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the big nOte files - september 2007 |
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the big nOte files - september 2007 |
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* * * September 18, the new Steve Vai DVD will be released: "Visual Sound Theories: Live with the Holland Metropole Orkest" * * * * * * Octafish has a new album ready: "Party Alarm" * * * and check out http://idiotbastard.bravehost.com/20xIBS.htm * * *
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Don't read any further if you still have to see the show. I don't want to spoil it. But if you get the opportunity, go and see them. They rock.
2007/09/26
concert '013',
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any plaster caster groupies in it, but were a bunch of studio musicians.
Their 1969 album "The Plaster Casters", included a track
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2007 09 21: The Keneallist 2007 09 21 A
message from Mike: Alva's
& Baked Potato coming up, plus
some fun new stuff Good
lord, great goshamighty. And how are you? I guess I haven't had anything
to say to you folks since all the touring started in August, which is
nuts. And I don't have much time now unfortunately, but we've got to get
this thing out to you tonight, so here goes -- first, two SoCal shows
coming right up in San Pedro and Studio City (see below). NOW, HERE'S
WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON: August
tour wrap-up -- Great
to hook up with Beller and Minnemann at the Outreach Festival. We killed
it power trio style, then joined forces with Franz Hackl on trumpet and
Adam Holzman on keys for what was billed as "Heavy Metal
Miles," but was really just us playing the hell out of the stuff as
best as we could. Glorious side effect -- Beller telling me that he
finally "got" Miles. Beautiful to hear him and Marco doing
what they do on these fantastic tunes, and a privilege to collaborate
with Adam H. who had such a storied history playing these pieces with MD
himself. And we didn't just stick to the '70s tunes - we tackled
"Mademoiselle Mabry" which was a total joy. There is real
energy afoot to get the five-piece band on the road in Europe playng the
Miles stuff, but there's equal energy devoted to getting the power trio
formation out there too -- both configurations turned assorted heads in
the right direction. School
of Rock All-Stars: rather bittersweet as a number of the students on our
brief tour were making their last stands as All-Stars prior to
graduating from the program. Not enough people came out to these gigs
but the playing was magnificent. And a couple of weeks ago I got
together with some of the All-Stars once again to collaborate with Jon
Anderson at a Farm Sanctuary fund-raising event in Beverly Hills, a
gloriously successful evening which planted some fascinating seeds for
the future (and no, I didn't tell Jon about "Faithful Axe" --
yet.) The
first Offside Open festival in Geldern, Germany: my first all-solo gig
in Europe got off to a nerve-wracking start when I entered the stage
with Co de Kloet's introduction ringing in my ear: "and as Steve
Vai used to say, ladies and gentlemen, the AMAZING Mike
Keneally..." This is not necessarily what one needs to hear when
preparing to attempt to entertain a large field filled with mostly
non-fans who have no idea what to expect, other than now they expect
something AMAZING, and my choice was to tread lightly and carefully into
the beginning of the set until I caught my bearings. But over the course
of the next 80 minutes or so I found my comfort level and ascended to an
acceptable level of onstage craziness, and the audience responded in a
lovely fashion. Got some stunning reviews too, which is a happy bonus.
And wow, what a beautiful setting for the festival -- I love me some
trees -- and what a marvelous inaugural outing for what's sure to become
a fantastic yearly event. Coming
up! Things in Budapest and Sweden which I will describe in more detail
soon -- and a thing which I can now officially reveal -- that myself,
Bryan Beller and drummer Gene Hoglan (also of Strapping Young Lad) will
be joining mastermind Brendon Small on the road as the real live
DETHKLOK of Metalocalypse fame -- yep, we are bringing the metal from
the TV screen to the stage. Beautiful madness. This is happening late
October into November -- don't have an itinerary yet, but stay tuned. My
voice can also be heard on several upcoming episodes of Season 2 of
Metalocalypse, which airs Sunday night on the Cartoon Network -- don't
know when the episodes I'm on are airing so you'll have to watch them
all. And
I will be a guest on Rundgren Radio at 7pm Central Time, September 25.
Go here for details: myspace.com/rundgrenradio. And call in and ask me
things! Mike
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Upcoming
Keneally appearances: Mike
Keneally Band (Mike
Keneally, Rick Musallam, Doug Lunn & Marco Minnemann) 2007/09/22
Mike Keneally Band - concert 'Rosalie and Alva Performance Gallery', San
Pedro, CA, usa Mike
Keneally Band (Mike Keneally, Rick Musallam, Doug Lunn & Marco
Minnemann) 2007/09/28
Mike Keneally Band - concert 'The Baked Potato', Studio City, CA, usa Mike
Keneally 2007/10/13
Mike Keneally - concert "Budapest Autumn Festival", Budapest,
Hungary Mike
Keneally 2007/10/20
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Kalnenek says
Hi
everyone, Two new release are online now: Century of Aeroplanes - A simple process [WM069] - http://www.wmrecordings.com/releases/wm069.htm A
collection of 6 compositions, each of which is based around a simple
melodic fragment. These fragments are then altered by various processes
(i.e. adding notes, transposing, shifting the beat placement). The
compositions end when the process has run its course. Various Artists - A tribute to Chenard Walcker volume 1 [WM070] - http://www.wmrecordings.com/releases/wm070.htm Chenard
Walcker, a friend of the online music world, is slowly recovering from a
diabetic coma. His brother reports that he is not physically suffering.
He fell into the coma in September 2006, and is now working on speech
development and object differentiation. So many of us have benefited
from and enjoy Chenard's work. This is our chance to repay our sweet
friend and to send him our love with a tribute release on WM Recordings. And
even more news: The
complete WM Recordings catalog is NOW available on Last.fm! http://www.last.fm/label/WM+Recordings And
last, but not least: Get this funky German hiphop album for a ridiculously low price now: http://amiestreet.com/artist/7347 That'll keep you busy for a while, won't it?! best
wishes, Marco
Kalnenek
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frank zappa und die mothers of invention - die frühen jahre by billy james It's the German translation of "Necessity Is… The Early Years Of Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention" from 2000 & 2005.
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Laurent Petitgerard.
French composer and bandleader Laurent Petitgirard recorded Frank Zappa's 'Mr.Green Genes' on his "Pop Instrumental De France" album in 1971. The album got re-released on vinyl and on CD (with a different cover) in 2006 !!
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2007 09 22 Happy
Fall, everyone. Some of you may already know that two pojammers got
married recently. Alli Bach (vox, winds, perc, dance, etc) and Glenn
Leonard (drums, foole) tied the knot on 09/08/07. At 6:54:32.1 a lil
party was thrown for the lovely numeric sequence. The ceremony included
a clown and an FZ compilation love sermonette put together by the
celebrant much to our surprise & delight. Wanna see pics? Drop me a
line. gleonard9@earthlink.net I'd
like to offer our fabbo merch ~postage paid~! Git 'em before they sell
out. We may not be on the road again 'til late this year. BOOK CDs
$10 each Glenn
Leonard Is... Pellet
-- It Came from Mount Holly Bon
-- Two Plus Two The
Sons of the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus T-SHIRTS
$15 drop
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HUGH
HOPPER
with
COLORPHONE
with
THE DELTA SAX QUARTET?
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Mats/Morgan
Band New
live CD with Mats/Morgan Band titled "HEAT BEATS LIVE" to be
released by Cuneiform records in Jan/Feb 2008. Also,
Mats/Morgan Bands debut CD, TRENDS AND OTHER DISEASES, will also be
released by Cuneiform Records Jan/Feb 2008. Remastered with 15 minutes
of bonus material! Upcoming
show/
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Here's another rarity: "The Frank Zappa
Collection", a twin tape pack from New Zealand, from 1987.
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Here's a picture of an Australian promotional
cassette tape for Dweezil Zappa's "My Guitar" album from 1988.
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entitled: "Freak Out! - The Carl
O. Franzoni Movie".
The picture below shows Carl Franzoni, and was sent in by David
Borboa.
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Residents album is out.
A limited edition (300 copies) will include a bonus disc, so don't hesitate.
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| The last two years, Corrie van Binsbergen has been touring
with various writers for a series of "writers in concert"
performances. The results can be found on various releases.
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called "Frankzappa Street".
Well, here it is. Written by Nonaka Hiiragi, and published in 1998.
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that feature Frank Zappa on the cover, or inside the magazine.
thanks to slime.oofytv.set ! |
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March 29, 2003, DJ Shadow did a 2 hour mix on BBC 1 radio during a John Peel show. He used a Zappa sample in his mix. The show was made available as a 2 CD set through his official fanclub in a limited edition of 1000 copies. Shortly thereafter, unofficial (bootleg) copies showed up, both on CD and on vinyl.
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I added a solo album to Allan Zavod's discography. Didn't
know he had made one. It's from 1980, and called "What's New".
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| zapp! by michael gray (1986, book, italy, arcane editrice)
Here's another addition to the huge pile of books that has been
written about Frank Zappa.
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Dal Pianeta Talento have a new website:
http://www.ivirtuosidalpianetatalento.com they have a couple of audio and one video track available for download
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Pulp To Pulpby Slev Uunofski-> http://www.rijksbinnenhaven.nl/pulp2pulp/index.htm
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I added a couple of album covers to the RTC
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Here's another nice find by Hans-Peter
Schmidt. The Coffin Break "Cry" single has a picture of Zappa
on the back-cover of the picture sleeve.
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Box - Later Works" and it looks beautiful. Nothing new, just very,
very beautiful.
frank zappa:
zappa box - later works
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2007 08 05 Shankar is Shenkar http://www.myspace.com/shenkarworld And -- Bill Flynn (AKA Bill Not Lantz from affz)
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message from Kilissa Cissoko (sax, flute & vocals for the Voice
Of Cheez !!)
Check this out, it's great :
2007 08 31 Hey there!... check it out... I found a cool mp3 player for my website from ReverbNation.com (anybody can get one...it's free) Still working on the CD... little by little... held up by frustrating computer hard-drive and software issues this summer!... I am NOT ready to go back to teaching!!! In the meanwhile... listen here: http://www.kilissa.com/pages/music.html feedback always appreciated! peace
& love!
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I'm
glad to tell you that, August 31, I started my weekly Zappa program in
classical channel of Estonian Radio - Klassikaraadio. This
half-hour program is called Apostroof (Apostrophe) and is aired every
Friday at 19:30 GMT, re-aired on Saturday at 9:05 GMT. The program is in Estonian and you can listen it live via internet http://www.klassikaraadio.ee/index.php?lang=eng&main_id=418 Every
week I'm playing songs from one album. Current plan is:
-- Avo Raup
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The
Sublime spin-off band, Long Beach Dub All-Stars,(same band minus the
lead singer cuz he's dead) play the I'm the Slime riff in the intro to
their song Luke on the album Wonders of the World.
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2007 09 09 upcoming shows
Welcome our new 'southern' team-mates (The Dans) Danny 'Bam' Halperin Dan 'Omite' Cowlin and finally, the long awaited return... New T-shirts are available!!! Thanks Greg!!! arf! ps;
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2007 06 08 Lol Coxhill, Alex Maguire & The Wrong Object October 27, Lol Coxhill, Alex Maguire & The Wrong Object will be performing at 'De Singer' in Rijkevorsel, Belgium. I mentioned this gig a couple of weeks ago. As you can see, the line-up has changed: Alex Maguire (keyboards, piano) will join Coxhill & TWO on stage.
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do Comercio entry.
Their latest
album,"Iblussom",
includes two Zappa compositions!
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The Jim Musil Combo recorded a track called 'Grunion Run' and released it on 7". Dispite what you may read elsewhere, there is no Zappa involvement. Zappa also wrote a song called 'Grunion Run', but the Jim Musil song is written by Musil & Clingman. It's a completely different song. -- picture of the label: Hans-Peter Schmidt
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2007 08 06, Fred wrote: We
can finally confirm Napoleon will perform with Bogus Pomp on October 27
at Zappaween. As those of you who have seen Napi with BP in the past
will agree, he is an outstanding performer and is perfect for the
Zappaween style show. The show will be at The State Theater and I will
do my best to try to secure priority seating for those who sign up for
the sponsorship offer in connection with the Gulfport show. I
saw the Zappa Plays Zappa show 4 times last year and Napoleon was the
clear star of that tour. We are lucky to have him back with Bogus Pomp
again. More
details to come. Fred
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"I have recently found an original
cassette by Tim Blake & Jean Philippe Rykiel entitled
"Waterfalls In Space" - very rare nowadays - released by
G.A.S. (Gong Appreciation Society) in 1979. So I've added another title to the Others Of Invention section:
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| MOJO 167 / OCTOBER 2007 On sale: September 5 Cover: PINK FLOYD: the CD includes 'Who Are The Brain Police?' (F.Zappa) -- info by StatusBaby over at the Zappateers site |
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Jack and Jim (Jimmy Carl Black and Eugene Chadbourne) are touring: from Eugene Chadbourne's website - http://www.eugenechadbourne.com/ THE
JACK AND JIM SHOW - THINK 69 JACK
AND JIM / JIMMY CARL BLACK AND EUGENE CHADBOURNE - THINK 69 TOUR,
BUSHWORLD LEG
THE
THINK 69 TOUR RESUMES OUT WEST
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2007 09 07 - steve vai newsletter Visual
Sound Theories - Out September 18! Steve's
long-awaited and much anticipated DVD, Visual Sound Theories will be
released through Sony/Epic on September 18, 2007. This DVD features the
live performances from the Aching Hunger concerts with the Holland
Metropole Orchestra in July 2005. With
a total running time of over 2 hours, the DVD includes 14 tracks in both
stereo and 5.1 surround sound:
Bonus
features include:
Exclusive
Vai Concert Photographs For Sale! We're excited to announce a great new service from
Vai.com and our friends at Front Row Center! Starting after our first show in Las Vegas NV, you'll
be able to purchase artist-authorized professional photos from the Steve
Vai concert YOU attended. These high-quality photos can be purchased
online from the Front Row Center store and will be shipped to you within
2-3 weeks. We will also have limited edition photo mats hand-signed by
Steve Vai and ready for framing. These are true photographic prints (not
inkjet or dye-sublimation prints) and are available in two sizes:
8"x10" and 11"x14". Photos are printed on
high-quality Fuji Crystal Archive photographic paper with longevity of
up to 200 years. These photos are taken by official Vai Photographer and
Art Director Michael Mesker, who shoots the whole show and has access to
all areas of the stage and dressing rooms, allowing him to capture
unique shots that press and freelance photographers cannot. Check the
Vai.com homepage for examples of the kinds of shots that will be
available as the US tour progresses. You can subscribe to Front Row Center's e-reminder
email service for regular updates on show galleries and photos as they
become available by clicking here. For more information on how the Front Row Center
service works, visit their website at FRCphotos.com. The
Vai.com Tour Diary Visit the brand-new Vai.com Tour Diary regularly while
we're on the road for photos, videos, mobile/iPhone posts and blog
entries from Steve, Mikey and the entire band. EVO
Premium Experience - Upgrade Tickets EVO Premium Experience tickets for the upcoming Sound
Theories tour in the USA and Canada are still available as a TICKET
UPGRADE for some venues through Vai.com, but are selling fast. You will need to buy a regular ticket to the show
through Ticketmaster which you can then UPGRADE to EVO Premium through
our Vai.com EVO Ticket store. Please note that the EVO Upgrade will not give you
preferred seating. You will sit in the seat specified on your ticket -
however you will need to arrive at the venue at 3:30pm on the day of the
show. If you have been considering buying an EVO Premium
Experience ticket, don't miss out! If you have questions about the EVO
Experience, please visit the EVO Experience 2007 FAQ Thread on our
message board. We'll try to answer your questions as quickly as
possible. Fans in South America should keep checking Vai.com in
the coming days for details of EVO South America. Check the Tour Dates
below for dates and venue information. Steve
Vai USA & South America Tour Dates 2007
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2007 09 08 Project/Object
With Napoleon Murphy Brock Performing Hot
Off 2006 ZPZ Tour Legendary Zappa Frontman Napoleon Murphy Brock
Prepares to Amaze Audiences Once Again 2007/09/08
(New York, NY) Project/Object, the acclaimed and internationally known
Frank Zappa repertoire band, is back with its "Fall Surge for Zappa
Music" tour, October 10 thru 24, 2007. With former Zappa
vocalist/saxophonist Napoleon Murphy Brock as the focal point of this
particular installment of Project/Object, longtime fans can expect a
unique and fresh lineup from the seasoned touring band - highlighting
not only material from Brock's albums and tours with Zappa that started
in 1974 - but also many tracks people have not heard him sing before.
Napoleon's soulful vocals, and "exotic dancing" as Frank used
to call it -- will help make Project/Object's fall tour a phenomenon.
Brock is fresh off his lengthy stint as lead vocalist for Dweezil
Zappa's ZPZ tour, and with Project/Object he just played the highlight
set to record attendance at the annual Zappanale festival in Germany in
August 2007. Project/Object
has reached a whole new generation of critical music fans, helping to
promote, publicize and keep the spirit of Frank Zappa's music alive
through their concerts. Best of all, the band has played with well over
a dozen of Zappa's most important alumni in at least 28 states, as well
as Canada and Germany. Project/Object continually seeks to celebrate
this successful insurgency into the minds of so many brand new young
fans, as well as seasoned Zappa listeners. Featuring!!!
Project/Object
formed in the early '90s in New Jersey. After building a fan base in the
tri-state area, Project/Object decided to take their show on the road,
performing Zappa's music in more cities and larger venues, with a
growing set list from every era of Zappa's 30-year recording career. The
band strives to stay true to Frank's vision of constantly challenging
the musicians and the audiences. Since
1998, when the band first took their act on the road, the following
Zappa/Mothers alumni have performed with the band: Napoleon Murphy
Brock, Ike Willis, Jimmy Carl Black, Ray White, Don Preston, Bunk
Gardner, Denny Walley, Mike Keneally, Arthur Barrow, Ed Mann, Roy
Estrada, Billy Mundi and even Al Malkin. Other notable artists they've
collaborated with include Phish's Jon Fishman, Capt. Beefheart/Jeff
Buckley guitarist Gary Lucas, Chuck Garvey, Al Schnier and Jim Loughlin
of moe, New York City big band leader and "Zappologist" Ed
Palermo, and Dweezil Zappa drummer Jerry Cucurullo. Frank
Zappa was extremely influential to many musicians and bands, from The
Beatles, Todd Rundgren, Alice Cooper and Yes to many 'jam bands',
including Phish, moe and Umphrey's McGee. While many jam band fans are
aware that Frank Zappa was influential, they are largely unfamiliar with
his music. Of those who are familiar, many were too young to have seen
him in concert. Project/Object, with the inclusion of former Zappa
frontman Napoleon Murphy Brock, is the closest they will get to the live
Zappa experience, and the band has been enjoying increasing support from
this growing scene. For
more information, please visit www.projectobject.com
(the music of Frank Zappa live!) Confirmed
Tour Dates: Project/Object
With Napoleon Murphy Brock October
2007
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tonight, saturday september 8 in 'Theater aan het Spui', in The Hague, NL at 20:00 h Kees van Kooten in Concert texts:
Kees van Kooten / music: Corrie van Binsbergen
2007/09/08 Kees van Kooten - concert 'Theater aan het Spui', in The Hague, NL
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Just
wanted to let all the Zappa fans in the Seattle area know about
this one! We will also be screening a variety of Bruce's films throughout the month, so be sure to check our MySpace calendar (www.myspace.com/christoffgallery) for screening times. Bruce will also be on site off and on during the month working on on new projects, so be sure to stop in and say hi. Lastly, we'll be expanding our hours this month to accommodate the demand for this show and will be open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from Noon to 5pm in addition to our normal evening and weekend hours. Help spread the word
and make sure to check out this exhibit! A definite must see for any
Zappa fans!
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all if u are in or around NY, check out the MAILORDER MONSTERS groupshow at deitch projects; http://www.deitch.com/projects/sub.php?projId=221&orient=v some of the people in it; tomoo gokita, joe grillo, dennis tyfus, francine spiegel, ben jones... etc! it opens this thursday september 6. best
wishes
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New
free album download on WM Recordings: 3Sacchetti
- Bora! Bora! Mr. Motto An
Italian mixture of jazz, klezmer, hardcore, noise and general
weirdness. Also:
more than 50 of our releases can now be downloaded/streamed/tagged on
Last.fm: best
wishes,
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As
posted on the zappa forum (by brainpang about a week ago): Here's
a weird one for over-the-top collectors: Apparently FZ was on the Spahn
Ranch raid and suspect and arrest list from 1969!? The
inclusion of FZ can probably be explained by the fact that an associate
of "The Family," named Frank Longo, went by the alias Frank Zappa.
At least that's my guess. I
wonder if the cops paid Frank a visit? Freaky! MANSON
FILE VOL. 5 (160 pp.) $20.00
(Spahn Ranch raid and suspect and arrest list - includes Frank Zappa, 66
mug shots and intriguing list of every homicide in Ramparts Division
from '70-'77) http://aes-nihil.com/manson.html - |
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Scruteiros
de plantão , neste domingo dia 02 de setembro , mais um show Zappa pra
abençoar a vinda da primavera . Como sempre , com repertório diferente
... Aviso
importante : o show começará PONTUALMENTE às 21,00hs. Café
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A couple of weeks ago, and thanks to John Kaminski, I wrote: Trailer for the up coming documentary on Carl O. Franzoni by David Borboa. www.DavidBorboa.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8soJk00V_n8 David Borboa is currently seeking funding to complete this project. Go to his website and donate, or e-mail him suggestions at his website. David Borboa added: I've
documented FRANZONI over a period of 3 2 4 years. this movie has been
made completly backwards, much how are lives continue 2 be. FRANZONI has
had a major impact on Rock n Roll that knowbody really gives a fuck or
cares 2 remember. Por
Vida , Frank Zappa & Carl Franzoni DAVID BORBOA , PURO SLUM LIFE - |
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Upcoming
Keneally appearances Mike
Keneally Solo
Acoustic at the Acoustic
Alliance Sunday,
September 9, 2007 Mike
Keneally Band (Mike
Keneally, Rick Musallam, Doug Lunn & Marco Minnemann) Saturday,
September 22, 2007 Mike
Keneally Band Friday,
September 28, 2007 Mike
Keneally Saturday,
October 13, 2007 Mike
Keneally Saturday,
October 20, 2007
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2007 08 29 - the keneallist GELDERN, GERMANY, August 18, 2007: Mike's first European solo concert was presented, fittingly, at the debut of Burkhard Hennen's Offside Open International New Music Festival, in a delightful outdoor summer environment. The 70-minute performance saw Mike employing guitars and piano, sometimes simultaneously. In addition to a few Keneally catalog gems not often played, Mike previewed some music from his upcoming Scambot project. A
Word From Not Mike Hi,
it's me, Scott, the man behind the (mostly metaphorical) curtain! After
toddling around the globe like some kinda wind-up musical monkey man,
Mr. Mike is enjoying an extremely well-deserved few days off doing
Disneyland-type stuff. There's lots of new MK eventage on the horizon,
including some just-added shows (see below), among them two very unique
performances in Europe, an acoustic showcase, the good ol' Baked Potato,
and a music-lover's dream at Alva's. Mike will tell you a bunch more
when he returns, and he may even opt to spill the beans on that
"metal" announcement he's been coyly hinting about. Now,
please listen-- there are only three days left in MooseMart Month, so
make sure you don't miss the chance to save 10% on any purchase of $40
or more at MooseMart. Check out the grey box to the left for details. Okay,
it's back to work for me, helping to make a better future for everyone
(except that one guy). Until
next we meet, --Scott Keneally
reissues 'overflowing' By
Bill Colrus, Chattanooga Pulse August
16, 2007 Even
if he'd never gotten the chance to join Frank Zappa's touring band in
1988, Mike Keneally's prodigious guitar and keyboard chops would have
eventually landed him on the national stage anyway. The fact remains,
however, that Keneally did get his first big gig in Zappa's band, and
his extremely varied and accomplished solo career in the years since has
never quite completely shaken the influence of his late mentor. Nowhere
is that influence more evident than on his first two solo albums, 1992's
.hat and 1994's Boil That Dust Speck. Keneally
says .hat is "the sound of somebody who can't believe he's finally
being allowed to make a real live solo album." Like much of Zappa's
catalog, the album's 25 tracks jump and straddle genres from anthem rock
to funk, ballads, musical theatre, and any number of impossibly
intricate compositions designed to test the talents of both he and his
equally virtuosic sidemen-- creating a collection that is as catchy and
silly as it is challenging and invigorating. Recorded
amidst the backdrop of the deaths of both Zappa and Keneally's father,
Boil That Dust Speck is a tad darker affair, but is no less ferocious or
appealing than its predecessor. And while Keneally says in the liner
notes that comedy "wasn't so much a concern" on this record,
the spaces between serious and multi-layered tunes like "Land of
Broken Dreams" and "'Cause of Breakfast" are sprinkled
with a handful of hilarious ditties like the being-crushed-by-a-tree-,
bee sting-, and dental work-fearing campfire sing-along, "I
Will," and the prog rock inside joke, "Faithful Axe," on
which Keneally does his best nonsensical Jon Anderson impression while
whipping through 41 different Yes riffs in a song that's not quite 90
seconds long.
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collection:
A Geronimo Black 7" from New Zealand !!
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on the right, a picture of the label of
Another obscure 7" from a band that recorded a Zappa composition.
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| Well, I did mention Volumes One and Two the
last week, so it's only logical to conclude with Volume Three.
Again, the album offers some 6 tracks, most of which are unavailable.
The biggest part is taken by 'For Elsie', the Residents' play on
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Zappa
Plays Zappa - Australia Nov/Dec 2007 Steve
Vai will be coming to Australia as a special guest on the Zappa Plays
Zappa tour in late November/early December. Zappa
plays Zappa features Dweezil Zappa on lead guitar, and a phenomenal
backing band including Joe Travers (drums), Billy Hulting (percussion),
Scheila Gonzalez (keyboards, saxophone, vocals), Aaron Arntz
(keyboards/trumpet), Pete Griffin (bass) and Jamie Kime (rythm guitar).
Special guests on this tour of Australia include original Zappa band
members: guitar virtuoso Steve Vai and vocalist Ray White who performed
on countless Zappa albums and tours. The
dates are:
Tickets
go on sale through ticketmaster.com.au on September 6. Check the Vai.com
Tour Dates page for updated info and ticketing links. Please note that Steve Vai is a guest performer on this tour and does not appear on stage for the entire show. This is not a solo Vai show and will not include EVO tickets. Sound Theories aftershow passes are NOT valid on this tour.
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Wrong Object did two concerts in the UK, with special guest
Annie Whitehead on trombone.
Here's the setlist for the 2007/04/26 concert:
Michel Delville: guitar, electronics, vocals
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| "Mother's Home Journal" must have
been one of the earliest Zappa fanzines around. It was published by
Craig and Madelaine Pinkus in Indiana, USA, in the early seventies!! I don't know how
many issues got published, but probably not many more than seven...
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| mother's home journal no.3
Published in July 1972. The issue:
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| mother's home journal no.5
published in September 1972, the cover MHJ V features Aaron Zappa
Bennett Pinkus. Further in this issue:
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| mother's home journal no.6
published in March / April 1973. 12 pages The issue:
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| mother's home journal no.7
published in October 1973. 10 pages The issue:
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MUFFIN MEN GERMAN TOUR DATES - update
The Muffin Men homepage, also has three mp3 radio shows for your enjoyment: Check out http://www.muffinmen.co.uk/
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2007/10/20 "Frank Zappa Kongres 2007"
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RAINER TANKRED PAPPON |
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PROXIMAMENTE Tony
Moliterni & Sul Divano Presentan
su Música e interpretan a Frank Zappa
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Brainpang says: ...
stumbled across the following on a Tom Waits site. Ain't
never heard about it before. It's a footnote, but check out the whole
thing for yourself. Best,
bp http://www.tomwaitslibrary.com/extras/cops.html Terran T. Steinhart: "1974-1981: Associate of music business lawyer, Martin Cohen, then partner in Cohen and Steinhart, Hollywood. Handled all of the entertainment litigation, trials and appeals, and did some music business transactional work. Handled litigation matters for various music producers, personal managers, private record labels, songwriters and artists, including artists of note: Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, Bobby Womack, Eric Burdon, George Duke, and John Mayall. The more memorable trials in this era include: representing Frank Zappa against Alice Cooper for breach of contract and unfair competition; representing Tom Waits against Los Angeles County for law enforcement abuse at Duke's Restaurant (nicknamed by Tom, Dukeing it Out at Duke's)." (Copied from: Steinhartlaw.com. Copyright Terran T. Steinhart 1999, All Rights Reserved) |
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Eazy Teeth was a project of Paul Young, Robert Williams and Tito Larriva. Don Van Vliet did the artwork of their "Car Noise / Her Blade" 7" from 1980. Below are the pictures of the front and back cover, as well of the labels. -- info & pictures: Hans-Peter Schmidt |
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Here's the complete list of dates for the Yuripean ZpZ
tour, including the Düsseldorf gig on October 2 !
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a message from RalphAmerica Hi
Rez Friends: ...remember that there is a new Residents release coming from Mute in October. Ralph will be doing a special promotional presale for Voice of Midnight, and it'll be one that you won't want to miss. The presale package will have something very special. But it's still shrouded in mystery. I can tell you what it will NOT be: The bonus item will NOT be a shirt, a poster, a wristband, a mousepad, pad thai, Edweena's Mushrooms, or a baby's arm holding an apple. But it certainly WILL be BONUS. So before you preorder with any other online retailer, remember the BONUS that you'll miss that will not be available from that particular online retailer. Just sayin... More exciting Ralph stuff coming...stay tuned... The
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Dear
all, this
is my latest video new on U Tube. This video contains material which a
truly free society would neither fear nor suppress. Do not take any
biological or chemical drugs before watching this video. It may confuse
your database. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NxwNw7YB9LI - |
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| This second volume of The Residents' "Best Left Unspoken" series, included another batch of 'hard-to-find' and unreleased items. Food for hardcore Rezfanatics? Well, ... probably, yes. But it's still an excellent addition to your Residents collection, and as these are only released in limited quantity, you might not want to wait too long... | |
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after the last date of the most recent leg of Zappa Plays Zappa, we are
pleased to pronounce that not only is the CD, The Dub Room
Special now shipping to a mailbox near you and live at Barfko-Swill
(12:00 PST), but here are some new dates for the Tour
de Frank in Europe and another large continent. Maybe even two. And speaking of two, as in altogether and including, you should expect to hear with your two ears more fabulousness from The Vault ere the dawning of a new year in which to vote in these here parts. xxx, the barfies |
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often enough in this webthing... What these guys (and girls) do, keeps amazing me. The last year or so, The Residents have collected various more or less rare recordings, and released them in their "Best Left Unspoken" series. Three volumes have been released so far, each in a limited edition of 1000 copies. One can argue wether or not these albums add enough 'new' material to
the Residents fan, as most Residents fans buy almost everything the band
releases, and the "Unspoken" series only includes a handful of
previously unreleased material...
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| BigElectricChat the adrian belew e-newsletter august 17, 2007 ADRIAN BELEW POWER TRIO TOUR (SUMMER 2007) ADRIAN'S ELEPHANT BLOG STILL GOING STRONG LOTS OF DOWNLOADS AT STOREBELEW ADRIAN BELEW POWER TRIO TOUR (SUMMER 2007) Adrian, Julie, and Eric will be braving the heat and hitting the streets in August thru September. Don't miss them.
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Here's a great way to raise money for charity: http://www.cmarket.com/catalog/itemDetail.do?ID=274f486554a4a5aa23983423ef4dabd6 Check it out !! AN INCREDIBLE TWO-HOUR ZAPPA AUDIO SNACK! The winning bidder will be allowed an exclusive visit to The Vault at Utility Muffin Research Kitchen (UMRK) in Los Angeles, famously, the home of all Frank Zappa Masters. An opportunity to be one of the few insiders in history, but more importantly, you will be the personal guest of Gail Zappa and Joe Travers (Vaultmeister & Drummer for Zappa Plays Zappa, starring Dweezil Zappa) to tour The Vault and listen to selections of Zappa music that have not been previously released. -- info through the zappateers site
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L'Ensemble de Basse-Normandie is an 18-piece, professional orchestra: 12 string instruments, 5 wind instruments and 1 piano. The orchestra is conducted by Jean Luc Rimey-Meille. January 2008, the ensemble will do a tour entitled "The Big Note - Frank Zappa Alchimiste". For these concerts, a number of extra instruments will be added: guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, percussion, trumpet and a trombone. The pieces to be performed include:
the orchestra:
the added musicians:
concerts
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Dieter Jakob's vinyl bootleg bible is scheduled to be out & ready to
ship somewere at the end of September.
This will be one big book...
The
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According to cekman, over at the zappateers site, the audio CD of
"The Dub Room Special" is out and available at the ZpZ shows.
tracklist
total time: 64:28 liner notes by Gail Zappa, and by Peppers guitarist John Frusciante Gail Z also announced it on the Z dot com forum in her own cryptic way: "Yes! These are yer ackshul tape segments from the Vault, floor, reels of UMRK. Live on the road until 24 August." which should translate into something like: the album is available at the ZpZ shows until August 24, and, if you look closely, the cd-case includes a little piece of actual tape ! (nice touch)
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I have to keep repeating it. This is one hell of a project:
http://idiotbastard.bravehost.com/20xIBS.htm Check it out. |
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Over at the Zappateers site, arriverderci.roma1 pointed out a couple of concerts, including one by Giovanni Mancuso...
November 2003, the Ensemble Laboratorio Novamusica, conducted by Giovanni Mancuso, did a project called "ZZZZ...ZAPPAZORN!" with music and films by John Zorn and Frank Zappa. These concerts took place in Padova and in Venice. 2006/05/10, Italian composer and pianist Giovanni Mancuso played a concert entitled "You Can't Do That On Piano Anymore" in which he performed various Frank Zappa compositions. The picture on the right was borrowed from the Laboratorio Novamusica website and shows Giovanni Mancuso and Cecilia Vendrasco.
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Mancuso's latest project is called "OBRA MAESTRA", an opera inspired by Frank Zappa. The music is written by Giovanni Mancuso, the libretto is by Pilar Garcia.
The performances will premiere at
concerts "ZZZZ...ZAPPAZORN!"
"You Can't Do That On Piano Anymore"
"Obra Maestra" - Giovanni Mancuso / Pilar Garcia / OTLiS (Orchestra del Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto)
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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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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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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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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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