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| Zappa Plays Zappa - Europe 2007 | |
| Markus Stauss | |
| What's new in Berlin? | |
| Steve Vai 2007 05 04 | |
| The Frank Zappa Strasse | |
| Zappa Plays Zappa - the new tour | |
| The Wrong Object | |
| Steve Vai on tour | |
| Zappanale | |
| Vacation Vibrations | |
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the April 2007 newsletter can be found at thebignotefiles - 2007/05 |
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Short bits: * * * Daniele Sepe recorded Zappa's 'Peaches' on his "Suonarne 1 Per Educarne 100" album * * * * * * new album by Corrie van Binsbergen: Het Wisselend Toonquintet: Dierenverhalen * * * * * * New Jean-Luc Ponty album is due out. It's called "The Acatama Experience" and will be out on Koch records. * * * * * * New Steve Vai double album has been announced * * * * * * Joe Deninzon / Stratospheerius has a new
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Zappa Plays Zappa, the concert experience that brings the music of
the late Frank Zappa to the stage, under the direction of Dweezil Zappa,
will this summer again embark on a North American tour. The
tour starts July 18 at Winnipeg's Centennial Hall with a total of 30
performance dates set for the tour's first leg which concludes in Los
Angeles at the end of August. Following
a break, Zappa Plays Zappa embarks on a 17 city European tour including
dates in the UK, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium,
Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
In concept and performance, Zappa Plays Zappa offers audiences an
opportunity to spend an evening with Frank Zappa's music, performed
meticulously by a group of top flight musicians who have been schooled in
its subtleties. Far from a
"tribute band," Zappa Plays Zappa is more of a vehicle that
underscores the compositional genius of Frank Zappa much as a symphony
orchestra would perform pieces by a master composer.
Nate Chenen, writing about Zappa Plays Zappa in the New York Times
recognized this when he wrote that the show fully realized Dweezil's
intent for it to be "an argument for Frank Zappa's legitimacy as a
composer."
Frank Zappa died in 1993 after a career that saw him record over 80
albums. Today, the younger Zappa and his band mates are taking full
advantage of the wealth and breadth of the material contained therein.
"What we're preparing to do for this tour is perhaps even more
complex than what we did on the first tour," says Dweezil. "Last
year we learned about 40 songs from a very popular period of Frank's
career and this year we will be learning about 30 more new ones that are
somewhat more obscure. The tour will include material from 'We're Only In
It For The Money,' 'Absolutely Free,' 'Weasels Ripped My Flesh,' 'Joe's
Garage,' 'You Are What You Is,' The Yellow Shark' and much more, including
orchestral works."
Frank Zappa will be, quite literally, visible during the Zappa
Plays Zappa concerts. Large
screen video of Zappa will be accompanied musically by the band enabling
concert goers who might never had the opportunity to see Frank Zappa on
stage in person to have this experience first-hand.
Dweezil will rotate Frank Zappa video performances over the course
of the tour.
The band Dweezil (lead guitar) has assembled for this year's Zappa
Plays Zappa is composed of veterans of last year's tour including Joe
Travers (drums), Billy Hulting (percussion), Scheila Gonzalez (keyboards,
saxophone, vocals), Aaron Arntz (keyboards/trumpet), Peter Griffin (bass)
and Jaime Kime (rhythm guitar). Joining the tour this year is Ray White,
the vocalist who toured and recorded with Frank Zappa during the period of
such albums as "Tinsel Town Rebellion," "You Are What You
Is" and "Zappa in
New York" (his is the
lead vocal on beloved song "The Illinois Enema Bandit").
Dweezil is also working on bringing Zappa Plays Zappa into the home
with a feature length performance DVD that documents the 2006 tour.
It is expected to be released early this summer, concurrent with
the 2007 tour.
Zappa Plays Zappa is an undertaking with a higher purpose in mind
beyond filling seats with concert goers.
Dweezil Zappa explains, "I think my Dad's music deserves to be
heard by a wider audience. I really think he's been misunderstood for far
too long, which brings me back to why I'm doing this: I'm so in awe of his
accomplishments and want more and more people to know about him, and I
think the best way for people to first discover his music is on a visceral
level in a live situation. I think you have to be confronted with the
complexity and the beautiful subtlety of all of it to fully appreciate the
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You probably know them by heart, but here they are again, the
Zappa Plays Zappa 2007 Tour Dates
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2007 06 21 THE KENEALLIST: JUNE 21, 2007 A
Note From Mike Hey
you -- welcome to the "new look" of The Keneallist. I hope it
brings you hours of glazed joy! There
are many gigs about to occur: most imminent is this weekend's inaugural
Paul Green School of Rock Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey. I'll be
playing in a band featuring Doug Lunn and Eric Slick, along with several
special guests, on Saturday June 23 -- we hit at 1:00 pm -- but the entire
two-day weekend festival will be a treat (featuring Ween, Adrian Belew,
Bad Brains, Benevento/Russo Duo and immense numerous others). Surely you
cannot miss this unless you have no choice! If you have a choice, choose
to not miss it! Those of you who keep writing to me saying come back and
play on the East Coast, if I get any more mail from you bugging me about
that in the next six months I will throw cereal at you. >Read Mike's
full message... Keneally
4 Sale at MooseMart! Just
announced-- a special package deal on Mike's first four Exowax CDs: four
for the price of three! Included are Nonkertompf, Dancing, Wooden Smoke
and Dog, four critically praised albums that exemplify Keneally's
astounding musical diversity. Each sounds completely different from the
other, yet it's obvious that they've all unmistakably flowed from the muse
of Mr. K. The Keneally 4 Sale Pack is a great opportunity to complete your
collection or invite a friend to experience Mike's particular brand of
head-rippage. All-in-all, you'll get 80 songs, a full 256 minutes of
musical genius, including the tracks "Live In Japan,"
"Louie," "Skull Bubbles," "2001," "Self
'n' Other," "Father's Day," "Backwards Deb,"
"Splane," "Click" and dozens more. >Check out the
Keneally 4 Sale Pack... Umphrey's McGee Meets Mike Keneally |
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| SAN DIEGO, CA, June 14, 2007: Mike (third from left) was invited onstage to join the band for a few songs during famed jam band Umphrey's McGee's tour-ending concert at the House of Blues. It was a spontaneous, incendiary night of music as Mike travelled from keyboards to guitar to bass, with the crowd enthusiastically cheering his and Umphrey's every move. | |
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a KLIMPEREI newsflash New
CDs Galipoche
& Chipiron : a new album ! Mondocane,
with Palo Alto Love
You
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Earlier this month, I talked a bit about (the late) DebraKadabra magazine from Italy, and the various concerts that they had organised. Here's a bunch of snapshots, straight from the DebraKadabra site: UNCLE
MEETING 2004 UNCLE
MEETING 2005 http://www.debrakadabra.com/home-attività-um2005.htm THE
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About two months ago, I talked about the "Struber Z'tett plays
Zappa" album. This is an essential addition to any Zappa music
collection.
In the meantime, the Struber Z'tett has its own MySpace corner at: |
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A little while ago, I mentioned the band Chrysalis, of which Spider
Barbour had been a part of.
Statusbaby did send me the data & label of the CD reissue:
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A bit down below, I mentioned a couple (well, actually quite a bunch) of
new Zappa bootlegs.
The picture on the right shows you the cover of "Kong Kings". It includes the Zappa / Ponty concert from Valbonne, and a part of the 1970 Bath Festival concert. |
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The Budapest Autumn Festival has been the major contemporary arts festival in Hungary for over 16 years. The next edition will take place between October 12 and 21, 2007. The organisation is planning a Frank Zappa Tribute Day. There is talk about concerts with Ed Mann, Mike Keneally and the Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio (conducted by Adam Fischer). -- info: Bohouš
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2007/06/18, Belgian Cucamonga radio show aired episode 747. The last Cucamonga broadcast. Here's the playlist for that show:
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The Czech Frank Zappa FanClub issued these caps that say "Music Is
The Best!'.
I can only agree :-) Available from the CFZFC for 15 euro's.
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It looks like Don Preston's Akashic Ensemble will be playing in Prague as well.
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Every month, Corrie van Binsbergen hosts a so-called Brokkenavond at 'Zaal 100' in Amsterdam, NL. This month's edition celebrates one year of Brokkenavonden, with various bands.
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2007 06 14 Rainer Pappon, guitar player with the Central Scrutinizer Band,
released a solo album called "O Alemão da Guitarra Verde" in
1992.
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Do you have plans for August? How about a stay in
Vienna? Not too far away from the 'Porgy & Bess' jazz club...
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I received this message about ten days ago, and I know I'm too late. Just hope you didn't miss it.
DON
PRESTON TRIO THIS WEEKEND AT ALVAS PERFORMANCE GALLERY This
weekend at Alvas - Saturday, June 16th, 2007 08:00 PM Rosalie
& Alva Performance Gallery DON
PRESTON TRIO
Tickets
are a $15.00 donation at the door. "Preston's
solos reflect intellect, technical skill and a storyteller's way with a
line. His playing, like his compositions, ranges across panoramas of mood
and emotion, all colored with the freedom that comes from possessing
remarkable facility." "Preston
not only brought his skewed piano sensibility into the creative jazz
context, he lugged along a little of his zany synthesizer as
well........touching on all these associations (Carla and Paul Bley, John
Carter, Zappa and Cole Porter), showing what he can do twisting a standard
around and delving a bit into his own compositional bag as well. Preston
resides on the edge of tonality, toying with it." "revisiting
choice moments of weirdness and glory, as well as dig into original works
and unlikely standards, is not to be missed. The range of program is
somewhat camouflaged by the seamless interply of Preston and his cohorts.
They possess a cohesion born of fluidity that is reminiscent of
Paul Bley¹s 60¹s trios, but they have their own crisp edge. It is a high
common denominator for such a diverse program." "Preston
demonstrated anew that he is one of the most consistently exciting
keyboardists anywhere, he plays with an intensity and a rhythmic vitality
that approached the demonic, at climactic moments smashing the keys with a
forearm and elbow, as if the piano were just not instrument enough for him" "best
known as the first synth wielding Mother of Invention - Frank Zappa's
keyboardist aide de camp, to others he is an avowed New Music
experimentalist, whose work in theatre, and with assorted sonic daredevils
is the stuff of underground acclaim.......in the jazz orbit Prestton's
credits have included Gil Evans, Carla Bley, Buell Niedlinger, Michael
Mantler, John Carter, and Bobby Bradford" "Don
is one of the pioneers in that whole area, I don't think he gets nearly
enough credit for the contributions he has made and the vast amount of
knowledge he has acquired in electronic music." "the
guy that really impressed me was Don Preston, I didn't know what that
stuff was when I heard it on Frank Zappa's records. I said,
"Man!"
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I might have mentioned a couple of these before, but they're all considered 'new': on
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Ctp.Cheese-Beard & the 7 Sisters of Prevention 2007 06 23 Check'em
out and please, Forward
to as many as possible! All
the best Jo,
AKA Capt. Cheese-Beard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PkRc6loKvI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljrI3s45JI8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp9Qlar5Jg4
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Subject:
THE WRONG OBJECT - two new
albums out... ---------------------------- "The Unbelieveable Truth" (Moonjune Records) and "Platform One" (Voiceprint), the two latest Wrong Object albums, are available! Spread the word. For more info, go to: http://www.wrongobject.com latest news: The Wrong Object is preparing concerts with Lol Coxhill and with Alex Maguire for end October...
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2007 06 23 Johan says: Some excellent Footage of the Atelier210 gig
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Dr.Dot, born Dorothy Stein, in Manchester, Ct, usa, is always in for a thrill: she'll participate in the 18th edition of the Zappanale festival in Bad Doberan, Germany, next August.
Dr.Dot, the Rock 'n' Roll Masseuse, got her nickname from Frank Zappa. She can be heard on 'A Few Moments With Brother A.West' on Zappa's "The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life".
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and the Butchers play hard dirty groovy sexy funk. They took part in
the UK Zappateers meeting in February 2007 (where their set included:
Dirty Love, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Bamboozled By Love, San
Ber'dino, Apostrophe, Any Downers and Montana).
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The latest free download on WM Recordings: The
Rabbits - Squirrel brain [WM064] "The music found on this here album is the kind of music one would like to hear if one was inclined to hearing sounds put together and taken apart using notes, noises, melodies, harmonies, rhythms, and all the opposing forces as well. If you like music, you'll love the music here" best
wishes, Marco
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Alessandro Pizzin tells me that italian fanzine Debra Kadabra is no
more.
The last issue (number 30) got published last December (2006). Debra Kadabra will be focusing on www.debrakadabra.com from now on !! Alessandro was also kind enough to supply me with a list of the "Uncle Meeting"s and the "FZ Memorial BBQ"s that the Debrakadabra Consortium orgranised between 2004 and 2007: |
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| Here's another nice magazine cover: Rockinform, from Hungary. Thank you Bálint ! | |
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In 2006, Malcolm McNab released his first solo album, entitled "Exquisite - The Artistry of Malcolm McNab". On this album Malcolm McNab performs a number of pieces with chamber ensembles. One of these pieces is Zappa's 'The Be-Bop Tango'.
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Phew... So here are the bands that will be playing at Zappanale. There's a couple of bands in there that didn't have an entry at UM, so that's been done now as well. It sure looks impressive... 2007/08/03 - 05 "Zappanale 18"
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German band Polytoxicomane Philharmonie is scheduled to take part in the 2007 edition of the Zappanale festival. The band is preparing an EP release for Zappanale. The EP will include a number of Zappa compositions.
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We added another show for June!!!
www.uglyradiorebellion.com/flyers.html Also, pictures are up of the show last week at Founders Brewery... courtesy of Lesa... Thank You!!! www.uglyradiorebellion.com/6707.html arf!
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The March 2007 edition of Modern Drummer magazine featured a special on Vinnie Colaiuta.
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January 1993, Belgian national radio station Radio 1 started with a new radio show called Cucamonga. The name of the radio show refered to the little town where Frank Zappa once owned his first recording studio. June 18, the last Cucamonga show will be broadcast. Episode 747. It will be called "Zappa for whatever!", and will feature 2 hours of Frank Zappa's music.
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2007/04/13 on SAT-3, satelite tv: Herbie Hancock in concert, featuring Vinnie Colaiuta on drums Herbie
Hancock Mit
Herbie Hancock (Klavier), Lionel Loueke (Gitarre), Nathan East (Bass) und
Vinnie Colaiuta (Schlagzeug) Herbie
Hancock, Jahrgang 1940, gehört zu den einflussreichsten Jazzpianisten und
-komponisten seiner Zeit. Es gibt kein Genre, in dem er seine Spuren nicht
hinterlassen hätte - sei es Rock, Pop, Funk, R 'n' B, Electro, Techno
oder Hip-Hop.Die Fusion von Jazz mit Hip-Hop, dokumentiert auf
"Rockit" (1983), geht auf sein Konto. 1986 schrieb er den
Oscar-prämierten Soundtrack zu Bertrand Taverniers Jazz-Film ''Um
Mitternacht'' und 2005 erschien das Album ''Possibilities'', auf dem er
gemeinsam mit Pop-Künstlern wie Sting, Paul Simon, Carlos Santana und
Annie Lennox zu hören ist.
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Last week, a couple of Zappa reel-to-reels were sold on ebay. Hans-Peter Schmidt was kind enough to lead me to these, so that I could 'borrow' the pictures for UM... Don't they look nice... The "Hot Rats" reel-to-reel got sold for something like 250 US $.
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I can imagine that a lot of people have a number of questions regarding Dieter's "You Can't Do That On Bootz Anymore". Well, just to give you an impression of what this monster will look
like, I've pasted a couple of pages below... For details: You Can't Do That On Bootz Anymore
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A couple of months ago, I mentioned that Joe Jackson was performing Zappa's 'Dirty Love' in concert. Here's the setlist for his Berlin gig: concerts joe jackson trio
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2006 06 08 Hallo
Leute, vor den Sommerferien ist nochmal richtig "Dampf unterm Kessel" bei Sheik Yerbouti! Dabei sind nur zwei Termine, die anstehen. Doch die haben es in sich: Zuerst
geben wir endlich unseren Einstand in der Kultspielstätte
"Colos-Saal" in Aschaffenburg.(www.colos-saal.de) 2007/06/30 Sheik Yerbouti - concert 'Colos-Saal', Aschaffenburg, Germany Und
das amtliche Bonbon zum Warmlaufen für die Zappanale ist natürlich die
Einweihung der Frank-Zappa-Straße in Berlin. 2007/07/28 Sheik Yerbouti & Napoleon Murphy Brock - concert 'Orwohaus', Berlin, Germany Also bitte sagt es all Euren Freunden und Bekannten weiter. Heißer Sommer bei Sheik Yerbouti!!! Danach geht es in die Sommerpause mit Vorbereitungen zu unserem 15-jährigen Bandjubiläum (31.10.2007, Café Hahn Koblenz). Viele
Grüße SHEIK YERBOUTI
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Joe Higham's Al-Orkesta is doing a couple of concerts in Belgium.
The band is featuring Jean-Paul Estiévenart (of The Wrong Object fame) on trumpet.
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2007 06 08 Lol Coxhill & The Wrong Object October 27, Lol Coxhill & The Wrong Object will be performing at 'De Singer' in Rijkevorsel, Belgium. Soprano sax player Lol Coxhill is a huge name in the
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2007 06 Have you seen the Pikantik site lately? Great new design. Michal Worgacz tells me that the band is working on a new studio album. Let's hope that it is as good as "The Moofka" !! And it seems like the line-up of Pikantik is changing again:
And even more important: the band is doing a concert next month:
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2007 06 05 FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Zappa
Festival Adds Another Zappa Alum Bad
Doberan, Germany - June 1, 2007 Organizers
of the Zappanale, the annual festival devoted to the late Frank Zappa,
have announced that band alumnus Napoleon Murphy Brock will appear at this
summer's 18 th annual gathering. Thomas Dippel, president of Arf-Society,
the German not-for-profit organization behind the festival, said,
"Napoleon Murphy Brock joining us is just one more reason why the
Zappanale will be the world's premiere Zappa experience this summer. Fans
will be able to see four Zappa alumni who have their own musical ventures
and also choose to honor Frank's legacy with their presence." This
year's festival headliner is renowned former Zappa drummer Chad Wackerman.
Former Mother of Invention Don Preston will appear with his Akashic
Ensemble, and long-time Zappa front-man Ike Willis will perform with his
protégés Project/Object. Napoleon
Murphy Brock began his musical career at 5 years old, singing in his
church's gospel choir. He started playing saxophone in high school, and
was in every band and choir at his school. Frank Zappa discovered the
talented musician in a Hawaiian nightclub, leading a top-40 cover band.
Napoleon Murphy Brock impressed Zappa with his vocal abilities,
musicianship, and stage presence, and Zappa invited him to join his band
that night. Napoleon Murphy Brock insisted on honoring his band's
commitment to the nightclub, but eventually joined Zappa, bringing his
skills and style on vocals, saxophone, flute and keyboards. He starting
touring with Zappa in 1972, and appears on the albums "Apostrophe (')",
"Roxy & Elsewhere", "One Size Fits All", "Bongo
Fury", "Zoot Allures", "Sleep Dirt", "Sheik
Yerbouti", "Them Or Us", "Thing-Fish", and more. After
Zappa's death, Napoleon Murphy Brock promoted Zappa's musical legacy,
performing with Zappa tribute bands Bogus Pomp, Project/Object, the Grand
Mothers of Re:Invention, Ed Palermo's Big Band, the Paul Green School of
Rock All-Stars, Zappa Plays Zappa, and others. He has also played and
recorded with fellow Zappa alum George Duke, with his own band the
Nighthawks, and performed with the San Francisco Opera . In 2003, he
released his solo album "Balls".
Thomas
Dippel www.arf-society.de Scott
A. Tepper www.freewebs.com/fartheroblivion
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Neben Don Preston , Chad Wackerman und Ike Willis steht nun auch Mr. Napoleon Murphy Brock auf der Zappanale-Bühne 2007.
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other words: Besides
Don Preston , Chad Wackerman
and Ike Willis,
we will also see Mr. Napoleon Murphy Brock on the Zappanale stage
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For those of you who are as anxious about the new Steve Vai album as I am:
here's the tracklist:
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A little while ago, The Dresdner Philharmoniker performed:
Edgar
Varèse (1883-1965):
Frank
Zappa (1940-1993)
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Here's a message from Dieter Jakob. It looks like his book on vinyl bootlegs is ready !! Dear
friends of the music of Frank Zappa, After
almost ten years of work I've finished - with the help of many friends -
the book 'You Can't Do That On Bootz Anymore - The Vinyl', a book about
the unofficial music of Frank Zappa. Since a few days it is ready to be
printed. Some technical facts in short:
The
book is most probably the most comprehensive work about the unofficial
records of Frank Zappa, and might remain it for a very long time. Due
to the fact that the production cost will amount to a small fortune and
that I want to distribute the book on a self-cost base (don't start
celebrating too soon, it won't be cheap anyway!), it's very important to
me to know how many of you are interested in the book. Due
to the low numbered edition and to the high quality production the book
will cost 110 Euro (shipping not included). Delivery will be in fall 2007. Please
send me your order and the number of books you want to purchase latest
until July 5, 2007 to the following address: zappabootz@gmx.de The
number of requests will the basis for me to determine the number of books
to be printed. Payments
can be done by money transfer (EU states only) or paypal (+ 5 Euro). I'll
send you a separate email later with further details if you want to
purchase the book. Music
is the best! --
Dieter Jakob Dieter
included a couple of pages in pdf as an attachment to his mail. If you
want to see this examples, drop him a line.
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The EJO, short for the Empire Jazz Orchestra, started out as an octet in 1992. One year later, the EJO was expanded to a full-size big band and began to present two annual concerts at Schenectady County Community College (the SCCC is a part of the State University of New York). Shortly thereafter, the SCCC named the Empire Jazz Orchestra "Jazz Orchestra in Residence". In the meantime, the Empire Jazz Orchestra has become a professional jazz ensemble, performing works by Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Frank Zappa, to name a few. Guest artists have included Jimmy Heath, Benny Golson, Slide Hampton, Nick Brignola, Lew Soloff and Randy Brecker. To date, the EJO has released three albums. The latest one included three Frank Zappa compositions:
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2007 06 01 MOOSEMART GRAND RE-OPENING SALE IN FULL SWING! We're happy to announce that MooseMart, your official source for Keneally stuff, has been rebuilt from the ground up and has been open for business in its sparkling new incarnation for almost a week. The new MooseMart gives us a lot more flexibility to offer you cool things-- we're just beginning to explore the possibilities. To begin with, there are a few new and rare items up for grabs while they last, including PUP, the CD EP that was originally available to those who pre-ordered Dog, some promotional shirts from the 1998 "We're Not Here To Help 2.0" tour that have been scrawled upon by Mike (at last count, there were only four left), and exactly one commemorative shirt left over from 2000's "Nonkerstock" fanfest. To celebrate MooseMart's Grand Re-Opening, you can get a 10% discount on any purchase of $40 or more by entering this code when you check out: "MMGROP". The sale runs through June 15, 2007. There'll soon be other additions and surprises at the new MooseMart, so you might want to stop by occasionally. Oh, and by popular demand, MooseMart now accepts PayPal.
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Thomas J McCabe says: Hello, I am a freelance writer named Thomas J McCabe from Hartford, Connecticut. Recently, I wrote an article about Frank Zappa for www.associatedcontent.com . Enclosed is the link to the web page for the article. There is a space for comments at the bottom of the article page, if you would like to comment on the piece. Also, the link to my Content Producer page, which contains over two hundred of my informative articles, is enclosed. Thank you, Thomas http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/62154/the_top_ten_songs_by_frank_zappa.html http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/6658/thomas_mccabe.html
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slime.oofytv.set continues his tour of greek magazines...
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2007 06 08 International New Music Festival Gelderland The Festival 2007 shall take place from August 17 th to 19 th at the "Waldfreibad" ("Open Air Bath") in Geldern-Walbeck. The New Festival will be coproduced by the communities of Geldern and Straelen as well as by the Dutch partner commune of Arcen. In the course of the Festival more than 200 artists will be presented performing on three stages. With the Shibusa Shirazu Orchestra from Japan we were able to contract a spectacular main act. The event at the "Waldfreibad" will be presented on three stages and last more than 24 hours. You are cordially welcome! Mike Keneally Carte blance for Keneally: Mike Keneally will present a Carte Blanche Project during the first OffsideOpen Festival this year, at invitation of NPS/Radio 6 and Burkhard Hennen. The project will be designed exclusively for this event and will thusly in any case be a world premiere. Mike Keneally Biography by Bill Meredith & Sean Westergaard: Mike Keneally obviously doesn't like to be labeled -
he's a bandleader and bandmember, a rock and jazz fusion player, and also an
outstanding guitarist, vocalist, keyboardist, and percussionist. Taking up
keyboards at age five, Keneally's life changed when he moved from New York to
California in 1970 and heard Frank Zappa for the first time at age ten.
Woodshedding for the next 15 years as a self-taught guitarist, Keneally formed a
band called Drop Control in his hometown of San Diego in 1985 and became one of
the city's musical heroes. Keneally auditioned for Zappa's band in 1987 as a
"stunt guitar" replacement for Steve Vai, and was hired as a
guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist. The multi-instrumentali After working on the Grammy-winning tribute album
Zappa's Universe, Keneally started a solo career with his 1992 debut album, Hat.
Quirky and hard to categorize (with Zappa trademarks like classical undertones,
stuttering, jazz-like rhythms, and humorous lyrics), the debut was a big hit
with critics. But the next year would claim both Keneally's father and Zappa,
leading to the moody yet brilliant 1994 CD Boil That Dust Speck. Ranging from
intense rock ("Skunk") to ballads ("Blameless [The Floating
Face]") to Keneally's closing percussion tribute saga to Zappa, "The
Old Boat Guy," the disc showcased every facet of his array of talents.
Leaving Z in 1996 and naming his solo touring band Beer for Dolphins, Keneally
released the riotous double CD Half Alive in Hollywood, featuring one disc of
live-in-a-studio originals and one of live stage performances (including covers
of Jimi Hendrix's "Power to Love" and Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant The same year, Keneally joined fellow Zappa alumnus
Steve Vai's band, playing on the G3 Tour over the next year with Joe Satriani,
Eric Johnson, Robert Fripp, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Playing classical
piano-like keyboard lines, percussion, and intricate harmonized guitar lines
with rock virtuoso Vai, Keneally helped the band steal the G3 show often (as
evidenced by the G3: Live in Concert CD). Between releases by Beer for Dolphins
(1997's Sluggo!; 2000's Dancing) and solo albums (1999's Nonkertompf, on which
he played all of the instruments) In 2001, Keneally got a new acoustic guitar, which led to the release of the largely acoustic-based and mellow Wooden Smoke, which showed yet another side of Keneally's musical personality. For another interesting detour, in 2002, Keneally was approached by Co de Kloet, commissioning director for Holland's NPS Radio, and was commissioned to write music for electric guitar and orchestra. The resulting music and live performances with the renowned Metropole Orchestra were such a success that de Kloet started the NPS Output label to release The Universe Will Provide in 2004, just a month after Keneally turned around and delivered his hardest-rocking album to date, Dog, with the newly christened Mike Keneally Band. Just a few months after that came Piano Reductions, Vol. 1, an album of Vai songs played solo on piano that was actually recorded in 1999 at Steve 's request. As if he weren't busy enough, around the same time he got involved with Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith' Yo Miles! project, appearing on both Sky Garden and Upriver. The Mike Keneally Band hit the road in 2005, playing across the U.S., with Guitar Therapy Live appearing as the tour document in 2006. That same year, Keneally acquired the rights to his early catalog on Immune with plans to re-release it in deluxe editions in 2007 on Exowax (each of Keneally's Exowax recordings has been available as a limited-edition package with lots of bonus material). With his wide-ranging talents and ability to be creative in almost any musical situation, Keneally is the leading progressive rock genius of the post-Zappa era.
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slime.oofytv.set supplied me with another set of nice magazine covers. Enjoy !
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2007 05 - from the cuneiform newsletter The Ed Palermo Big Band LISTEN
TO ED & BAND ON NPR'S WEEKEND EDITION: Carl
Restivo's video on the making of our new CD "Take You Clothes Off
When You Dance" edited by John Palermo: SUMMER SHOWS!!!: Friday
June 8, 2007 Wednesday
June 20, 2007 Friday
June 29, 2007 Sunday
August 19, 2007
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2007 05 - from the cuneiform newsletter Mats/Morgan
Band: Mats/Morgan Band gigs coming up:
Morgan will also do gig with a project called "BOX"
with amongst others Trevor Dunn from Mr Bungle. Info here: www.myspace.com/boxmusicproject Studio stuff: Mats and Morgan are in the studio and is working on a new CD
that will most likely be called "HEAT BEATS LIVE". - Morgan will record with Lars Hollmer (Of Samla mammas manna) this month, for Lars next solo CD, also featuring Michel Berkmans of Univers Zero. Mats/Morgan Band has recorded one track for the ChristianVander/Magma tribute CD called "Haamtai", to be released soon. Mats Öbergs solo piano CD is out, and it is called "In The Moment" Morgan is
featured on the upcoming Kaipa CD called Angling Feelings, and on Jimmy Ågren´s
CD "Close Enough For Jazz" Other news: Morgan has a feature on Drummerworld.com, with moviepreview etc. Go to: http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Morgan_Agren.html Internet
goodies: Morgan Ågren
at myspace: www.myspace.com/morganagren
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Here's the setlist of the concert that Frogg Café did at the CalProg festival. Looks like they're still mixing in a Zappa composition from time to time.
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2007 05 28 Tony
Moliterni & Sul Divano Presentan
su Música Sábado
2 de Junio 22 hs. increíble...!
Volvemos a las tablas,
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2007 05 28 THE
KENEALLIST: MOOSEMART GRAND RE-OPENING SALE! We're
happy to announce that MooseMart, your official source for Keneally stuff,
has been rebuilt from the ground up and is now open for business in its
sparkling new incarnation. The new MooseMart gives us a lot more
flexibility to offer you cool things-- we're just beginning to explore the
possibilities. To begin with, there are a few new and rare items up for
grabs while they last, including PUP, the CD EP that was originally
available to those who pre-ordered Dog, some promotional shirts from the
1998 "We're Not Here To Help 2.0" tour that have been scrawled
upon by Mike, and a few commemorative shirts left over from 2000's
"Nonkerstock" fanfest. And
we can now do fun promotions and discounts, so to celebrate MooseMart's
Grand Re-Opening, you can get a 10% discount on any purchase of $40 or
over by entering this code when you check out: "MMGROP". The
sale runs through June 15, 2007. There'll
soon be other additions and surprises at the new MooseMart, so you might
want to stop by occasionally. Oh, and by popular demand, MooseMart now
accepts PayPal. UPCOMING
KENEALLY APPEARANCES
Mike
Keneally Band Mike
Keneally Band
Mike
Keneally Band
Mike
Keneally Band Upcoming
appearances with other groups: Mike
Keneally guests with Rockola Friday,
June 1, 2007 Witness
MK's debut performace on the dilruba on "Within You Without You."
What's a dilruba? Google it. MK
with the Playground Slap Monday,
July 2, 2007 Mike
Keneally presents PAUL
GREEN SCHOOL OF ROCK MUSIC -- SAN DIEGO Gig
info: Tuesday,
July 3 4:00 PM Friday,
July 13 8:00 PM & Saturday, July 14 1:00 PM The
Epicentre CONGRATULATIONS
TO BRYAN BELLER! Bryan
has just landed a gig with Steve Vai's new band, String Theories, and will
be touring the US and Europe with Steve this year. Hats off to Bryan for
scoring this gig, and congratulations to Steve for luring one of the best
bassists in the world into his clutches! We love Bryan and Steve! YOU
LIKE THEM, YOU REALLY LIKE THEM! Response
to the hat. and Boil That Dust Speck CD/DVD special edition reissues has
been overwhelming. Haven't heard or seen them yet? Get thee to the
refurbished MooseMart and find out what you're missing (and save 10%). Happy
Memorial Day weekend! --Your friends at Exowax Recordings
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Did you already check out the excellent interview with Chad Wackerman over at Andrew Greenaway's Idiot Bastard site? http://idiotbastard.bravehost.com/ChadWackerman.htm
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The January 1970 issue of Downbeat magazine, including the below picture
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In 1969, Frank Zappa jammed with Philly Joe Jones, Earl Freeman,
Louis Maholo, John Dyani, Grachan Moncur III and
Archie Shepp at the Amougies festival.
The picture below is taken from the January 1970 issue of Downbeat magazine. (thanks to slime.oofytv.set)
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I added quite a bunch of albums to the DOOT! discography. It seems like those doots have been busy lately :-) and here's the DOOT! homepage: http://chollyhoss.com/doot/index.html
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2007 05 22 Bogus Pomp Update Hold
on folks! Saturday,
August 25- A semi-private show at the intimate Catherine Hickman Theater
in Gulfport. This theater has only 173 seats and Bogus Pomp played there
in 2000. It is a gem of a venue. This will not be made open to the public
and will be done on a reservation only basis and you, by being part of
this e-mail list, will be invited. Details are being worked out and I will
let you know how to reserve your seat. Please don't e-mail me yet. Saturday, September 15- Cuban Club in Ybor City as part of the WMNF Birthday Bash. Saturday,
September 29- As part of the Emit series, Bogus Pomp will play one set
accompanied by Jimmy Carl Black and Eugene Chadbourne. Saturday,
October 27- Zappaween 12 at Jannus Landing. A
special package deal will be made available for the Gulfport and Zappaween
shows. Stay tuned for more information soon. One
more thing, on Friday the 25th from 10PM-2AM Big Dave will be again
co-hosting the 14th annual Memorial Day Meltdown from WPKN 89.5 FM
Bridgeport CT. As usual he will be playing 4 straight hours of Frank Zappa
from his vast library. Go to www.wpkn.org and click on the listen live
button to enjoy this Memorial Day weekend tradition. -- Fred
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Now here's what I call an impressive project: Andrew Greenaway, aka The Idiot Bastard, has teamed up with Cordelia Records to bring you what might become a very fine selection of songs. Read all about it on Andrew's essential site: http://idiotbastard.bravehost.com/20xIBS.htm Contributing artists include
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Celebrate a birthday with DOOT! Heyezzzzz, May 22 is the birthday of none other than Sun Ra. Consider it your own personal musical holiday, listen to some Arkestra, watch some Sun Ra movie or documentary, or just thank the spaceways for sending him to earth and making it a better place. Now back to DOOT!NEWS: A DOOT! variant performed at the Westville Artwalk on May 12, playing a mix of jazz, acid jazz, and some straight up soul. Regular DOOT!sters Nate Trier and Pete Brunelli were joined by Mike Paolucci on drums and Kenny Mack on tenor sax, as well as special mystery guest Tim "The Enchanter" Mysterioso on trumpet. The performance was well received, and overall the Artwalk was well attended, making a beautiful early summer day just that much nicer. It looks like this lineup will be performing under an alias to avoid confusing people regarding what music they might be seeing. We'll make an announcement here on the DOOT! list when that happens. The latest addition to the DOOT!CAST is a field recording of the last piece performed at the Artwalk: http://dootcast.blogspot.com/ Check out the DOOT! sounds page for other ways to hear it: http://chollyhoss.com/doot/sounds.html The room was a concrete gallery space, so the recording is pretty hollow sounding. We did our best to calm it down, but expect some more and better stuff from this group soon. Also, the DOOT! that you know and love will be recording a track for the Idiot Bastard Son's super secret upcoming compilation CD. See some other cool info on the Idiot here: http://www.idiotbastard.bravehost.com/ That
about wraps it up for this UpDOOT! If
you are interested in a custom DOOT! T-Shirt, or one of our recent
compilation recordings, drop us an email at info@chollyhoss.com. We have
some swag on hand and will be adding info to the website soon. Thanks for the support, DOOT!
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New! Music Video Clips are available from The Great Kat Guitar Shredder´s Upcoming New DVD, featuring guitar shred versions of "The Flight of The Bumble-Bee", at http://www.greatkat.com/TheFlightOfTheBumbleBeeMusicVideo.wmv and Paganini´s "Caprice #24", at http://www.greatkat.com/PaganinisCaprice24.wmv
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Polydypsia has performed Frank Zappa's 'Willie The Pimp' in concert. Polydypsia is:
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Hilvarenbeek, in The Netherlands. Both Bjorn Berge and Zita Swoon were
playing there. And both on the same day.
The bad news is that they played in a tent. Must have been the worst
sound that I ever experienced... Noise, noise and even more noise. Even
the musicians were having a hard time, and asked the crowd to be a bit
more silent on various occasions. Bjorn Berge also played his rocking version of Zappa's 'Keep it Greasey'. It was a very fine day. |
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A couple of weeks ago I saw Cpt.Cheese-Beard & The 7 Sisters Of Prevention a 90-minute set of Zappa classics in Etterbeek near Brussels.
A 10-piece band, not counting the mystery guest guitar player from
Spain, the devil, or Chester's gorilla. Below you can find some pictures.
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September 16, 2006, The Wrong Object gave an impressive concert at the 'Aquilone' in Liège, Belgium. (On Fred Delplancq's anniversary!) Here's the data:
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Dutch broadcasting company NPS has a show called "In Concert: Beyond" on Radio 6 in which they feature concert recordings and interviews with the artists. 2007/05/02, they did a special on Little Feat: interviews with Richie Hayward and Bill Payne, also talking about the first years, opening for and touring with the Mothers, and broadcasting the first part of the 2007/04/04 Amsterdam concert. 2007/05/09, the second part of the special got broadcast together with the second part of the 2007/04/04 concert. -- thanks to Gerard Wissink for the info & recording
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Lowell George at the airport at the beginning of the Little Feat tour with the Warner Brothers Music Show in 1974. Picture by Sjeng.
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Dweezil Zappa says: Hello
Everyone, I've
noticed that there seems to be a bit of confusion surrounding the lineup
of this year's tour. I would love to clarify things for all of you. First
of all it is important to keep in mind that Frank's music is the only
reason this tour exists. We all love it and want to see and hear more of
it. It is the true focus and Star of the Show. It's a nice bonus for the
fans to have the chance to see musicians who've had previous experience in
Frank's band playing his music once again. By no means should their
presence on stage be over-emphasized. The mission of everyone on the stage
is to present the Music! As
you all know Frank has a vast catalog of multifarious compositions. Over
the years he led numerous incarnations of band lineups. Some people stayed
for a while, some people left and came back etc. This is not a new concept
when it comes to executing Frank's music. In our continuing efforts to
provide you with a thrilling concert experience we have embraced some
changes in material and in personnel. The ZPZ core band has not changed
but we do have a new addition as well as a few probable surprises. I
am extremely excited to be able to present some new songs to you in our
setlist this year, aided by the talents of our special guest vocalist, Ray
White. I have personally always been a huge fan of the sound of his voice.
Hearing him sing "Illinois Enema Bandit" and "Doreen"
at rehearsals has been a lot of fun. But hearing him on other songs I've
never heard him sing has been even more fun. I'm sure you all will agree
when you get your chance to hear him for yourself. Our
special video footage with performances from Frank is also going to be
quite provocative. Later
in the year we may even have an international reunion with Steve Vai and
Terry Bozzio but that has yet to be confirmed. I'll keep you posted on the
status of that as well as any other additions to our lineup. I
have also noticed a few of our European friends requesting ZPZ to come to
your hometowns. I would personally love to do more of an extended European
tour and visit places like Finland and return to places like Manchester. I
have already made my own inquiries into the possibilities of increasing
the number of European dates. If it can be done it will done. I
would also like to remind those of you who might be feeling left out for
missing last year's tour that the DVD of that tour will be available at
the upcoming shows. You can see all 3 + hours of your favorite songs with
last years special guests right in your own living room. take a look at
the DVD trailer link below. I'm very happy that we were able to capture
some of those performances in such fine style for all of you. Thank
you for your continued support. I look forward to seeing all of you out
there this year. Dweezil
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SPECIAL GUEST: Ray White Guitar and Vocals Ray White is a rock and blues guitarist most well-known
as a member of Frank Zappa's touring ensembles. He was drafted into
Zappa's band in the fall of 1976, being featured on rhythm guitar and
vocals. He participated on such albums as Zappa in New York (featuring a
powerful lead vocal on "The Illinois Enema Bandit"), Tinsel Town
Rebellion, and You Are What You Is amongst others in Zappa's voluminous
catalogue.
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Yes!
And we are delighted to inform you of the following Zappa Plays Zappa
dates in Europa:
xxx,
the Barfies
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A couple of months ago, I mentioned a new album by Markus Stauss:
The "Trank Zappa Grappa in Varese?" will be performed live again.
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Well, I've never been to Berlin...
It's on my list of places I want to visit. I just never made it over there. And now they're going to rename Street Number 13 into the "Frank Zappa Strasse". In July. Luc, who recently visited Berlin, showed me where the street is located. The picture below shows the Marzahn and the Hellersdorf district. The Frank Zappa Strasse will be located where the circle-mark is. The picture on the right is the Zoom In. |
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THE
OFFICIAL STEVE VAI NEWSLETTER: NEWS FLASH May
3, 2007 EVO
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also have an EVO 2007 FAQ on the message board. If you have questions,
please post them there: You
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 2007 04 23 Berlin
to Name Street for Frank Zappa Berlin,
Germany - April 23, 2007 The city of Berlin will bestow a unique honor on
a unique figure in modern music on July 28th when a street is renamed in
memory of American rock and roll legend Frank Zappa. In the Marzahn
district of what was East Berlin, "Street Number 13" will be
formally dedicated as "Frank-Zappa-strasse". The ceremony will
take place at the ORWOhaus, a former photographic film plant on the street
that is now home to a musicians' collective. It will be the first street
in Germany named for a rock musician, and the first street in a world
capital named for Frank Zappa. The
members of ORWOhaus themselves proposed the street naming. What motivated
a group of young German musicians to honor an American musical icon?
Andreas Otto, spokesperson for ORWOhaus, explains, "Frank Zappa was
one of the best all-around musicians in the world, as a guitarist,
composer, and band-leader. He was celebrated for his uncompromising
pursuit of musical exploration and excellence, and also for his courage
using his music and lyrics to make society see its faults and hypocrisies.
He didn't do it just for media attention, it was part of his highly
creative and unbending character. He stood up to his own government
against politically-motivated censorship - he testified with great
intelligence in the US Congress, and he refused to hold back his own
outrageous sense of humor. We of ORWOhaus had our own battles trying to
save an unused building and turn it into an active music center, and we
decided that Zappa was a great example of how a musician can have an
influence so far beyond the notes on a page. We hope Frank would be proud
to have his name as an address for so many musicians." Zappa's
work had notable sociopolitical influence in Berlin, a city that had a
physical wall between the philosophies of capitalist democracy and
communist one-party government. US tour operator Scott Tepper is running a
trip this summer that features the Berlin street naming and the 18th
annual Zappanale, a festival in Bad Doberan, Germany, celebrating Zappa's
music and life. He points out, "Frank Zappa was incredibly popular in
the Soviet bloc, even though his recordings had to be smuggled in, and
anyone caught listening to them risked punishment. Zappa represented
absolute freedom of thought and expression, since he often satirized his
own society and government. He inspired people all over Eastern Europe to
keep hoping for their own free societies." Tepper adds that while
some might credit Ronald Reagan with winning the Cold War, there are two
statues honoring Frank Zappa in the former Soviet bloc: one in Vilnius ,
the capital of Lithuania, and one in Bad Doberan. Ther are currently no
statues honoring Reagan. According to Tepper, the street naming in Berlin
reinforces Zappa's status as a champion of real American freedom." The
street dedication July 28th will be followed by free live music outside
the ORWOhaus, and by an indoor reception later that evening. For
scheduling and ticket information, contact ORWOhaus. Scott
A. Tepper
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2007 04 10 ---------------------------------------- * Wednesday May 2, InsideOut, Quai van Beneden, 4020 Liège,
Belgium, 20h30 - (info: 0497-171.433)
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At this very moment, the Zappanale band-list looks like this
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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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