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the big nOte files - september 2006 |
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the big nOte files - september 2006 |
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updated September 03, 04, 05, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 25 &
26, 2006
please send additions & corrections to bignOte@yucom.be
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GRANDE MOTHERS PHOTOS FROM THE VANCOUVER FOLK FESTIVAL 2006 |
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The
following pictures were taken Gary Taylor drummer/percussionist
from the Toronto based band SISTERS
EUCLID with
they
also shared the stage with the Grande Mothers for an impromptu jam in
Vancouver PLUS there
are some upcoming shows in November/December on the west coast of
America stay
tuned days/dates and time
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cuneiform records new releases
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The official Ed Mann website:
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THE
KENEALLIST: Taylor Tour Starts Monday *
Homepage since 1994: http://www.keneally.com MK
and BRYAN BELLER on the road with TAYLOR GUITARS THRU 10/13! Hey
folks; we're just about to embark on another tour for Taylor Guitars,
featuring myself and Bryan Beller. I'll be playing the GS and T5 guitars,
and Bryan will be playing his AB-4 acoustic and a new prototype Taylor
electric bass. I'm planning to break out a few tunes which we've never
played in the duo format, and we're hitting up a lot of cities where we
haven't played before. And the tour culminates in an electric gig in St.
Louis, featuring the fantastic Eric Slick on drums (he's currently Adrian
Belew's drummer). So the next few weeks promise quite a bit of adventure
-- here's where we'll be, and hopefully a lot of you will be as well: Monday,
September 25, 2006, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
September 26, 2006, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday,
September 27, 2006, 8:00 p.m. Thursday,
September 28, 2006, 7:00 p.m. Saturday,
September 30, 2006, 10:00 a.m. Monday,
October 2, 2006, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
October 3, 2006, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
October 4, 2006, 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
October 5, 2006, 7:30 p.m. Friday,
October 6, 2006, 5:00 p.m. Sunday,
October 8, 2006, 2:00 p.m. Monday,
October 9, 2006, 7:00 p.m. Tuesday,
October 10, 2006, 7:00 p.m. Thursday,
October 12, 2006, 7:30 p.m. MK,
BB and ERIC SLICK - live in ST. LOUIS A
Friday the 13th Concert in St. Louis
Friday,
October 13, 2006 SOME
MORE GIGS A
few days after I get back to San Diego, there will be another improvised
Circus of Values performance at Dizzy's in San Diego on October 21. Still
finalizing performer details for that one, but I know that it's going to
be something special. More details coming soon in this space. Mike
Keneally's Circus of Values Saturday,
October 21, 2006 Friday,
November 3, 2006 Theme,
and Mike's cohorts for both of these shows to be announced soon. (Some
version of the) Mike
Keneally Band Saturday,
November 4, 2006 hat.
and Boil That Dust Speck Remastering Report And
a reminder once again that my first two albums, hat. and Boil That Dust
Speck, are going to be re-issued in early 2007, and that the special
editions of both titles (which will feature extremely fascinating DVDs
along with the remastered CDs) are available for pre-order now. We
remastered the audio for the CDs a few days ago, after we spent a lot of
brain-wracking time comparing master tapes for the best available audio.
We've come up with something we're extremely thrilled about. In
the case of hat. I'm especially thrilled that the maximum playing time for
CDs has increased since we first made that album, and parts of songs which
I had to sacrifice first time around will now finally be heard. In
particular, you'll know be able to hear "Lightnin' Roy" the way
it was supposed to be heard, and songs like "Snowcow" and
"The Car Song" will have their guitar solos reinstated to their
full fullness. All in all we were able to add in another three minutes of
music which you should have heard fourteen years ago, so I'm plenty
jazzed. Thanks
for reading! See you on the road. -- Mike
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[Chris
Opperman Mailing List - September 9, 2006] Episode
#53: Special Opps: Live @ Level One DVD Pre-sale! You
can preview new tracks, pre-order the Special Opps DVD, and read
Opperman's blog at www.myspace.com/chrisopperman. *
SPECIAL OPPS: Live @ Level One "Bootleg" DVD Hello!
Last night, I changed the video on my [MySpace] profile to a special
preview of the first entry in our "Chris Opperman DVD Bootleg
Series." The
first volume contains the entire August 24th, 2004 concert featuring
myself on piano, Andre LaFosse on electric guitar, Jen Kuhn on electric
cello, Isaac Slape on electric bass, and Kevin Dooley on the drums.
My friend Kat Parsons also appears on the DVD singing her beautiful song
"To Return to You." Also
included on the DVD are hi-res versions of all the short form videos
Johnny D. and I uploaded to my website throughout 2004 and 2005 which were
recorded mostly at Room 5 and other places. It also has the
"Bender Dr." video from the July, 2005 New York City show.
The musicians featured in the bonus videos include everyone mentioned
above plus Mike Keneally, Todd Carey, Andre' Cholmondeley, Jeff Paitchell,
Eric Slick, Clark Freeman, Dave Johnsen, and Jordan Shapiro. The
video was shot by Johnny D. and Steve Laub, except the "Bender
Dr." video which was shot by Jeff Paitchell's father. It's
a really fun DVD and the proceeds are going to go towards the recording
sessions for the Special Opps studio album (w/"The Porpentine"),
so I would really appreciate it if you ordered yourself one! Track
list (8/24/04 show): Johannah / Haasis / Beware of the Random Factor /
Miles Behind / Electric Jihad / Sophia's Dream / Kamp Keneally / Tanya's
Song / To Return to You You
can order the DVD (and all my CD's) direct through my MySpace page which
is www.myspace.com/chrisopperman. And if you have any trouble ordering,
please write me back and I'll help! Thanks
so much and music is the best! --
Chris Also, if you're around Tuesday night, you should come to The Hotel Cafe to see my friend Kelda perform @ 8 pm sharp. I will be sitting in on her composition "Stop the Rain" (available on iTunes) which sounded quite breezy and natural in rehearsal today. Antonio Carlos Jobim would be proud.
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ZAPPA
Plays ZAPPA is out and about for October and suddenly December and there
will be another round of the ever-popular auctions for selected seats and
such at selected tour dates. Starting NOW, you have a chance to bid on
premium seats, a tour poster, and access to sound check the night of the
show. See below for those special dates for those special auctions.And,
starting Wednesday, Sept 27th, ALL Shows (except for Vancouver, which is
on-sale at a later date) will run a pre-sale. Once again, you can get your
tickets for that here: http://zpz.frontgatetickets.com/ Yes,
except and also, butthe New Orleans and Cabazon shows will not have
auctions - instead, for $100, you will have access to the ZAPPA Plays
ZAPPA soundcheck, as well as tickets to the show. These tickets are very
limited and only available through the Front Gate presale, starting on
Wed, Sept 27th. Tickets are available here:
http://zpz.frontgatetickets.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Auction
Info and links:
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Full
Tour dates here:
Special
guests for all shows* are Napoleon Murphy Brock, Steve Vai and Terry
Bozzio. (*Terry will not be performing at the December 30 show.) For
more information, visit http://www.zappa.com/zpz
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Dear
FZ Lifers and Newfers, We
believe these dates to be self evident and confirmed. But right now we're just giving you an ears up.
Soonly we will post an official confirmation and ticketing
information.
Accept
No Substitute! Zappa.com
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You can't know these sort of things soon enough: Zappanale 18 will take place in Bad Doberan (near Rostock), Germany on August 3 - 5, 2007.
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Extended big band XLJAZZ will be performing Zappa in concert:
Arrangements by Joost Dieho, and featuring Hans Hasebos (vibes & marimba) and Efraïm Trujillo (tenor sax) as special guests.
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Two new bootlegs have surfaced: frank
zappa: frank zappa with friends frank
zappa: you
can't do that on stage anymore vol.11 Factory pressed
discs that present material that you can get at places like Dime or
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Here's another update:
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in 1997 a greek record compayn released this sampler wtih 2 zappa tracks twenty small cigars and the eric dolphy memorial barbecue -- info: hans-peter schmidt |
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http://hewhoisknownassefton.blogspot.com/2006/08/sweetest-nookie.html
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Henrietta Bannister writes:
I
have enclosed an attachment of an original 1971 Frank Zappa poster from
his ill-fated European tour. The artwork was by Gunter Kaiser (he did the
Jimi Hendrix poster with electric plugs in his hair) and they were
sent to us to use for the UK part of the tour. However, after the Rainbow
tragedy they were never used and stored in the back of a
cupboard for over 30 years. One of these posters sold a fews years
ago at Christies' for over £500. The posters are huge 45 ins. x 35 ins (120 cms by 89 cms) and are a very unique piece of Frank Zappa memorabilia. We have two each with a slight tear in the corner for only £50 each instead of the normal price of £300 . Anyone
interested in one of these original Frank Zappa posters should email info@rockmusicmemorabilia.com
or phone 01954 268088 (UK) Best wishes Henrietta
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André
Cholmondeley NYC
alert!!! --- Don Preston....... SUN
SEP 17 - Tonight!! Tour Finale!!!!! hello
back from new england..... always amazing up there.. and the weather is
great....also Ithaca NY -- wow!! such a cool place.. finger
lakes..wow..!....CT was great -- YALE university, playing on a huge
stage.... right next door to the SKULL & BONES headquarters..eerie
building -- (no windows..no writing or number for the address.. weird
stone building with STRANGE inscriptions...wow, it's real!..later we
played THE SPACE and i got to jam with my good buddies DOOT!... then
bassist Pete took us out for quick late nite dinner at the BEST falafel
place -- MAMOUN's......Lowell MA was incredible...we played in front of
400-500 fantastic students at U Mass....damn i wish that was filmed!!! It
was their 'recital hour' and we went over incredibly. I've said it a
million times --especially since being at Paul Green School Of Rock --I
have so much faith in so much of the next generation... we met some great
young people who were into all kinds of music.... electronic..rock..jazz..classical..
i met a couple future midi-guitarists..and i explained to a wide- eyed
young woman that she COULD indeed MIDI-fy her
violin..(http://www.zetamusic.com/)....and so many of the students were
blown away by the MOOG energy... we had the full spectrum onstage -- a
vintage MINIMOOG as well as my MINIMOOG VOYAGER RME..... Cambridge MA was
buzzing with energy as usual... we played a packed little place called
LILY PAD, Don loves the Kawai grand piano there and played some great
stuff on it..... and last night we were at (as220.org) in one of my fave
cities - Providence RI....what a venue!! performance gallery.. great
bar...and amazing mexican food...i am california burrito SNOB and they
blew me away... great show.. great people who turned out for a 60 mins
lecture before the show....the show went great and a fantastic crowd hung
out for 90 mins of very strange music.....so cool..... ANYWAY -- come see
us tonight!! LAST SHOW on this tour... and wish Don a early HAPPY 74th
BIRTHDAY (sep 21 1932)... the tour has been great but as the old saying
goes.... "If you want to starve...play Jazz... if you want to starve
TO DEATH..play electronic music!!" hah hah! yeah - no one getting
rich doing THIS weird shit!! We may pull the plug here in the US for a
while...do this in Europe if at all.. it;'s tough - the people who do come
out -- YOU ARE AMAZING and in some places packed. But - like ALL touring
bands right now -- it's rough out there!!!!! anyway -- see you soon --my
next venture starts..thursday!! with the Al DiMeola tour -- i will be
teching and tour managing --- check this email in a cpl days for the
entire schedule! -andre' Don't forget --check out some free downloadable music and info at http://www.myspace.com/donpreston We will add A LOT of stuff from this tour, including some great video, soon!! SUN
SEP 17 - Tonight!!!!! DON
PRESTON AKASHIC ENSEMBLE TOUR SEPT 2006
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The Paul Sacher Society, together with the Museum Tinguely Basel,
organised «Edgard Varèse – Komponist, Klang-forscher, Visionär», an
exposition on the works of Edgard Varèse (1883−1965).
The expo ran in Basel, Switzerland,, from April 8 until August 27, 2006. The impressive catalogue (245 * 285 mm) counts 507 pages and includes a chapter on Frank Zappa.
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André
Cholmondeley hello
everyone the Don tour is going great -- so cool to meet all you jazz piano
and electronic music fans... some of you hearing this kind of music for
the 1st time and loving it - that is the coolest!! ALERT
-- if you are interested in getting tickets and seeing us in NYC -- PLEASE
DO SO NOW -- as I had warned -- this show is dependent on JUST a few of
you supporting it -- it;;s a small room -- 35 people??? and we have yet to
sell enough tickets to warrant the owner opening the doors!!! It's SUN SEP
17 NEW YORK CITY NY The Monkey SHOW/8pm http://themonkeynyc.com/ yep
folks -this is blackmail . from a black male - IF YOU DON'T GET TICKETS
NOW AND YOU WANNA GO _- this show will be cancelled... bummer. I am even
willing to buy a couple myself if we get close!! So- i KNOW a bunch of you
are thinking abt ity -- you've emailed me with questions.. go get yer
tickets -- DO NOT GET THEM AT THE DOOR --we MUST have advance sales to
have this special venue open it's doors.....thanks
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September 27, Corrie van Binsbergen will be performing in 'Zaal 100' in Amsterdam, NL. This is all part of the 10 year anniversary celebration of the Brokken (non-profit) Organisation. Every month, Corrie is inviting friends and collegues to 'Zaal 100'. The Klote, Alan 'Gunga' Purves solo Squeekology and Vasile Nedea and Sean Bergin are the names that have been announced for September 27. After the concerts the "Jazzportrait: Corrie van Binsbergen" documentary will be shown.
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DOOT! will be opening for Don Presten's Akashik Ensemble on Wed 2006/09/13.....
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2006 09 09 André Cholmondeley: hey
two
gigs in, having a blast on the don preston tour...we were just in two of
my favorite cities -- Burlington VT and Montreal QC. Far more Montreal
actually. sorry, hippies... Wow..what a city!! We
are in NJ tonight -- the only area gig other than the NYC gig next
weekend, at the MONKEY, an audiophile room on the 12th floor in midtown
Manhattan...with 5.1 surround sound, speakers all around the listening
space !! You have to hear it to believe it. Again -- i urge you to get
advance tickets for that one -- very important to do that. For secure
ticket purchases --Check out http://themonkeynyc.com/ See
you on tour!!! Celebrating Don doing over 50 years of experimental music
and jazz piano!! DON PRESTON AKASHIC ENSEMBLE TOUR SEPT
2006
"DON IS THE ORIGINAL SYNTH PLAYER IN ZAPPA'S MOTHERS OF INVENTION.
HE IS A JAZZ PIANO GENIUS, ORCHESTRAL AND AVANT GARDE COMPOSER-- HAS
PLAYED WITH EVERYONE FROM ELVIN JONES, HERBIE MANN AND CARLA BLEY TO LOU
RAWLS, JACK BRUCE AND ROBBIE KRIEGER...HE HELPED CREATE THE MODERN SYNTH
REVOLUTION....DON'T MISS THIS CHAPTER!!"
http://www.myspace.com/donpreston
ON TOUR SOON- FALL 2006 USA and EUROPE with: The Al DiMeola Project (http://www.aldimeola.com) COMING IN DEC 2006/JAN 2007 !!!www.projectobject.com - the music of frank
zappa, live!! www.thinkelectronic.com - andre's music, don preston tours Thank
You, Andre'
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Ugly Radio Rebellion has been adding lots of audio & video material to their site. Check it out. http://www.uglyradiorebellion.com/ Scott
says: Mini-Tours for fall 06 are coming together... confirmed dates... 2006/09/17 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert Club Bart, Ferndale, MI, usa
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The Aynsley Dunbar website:
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Hi
friends! The
lazy rib smoking days of summer may be over but the Froggs are really busy
and looking forward to a great fall with new shows and a new live CD. 1.
The first good cause is to support Frogg
Cafe trombonist John Lieto and his annual Multiple Sclerosis
bike-a-thon. Last year, thanks mostly to Frogg fans, John raised a lot of
money for the MS Society. http://msnyc.kintera.org/faf/r.asp?t=4&i=173935&u=173935-98975689&e=725554214
to donate. 2.
The second good cause is the support of original music! Frogg
Cafe Live at the NJ Proghouse, please order your tics now! Saturday,
September 16 http://www.njproghouse.com
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Belgian band Uncle Meat plays 'intense alternative metal'. They
recorded their first album in 1995.
Just in case that you wouldn't believe me, here's their 1997 single: "Turn Away".
There's no Zappa link music-wise. Uncle Meat plays up-tempo metal. I've read an article where they were compared to Tool, Korn & Faith No More... |
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We
proudly present our new cd Available through www.favorednations.com We
also launch the twin-sites enjoy! Co de Kloet & Menno Kalmann (executive producer: Steve Vai)
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Fred Hemmer - 2006 009 04 Hey
gang, Bogus
Pomp will perform at Skipper's in Tampa this Saturday at 8:00. Doors
open at 7:00. The
last two shows there have been excellent! -- Fred
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THE
WRONG OBJECT IN
CONCERT AT
'l'AQUILONE' (Boulevard Saucy, 4020 Liege) Saturday,
September 16, 2006 at 20h30 Michel
Delville: guitar, synth-guitar
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Here's new concert data for the Britten Sinfonia: 2000/11/30 cambridge corn exchange, cambridge, uk - conductor rumon gamba with helen crayford: piano
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It looks like The Central Scrutinizer Band will be performing Frank Zappa's music on stage again real soon:
2006 08 28 Depois
de um longo "inverno", a The Central Scrutinizer Band volta a
tocar grandes pérolas de Frank Zappa Fechando
o PoeiraZine Fest....no Centro Cultural São Paulo...diversão
garantida...10 de setembro, domingo Dia
10 de Setembro - domingo - às 18 horas Centro
Cultural São Paulo(Vergueiro) R.
Vergueiro 1.000 preço
único R$10,00 www.scrutinizer.com.br www.poeirazine.com -- Marcelo Ringel - saxx
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20060830 Hidden Agenda, Live this week Tonight......LIVE.ORIGINAL.MUSIC......w/yours truly,
Andre' Cholmondeley and co-conspirators in rock!!! 2006/08/30 - hidden agenda (!!) THE SAINT, ASBURY PARK
NJ 11PM ALSO WITH ZELDA PINWHEEL, MEAT: THE CLEAVERS, ANTON ROOLAART and
more ANDRE' CHOLMONDELEY - guitar, voc JEFF'BOXY' BREEDLOVE - bass BOB
RAMOS - drums, perc 2006/09/01- hidden agenda CODA, NYC 9:30PM ALSO WITH
VICIO, ADAM GILBERT, THE YAZ BAND ANDRE' CHOLMONDELEY - guitar, voc
JEFF'BOXY' BREEDLOVE - bass BOB RAMOS - drums, perc Doors at 7pm Tickets
are $10 Advance ticket information (800) 594-TIXX or
www.coda.tickets.musictoday.com 18 to enter and 21 to drink (College ID is
accepted) , CODA 34 East 34th Street (@ Madison) NYC 10016 (212) 685-3434 www.coda34.com It's good to get back on the boards with some old and NEW HIDDEN AGENDA material, and a couple cool covers. It's always new when it's a new lineup as I love what different combos bring to the band sound. This is a band i have had on/off since the mid 90s, and i'm real excited about this lineup --eine kleine historisch... Boxy was the original keys-player in PROJECT/OBJECT back in the day..he pushed the band to new levels... then picked up the bass and played in earlier incarnations of HIDDEN AGENDA and BLUES AGENDA..both with Jason Silverio on drums...it's great to have him back in the fold and low-end killin' on the bass....I can't decide what he's better on, keys or bass...or guitar!!! Bob Ramos was the drummer in the FIRST band i was ever in , back in the early 80s - "circle of fifths" (LOL!!). We went on to start a band with Ben Davis called RHYTHM METHOD that took 80s new brunswick (our college town) by storm...then we did a killer pop-punk album with FALSE VIRGINS..it actually sold some numbers in Italy, then the lead singer jumped out of a window.....later Bob and I did our first tour ever - a few weeks in CA with the NICK CLEMONS BAND (the big man's son)......Bob is playing better than ever and always brings his kickass polyrhythms to the table... Finally we are all jamming -for the first time - and it's a great great thing! We're doing a bunch of my original songs, and a couple covers of Santana, Zappa and Sonny Sharrock. Gee, listen to much guitar music, Andre'? Anyway -After all these years, to play with two good friends is a fantastic thing and means more than all the covers and sold out theatres. Amazingly, while we've all known each other over 20 yrs, these will be our first gigs together. ......SEE YOU THERE!!
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additional info to Robert Foetsch's story about Tommy Mars from Jonny Swing - 2006 09 01 Yes
- The Minutemen and Bath Tub Ring were the groups that often practiced at
Tom and Dave Mariano's next door, and sounds of those bands of Tom's are
what sparked me to ask him to help start my own band, and he very
generously did. ....Thanks to his helpful start and influence, I went on
to play in the groundbreaking punk scene in New Haven CT, first with the
very excellent Disturbance (see myspace), and then with Future Plan, led
by Cleveland's "Rocket from the Tombs" bassist Craig Bell. (RFFT
also spawned Pere Ubu & the Dead Boys) A
couple interesting Tommy Mars trivia points – when my band needed a bass
amp to match the blue sparkle padded Kustom guitar amp we had, we found
the exact match padded bass amp and bought it from none other than the
Minutemen's old bassist! AND
- Speaking of loud bands practicing - first at Tom's, and then MY house
next door - ....I am fully convinced that a lot of the lyrics and funny
interjections in the title track "Joe's Garage" .....Brought to you straight from Mars, via Dayton Road, Naugatuck CT! Thanks Tom! -- Jon March
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The Zappa Fan Trust (I didn't make this up...) has released two new Frank Zappa bootleg albums. Fillmore West 70 (= the San Francisco 1970/11/06 concert) and First Tango In Paris (= the Paris 1968 concert).
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The picture on the right is the label of a bootleg DVDR, released as a
bonus disc to the "Some
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The album that is shown on the right is a bootleg CDR. It has been
released in a limited edition of 200 copies as some sort of appetizer for
the "Mono &
Acetates" 3 CD bootleg set. Actually, it's a part of disc two of the "Mono & Acetates" bootleg: the mothers of invention: we're only in it for the money (demo & testpressing) (it's a CDR so why call it a bootleg? Well, in my opinion there's a couple of reasons for that: it's distributed through the same channels; it can also be a part of an existing bootleg title - making some sort of bonus disc special edition, and, last but not least, they're sold for money) |
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KENEALLIST: New Live Dates and More! Hello
there - MK here -- I hope you're doing well and that 2006 has been OK for
you so far. Thanks for reading this! I
want to let you know about some stuff - here's "stuff fragment"
number one: CIRCUS
OF VALUES re-ignites THIS WEEK The
first round of Circus of Values was a series of improvised shows I hosted
at Dizzy's in San Diego, back around five years ago. Each one had a
different theme and title, and a different group of players. All of the
music was invented on the spot. It's time for another round of this
madness. I'm very happy to be returning to Dizzy's (a super-cool spot to
hear music) for another series of Circus Of Values performances. I'm
very delighted to report that Chad Wackerman (drums) and Doug Lunn (bass)
will join me for the first show of the new Circus of Values series; the
performance is entitled "Ah Mr. Solid Gasoline." Here's details
for y'all: Mike's
intimate improvisation series "Mike Keneally's Circus of Values"
returns to '
MK
and BRYAN BELLER on the road with TAYLOR GUITARS again Bryan
Beller (bass) and myself will take to the road this month and next on
behalf of Taylor Guitars. I'll be playing the T5 and the GS, two very
different but quite extraordinary instruments. Bryan will be playing the
Taylor acoustic bass but will also be road-testing a new prototype Taylor
electric bass; the only way you're going to be able to check out this
instrument live anytime soon is to come to one of these shows. I'll be
getting more ambitious with my sounds on this tour, and I think the music
portions of these presentations are going to be deeper and crazier than
they've been on previous Taylor tours. Should be a beautiful time. Attend
like mad one or more of these here performances: Monday,
September 25, 2006, 7:30 p.m. , Steilberg String Instruments, 4029
Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40218 Tuesday,
September 26, 2006, 7:00 p.m., Buddy Roger's Music, 7647 Beechmont Avenue,
Cincinnati, OH 45255 Wednesday,
September 27, 2006, 8:00 p.m., Motor City Guitar, 1565 Crescent Lake Road,
Waterford, MI 48327 Thursday,
September 28, 2006, 7:00 p.m., Great Lake Music, 1230 South Lake Street,
Mundelein, IL 60060 Saturday,
September 30, 2006, Time TBA, Cascio Interstate Music, 13819 West National
Avenue, New Berlin, WI 53151 Monday,
October 2, 2006, 7:30 p.m., Dave's Guitar Shop, 1227 South Third Street,
La Crosse, WI 54601 Tuesday,
October 3, 2006, 7:30 p.m., Morgan Music, 2405 East Clairemont Avenue, Eau
Claire, WI 54701 Wednesday,
October 4, 2006, 7:30 p.m., Rhapsody Music, 326 Madison Ave., Mankato, MN
56001 Thursday,
October 5, 2006, 7:30 p.m., Carlson Music Center, 901 Broadway,
Alexandria, MN 56308 Friday,
October 6, 2006, 5:00 p.m., Marguerite's Music, 3100 Eighth Street South,
Moorhead, MN 56560 Sunday,
October 8, 2006, 2:00 p.m., Kenny's Music, 2001 South Washington Street,
Grand Forks, ND 58201 Monday,
October 9, 2006, 7:00 p.m., Eckroth Music Co., 1221 West Divide Avenue,
Bismarck, ND 58501 Tuesday,
October 10, 2006, 7:00 p.m., Engel Music, 209 S. Main Street, Aberdeen, SD
57401 Thursday,
October 12, 2006, 7:30 p.m., Mojo's Music, 142 North Main Street,
Edwardsville, IL 62025
MK,
BB and ERIC SLICK - live in ST. LOUIS A
hardcore fan by the name of Dan in St. Louis insisted that it was high
time for his town to host a serious MK electric gig. We said sure, so at
the very end of the Taylor Tour, Bryan and I will be joined by the
tremendously talented drummer Eric Slick (currently with the Adrian Belew
band, and a graduate of the Paul Green School of Rock) for a night of
electric music which will singe the collective eyebrows of St. Louis and
the neighboring towns. Thanks Dan Kinney for making this show happen.
Details, get your details here: A
Friday the 13th Concert in St. Louis - featuring the debut of the electric
trio:
SOME
MORE GIGS Here's
the dates of two more Circus of Values shows and a Baked Potato gig as
well. I thought I knew who was going to be playing at these gigs but then,
I didn't! So specifics on the players for these shows are not available at
this time, but I know I'll be there, so why not you? "Mike
Keneally's Circus of Values" returns to 'Dizzy's' Theme,
and Mike's cohorts for both of these shows to be announced soon. 344
Seventh Avenue, (between J & K, on the edge of San Diego's East
Village), San Diego, CA 92101, Tickets: $15
(Some
version of the) Mike Keneally Band
A
REMINDER: hat. and BOIL THAT DUST SPECK to be RE-RELEASED My
first two albums, long out of print, are now being readied for reissue. It
feels wonderful to have this music about to be available again. Both
albums will be available as signed, numbered special editions of 3000,
featuring DVDs packed with relevant stuff. Dave Foster and I have watched
and catalogued tons of video footage and we're jazzed, to say the least.
I'm auditioning different versions of masters for both albums in an
attempt to get the sound quality as sweet as we can. Artwork will be
faithful to the original, but expanded tastefully. There's loads of work
going into these babies, which you can help to support by pre-ordering the
special editions of one or both albums at http://www.keneally.com. If
you've been wanting to get ahold of these albums for a few years, and have
toyed with the notion of spending upwards of 50 bucks apiece on auction
sites, hold tight just a little while longer. The single CDs will be
lovingly priced at a mere 15 dollars; 30 bucks gets you a deluxe edition
with DVD. The rest of my early catalogue (Sluggo!, Half Alive In Hollywood
and The Mistakes) will be reissued by Exowax as soon as we can manage it. (Note:
for those interested in the Tar Tapes, nothing new to report. Chances are
I'll decide to re-issue that material someday in its complete original
form as it was released on cassette, rather than the compilation approach
of the two Tar Tapes CDs. We're still a good ways away from dealing with
that material.) HARDCORE
AMBIENCE - the new album by CO de KLOET and MENNO KALMANN on FAVORED
NATIONS It's
genuinely exciting for me to announce the release of this new album from
my dear friend Co de Kloet (creative catalyst for the vast majority of my
musical adventures in Holland) and his musical partner Menno Kalmann, and
on my other dear friend Steve Vai's record label to boot. This is a really
beautiful album folks. It's available September 4 at the Favored Nations
website. Allow me to quote wantonly from its press release please: "The
adventurous Dutch musical team of Co and Menno has been creating ethereal,
atmospheric compositions together since becoming friends in high school.
As a veteran producer Dutch Public Radio NPS, de Kloet has worked with an
amazing collection of the world's finest musicians: Brian Eno, Frank
Zappa, Todd Rundgren, Captain Beefheart, Laurie Anderson, and Steve Vai,
among countless others. [Editor's note: Hi! I'm a countless other!] His
production work developed into artistic friendship with Frank Zappa, who
introduced him to Steve Vai, camaraderie that ultimately led to Vai's
Favored Nations label to distribute Hardcore Ambience...The intentionally
oxymoronic title of is not a coincidence, but a mission statement for the
project's ingenious fusion of seemingly different elements: lush yet
intimate atmospheres, carefully crafted compositions with complete
improvised passages, and live studio performances alongside grand
productions. To help capture the various emotional sensations, the pair
recorded in a wide range of settings: from the intimacy of a living to the
grandness of a church of the pastoral setting of a wilderness." OTHER
Still
working hard on the Keneally/Beller acoustic album, and have also been
making a lot of progress on the 2-CD rock opera Scambot (which might be
retitled Scambot Talks To God). Still excited about releasing the studio
recordings I did with the Minipole Orkest earlier this year, and our
friend Nick Conedera has begun editing some video of the rehearsals and
Haarlem performances of the Minipole and Metropole, possibly for some kind
of home video artifact we hope. Guitar
Therapy Live was nominated as best rock album at the San Diego Music
Awards, which will be held on September 20 - wish us the good luck! Check
out http://www.keneally.com, towards the bottom of the page, for links to
bunches of reviews of Guitar Therapy. Enough!
Enough! Gaaa! Love
you all --- mk
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At Zappanale 16 (in 2005), Ike Willis joined Cuccurullo Brillo Brullo on stage for a couple of songs. In a couple of weeks, they will be teaming up again: October 2006, Cuccurullo Brillo Brullo will be doing three concerts with Ike Willis and Muffin Men's Martin Smith in the Netherlands.
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"Best Left Unspoken Vol.1 - The Residents Obscure Instrumentals" is due out.
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Daniel Rohr's "Alles über Frank" will be performed at:
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Here's a message from Gail, taken from the forum at zappa dot com: "Yes,
there is a certain manifestation of Freak Out! but there are 3 other discs
- approximately 3 hours of alternate tracks from the sessions for the most
part, some crazy surprises, and a little bit of FZ talking about. There
are a few FZ edits here and there. You will enjoy the disc/overy I am
sure, almost as much a s we did. And then there is the packaging which we
are also very excited about. This is truly one for the fervent and
devout...it is good to know that some of what I say makes sense to some of
the people who read it. So just so you heard it from me, there is nothing
on the discs, 3 of which are about an hour of mostly (MOSTLY!) UNRELEASED
materials, that is me talking for 30 minutes - why would I do such a thing
to you or to FZ!!!! But we do have him in his own words too. And yes, it
is all about Freak Out! What more do I really have to say."
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New concert dateS added for the Ed Palermo Big Band:
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== newsflash from the radiodupree blog == A
special event of Zappa music will happen in Montreux on September 1st.
It's the composer/arranger Ali N. Askin (of Ensemble Modern fame) who has
gathered a band to perform some of Frank's music. The band includes
special guests keyboardist Mats Öberg and drummer Morgan Ågren. Mats
tells that the band will perform Revised Music For Guitar And Low Budget
Orchestra, Village Of The Sun, Echidna's Arf (Of You) and Don't You Ever
Wash That Thing?, plus stuff from Zappa In New York. The event includes music by Zappa and Varèse, including some arrangements and transcriptions of Zappa's music by Ali N. Askin. In
the early 1990's Askin was Zappa's assistant for the project The Yellow
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Hi there, In commemoration of the FOURtieth Anniversary of a World That Contains Freak Out! we are so very pleased to present the FZ Audiography and Documentary Evidence (for the first time this century) of those certain recording sessions that occurred in Los Angeles between March and April of 1966. Who Could Imagine??? Well, we all know the answer to that question. This exciting and Deluxe, Limited Edition contains FOUR historically magnificent discs for your Audio Gratification. And a Gorgeous booklet - with the original art and lots of special surprises - and your name too. Read on. And yes, directly from the Vault to you, this is your once in a lifetime opportunity to have your name included in the List of Lists - as a person of interest who contributed in a material way to make this music possible. With all due respect to AAAFNRAA, this is a limited offer and you must act quickly or forever hold your peace. (No, we did not say to withhold Peace!) This is Exclusive to Barfko-Swill. Shortly after you receive this email with all of this stunning information you will be able to go to Zappa.com and see that the Pre-Order is for real. And we also want to assure those of you who are possibly frightened of something that costs as much as Ms Pinky in these days of (speaking of) highly inflated gas prices and unseasonably rising global tensions and air temperatures that there will also be available a Very Wonderful Two Disc FZ Audio Documentary Release that might well turn up in greater convenience in your favorite record store (Is there such a Beast Anymore?). But for those of you without FEAR, who crave the Origin of the Species in all its Tactile and Audiophile MAGNIFICENCE, you know what to do. And we thank you for allowing us the pleasure of you r audience for FZ. We feel it is our duty . . . xxx, the Barfies
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All of these concerts will feature Steve Vai as special guest
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I am going to write a (picture-)book about Zappa vinyl bootlegs and try to get together all photos of the bootlegs I know. As far as I know only the photos of the below mentioned bootlegs are still missing for my book. List of vinyl bootlegs (photos wanted):
The discs marked with ** are only known by name from
various more or less reliable sources. I’m quite sure that they are not
existing and results of misinterpreted labels or just homemade fakes of
“serious” bootlegs. Anyway, if somebody should know something about
these discs, I’d appreciate a lot to get the information. Anyway, I’d
be happy if anybody from the huge Zappa fan community could help me to get
a photo or a scan of all these missing boots. Music is the best! Dieter
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So here's the deal, if you have any
of these bootlegs, and if you're able to take a digital picture of it, let
me know at bignOte@yucom.be and I
will forward you Dieter's e-mail address.
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the concert calendar * the concert calendar |
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