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updated March 03, 05, 06, 07, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 25 &
27, 2007
please send additions & corrections to bignOte@yucom.be
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Short bits: * * * The Accademia Amieta Ensemble performs Zappa on their "Strictly Off Limits" album. * * * The University of Calgary Wind Ensemble recorded Zappa's 'Dog Breath Variations on their "Gardens of Dreams" CD * * * * * * Daniele Sepe recorded Zappa's 'Peaches' on his "Suonarne 1 Per Educarne 100" album * * * * * * Sneaky Pete Kleinow died in January 2007. * * * * * * Jimmy
Carl Black has couple of new CDs out * * * * * * The Wrong Object will be releasing a live album on Voiceprint
very soon: "Platform One"; scheduled release = April 2007
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Pojama
People will be performing as the quiller kortet once again
and.....also.....but..... see
vintage footage on the big screen! April
20-22 and April 27-29 latenight presented
by as
always, spread the word!
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from the Klimperei newsletter: Lola
is a lucky baby girl : her dad, Christophe Petchanatz, composed these last
months a new album for her firstborn. Galipoche & Chipiron is the
perfect soundtrack to this fresh, starting life, drawing brand new
territories. This record is Klimperei's most illuminating ever!The only
way to get it is to become a member of the Jardin au Fou association for
the year 2007.Just send your contribution (16 € via Paypal) and you'll
receive Galipoche & Chipiron and a few more surprises, just write to
jardinaufou@homme-moderne.org ! --
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Here's the Corrie van Binsbergen concert calendar for the following months:
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Marco adds: the article is from December, Ahmet writes the script for a new Fraggles movie. http://www.muppetce
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2006/03/01, The Bridge performed Frank Zappa's 'I'm The Slime' in concert. concerts
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April 20 & 21, The Vlaams Radio Orkest will perform:
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The Holland Festival will feature three concerts with and around composer and conductor Pierre Boulez. For teh first, Boulez appears as conductor of Janácek's opera "From The House Of The Dead". In June, The Mahler Chamber Orchestra, with Boulez conducting, performs works by Stravinsky, Bartók and Schönberg in the 'Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ'. The series in concluded with Boulez' seminal work 'Pli Selon Pli' performed by the Asko Ensemble and the Schönberg Ensemble with soprano Barbara Hannigan under Reinbert de Leeuw.
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I've been browsing the UM files through the internet lately. In search of
broken links and/or invisible pictures.
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Ahmet Zappa's book got released in Germany as a 4CD audio book:
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Hi
Ralph Friend: The latest Residents Obscure Instrumentals release, Best Left Unspoken Vol. 3 is now available for presale. We expect to be shipping by 1st week in April. This one features the extremely rare For Elsie, plus a few other unreleased pieces (track list on the site.) If
you haven't picked up the other 2 volumes you can pick them all up together
for one low price ($45 for all 3 volumes). Plus,
we just found some posters that we had fogotten about - you can get the
Commercial Album screening party poster or the Demons Dance Alone NYC poster
(both screenprinted and printed on high quality poster stock.) We look forward to seeing you over at the RalphStore! The
Ralph Gang
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The picture on the right shows Thomas Jung in action with Sheik
Yerbouti.
-- 2007/03/02 concert ‘Malzhaus’, Plauen, Germany -- Did he get a phone call from Gail as well? Is this Phase One of becoming an illegal band?
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DOOT!
invades Brass City Records Hididdleeho
Dootarinos! Thanks
to Walt Q, patron saint of the weirdest of the weird, DOOT! makes it's
now-annual stop at Brass City Records in Waterbury on March 31 at 7pm,
with extra-special guests Greylyng. Coming
off of their tribute to the music of Frank Zappa at 2006's Zappanale17 in
Bad Doberan Germany, DOOT! is currently sleazing their way through more of
a "space trio" format, representing
sounds evocative of trip hop, acid jazz, freebop, and electronica.
Don't worry, we still make a heck of a racket and our inadvertent tributes
to Last Exit have not gone the way of the DoDo.
As always, special
guests are a distinct possibility. !?whuddya
know?! We put together a new
compilation CD with some snippets from the past few months of seclusion,
some clips from last September's DOOT! quartet show at the Space in
Hamden, CT, and a few clips from the DOOT!trio making like a rock band at
Zappanale 17. Expect the
usual level of professional packaging and holographic security artwork...
meaning: none to be found. You
will be lucky if we get beyond Sharpie art and tyvek sleeves by the 31st. Joining
DOOT! will be ambient jazz trio Greylyng, straight outta New Haven,
featuring guitarist Jeff Cedrone, guitar; John C. Miller, synths; and
Steve Zieminski, drums,percussion. Greylyng
also has a new CD and we are sure that they will have some available.
Jeff and Steve are regulars with the New Haven Improvisors
Collective and they have other projects like this one. Come
on out, maybe BYOB, paw through Walt's extraterrestrial music and video
selection, help us wish March a farewell, and prepare for April Fools Day
in style. Venue: Date:
March 31, 2007 DOOT! website and e-presskit: http://chollyhoss.com/doot/ DOOT! MySpace: http://myspace.com/dootesgoot Greylyng website: http://www.greylyng.com/ Greylyng MySpace: http://myspace.com/greylyng/
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At least one issue of Dancin' Fool, a German Zappa fanzine, got published.
This one is from 1983 and I know nothing about it.
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THE
KENEALLIST: March 17 2007 Good
day to you. Erin go bragh! Way
more than a lot going on. I'll tell you about it! PLAYGROUND
SLAP (WITH MK GUESTING) March,
18 2007 at Casbah This
will be the first Playground Slap gig in something like 18 years. The Slap
were always my favorite local band in the 80's. Incredible creativity and
innovation and funk and atmosphere. Their prime dog Marcelo Radulovich
collab'd with me on "Wooden Smoke" and still strikes me as one
of the most uncanny and creative musicians I've ever encountered. I joined
them at their rehearsal yesterday and there will be steaming action at
this gig -- the band is hot. Come on over. Find
out more about the legendary Slap and their upcoming album (featuring Yorz
Trooley) at http://www.myspace.com/playgroundslap. INDEED,
MORE "UNIVERSE WILL PROVIDE" DRAWINGS ON eBAY Wow,
are you kidding? Another four
Universe Will Provide drawings up for auction on eBay?
Flippin' cool. Tell
all your relatives to buy them for you! PAUL
GREEN SCHOOL OF ROCK in SAN DIEGO -- OPEN HOUSE As
you'll recall, I was named the National Music Director of the Paul Green
School of Rock in December, and am music director of the soon to be opened
San Diego chapter of the School of Rock. If you or your kid are between
the ages of 7 and 18, you're welcome to come and play for me next week and
let me assess how we can place you in the program. Since
we're still securing our school location (ENDLESS process. Can't believe
I'd ever be spending so much time dealing with real estate) we're happy to
be holding our open house at Signature Sound Studios, location of many
past Keneally recording sessions. This
event is by appointment only. Details, details!: on
THURSDAY, MARCH 22 and FRIDAY, MARCH 23 Meetings will be roughly 15 minutes each. If your child has an instrument, they should bring it, but we will have instruments on hand as well. Please
e-mail Lesley Cooper, the branch manager, at hazard76@gmail.com, and
include your phone number, you or your child's name and their instrument.
She'll call you back to confirm the time and date of your appointment. THE
TOMORROW SHOW on MARCH 31 I
did this before, and I'm doing it again -- my bud Brendon Small (of
"Home Movies" and "Metalocalypse" fame) has asked me
to appear at this midnight-mad cult comedy/music extravaganza. It's a mere
five bucks; that's one thin five-dollar bill. The
Tomorrow Show The
Steve Allen Theater SADHAPPY
ARTICLE IN GUITAR PLAYER Here's
a link to a nice piece about the Outerspaces CD which Evan Schiller,
Michael Manring and I made last year: http://www.guitarplayer.com/story.asp?storycode=17088 OTHER
UPCOMING GIGS There's
a slew of upcoming shows in the offing, but none of them are quite fully
announceable at this point. There's going to be another Baked Potato gig
happening soon, hopefully a very cool gig in San Diego in late June, maybe
some additional West Coast stuff in early July (no promises yet), and one
thing which I know is happening on the east coast in June -- the first
Paul Green School of Rock Festival, which will be happening on June 23 and
24. I don't have the details of the location or ticket prices yet, but I
know that I'll be playing in a trio with Bryan Beller and Eric Slick, and
that we're on a bill with Adrian Belew, the Benevento/Russo Duo and Ween,
baby. You know you need to be there. More details at you when I get them. MARCO
MINNEMANN PROJECTS The
always amazing drummer Marco Minnemann has got a new DVD called "The
Marco Show," which features myself and Bryan Beller joining Marco on
several of his absurdly complex compositions. You can order it from
Marco's website at http://www.marcominnemann.com/shop_dvds.html. Also,
Marco has given me a copy of a 51-minute drum solo he recorded called
"Normalizer 2" and given me the assignment of writing and
recording music to go with it. He's also asked Alex Machacek, John
Czajkowsi from Hectic Watermelon, sound designer Mario Brinkman and
himself to write their own music to the same drum solo and will release
them all, possibly in a box set. An amazingly creative and fun project.
Obviously it's going to take a while to get it finished. I'm also taking
part in the new album by guitarist Phi Yaan-Zek, which features Marco
Minnemann and Bryan Beller -- they recorded the basic tracks this week at
Doubletime Studio with Jeff Forrest engineering. Small world! Learn more
about Phi and his music at http://www.myspace.com/phiyaanzek, and check
out his blog about hanging out with me and watching the Boil That Dust
Speck DVD and listening to the B-52s in my car. VAI
PIANO REDUCTIONS VOL.2 Finally
underway. We've settled on a list of songs for me to tackle and I've
started work on arranging "Love Secrets" for solo piano. Wicked. hat.
AND BOIL THAT DUST SPECK REISSUES/DVDs You'd
think that reissuing albums that were originally recorded over a decade
ago would be pretty easy, wouldn't you? Next time you've got a week to
spare engage me in discussion on that topic. But all the pieces are most
assuredly falling into place. And the project took an unexpected turn
which was really a delight for me: on the hat. DVD there's a function on
the main menu called "hat salad," which scrambles the elements
of the disc in a different order when it's engaged. We wanted to have some
kind of graphic element to accompany this function so I did 15 sequential
drawings depicting a bunch of stuff coming out of my hat, Scott Chatfield
loaded them into Final Cut Pro and tweaked and dissolved, and voila! My
first cartoon! I'm a pretty major animation buff so this was weirdly
exciting for me. It's only four seconds long but I love it. Brian
Brodeur, who's worked on our past DVDs and has also done superb work with
the Zappa family on their past and future DVD projects, has all our
elements for both disc programs and both DVD projects are in the final
phase prior to manufacturing. We've said it before and I'm saying it one
more time -- you have our gratitude for your patience during the long
process of getting these releases ready, especially those of you kind
enough to preorder. Those of you who've held off on pre-ordering until the
projects were closer to completion, they're now so close you can taste
them. See the handy, huge banner link below and ride it to nirvana. Is
that all? See
you soon-- MK
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Magazine style publication with various bound elements and inserts. Include archive material, personal facts and trivia, photo, visual notes, memorabilia, facsimile, etc. Issue One: Edition limited to 500 signed numbered copies. Pictures and description taken from the AuktionHaus Neustadt sale.
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Color-Xerox Graphic, signed by CAL SCHENKEL and dated (1981). Each piece
is unique, incorporating old and new artwork.
Size: 16 x 20 inches (40,5 x 51 cm) Picture and description taken from the AuktionHaus Neustadt sale.
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I added a bit of info to the Great Googly Moogly entry.
Furthermore, the band will do another concert in May, and will be at Zappanale !!
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The Palinckx concert on 2007/03/14 at the 'Muziekgebouw aan het IJ' in Amsterdam, NL, got broadcast on the Dutch Concertzender radio channel.
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The March 2007 issue of Mojo has a bonus CD compiled by Iggy Pop. It includes The Mothers Of Invention with 'Help, I'm A Rock'. -- info: Ive Hapers |
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The latest Sul Divano newsletter is a letter of protest where the band wants to react against the fact that there is no place left for non-commercial projects like Sul Divano in Argentina. The band says that the venues that accepted bands like Sul Divano are slowly disappearing. The musicians hope that not all of the clubs chose for the money, but that there will be some room left for the "art" as well.
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PROTESTA ARTISTICA vol.1 Somos
Sul DIVANO, un ensamble que desde hace mas de diez años se dedica al arte
en la Argentina. Debido a la crisis que vivimos quienes llevamos adelante iniciativas artísticas independientes, hoy nos encontramos sin posibilidades de tocar públicamente, ya que fueron desapareciendo los espacios que acogían a bandas que como la nuestra, requieren de un escenario para nueve músicos y una calidad mínima pero indispensable de acústica, sonido y seguridad. Por
el contrario, los bares, boliches y teatros que quedan y se ajustan a
estos requerimientos piden a cambio derechos de sala prohibitivos y
usureros o lo que es peor, exigen un precio por entrada alejado de la
realidad social y cultural actual. En nuestro caso, somos profesionales y algunos docentes, y si bien entendemos que todo es dinero para muchos, también pedimos que entiendan nuestras razones: NECESITAMOS,
QUEREMOS, PEDIMOS Y EXIGIMOS ESPACIOS PARA QUE BANDAS COMO SUL DIVANO NO
MUERAN A MANOS DE UNA SOCIEDAD QUE CADA VEZ DISTINGUE MENOS ENTRE EL DESEO
DE HACER ARTE Y LA AMBICION DE HACER PLATA. MUCHAS
GRACIAS...! SUL
DIVANO
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The following is the schedule for the Dalifest concert and is a deal at $7 per person. Bogus Pomp headlines and comes on at 6:30. DALÍFEST 25th ANNIVERSARY 2007 Salvador Dalí
Museum Saturday March 24 Performer Schedule (11:00 am - 8:00 pm) India meets Spain in this world fusion of Indian & Flamenco music led by Nandkishor Muley, the remarkable Grammy-award winning Maestro of the Santur (South Asian hammered dulcimer). Traveling from Germany for this event, Muley begins the performance accompanied by WMNF´s Eluv on tambura. It continues with a performance by the fiery Sarasota Flamenco trio Fuego Flamenco (Tahja, Juan de la Sierra and Jeff Lloyd), concluding with an Indo Flamenco fusion involving all participants. A magical event not to be missed! (75 minutes) Both whacked and sublime, a stew of world music, pop songs, and jazz fusion, all with a hint of insanity, from the mind of WMNF´s Rayzilla. Performers include Jim Beckwith, Alfredo Rivero, Matt Cowley and Jeremy Powell. Rayzilla´s set will feature his notorious Dalí homage, "I am Not Mad," and the eventual mega hit, "Bomb." (60 min) The Dalí Museum celebrates this special reunion of SHIM, the jazz freebop band that "brought mystery (and Mr. Ra) to Tampa Bay." Specialists in the avant groove, they pay homage to such diverse composers as Fela Kuti, Sun Ra and beyond. Come and hear why the Weekly Planet awarded Shim a "Best of the Bay" award three years in a row! (45 min) Legendary Grammy-nominated jazz musician, Rivers has been a part of the history of jazz, working with musicians from Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, to avant-garde figures like Cecil Taylor and Anthony Braxton. He has since gone on to forge a personal vocabulary and leads one of the outstanding jazz trios in the world. This will be the righteous event of the season. The Sam Rivers Trio performance is co-sponsored by the Emit Series of Experimental Music. (60 min) Intense powerhouse funk horn band featuring one of the hardest grooves found anywhere in the Tampa Bay area, brought to you by local impresario Ronnie Dee. (60 min.: 1:30 -
3:00) World-renowned Frank Zappa repertoire band formed in 1994 by Jerry Outlaw, Alex Pasut and Rick Olson. Musicians include an unlikely combination of educators, symphony players, jazzers, and rockers, all with a common interest in Zappa's music. After 12 years, they are the tightest band around, and they blew people´s minds at the 2006 Zappanale Festival in Germany. Come and have your mind blown as well! (90 min.)
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The next G3 tour will feature Joe Satriani, John Petrucci and Paul Gilbert !! That's right, no Steve Vai...
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At this very moment, the Zappanale band-list looks like this
Special
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Will there be a concert of the Central Scrutinizer Band, the first of
April??
Read the message below... It looks like Gail Zappa has told the band that they can't peform Frank Zappa's music anymore !! Or is this an April Fools joke? My portugese isn't good enough for these sort of things...
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2007 03 13 Ola, caros amigos da scrutinizer, Neste domingo não iremos tocar, excepcionalmente, pois a sra. Gail Zappa oficializou um documento que impede a Central Scrutinizer de tocar as musicas do tio Frank. Se ousarmos desobedecer esse mandado toda a banda podera ser processada... Depois de longas negociaçoes com ela mesma chegou-se(?) à conclusao
que a vida é assim mesmo. Entao, o nosso muito obrigado pela sua atençao neste momento. Futuros informes serao feitos. Atenciosamente Central Scrutinizer Band
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I have just put together a 3-CD compilation of the Dec 06 shows with
Ike Willis and am offering it for trade. It has at least one complete
version of every song performed and many improvs, guitar solos and
nuttiness. If interested, drop a line to gleonard9@earthlink.net
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We have another 'last minute' show this week... Thursday, 3/15, 9pm The Rusty Nail 35703 Groesbeck Clinton Twp, MI 48035 586-790-4311
John is playing at a Benefit in Ann Arbor that night so it will be Layla and Scott... FZ 2 pc... is that legal?!?!? I predict an interesting evening... more soon!!!! |
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from http://www.uglyradiorebellion.com/ : Ugly
Radio Rebellion was originally formed in July 2002, as a Detroit band
known as Uncle Meat. Guitarist Scott Schroen felt inspired
to start a project consisting of everyone and anyone capable of playing
the music of Frank Zappa, a definite challenge. An ad was placed in
the local paper simply stating, "musicians wanted to perform the
music of Frank Zappa", and so ensued a few weekends of what was later
dubbed, "Zappa Survivor". Groups of musicians would essentially
drill selected pieces during rehearsal, and later everyone would vote on
who they think should stay for the next round. After a few no-shows, a few
driven to quit by musical intimidation and a collection of other
circumstances, the few that were left from the 'survivor' sessions
ultimately became the lineup for Uncle Meat. The project performed FZ
around the greater Detroit area until the last show on Frank's birthday,
December of 2003. After a few personnel adjustments, Uncle Meat was
disbanded and Scott Schroen and Bassist Preston Parish
reformed the project as... Ugly Radio Rebellion. Currently
the band consists of Scott Schroen on guitar and vocals, a Berklee
College of Music alumni, Uncle Meat veteran, Detroit session artist and
instructor. John Garland on bass, keys and vocals, currently
enrolled in the WSU jazz studies program, local session artist and
instructor. Layla Hall on drums, vocals, bells and percussion,
extensive scholastic band experience, EMU alumni and Detroit Music Award
nominee for Outstanding Acoustic Instrumentalist... The Ugly Radio Rebellion website has 5 tracks from their recent 2007/03/01 gig at the Bullfrog Bar and Grill available for download. Check it out.
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UGLY RADIO REBELLION Scott
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Here's the Ray Collins interview from the Splat's original website: (thank you, Charles, for having me searching for this. it's a great interview)
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2007 03 11 THIS!
is a message from the invisible trolls of the ceiling Interview
petchanatz / klimperei (in French) : The
Klimperei / Don Simón y Telefunken / H de Casa collaboration is finished.
I must admit it is a really great opus... We just (!!!) have to make
mastering, cover design & informations... and find label(s)... anyway,
the work is really, really beautiful... Just wait for more informations
later... Quelques
images (pictures) non publiées pour le soutien à Placid (cf. http://touscochons.blogspot.com/) Le
CD Klimperei / Palo Alto Avec le soutien moral et cordial de S. Morlighem et de l'Homme-Moderne, un autre concert, avec une configutaion sensiblement différente, pourrait avoir lieu en mai à Lyon, on en reparlera... On
vous rappelle (lyonnais et proximaux) la signature des Alfreds de C.
Petchanatz
(http://www.zazieweb.fr/site/reagir.php?num=82299&readonly=true) à la
librairie des Nouveautés, place Bellecour, mercredi 14 vers 18 heures...
(vin blanc à volonté) Un truc à ouïr ici : http://horacio.oliveira.free.fr/podcastpierremenard160207.mp3 Ça aussi : http://nomad.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/03/06/playlist-du-5-mars-2007.html Heu...
je crois que c'est that's all folks... http://klimperei.blogspot.com/
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Bogus Pomp news Remember,
our dedicated lovers of Frank's music will perform at 6:30 at the Dali
Museum in St. Petersburg on March 24. The music is free and for $7 you can
get into the museum which deserves all of our support. And
on Sunday April 29 Bogus Pomp will be at Skippers in Tampa with an early
show time of 6:00 or so. I will send confirming details later. The
BIG news is a show scheduled for August that
will be a small, invitation only, concert. And, yes, as a recipient of
this e-mail, you will be invited! As soon as the details are confirmed I
will let you know. There will be room for 175 people and we will offer
seats on a reservation basis. -- Fred
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CUNEIFORM
RECORDS NEWS FLASH: EVENTS
IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE FEATURING ITS ARTISTS... IN
EUROPE: The
RIO (Rock in Opposition) FESTIVAL, in LE GARRIC, FRANCE (April 13-15,
2007) & IN
NORTH AMERICA: & WORLDWIDE:
CONCERTS BY WE
ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING MOMENTOUS FESTIVAL! ROCK
IN OPPOSITION - FRANCE - 2007 www.rocktime.org/rio "ROCK
HAS TO BE INNOVATIVE, CREATIVE, SHOCKING AND IN OPPOSITION..." WHAT
IS ROCK IN OPPOSITION? (from Wikipedia) THIS
INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY ROGER TRIGAUX: ROCK
IN OPPOSITION - FRANCE - 2007 LOCATION: CONTACT: PROGRAM
/ SCHEDULE: Friday,
April 13th Saturday,
April 14th Sunday,
April 15th GENESIS
OF THE 2007 RIO-FRANCE FESTIVAL: Something
had to be done... The
idea is not to hide in the past. Sometimes
the music reaches its target... when it has one! Those musicians opened
our minds and gave us enough strength to pursue that struggle, for
ourselves, for the music and for the human condition in general.
After more than three decades, we now realise how crucial that issue can
be. - Michel BESSET / Roger TRIGAUX THE
MAHAVISHNU PROJECT 2007 SPRING TOUR US
EAST COAST DATES!
For more detailed information about these shows, see below. Please note that tour dates are subject to change; for updated tour information visit www.mahavishnuproject.com The
Mahavishnu Project: During
its brief yet potent five-year existence in the early 1970s, the
Mahavishnu Orchestra reigned over the landscape of popular music like a
vast fireball of creativity, scorching everything in its path. 30 years after the Mahavishnu Orchestra´s lifetime, its music breathes new life in the live performances of the New York City-based Mahavishnu Project, led by classically trained composer and percussionist/drummer Gregg Bendian. One of the most creative and in- demand percussionists/drummers and improvisers on the free jazz and creative/new music scenes, Bendian formed the Mahavishnu Project in 2000 as an interpretive repertory ensemble, dedicated to performing the music of the Mahavishnu Orchestra and presenting it to new audiences. Led by Bendian, a musician of global tastes, the Mahavishnu Project revives McLaughlin´s dream of true musical fusion, relives melodies that soar, and reveals that this visionary music remains not only relevant but, in a world deeply divided, more necessary now than ever before. By treating McLaughlin´s Mahavishnu compositions with respect while interpreting and presenting them to new audiences, breathing new energy and life into a music whose essence was live performance, the Mahavishnu Project has won John McLaughlin´s endorsement. WHAT
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN HAS SAID ABOUT THE MAHAVISHNU PROJECT: "Just a little note of appreciation for what you are bringing back to life. This musical period was the beginning of finding my own way in music, and to hear you guys playing those tunes in such an unbelievable way is quite amazing. Great job! Keep up the good work." -
John McLaughlin, Oct. 2002 WHAT
JAN HAMMER HAS SAID ABOUT THE MAHAVISHNU PROJECT: "I
really enjoyed seeing them. It was great. It was wonderful. I admire those
guys because they tried something that is very hard. They managed to carry
it off. They did it. They came through. The key to
the band as much as the mystique of John's Indian name or the music he
wrote - I think what carried it through - was the performance
of the five people. It was a performing band. It is very hard to get that
on record. Anybody can read the parts and learn them but then you have to
step in and do something with it. That is the key
- what you do with it as a performer and improviser. -
Jan Hammer, original Mahavishnu Orchestra keyboardist, Aug. 2005 THE
MAHAVISHNU PROJECT:
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Guy Darol has some extra info on the "Classic Album / Frank Zappa" DVD that will be be out in may! http://guydarol.hautetfort.com/frank_zappa/ Guy adds that the DVD will be distributed in France by Naïve.
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Over at Wolfgang's Vault, at http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com:80/ConcertDetail.aspx?id=1872|7686&aid=28616, you can listen to a concert by The Persuasions, live at 'Winterland' in San Francisco, CA, on 1972/11/24.
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2007/03/03, the Quasar saxophone quartet performed two pieces of
Frank Zappa, arranged by Walter Boudreau
at the MNM Festival in Montréal.
"Impassioned by the music of our time, the Quasar saxophone quartet is dedicated to premiering and promoting contemporary music that is multi-dimensionally conceived. Celebrated for its energy, audacity and exceptional technical ability, Quasar explores different aspects of artistic creation, from instrumental music to the multi-disciplinary, from mixed media works to instrumental theatre. The quartet reserves pride of place for a number of Québécois composers, with whom it has formed solid partnerships. It aims to contribute to the development of our musical language and provide a platform for new music experiments, exploration, and production. At the same time, Quasar constantly seeks out new works from the international scene, which are then frequently integrated in its repertoire. The group’s concerts are regularly broadcast by Radio Canada’s Chaîne Culturelle, and it recently launched its first compact disc, on the ATMA label, the excellence of which was underscored by its nomination for a Prix Opus for the year 2000. Quasar is the ensemble in residence for the Société de Musique Contemporaine du Québec and is supported by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Conseil des arts de Montréal."
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Contemporary composer and conductor Walter Boudreau was born in
Quebec in 1947. He also has arranged a number of Frank Zappa compositions
that have been performed by various enxembles that directed and / or
conducted.
In 1988, l'Ensemble De La Societé Contemporain, conducted by Walter Boudreau, performed 'The Perfect Stranger' (Frank Zappa) In the early ninetees, Walter Boudreau worked with The Dangerous Kitchen. In 1998, he recorded an album with The Dangerous Kitchen, performing only Zappa material. 2007/03/03, the Quasar Saxophone Quartet performed two pieces of Frank Zappa, arranged by Walter Boudreau at the MNM Festival in Montréal.
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2007 02 Gong has been putting some video clips on YouTube:
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August 2006, former Project/Object drummer Glenn Leonard started a new Zappa project, called Pojama People, and featuring Ike Willis. The picture below was borrowed from the Pojama People website: http://www.liveatthespace.com/pjp/ Photo by Andrew Vertal. Pojama People is
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from: PJP Pojama People will be at it again. After three successful west coast tours with Zappa veteran Ike Willis, the footsie-wearin' musicians will be appearing at The Coffee House Cafe as a quartet. Although Ike will not be with us, the result should be a dreamy mix of great FZ standards and unique arrangements to some not-so-standards. Expect the unexpected when witnessing a show stocked with Mr. Zappa's music. The show will occur on St Patty's Day at 8pm for all ages. See Alli Bach play Zappa on the Irish Tin Whistle. See Glenn Leonard perform Irish Dancing from the waist up (he's only half-Irish, you see). See Ted Clifford drink Irish Coffee on stage. See Brian Casey. He has an Irish name. Mar 17 Sat 8pm All Ages
New pics are up on the Pojama site. Have a gander... Best,
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Clobbernasty ended their debut performance with Zappa's 'Muffin Men'.
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July 2002 Pierrejean Gaucher teamed up with Christophe Godin to play a Frank Zappa set at the 13th edition of the Zappanale festival in Bad Doberan, Germany. Parts of this concert were released on two albums in the Zappanale series. The collaboration of these two guitar greats was the start of G2. They have a new album out, and they're touring. I'm a bit late with these dates, but I only heard about the tour tonight.
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SplitSquad performed Frank Zappa's 'Po-Jama People' in concert on 2006/05/28 in Chillicothe, IL, usa.
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Jam band Spotus performs original compositions that blend rock and jazz sounds with a little bit of funk. Spotus has been picking up a loyal fan base not only in their central Pennsylvania home, but throughout the state and also at the venues they play in Maryland, New Jersey and New York.
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Nero performed Frank Zappa's 'Peaches En Regalia' in concert at least a couple of times: 2003/01/25 at the 'Cafe Dekcuf' in Ottowa, Ontario and 2004/12/11 at the 'Pepper Jack Cafe' in Hamilton, Ontario. From their website: "nero is an instrumental trio that has spent several years developing their progressive,aggressive, riff-oriented improvisational style, and many miles building their incredibly dedicated fanbase. In the hundreds of shows they have played since they started seriously touring in 2001, nero has won over thousands of fans throughout North America and have played with a lot of great bands like moe., Jazz Mandolin Project, Particle, The Slip, and others, and appeared at several festivals and showcases, including moe.down IV, Evolve, NorthByNortheast, and many more." Dave Lauzon: guitar
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from: Ugly Radio Rebellion March 07 Update Brand
New Audio from 3/1/07 http://www.uglyradiorebellion.com/sounds.htm There are also some HIGH QUALITY photos from the Valentines show at King Brewing Co... courtesy of ZORAN... Thanks!!! http://www.uglyradiorebellion.com/hqp.html The next show is:
cRaNk
SoMe FrAnK www.myspace.com/uglyradiorebellion
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OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE FROM 10TRECORDS ATLANTA, Georgia - March 1, 2007 (10T Records) -10T Records is thrilled to announce the release of the first official double live CD by Frogg Cafe, entitled "The Safenzee Diaries" on April 10, 2007. This will be the New York based band's 4th official release and their first new release on 10T Records. Frogg Cafe is a 6 piece band making music that incorporates elements of progressive rock, pop melodicism and fusion jazz into a sound that is wholly their own. Peppered with an appealing variety of other flavors including Latin music, bluegrass, modern chamber music and avant-garde/experimental, their energetic live shows feature extended flights of group improvisation that draw grins from hardcore jam-band fans. In fact, it is these live performances that have historically set Frogg Cafe apart, with each show being a unique and exhilarating one of a kind event. "The Safenzee Diaries" fully captures Frogg Cafe on stage, preserving the world-class musicianship and unexpected interplay that have garnered the band praise from around the world. "The Safenzee Diaries" also incorporates live in the studio jams intertwined between tracks. Additionally, there are energetic reinterpretations of classic Frogg Cafe tunes featuring different solos and sometimes entirely new arrangements, plus three brand new tunes never heard before. "I'm really excited that Frogg Cafe is releasing our first live (double) CD!" says Frogg Cafe bassist Andrew Sussman." This is a true representation of the energy of our music, which on a studio album is very hard to achieve. This release represents the best of hundreds of hours of live shows and live in the studio jams. We're also psyched that this is our first release with 10T Records, who have been there for us every step of the way. This really is a road trip musical diary of all of our great memories and crazy moments on stage and off." "We couldn't be happier with our partnership with Frogg Cafe," says 10T Records president Steve Carroll. "They were one of the bands that we launched our label with and it's very satisfying to be able to bring this fantastic double live CD to the ears of all of their eager fans around the world!" "The Safenzee Diaries" is available for immediate pre-order through the 10T Records website. All orders received between now and the official release date will ship on or before the end of the week prior to the official release. Additionally, all tracks from "The Safenzee Diaries" are available to listen to in their entirety through the 10T Records website: http://www.10trecords.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=24 After
April 10, "The Safenzee Diaries" will be available at your
favorite retail outlet for immediate purchase.
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"Imaginary Diseases" has been released as a double vinyl album, released on pazzo records 20001-2. side
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Chad Wackerman will be headlining Zappanale #18. Joining Chad will be Mike Miller on guitar (Grandmothers, Banned from Utopia, Chick Corea, Fowler Bros, Sting, Vinnie C.) and Doug Lunn on bass (Keneally, Ed Mann, Sting, Springsteen). -- info: yellowshark
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from: André Cholmondeley starts
tonight in WILKES BARRE PA!! featuring PROJECT OBJECT bassist Dave Johnsen.... Celebrating "RETURN TO THE EMERALD BEYOND" on Cuneiform Records THE MAHAVISHNU PROJECT:- playing the music of John McLaughlin and MAHAVISHNU ORHCESTRA
FOR AUDIO SAMPLES OF THE NEW DISC, "RETURN TO THE EMERALD BEYOND: www.mahavishnuproject.com
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June 18, the last Cucamonga radio show will be broadcast... In the meantime, the Cucamonga crew has created a video channel: CucaTV http://www.cucamonga.be:80/videolog/videolog.html
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BlissNinnies has been around since the early ninetees. The band plays an occasional Zappa tune, and has performed with Ike Willis (2005/06/04 concert in San Francisco). Mark 'Tuttie' Danley:
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Guitar greats Pierrejean Gaucher and Christophe Godin have joined forces again! As I have very fond memories of their Zappanale performance from a couple of years ago, this is a project that I'm really looking forward to. Pierrejean's website says that there's an album scheduled for release this month. And Guy Darol (http://www.guydarol.com/) adds that it might include the following Zappa pieces: 'Lumpy Gravy', 'Zoot Allures', 'Sleep Dirt' and even 'Let's Make The Water Turn Black'.
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from 25th century quaker / alt.fan.frank-zappa New Crossfire Releases - Led Zeppelin, Zombies and
Former Zappa Members - Soon To Hit The Streets http://prweb.com/releases/2007/2/prweb506442.htm New York (PRWEB) February 23, 2007 -- Formidable publisher and record
label, Crossfire Records, has some ambitious new releases lined-up for
Spring 2007. Crossfire, who has blazed a name in the rock music publishing
field by issuing invaluable documentations on music legends like Frank
Zappa, Jethro Tull, Manfred Mann and The Zombies, are sole distributors of
Led Zeppelin: The Montreux Concerts. Led Zeppelin can be considered the
quintessential rock stars of the 1970s with their special brand of classic
hard rock. Written by Gilles Chateau and Sam Rapallo, the book explores
the band's special relationship with the In keeping with the Led Zeppelin book, Crossfire is making exclusively available Danish photographer Jorgen Angel's fantastic limited edition lithograph "The First Performance", with photos from Led Zeppelin's very first gig in Copenhagen, Denmark on Sept. 7, 1968. A revised edition of Crossfire's critically acclaimed Zombies book Time Of The Season: The Zombies Collectors Guide, will be issued in early March 2007, including eight additional pages of material covering the band's activities and recordings since the original edition. On the record label front, Crossfire has lined-up rare, archival
releases by former Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention members, such
as Jimmy Carl Black, Don Preston and Bunk Gardner. When Do We Get Paid?,
an archival collection of Jimmy Carl Black "the Indian Of The
Group" rarities, was originally released in the UK in 1996. Crossfire
head honcho Greg Russo has remastered and re-EQ'd the original recordings
making them sound better than ever! The CD also includes three bonus
tracks. Other CDs in the Crossfire catalogue include two rare compilations
by surf music giants The Tornadoes, Now And Then and In the works: Crossfire Records has an exciting release schedule for 2007, which includes ex-Zappa frontman Bob Harris's The Great Nostalgia from 1986, which features guest performances by guitar virtuoso Steve Vai. Nolan Porter has two upcoming Crossfire releases No Apologies and Nolan (containing the Northern soul classics "If I Could Only Be Sure" and "Keep On Keeping On" - these have been in great demand in British clubs for years), whilst sister of music icon Frank Zappa, Candy Zappa's future Crossfire CD is entitled My Brother Was A Mother. Also in the can, I Believe In Music: The History Of The Gross Prophet. The Gross Prophet was formed by Gerald Sanders of The Tornadoes in 1970 after the surf legends disbanded. The Gross Prophet featured many musicians throughout its 23-year career, like Tornadoes members Jesse Sanders, Leonard Delaney and George White, Wayne Charvel (creator of Charvel guitars), the late Jack Sessums (well-known special effects master for film and TV), Genteels drummer Carl Hubert, and Truants keyboardist/vocalist Dick Zeiner. Twenty-three unreleased tracks by The Gross Prophet join super rarities by The Genteels, The Tornadoes, The Truants, Never So Few, The Insects, Gerald Sanders, Jon & The Nightriders, Mike Methane and the Blue Flames and Sand to create a two-disc extravaganza that surf and garage fans cannot miss. Also in the works: Jon & The Nightriders Stampede. This is the first CD release of these 1986 recordings featuring retro surf guitar master John Blair. Jon & The Nightriders carried the torch of surf music during its quiet period during the 1970s and 1980s, and no one did surf instrumentals better. Stampede includes many fine sax contributions from Tornadoes member George White, making it essential. Finally, soon to be available from Crossfire, the legendary Paul Buff's PAL Studio recordings with Frank Zappa and many others - seven releases in all. For more information on all Crossfire books and CDs visit:
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from 25th century quaker / alt.fan.frank-zappa Barnes & Barnes 'Voohaba' and Two Wild man
Fischer Albums Reissued on Collectors' Choice Music http://prweb.com/releases/2007/2/prweb507023.htm Los Angeles, Calif. (PRWEB) February 24, 2007 -- In one corner, we have Barnes & Barnes, a duo thrilled to hold the distinction of having recorded the most requested song in the history Doctor Demento's syndicated radio program. In the opposite corner, we have Larry "Wild Man" Fischer, arguably the most bizarre recording artist to emerge from arguably the most bizarre city, Los Angeles. What's the connection? Well, Barnes & Barnes produced two Wild Man Fischer albums as charter releases for the soon-to-be-multimillion-dollar Rhino label. And now Barnes & Barnes' classic Voobaha album, along with two Fischer albums -- Pronounced Normal and Nothing Scary -- will be reissued on Collectors' Choice Music on April 3, 2007. Barnes & Barnes was composed of Art & Artie Barnes, noms du
disques for childhood friends Bill Mumy (yes, Will Robinson on "Lost
in Space") and Robert Haimer, respectively. Their goal was never to
make it big -- just to get played on their fave syndicated radio show
hosted by Doctor Demento. Drawing on their mutual love of comics,
including '50s EC (which specialized in horror, crime and sci-fi), '60s
pre-superhero Marvel comics, and R. Crumb, the songs were The Voohaba album was issued in 1976, then digitally remastered and reissued as a CD on Rhino. Robert Haimer went back to the original source tapes to prepare for the Collectors' Choice reissue in 2007, and Barnes & Barnes have added some previously unreleased tracks: "I Gotta Get a Fake I.D.," plus alternate takes of "Political Statement," "Boogie Woogie Amputee" and "Fish Heads." As Mumy wrote in the notes, "We basically broke every rule in the recording book. And you know what? It worked. Or not." The saga of Barnes & Barnes would ordinarily begin and end there if
not for their academic interest in a forgotten and occasionally homeless
Los Angeles singer/songwriter named "Wild Man" Fischer. One track, "The Bouillabaisse," was intended to be a psychedelic dream, his own outsider Sgt. Pepper interlude -- all good until Fischer, according to Mumy's liner notes, became convinced of subliminal messages in the song, and that Barnes & Barnes, Doctor Demento, Frank Zappa, "Weird Al" Yankovic and others were joined in conspiracy to sever his penis, throw him in the ocean, chop him into little pieces and throw him to the sharks. Although he fled soon after, he began to phone Barnes & Barnes again around the album's 1981 release -- sometimes many times a day. The two producers seized the mood to take on one more album, the 32-track Nothing Scary, with the mission of it being an album with which Fischer would be happy and proud. The 1984 release contains gems like "Derailroaded," "Larry & the New Wave" and "Music Business Shark." "We never expected to make much money from working with Wild Man Fischer," wrote Mumy. "We choose to do it because we were personally moved by his talent. We know him to be a powerful, unique artist and we wanted to help him realize that vision." Fischer is often omitted in discussion of outsider artists such as Daniel Johnston, Captain Beefheart, Syd Barrett and Jonathan Richman. The reissue of Pronounced Normal and Nothing Scary should restore him to the outsider hall of fame. So for the price of roly-poly "Fish Heads," we got Barnes & Barnes' Voobaha, which in turn begat two rather improbable Wild Man Fischer albums. Together they prove that whether cultivated or genetic, outsiderdom has always been more fun than what's on the radio (except when Doctor Demento's on).
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December 8, Norwegian television aired a new Zappa documentary. It turned out to be the "Classic Albums: Apostrophe (') / Over-Nite Sensation" special that Eagle Rock Entertainment is about to release in May 2007. Román already has the info up at the Information Is Not Knowledge site: http://globalia.net:80/donlope/fz/videography/Classic_Albums.html
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Terry Bozzio's OUT trio will not be headlining the Zappanale festival. At least not this year. He recently joined Korn and this has changed his schedule. The OUT trio will be replaced by Chad Wackerman and his new group !! Can't wait to find out who Chad will bring along.
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I never browse the UM files on the internet, as I have the entire thing on my hard-disc. So when I did, the other day, searching for some data, I noticed that some of the pictures didn't show up. Well, the following stuff should be visible now, so let's make a quiz out of it. See if you can get the reason why the album is featured in the UM files... Let's go for the letter "a".
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originally posted in the Speakers Corner section of Zappateers and on the AFFZ newsgroup: Hey all, Soon you will be seeing (on eBay maybe, not sure how I'll do this) an
ad for a new FZ book called "Hungry Freaks, Daddy: The Recordings of
FRANK ZAPPA Vol. 1 1959-1969". This is a book I've recently finished
on FZ's recordings beginning with the earliest circulating stuff (Ronnie
Sings? etc) and ending with the 1969 Amougies tapes. The book is in two
parts: a full (though not overly obsessive) discography of the period
(think IINK and the Zappa Patio meets the Zappalog in a dark room
somewhere) followed by an analysis of the non-commercial (i.e. bootleg)
circulating recordings from the period. It's does Right now I'm just finalizing printing for the book (I'm publishing it myself). I hope you all will enjoy it--it's basically for collectors but I know if I saw it I would like it, sooo.... I am preparing a website for the book, but meanwhile you can see a few scans of the book in the Speakers Corner at Zappateers or by emailing me at moi1969@snet.net. Soon I will be compiling a list of people who are interested in
obtaining a copy of the book, as at the moment the only way of obtaining
it will be directly through me (as the publishers I've talked to wanted me
to make huge compromises to the book which would result in something other
than what I am intending). I will post here to update you all when the
book is ready (or nearly so) but if you have any questions or wish to be
informed directly about availability please email me at moi1969@snet.net.
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Chad Wackerman is touring with Allan Holdsworth. Check out the dates:
allan holdsworth trio featuring jimmy johnson and chad wackerman
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Despite what you may read in certian publications, the correct date of the concert is February 17!
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The
Bogus Pomp Low Budget Semi-Acoustic Orchestra will perform on Saturday,
February 17th at the Garage in downtown St.Petersburg.
Doors open at 8pm and the show starts around 9:30pm.
Tickets are $10 at the door only, no advance tickets.
We will do two sets of instrumental, semi-acoustic music. Each set will be an hour or a little longer.
This performance will feature Dan Campbell on violin and Tom Kersey
on cello. Also this
will be Jason Caren's debut on drums with the band.
We are very happy to have him aboard!!
The lineup will consist of......
This is a unique lineup and I think it will sound excellent in this format. As always, video and audio recording is welcomed and encouraged. This show will not be a late one or a loud one so, bring someone you wouldn't usually bring.
Also, will also be playing Dalifest at The Dali Museum on Saturday, March 24. More detail will follow. Did
anybody get a video of Zappaween 11. If you did please let me know as
Jerry and the band would love to get a copy. Thanks!
Fred
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from Almanzart, at the Zappateers site: If you're living in or near Mexico City or if you can do a trip there, you'll have the opportunity to see Harmonia in concert on March 25th at Teatro de la Ciudad, Mexico city 2007/03/27 Harmonia - concert 'Teatro de la Ciudad', Mexico City, Mexico |
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line-up for Spring 2007. 4 original core members of the band have reunited for a two week UK tour scheduled for the last two weeks of April 2007. Roddie will be joined by Rhino, Jumpy and Waco, joining them will be the newest, youngest Muffin of them all Mikey Smith, along with very special guest Jimmy Carl Black.
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FZ
Europe vacation tour and music festival July 27 - August 6! Each
summer for the past 18 years, Zappaphiles from all over have migrated to
the northern German town of Bad Doberan for the Zappanale, a festival
devoted to the music and conceptual continuity of FZ. Now your summer
vacation can be an absolutely Zappa experience. Our
good friends at Arf Society, the German non-profit group that organizes
the Zappanale, passed this along to us, and we thought we would share it. Vacation
Vibrations, a Boston-based tour operator, is pleased to announce Farther
Oblivion Tour 2007 a
tour package that will bring FZ fans to that great worldwide annual
gathering in Germany of Appliantologists and Dental Floss Tycoons. The
tour begins in Berlin on July 27, 2007. The group will tour the city, and
attend an extraordinary event, when "Street Number 13" will be
formally dedicated as "Frank-Zappa-Strasse", the first street in
the world named for FZ. The dedication will be followed by music for the
rest of the day, and a late "chill-party" that is sure to
exemplify Berlin's legendary nightlife. From
Berlin the tour will proceed to Prague. Prague is not only one of the most
beautiful cities in Europe, but FZ holds a special place in Czech history.
Former Czech president Vaclav Havel called Zappa "one of the gods of
the Czech underground" for his uncompromising belief in freedom of
thought and expression, and that spirit lives on. After
enjoying Prague, the tour will head to the northern German town of Bad
Doberan for the 18th annual Zappanale, a three-day festival of Zappa
tribute bands, former Zappa band members, and other musicians and
performance artists with kindred styles and interests from all over the
world. The Zappanale is designed as a complete Zappa experience, with the
atmosphere on the festival grounds every bit as important as what happens
on stage. The whole town gets into the fun, from the café waitstaff in
the town square to the mayor himself. Headlining
Zappanale 18 will be the Terry Bozzio Out Trio. (Terry Bozzio - need we
say more?) Other US groups will be the prodigies from Philadelphia's Paul
Green School Of Rock, the renowned Project/Object, and the Don Preston
Akashic Ensemble (Don Preston - one of the Mothers of all Mothers!) So
far, the line-up will also include French big band Le Bocal, Italy's
Orchestra Spaziale, Team Zappa from Norway, Zappatronix from Switzerland,
and three Danish bands- Octafish, Space Debris, and Trigon. The
tour group will be deposited back at the Berlin airport on August 6th,
totally plooked out of their brains from music, "cities and
beer", and lots of fun. Did you say you want some more-a? Tour
participants who want to continue their vacation after the Zappanale can
book an optional tour extension to Amsterdam, another awesome city with
legendary nightlife that is also devoted to independent thinking and
freedom of expression. Vacation
Vibrations is a division of American International Tour Groups, a group
tour operator with 15 years of experience specializing in customized group
trips. Whether you are an experienced traveler, or this will be your first
international trip, they'll make sure you have an absolutely amazing time.
For
more information, you can visit their web site:
www.freewebs.com/fartheroblivion . If you have any questions, you can
contact them at VacationVibrations@Gmail.com , or call 617-721-7996.
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Sa
24. 03. 2007 20:00 Uhr Alter
Schlachthof Dresdner
Philharmoniker anders - 3. Abend Zappa! Orchesterkompositionen
von Frank Zappa und Edgar Varèse Edgar
Varèse (1883-1965):
Frank
Zappa (1940-1993)
Dresdner
Philharmonie Er
ist das enfant terrible des Avantgarde-Rock: Frank Zappa. Weniger bekannt
ist: Er hat auch für Orchester komponiert. Sein großes Vorbild war Edgar
Varèse. Zappa war 15 Jahre jung, als er sich von seinen Eltern Geld zum
Geburtstag schenken ließ, damit er Varèse in New York anrufen konnte.
Varèse war erstaunt, dass ein Junge aus dem Mittleren Westen sich für
seine Musik interessierte, und Zappa wunderte es, dass sein großes
Vorbild ein Stück mit dem Titel "Desert" komponierte - eine Wüste,
in der er seinerzeit lebte. Der in Dresden ausgebildete Roland Kluttig hat sich in den letzten Jahren vor allem als Operndirigent und als Dirigent außergewöhnlicher Konzertprogramme mit verschiedenen deutschen Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchestern einen Namen gemacht. An der Stuttgarter Staatsoper war er bis 2004 als musikalischer Assistent von Lothar Zagrosek engagiert und leitete u. a. Schönbergs "Moses und Aron" sowie Morton Feldmans "Neither", die für ihn zum Triumph wurden. Beim Aldeburgh Festival 2005 dirigierte er die Uraufführung von Richard Ayres Oper "The cricket recovers". Seit 2004 ist er Principal Conductor beim Crested Butte Music Festival in den USA, wo er insbesondere mit moderierten Sinfoniekonzerten begeisterte. Immer wieder erkundet er mit speziellen Projekten die Werke von Komponisten wie Berlioz, Satie, Eisler oder Bernd Alois Zimmermann.
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