- LeBocal has issued a mini-cd to promote their Zappa album
- The Nasal Retentive Orchestra is working on a new album
- There's another Zappa sampler scheduled by Ryko, compiled by John Frusciante
- Supercharge 's "Between Music And Madness" (with 'Blessed Relief' on it) has been rereleased on CD
- Fireworks "First Tracks" album includes Zappa's 'The Black Page No.2'
- Jazzmosis recorded Frank Zappa's 'Blessed Relief' on their selftitled album

SHEIK YERBOUTI

• sheik yerbouti: unverschämtheit - volume 1
      (2004, cd, ger, goodlife records sycd0401)
   
  • Three years.  Three long years, since "Confetti Music". But it was worth the wait.
    
    Sheik Yerbouti is a German band that plays the music of Frank Zappa. "Unverschämtheit - Volume 1" presents a collection of recordings from various concerts. The band plays incredible tight and you can tell by ear that they're having fun. Great keyboards, great guitar work, and excellent (!!) vocals by Harry Sebel.
    
    A must-have for any Zappa fan.

STEVE VAI

• The September issue of Dutch Gitarist magazine has Steve Vai and Joe Satriani on the cover.
  It has a very nice 5-page article about their G3-tour.

• steve vai: live in london
      (2004, cd, usa, epic el 92790)
   
  • Yes, I know, you already have the DVD, "Live In London" recorded live at 'The Astoria' on December 6th & 7th, 2001. And now they made this little CD album out of it...
    
    But just in case that you don't have the DVD yet, this little dittie might give you a nice impression of what Steve Vai is all about.
    I like it.

QUAUDIOPHILIAC

• frank zappa: quaudiophiliac (74)
      (2004, dvda, usa, dts entertainment 69286-01125-9-9)
   
  • This is absolutely superb. And you have to understand that I don't even have a surround dolby quadro 5.1 whatever system. Nope. Just a DVD-player that I linked to my oldfashioned stereo, blasting 'Rollo', 'Chunga Basement' or 'Waka/Jawaka'.
    
    Thank you.
    
     

DEKE DICKERSON

***
"Patrick Neve says:
I just got a Deke Dickerson CD called "Mr. Entertainment" which includes:
'World's Greatest Sinner - Demo, previously unreleased'

It's great!  Not just the Sinner, the whole thang.

-- Patrick
***

And Patrick was very right. It is indeed a very nice album.

• deke dickerson: mr.entertainment
      (2003, cd, spain, r&r inc 020)
   
  • incl.'the world's greatest sinner' (frank zappa)

FRANK ZAPPA BOOTLEGS

Here we go.

If you need the exact data like where, when, who and maybe even why, be sure to check out the essential Zappa Patio website!!
 

• frank zappa: guitar player
      (????, cd-bootleg, ??, fire power fp-0055)
   
  • Great cover. Taken from a 1978 issue of Guitar Player Magazine. Cut and Paste job.
    The album presents the first part of the 1978/09/21 Poughkeepsie concert.

• frank zappa: caress me
      (????, cd-bootleg, japan, black panther bp072)
   
  • This album has a rather psychedelic cover, showing some sort of butterfly...
    The recording is a rip off of the "electric aunt jemima" bootleg. Comes from Japan. Tough one to find.

• frank zappa: a vegetable by any other name
      (1999, cd-bootleg, japan, trystar tr006)
   
  • This one's from a couple of years ago, at the time introducing an 'uncirculated show' (1971/11/21-E concert copenhagen, denmark) among collectors.
    Nice concert, nice album (but very hard to find...)

• frank zappa: z - all you need is glove
      (1986, 2lp-bootleg, usa, ingsoc hr2911)
  
  has the same cover as the cd-reissue:
   
• z - all you need is glove
      (????, cd-bootleg, ??, raven records rr013)
  
  but the cd does not include side 4 of the vinyl version.
   
  • "Z - All You Need Is Glove" presents some superb moments from the 1981 & 1984 tour.

• frank zappa: 20 years of frank zappa
      (1981, 12lp-box, usa, mud shark)
   
  • Nick-named Bogus Box # 2, "20 Years Of Frank Zappa" was released in 1981. Originally, there were 1.000 box sets pressed, but 565 were seized in one raid & other legal problems netted an additional 100.
    The box was re-released later (label says: fz 4801-12).
    (info: the "On Tour With The Evil Prince" book)
    Copies of this magnificent set still pop up from time to time...

• frank zappa: uncle frankie's prime porc cuts volume one
   
  • "Uncle Frankie's Prime Porc Cuts, subtitled "Volume One", is a beautiful black and white picture disc. I've never heard of a volume two, but one never knows...
    The album presents material from 1968 to 1984. Excellent quality.

• frank zappa: scherade part 1
      (1989, 2lp-bootleg, ??, barking pumpkin / pax records)
   

  • "Scherade pt.1" has a beautiful full color cover. It presents material from the 1988 band, all audience recordings from German shows.

• frank zappa: scherade part 2
      (1989, 2lp-bootleg, ??, barking pumpkin records)
   
  • Part two, and another double album. Again, a nice full color picture on the cover, and again, presenting material from the 1988 tour.

• frank zappa: scandinavian nights part 1
      (1984, lp-bootleg, ??, wizardo)
   

  • The "Scandinavian Nights" bootlegs are a bit older. This one is on blue vinyl.
    Presenting material from Copenhagen, Denmark, recorded in 1976 and 1979.

• frank zappa: scandinavian nights part 2
      (1984, lp-bootleg, ??, wizardo)
   
  • Here's part two, on red vinyl. Same concert sources.

• frank zappa: the godfather meets the untouchables
      (1988, 4lp-box, ??, showtime records 003)
   
  • Here's another four albums of 1988 material, all from the American part of the tour.
    Nice box; very good to excellent audience recordings.

A MESSAGE FROM BROTHER AWEST

Hello Sinners and Winners-

Members from the Eagle’s Nest Prayer Group saw your website concerning our dear friend who has crossed over, Brother Frank Zappa, as it relates to me, Brother Awest.

Please, Please revise the mention under the “Brother Awest” category…regarding “my official website” …because the party listed (Psycho Comedy…) is in no way affiliated with me, my mission, “comedy” or anything else related to me. Unfortunately this misguided person is using 19 year old photos and copy he apparently created in order to link the unwitting to his adult sites , pop-ups and galleries of other porn sites.

I would sincerely appreciate your efforts to disconnect this cyber parasite.

Our official “Brother Awest World Salivation Ministry” website is under construction…and I assure you that I will contact you as soon as it is up.

Thank you for keeping Frank’s flame bright!

Be Good-

Brother Awest

TERRY BOZZIO & CHAD WACKERMAN

• 2004/09/23 concert ‘lakeland music’, brandon, ms, usa

• 2004/09/24 concert ‘bailey bros. music’, birmingham, al, usa

• 2004/09/27 concert ‘kent's music’, tifton, ga, usa

• 2004/09/29 concert ‘music loft’, durham, nc, usa

• 2004/09/30 concert ‘richmond music center’, richmond, va, usa

• 2004/10/02 concert ‘california drum shop’, bethlehem, pa, usa

• 2004/10/04 concert ‘jersey drums & percussion’, edison, nj, usa

• 2004/10/05 concert ‘long island drum center’, plainview, ny, usa

• 2004/10/06 concert ‘dynamic percussion’, manchester, ct, usa

• 2004/10/07 concert ‘the drum shop’, portland, me, usa

website: http://www.dwdrums.com/calendar/tbcwtour.htm

THE CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER BAND

vai tocar dia 6 de Outubro, quarta feira!

 Com repertório diferente, numa casa também diferente.

Diversão garantida...

 Dia 6 de Outubro - quarta feira - às 22 horas - pontualmente

Bar Avenida

R. Pedroso de Moraes 1036 em Pinheiros - 3814 7383

- pertinho da FNAC -

 preço único R$10,00 - não tem consumação mínima

 www.scrutinizer.com.br

 ATENÇÃO: Dia 28 de Outubro também está confirmado nosso show no Cafépiupiu

• 2004/10/06 concert 'bar avenida', são paulo, brasil

EXTRA PROJECT/OBJECT DATES

• 2004/10/17 concert ‘dante’s’, portland, or, usa

• 2004/11/08 concert ‘world café’, philadelphia, pa, usa

• 2004/11/11 concert ‘webster theatre’, hartford, ct, usa

• 2004/11/12 concert ‘stone pony’, asbury park, nj, usa

• 2004/11/13 – private show

• 2004/11/14 concert ‘knitting factory’, nyc, ny, usa

NEW ON FAVORED NATIONS

• mike keneally and the metropole orchestra: the universe will provide
      (2004, cd, usa, favored nations)

• bob carpenter: the sun, the moon, the stars
      (2004, cd, usa, favored nations) - feat. steve vai

• various artists: an evening with international guitar night
      (2004, cd, usa, favored nations)

• larry coryell: tricycles
      (2004, cd, usa, favored nations)

• johnny hiland: johnny hiland
      (2004, cd, usa, favored nations)

• novecento f. stanley jordan: dreams of peace
      (2004, cd, usa, favored nations)

THE KENEALLIST: September 10, 2004

2) LOTS OF KENEALLY CONCERTS

3) "UNIVERSE" GETS RARE 5-STAR REVIEW

4) MK AND FRIENDS ON DUTCH RADIO

5) SCOTT FAKES A MIKE POEM

Hi, Scott here with the latest Keneally poop while Mike grooves through Germany for the next ten days or so. As you may have noticed, there's plenty of action afoot here at Exowax and we're having a ball, thank you. We sincerely hope you are, too.

RADIO KENEALLY GOES LOW-FI!

If you surf to http://www.radiokeneally.com, you'll notice a new page when you hit the "Listen Now!" button-it gives you a choice of applications to listen with and now you can listen to RK with your dialup internet connection at 24k in addition to our semi-hi-fi 56k stream. Hopefully, this improvement will solve most of the connection difficulties some of you have been experiencing since we launched this puppy.

A day or so after Mike and the band's September 5 concert at Lestat's in San Diego, Radio Keneally aired the show in its entirety. Songs from the show are still being featured, and we plan to do a lot more special stuff like that. As you may have noticed, we're also adding more cool songs, live versions, demos and nonsense all the time. Man, it's fun!

LOTS OF KENEALLY CONCERTS

→ check the concert calender


"UNIVERSE" GETS RARE 5-STAR REVIEW

Sean Westergaard wrote his first and only five-star review ever for "The Universe Will Provide" on All Music Guide (search for Mike Keneally): http://www.allmusic.com.

TUWP and its funky companion piece, "Parrallel Universe" is still on sale at http:www.moosemart.com. For those who've already purchased it, it's currently shipping.

MK AND FRIENDS ON DUTCH RADIO

Creative Catalyst Co de Kloet has launched a new version of his radio series 4FM on Dutch public radio channel Radio 4. The series will include a number of specials featuring Mike, Bryan, Chris Opperman and our friend Steve Vai.

The show launched on Sept. 6th and will air daily after that from 10:30pm - Midnight Dutch time (1:30pm - 3:00pm USA PST, 4:30pm - 6:00pm EST), except as noted below. You can listen to the show online at http://www.4fm.nl:

• Wednesday, September 8th - In concert: Steve Vai & The Metropole Orchestra: The Aching Hunger - Part One.
• Friday, September 10th - Spotlight on Steve Vai: Steve & Co de Kloet discuss The Aching Hunger.
• Wednesday, September 15th - In concert: Steve Vai & The Metropole Orchestra: The Aching Hunger - Part Two.
  (Starts at 22:45!)
• Monday, October 11th - The Universe Will Provide on CD! Mike Keneally & Co de Kloet discuss TUWP.
• Monday, October 18 - Chamber Works: The Radio premiere of the studio version of Chamber Works, by Terry Bozzio and The Metropole Orchestra.
• Friday, October 22nd - Spotlight on Chris Opperman. Opperman & De Kloet discuss and play Oppy Music, including material only heard on this show.
• Thursday, October 28 - Exclusive acoustic studio session with Mike Keneally and Bryan Beller.
• Friday, October 29 - Spotlight on Bryan Beller: Beller and De Kloet talk about View.

SCOTT FAKES A MIKE POEM

You seem weary, my friend
Sit down beside me
No, not there
No, not there either
Jeez, you get on my nerves sometimes
 

NPS RADIO

NPS RADIO

4FM

WEBRADIO WEBRADIO

http://portal.omroep.nl/radio/mplayer4

september 15, 2004.

ATTENTION:

PART THREE OF THE STEVE VAI SERIES WILL START EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED!!!!

Due to the amount of music Steve Vai has written for

The Aching Hunger

 we have decided to start part three of the series based on Vai's orchestral extravaganza

EARLIER THAN ANNOUNCED PREVIOUSLY:

THE SHOW STARTS AT 22.45 Dutch Time!!!....

it will be exclusively built around the Paradiso Amsterdam recordings.

Also:

at

4fm@nps.nl

you can send in REQUESTS FOR A REPEAT OF A PIECE WITH THE METROPOLE  for our bonus show in December: exact date t.b.a.

THIS BONUS SHOW WILL ALSO INCLUDE MIXES THAT WERE NOT PRESENTED IN PART 1,2 OR 3.

CHECK OUT WWW.VAI.COM AND WWW.4FM.NL
 

--info: Aad Hoogesteger
 

DOCTOR DARK

Take a look at www.doctordark.org.

PIPCO

From Marco Zoffoli, of Pipco fame:

CUNEIFORM

• PAUL DUNMALL MOKSHA BIG BAND: I Wish You Peace
   

• FAR CORNER: Far Corner
   

• THE RICHARD LEO JOHNSON TRIO: Poetry Of Appliance
   

• THE MUFFINS: Double Negative
   

• YANG: A Complex Nature

CHRIS OPPERMAN

Episode #23: Praying for Rain

Brought to you by www.oppymusic.com

To order go to www.oppymusic.com/order.html or www.cdbaby.com/opperman
or call toll-free 1-877-MAD-PHAT (for ordering purposes only, please).

* Steve Vai's "The Aching Hunger" Broadcasting TOMORROW (9/8)!

* Special Opps: Live @ Level One on DVD

* oppymusic.com 4.0!

* Shankar & Gingger World Tour

* September/October Concert Dates/4fm Radio Specials

* Chris Opperman Presents @ Level One

* RadioKeneally

* Steve Vai's "The Aching Hunger" Broadcasting TOMORROW (9/8)!

The first part of Steve Vai's "The Aching Hunger" (composed by Steve Vai for the Metropole Orkest including myself on piano and Bryan Beller on bass guitar) makes it's broadcast debut tomorrow, Sept. 8th, on 4fm Radio, The Netherlands.  You can listen to a webcast of the concert by going here: http://portal.omroep.nl/radio/mplayer4.  All broadcasts are 22:30 - 24:00 Dutch time, which translates to 4:30 - 6:00 pm EST, 1:30 - 3:00 pm PST.  This will be the first in a series of radio specials that will also feature specials on Mike Keneally, Terry Bozzio, and myself.  All shows are included in the calendar below.

* Special Opps: Live @ Level One DVD

To make a long story short: The Level One show last Tuesday rocked so hard and the video came out looking and sounding so great that Johnny D. has successfully talked me into just releasing the entire hour-long concert on DVD, so that is what we'll be working on next.  Pre-ordering information will be available in the next e-mail update (price will likely be $20 plus shipping), but here is the set list:

1.  Johannah (C. Opperman/A. LaFosse/J. Kuhn/I. Slape/K. Dooley)
2.  Haasis (C. Opperman)
3.  Beware of the Random Factor (C. Opperman)
4.  Miles Behind (C. Opperman)
5.  Electric Jihad (A. LaFosse/C. Opperman/K. Dooley/I. Slape)
6.  Sophia's Dream (C. Opperman)
7.  Kamp Keneally (C. Opperman/M. Keneally)
8.  Tanya's Song (C. Opperman)
9.  Someone to Watch Over Me (G. & I. Gershwin)/To Return to You (K. Parsons)

The band that night was myself on piano, Andre LaFosse on electric guitar, Jen Kuhn on electric cello, Isaac Slape on bass guitar, and Kevin Dooley on drums with special guest Kat Parsons on vocals.  Bonus tracks will include uncompressed versions of the three videos Johnny D. and I made from the 7/16 show for No Drinks for Libbie, an alternate version of To Return to You featuring Kat Parsons, and White Willow featuring Mike Keneally. 

This will be my first official live release and I'm pretty excited that it's going to be something I can be proud of.  MAJOR props to Johnny D. and Steve Laub (the latter of which drove up from San Diego just to videotape the show) without whom this would not be possible, everyone in Special Opps esp. Andre who came and played the gig without even the benefit of a rehearsal.  Thanks also to Kat Parsons, Sebastian A. Bach, Nikki Katt, Libbie Schrader, The Astra Heights, Tanya & Brian Smith, Gabi Kochlani, Mike Grey & everyone at Level One.  What a happy surprise.

We're aiming for a Thanksgiving release.  This release will (probably) replace the "Made-up Songs" live compilation, at least in the short term.

* oppymusic.com 4.0!

We just finished the 4th major upgrade of http://www.oppymusic.com/!  Why not go check it out for yourself?  It still needs some tweaking on my part, but it's up there.   

* Shankar & Gingger World Tour

Over the past summer, I've been rehearsing with world music superstars Shankar & Gingger to be their right hand music man on their upcoming world tour beginning with some U.S. dates this fall (including a performance at the World Peace Music Awards in San Francisco with such legendary musicians as Lionel Ritchie, Gloria Gaynor, Hootie & The Blowfish, Jon Secada, Peter Yarrow & more. All proceeds will go to Orphans of War and Terrorism. 

Their latest album, "Celestial Body" on Mondo Melodia has been added to the playlists of over 1,000 U.S. radio stations in its 6th week of release.  S&G were prominently featured on the soundtrack to "The Passion of the Christ" (coincidentally, Shankar also appears on Peter Gabriel's soundtrack for "The Last Temptation of Christ").  Their last album, "One in a Million," featured special guests Phil Collins, Steve & Mike Porcaro (Toto), David Paich, Guy Allison, Tony Levin, Mike Porcaro, Steve Vai, and Steve Lukather. 

Shankar himself boasts an impressive list of credits, having invented the 10-string stereophonic double violin, a unique instrument that features the entire range of the string orchestra.  He has also worked as a composer, arranger, producer, singer, violinist and performer with artists and bands like Frank Zappa (which is how I became aware of him), Peter Gabriel, Shakti, Phil Collins, Trilok Gurtu, Talking Heads, Van Morrison, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, The Pretenders, and many others. 

We've been having a lot of fun in rehearsal and the shows are going to be amazing. 

* September/October Concert Dates/4fm Radio Specials

Steve Vai - Metropole Orkest
Wednesday, Sept. 8th (1:30 - 3:00 pm PST, 4:30 - 6:00 pm EST)
THE ACHING HUNGER, PART ONE - www.4fm.nl
You can finally hear it!  The world broadcast premiere of Steve Vai's "The Aching Hunger," composed by Steve Vai, orchestrated mainly by Steve, myself, and Tom Trapp, featuring Steve on electric guitar, myself on piano, and Bryan Beller on bass with the Metropole Orchestra as performed in Holland this May.  Sponsored by 4fm.  You can listen to the live broadcast by clicking here: http://portal.omroep.nl/radio/mplayer4. 

Steve Vai - Metropole Orkest
Friday, Sept. 10th (1:30 - 3:00 pm PST, 4:30 - 6:00 pm EST)
THE ACHING HUNGER, VAI INTERVIEW - www.4fm.nl
Spotlight on Steve Vai: Vai & De Kloet discuss "The Aching Hunger." You can listen to the live broadcast by clicking here: http://portal.omroep.nl/radio/mplayer4. 

Steve Vai - Metropole Orkest
Wednesday, Sept. 15th (1:30 - 3:00 pm PST, 4:30 - 6:00 pm EST)
THE ACHING HUNGER, PART TWO - www.f4m.nl
Second part of "The Aching Hunger." You can listen to the live broadcast by clicking here: http://portal.omroep.nl/radio/mplayer4. 

Shankar & Gingger
Saturday, Sept. 18th & Sunday, Sept. 19th
BOSTON, MA - The Regent Theatre
7 Medford St., Arlington MA 02474
Showtime: 7.30 pm. Reserved seats: $50, $100, and $150 VIP
(VIP Ticket includes premium seating and dinner at the Bombay Classic Restaurant)

Shankar & Gingger
Saturday, Sept. 25th
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - World Peace Music Awards

Special Opps
Wednesday, Sept. 29th
SAN DIEGO, CA - Lestat's
Special Opps's San Diego Debut!

Shankar & Gingger
Saturday, Oct. 2nd
AUSTIN, TX - Roundrock Performing Arts Center

Shankar & Gingger
Sunday, Oct. 3rd
ALBANY, NY - Egg Center For The Performing Arts
Empire State Plaza
Showtime: 7.00 pm. Tickets $24 - call (518) 473-1845

Shankar & Gingger
Sunday, Oct. 10th
PAINTED BRIDE, PA - Venue TBA

Mike Keneally - Metropole Orkest
Monday, Oct. 11th (1:30 - 3:00 pm PST, 4:30 - 6:00 pm EST)
THE UNIVERSE WILL PROVIDE - www.4fm.nl
Mike Keneally & Creative Catalyst Co de Kloet discuss "The Universe Will Provide," the orchestra piece for electric guitar and 50-piece orchestra composed by Mike Keneally and orchestrated by Mike Keneally and Chris Opperman which was recently released worldwide by Favored Nations Entertainment/NPS Output. You can listen to the live broadcast by clicking here: http://portal.omroep.nl/radio/mplayer4. 

Shankar & Gingger
Saturday, Oct. 16th
DUKE UNIVERSITY, NC - Page Auditorium

Chris Opperman
Friday, Oct. 22nd (1:30 - 3:00 pm PST, 4:30 - 6:00 pm EST)
SPOTLIGHT on CHRIS OPPERMAN - www.4fm.nl
Creative Catalyst Co de Kloet & I discuss and play Oppy Music, including an exclusive version of "Miles Behind" only available on this show.  This is an excellent program which provides a great overview of my career thus far. You can listen to the live broadcast by clicking here: http://portal.omroep.nl/radio/mplayer4 and the entire show will be available soon as a download from www.oppymusic.com.

Shankar & Gingger
Friday, Oct. 22nd
PORTLAND, OR - First Congregational Church

Shankar & Gingger
Sunday, Oct. 24th
SOUTH BAY, CA - Campbell Heritage Theater, Bay Area Performing Arts Center

Shankar & Gingger
Sunday, Oct. 31st
WASHINGTON, DC - George Washington University Listener Auditorium

* Chris Opperman Presents @ Level One

As if that weren't enough, I'm currently booking Tuesday nights at Level One in Los Angeles.  It's an ultra-swank 200-person nightclub, great for showcasing your band or just putting on a kick ass show.  If you're interested (or you know anyone who is interested) in playing there, please e-mail me. 

* RadioKeneally

www.RadioKeneally.com - All Mike Keneally Music, All the Time

Requestable playlist also has several Oppy tracks featuring Mike Keneally including "Ain't Got No Beef" from "Oppy Music, Vol. I," and all the movements of the "California, 2000" suite from "Concepts of Non-linear Time."

Okay, time for bed.

-- Chris Opperman
 

DAVID BAKER

    By STEPHEN MILLER Staff Reporter of the Sun

David Baker, who died of an apparent heart attack July 14, was a recording engineer who participated in more than 2,000 recording sessions and remastered the entire Vanguard catalog for release on CD.

Renowned within the recording industry for his devotion to naturalistic sound, he worked with a broad range of musicians after getting his start with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention at Apostolic Studios in New York in the 1960s. He also released a collection of field recordings he made of songs and voices of the civil rights movement, collected in the Mississippi Delta in 1965.

Among those whom he recorded were Al Di Meola, Shirley Horn, Astor Piazzolla, John Zorn, Larry Coryell, Sun Ra,
George Clinton, Parliament and Funkadelic, and the Moody Blues. In a biographical essay, the musician Eugene Chadbourne wrote, "The obvious question is whether David Baker still has time left to exist outside the recording studio."

Baker grew up in Atlanta and became fascinated with recording technology as a boy. Baker's grandfather was a salesman for Columbia Records in the late 1920s, and his father ran a large stereo dealership in Atlanta. Baker Audio also housed an AM/FM radio station and became known as "The House that Music Built." Baker at age 6 began accompanying his father on jobs installing large stereos.

According to Baker's sister, Karen Hartrampf, Baker made his first serious recording when he was 10 or 11, of Elvis Presley singing on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1956. The recording was made with a handheld microphone on an antiquated wire recorder. "We played it and played it and played it, and it broke, but it was a pretty good recording for those days," Ms. Hartrampf recalled.

Later that year, Baker's parents were killed in an automobile accident, and Baker and his four sisters were raised by relatives.

While still in his teens, Baker began making amateur recordings of orchestras and jazz bands, and coordinated sound engineering for the annual Atlanta Arts Festival. In 1965, he headed to Mississippi, where he made recordings of demonstrations, meetings, and sermons. The recording, "Movement Soul," was re-issued earlier this month on CD by the Library of Congress.

"People are getting beat up, and they can't vote," Baker said on NPR on July 2. "The church became the place to talk about it."

Baker studied recording at the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music and at the Institute of Audio Research in New York. In the early 1970s, he became closely associated with the avant-garde "loft jazz" movement. In 1975, he was hired as the chief engineer at Vanguard.

Over the years, Baker worked with most of the important jazz labels, including ECM, Blue Note, Atlantic, Black Saint, Soul Note, and Amulet. In 1998, he won a Grammy award for his work on the Shirley Horn recording "I Remember Miles."

In recent years, he had become interested in world music, and traveled to Indonesia to record "Pitamaha: Music from Bali." At the time of his death, he was in Rochester, N.Y., recording the Paul Smoker and Damon Short Quintet.

"It's going to be a great recording," Mr. Smoker said. "It sounds great."

David Baker

Born October 12, 1945, in Mount Vernon; died July 14 in Rochester of an apparent heart attack; survived by his wife, Kyoka, and four sisters.
 

MONSTER ROAD (BRUCE BICKFORD)

Hello everyone,

An urgent update from your friends at the film "Monster Road"--an interview with underground animator Bruce Bickford and the director of "Monster Road," Brett Ingram, will be airing today, Wednesday, September 8th, on the national NPR radio show "Day to Day."

For the overseas folks on the list, or those whose local NPR station does not air "Day to Day," you can listen to a live stream from our hometown station, WUNC, from 1 to 2 pm Eastern time (5 to 6 pm GMT) here:
<http://www.wunc.org/about/listen.html>

Alex Chadwick, host of the show and a longtime Bickford fan, interviewed Bruce and Brett this summer while they were attending the Los Angeles Film Festival. We just heard from Day to Day's producer that the piece will run about 7 minutes.  If there's breaking news, the piece might get bumped back a day or two, but if you miss it, you'll also be able to hear it archived at Day to Day's web site:
<http://www.npr.org/programs/day>

To find out more about the film and check out our new trailer, please visit our web site:
<http://www.brighteyepictures.com>

Also, the band that did the amazing score for the film, Shark Quest, has just released their new CD on Merge Records, "Gods and Devils", which features several songs inspired by the film (as well as several equally amazing new tracks). You owe it to yourself to check it out!
<http://www.mergerecords.com/catalog.php?item_id=283&method=item>

We also have quite a few screenings coming up over the next several months, so with any luck you or your peeps will be able to see the film at one of these fine venues--please spread the word if you can! (And for the NYC folks on the list, we've got a Big Apple screening brewing for early December--more details soon!)

• 2004/09/17-25  "Antimatter Festival of Underground Film & Video", Victoria, BC, Canada

• 2004/09/23-26 "Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival", Birmingham, AL, usa

• 2004/09/22 & 25 "Ottawa Animation Festival", Ottawa, ON, Canada

• 2004/09/23 "Space 538", Portland, ME, usa

• 2004/09/23-27 "Red Vic Movie House", San Francisco, CA, usa

• 2004/10/02 "20,000 Leagues Under the Industry Film Festival", Cleveland, OH, usa

• 2004/10/03 "New Genre Festival", Tulsa, OK, usa

• 2004/10/05-16 "Flanders International Film Festival Ghent", Ghent, Belgium

• 2004/10/08-10 "Red Bank Film Festival", Red Bank, NJ, usa

• 2004/10/14-24 "Starz Denver International Film Festival", Denver, CO, usa

• 2004/10/29 & 31 "Cleveland Museum of Art", Cleveland, OH, usa

• 2004/11/04 "Get Real Film Festival", Minneapolis, MN, usa

• 2004/11/04 "Asheville International Film Festival", Asheville, NC, usa

• 2004/11/14 "Daytona Beach Film Festival", Daytona Beach, FL, usa
  
  Best wishes,
  
  Brett Ingram <bretti@ipass.net>
  Jim Haverkamp <hovercraft@earthlink.net>
  
  http://www.brighteyepictures.com

JOHN TRUBEE

I cannot see or recognize that oft-cited grand hallucination
known as "society". I only perceive and interrelate with
individual human beings.

When I see a human being unhappy because he or she
feels compelled to conform to the conventions of "society"
I tell him or her "Make yourself happy first. Why ought you
torture yourself over the implied rules of an imaginary entity?"

What kind of world would we live in if it was filled with unhappy
human beings? Probably the kind of world in which we
currently reside.

I prefer to live in a world of happy individuals. I first start by
making myself happy; then, if I see someone making himself
miserable over the conventions of "society" I attempt to make
him or her aware that  they are torturing themselves over a
collective hallucination.

If "society" does exist and if its welfare is so important to us,
and if "society" is composed of individual human beings, then
wouldn't the happiness of those individual human beings lead to
and ensure a happy "society"?

Also--why do so many people value the welfare of the grand,
collective hallucination "society" over the happiness of specific,
individual human beings with whom they daily interrelate?

The cause of "society" is often merely a facade behind which
the bully hides.

                                               --John Trubee
 

THE RADIOKENEALLIST: Lestat's Concert Airs Today

THE RADIOKENEALLIST: Lestat's Concert Airs Today

Hi, Scott here with news about the first special program on Radio Keneally.

The 98-minute concert that Mike and the band performed last Sunday night at Lestat's in San Diego will air in its entirety today on Radio Keneally.

It'll start at noon today (September 7), Pacific Daylight Time. That's 20:00 in England and 21:00 in Europe.

To listen, go to:

http://www.radiokeneally.com

hit the "Listen Now!" button, and use any application (WinAmp, iTunes, RealPlayer, etc. that plays mp3 files. If you application plays mp3Pro files, it'll sound even better.

Individual songs from the concert will be played in regular rotation after the complete concert airs.

Thanks to Louis Brazier at Lestst's for his most excellent board recording of the show. We hope you enjoy it!
 

BILLY JAMES: FREAK OUT!!

necessity is… the early years of frank zappa & the mothers of invention

by billy james

Italian readers will be glad that an Italian edition just came out under the title Freak Out!! on Arcana Musica publishing.

Also, a new UK version with updated  info will be released next month in a pocket-size edition.

SAMPLER INCLUDING ZAPPA

• various artists:
  the best prog rock album in the world... ever!
      (2003, cd, uk, virgin)
   
  • Not exactly new, this sampler, but all you completists should know, of course, that includes Zappa's 'Peaches En Regalia'.

-- Info: Teejo Tieman

MASSEY FERGUSSON

Thanks to Ludo Verhoeven, I'm able to share some impressions with you.

The picture on the right shows the happy couple.

The one below presents Massey Fergusson in action, later that night.

Both pictures taken by Ludo Verhoeven.
www.ludoverhoeven.be

THE WRONG OBJECT

The Wrong Object will be playing in Liège, Belgium, in a couple of days already:

• 2004/09/11 concert ‘l’an vert’, liège, belgium

additions to the others of invention

• stroma
• keith wald  (and bryan mantia)
• the toronto wind orchestra
• trap
• the om trio
• lifeblud
• cats cradle

THE TROUPE

In 2004, together with the Wervelwind Ensemble sextet and the Barbers & Bishops choir, they did "Het Notenapparaat" at another edition of the Juttersfestival, performing works of Zappa, Sweelinck en Janácek.

Extra performances of "Joe's Garage" will be given the next couple of weeks:

• 2004/09/10 performance "joe's garage", 'tivoli', utrecht, the netherlands
   

• 2004/09/11 performance "joe's garage", 'patronaat', haarlem, the netherlands
   

• 2004/09/12 performance "joe's garage, 'de kleine komedie', amsterdam, the netherlands
   

• 2004/09/13 performance "joe's garage", 'schouwburg', enschede, the netherlands

-- info: Theo Alers
 

SHEIK YERBOUTI

More info soon,

and if you can't wait, check out http://www.sheikyerbouti.de

-- info: Thomas Jung
 

SUL DIVANO

AFROSKULL NEWS 2004/09/02

Greetings and salutations once again, funk fans!  Thanks to all who attended the Unity Ball.  It was an amazing event!

As of this writing New York is swarming with Republicans and protestors.  But on Friday we get our city back - so join AFROSKULL at the Parkside Lounge to celebrate!  We're back in our monthly spot at the Parkside this Friday, 9/3.  Show starts at 8pm; cover is $5.  The Parkside Lounge is on the corner of E. Houston and Attorney on the Lower East Side.

Also, please join us next week at the Backroom in Park Slope, Brooklyn, for the second annual concert for the Paul Battaglia Memorial Scholarship Fund.  It'll be next Thursday, 9/9.  We'll send out another update next week with more details.

T-SHIRTS!!!  GET YOUR AFROSKULL T-SHIRTS!!!
The brand new Afroskull "Flying Fists of Funk" t-shirts are now available at Afroskull.com.  They're available in cactus green or heather grey for the ladies. Go get yours now and let the funk fly!

peace and grease,

AFROSKULL
www.afroskull.com
 

KIN VASSY

I recently came across a mention of one of his solo singles:

• kin vassy: gamblin man / tracks run through the city
      (196?, 7", usa, epic)

THE KENEALLIST - SEPTEMBER 4   2004

Just got back from a Keneally Band rehearsal for our gig this Sunday, and my goodness, this is going to be a good show. 

Upcoming Concerts

• 2004/09/05 mike keneally band concert 'lestat's', san diego, ca, usa

There will be a photographer present at this show, taking pictures to accompany a feature about me and the new albums which will appear in Guitar Player Magazine this December, so if you wear a platypus costume or something like that to the show you might get your picture taken.

Thank you for the really nice response to The Universe Will Provide and Parallel Universe.  They're doing great and TUWP is getting a lot of encouraging early press attention - looks like you'll be seeing a number of items in print in the coming months.  We've got two great publicists working on TUWP and Dog and things are looking good.  Dog hits retail November 16 - the press campaign for that album will swing into action after Labor Day.  Should be a cool bunch of months coming up. 

How about that Zell Miller, huh?

Hopefully you've been checking out RadioKeneally [http://www.radiokeneally.com].  Response has been reatllly kl'cvogda, and we all know what that means.  We'll soon be adding a stream for dialup connections. If you go there now, you won't be able to say you hadn't gone there before later!

I'm doing another 175 gigs in September, and here are all the details of them plus some October stuff:

• 2004/09/10 absolute ensemble, feat.mike keneally - concert "absolute zappa", musikfest bremen, bremen, germany

• 2004/09/11 lulu strings & ataraxia orchester schwerin, feat.mike keneally
  - concert / filmmusik 'stadthalle ludwigslust', ludwigslust, germany
   
• 2004/09/11 mike keneally - concert 'piano bar / galerie ander bleiche, ludwigslust, germany

mike keneally and friends = mike keneally - guitar, keys, vocal * jaan wessman - bass * dieter schroeder - drums

• 2004/09/14 mike keneally and friends - concert 'waldsee', freiburg, germany
   

• 2004/09/16 mike keneally and friends - concert 'objekt 5', halle, germany
   

• 2004/09/17 mike keneally and friends - concert 'der club', heiligenhaus, germany

• 2004/09/18 absolute ensemble, feat.mike keneally & nm brock - concert "absolute zappa", 'kolner philharmonie', köln, germany

• 2004/09/23 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'guitar center', fairfax, va, usa

• 2004/09/24 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'music central', egg harbor township, nj, usa

• 2004/09/25 mike keneally & bryan beller - concert 'orion sound studios', baltimore, md, usa

• 2004/09/27 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'guitar center', manhattan, ny, usa

• 2004/09/28 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'union music', worcester, ma, usa

• 2004/09/29 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'guitar center', colonie, ny, usa

• 2004/09/30 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'guitar center', totowa, nj, usa

• 2004/10/01 mike keneally & bryan beller  - workshop 'pro line music', fairless hills, pa, usa
• 2004/10/26 mike keneally - workshop 'a sharp music', renton, wa, usa
• 2004/10/27 mike keneally - workshop 'guitar center', eugene, or, usa
• 2004/10/28 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'guitar center', beaverton, or, usa
• 2004/10/29 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'guitar center', tacoma, wa, usa

There'll be a few more Taylor clinics announced soon for sometime in November, which will somehow involve the Bay Area of Northern California and several other hospitable climes.

OK then, don't let anyone tell you different!  Good night everybody!!

(strings swell)

THE KENEALLIST
brought to you by
EAGLE SPRINGS FACE PAINT
and
THE SCHNAPPER

Don't leave home without one or the other of them.
This is Don Rickles, speaking.

 

THE INVISIBLE MEN

• the invisible men: hunt you down / why don't you do me right / this town / gamekeeper
      (????, 7"ep, usa, estrus es778) - incl.'why don't you do me right (frank zappa)

MATTHEW LEWIS

Check out his website at www.geocities.com/cowboychips.

If you want to listen to some of his music, go to  www.purevolume.com    ...and type in "Cowboy Chips" in the search window.

LOU ANNE NEILL

I corrected a couple of spelling mistakes (thanx Charles), cleaned up the page a bit, and added some more albums to her discography.
 

HET ROSA ENSEMBLE: SELLING HOOVERS IN MOJAVE

The Rosa Ensemble & Hans Dagelet are performing "Selling Hoovers in Mojave", a Beefheart tribute.

The setlist looks like this:
 

stofzuigers verkopen in mojave

biefhart  (composed by eric de clerq)

vleerkettingplukker

de wortel van konijn slaat als diamand op kwadraat

haartaart tweede bak [fantasietitel]

ape-ma

de duizend en tiende dag van de menselijke totempaal

dokter dark

neon vleesvrees van een oktavis

somberland

later additions (not all confirmed!):

blaat en rook

alice in blunderland

oranje klauwhamer suite

occasionally
the live shows included 'beefheart related' works like
de grote paardenmoord (daniel cross)
klodderige sju (frank zappa)
we zijn niet alleen (frank zappa)
 

selling hoovers in mojave

beefheart  (composed by eric de clerq)

bat chain puller

a carrot is as close as a rabbit gets to a diamond

hair pie - bake two

ape-ma

the thousandth and tenth day of the human totem pole

doctor dark

neon meate dream of a octafish

frownland

later additions (not all confirmed!):

blabber 'n' smoke

alice in blunderland

orange claw hammer

occasionally
the live shows included 'beefheart related' works like
de grote paardenmoord (daniel cross)
'lumpy gravy' (frank zappa)
'we are not alon' (frank zappa)
 

• 2004/04/15 concert “cross-linx festival 4”, ‘vredenburg’, utrecht, the netherlands

  • radio broadcast

• 2004/04/17 concert “cross-linx festival 4”, ‘muziekcentrum’, enschede, the netherlands

• 2004/05/20 concert “festival aan de werf”, ‘ademietheater, utrecht, the netherlands

• 2004/05/21 concert “festival aan de werf”, ‘ademietheater, utrecht, the netherlands

• 2004/08/14 concert leidsche rijn, the netherlands

• 2004/08/26 concert “zomerparkfeest”, venlo, the netherlands

• 2004/08/29 concert “cultuurfonds live”, museumplein, amsterdam, the netherlands

• 2004/09/05 concert “utrecht uitfeest”, utrecht, the netherlands

upcoming concerts

• 2004/09/07 concert “zeeland nazomerfestival”, middelburg, the netherlands

• 2004/09/17 concert ‘korzo theater’, den haag, the netherlands

• 2004/09/22 concert ‘lux’, nijmegen, the netherlands

• 2004/09/23 concert ‘de toonzaal’, den bosch, the netherlands

• 2004/10/08 concert ‘theater kikker’; utrecht, the netherlands

info: the fabulous teejo thieman
 

LEX L. BRONKOWITZ ORCHESTRA

• lex l. bronkowitz orchestra: the dangling kitchen session
      (2004, cdr, ger, private release)
   
  • The best thing that I brought back from Zappanale, is called "The Dangling Kitchen Session". This 15-minute mini-album should be a teaser for a complete CD, expected somewhere around June 2005.
    I can hardly wait. I like this a lot. 5 Zappa compositions in 15 minutes. It's all about speed, about getting caught, about searching for air.
    
    This is a must-have.
  • contact:
    +.49.40.430.14.06  (Alexander Debus)

THE ABSOLUTE ENSEMBLE

• 2004/09/10 absolute ensemble, feat.mike keneally & nm brock
   - concert "absolute zappa", musikfest bremen, bremen, germany
   

• 2004/09/18 absolute ensemble, feat.mike keneally & nm brock
   - concert "absolute zappa", 'kolner philharmonie', köln, germany

The "Absolute Zappa" program for the September 2004 concerts, featuring Mike Keneally and Napoleon Murphy Brock, looked like:

• filthy habits (arr. gene pritsker)
• don't you ever wash that thing? (arr. charles coleman)
• dog meat variations (arr. asken orchestrated charles coleman)
• inca roads (arr. gene pritsker)
• while you were art I (arr. charlie porter)
• teenage prostitute (arr. gene pritsker)
• planet of the baritone women (arr. gene pritsker)
• g-spot tornado (arr. gene pritsker)
• uncle remus (arr. charles coleman)
• tmershi duween (arr. david rozenblatt)
• catholic girls (arr. gene pritsker)
• muffin man (arr. gene pritsker)
• dirty love (arr. gene pritsker)
• outside now (arr. gene pritsker)
• revised music for low budget symphony orchestra (arr. asken orchestrated charles coleman)
• theme from lumpy gravy (arr. charles coleman)
• rdnzl (arr. charles coleman)
• duke of prunes (arr. charles coleman)
• cosmik debris (arr. gene pritsker)
• packard goose (arr. gene pritsker)
• montana (arr. gene pritsker)
• peaches en regalia (arr. gene pritsker)

MORE TRUBEE

    "When the world repeatedly fails to respond to our expressions
      and entreaties, we can always console ourselves with the
      knowledge that we are the light of joy, of life, and of imagination--
      while the world is a stunted, insensate, mongoloid child.
      What better could be expected of such a one?"

             --John Trubee
 

DENG

-- info: Ive Hapers
 

JOHN TRUBEE

     "God and Satan are hallucinations within the skulls of those
       who project them out into the world with which to grapple
       and shift blame as a strategy to evade personal responsibility.
       True believers resemble psychotic beasts."

             --John Trubee
 

RADIO 4FM

Creative Catalyst Co de Kloet will be launching a new version of his radio series 4FM on Dutch public radio channel Radio 4. The series will include a two-part broadcast of Steve's recent performances with the Metropole Orchestra project - The Aching Hunger - as well as a special interview featuring Steve discussing the shows. 4FM will also broadcast specials on Mike Keneally, Terry Bozzio, Chris Opperman and an exclusive acoustic session with Mike Keneally and Bryan Beller.

The show will launch on Sept. 6th and will air daily after that from 10:30pm - Midnight Dutch time (1:30pm - 3:00pm USA PST, 4:30pm - 6:00pm EST). You can listen to the show online at www.4fm.nl. Don't miss the following shows over the next two months:

• 2004/09/08 4FM radio show:
  in concert: steve vai & the metropole orchestra: the aching hunger - part one
   

• 2004/09/10 4FM radio show:
  spotlight on steve vai: steve & co de kloet discuss the aching hunger
   

• 2004/09/15 4FM radio show:
  in concert: steve vai & the metropole orchestra: the aching hunger - part two
   

• 2004/10/11 4FM radio show:
  the universe will provide on cd! mike keneally & co de kloet discuss TUWP
   

• 2004/10/18 4FM radio show:
  chamber works: the radio premiere of the studio version of chamber works, by terry bozzio and the metropole orchestra
   

• 2004/10/22 4FM radio show:
  spotlight on chris opperman. opperman & de kloet discuss and play oppy music, including material only heard on this show
   

• 2004/10/28 4FM radio show:
  exclusive acoustic studio session with mike keneally and bryan beller
   

• 2004/10/29 4FM radio show:
  spotlight on bryan beller: beller and de kloet talk about view.

STEVE VAI

Hey Folks,
Well, you may not like this but I pushed the release of the new record 'til Feb 2005. Many reasons for this. All this touring has left me no time to properly set up the marketing necessary for a release such as this. Frankly, I would prefer if it was just you and I in this marketing relationship right here from the web page but in order to do it correctly and put our best foot forward, I need time to do the many many (did I say many?) interviews, TV, radio, bla bla bla, that it takes.

Eh, I can hold my breath 'til Feb.

VAI PIANO REDUCTIONS VOL 1:
Ah, another box set installment. Several years ago, while putting the concept together for the box set, I wanted to include some unique CD's. I adore solo piano music when performed with sincerity and passion so I thought it might be nice to include a CD of solo piano arrangements of 10 or so songs from the catalog.

Hmmm, where to find a specially gifted piano player that possesses the ears and imagination to construct arrangements out of some of these challenging little fantasies, and the fingers to make them sound extraordinary. Ah yes, Mike Keneally! Mike knocked himself out on this stuff folks.

He arranged and performed the following songs for solo piano. Some of it is truly breathtaking.
All About Eve // Salamanders in the Sun // Touching Tongues // Ballerina 12/24 // Die To Live // Bledsoe Bluvd // Junkie // Dying Day // Pig // Sisters // Kill the Guy with the Ball // The God Eaters

The CD is finally complete and we are hoping to make it available exclusively at vai.com by the end of this year.
 

G3

• 2004/11/30 g3 - concert 'auditorio nacional', mexico city, mexico
• 2004/12/03 g3 - concert 'claro hall',  rio de janeiro, brazil
• 2004/12/04 g3 - concert 'credicard hall',  sao paulo, brazil
• 2004/12/05 g3 - concert 'credicard hall',  sao paulo, brazil
• 2004/12/07 g3 - concert 'luna park',  buenos aires, argentina
• 2004/12/08 g3 - concert 'luna park',  buenos aires, argentina
• 2004/12/10 g3 - concert 'estadio chile',  santiago, chile
   

UGLY RADIO REBELLION

We play every last Sunday of the month at Club Bart in Ferndale, Michigan. More dates to come !!

http://www.uglyradiorebellion.com/
 

PROJECT/OBJECT FALL 2004 TOUR

Info from Andre:

Project/Object Fall 2004 Tour
The first part of tour will feature Ike Willis and Napoleon Murphy Brock

• 2004/09/28 concert ‘iron horse music hall’, northampton, ma, usa

• 2004/09/29 concert ‘valentine's’, albany, ny, usa

• 2004/09/30 concert ‘the call’, providence, ri, usa

• 2004/10/01 concert ‘the conduit’, trenton, nj, usa

• 2004/10/02 concert ‘funk box’, baltimore, md, usa

• 2004/10/04 concert ‘club café’, pittsburgh, usa

• 2004/10/05 concert ‘club café’, pittsburgh, usa

• 2004/10/06 concert ‘club infinity’, buffalo, ny, usa

• 2004/10/07 concert ‘magic bag’, detroit, mi, usa

• 2004/10/08 concert ‘the agora’, cleveland, oh, usa

• 2004/10/09 concert ‘martyrs’, chicago, il, usa

• 2004/10/10 concert ‘martyrs’, chicago, il, usa

• 2004/10/12 concert ‘the fox’, boulder, co, usa

• 2004/10/15 concert ‘the rainbow’, seattle, wa, usa

• 2004/10/16 concert ‘the rainbow’, seattle, wa, usa

• 2004/10/18 concert ‘wow hall’, eugene, or, usa

• 2004/10/19 concert ‘the bean scene’, chico, ca, usa

• 2004/10/20 concert ‘the independent’, san francisco, ca, usa

The following shows will be with Ike Willis only, without Napoleon Murphy Brock

• 2004/10/21 concert ‘last day saloon north’, santa rosa, ca, usa

• 2004/10/22 concert ‘brookdale lodge’, santa cruz, ca, usa

• 2004/10/23 concert ‘winston's’, san diego, ca, usa

• 2004/10/27 concert ‘quixotes’, denver, co, usa

• 2004/11/01 concert ‘ciceros’, st. louis, mo, usa

• 2004/11/04 concert ‘variety playhouse’, atlanta, ga, usa

• 2004/11/05 concert ‘visulite’, charlotte, nc, usa

• 2004/11/06 concert ‘stella’, asheville, nc, usa

DON JULIN

• don julin: tractor
      (2001, cdr, usa, private release)
   
  • Don Julin is an excellent musician (mandolin) and a recording engineer. He has played on more than a dozen cds ranging in style from folk to gospel to jazz to avant garde.
    Don Julin also was the Big Swifty & Associates mastermind, a band that had a number of Frank Zappa compositions on their repertoire. (read on below)
    "Tractor" is a very fine, jazzy album. And Zappa's 'Orange County Lumber Truck' fits in nicely.
     
  • Available from
    www.donjulin.com

BIG SWIFTY & ASSOCIATES

• big swifty & associates:
  wouldn't you rather be involved in a series of colorful time-wasting trends?
      (1998, cd, usa, private release)
   
  • I told you last month that www.thebignote.com was offering some mp3 material from Big Swifty & Associates.
    In 1998, Big Swifty & Associates released an album called "Wouldn't You Rather Be Involved...". It hit my mailbox today, and I'm listening to it right now. This is one superb album. After the first few notes, you know where the band got it's name. Zappa's spirit is all around. Lots of very fine music, featuring Don Julin on amazing mandolin. The disc also includes a very fine rendition of Zappa's 'Absolutely Free' and a couple of older version of tracks that can also be found on Julin's "Tractor" album.
    A must-have for any Zappa fan.
     
  • You can find this album at
    www.donjulin.com
     

the concert calendar * the concert calendar

• 2004/07/22 - Zappanale
  • Remko Serban
  • "Billy The Mountain", a movie by Jürgen Fischer - Music: Captain Ahab
  • a special lecture by a secret "Stone-ethnologist", assisted by Zappa-expert, Jim Cohen
    
    
• 2004/07/22 steve vai - concert ‘metro city’, perth, australia
  
  
• 2004/07/23 - Zappanale
  • Jim Cohen - Talk about FZ
  • The Foolz
  • Arf
  • Frogg Café featuring Ed Mann
  • Mats/Morgan Band
  • Ensemble Creativ
  • Captain Ahab
    
    
• 2004/07/24 - Zappanale
  • Daniel Rohr: Homage to Lou Reed
  • Przasniczki
  • Cellomania
  • The Wrong Object featuring Ed Mann
  • Tornadoes
  • Daniel Rohr and friends: Genesis concept-album 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway'
  • Kraan
    
    
• 2004/07/24 steve vai - concert ‘the barton theatre’, adelaide, australia
  
  
• 2004/07/25 - Zappanale
  • Frank Goos - Surprise
  • Ole Lukkoye
  • The Grandmothers
  • Zappa Graduates
  • Ed Mann & friends
  • finale
    
    

• 2004/07/25 steve vai - concert ‘the palace’, melbourne, australia
  
  

• 2004/07/26 The Grandmothers concert 'Roxy', Flensburg, Germany
  2004/07/26 steve vai - concert ‘the enmore theatre’, sydney, australia
  
  

• 2004/07/27 The Grandmothers concert 'Kantine', Köln, Germany
  2004/07/27 steve vai - concert ‘the arena’, brisbane, australia
  
  

• 2004/07/28 The Grandmothers concert 'Sinkkasten', Frankfurt, Germany 
  

• 2004/07/29 steve vai - concert ‘suntec’, singapore

• 2004/07/29 The Grandmothers concert ‘objekt 5’, halle, germany
  
  

• 2004/07/30 The Grandmothers concert ‘star club’, dresden, germany
  
  

• 2004/07/31 Mike Keneally Band - concert 'The Baked Potato', North Hollywood, CA, usa
   

• 2004/08/01 The Grandmothers concert 'Fabrik', Hamburg, Germany
  2004/08/01 steve vai - concert ‘taipei city music hall’, taipei
  2004/08/01 frogg cafe  &  the wrong object  -  concert 'chez bouldou', liège, belgium
  2004/08/01 Sul Divano - concert 'la revuelta', capital federal, argentina
  
  

• 2004/08/02 The Grandmothers concert 'Knaack', Berlin, Germany
  

• 2004/08/03 steve vai - concert kowloon, hong kong  
  

• 2004/08/04 The Grandmothers concert 'B 72', Wien, Austria
  

• 2004/08/05 The Grandmothers concert 'Sudhaus', Tübingen, Germany
• 2004/08/05 steve vai - concert ‘tjm squeare hall’, beijing, china
  

• 2004/08/06 The Grandmothers concert 'Café Central', Weinheim, Germany
  

• 2004/08/07 The Grandmothers concert 'faust', Hannover, Germany 
  2004/08/07 Afroskull - concert 'the maple leaf bar', new orleans, la, usa
   

• 2004/08/12 The School Of Rock + Napoleon Murphy Brock
  concert ‘the rainbow room’, seattle, wa, usa: Zappa Show w/Napoleon Murphy Brock
  http://www.therainbowlive.com
   

• 2004/08/13 The School Of Rock + Napoleon Murphy Brock
  concert ‘nocturnal’, portland, or, usa: Zappa Show w/Napoleon Murphy Brock
  http://www.nocturnalpdx.com/
  2004/08/13 The Wrong Object - concert "paulusfeesten", oostende, belgium
   

• 2004/08/14 The School Of Rock + Napoleon Murphy Brock
  concert ‘wow hall’, eugene, or, usa:
  1-Classic Rock Show (Matinee)
  2-Zappa Show w/Napoleon Murphy Brock (Evening)
  http://www.wowhall.org/
   

• 2004/08/17 The School Of Rock + Napoleon Murphy Brock
  concert ‘the starlight’, ft collins, co, usa: Zappa Show w/Napoleon Murphy Brock
  http://www.thestarlight.com/
  
  2004/08/17 Mike Keneally - concert 'Level One', Los Angeles, CA, usa
   

• 2004/08/18 The School Of Rock + Napoleon Murphy Brock
  concert ‘cervantes masterpiece ballroom’, denver, co, usa: Zappa Show w/Napoleon Murphy Brock
  http://www.quixotes.com/
   

• 2004/08/19 The School Of Rock + Napoleon Murphy Brock
  concert ‘(venue to be announced)’, salt lake city, ut, usa
  1-Classic Rock Show (matinee)
  2-Zappa w/Napoleon Murphy Brock (evening)
   

• 2004/08/20 The School Of Rock + Napoleon Murphy Brock
  concert ‘the wild wild west casino’, las vegas, nv, usa: Zappa Show w/Napoleon Murphy Brock
  http://www.lvjbs.org/
   

• 2004/08/21 The Bogus Pomp Orchestra - concert 'The Tampa Theatre', ??, usa

• 2004/08/21 Eugene Chadbourne - concert the 'Plusetage' in Baarle-Nassau, NL
   

• 2004/08/28 Afroskull - concert 'Tazza Cafe', Providence RI
   

• 2004/08/29 Afroskull - concert 'The Unity Ball' - a Bands Against Bush event in NYC
   

• 2004/09/03 Afroskull - concert 'The Parkside Lounge', NYC
   

• 2004/09/05 The Mats / Morgan Band - concert "Progday Festival", Chappel Hill, NC, USA
  2004/09/05 mike keneally band concert 'lestat's', san diego, ca, usa
   

• 2004/09/07 The Mats / Morgan Band - concert 'The Attic Bar', Detroit, MI, USA
   

• 2004/09/08 The Mats / Morgan Band - concert 'Wilbert´s', Cleveland, OH, USA
  2004/09/08 4FM radio show: in concert: steve vai & the metropole orchestra: the aching hunger - part one
   

• 2004/09/09 The Mats / Morgan Band - concert 'Montage Grill - Prog 90', Rochester, NY, USA
  2004/09/09 Afroskull - concert 'Freddy's Bar and Backroom', Brooklyn
   

• 2004/09/10 The Mats / Morgan Band - concert 'Berklee College Of Music', Boston, MA, USA
  2004/09/10 4FM radio show: spotlight on steve vai: steve & co de kloet discuss the aching hunger
  2004/09/10 absolute ensemble, feat.mike keneally - concert "absolute zappa", musikfest Bremen, bremen, germany
  2004/09/10 The Troupe - performance "joe's garage", 'tivoli', utrecht, the netherlands
   

• 2004/09/11 lulu strings & ataraxia orchester schwerin, feat.mike keneally
  - concert / filmmusik 'stadthalle ludwigslust', ludwigslust, germany
  2004/09/11 mike keneally - concert 'piano bar / galerie ander bleiche, ludwigslust, germany
  2004/09/11 The Mats / Morgan Band - concert 'NJ Prog House', Metlar Bodine, Piscataway, NJ, USA
  2004/09/11 The Troupe - performance "joe's garage", 'patronaat', haarlem, the netherlands
  2004/09/11 The Wrong Object - concert ‘l’an vert’, liège, belgium
   

• 2004/09/12 The Mats / Morgan Band - concert 'Tribeca Rock Club', New York, NY, USA
  2004/09/12 The Troupe - concert ''De Kleine Komedie', Amsterdam,NL
  2004/09/12 The Troupe - performance "joe's garage, 'de kleine komedie', amsterdam, the netherlands
   

• 2004/09/13 The Troupe - performance "joe's garage", 'schouwburg', enschede, the netherlands
   

• 2004/09/14 mike keneally and friends - concert 'waldsee', freiburg, germany
   

• 2004/09/15 4FM radio show: in concert: steve vai & the metropole orchestra: the aching hunger - part two
   

• 2004/09/16 the Central Scrutinzer - concert 'café piupiu', são paulo, brasil
  2004/09/16 mike keneally and friends - concert 'objekt 5', halle, germany
   

• 2004/09/17 mike keneally and friends - concert 'der club', heiligenhaus, germany
  2004/09/17-25 MONSTER ROAD (Bruce Bickford)
    "Antimatter Festival of Underground Film & Video", Victoria, BC, Canada
   

• 2004/09/18 the Absolute Ensemble, feat. M Keneally & NM Brock - concert cologne, germany
   

• 2004/09/22 & 25 MONSTER ROAD (Bruce Bickford) "Ottawa Animation Festival", Ottawa, ON, Canada
   

• 2004/09/23 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'guitar center', fairfax, va, usa
  2004/09/23-26 MONSTER ROAD (Bruce Bickford) "Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival", Birmingham, AL, usa
  2004/09/23 MONSTER ROAD (Bruce Bickford) "Space 538", Portland, ME, usa
  2004/09/23-27 MONSTER ROAD (Bruce Bickford) "Red Vic Movie House", San Francisco, CA, usa
   

• 2004/09/24 Afroskull - concert 'Cafe 111', Brooklyn
  2004/09/24 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'music central', egg harbor township, nj, usa
   

• 2004/09/25 mike keneally & bryan beller - concert 'orion sound studios', baltimore, md, usa
   

• 2004/09/27 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'guitar center', manhattan, ny, usa
   

• 2004/09/28 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘iron horse music hall’, northampton, ma, usa
  2004/09/28 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'union music', worcester, ma, usa
   

• 2004/09/29 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘valentine's’, albany, ny, usa
  2004/09/29 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'guitar center', colonie, ny, usa
   

• 2004/09/30 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘the call’, providence, ri, usa
  2004/09/30 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'guitar center', totowa, nj, usa
   

• 2004/10/01 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘the conduit’, trenton, nj, usa
  2004/10/01 mike keneally & bryan beller  - workshop 'pro line music', fairless hills, pa, usa
   

• 2004/10/02 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘funk box’, baltimore, md, usa
  2004/10/02 MONSTER ROAD (Bruce Bickford)
   "20,000 Leagues Under the Industry Film Festival", Cleveland, OH, usa
   

• 2004/10/03 MONSTER ROAD (Bruce Bickford) "New Genre Festival", Tulsa, OK, usa
   

• 2004/10/04 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘club café’, pittsburgh, usa
   

• 2004/10/05 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘club café’, pittsburgh, usa
  2004/10/05-16 MONSTER ROAD (Bruce Bickford) "Flanders International Film Festival Ghent", Ghent, Belgium
   

• 2004/10/06 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘club infinity’, buffalo, ny, usu
  2004/10/06 The Central Scrutinizer - concert 'bar avenida', são paulo, brasil
   

• 2004/10/07 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘magic bag’, detroit, mi, usa
   

• 2004/10/08 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘the agora’, cleveland, oh, usa
  2004/10/08-10 MONSTER ROAD (Bruce Bickford) "Red Bank Film Festival", Red Bank, NJ, usa
   

• 2004/10/09 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘martyrs’, chicago, il, usa
   

• 2004/10/10 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘martyrs’, chicago, il, usa
   

• 2004/10/11 4FM radio show: the universe will provide on cd! mike keneally & co de kloet discuss TUWP
   

• 2004/10/12 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘the fox’, boulder, co, usa
   

• 2004/10/14-24 MONSTER ROAD (Bruce Bickford) "Starz Denver International Film Festival", Denver, CO, usa
   

• 2004/10/15 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘the rainbow’, seattle, wa, usa
   

• 2004/10/16 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘the rainbow’, seattle, wa, usa
   

• 2004/10/17 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘dante’s’, portland, or, usa
   

• 2004/10/18 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘wow hall’, eugene, or, usa
  2004/10/18 4FM radio show: chamber works: the radio premiere of the studio version of chamber works, by terry bozzio and the metropole orchestra
   

• 2004/10/19 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘the bean scene’, chico, ca, usa

• 2004/10/20 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘the independent’, san francisco, ca, usa

• 2004/10/21 P/O, feat. IW - concert ‘last day saloon north’, santa rosa, ca, usa
   

• 2004/10/22 P/O, feat. IW - concert ‘brookdale lodge’, santa cruz, ca, usa
  2004/10/22 4FM radio show: spotlight on chris opperman. opperman & de kloet discuss and play oppy music, including material only heard on this show
   

• 2004/10/23 P/O, feat. IW - concert ‘winston's’, san diego, ca, usa
   

• 2004/10/26 mike keneally - workshop 'a sharp music', renton, wa, usa
   

• 2004/10/27 P/O, feat. IW - concert ‘quixotes’, denver, co, usa
  2004/10/27 mike keneally - workshop 'guitar center', eugene, or, usa
   

• 2004/10/28 4FM radio show: exclusive acoustic studio session with mike keneally and bryan beller
  2004/10/28 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'guitar center', beaverton, or, usa
   

• 2004/10/29 4FM radio show: spotlight on bryan beller: beller and de kloet talk about view
  2004/10/29 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'guitar center', tacoma, wa, usa
  2004/10/29 & 31 MONSTER ROAD (Bruce Bickford) "Cleveland Museum of Art", Cleveland, OH, usa
   

• 2004/11/01 P/O, feat. IW - concert ‘ciceros’, st. louis, mo, usa
   

• 2004/11/04 P/O, feat. IW - concert ‘variety playhouse’, atlanta, ga, usa
  2004/11/04 MONSTER ROAD (Bruce Bickford) "Get Real Film Festival", Minneapolis, MN, usa
  2004/11/04 MONSTER ROAD (Bruce Bickford) "Asheville International Film Festival", Asheville, NC, usa
   

• 2004/11/05 P/O, feat. IW - concert ‘visulite’, charlotte, nc, usa
   

• 2004/11/06 P/O, feat. IW - concert ‘stella’, asheville, nc, usa
   

• 2004/11/08 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘world café’, philadelphia, pa, usa
   

• 2004/11/11 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘webster theatre’, hartford, ct, usa
   

• 2004/11/12 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘stone pony’, asbury park, nj, usa
   

• 2004/11/13 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - – private show
   

• 2004/11/14 P/O, feat. IW & NMB - concert ‘knitting factory’, nyc, ny, usa
• 2004/11/14 MONSTER ROAD (Bruce Bickford) "Daytona Beach Film Festival", Daytona Beach, FL, usa
   
• 2004/11/30 G3 - concert 'auditorio nacional', mexico city, mexico
• 2004/12/03 G3 - concert 'claro hall',  rio de janeiro, brazil
• 2004/12/04 G3 - concert 'credicard hall',  sao paulo, brazil
• 2004/12/05 G3 - concert 'credicard hall',  sao paulo, brazil
• 2004/12/07 G3 - concert 'luna park',  buenos aires, argentina
• 2004/12/08 G3 - concert 'luna park',  buenos aires, argentina
• 2004/12/10 G3 - concert 'estadio chile',  santiago, chile