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the big nOte files - august 2004 |
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the big nOte files - august 2004 |
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updated august 3, 4, 20, 22, 27 & 29, 2004
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NEW ZAPPA ALBUM SCHEDULED |
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There's a new Zappa album scheduled for early September !! It's called "Quaudiophiliac" and it's another DVD-Audio release. Naval Aviation in Art "We now have a release date for QuAUDIOPHILIAc, the next DVD-A release
from the ZFT. "It is scheduled for a street date of 14th September on the
DTS label. It is surround sound and is made up of tracks originally
mixed/recorded by FZ during the 70s. It is essentially an audio
documentary of ideas by FZ about quad and 4 channel mixes and multichannel
recordings. Dweezil tweezed these items into a full on programme.
Obviously, it will not translate on ordinary radio." So quipped Gail. You
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August 29, 2004 Luc Reniers mailed me the Quaudiophiliac tracklist. Take a look at the top of the page. Thanx Luc |
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| ZZZZZ | Belgian band Massey Fergusson perfoms a couple of Zappa compositions |
| ZZZZZ | Zoogz Rift interview |
| ZZZZZ | concert data for Cosmik Debris from Hungaria |
| August 27, 2004 | |
| ZZZZZ | New Grannies tour scheduled |
| ZZZZZ | Mosomoses: Zappanale in (moving) pictures |
| ZZZZZ | Absolute Zappa in Cologne, Germany |
| ZZZZZ | Mark Lanegan Band records Beefheart |
| ZZZZZ | news from The Central Scrutinizer band |
| ZZZZZ | A commercial break with Ralphamerica |
| ZZZZZ | Even More Afroskull News |
| ZZZZZ | The Basooties |
| August 22, 2004 | |
| ZZZZZ | More Afroskull news |
| ZZZZZ | Pavlov's Woody |
| ZZZZZ | Zappa on DVD |
| ZZZZZ | New Zappa release scheduled for early September |
| August 20, 2004 | |
| ZZZZZ | The UMO Jazz Orchestra |
| ZZZZZ | Data on the 2003 Umeå Int.Chamber Music Festival |
| ZZZZZ | Mats / Morgan Band on tour in the states |
| ZZZZZ | Zappa tribute on Stern - 1993/12/07 |
| ZZZZZ | Ian Underwood |
| ZZZZZ | Wrong Object in concert |
| ZZZZZ | Magic Band on DVD |
| ZZZZZ | Jeff Simmons |
| ZZZZZ | Afroskull in concert |
| August 4, 2004 | |
| ZZZZZ | Big Swifty & Associates |
| ZZZZZ | Don Julin recorded a Zappa composition |
| ZZZZZ | Prząśniczki recorded a Zappa album |
| August 3, 2004 | |
| ZZZZZ | the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival Big Band performed a Zappa concert |
| ZZZZZ | the NDR Big Band did some Zappa concerts |
| ZZZZZ | news from Italy: concert photos from the Orchestra Spaziale & a new book about Zappa |
| ZZZZZ | The Keneallist, July 26, 2004 |
| ZZZZZ | Remember Pipco, the italian band that plays Zappa's music? |
| ZZZZZ | Brumalia, the latest Residents release |
| ZZZZZ | Roy Estrada has an album out !! |
| ZZZZZ | Sul Divano plays Zappa |
| ZZZZZ | Deke Dickerson records Frank Zappa composition |
| ZZZZZ | Mothers picture |
| ZZZZZ | and the concert calendar |
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short bits - more info soon
- LeBocal has issued a mini-cd to promote their Zappa album
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August 29,
2004 Besides the tracklist for Quaudiophiliac, I hope you'll enjoy Massey Fergusson, Zoogz Rift and Cosmik Debris. Have fun. |
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MASSEY FERGUSSON |
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Belgian band Massey Fergusson performed Frank Zappa's 'Love Of My Life' on August 7, 2004, at Greet & Ive's wedding. They did a great job. Both the band and Greet & Ive. Later, at the wedding party, the band included Zappa's 'Bobby
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ZOOGZ RIFT INTERVIEW |
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Here's an interview Greg Tingle did with Zoogz Rift: Hasn't been published yet, to my knowledge, so I hope it isn't too copyrighted... :-)
What motivates you? Being alive. I’m not so sure there even is a thing called motivation. We wake up, we eat and breathe, we live out our hours and days, with everything repeating over and over again. We do what we do. It’s only later on that we assess and evaluate what we did, and apply value to it. Who can say why we do the things we do? We just do them, for whatever complex network of reasons floating around at that moment, then we move on. What's your background? I started taking guitar lessons when I was 10. But I hated the teacher, so I stopped two years later and didn’t seriously pick up the guitar again for another 10 years or so. I listened to a lot of different music when I was a teenager, ranging from Beatles to Zappa to Cage to Miles, and I hadn’t yet decided which direction I wanted to go in, so I decided to let chance take it’s course, and wound up, at least initially, doing serious electronic music. I became friends with John Cage--we used to go to concerts together in NYC--so I always had experimental music on my mind. Zen, Dada, Zen, Dada, Zen Dada. But once I actually started the band in 1972, I wanted to cater to the tastes and interests of the other musicians as well as my own, so the band started taking my time and attention in a rock and roll direction. That’s when I decided to re-learn the guitar. For the first few years, however, I limited my participation to lead vocals. Describe a typical day for you? It kind of changes from week to week. Obesity, diabetes, partial blindness and arthritis have taken a major toll on my health, and ability to get around. Everyone in the band is off doing their own thing--Richie Hass is now in Saccharine Trust, Willie Lapin is now a full-blown high school science teacher, and Tom Brown is writing a really cool book about how he refused to fight in the Vietnam war. I spend a few days a week being visited by my son, who drives me to do errands like shopping. We have lunch together and watch television, stuff ranging from Ali G to Zatoichi to The Three Stooges to various full-length films of interest. He just bought me a 53” projection TV, so now I can at least see what I’m looking at. I spend the rest of the time working on my painting projects, visiting the internet, and playing a lot of computer Hearts. How did you get your break in the entertainment business? It never showed up. But I did it anyway. Fuck ‘em. Thirty years ago, Frank Zappa told me that the secret to success in show biz was actually very simple: “Don’t give up. As soon as you’ve given up, you’ve lost.” That pretty much sums it up, I think. If it’s in your blood, go for it, and don’t let your friends, relatives or other adversities talk you out of it. You can’t let the world bully you. What do you consider the highlights of both your life, and your career? Anytime I was having sex. I love sex, cuddling, that kind of stuff. Ultimately, I feel sex is the underlying motivator for everything we do in life. Everybody’s going through their goofy little dance, all trying to impress everybody else. A lot of weird masculine/feminine dynamics going on all the time. I can’t have sex with a stranger, though--I’m not into touching some idiot I don’t even know. I’d rather stick with the idiots I do know. How do you know your doing your thing right? I doubt I ever did anything right. Sometimes things turn out good, other times awful. I’m not concerned about it. All I care about is living a happy, peaceful, creative life. Right and wrong don’t usually have to enter into the equation. I don’t believe in hurting people--“live and let live” best describes my attitude toward life. Ignorant people are constantly putting unnecessary obstacles in our way, but like water in a stream, I just keep moving along and don’t let the rocks and sticks deter me. Flow as water. I’m just a water kind of guy. What's the appeal of professional wrestling for you? Well, I don’t believe in real-life violence. Other than direct self-defense, there’s never a valid reason to initiate violence. And I mean that on a global level as well. Still, the world continuously pisses me off, so I need some sort of outlet. I won’t do it myself, but I do enjoy watching guys pretending to beat the crap out of each other. I love the soap opera element, the absurd storylines. But pro wrestling is constantly mutating--I admit that I don’t like it as much as I used to. I enjoyed working in the business, but I’m glad I’ve moved on to other interests. The Warlord and I crippled Cowboy Bob Orton and ended his career, so that will have to do. What makes a great showman? That’s easy. Someone who puts their heart, soul and intellect into their performance. Someone who looks at his job as a serious craft and not merely a hobby. After years of applying the effort, the experience and expertise start to kick in. Describe your artistic talent, and the creative process that you employe? There’s nothing to describe. I’m a dadaist--I take it as it comes, and make the best of it. Dali said if you know what your painting is going to look like before you paint, then there’s no sense in painting it. I believe that. Give chance a piece of your creative output. What are a few funny tales from the road? Too many to go into here. You’d be better off watching my new 4-hour documentary/interview for stuff like that. Being on the road with a rock band is definitely like being in the Twilight Zone. How does technology assist you? Technology, as great as it is for a musician, can also be extremely annoying. I have a problem with essentially lazy, uncreative people using MIDI technology to cheat their way through composing and performance. They take the art out of the music. It’s pathetic. Generally speaking, I prefer to use and hear real instruments, with real musicians who make real mistakes. It separates the men from the boys, so to speak. If a synthesizer is being used to explore sounds, then I’d say you’re using the instrument creatively. If you’re using it for strings, or as a drum machine, or whatever, then I’d have to say you’re full of shit. Bad music needs gimmicks--good music needs sweat. What are your tools of the trade? I play a customized Fender Squire Strat with a maple neck, rosewood fingerboard and a couple of different pickups. I always play with a t-bar, and make sure it’s in my right hand at all times while I’m playing. I can’t/won’t play a guitar that doesn’t have a tremolo bar, period. For the past 25 years, I’ve played in open E tuning, using my fingers to simulate slide guitar technique without the slide. My favorite amp to play through is any Mesa/Boogie--those amps have balls, power and strength, and help translate my playing into overwhelming sexuality. How does the world portray you? It doesn’t. I essentially don’t exist. I’m lower than obscure--I’m outright invisible to most of the music world. Five minutes after I die, I’ll be totally forgotten. I would have liked to have made more money for me and my loyal musicians, but 30 years of legit art will have to do. I thought I did a pretty good job, all things and low budgets considered. I don’t dwell on it. It doesn’t matter. How does life imitate art for you? It doesn’t. They’re essentially the same thing. They’re both fun and they’re both extremely annoying. Who are your influences? Well, let’s see. If one were to dig deep enough into my music, they’d be likely to find musical influences like Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Beatles, The Bonzo Dog Band, The Contortions, Elvis Costello, Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, Miles Davis--stuff like that. Beyond that, other miscellaneous influences include Capt. Lou Albano, Ayn Rand, Lou Costello, Lenny Bruce, etc. How do you make a positive difference? Ha ha. Who the fuck knows! What does "success" mean to you? There’re no such things as success and failure--just hills and valleys. Everything constantly changes and mutates, regardless of what we personally do to control it. Like a river, best to go with the flow of your own interests and instincts, and not worry too much about it. When you have a job to do, just do it and shut up about it. What media attention have you attracted over the years? I’ve been reviewed in every major music publication and many of the minor ones as well. Billboard, Spin, Rolling Stone, Wrestling magazines, blah blah blah. It’s all a bunch of phoney-baloney bullshit. If you buy ad space, they review you. If you don’t, they probably won’t. Usually all that’s involved is to send them a well-written press release, and they’ll essentially print the whole thing, putting their name on it. Publicity is bullshit. All the media is concerned about is making money, which makes them worthless to me. Diabetes has destroyed most of my eyesight now anyway, so I don’t read much of anything anymore. It’s too strenuous. Getting old sucks. I highly recommend that you avoid it as much as possible. What are your current projects? My son is directing a 4-hour, 3 dvdr set--a complete biography of Zoogz Rift, along with interviews with me and my band: Richie Hass, Willie Lapin, Tom Brown, Arthur Barrow and numerous others. It’s extremely comprehensive, and tells the whole story, straight from the horse’s mouth. It’s called ZOOGZ RIFT: THE FIRESIDE CHAT, and is scheduled for release this Halloween, in time for the Xmas season. Updates will be posted at my website, http://zoogzrift.4mg.com/ . What would you like to be known for? Once I’m dead, nothing. Now, though, I simply would like respect, recognition, and financial support from the people who enjoy my recordings. Go to my website and buy my cd-r’s. Above all, I’m a dadaist, and I take it dead seriously. Ha ha. Whatever the hell that means. What do you know about Australia that sounds appealing? A lot. I’d love to check out the outback, as well as the topless beaches and scenery in the mountains. Recently, I’ve actually seriously considered moving to Tasmania, though I’ve never been there. It seems like a really cool place. I can’t take the big cities, though. Mass populations give me a supreme headache. I’d love to meet Steve Irwin and see if he’s as goofy in person as he is on TV. I hope so. Thanks for your time, Best Regards
Greg Tingle |
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Thanks to Badblock, I could add some concert data for Cosmik Debris, the fabulous Hungarian band. These guys play some superb Zappa jams. And they even threw in a Van Vliet composition on occasion as well.
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August 27, 2004 It's getting too late. I need some sleep. I'll get back to you tomorrow !! |
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EUGENE CHADBOURNE & DIETER SCHROEDER |
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Saturday 2004/08/21 Eugene Chadbourne and Dieter Schroeder played a very fine concert at the 'Plusetage' in Baarle-Nassau, The Netherlands. (picture taken by Ive Hapers - thanx Ive) A very fine concert indeed, and, as usual,
Doctor Chadbourne had brought a bunch of new releases along: |
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THE GRANDMOTHERS RE:INVENTED |
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If you're thinking Zappanale & pictures, you have to check out
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I picked this up at the www.mosemoses.de site as well: A concert by the Absolute Ensemble, feat. Mike Keneally & Napoleon Murphy Brock, in Cologne, Germany. 18|09 Samstag
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MARK LANEGAN BAND RECORDS BEEFHEART |
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After 4 months of silence, it looks like The Central Scrutinizer will be giving another Zappa concert. So if you're in the neighbourhood of Brasil, you'll know what to do: 2004/09/16 the Central Scrutinzer - concert 'café piupiu', são paulo, brasil
DEPOIS DE 4 MESES... vai tocar dia 16 de Setembro, quinta feira!
Venha
se divertir conosco nesse tributo ao mestre Frank Zappa... Dia 16 de Setembro - quinta feira - às 22 horas Café Piupiu R. Treze de Maio
134 no Bixiga - 3258 8066 Visite nosso site e veja o que o
Rainer viu no ZappaNale Festival, na Alemanha:
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Received 2004/08/25: Hello Ralph Friend, Anyhow, you may have noticed that we've been selling the kiddie "classic eyeball" tees for infants and toddlers, well we've just launched a new site with all sorts of warped gear for kids, including the eerie eye. So, if yer interested, we'd just like to let you know about the little corner of the internet known as http://www.astrotot.net - please stop by when you have a chance, or pass the URL to a pregnant pal, pick up a baby shower gift, or get a fine gift for a loveable nephew. Thanks for listening...hopefully the next update you get will be about the upcoming "I Murdered Mommy" release...uhhhhhhhoooooBOY! that URL again from the folks at... |
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AFROSKULL 2004/08/25 |
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From: "Afroskull Mailing List" Sent: August 25, 2004 SATURDAY: AFROSKULL IN PROVIDENCE AFROSKULL Friday 2004/09/03 - Parkside Lounge,
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THE BASOOTIES |
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A question at alt.fan.frank-zappa resulted in a correction at UM. I had an entry for the "Basootles", and it should have been "Basooties". The spelling correction has been made, but there's also more info:
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August 22, 2004 More to come the next days, this is just a quickie. |
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From: "Afroskull Mailing List" NEW OFFICIAL AFROSKULL BOOTLEG AND T-SHIRTS! Yes, it's a new merch bonanza in Afroskullville these days. First of all, we have finally mixed and mastered the live recording of our tribute to Black Sabbath! AFROSKULL DOES BLACK SABBATH - LIVE AT THE MERMAID LOUNGE will be available only at shows for now, but trust us, it's worth coming down to one of the shows to pick one up. For now, they're only $5. Also, we've got some cool new T-shirts for you, with the "Flying Fists of Funk" logo. Again, only available at the shows for now. The CD and t-shirts will be available through Afroskull.com very soon. UPCOMING GIGS: AFROSKULL Saturday
2004/08/28: Tazza Cafe, Providence RI (spread the word!) Peace and funk! -Afroskull |
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You know that bootleggers have found their way to the DVD factory. I'm not talking home-burned DVD's that are traded between fans. No, I'm talking factory-pressed DVDs. Sold for hard cash. Like the ones I mentioned a little while ago:
The new titles that have been announced are:
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NEW ZAPPA ALBUM SCHEDULED |
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There's a new Zappa album scheduled for early September !! It's called "Quaudiophiliac" and it's another DVD-Audio release. On alt.fan.frank-zappa, Matti Salminen added: This we know from the LA Times article: The article says that "while Joe Travers has been combing through the tapes for new material that could be released, Dweezil is marshalling a remix programme to put both previously released and new discoveries in state-of-the-art surround sound for a parallel release programme, to be introduced with Quadropheliac - an audio documentary made from unreleased tapes on which Frank experimented with surround-type recording in the mid-70s." So that`s unreleased tapes...
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August 20, 2004 Yes, it took me a while to get back into it. How's this a start? |
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The UMO Jazz Orchestra issued a promotional cd last year, presenting 4 Zappa compositions.
info from John Bowers |
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The 2003 Umeå Internationella Kammarmusik Festival |
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I had some info up for the 2003 edition of the Umeå International Chamber Music Festival, but all rather incomplete. Charles Ulrich and 'Trends' were kind enough to share the info they had. I'm still convinced that there are a lot of mistakes in there, so please send me your corrections, etceteras, but here's how it might have been, more or less. I need more info on this, so if you have data or recordings of these concerts, please get in contact (bignOte@yucom.be). 2003/06/09 - 2003/06/15
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MATS / MORGAN BAND ON TOUR IN THE STATES |
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The picture above was taken at the Zappanale festival, July 23, 2004, in Bad Doberan, Germany, by DrZurkon. The Mats/Morgan Band will be doing a short tour in
the USA in September. If you're lucky, they'll be playing in your
neighbourhood as well. Check them out !! Mats/Morgan Band US tour September 2004
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ZAPPA TRIBUTE ON STERN - 1993/12/07 |
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A couple of months ago, I received a CDR that included a very interesting track. It was a Zappa tribute, recorded at the Howard Stern tv-show, aired December 7 in 1993, Sung to the tune of 'Don't Go Changing' by Billy Joel. The quality of the recording isn't too good, but it does present a very funny song. (If anyone has an excellent sounding copy of this, please let me know...) Thanks to
http://studebaker.webhostme.com/tribute.html, I can even give you the
lyrics: Sung to the tune of "Don't Go Changing" by Billy Joel Don't go smoking Hey Frank was wacky, His poor prostate Never had a What would it take You had to give them You were a drug free
man the nicotine, man [Frank Zappa's spoken words] Words will not harm you. There is no sound that you can make with your mouth or word that will come out of your mouth so powerful it will make you go to hell; Look around at all the normal kids who listen to it and live with it everyday who do not commit suicide they don't commit murder and they grow up to be in some case to become legislators. [Back to singing] Ahh, you led the
Mothers, you even found work,
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I saw Wrong Object and Frogg Cafe in Liège and in Oostende the other day. Wow... They were great at Zappanale, and they confirmed it in Liège and in Oostende. Oostende was a bit of an adventure, the concert being rescheduled twice (!!) due to heavy rain, storm and problems with electricity, but the concert itself was very good.
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MAGIC BAND ON DVD |
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From Teejo Tieman, August 2004
almost out
now: interviewer grahame bent: Word is there's also a Magic Band DVD on the way... (john 'drumbo' french:) It's basically the Shepherd's Bush concert from April last year and it's basically the concert with the dead spaces in between edited out. I think it's a really good show. It was done on a sixteen track Apple Macintosh and I think they used four cameras. It wasn't really planned as a concert DVD. The producer was Elaine Shepherd - she's a BBC producer and she produced The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart - and the concert footage was supposed to be for a documentary but she shot the whole concert and at the end of it all she was looking at the footage and said: 'You know, I think we could actually put together a concert DVD out of this' and that's how it came about. The sound is really good, it's going to be in 5.1 sound except everything crashed on the last two songs and we only have a stereo stage mix of them so we're calling them 'bonus tracks'. Disc 2 is the documentary called Like Bluegrass Only Weirder and I think it flows really well. It shows us at the Back To The Front sessions in Palmdale and rehearsing for the first time when we got back together to play and each of us is talking about how good it feels to be playing the music again. There's footage of Matt Groening coming to hear the rehearsal and there's an interview with him, then there's some vintage 8mm footage I shot of Don in the early 70's, then it shows us winding up in London and driving down to Camber Sands, then there's some rehearsal footage and you see us being interviewed by the press.
Any idea when the DVD will be seeing the light of day? *
MORE INTRO Due to delays beyond our control, the new Magic Band DVD release has been set back by a few more weeks. The DVD should be available for shipping during September 2004.
has an interesting limited offer: The first 100 advance orders received through
this site will be signed by the band.... CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
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From Tim Scott, August 2004: Hey now, * Proir to Easy Chair, Jeff was in another psychedelic era Seattle band called "Indian Pudding & Pipe." (I was almost on the same bill with Easy Chair and Juggernaut at a Volunteer Park Be-In in about 1969--that's where I first saw Jeff perform--he sang a strong version of "Crossroads" and played a German-made Framis electric bass.) * Easy Chair was discovered by Zappa as winner of a Seattle Battle of the Bands at The Moore Egyptian Theater. The prize was a recording contract with Straight/Bizarre Records. When Easy Chair broke up (by the time their band got to L.A, there was only Jeff and Burke Wallace left), Zappa produced Jeff as a solo artist & then installed him as bassist with the Mothers. * Missing from Jeff's discography is a track from a
Geoff & Maria Muldaur album, "Sweet Potatoes" on Reprise/Warner Records MS
2073 in 1972. The cut is titled "I'm Rich" and Jeff played bass under an
alias: Junior Turlock, namesake of the obscure town of Turlock in
California where Medic Alert bracelets are made. Also on the LP are Billy
Mundi (former drummer for The Mothers) Amos Garrett on guitar and Paul
Butterfield and members of his horn section, Gene Dinwiddie (later of the
band Full Moon) and Trevor Lawrence on saxes. Btw, I have both the Muldaur
recording as well as the Stepson release on ABC Dunhill. I'm grateful to Jeff for teaching me a great deal of what I know about music, as well as introducing me to other fine players who have also taught me much over the years. He's a great teacher and a great friend. Here's a link to a page on The Reputations from my
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NEW ORLEANS: THE RETURN OF AFROSKULL IS NIGH Afroskull's first New
Orleans gig in two years is this Saturday! BE THERE for multiple sets of
Monster Funk Madness! The Horns of Doom - Nick "Johnny Fashion" Volz,
Steve Miller da Killer and Jason "Blaster of Disaster" Yasinsky - return
to the fold! "I Tell You What" opens the show at 10pm, followed by two
giant sets of funk-induced carnage. We're hoping some old friends and
special guests show up too. Plus it'll be the unofficial CD release party
for the official Afroskull live bootleg, "AFROSKULL DOES BLACK SABBATH."
Can it get any crazier? Will the whole band make it to New Orleans
without the van breaking down? SHOW UP AND FIND OUT! |
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August 4, 2004 A bit of bad news on the Prząśniczki album, but also a nice discovery: Big Swifty & Associates. |
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BIG SWIFTY & ASSOCIATES |
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The fabulous looking http://www.thebignote.com presents a couple of Zappa compositions, performed by Big Swifty & Associates, for the occasion called "Demos and Trends". It looks like Big Swifty & Associates
recorded two demos and even one album, entitled ""Wouldn't
You Rather be Involved in a Series of Colorful Time-Wasting Trends?" |
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Don Julin was the Big Swifty & Associates mastermind. His latest album, "Tractor", includes a Zappa composition. More info soon. |
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August 3, 2004 And I should still tell you about how great Zappanale was... |
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THE BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL BIG BAND |
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The Grand Wazoo: A Zappa Celebration Featuring Ike Willis, Ernie Watts, and Napoleon
Murphy Brock Conducted and arranged by Ed Palermo Saturday, June 5 at the Flynn MainStage, 153 Main Street, Burlington, VT, usa The Burlington Discover Jazz Festival Big Band assembles again after an unforgettable presentation of Duke Ellington’s Sacred Works at last year’s Festival. This year the Big Band, made up of the cream of the Vermont jazz crop, will honor one of rock’s most accomplished composers, the legendary Frank Zappa. The celebration will include some heroes from Zappa’s famed Mothers of Invention band. If you know Zappa you know guitarist Ike Willis, who joined Zappa’s band in 1977 and is featured on nearly 30 of Zappa’s recordings - most popular for his seminal vocal work on such works as "Thing-Fish" and "Joe's Garage, Acts I, II (& III).” Two-time Grammy Award winning saxophonist, Ernie Watts, has been featured on over 500 recordings with leaders as varied as Thelonious Monk, Gilberto Gil and Zappa. Mr. Watts last appeared in Burlington with Charlie Haden’s Quartet West. Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Napoleon Murphy Brock is best known for the indescribably enchanting singing you heard on such classic Zappa albums One Size Fits All, Roxy And Elsewhere, and Bongo Fury. The selections used for this engagement will be conducted and arranged by Ed Palermo, who has been performing his Zappa transcriptions since Zappa’s death in 1993. Opening up tonight's adventure will be Vorcza Trio, one of Vermont's most exciting improvisational ensembles. Known for their explosive, high-energy live shows, Vorcza is composed of Ray Paczkowski, Gabe Jarrett, and Robinson Morse. |
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THE NDR BIG BAND |
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"Frank Zappa’s hot licks (and funny smells)" NDR Bigband, cond. Colin Towns
Colin Towns interviewed by Stefan Gerdes Welchen
Stempel hat Frank Zappa der Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts aufgedrückt?
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Thanks to Alessandro, here's some news from Italy, with links to the italian Frank Zappa site: - pictures from the ORCHESTRA SPAZIALE
concert (featuring LAGUNABLE' Singer as special guest) are available at
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- a brand new book on Frank Zappa, written by Alessandro Pizzin: « Frank
Zappa » di Alessandro Pizzin More info at http://www.debrakadabra.com/home-attività.htm
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THE KENEALLIST - July 26, 2004 |
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THE KENEALLIST JULY 26 2004 12:41 Pm by Mike Keneally I wanted to say hi to every one of you who've been hanging in with us for the past few years of music and things. Y'know (he said, loosening his tie Paul Anka-style), time can take its toll and hardly anyone has the time anymore to listen to and think about music the way they did when they were younger. <Paul Anka mode off> The fact that you've been enjoying the work we're doing and spreading the word about it is really significant to us. It's fantastic. Thanks for the time and energy and good feelings, everybody. In our lurching way Exowax is gearing up for our concentrated promotional efforts on behalf of "Dog" and "The Universe Will Provide." We've had a lot of consecutive uninterrupted creative projects ("Parallel Universe," which is the companion album to "The Universe Will Provide," has just been completed and it's, to use a Fripp expression, a hummer) and we are now fully realigning our aim in preparation for the promotion of said efforts. God help us all. RadioKeneally.com will launch soon. We have a lot of new friends helping us to catalyze our efforts, so we're feeling good. The air is buzzing in general these days so it's a good time to get some new things done. Maybe we'll be organizing some kind of street team again? We'll talk about that. Thanks everyone, seriously --- we love you......and now, a series of promotional messages from Exowax, to you ~~~~~ Mike Keneally ********************************* Oh, another SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MIKE KENEALLY BAND gig - this SATURDAY July 31 at the BAKED POTATO This is going to be a good show - the first Potato gig since our recent festival gigs so we're really in a playing mood. I just got a new Rivera amplifier which sounds fantastic. Long solos, ho. (I use 'ho' in the 'land, ho' sense, of course; I didn't just call you a ho.) For anyone frustrated that we keep playing in California and not in your town, we feel the pain brother and/or sister, and we're going to be touring again in a few months from now, and there'll some other special shows before then (many of which will involve Europe and the east coast of the US). But for now, we're here, so: Mike Keneally Band - Saturday, July 31, 2004 - The Baked Potato - 3787 Cahuenga Blvd. - North Hollywood, CA - 91604 - (818) 980-1615 - Open at 7:00 p.m. - Shows: 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. We surely hope that you can make it. Signed, Uncle Pa. *************************************** A blast of new merchandise will claw its way towards you in a little while from now: Keneally + Metropole Orkest Plus limited edition companion CD Only 20 Dollars for both CDs. Limited quantity, only from www.Moosemart.com Coming very soon! We'll be making this two-CD deal available online a few weeks BEFORE the worldwide retail release of "The Universe Will Provide" on September 7. And "Parallel Universe" won't be available in stores. You know how happy we are with "The Universe Will Provide," and we're just as pleased with the new album "Parallel Universe." I edited this together from studio outtakes from the "Provide" sessions, excerpts from the Holland Festival show at the Paradiso, and Finale/synthesizer demos of the compositions in early stages, with a lot of additional music not on the other album. Plus a few moments from peoples' houses, studio hallways, hotel rooms, parking lots etc. This is a solid presentation of studio and live sounds, a streaming vessel of otherwise unavailable music served in a tart forty-minute cup. I'm having trouble believing I just wrote that. You can see more information about this album at www.keneally.com. And! AND! For you see - there is haunting new clothing on the horizon including the assertive new "Dog/PLAY LOUD" T-shirt, and the beautiful new "Universe Will Provide" shirts for both ladies and men. Declare your dogged faith in the universe in spite of troubling odds with these luxurious garments, or things. Still only 20 dollars a shirt (23 for XXL) and they're really nice. Have you seen how much T-shirts cost as most bands' gigs these days? Insanity. I'd buy two of these instead if I were you. IN THE NEXT KENEALLIST - we'll tell you exactly when this material will go on sale at www.moosemart.com. Thanks for your kind attention, signed David Cross* ***************************************** *not really ***************************************** I just realized that we're getting The Movie Channel. "Lord, Love A
Duck"! Sweet!! Now if they show "The Impossible Years" too I'll be in
heaven. ***************************************** The Fripp reference above wasn't an accident - I've been steeping
myself in all eras of King Crimson lately. Funny how one band or artist
will take over all your listening time every once in a while. I think I'm
heading on a Miles Davis binge next. Place your order for the next binge
I should go on after that at the Usenet newsgroup
alt.music.mike-keneally. (Hi everyone at ammk - I haven't been posting
lately because I changed my ISP and haven't decided on the best way to
access Usenet, but I'll figure that out soon. Hi!) There's a recording
of the Larks' Tongue-era Crimson with Jamie Muir playing an improv called
"The Rich Tapestry Of Life" on one of the Collectors' Club releases. Boy
it's good. ****************************************** I'll be doing a solo gig in LA in August: I'm getting some ideas about putting together some strange backing tracks to play along with at this show. There may be props. This could be weird. I'll tell you some more about it in the next Keneallist. This has been a proper promotional message from Exowax Recordings. Exowax. For those special times. ******************************************* They're rolling up the knapsacks, buckaroos, so I'll just be moseying on out of here. Thank you! Yours,
Today's poem is called :M and M (not that one): and is a tribute to the Mats/Morgan album :On Air With Guests: M and M (not that one) Boy howdy, bungling jangle, effervescing, mingus mangle Gliding guides M'n'M, how now pow pow, pow pow, pow.
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THE RESIDENTS: BRUMALIA |
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The Ralph Gang says: "So if you were amongst the first 475 folks to get a copy of The 12 Days of Brumalia, and would like a "properly printed" digipak cover (sans cd), you can do that now. Just be sure to take the short quiz before ordering. They are free (except for shipping, unless yer ordering something else, then they're free)." Check out
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SUL DIVANO PLAYS ZAPPA |
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Celebrating his new album, Sul Divano will give a concert on the first of August, playing the music of Sul Divano and Frank Zappa: tony moliterni: guitar, director & arrangements
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DEKE DICKERSON RECORDS ZAPPA COMPOSITION |
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Patrick Neve says: I just got a Deke
Dickerson CD called "Mr. Entertainment" which includes: |
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Aynsley Dunbar, FZ, George Duke, Howard Kaylan, Ian Underwood
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the concert calendar * the concert calendar |
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