARKUS STAUSS

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

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

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

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

-- info: tom baeten

KURT MCGETTRICK

steve marsh
2007 05 13

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

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

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

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

sincerely,

THE RESIDENTS

New at Ralph:

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

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

VOICE OF CHEEZ

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

Voice of Cheez
2007 05 13

Subject: Zappa This Friday

Voice of Cheez Frank Zappa Tribute

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

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

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

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

www.voiceofcheez.com

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

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

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

-- Tom

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

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

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

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

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

k

SUL DIVANO

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

No será mucho??...

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

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

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

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

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

Al respecto, nos suceden tres cosas:

* En primer lugar agradecemos la carta. 

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

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

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

Gracias nuevamente.

SD

RUSSIAN FLEXI

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

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

CAPTAIN CHEESE-BEARD & THE 7 SISTERS OF PREVENTION

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

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

ARROGANT MOP

CROSSFIRE PUBLICATIONS

The Crossfire Publications website says:

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

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

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

http://www.crossfirepublications.com/

Greg Russo adds:

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

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

MORE PALINCKX

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

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

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

-- thanks to Gerard for the info & the recordings

PALINCKX

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-- thanks to Gerard for the info & the recordings

JEFF SIMMONS

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

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

GERONIMO BLACK

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

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

• Jimmy Carl Black: vocals

• Andy Cahan: drums, piano

• Tjay Contrelli: tenor sax, baritone sax

• Bunk Gardner: tenor sax

• Tom Leavey: bass, background vocals

• Denny Walley: guitar, background vocals

THE LSO CONCERT PROGRAM BOOKLET

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

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

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

THE KENEALLIST 2007 05 10

2007 05 10 

THE KENEALLIST: May 9 2007: REISSUES OUT NOW!

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

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

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

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

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

New sounds at RadioKeneally.com

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

Gigs there be

Please know this:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Enjoy wonderful things!

mk

WHAT'S NEW IN BERLIN

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

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

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

PLANETAZAPPA BLOGSPOT

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

www.planetazappa.blogspot.com

BRUCE BICKFORD

2007 05 12

MONSTER ROAD IS "BIG IN JAPAN"

POJAMA PEOPLE IN CONCERT TONIGHT

Pojama People performing the Music of Frank Zappa

May 12 Saturday 8pm All Ages
Coffee House Cafe'
135 Liberty St NE
Salem OR 97301
541 520 9810

The Qiller Kuartet one mo' 'gain. Stay tuned for a mid-August west coast tour with IKE WILLIS!!!

New pics up on the site!

http://www.liveatthespace.com/gallery/Pojama_People?page=1

For those of you who prefer the Myspace thing...

THE CZECH FZ FANCLUB ART PROJECT

Check out the complete info here.

LOW BUDGET RESEARCH KITCHEN

http://www.myspace.com/zappalowbudgetresearchkitchen

Picture made by JPS.
I borrowed it for UM...

FZ PROGRAM BOOKLET

It's the cover of the program of the 1984/08/13 show at the 'Garden State Arts Center' in Holmdel, New Jersey, usa.

WEIRDOMUSIC

www.weirdomusic.com has a new lay-out. Check it out.

THE WEASEL MUSIC

in the meantime, over at the Zappateers site, the good news is that an acetate of "The Weasel Music" turned up. It's one of the albums of the legendary 12-LP set that Zappa wanted to release in 1969!!

Read all about it here:

http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=8925

ANDRE CHOLMONDELEY 2007 05 05

2007 05 05

hello Andre' here'

I'm happy to say i'll be onstage in brooklyn tonight (wow -- apparently only the SECOND time i've ever played in brooklyn).. 

Eric Roth Soul Review - 9:00 PM CBS - 11:00 PM
Saturday May 5 - TONIGHT!!!!!
The Jalopy Theater
315 Columbia Street, btw Woodhull and Hamilton Ave.
Brooklyn
New York 11231 (Carroll Gardens West/ Red Hook)
718.395.3214
www.jalopy.biz
F/G trains to Carroll St.
$5 cover (donations encouraged..)
BYOB (you can also bring drinks over from Moonshine Bar next door)

we're calling the group CBS (since we had to come up with something , we went with the good ol' post modern "stick your surname initials together-in-a-tongue-in-cheek-ironic-reference-to-being-a-corporation, with the bonus that it coincides with a real one, CBS!

" The gig is CHEAP at $5 but donations encouraged/welcomed. Also on the bill are my dear buddies from PROJECT/OBJECT - Robbie "seahag" Mangano and Jordan Shapiro and the great Eric Roth. Details of their Madness abound, below. 

What music(s) are we playing with CBS?
Well--it's a trio with some friends I just did some recording with - 

• Thomas Bell - bass/keyboards/laptop other projects: Oxygen Ensemble, Pi, ADDJ, Etro Anime web: http://myspace.com/geminiduo and http://www.myspace.com/tableartist

• Jessie Selengut -trumpet other projects: NOIR web: http://www.jesseselengut.com/
  and of course, I remain yours truly.....

• Andre' Chomondeley - guitar, moog stuff, etc other projects: Project Object, Don Preston's Akashic Ensemble, JFK LSD UFO web: http://www.myspace.com/donpreston

HEAR/BUY my recent CD or tracks at itunes.com or itsaboutmusic.net - just search "cholmondeley" on either one
We're gonna dig into some live miles/aphex twin influenced spacey modern electronica-jazz with guitar, synth, bass and processed trumpet to improvise modern electronic jazz ....look out for our recent recordings to hit the web and/or a CD somewhere.
It's strange and a lot of fun glue-ing together all the influences.. but before we perform - you MUST see... 

Eric Roth Soul Review - 9:00 PM

The Eric Roth Soul Review plays a high-energy dance-able firestorm, complete with incendiary lyrics, heightening the drama of this music theater machine. According to Seahag, "Singing songs from the jewish perspective from a jewish perspective. Eric Roth is awesome and jewish--- a composition teacher at the brooklyn college of music, wrote the most killa intricate tunes for these subjects. The shit is really funny and also really dope. The musicians (bass, drums, keys, and two saxophones--that's right, NO GUITAR) will be "eyes glued on the sheet music" for these tunes cause this is intense like a roadmap through iraq" Eric Roth - lead vocals, kazoo, percussion 

• Jordan Shapiro - Hammond Organ, synth, vocals 

• Robbie 'Seahag' Mangano - bass, vocals 

• Jordan Young - drums 

• Matt Bauder - tenor sax 

• Alex - tenor sax 

DIRECTIONS from SUBWAY: Jalopy is a 10 min. walk from the F or G train. Take the F or G to Carroll Street Station exit @ the front of the train you will be on the corner of Smith & 2nd place go to your left one block on Smith to 1st place go to your left & walk down 1st place for about 7 min. you will pass Court Street, Clinton Street, Henry Street, & get to Hicks Street where you will take a foot-bridge over the BQE highway. At the bottom of the stairs on the other side, go to your right 2 blocks, past Summit Street to Woodhull St. turn right down Woodhull to Columbia Street (the next block) go to your left & JALOPY & Moonshine (the bar) are right there. 

Andre' Cholmondeley
Booking -Mahavishnu Project, Don Preston, Ike Willis (EU)
Guitarist - Project/Object, Hidden Agenda, Don Preston's Akashic Ensemble 
ZAPPA TRIBUTE PERFORMANCES www.projectobject.com - the music of frank zappa, live!!

ANDRE CHOLMONDELEY 2007 05 04 part 3

And one more announcement - Zappa Fans in the Delaware, MD, PA, DC, NJ area -- come on out!!! 

Ed Mann will be performing with SCHOOL OF ROCK

FRIDAY JUN 15 8pm

details: School of Rock-Wilmington
www.schoolofrockde.com

Eric Svalgard, P/O keyboardist and Director of the School of Rock in Wilmington, DE has been working with the Downingtown SoR kids on their Zappa show. As a special treat for them and for all Zappa fans, he is proud to announce that the kids will do a special one night show in his home venue at The Grand Opera House with SPECIAL: GUEST ARTIST ED MANN.

As you probably know Ed was with Frank's band for over ten years. The show will be at the 300 seat "Baby Grand" auditorium. Tickets are $20 and are available only through the school at svalgard@schoolofrock.com or 302-225-ROCK (7625). Eric tells me that there are some seriously talented kids involved, Eric Slick and The Seahag have been helping him out at rehearsals and it promises to be a special evening of Zappa music.

 THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA WIlmington School Of Rock with SPECIAL: GUEST ARTIST ED MANN

Friday June 15 8:00pm
The Grand Opera House
"Baby Grand" auditorium
Tickets $20
available only via svalgard@schoolofrock.com or 302-225-ROCK (7625)
Eric  Svalgård
Director School of Rock-Wilmington
www.schoolofrockde.com
and on the road with Project Object
www.projectobject.com

Andre' Cholmondeley
Booking -Mahavishnu Project, Don Preston, Ike Willis (EU)
Guitarist - Project/Object, Hidden Agenda, Don Preston's Akashic Ensemble 
ZAPPA TRIBUTE PERFORMANCES www.projectobject.com - the music of frank zappa, live!!

ANDRE CHOLMONDELEY 2007 05 04 part 2

2007 05 04 part two

Hey again

Tomorrow ( SAT MAY 5 - cinco de mayo) we have a cool show out on the planet Brooklyn..... don't miss it!!

A night of eclectic, new music featuring three different members of Project/Object...... 

Eric Roth Soul Review - 9:00 PM + CBS - 11:00 PM
Saturday May 5
The Jalopy Theater
315 Columbia Street
btw Woodhull and Hamilton Ave.
Brooklyn,
New York 11231 (Carroll Gardens West/ Red Hook)
718.395.3214
www.jalopy.biz
F/G trains to Carroll St.
$5 cover BYOB (you can also bring drinks over from Moonshine Bar next door) 9:00 PM

Eric Roth Soul Review

The Eric Roth Soul Review plays a high-energy dance-able firestorm, complete with incendiary lyrics, heightening the drama of this music theater machine. According to Seahag, "Singing songs from the jewish perspective from a jewish perspective. Eric Roth is awesome and jewish--- a composition teacher at the brooklyn college of music, wrote the most killa intricate tunes for these subjects. The shit is really funny and also really dope. The musicians (bass, drums, keys, and two saxophones--that's right, NO GUITAR) will be "eyes glued on the sheet music" for these tunes cause this is intense like a roadmap through iraq" 

• Eric Roth - lead vocals, kazoo, percussion

• Jordan Shapiro - Hammond Organ, synth, vocals

• Robbie 'Seahag' Mangano - bass, vocals

• Jordan Young - drums

• Matt Bauder - tenor sax 

• Alex - tenor sax

11:00 PM CBS

CBS incorporates live PA with guitar/synth, bass and processed trumpet toimprovise modern electronic jazz .... 

• Thomas Bell - (Oxygen Ensemble, Pi, ADDJ, Etro Anime) bass/keyboards/laptop

• Andre' Chomondeley - guitar etc (Project Object, Don Preston's Akashic Ensemble. JFK LSD UFO) 

• Jessie Selengut -trumpet ( NOIR)

DIRECTIONS from SUBWAY: Jalopy is a 10 min. walk from the F or G train. Take the F or G to Carroll Street Station exit @ the front of the train you will be on the corner of Smith & 2nd place go to your left one block on Smith to 1st place go to your left & walk down 1st place for about 7 min. you will pass Court Street, Clinton Street, Henry Street, & get to Hicks Street where you will take a foot-bridge over the BQE highway. At the bottom of the stairs on the other side, go to your right 2 blocks, past Summit Street to Woodhull St. turn right down Woodhull to Columbia Street (the next block) go to your left & JALOPY & Moonshine (the bar) are right there.

Andre' Cholmondeley
Booking -Mahavishnu Project, Don Preston, Ike Willis (EU)
Guitarist - Project/Object, Hidden Agenda, Don Preston's Akashic Ensemble 
ZAPPA TRIBUTE PERFORMANCES www.projectobject.com - the music of frank zappa, live!!    

ED SEEMAN

a film by ed seeman

The backside of the album explains it all:

"This 40 minute film is a small portion of the 14 hours of film footage I shot during the two years that I collaborated with Frank Zappa in the late 60's on a film we called "Uncle Meat".
I had hired Frank to score a 30 second TV commercial I was animating for "Luden's Cough Drops".
We then filmed for 6 months at the Garrick Theater in Greenwich Village where he had a steady gig.
This evolved into a relationship that took me on tour with the Mothers to London and Amsterdam.
Since Frank didn't see an immediate end to the filming, I sold him the footage and created this 40 minute psychedelic impressionistic version of my years with the original Mothers of Invention.

All the filming was shot without sound which I later scored with Zappa's Music."

You really need to see this. This is great. And there's 14 hours like this in Zappa's vault.  Wowie Zowie...

Essential material. Order your copy today !!

http://www.edseeman.com/zappa/complete.html

ANDRE CHOLMONDELEY 2007 05 04

2007 05 04

Hello Folks Andre' here

Quick Update
---- P/O is off for the spring...doing lotsa other stuff.... we're all writing and playing and practicing and recording CD to various degrees.....I just completed my work as Tour Manager for AL DI MEOLA...I got to put on shows on four continents, it was amazing! We recently got back from Hungary, Poland and Israel, which were all amazing places to see.
Check out http://www.sbgnyc.com to see some cool video from Israel and Morocco. In Israel we put on SEVEN sold-out club shows in 3 days....I don't think I've worked harder in this industry other than that memorable weekend.. Now - i gotta run - but here is an important message from our buddy Scott Tepper (contact info below) who has a great idea for those of you headed to the ZAPPANALE (where both Project/Object w/Ike Willis AND the Don Preston Akashic Ensemble will perform) - He has organized a little tour before the festival, touring through Berlin, Prague etc. Check it out - it's a great deal!!

SEE YA,

andre'

Vacation Vibrations
Let's think summer, OK?  Nothing like a nice cold beer in the summer.  How about a nice cold German beer?  In Germany?   This summer, Project/Object is thrilled to return to the lovely city of Bad Doberan in Germany for the 18th annual Zappanale, the great gathering of Appliantologists and Dental Floss Tycoons August 2-5 that celebrates FZ's life, music, and "conceptual continuity". 

The Zappanale features Zappa tribute bands, former Zappa band members, and other musicians and performance artists with kindred styles and interests from all over the world. Thomas Dippel, president Germany's Arf-Society, the non-profit group behind the Zappanale, describes the event: "Unlike a lot of festivals, the Zappanale is designed as a complete Zappa experience, not just a parade of bands. The atmosphere on the festival grounds is every bit as important as what happens on stage. The whole city of Bad Doberan accommodates the festival, from our honorary member Mayor Polzin to the café waitresses in the town square."

We'll be there, of course, with our spiritual leader Ike Willis.  Also representing the USofA will be longtime Zappa drummer Chad Wackerman with his group, the Don Preston Akashic Ensemble, and new friends Kimono Draggin'.
European bands scheduled are French big band Le Bocal, Italy's I Virtuosi Dal Pianeta Talento, Team Zappa from Norway, Zappatronix from Switzerland, Polish progressive metal band Indukti, Space Debris from Denmark, Germany's own Trigon, and more.

 If you would like to come see us at the Zappanale and have an "absolutely Zappa" summer vacation, sign up for " Farther Oblivion Tour 2007".  Tour company Vacation Vibrations is offering a package that will take you to the festival and other Zappa-related sights and ceremonies in Berlin and Prague.
The fun begins in Berlin on July 27. You'll tour the city, and attend an extraordinary event on July 28th when the city of Berlin formally renames a street as "Frank-Zappa-Strasse". This will be the first street in Germany named for a rock star, and the first street in the world named for Frank Zappa. The dedication will be followed by live music and a little party. (Zappa fans in Berlin on a Saturday night -- should be a quiet little affair.) 
From Berlin the tour will proceed to Prague, one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. Did you know that FZ holds a special place in Czech history?  Former Czech president Vaclav Havel called Zappa 'one of the gods of the Czech underground' for his uncompromising belief in freedom of thought and expression. Frank's music, smuggled in and enjoyed at risk of imprisonment, inspired people to resist totalitarianism.  That spirit lives on today. 
After enjoying Prague, it's back up to Bad Doberan for the Zappanale.  Arf-Society's Thomas Dippel comments, "For over fifteen years we've maintained close contact with our American fans; we're thrilled that Vacation Vibrations has now put together an organized Frank Zappa excursion."   When you "get on the bus" for Farther Oblivion, you will also be part of an exclusive get-together with Ike!  Tour operator Scott Tepper says, "We are honored that Ike has graciously offered to spend time with our group." Ike will share memories of times with Zappa and the band in the studio, on the road, and just one-on-one, and answer questions. The exact timing of that event will be announced closer to the tour date.   Tour participants who want to continue their vacation after the Zappanale can book an optional 3-night extension to Amsterdam, another awesome city with legendary nightlife that is also devoted to independent thinking and freedom of expression.

Vacation Vibrations is a division of American International Tour Groups, a group tour operator  specializing in customized group trips since 1990. American International's founder and CEO Sam Schlossberg says, "Vacation Vibrations' Farther Oblivion Tour 2007 is another example of what we are so good at: planning trips to meet the needs of groups with a very specialized interest. As always, people on our trip will have a great time!" 
For more information about the tour, visit www.freewebs.com/fartheroblivion , email Scott Tepper at VacationVibrations@Gmail.com , or call him at 617-721-7996.

Andre' Cholmondeley:
Booking -Mahavishnu Project, Don Preston, Ike Willis (EU)
Guitarist - Project/Object, Hidden Agenda, Don Preston's Akashic Ensemble
ZAPPA TRIBUTE PERFORMANCES www.projectobject.com - the music of frank zappa, live!!

JOHN TRUBEE

2007 05 04

Trubee says:

A bunch of ex-employees from my old job were spamming e-mails back and forth among us to organize coffee klatches and such. They titled the e-mails "AHS Victims". I really dislike the word "victims", especially if I was supposed to be included in that group.

It motivated me to compose the rant below. I really like it. It spewed my guts. So now I feel compelled to foist it on you for fun.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Words, even single words, are essential to how we
conceptualize the world and ourselves. Words possess
incredible power for both positive and negative thought.

Mindful of this, I modestly propose we henceforth refer 
to ourselves as AHS SURVIVORS or AHS VICTORS. 
We possessed the chutzpah and fortitude to persevere
even while those pathetic corporate vampires began 
to cannibalize our company/workplace/jobs to amass 
the material to sew golden parachutes for themselves
at our expense.

Who is stronger? Those who daily slug it out in the lowly
workaday trenches bearing the eternal struggles and humiliations
characteristic of working men and women---or the candyass,
spoiled weakling corporate putzes bailing out with their golden
parachutes and hefty commissions for selling off the company, 
who'd collapse like rare, precious flowers if they were
ever required to spend a single day humbly trudging in our shoes?

No, we are SURVIVORS or VICTORS or UNDEFEATED or
whatever powerful, plural noun you can think of to express 
our MOXIE in the face of STUPID CORPORATE DOWNSIZING 
ADVERSITY.

We were FIRED for their GREED.

We did everything we were supposed to do.
THEY are the ones who FAILED.

We are strong. They are weak.
We go on. They cashed out like spoiled prostitutes.

Please O Please excise that pathetic, unfortunate word "victim".
When used with those of us who worked at AHS it makes
me feel like I'm a missing child whose picture is on a carton of milk
and that I must scour the dairy case at Safeway to go find myself. 

"Victim" is a really awful word to use to conceptualize oneself.
It's even filthier than words I sometimes find scrawled
on restroom walls. Ugh!

It's the world's work to beat us down, to make us think
little of ourselves, to con us into self-abnegating ourselves
into obscure hovels far from the light, to humble us, 
to make us feel small and weak and powerless and invisible
and submissive and worthless. 

We ought never to cooperate with the world in this sordid
campaign. We ought to ever ferociously rage back with all 
the vitriol, fury, and courage we can possibly muster. 

It begins with words and how we use them.

                             JOHN TRUBEE

MOTHERS ON MOJO SAMPLER

• various artists: mojo stooges jukebox
      (2007, cd, uk, mojo magazine)
  
  • The April issue of Mojo magazine included a "Stooges Jukebox" album, a collection of songs compiled for Mojo by Iggy Pop. Lots of nice material: early rock 'n' roll, early funk with Dennis Coffey, surf with Link Wray, early blues with Howlin' Wolf, Junior Kimbrough and John Lee Hooker.
    The reason that I'm mentioning this disc, is because of track 12: The Mothers Of Invention with 'Help, I'm A Rock'.
    In all a great selection. This dics will stay in my car the next couple of days.

-- info & disc: Ive Hapers  (thanks again Ive)

UGLY RADIO REBELLION

2007 05 04

Ugly Radio Rebellion performs the music of Frank Zappa;

• 2007/05/11 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert 'The Cadiuex Cafe', Detroit, MI, usa
• 2007/05/26 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert 'The Village Idiot',  Maumee, OH, usa
• 2007/06/07 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert ' Founders Brewery',  Grand Rapids, MI, usa
• 2007/07/13 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert ' Whites Bar',  Saginaw, MI, usa

Zappa plays Zappa 2007

• 2007/07/27 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Meadow Brook Festival’,  Detroit, MI, usa
  http://www.zappa.com/zpz/tourdates.html

Pojama People performing the Music of Frank Zappa;

• 2007/05/12 Pojama People - concert 'Coffee House Café', Salem OR, usa
  

• The Qiller Kuartet one mo' 'gain. Stay tuned for a mid-August west coast tour with IKE WILLIS!!!
  New pics up on the site!
  http://www.liveatthespace.com/gallery/Pojama_People?page=1
  http://www.myspace.com/glennleonard

The Voice of Cheez performing the Music of Frank Zappa;

• 2007/05/18 the Voice Of Cheez - concert 'Nietsche's", Buffalo, usa
• 2007/06/09 the Voice Of Cheez - concert "Allentown Art Festival Nietzsche's Back Stage" : Return of the Son of Voice of Cheez - 9 pm

for more details    http://kilissa.com/pages/shows.html

Zappanale 2007
http://www.en.zappanale.de/index_en.html

arf!!!

www.uglyradiorebellion.com
www.myspace.com/uglyradiorebellion

PS - If anyone might be interested, I posted some pictures of my trip to Waverly Hills on my MySpace page... Scott

ZAPPANALE UPDATE

The good news is that Christophe Godin (Mörglbl) and Monty and The Butchers have been added !

TOTAL GUITAR

• total guitar: shred special
      (2007/05, magazine, uk)
  

  • This special edition of Total Guitar magazine not only had Steve Vai on the cover, but also included various articles on and by Vai:

    • Steve Vai: 10 hour practice routine - part one (7 pages)

    • Steve Vai: 10 hour practice routine - part two (6 pages)

    • Steve Vai: 'For The Love Of God' (12 pages)
      
      plus a bonus CDrom, see below:
      

• various artists: total guitar - shred special
      (2007, cdrom, uk, tgs16-06-07) 
  

  • Steve Vai: 'For The Love Of God'

  • Steve Vai: 'For The Love Of God' - backing track

  • Steve Vai guitar workout
    
    

There's no Vai video fragments on the bonus disc, but it does contain examples of the Steve Vai workout...

http://www.myspace.com/zappalowbudgetresearchkitchen

The band made a couple of tracks available through their myspace site:

1. 'don't you ever wash that thing'
2. 'orange county oh no'
3. 'wet t shirt interlude'
4. 'zomby woof'

TITTIES 'N' BEER

"Hello, I would like to make a custom made sticker for my scooter in
China. Do you have a bigger or better image of the logo Titties n
beer?"

Well, I don't. But I think it's a great Idea to ride a Scooter in China that says "Titties 'n' Beer", so if anyone else has a better image, he can send it to Lars (zappa_at_bluezone_dot_no)

DOOT! 2007 05 03

DOOT With a Twist - May 12, Westville, CT

Funk Flash!!!!

The lovely little village of Westville Connecticut will be holding their annual ArtWalk event on the weekend of May 12, 2007.  As part of the festivities there will be a performance by DOOT! from 1pm to 2pm at the Kehler Liddel Gallery http://www.kehlerliddell.com/

The address is 873 Whalley Avenue, New Haven.  The Site has a nice map, or you can check it out at your favorite web mapping service.  Who knows... if we don't scare all of the straights away we might even play a little longer... Don't wager any real money on that, kiddies.

We can hear you asking....  What's the twist?

Not unlike the Yeti, or the Sasquatch, DOOT! has a rarely seen variant called the DOOT! Super Soul Spectacular.  We knew that you would be totally digging it.  Special Guests?  Hellllllll yeahhhhh!  Freaky Beats?  Count on it!

More info on the ArtWalk:
http://www.westvillect.org/ArtWalk/tabid/53/Default.aspx

Thanks,

DOOT!

http://chollyhoss.com/doot/

• 2007/05/12 Doot! - concert "ArtWalk Festival", Westville, Ct, usa

STEVE VAI 2007 05 03

THE OFFICIAL STEVE VAI NEWSLETTER: NEWS FLASH

May 3, 2007

EVO PREMIUM EXPERIENCE USA - PRE-SALE BEGINS FRIDAY MAY 04!

EVO Premium Experience tickets for the USA will go on sale on Friday May 04 - at noon PST.

We will be posting more details on Vai.com shortly, but in the meantime you can check out our EVO Premium Experience Info page: <http://www.vai.com/News/evo2007/index.html>

We also have an EVO 2007 FAQ on the message board. If you have questions, please post them there:
<http://www.vai.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=21785>

You can access the EVO Ticket Sales here: <http://www.stevevai.tickets.musictoday.com>
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USA TOUR DATES:

• 2007/09/07 Steve Vai - concert 'Marquee Theatre ',Phoenix, AZ, usa

• 2007/09/08 Steve Vai - concert 'House of Blues ',Las Vegas, NV, usa

• 2007/09/09 Steve Vai - concert 'The Grove ',Anaheim, CA, usa

• 2007/09/10 Steve Vai - concert 'Viejas DreamCatcher Showroom ',San Diego, CA, usa

• 2007/09/11 Steve Vai - concert 'The Wiltern Theatre ',Los Angeles, CA, usa

• 2007/09/12 Steve Vai - concert 'The Fillmore ',San Francisco, CA, usa

• 2007/09/14 Steve Vai - concert 'Roseland Theatre ',Portland, OR, usa

• 2007/09/15 Steve Vai - concert 'Moore Theater ',Seattle, WA, usa

• 2007/09/16 Steve Vai - concert 'Commodore Ballroom ',Vancouver, BC, canada

• 2007/09/19 Steve Vai - concert 'State Theatre ',Minneapolis, MN, usa

• 2007/09/20 Steve Vai - concert 'Pabst Theatre ',Milwaukee, WI, usa

• 2007/09/21 Steve Vai - concert 'House of Blues ',Chicago, IL, usa

• 2007/09/22 Steve Vai - concert 'Royal Oak Music Theatre ',Royal Oak, MI, usa

• 2007/09/23 Steve Vai - concert 'Massey Hall ',Toronto, ON, canada

• 2007/09/24 Steve Vai - concert 'Univ. at Buffalo Center For Arts ',Buffalo, NY, usa

• 2007/09/25 Steve Vai - concert 'Hammerstein Ballroom ',New York, NY, usa

• 2007/09/27 Steve Vai - concert 'Keswick Theatre ',Philadelphia, PA, usa

• 2007/09/28 Steve Vai - concert 'Starland Ballroom ',Sayreville, NJ, usa

• 2007/09/29 Steve Vai - concert 'Borgata Music Box Theatre ',Atlantic City, NJ, usa

• 2007/09/30 Steve Vai - concert 'Birchmere Bandstand ',Alexandria, VA, usa

• 2007/10/02 Steve Vai - concert 'The Egg Center for the Perf. Arts ',Albany, NY, usa

• 2007/10/03 Steve Vai - concert 'Webster Theatre ',Hartford, CT, usa

• 2007/10/04 Steve Vai - concert 'Berklee Performance Center ',Boston, MA, usa

• 2007/10/05 Steve Vai - concert 'Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel ',Providence, RI, usa

• 2007/10/06 Steve Vai - concert 'North Fork Theatre at Westbury ',Westbury, NY, usa

THE CZECH FRANK ZAPPA FANCLUB ART PROJECT

Check out the complete info here.

Cpt. Cheese-Beard & the 7 Sisters of Prevention

Belgian band Cpt. Cheese-Beard & the 7 Sisters of Prevention plays the music of Frank Zappa.

from their bio:
"The "Cpt.CHEESE-BEARD & THE 7 SISTERS OF PREVENTION" ensemble was formed by Johan De Coninck in May 2006 after a year of pondering whether the whole project was actually feasible and worth all the trouble managing a production of this size. It was very surprising that finding musicians who are technically good enough to play Zappa's music, and motivated enough to take part in this enterprise was actually not all that difficult. Most of them saw it as a challenge to master these songs and developed a great appreciation for the source material by analyzing and playing it.

The basic idea when we started of was just to go for it with a basic Rock formation (Didier: Drums, Pascal: Bass, Johan: Guitar & voice, Sara: Keyboard & Rojah: vocals) and see where we would end up. As soon as we mastered the basics of a selection of tracks we started to look for people to complete the line up. Melodic Percussion, Flute, Horns and Backing Vocals.

We recently welcomed Kristof Kerremans and Ludovic Jean-Mart joining the group. Both saxophone players, they add extra power and harmony creating a very rich sound."

The picture on the right was taken during their concert in Melsele.

You can watch some video clips of a rehearsal at:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kluzG3UQ-rU
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wby_HKiyFlA
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Harw-YLk7Sw

Even more important: the band is doing a concert in Brussels in a couple of weeks:

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

SHEIK YERBOUTI

2007 05 01

Hallo Leute,

am nächsten Wochenende sind wir wieder auf Achse in Deutschland. Unser Weg führt uns zu zwei neuen Locations!

• Freitag, 04.05.2007, 21:00 Uhr, Alte Piesel, Fulda, Germany

• Samstag, 05.05.2007. 21:00 Uhr, Museumskeller, Erfurt, Germany

Also erzählt es bitte weiter und kommt hin!

Viele Grüße

SHEIK YERBOUTI
c/o Thomas Jung

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG 7"

• frank zappa: bognor regis - rollo
      (2007, 7"-bootleg, ??, dragonfly)
  
  • There's a new bootleg 7" out. On Dragonfly Records.
    Well, I don't know if it's really 'new', because Dragonfly has release this very same single, but with a bunch of different covers and colours as "Hot Rats Sessions".

HARRY PAYUTA

Harry Payuta, a sitar player from Germany, recorded Frank Zappa's 'Watermelon In Easter Hay' and made it available for listening through his MySpace website.

www.myspace.com/harrypayuta

THE LOW BUDGET RESEARCH KITCHEN

The Low Budget Research Kitchen, from Porto, Portugal, plays the music of Frank Zappa.

• Pete Di'Mosso: soprano sax, tenor sax, flute
• Guido Soprano: alto sax, baritone sax, bass clarinet
• Kubilai Lappa: guitar & flugelhorn
• Dexter Greenberg: guitar
• Johnny Edgar Zim: keyboards
• Lou Serdozza: keyboards
• Frankie Figueroa: electric bass
• Tony Carbone: drums

http://www.myspace.com/zappalowbudgetresearchkitchen

concerts

• 2007/05/05 The Low Budget Research Kitchen - concert 'casa das artes', vn famalicao, portugal
• 2007/05/26 The Low Budget Research Kitchen - concert 'rota jazz', trofa, portugal
• 2007/07/06 The Low Budget Research Kitchen - concert 'cabaret maxime', lisboa, portugal

BEEFHEART BOOKS

by bill harkleroad (and billy james)
    (1999, book, japan, ??)

This is a japanese edition of the "Lunar Notes" book that got published by SAF in 1998.

by mike barnes
    (2006, book, japan, ??)

This is the japanese edition of Mike Barnes' biography that got released by Quartet Books in 2000.

THE REAL FRANK ZAPPA BOOK

the real frank zappa book

by p.occhiogrosso / f.zappa
    (2004, book, japan, ??)

VPRO GIDS

• vpro gids 16
      (2007/04, mag, nl)
  
  • Issue number 16 of the dutch VPRO gids (radio & tv guide) has Frank Zappa on the cover. This, because of last weeks "Zappa Week" on dutch VPRO television.
    
    The cover of this issue was made by Cal Schenkel !!
    
    The two page article inside by Gijsbert Kamer talks about the documentary that VPRO showed in two parts: "A Pioneer of the Future of Music" (by Frank Scheffer).
    

So the Scheffer documentaries couldn't be shown on the internet or sattelite TV, but they were broadcast on Dutch television.

Saturday April 21 till Saturday April 28 2007

From Saturday April 21 until Saturday April 28 Holland Doc shines the spotlight on musical genius Frank Zappa. Besides unique film material Holland Doc will also broadcast radio documentaries on the composer and rock-artist Zappa on its website: www.hollandoc.nl/zappa.

The reason behind this tribute is the documentary Frank Zappa - A pioneer of the future of music part I & II, recently made by Dutch documentary filmmaker Frank Scheffer.

Along with part I of A pioneer of the future of music, Holland Doc will show the two famous documentaries Roelof Kiers made in 1971: Zappa and Frank Zappa films 200 Motels, and the documentary The Present-day Composer refuses to die, made by Frank Scheffer in 2000. For the real hardcore fans of Frank Zappa, Holland Doc will also present an episode of the pop program Wonderland, that hasn't been broadcasted since 1976. In this episode director Charles Leeuwenkamp follows two illustrious ex-band members of Zappa's "Mothers of Invention", Mark Volman en Howard Kaylan, alias Flo & Eddie during a sightseeing tour in Hollywood.

On the site www.hollanddoc.nl/zappa, Holland Doc will broadcast a Zappa concert that took place during the summer of 1970 which was aired in the classic VPRO show Piknik. On the website we also present the Supplement Tape, made by Co de Kloet in 1990 as a tribute to Zappa's fiftieth birthday and his four hour 'Freakoutshow', in which he interviews rock journalists and musicians who worked with Zappa.

Check out the promo on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozgUg1zeW4A

Visit for further information and an exact timetable our website: www.hollanddoc.nl/zappa. 

THE WIRE

• wire
      (2007/05, mag, uk)
  
  • The May 2007 issue of Wire magazine, no.279, dedicated an entire page to Frank Zappa's "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" in its "The Inner Sleeve" column.

-- info: Ive Hapers

BRECKER BROTHERS SETLIST

Here's another exellent show from the Brecker Brothers.

An audience master clone recording (by jaypfunk) of this concert recently turned up.

15 years ago... How time flies...

Brecker Brothers

• 1992/12/05 concert glenside, pa, usa

  • Michael Brecker - Randy Brecker - Mike Stern - James Genus - Dennis Chambers - George Whitty

  • Above & Below, Spherical, Some Skunk Funk, Band Intros, Common Ground, Sponge, Unknown Title, Song For Barry, Drum Solo, Inside Out

THE FRANK ZAPPA STRASSE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 2007 04 23

Berlin to Name Street for Frank Zappa  

Berlin, Germany - April 23, 2007 The city of Berlin will bestow a unique honor on a unique figure in modern music on July 28th when a street is renamed in memory of American rock and roll legend Frank Zappa. In the Marzahn district of what was East Berlin, "Street Number 13" will be formally dedicated as "Frank-Zappa-strasse". The ceremony will take place at the ORWOhaus, a former photographic film plant on the street that is now home to a musicians' collective. It will be the first street in Germany named for a rock musician, and the first street in a world capital named for Frank Zappa.

The members of ORWOhaus themselves proposed the street naming. What motivated a group of young German musicians to honor an American musical icon? Andreas Otto, spokesperson for ORWOhaus, explains, "Frank Zappa was one of the best all-around musicians in the world, as a guitarist, composer, and band-leader. He was celebrated for his uncompromising pursuit of musical exploration and excellence, and also for his courage using his music and lyrics to make society see its faults and hypocrisies. He didn't do it just for media attention, it was part of his highly creative and unbending character. He stood up to his own government against politically-motivated censorship - he testified with great intelligence in the US Congress, and he refused to hold back his own outrageous sense of humor. We of ORWOhaus had our own battles trying to save an unused building and turn it into an active music center, and we decided that Zappa was a great example of how a musician can have an influence so far beyond the notes on a page. We hope Frank would be proud to have his name as an address for so many musicians."

Zappa's work had notable sociopolitical influence in Berlin, a city that had a physical wall between the philosophies of capitalist democracy and communist one-party government. US tour operator Scott Tepper is running a trip this summer that features the Berlin street naming and the 18th annual Zappanale, a festival in Bad Doberan, Germany, celebrating Zappa's music and life. He points out, "Frank Zappa was incredibly popular in the Soviet bloc, even though his recordings had to be smuggled in, and anyone caught listening to them risked punishment. Zappa represented absolute freedom of thought and expression, since he often satirized his own society and government. He inspired people all over Eastern Europe to keep hoping for their own free societies." Tepper adds that while some might credit Ronald Reagan with winning the Cold War, there are two statues honoring Frank Zappa in the former Soviet bloc: one in Vilnius , the capital of Lithuania, and one in Bad Doberan. Ther are currently no statues honoring Reagan. According to Tepper, the street naming in Berlin reinforces Zappa's status as a champion of real American freedom."  

The street dedication July 28th will be followed by free live music outside the ORWOhaus, and by an indoor reception later that evening. For scheduling and ticket information, contact ORWOhaus.

Scott A. Tepper
Tour Operator
Vacation Vibrations

ZAPPA AND ME

The project is called "Zappa And Me", and they're inviting everyone to make their own CD-package.

The invitation says:

...buy a CD cover and paint it on both sides as you want - painting, graphic art, collage, plasticine, clay - and whatever you want. Do not forget that your creation will be hung on the board and it should not be bigger then the CD box. 

send your creations before the end of May to the following address:

Bohumil Juza
Provaznikova 64
61300 Brno
Czech Republic

Below you can find some examples of what they received so far.

ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA ON TOUR

• 2007/07/18 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Centennial Concert Hall’, Winnipeg, MB, usa

• 2007/07/19 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert "10,000 Lakes Fest", Detroit Lake, MN, usa

• 2007/07/20 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Civic Opera House’, Chicago, IL, usa

• 2007/07/21 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘The Rave’, Milwaukee, WI, usa

• 2007/07/22 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Egyptian Room’, Indianapolis, IN, usa

• 2007/07/24 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Moonlite Gardens’, Cincinnati, OH, usa

• 2007/07/25 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Warner Theatre’, Erie, PA, usa

• 2007/07/26 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘LC Pavilion’,  Columbus, OH, usa

• 2007/07/27 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Meadow Brook Festival’,  Detroit, MI, usa

• 2007/07/28 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Cain Park’, Cleveland, OH, usa

• 2007/07/30 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Hummingbird’,  Toronto, ON, canada

• 2007/07/31 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Metropolis’, Montreal, QC, canada

• 2007/08/01 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Albert Rousseau Hall’, Quebec City, QC, canada

• 2007/08/02 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Hampton Beach Casino’, Hampton Beach, NH, usa

• 2007/08/04 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Fleet Boston Pavilion’, Boston, MA, usa

• 2007/08/05 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Count Basie Theatre’, Red Bank, NJ, usa

• 2007/08/06 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Northfork Theater' @ "Westbury Music Fair", Westbury, NY, usa

• 2007/08/08 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Electric Factory’, Philadelphia, PA, usa

• 2007/08/09 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Rams Head’, Baltimore, MD, usa

• 2007/08/10 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Norva’, Norfolk, VA, usa

• 2007/08/11 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Thomas Wolfe Auditorium’, Asheville, NC, usa

• 2007/08/13 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Cains Ballroom’, Tulsa, OK, usa

• 2007/08/15 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Kiva Auditorium’, Albuquerque, NM, usa

• 2007/08/16 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Fox Theatre’, Tucson, AZ, usa

• 2007/08/17 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Dodge Theatre’, Tucson, AZ, usa

• 2007/08/18 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘House Of Blues’, Las Vegas, NV, usa

• 2007/08/20 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Berkeley Community Theatre’,  San Francisco, CA, usa

• 2007/08/21 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘House Of Blues’, San Diego, CA, usa

• 2007/08/22 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘House Of Blues’, Anaheim, CA, usa

• 2007/08/23 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Wiltern’, Los Angeles, CA, usa

VOICE OF CHEEZ

2007 04 24

Frank Zappa Alert

 The fine folks at Voice of Cheez are at it again.... transparently transmitting, transmuting, transforming, translating, transposing and transmogrifying (oh, what a lovely word!!!)....the transonic music of Frank Zappa. It shall be transpiring, Friday, May 18, 2007. We hope you will transport yourself (and many friends) to a little ole bar we like to call Knee-cheez...248 Allen Street, Buffalo. 10 pm (our regrets to early birds).

See the lovely poster attached (a Dave Meinzer original!). Please spread the word(s).

• 2007/05/18 the Voice Of Cheez - concert 'Nietsche's", Buffalo, NY, usa

THE CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER BAND

• 2007/05/03 The Central Scrutinizer - concert 'Café Piu-Piu', São Paulo, Brazil

The Central Scrutinizer Band will be performing in the Theatro Municipal in São Paulo in a couple of weeks.

If you're in the neighbourhood, be sure to check it out !!

• 2007/05/06 The Central Scrutinizer Band - concert 'Theatro Municipal', São Paulo, Brazil

ADRIAN BELEW

THE BEARS EUREKA! TOUR 2007

THE WRONG OBJECT

2007 04 10

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THE WRONG OBJECT - April 2007 Newsletter http://www.wrongobject.com
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1. THE WRONG OBJECT feat ANNIE WHITEHEAD AND HARRY BECKETT, "PLATFORM ONE":
A BRAND NEW CD FEATURING ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS AND A COUPLE OF ZAPPA COVERS IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM VOICEPRINT MUSIC:
http://www.voiceprint.co.uk/web/Release/JPVP138CD/ You can listen to some samples (and read Matthew Wright's liner notes) here:
http://www.wrongobject.com/annie.php

2. NEW LIVE CD WITH MOONJUNE RECORDS:
ELTON DEAN & THE WRONG OBJECT, "THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH"
A remastered version of our Paris gig with Elton has just been released by Moonjune Records and is available for order from http://www.moonjune.com/ For more info on this project, listen to some samples here:
http://www.wrongobject.com/dean.php

2. NEW LIVE DATES

*UK dates - "Annie Whitehead Meets The Wrong Object"
* Thursday April 26, The Roscoe, Leeds, UK, 20h30
* Friday April 27, Terry O'Toole Theatre, Lincoln, UK, 21h00

* Wednesday May 2, InsideOut, Quai van Beneden, 4020 Liège, Belgium, 20h30 - (info: 0497-171.433)
* Friday May 4, Jazz à Liège, Palais des Congrès, Liège,  Belgium, 21h45 (sharp)
* July 8, Versailles Art Rock Festival, CC Porchefontaine, Versailles, France (also: Soft Machine Legacy & Forgas Band Phenomena)
* July, Margate Jazz Festival, UK (feat. Annie Whitehead) (TBC)
* Sunday September 23, Jazz at Home Festival, Mechelen, Belgium, (w. special guest Bart Maris)
* Friday October 26, Mechelen, Belgium (private afternoon gig)

3. "TRANK ZAPPA GRAPPA IN VARESE"
(STAUSS, DELCHAMBRE, DELVILLE, CAMPION)
Two Wrong Objects (Laurent Delchambre and Michel Delville) team up with Belgian bass player Damien Campion and Swisss sax player extraordinaire Markus Stauss in a new project called "Trank Zappa Grappa in Varèse". To order their first mini-CD, "Cryptic Echoes: Live in Belgium", click here:
http://www.fazzulmusic.ch/deutsch/t-z-g-i-v.php To read the first reviews (in German), click here: http://www.babyblaue-seiten.de/album_7873.html
and here: http://www.ragazzi-music.de/trankzappagrappainvarese.html

4. MICHEL DELVILLE - AMSTERDAM SOLO GIG
Michel will perform msuic laced with poetry at the Open Stanza festival at the Sugar Factory (opposite the Melkweg) in Amsterdam on Thursday April 12. For more info, click here:
http://www.wordsinhere.com/framefiles/openstanza.html

5. NEW STUDIO ALBUM NEWS
Our new studio album is currently being remixed in Brussels. Another studio album feturing completing new tracks will be recorded in the Fall of 2007. Stay tuned for more news on that front !

• 2007/04/12 Michel Delville - concert "Open Stanza Festival", 'Sugar Factory', Amsterdam, NL

• 2007/04/26 The Wrong Object - concert 'The Roscoe', Leeds, UK, 20h30

• 2007/04/27 The Wrong Object - concert 'Terry O'Toole Theatre', Lincoln, UK, 21h00

• 2007/05/02 The Wrong Object - concert 'InsideOut', Quai van Beneden, Liège, Belgium, 20h30

• 2007/05/04 The Wrong Object - concert "Jazz à Liège", 'Palais des Congrès', Liège,  Belgium, 21h45

• 2007/07/08 The Wrong Object - concert "Versailles Art Rock Festival", CC Porchefontaine, Versailles, F

• 2007/07/-- The Wrong Object - concert "Margate Jazz Festival", UK (feat. Annie Whitehead) (TBC)

• 2007/09/23 The Wrong Object - concert "Jazz at Home Festival", Mechelen, Belgium

• 2007/10/26 The Wrong Object - concert '??', Mechelen, Belgium (private afternoon gig)

STEVE VAI ON TOUR

• 2007/04/28 Steve Vai - Q&A ‘London Guitar Show’, London, UK  On Sale Now

• 2007/04/29 Steve Vai - Autograph Signing  ‘London Guitar Show’, London, UK

• 2007/06/28 Steve Vai - concert ‘Den Atelier’, Luxembourg

• 2007/06/29 Steve Vai - concert ‘Le Grand Rex’, Paris, France

• 2007/06/30 Steve Vai - concert ‘Arrow Rock Festival’, Biddinghuizen, Netherlands

• 2007/07/02 Steve Vai - concert ‘Festsaal’, Ingolstadt, Germany

• 2007/07/03 Steve Vai - concert ‘Ulmer Zeit’, Ulm, Germany

• 2007/07/05 Steve Vai - concert ‘Razzamatazz’, Barcelona, Spain

• 2007/07/06 Steve Vai - concert ‘Auditorio Municipal Maestro Padilla’, Almeria, Spain

• 2007/07/07 Steve Vai - concert ‘Fortaleza del Sol’, Lorca (Murcia), Spain

• 2007/07/08 Steve Vai - concert ‘Jam’, Bergara (Gipuzkoa), Spain

• 2007/07/09 Steve Vai - concert ‘Casa De Musica’, Porto, Portugal

• 2007/07/10 Steve Vai - concert ‘Aula Magna’, Lisbon, Portugal

• 2007/07/11 Steve Vai - concert ‘La Riviera’, Madrid, Spain

• 2007/07/13 Steve Vai - concert  - To Be Announced - Venue To Be Confirmed

• 2007/07/14 Steve Vai - concert ‘Castello’, Udine, Italy

• 2007/07/15 Steve Vai - concert ‘Pistoia Festival’, Pistoia, Italy

• 2007/07/16 Steve Vai - concert ‘Festival’, Rome, Italy

• 2007/07/18 Steve Vai - concert ‘Melkweg’, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• 2007/07/19 Steve Vai - concert ‘Carling Academy’, Birmingham, UK

• 2007/07/20 Steve Vai - concert ‘Apollo’, Manchester, UK

• 2007/07/21 Steve Vai - concert ‘Royal Centre’, Nottingham, UK

• 2007/07/22 Steve Vai - concert ‘Hammersmith Apollo’, London, UK

• 2007/07/24 Steve Vai - concert ‘Vicar St.’, Dublin, Ireland

• 2007/07/26 Steve Vai - concert - To Be Announced - Venue To Be Confirmed

• 2007/07/28 Steve Vai - concert ‘B1’, Moscow, Russia

ZAPPANALE

At this very moment, the Zappanale band-list looks like this

• Akashic Ensemble Don Preston (USA)

• Drei vom Rhein (D)

• Space Debris (D)

• N.F.I Virtuosi Dal Planeta Talento (I)

• Project Object feat. Ike Willis (USA)

• Trigon (D)

• Indukti (P)

• Harmonia Ensemble (I)

• Team Zappa (NOR)

• Kimono Draggin (USA)

• Sex Without Nails (AU)

• Polytoxicomane Philharmonie (D)

• The Great Googly Moogly (S)

• Jazzprojekt Hundehagen (D)

• Octafish (D)  

• Christophe Godin - Mörglbl  (F)

• Monty and The Butchers  (UK)

• Chad Wackerman Trio (USA)

Special Events:

• European Movie Premiere: "Freak Out in Cucamonga".

• Jim Cohen, Lecture: "A holiday in Berlin: F.Z.'s Werke als Depth Music".

VACATION VIBRATIONS GOES ZAPPANALE

FZ Europe vacation tour and music festival July 27 - August 6!

Each summer for the past 18 years, Zappaphiles from all over have migrated to the northern German town of Bad Doberan for the Zappanale, a festival devoted to the music and conceptual continuity of FZ. Now your summer vacation can be an absolutely Zappa experience.

Our good friends at Arf Society, the German non-profit group that organizes the Zappanale, passed this along to us, and we thought we would share it.

Vacation Vibrations, a Boston-based tour operator, is pleased to announce

Farther Oblivion Tour 2007

a tour package that will bring FZ fans to that great worldwide annual gathering in Germany of Appliantologists and Dental Floss Tycoons.

The tour begins in Berlin on July 27, 2007. The group will tour the city, and attend an extraordinary event, when "Street Number 13" will be formally dedicated as "Frank-Zappa-Strasse", the first street in the world named for FZ. The dedication will be followed by music for the rest of the day, and a late "chill-party" that is sure to exemplify Berlin's legendary nightlife.

From Berlin the tour will proceed to Prague. Prague is not only one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, but FZ holds a special place in Czech history. Former Czech president Vaclav Havel called Zappa "one of the gods of the Czech underground" for his uncompromising belief in freedom of thought and expression, and that spirit lives on.

After enjoying Prague, the tour will head to the northern German town of Bad Doberan for the 18th annual Zappanale, a three-day festival of Zappa tribute bands, former Zappa band members, and other musicians and performance artists with kindred styles and interests from all over the world. The Zappanale is designed as a complete Zappa experience, with the atmosphere on the festival grounds every bit as important as what happens on stage. The whole town gets into the fun, from the café waitstaff in the town square to the mayor himself.

Headlining Zappanale 18 will be the Terry Bozzio Out Trio. (Terry Bozzio - need we say more?) Other US groups will be the prodigies from Philadelphia's Paul Green School Of Rock, the renowned Project/Object, and the Don Preston Akashic Ensemble (Don Preston - one of the Mothers of all Mothers!) So far, the line-up will also include French big band Le Bocal, Italy's Orchestra Spaziale, Team Zappa from Norway, Zappatronix from Switzerland, and three Danish bands- Octafish, Space Debris, and Trigon.

The tour group will be deposited back at the Berlin airport on August 6th, totally plooked out of their brains from music, "cities and beer", and lots of fun. Did you say you want some more-a? Tour participants who want to continue their vacation after the Zappanale can book an optional tour extension to Amsterdam, another awesome city with legendary nightlife that is also devoted to independent thinking and freedom of expression.

Vacation Vibrations is a division of American International Tour Groups, a group tour operator with 15 years of experience specializing in customized group trips. Whether you are an experienced traveler, or this will be your first international trip, they'll make sure you have an absolutely amazing time.

For more information, you can visit their web site: www.freewebs.com/fartheroblivion . If you have any questions, you can contact them at VacationVibrations@Gmail.com , or call 617-721-7996.

the concert calendar * the concert calendar

april

• 2007/04/12 Michel Delville - concert "Open Stanza Festival", 'Sugar Factory', Amsterdam, NL

• 2007/04/14 Pojama People - concert 'coffee house café', salem, or, usa
• 2007/04/14 Pikantik - concert ' klub studio', cracow, poland (19:00 h)

• 2007/04/18 The Muffin Men – concert ‘MET’, Bury, UK

• 2007/04/19 The Muffin Men – concert ‘Pacific Road’, Birkenhead, UK

• 2007/04/20 Sheik Yerbouti – concert ‘Die Halle’, Reichenbach, Germany  

• 2007/04/20 The Muffin Men – concert ‘Boardwalk’, Sheffield, UK

• 2007/04/20 Pikantik - concert 'gwarek music club', cracow, poland  (20:00 h)   

• 2007/04/20 Vlaams Radio Orkest - concert 'de Singel', Antwerp, Belgium

• 2007/04/21 Sheik Yerbouti – concert ‘Kammgarn’, Hard, Austria

• 2007/04/21 Vlaams Radio Orkest - concert 'Flagey', Brussels, Belgium

• 2007/04/21 The Muffin Men – concert ‘Flowerpot’, Derby, UK

• 2007/04/22 The Muffin Men – concert ‘New Roscoe’, Leeds, UK

• 2007/04/24 Asko Ensemble - concert 'muziekgebouw aan't ij', amsterdam, NL- performing music by corrie van binsbergen

• 2007/04/25 Brokken Avond (Corrie van Binsbergen)  - concert 'Zaal100', Amsterdam, NL

• 2007/04/26 The Muffin Men – concert ‘Mr Kyps’, Poole, UK  

• 2007/04/26 The Wrong Object - concert 'The Roscoe', Leeds, UK, 20h30

• 2007/04/26 The Bears - concert 'Beachland Ballroom', Cleveland, OH, usa

• 2007/04/27 The Wrong Object - concert 'Terry O'Toole Theatre', Lincoln, UK, 21h00

• 2007/04/27 The Muffin Men – concert ‘Borderline’, London, UK  

• 2007/04/27 The Bears - concert 'Club Cafe', Pittsburgh, PA, usa

• 2007/04/27 Mike Keneally Band - concert 'The Baked Potato', Studio City, Ca, usa

• 2007/04/28 The Muffin Men – concert ‘Musician’, Leicester, UK  

• 2007/04/28 Steve Vai - Q&A ‘London Guitar Show’, London, UK  On Sale Now 

• 2007/04/28 The Bears - concert 'Canal St. Tavern', Dayton, OH, usa  

• 2007/04/28 Pojama People - concert 'Saturday Market', Eugene, OR, usa

• 2007/04/29 The Muffin Men – concert ‘Robin’, Wolverhampton, UK
• 2007/04/29 Steve Vai - Autograph Signing  ‘London Guitar Show’, London, UK
• 2007/04/29 The Bears - concert 'Lafayette Brewing Co.', Lafayette, IN, usa

may

• 2007/05/01 The Bears - concert 'Martyr's', Chicago, IL, usa

• 2007/05/02 The Wrong Object - concert 'InsideOut', Quai van Beneden, Liège, Belgium, 20h30 - (info: 0497-171.433)

• 2007/05/02 The Bears - concert 'Blueberry Hill', St. Louis, MO, usa
  2007/05/03 The Bears - concert 'Music Mill', Indianapolis, IN, usa

• 2007/05/03 The Central Scrutinizer - concert 'Café Piu-Piu', São Paulo, Brazil

• 2007/05/04 The Wrong Object - concert "Jazz à Liège", 'Palais des Congrès', Liège,  Belgium, 21h45 (sharp)

• 2007/05/04 The Bears - concert 'Southgate House', Newport, KY, usa

• 2007/05/05 The Low Budget Research Kitchen - concert 'casa das artes', vn famalicao, portugal

• 2007/05/06 The Central Scrutinizer Band - concert 'Theatro Municipal', São Paulo, Brazil 

• 2007/05/11 Great Googly Moogly - concert 'Kulturnatt', Borås, Sweden

• 2007/05/11 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert 'The Cadiuex Cafe', Detroit, MI, usa

• 2007/05/12 Doot! - concert "ArtWalk Festival", Westville, Ct, usa

• 2007/05/18 the Voice Of Cheez - concert 'Nietsche's", Buffalo, usa

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

• 2007/05/26 The Low Budget Research Kitchen - concert 'rota jazz', trofa, portugal

• 2007/05/26 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert 'The Village Idiot',  Maumee, OH, usa

• 2007/05/29 The Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Arnold Schönberg Chor, dir.Pierre Boulez - concert "From the House of the Dead" - Leos Janácek, dir.Pierre Boulez, 'Het Muziektheater', Amsterdam, NL
• 2007/05/30 Brokken Avond (Corrie van Binsbergen)  - concert 'Zaal100', Amsterdam, NL
• 2007/05/31 The Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Arnold Schönberg Chor, dir.Pierre Boulez - concert "From the House of the Dead" - Leos Janácek, dir.Pierre Boulez, 'Het Muziektheater', Amsterdam, NL

june

• 2007/06/02 The Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Arnold Schönberg Chor, dir.Pierre Boulez - concert "From the House of the Dead" - Leos Janácek, dir.Pierre Boulez, 'Het Muziektheater', Amsterdam, NL
• 2007/06/01 The Mahler Chamber Orchestra, dir.Pierre Boulez - concert 'Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ', Amsterdam, NL
• 2007/06/05 Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble, dir.R.de Leeuw - concert 'Concertgebouw', Amsterdam, NL / works by Boulez

• 2007/06/02 Sheik Yerbouti – concert ‘Colos-Saal’, Aschaffenburg, Germany

• 2007/06/07 G2 (Pierrejean Gaucher & Christophe Godin) – concert ‘Music Academy International’, Nancy, France

• 2007/06/07 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert ' Founders Brewery',  Grand Rapids, MI, usa

• 2007/06/09 the Voice Of Cheez - concert "Allentown Art Festival Nietzsche's Back Stage" : Return of the Son of Voice of Cheez - 9 pm

• 2007/06/22 Het Wisselend Toonkwintet (Corrie van Binsbergen) - concert 'Natuurtheater De Kersouwe', Heeswijk-Dinther, NL

• 2007/06/27 Brokken Avond (Corrie van Binsbergen)  - concert 'Zaal100', Amsterdam, NL

• 2007/06/28 Steve Vai - concert ‘Den Atelier’, Luxembourg

• 2007/06/29 Steve Vai - concert ‘Le Grand Rex’, Paris, France  

• 2007/06/29 Mike Keneally Band - concert 'Birch North Park Theatre', San Diego, Ca, usa

• 2007/06/30 Steve Vai - concert ‘Arrow Rock Festival’, Biddinghuizen, Netherlands

july

• 2007/07/-- The Wrong Object - concert "Margate Jazz Festival", UK (feat. Annie Whitehead) (TBC)

• 2007/07/02 Steve Vai - concert ‘Festsaal’, Ingolstadt, Germany

• 2007/07/03 Steve Vai - concert ‘Ulmer Zeit’, Ulm, Germany

• 2007/07/05 Steve Vai - concert ‘Razzamatazz’, Barcelona, Spain

• 2007/07/06 Steve Vai - concert ‘Auditorio Municipal Maestro Padilla’, Almeria, Spain  

• 2007/07/06 Mike Keneally Band - concert 'The Baked Potato', Studio City, Ca, usa

• 2007/07/06 The Low Budget Research Kitchen - concert 'cabaret maxime', lisboa, portugal

• 2007/07/07 Steve Vai - concert ‘Fortaleza del Sol’, Lorca (Murcia), Spain

• 2007/07/08 Steve Vai - concert ‘Jam’, Bergara (Gipuzkoa), Spain  

• 2007/07/08 The Wrong Object - concert "Versailles Art Rock Festival", CC Porchefontaine, Versailles, France

• 2007/07/09 Steve Vai - concert ‘Casa De Musica’, Porto, Portugal

• 2007/07/10 Steve Vai - concert ‘Aula Magna’, Lisbon, Portugal

• 2007/07/11 Steve Vai - concert ‘La Riviera’, Madrid, Spain

• 2007/07/13 Steve Vai - concert  - To Be Announced - Venue To Be Confirmed  

• 2007/07/13 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert ' Whites Bar',  Saginaw, MI, usa

• 2007/07/14 Steve Vai - concert ‘Castello’, Udine, Italy

• 2007/07/15 Steve Vai - concert ‘Pistoia Festival’, Pistoia, Italy

• 2007/07/16 Steve Vai - concert ‘Festival’, Rome, Italy

• 2007/07/18 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Centennial Concert Hall’, Winnipeg, MB, usa

• 2007/07/18 Steve Vai - concert ‘Melkweg’, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• 2007/07/19 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert "10,000 Lakes Fest", Detroit Lake, MN, usa 

• 2007/07/19 Steve Vai - concert ‘Carling Academy’, Birmingham, UK

• 2007/07/20 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Civic Opera House’, Chicago, IL, usa 

• 2007/07/20 Steve Vai - concert ‘Apollo’, Manchester, UK

• 2007/07/21 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘The Rave’, Milwaukee, WI, usa

• 2007/07/21 Steve Vai - concert ‘Royal Centre’, Nottingham, UK

• 2007/07/22 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Egyptian Room’, Indianapolis, IN, usa

• 2007/07/22 Steve Vai - concert ‘Hammersmith Apollo’, London, UK

• 2007/07/24 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Moonlite Gardens’, Cincinnati, OH, usa

• 2007/07/24 Steve Vai - concert ‘Vicar St.’, Dublin, Ireland

• 2007/07/25 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Warner Theatre’, Erie, PA, usa

• 2007/07/26 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘LC Pavilion’,  Columbus, OH, usa

• 2007/07/26 Steve Vai - concert - To Be Announced - Venue To Be Confirmed

• 2007/07/27 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Meadow Brook Festival’,  Detroit, MI, usa

• 2007/07/28 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Cain Park’, Cleveland, OH, usa

• 2007/07/28 Steve Vai - concert ‘B1’, Moscow, Russia

• 2007/07/28 "Zappa-street-naming-event in Berlin"

• 2007/07/30 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Hummingbird’,  Toronto, ON, canada

• 2007/07/31 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Metropolis’, Montreal, QC, canada

august

• 2007/08/01 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Albert Rousseau Hall’, Quebec City, QC, canada

• 2007/08/02 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Hampton Beach Casino’, Hampton Beach, NH, usa

• 2007/08/03 - 05 Zappanale - Bad Doberan, Germany
  Chad Wackerman will headline Zappanale 18 ! Furthermore, the Orchestra Spaziale from Italy will be there as well.

• 2007/08/04 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Fleet Boston Pavilion’, Boston, MA, usa

• 2007/08/05 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Count Basie Theatre’, Red Bank, NJ, usa

• 2007/08/06 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Northfork Theater' @ "Westbury Music Fair", Westbury, NY, usa

• 2007/08/08 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Electric Factory’, Philadelphia, PA, usa

• 2007/08/09 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Rams Head’, Baltimore, MD, usa

• 2007/08/10 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Norva’, Norfolk, VA, usa

• 2007/08/11 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Thomas Wolfe Auditorium’, Asheville, NC, usa

• 2007/08/13 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Cains Ballroom’, Tulsa, OK, usa

• 2007/08/15 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Kiva Auditorium’, Albuquerque, NM, usa

• 2007/08/16 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Fox Theatre’, Tucson, AZ, usa

• 2007/08/17 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Dodge Theatre’, Tucson, AZ, usa

• 2007/08/18 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘House Of Blues’, Las Vegas, NV, usa

• 2007/08/20 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Berkeley Community Theatre’,  San Francisco, CA, usa

• 2007/08/21 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘House Of Blues’, San Diego, CA, usa

• 2007/08/22 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘House Of Blues’, Anaheim, CA, usa

• 2007/08/23 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Wiltern’, Los Angeles, CA, usa

september

• 2007/09/07 Steve Vai - concert 'Marquee Theatre ',Phoenix, AZ, usa

• 2007/09/08 Steve Vai - concert 'House of Blues ',Las Vegas, NV, usa

• 2007/09/09 Steve Vai - concert 'The Grove ',Anaheim, CA, usa

• 2007/09/10 Steve Vai - concert 'Viejas DreamCatcher Showroom ',San Diego, CA, usa

• 2007/09/11 Steve Vai - concert 'The Wiltern Theatre ',Los Angeles, CA, usa

• 2007/09/12 Steve Vai - concert 'The Fillmore ',San Francisco, CA, usa

• 2007/09/14 Steve Vai - concert 'Roseland Theatre ',Portland, OR, usa

• 2007/09/15 Steve Vai - concert 'Moore Theater ',Seattle, WA, usa

• 2007/09/16 Steve Vai - concert 'Commodore Ballroom ',Vancouver, BC, canada

• 2007/09/19 Steve Vai - concert 'State Theatre ',Minneapolis, MN, usa

• 2007/09/20 Steve Vai - concert 'Pabst Theatre ',Milwaukee, WI, usa

• 2007/09/21 Steve Vai - concert 'House of Blues ',Chicago, IL, usa

• 2007/09/22 Steve Vai - concert 'Royal Oak Music Theatre ',Royal Oak, MI, usa

• 2007/09/23 Steve Vai - concert 'Massey Hall ',Toronto, ON, canada

• 2007/09/23 The Wrong Object - concert "Jazz at Home Festival", Mechelen, Belgium (w. special guest Bart Maris)

• 2007/09/24 Steve Vai - concert 'Univ. at Buffalo Center For Arts ',Buffalo, NY, usa

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

• 2007/09/25 Steve Vai - concert 'Hammerstein Ballroom ',New York, NY, usa

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

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

• 2007/09/27 Steve Vai - concert 'Keswick Theatre ',Philadelphia, PA, usa  

• 2007/09/28 Steve Vai - concert 'Starland Ballroom ',Sayreville, NJ, usa

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

• 2007/09/29 Steve Vai - concert 'Borgata Music Box Theatre ',Atlantic City, NJ, usa

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

• 2007/09/30 Steve Vai - concert 'Birchmere Bandstand ',Alexandria, VA, usa

october

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

• 2007/10/02 Steve Vai - concert 'The Egg Center for the Perf. Arts ',Albany, NY, usa

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

• 2007/10/03 Steve Vai - concert 'Webster Theatre ',Hartford, CT, usa

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

• 2007/10/04 Steve Vai - concert 'Berklee Performance Center ',Boston, MA, usa

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

• 2007/10/05 Steve Vai - concert 'Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel ',Providence, RI, usa

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

• 2007/10/06 Steve Vai - concert 'North Fork Theatre at Westbury ',Westbury, NY, usa

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 2007/10/26 The Wrong Object - concert '??', Mechelen, Belgium (private afternoon gig)

• 2007/10/31 Sheik Yerbouti – concert ‘Café Hahn', Koblenz, Germany -  “Halloweenparty” with a lot of special guests and a special program !!!

november

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

december

• 2007/12/01 Het Wisselend Toonkwintet (Corrie van Binsbergen) - concert 'Cultuurcentrum', Hasselt, Belgium