ONLINE PETITION

Let's make it clear to the ZFT that we don't agree with how they're dealing with zappa devoted websites, bands that play zappa's music and festivals where they play zappa's music.

www.petitiononline.com/ZFT/

We endorse the Aggressive Action by the Zappa Family Trust Petition to Zappa Family Trust.

Read the Aggressive Action by the Zappa Family Trust Petition

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ZAPPANALE CHECK-LIST

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2008/08/15 - 2008/08/17 concert "Zappanale", Bad Doberan Germany

• 2008/08/15 Underground Sensation - 14.00 h

• 2008/08/15 The Wrong Object w. guest Stanley Jason Zappa - 15.30 h

• 2008/08/15 The Paul Green School Of Rock, feat. D;Walley - 17.30h

• 2008/08/15 Indukti - 19.30 h

• 2008/08/15 The Bogus Pomp Semi Acoustic Orchestra - 21.30 h

• 2008/08/15 Electric Orange - 00.00 h
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• 2008/08/16 Panzerballet - 12.00 h

• 2008/08/16 Elliot Levin - 14.00 h

• 2008/08/16 Delicious Band Research Kitchen - 16.00 h

• 2008/08/16 Low Budget Research Kitchen - 18.00h

• 2008/08/16 quiz (Ben Watson)

• 2008/08/16 Alamaailman Vasarat - 20.00 h

• 2008/08/16 Zappa Circus - 22.00 h

• 2008/08/16 The Paul Green School Of Rock - 00.00 h
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• 2008/08/17 UZVA - 11.00 h

• 2008/08/17 Jazzprojekt Hundehagen - 13.00 h

• 2008/08/17 Fattore Zeta - 15.00 h

• 2008/08/17 Stanley Jason Zappa's "The New Texture Pantonal Fellowship" - 17.00 h

• 2008/08/17 Finnish Zappa Tribute Band feat. N.M.Brock, Denny Walley, Jason Zappa - 20.00 h

• 2008/08/17 final jam
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from http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,573478,00.html

The Legal Battle for Rock Legacy

By Sebastian Knauer

The Zappa Family Trust may be willing to compromise in its legal battle against the annual Frank Zappa festival Zappanale in northern Germany. And when it comes to battling Bach, the rock legend's heirs have changed course.

It was an unlikely spot for music history to be written. The scene was room 157 of a state courthouse in the Western German town of Düsseldorf on Wednesday. There, lawyers for the two sides were asked to present their sides of the story -- a story which pitted the Zappa Family Trust against the annual German music festival Zappanale.

It is far from the first courtroom appearance for the Los Angeles-based Zappa Family Trust (ZFT), which is headed up by rock legend Frank Zappa's widow Gail. Indeed, the group has set its German and American lawyers on all manner of different bands and cover groups that have dedicated themselves to Zappa's musical legacy.

The case against the founders of Zappanale (more at http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,546288,00.html ), which takes place every year in the north-eastern German town of Bad Doberan, is more complicated. It is a case about trademark rights and copyright -- of Zappa songs, of Zappa products, and of the famous Zappa moustache, a slightly altered version of which the not-for-profit Zappanale uses in its promotional materials. The Düsseldorf legal practice of Reimann, Osterrieth, Köhler, Haft argues on behalf of the Zappa Family Trust that the Zappanale should not be allowed to use the Zappa name on any of the T-shirts or CD's sold at the festival. Indeed, the lawyers argue, the festival shouldn't be able to use the Zappa name at all.

'Hurdles in Our Path'

In November, the plaintiffs demanded that the organizers of the Zappanale be forced to pay a €250,000 penalty or be sent to jail for two years should the festival or the related "Arf-Society" refuse to comply. Despite the threat, 18 bands took to the stage in the 19th annual Zappanale last weekend.

Following the Wednesday arguments in Düsseldorf, it is now up to the court to find an adequate solution -- one that weighs both the interests of Zappa's legacy and that of the Zappanale -- the "biggest Zappa festival in the world," the organizers claim. The Zappanale people also claim that Frank Zappa himself gave his backing to the festival during a meeting in the 1990s in Amsterdam. Some in Zappa's family will deny the meeting ever took place, but Wolfhard Kutz, the Zappanale treasurer, says it is time for Gail Zappa to give up.

"His widow should finally stop putting hurdles in our path and help us further promote this fantastic music," he says. Kutz, who grew up in East Germany, was even persecuted by the East German secret police, the Stasi, for being a Zappa fan. In his file, which SPIEGEL has seen, it says that Kutz "knows how to influence the youth with Zappa."

Such moral arguments, though, carry little weight in the courtroom. But the Zappanale may not need them. Early on in the proceedings, the defendants pointed out that the Zappa Family Trust trademark may not still be valid in Germany. The ZFT only sells its products online and buyers may only pay in US dollars. There is no ZFT office anywhere in Europe.

"That makes things interesting," says Zappanale spokesman Thomas Dippel. Dippel is also president of the Arf Society, which is intimately involved in organizing the Zappanale. He and his lawyers have now filed a counter-claim asking the court to declare the Zappa trademark to have expired, retroactive to August 1, 2007. If trademarks aren't used for five years, they are lost, and Zappanale argues that the Zappa Family Trust has not been using the trademark in Germany. Were the court to agree, Zappa's moustache would become the property of Zappanale. ZFT lawyers have responded by asking for another hearing, one which Gail Zappa herself might fly in for.

'We Are Zappa Fans'

The two sides now have some six weeks to come up with an out-of-court settlement. And the Zappa Family Trust may be willing to compromise. ZFT lawyers now say that the Zappanale can use the Zappa name if they brand the festival as "Zappa music and more." Johannes Vogel, a lawyer for Zappanale, isn't convinced. "They want to see money. That's it," he told SPIEGEL ONLINE.

Dippel and Kutz, for their part, insist that they are not interested in denying Gail Zappa's right to protect the Zappa legacy from abuse. The festival pays the requisite fees for each and every song performed in Bad Doberan. Organizers also make sure that all taxes are covered for the international numbers that fly in for the party, many coming from as far away as the US, South America and Asia. Indeed, each year the Zappanale doesn't lose money is considered a success. "We haven't become millionaires so far," says Dippel. "We are Zappa fans."

The festival has, however, begun looking beyond the site in Bad Doberan. Last week, Zappanale organizers put on a show at St. Katharinen church in Hamburg called "Zappa Plays for Bach." Some 600 guests showed up for a performance of variations on the famous Goldberg Variations. Indeed, improvisation is one quality Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) shares with his colleague Frank Zappa (1940-1993).

All proceeds from the concert went to the Hamburg foundation Stiftung Johann Sebastian, which is trying to raise money to recondition a Barock organ on which Bach played in 1720. And it was a fantastic show -- with nine musicians from the Florida group Bogus Pomp playing together with the former Zappa saxophone player Napoleon Murphy Brock putting on pieces ranging from "Absolutely Free Medley" to "Chunga's Revenge" to "Idiot Bastard Son."

But prior to the show, the Stiftung Johann Sebastian also received a letter from Zappa Family Trust lawyers threatening legal measures if the performance went ahead. The ZFT mistakenly thought that the church was planning a performance of Zappa's orchestral work "Yellowshark," and the letter warned that Gail Zappa had not given her permission for such a performance.

'Victory of Music over Legalese'

"It is always difficult to deal with widows who manage the legacy of their husbands," says Karsten Jahnke, one of Germany's largest event organizers. All too often, he says, money becomes the primary goal.

Even Stanley Jackson Zappa, a nephew of Frank Zappa's who played tenor saxophone at this year's Zappanale finds his aunt's efforts "crazy and sick." A big band collaboration between a German radio station and the London conductor Colin Towns likewise had to be torpedoed. The distribution of a CD with Zappa arrangements was stopped after a legal challenge.

"Bach and Zappa are gods for me. A combination of the two is a fantastic idea I think," says experienced concert organizer Fritz Rau, who came to Hamburg for the show. Rau has had his hand in tours by such big names as the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan and also helped out with a Frank Zappa tour once. Rau hopes that the Düsseldorf trial will result in a "victory of music over legalese."

SUN RA'S SOUND OF JOY

• sun ra: sound of joy
      (1968, lp, usa, delmark ds-414)
  
  • I'm adding little snippets of Sun Ra while I'm listening to it. Here's "Sound Of Joy", re-released on cd in 1994.

MORE NEWS FROM WEIRDOMUSIC

In 2006, WM Recordings presented its first commercial release through iTunes, eMusic, and other e-stores.

And now, august 2008, WM Recordings released its first CD: "Handle With Care - Might Panic" from Danish band Panicphobia.

Available from CDBaby and from www.wmrecordings.com

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STEVE VAI NEWSLETTER 2008 07 14

2008 07 14

Steve Vai - "Naked Tracks"

Naked Tracks Vol. 1-5, is a series of recording packages that contain mixes of Steve's songs without the lead guitars. They are offered as "play along tracks." Included are select backing tracks from Passion and Warfare, Sex & Religion, Alien Love Secrets, Fire Garden, The Ultra Zone, Alive In An Ultra World, Real Illusions: Reflections and others.

Steve comments on the package: "Through the years, whenever I would mix my records I would usually do a mix of specific songs without the lead guitar. This allowed me to play along with the track or make loops to jam to, and because I figured perhaps someday maybe others would like to do the same. Voila! We have arrived at someday.

"Playing to these naked tracks, or creating loops of various sections, to endlessly meander over, is a phenomenal way to discover unique musical ideas from within yourself.

"When we are playing an instrument and our mind enters that exclusive elusive mental real estate of our own personal muse, it can result in a form of musical meditation.

"This series of play-along CDs is designed to help create an atmosphere of focus so you can shred yourself into a personally-induced inspirational nirvana.

"For the most part, the tracks in this series are presented in their original form with the lead guitar removed. In some cases I looped the solo sections to give you an opportunity to stretch out. I suggest you import these files into a sequencer program of sorts, (ProTools, Band, etc.) and create loops of various parts of the songs to jam over. It's an excellent way to develop your inner musical ear.

"All 5 disks will be offered together in one package at various retail stores, through Vai.com, or can be downloaded by various tracks or volumes at any of the online digital stores (such as the iTunes Music Store.)"

Keep checking Vai.com in the coming weeks for the Naked Tracks mini-site with information about each track, as well as links to download the tracks, or order the 5-CD package...       

K'm-Pee-Du-Wee - Live In Poland

Performing in countries through Eastern Europe is an adventure. We usually travel over night to the next city after the previous gig. In this situation we were coming from a gig in Vilnius, Lithuania and driving overnight for a day off in Katowice Poland. The day after that we had a show scheduled for Zabrze, Poland.

The video goals on the Real Illusions tour (among some other colorful celluloid exploits) was to capture a unique kind of performance for each song on the Real Illusions CD. Since K'm-Pee-Du-Wee was already released on a G3 DVD from Japan, I wanted to offer a different type of performance video other than a live concert setting for that song. Never having been to Katowice Poland (oddly enough), I thought it would be a cool idea to just show up and set up a little trio combo somewhere outside of the hotel in the street, unannounced, and just jam on K'm-Pee.

The band and crew were real sports about it. Mikey Mesker shot some entertaining footage and although the equipment we used to perform with looked a little anemic, it was mic'ed properly and heavily EQ-ed so the sound we captured is actually pretty good.

We just jammed through the song a few times and I cut it together. I think it turned out charming with some striking moments. The citizens of downtown Katowice took very little interest in what we were doing.

DIDN'T THEY KNOW WHO WE WERE???? Maybe not.

The full 12 minute version of "K'm-Pee-Du-Wee - Live In Poland" will be available through the iTunes Music Store very soon. In the meantime, check out a teaser trailer on the official Steve Vai YouTube Channel!

http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=OnjLyfj8nAg

We will also be making all of Steve's official promo videos available through iTunes, along with select cuts from the Live At The Astoria London DVD, and all videos from the Alien Love Secrets DVD.   

WEIRDOMUSIC DOT COM

Hi everyone,

Have you checked Weirdomusic.com lately?
Over the past few months our reviews section has exploded!

Check out reviews of albums by Freida Abtan, Sonny Bono, Bruce Haack, Idle Tigers, Nurse With Wound, Polka Floyd, Tangela Tricoli, Sun Ra, Frank Zappa and many more at http://www.weirdomusic.com/reviews.htm 

best wishes,

Marco Kalnenek

http://www.weirdomusic.com

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IT'S AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD

• sun ra and his infinity research arkestra: it's after the end of the world - live at the donaueschingen and berlin festivals
      (1971, lp, usa, mps)
  
  • Here's the cover and the data for Sun Ra's "It's After The End Of The World" album from 1971.
    A classic. Recorded live in concert in 1970!

-- info: Danny Mathys

NEW SUN RA RELEASES

new releases:

SUN RA - Live at the Electric Circus (NYC 1968) and Newport Jazz Festival (RI 1969)
(2CD, Transparency 0308)

Chronologically beginning the label's in-depth survey of the lesser-known psychedelic era of Sun Ra (1968-1971), these discs were painstakingly mastered from first and second generation passes of Michael Wilderman's original recordings. The Electric Circus show features an unknown female singer who was with the group prior to June Tyson.
The Arkestra on stage at Newport cover photo is published in high resolution for the first time.

SUN RA - Untitled Recordings
(CD, Transparency 0309)

A COMPLETELY UNKNOWN Quintet recording with Sun Ra, John Gilmore, Milford Graves, Andrew Cyrille, Don Moye from Prospect Park band shell in Brooklyn, June 1985 -- Plus two intimate recordings from "The House of Ra" in Philadelphia -- a rehearsal from 1978 and a jam from 1973.

Further info: 500 copies of the factory-made version The Complete Detroit Jazz Center Residency (Transparency 0307, 28CD) will also be available the first week of September -- so if you or someone you know needs this album, now is the time to reserve your or their copy. Just 60 dollars plus Priority Mail rates as listed above.

ZAPPATIKA VISITED ZAPPANALE

 + + ZAPPANALE FESTIVAL + +

a shitty little film about a really great festival

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=41267346

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CROSS CULTURAL DUB

a message from ZAPPATIKA:

so a recent common subject amongst us Muso's seems to be Cross Cultural Dub  - which is really cool

this odd little piece will open our DODO album and its a blend of Gregorian Chapel Singing with an old Indian Folk song.

The piece is called,aptly, "Gregor the Swami"

have a lovely sunday
wherever you am

ZAPPATiKA

check out http://www.myspace.com:80/zappatika

FATTORE ZETA AT ZAPPANALE

from Federico Pistelli's picture book:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29734304@N03/

JOE'S CAJUN GARAGE

a message from ZAPPATIKA:

our dear friend Dr Dot recently made a comment in a video about Accordions which set us to thinking about what would have happened if Joe had been born into a Cajun family in Louisiana.......growing up with washboards,mandolins,geetarz and of course...accordions

So here (especially for Dot  ; ) ..........   Joes Cajun Garage

(dont worry, this is just a bit of fun and NOT a new direction for Zappatika !)

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listen to it over at http://www.myspace.com:80/zappatika

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BICKFORD AND CUCCURULLO

The Cinefamily is an organization of movie lovers devoted to finding and presenting interesting and unusual programs of exceptional, distinctive, weird and wonderful films. The Cinefamily's goal is to foster a spirit of community and a sense of discovery, while reinvigorating the movie-going experience. Like campfires, sporting events and church services, we believe that movies work best as social experiences. They are more meaningful, funnier and scarier when shared with others. Our home is the Silent Movie Theatre, one of Hollywood's most beloved and beautiful cultural landmarks. There, The Cinefamily will provide a destination spot for Los Angelenos and others to rediscover the pleasures of cinema.

http://www.silentmovietheatre.com

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8/24 @ 7:30 & 9:30pm

Frank Zappa's The Amazing Mr. Bickford

The title is not an exaggeration. Bruce Bickford's art--a hallucinatory stop-motion amalgamation of Peter Pan, Ray Harryhausen, and The Wild Bunch--is nothing short of amazing. Frank Zappa first used the incredible talents of self-taught claymation wizard Bickford as visual companions to his music in the film Baby Snakes, and continued this collaboration in The Amazing Mr. Bickford. On the film's original VHS cover, Zappa exclaimed, "Bruce Bickford is a genius!...Few other home video products can compare with the years of effort and attention to detail contained in less than an hour of The Amazing Mr. Bickford. It is a show that will be watched again and again, freeze-framed, and gasped at for years to come." Bruce Bickford will be in attendance for a Q&A after this incredibly rare screening.

Dirs. Bruce Bickford & Frank Zappa, 1987, digital presentation, 60 min.

Tickets - $14/ $10 for members

8/26 @ 8pm

Cas'l and Other Unreleased Bruce Bickford Films

While the greater mass of animator Bruce Bickford's work seen by the public consists of the films he made while working for Frank Zappa, he never stopped working, either before or after his employ. We will screen some of Bruce's early Super-8 experiments as a teenager, as well as his unfinished 45-minute opus Cas'l, the inspired result of years of solitary work, featuring a live score by The Gaslamp Killer. Also, Bickford will perform on of his "blues raps", with musical accompaniment by Gerry Fialka.

additional info: Warren Cuccurullo will back up Bruce Bickford, and then play a short set after after the screening.

-- info: Herman, over at the Zappateers site

THE ZAPPANALE BONUS ALBUM

• various artists: zappanale #18
      (2008, 2cd, ger, arf society)
  
  • The first 500 people who bought a Zappanale ticket, received this great sampler as a gift.
    Beautiful!
    

  • larry 'wild man' fischer: "i'm famous in germany..."  (fischer)

  • don preston's akashic ensemble: ccc (central community crisis)  (chomondeley, jiosne, preston)

  • monty & the butchers: any downers  (zappa)

  • christophe godin and mörglbl: février afghan (godin)

  • i virtuosi dal pianeta talento: andy  (zappa)

  • project/object: big swifty   (zappa)

  • trigon: zeitgeist related accidents  (trigon)

  • kimono draggin': let's get bizet  (nolan, swirski, hatton)

  • octafish: nothing  (willers)

  • sex without nails bros.: uncle remus  (zappa)

  • polytoxicomane philharmonie: flight 858  (polytoxicomane philharmonie)

  • the great googly moogly: fifty-fifty  (zappa)

  • jazzprojekt hundehagen: black napkins  (zappa)

  • harmonia ensemble: king kong  ( zappa)

  • various artists (finale): eat that question  (zappa)

ZAPPANALE 18

• various artists: zappanale 18
      (2008, 2cd, ger, arf society)
  
  • This "Zappanale 18" double disc looks back at the 2007 edition of the festival. It includes a lot of hightlights, including Don Preston's Akashic Ensemble, Christophe Godin, Project/Object, Team Zappa, the Harmonia ensemble, the italian I Virtuosi band and Chad Wackerman, just to name my favorites.
    Superb!
    Another great job of the Greenaway / Campbell team, showing what an excellent festival the Arf Society puts together each year.

• various artists: zappanale 18 - retrospective
      (2008, dvd, ger, the arf society)
  
  • The "Zappanale 18 - Retrospective" is an impressive collection of video fragments. It includes snippets of most of the bands that performed at the festival, some little interviews and a bunch of pictures.
    With a total time of almost 160 minutes, this DVD will give you a fair impression of what it was like.
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    Fun, that's what it was. And great music. A lot of great music.
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  • you can order both the album and the dvd through the arf shop at www.arf-society.de

LES GEORGES LENINGRAD

• les georges leningrad: deux hot dogs moutarde chou
      (2002, cd, canada, les records coco cognac)
  
  • Garage rockband Les Georges Leningrad are from Montreal, Quebec. The covered The Residents' 'Constantinople' on their "Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde Chou" album from 2002. The album has been re-released at least once, and is also available for download through alien8.

-- info: Ive Hapers

THE CZECH FZ FANCLUB IN 1988

Info & pictures from Bohous !!

zappostrophe no.12   -  1988

tr.intv. n.goldwasser-fachblatt mm 4/87 - fz music inferno

zappostrophe no.13   -  1988

lp uncle meat + tr.lyrics + orig. booklet & transl.

zappostrophe no.14   -  1988

lp hot rats + tr.lyrics, mephisto in hollywood/time 31.10.69, gejzír/cs melodie´69, tr.the beef of the matte(?),        tr.intv.w.fz sounds 4/68 germany, nme 3.1.76, cuttings from dzuboks no 10/1.4.75 yugoslavia

zappostrophe no.15   -  1988

lp burnt weeny sandwich + tr.lyrics

zappostrophe no.16   -  1988

lp weasels ripped my flesh + tr.lyrics+ lp poster, fz filmography

zappostrophe no.17   -  1988

tr.rocky 11/80, int.w.r.dragoun(cz)keyb.player,composer, int.w.j.cerny music publicist,zappalog, report from 1st&2nd club meetings, tr.intv.w. s.vai-metal hammer 7/87

zappostrophe no.17bis   -  1988

only for club members and visitors of 3rd club meeting, transl. comics a.dister "stink foot"

zappostrophe no.18   -  1989

transl.tutti frutti no 21 7/84 italy, melodie(cs)2/88 dweezil z.havin´a bad day

zappostrophe no.19   -  1989

pf 1989, filmography p.2, transl.intv. b.woodard musician 3/87-fz the license to be a maniac

zappostrophe no.20   -  1989

lp chunga´s revenge + tr.lyrics, transl. florescent leach mm 9/72, rhino´s list lp s flo&eddie

zappostrophe no.21   -  1989

tr.intv.w.dweezil/metal hammer/crash 6/88, photovisit in gogo krampota´s zappa-archiv wien, transl.musician 9/88, transl. billboard 19.9.87

zappostrophe no.22   -  1989

transl.int.w.t. bozzio fachblatt 10/83, tr.int.w. fz audio no 5 5/88, tr.int.w. fz 10/84 me, tr.int.w.fz on cd musician 3/88 

zappa in wien, czech fans int.w.fz with photos 1988!!! & report about wien´s concert 82/84/88, two fz own hand message to czechoslovakian fans!

zappa under pirate flag! all about fz bootlegs

LBRK

2008 08

Two questions (who's counting?) for LBRK, just before their trip to Bad Doberan & the Zappanale festival:

UniMuta: How do you feel about playing at Zappanale? Is this the first LBRK concert outside Portugal?

Tony / LBRK: Yes, it is our first concert outside Portugal, and we are very happy to play at the Zappanale.
We can hardly think of any place more suitable than Bad Doberan to make our international debut! We are really looking forward to perform there.

UniMuta: Do you know any of the other bands that will be playing at Zappanale? Are there concerts you don't want to miss?

Tony / LBRK: Well, we don't know any of the bands. We want to attend at as much as we can, but I guess it will be impossible to see everybody. We will try at least not to miss any of the bands that play Frank Zappa's music as well as the musicians that played with him: Napoleon Murphy Brock and Denny Walley.

UniMuta: What can we expect from LBRK at Zappanale?

Tony / LBRK: Well, you can expect an instrumental octet playing our own versions of a bunch of Zappa's pieces. Most of them are organized in medleys in a somewhat zappian way. You can also expect some improvisation as well as some kind of experimentation inside Zappa's musical universe, in terms of arrangements. We also plan to do a couple of vocal tunes for the first time. (All our concerts were exclusively instrumental so far)

UniMuta: I'm looking forward to it. Thanks & see you in Bad Doberan.

LBRK (the Low Budget Research Kitchen) will be performing at the Zappanale festival on Saturday 2008/08/16, around 18:00 h.

ERIC SLICK

UniMuta: From a musician's point of view, what is Zappanale like, compared to other festivals?

Eric Slick: The biggest difference between Zappanale and all other festivals is the efficiency of the staff. The crew there is unbelievable and if there are any problems they tend to take care of them within minutes. Also, the backstage catering is by far the best of all the festivals I've played. As a vegetarian, I feel like I am provided with diverse and healthy options, instead of boring old veggie burgers (a predictable backstage find). Personally, my favorite part about the festival are the vendors, from the bearded man selling mead to the eccentric bootleggers selling the Miles Davis DVD's. You can't put a price on experiencing conversations with those people.

UniMuta: And for your 'experienced' part, what do you want to say to the PGSoR students that will be going to Zappanale?

Eric Slick:  Don't be nervous and don't rush the songs. I can't tell you how many times I've done that at Zappanale. Have at least one alcoholic drink and just tell Paul you're loopy from the flight. Eat as many pastries from that amazing cafe near the hostel as you can. They don't make pastries like that in the U.S.A. Finally, you guys may have played Lollapalooza, Kidzapalooza, and whatever...that's great and all....but remember one thing - Zappanale is a way of life.

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MATS & MORGAN

• mats / morgan: trends and other diseases
      (2008, cd, usa, cuneiform rune 267)
  
  • Keyboard virtuoso Mats Öberg and drummer Morgan Ågren have been playing together since their childhood, formed Frank Zappa coverband Zapp-Stee-Toot, and even did a guest appearance with Zappa's band on his 1988 tour...
    "Trends And Other Diseases" was the first Mats & Morgan album. It got released on the Swedish UAE label in 1996. As this superb album has been unavailable for quite some time, the Cuneiform label decided to re-release it. Eventually, Cuneiform will be re-issuing all six of the swedish-only album by Mats / Morgan.
    "Trends And Other Diseases" is one great album, and it's the perfect introduction to the music of Mats and Morgan. These guys are a class on their own. I guess I would have to call it Zappa-esque fusion. It's angular, it's jazzy, it gets inside your head and makes you happy.
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    It's essential. A must-have.
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    Those of you who are familiar with the Swedish release, will be happy to find out that the Cuneifrom release has a 15-minute bonus track!!
    It's called 'Vault Soup Medley', and it's a collection / mix of sounds and music of the bands' EMAX sampler. A journey through the EMAX years of Mats and Morgan in 15 minutes. Wowie Zowie...
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  • www.cuneiform.com

• mats / morgan band: heat beats live + tourbook 1991-2007
      (2008, cd+dvd, usa, cuneifrom rune 265-266)
  
  • The big news for the Mats/Morgan Band aficionados, however, it the release of "Heat Beats Live".
    The album collects songs from three concerts: two from 2005 (France and Sweden), and one from 2007 (Sweden). I was fortunate to see the band in concert in Brussels in 2007 and I'm still amazed when I think of that performance. It was a great show, where they played some very complex and beautiful music. They made it seem so easy and you could tell that the band was having a great time. So was I, by the way.
    "Heat Beat Live" captures this atmosphere.
    And as if that isn't enough, this release also includes a DVD:
    Morgan Ågren's "Tourbook 1991 - 2007".
    You get almost two hours of music (and a couple of hilarious home-movie snippets) showcasing Morgan's drumming for Mats & Morgan, Simon Steensland, the Captain Beefheart tribute, Frederick Thodendal, and more...
    Great stuff. It makes you want beg for more...
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  • www.cuneiform.com

FINNISH ZAPPA TRIBUTE ON YOUTUBE

Finnish Zappa Tribute band live @ Arabia-sali, Helsinki(25.3.2004):

Antti Koivula - Vocals
Janne Toivonen - Trumpet
Petteri Hietamäki - Alto sax
Heikki Tuhkanen - Trombone
Olli Kari - Marimba & Vibes
Mikael Kakko - Keyboards
Mikko Enqvist - Guitar
Antti Kivimäki - Bass
Joni Leino - Drums

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nl8xCsOBmc = inca roads
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z5_Gb55A0c = Echidna's Arf & Hungry Freaks, Daddy
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L5Svb1HKqA = Lumpy Gravy & Oh No
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX8ThfuUaGk = Dog Breath Variations & Uncle Meat
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB0pCRlx5Ng = Zoot Allures
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8f1DbWVqsE = Peaches En Regalia
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAY6fyzlQEA = Idiot Bastard Son

BOGUS POMP

2008 07 29
A couple of years ago, Bogus Pomp played a fabulous concert at the Zappanale festival. They're coming back this year, so I sent Jerry Outlaw a couple of questions

UniMuta: Bogus Pomp did a concert last weekend, and the weekend before that. How did it go? Are you ready to play at Zappanale?

Jerry Outlaw / Bogus Pomp: We are very busy with our preparations for Zappanale.   We are VERY excited to return to Germany where we are so well received. 
We played concerts the last two weekends and they went great!!  We played in Ocala and in St.Petersburg.  We were perfecting the sets that we will play for Hamburg and for Zappanale.  We are very happy with the material we have chosen and there are many new songs on our list for Germany.   We have a wonderful set planned for Hamburg.  It is very formal and perfect for St.Katharinen and it's all acoustic.   Our Zappanale 19 set is awesome too.  It's half acoustic and half electric.

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UniMuta: I can imagine that your recollections of your previous visit to Bad Doberan aren't that positive, with your guitar getting lost at the airport, and only arriving just in time for the concert...
Despite the guitar troubles, were you able to enjoy it the last time? How do you feel about returning.

Jerry Outlaw / Bogus Pomp: The first time at Zappanale was quite stressful.  I thought the airline lost my favorite guitar forever!!  I was having a tough time until my guitars finally arrived about 12 hours before we were to play on Sunday.   I hope that never happens again.   I will NEVER fly Iberia airlines again, that is for sure!!  They were the worst!!   We flew into Madrid and then to Berlin.  My guitars went from Madrid to Zurich and then back to Madrid and then finally to Berlin.  I was so happy to see them again.   I have faith that it won't happen again.  Despite all the stress that goes along with that, we had a wonderful time anyway.  I was very happy with our last Zappanale performance.  We are very excited to return and to play again.  Zappanale 19 in Bad Doberan and Zappaween 13 in St.Petersburg will be the highlights of our year.

UniMuta: Bogus Pomp will be doing two concerts: one in Hamburg, and one at the festival. Will these concerts be different?

Jerry Outlaw / Bogus Pomp: Yes, they will.  Hamburg will be very formal and all acoustic.  Napoleon Murphy Brock will join us for three songs in Hamburg.  We have prepared a song list for this show that we think is very appropriate for the church that Johann Sebastian Bach used to play in.   This is an honor for us to play in St.Katharinen.  It is perhaps out highest honor yet to be part of such an important event.  Especially an event that will help restore the "Bach organ" that the church is so famous for.   We are SOOOOO pleased that we have been asked to play this event.  

Our Zappanale set will be different than Hamburg because we will play the first half of our set in the acoustic format and then we will play the second half of the set in the full electric format.   Napoleon will not join us at Zappanale because he is playing with quite a few of the bands that will be there already.  We have some very cool, "all instrumental" songs planned for Zappanale and we are going to ROCK!! 

UniMuta: You'll be playing on Friday at the festival. Do you plan to stay for the entire festival? Do you know any of the other bands that will be playing? Do you want to catch any of them?

Jerry Outlaw / Bogus Pomp: We are headlining Friday night with the prime spot from 9:30 until 11:30.  We will bring Friday to an impressive finale!!   We plan to stay for the weekend and to enjoy all the bands at Zappanale.   I am familiar with a few of the bands and we look forward to seeing and hearing all of them as they offer their contribution to this year's event.   A full weekend of Zappa music!! This does not exist in America so we come here.

America has our Zappaween festival every halloween and that is only for one night.  Europe obviously understands and appreciates Zappa's music much much better than America does so we must come to Europe to truly celebrate Zappa's music for an entire weekend.   Every time we are here, the German audience makes us feel very welcome.   We are so happy and grateful to perform for them.   We love Germany!! 

We're looking forward to Zappanale 19.  We are very happy to be coming back again and we want to make a bigger musical statement than last time. 
& I'm happy we are playing Friday so we can relax and have a great weekend after we play.  

Cheers to you and to the best Zappanale yet!!!

Wednesday, 2008/08/13, The Bogus Pomp Semi Acoustic Orchestra, featuring Napoleon Murphy Brock, will be performing in Hamburg!!
Two days later, on Friday 2008/08/15, Bogus Pomp will be headlining Zappanale. The band enter the stage at around 21: 30 h.

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WALL STREET JOURNAL

JOHN TRUBEE

• john trubee & the ugly janitors of america: a blind man's penis
      (1992, 7", ger, musical tragedies records mt 168)
• john trubee and the ugly janitors of america: the rain keeps falling  //  frank zappa: letter from jeepers
      (1999, 7", ger, musical tragedies)
• john trubee and the ugly janitors of america: strange hippie sex carnival  (4)
      (1989, lp, ger, musical tragedies records  mt 083)

-- info & pics: Ive Hapers

ALBERT AYLER

• golia, josephson, kaiser, keneally, morris, smith & walter: healing force - the songs of albert ayler
      (2007, cd, usa, cuneiform records rune 255) 
  
  • A couple of months ago, Cuneiform Records released an Albert Ayler tribute album. The project was initiated by guitarist Henry Kaiser and included Vinny Golia on reeds, Aurora Josephson on vocals, Mike Keneally on piano, guitar and vocals, Joe Morris on guitar and bass, Damon Smith on bass, Weasel Walter on drums, and Henry Kaiser on guitar.
    This tribute focusses on the music that Albert Ayler created in the last three years of his life: "Love Cry" (1967), New Grass" (1968), and "Music Is The Healing Force" (1969). All three albums came out on the Impulse label.
    Although Albert Ayler is known as a free jazz innovater, the music that he made from 1967 until his death are vocally oriented, theme-based and have a rhythmical structure.
    Each of the seven participating artists chose one representative sample for this album, making it a very colourful collection. "Healing Force" offers a beautiful collection of songs, combining simple child-like melodies with experimental improvisations.
    Out on Cuneiform.  Check it out!
  • www.cuneiform.com

ELLIOTT LEVIN'S EUROPEAN TOUR

Elliott Levin
2008 08 07 - european performces this week

in TRIOs with bassist JAIR-ROHM PARKER WELLS:

• 2008/08/09 Elliott Levin / Jair-ROhm Parker Wells - concert 'Glenn Miller Cafe', Stockholm   (w/ Peeter Uuskyla-drums)

• 2008/08/10 Elliott Levin / Jair-ROhm Parker Wells - concert 'The Jester @ Cross Kings', London   (w/ Tony Bianco- drums)

• 2008/08/12 Elliott Levin / Jair-ROhm Parker Wells - concert 'The Klinker @ The Vortex Jazz Club', London    (W/Bianco)

• 2008/08/14 Elliott Levin / Jair-ROhm Parker Wells - concert 'AcudSession', Berlin   (w/ Klaus Kugel- drums)

• 2008/08/15 Elliott Levin / Jair-ROhm Parker Wells - concert 'The Black Box', Berlin    (w/ Kugel)

• 2008/08/16 Elliott Levin / Jair-ROhm Parker Wells - concert "Zappanale Festival", Bad Doberan   (w/ Kugel)

• 2008/08/17 Elliott Levin / Jair-ROhm Parker Wells - concert '420 Cafe 420', Amsterdam    (w/ JOHN SINCLAIR)

INDUKTI

2008 07 31
I asked Indukti a couple of questions regarding their upcoming concert at the Zappanale festival.

UniMuta: Did you know the Zappanale festival before you got invited?

Indukti: Yes, we knew about that festival even before we had our first live gig in Germany. Some of us are huge fans of Frank Zappa, and we hope that you can hear it in some parts of our music.

UniMuta: A lot of the bands that will be playing at the festival will perform the music of Frank Zappa. How about Indukti?

Indukti: Well, actually, we don't play Frank Zappa covers, but we do think that we have something in common with his music. We don't play any genre of music, we just have fun and mix music genres. We do sofisticated crossovers :-)

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Indukti: It has been great everytime. We are a pretty new band, so every music festival is our first one. And everytime we have a great audience. It's amazing when people listen to us for the first time and they have such spontaneous reactions.:-)

UniMuta: Bad Doberan is not too far away from Poland. Is there a difference between playing in, for example, the USA, and playing in the neighbourhood of Poland?

Indukti: There is no difference at all. Everything depends on the universal way how people feel and react to music. We see no differences in continents or countries.

UniMuta: Do you like playing at festivals, or do you prefer club / concert hall concerts?

Indukti: It all depends on the audience.:-)
We need a response from them. After that, we come out from the stage shaking of emotions.:-)

UniMuta: Your MySpace page also mentions the new, scheduled album. Is there any progress on this new album? Does it have priority? When do you think that it will be ready.

Indukti: It has been 5 years since our first album got released.. We hope that the new album will be out next autumn.
We also hope to see some Zappa fans on our live tour we plan with Prisma (Swiss band) in November.

UniMuta: Thank you & see you in Bad Doberan!

Indukti: Thank you, and we hope all of you will have a great time at Zappanale!  :-)

Indukti will be performing at the Zappanale festival on Friday 2008 08 15, at 19:30 h

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UZVA

• uzva: tammikuinen tammela
      (2000, cd, finland, ylösmatka records ymcd 1)
• uzva: niittoika
      (2002, cd, finland, silence slc 011)
• uzva: uoma
      (2006, cd, finland, silence slc 028)

On Sunday 2008/08/17, Uzva will be opening the third day of the Zappanale festival.
At 11:00 h !!

THE WRONG OBJECT

2008 08 07

The Wrong Object will be returning to Bad Doberan. After their impressive concert at Zappanale in 2004, The Wrong Object has gone through some changes, has done various collaborations, and has released three albums. Here's a little conversation with Michel Delville.

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UniMuta: Hello Michel,
How is The Wrong Object doing? I've noticed that you've played in France and in Italy recently. How did that go?

Michel Delville / The Wrong Object: We love playing in France and only wish it happened more often. Performing at the Triton in Paris is always a special experience - they've got one of the smartest, nicest and most knowledgeable prog-jazz-rock audiences I have ever played for. We really feel at home playing there.
The Italian interlude was also very pleasant - one of the gigs took place in Paestum, right next to some of the oldest Greek temples built in Italy, which created a very special atmosphere (we actually composed a new piece dedicatd to the site in collaboration with our good friend Biagio Francia). We also played in Athens in May (our first gigs in Greece ever) - an equally interesting albeit a bit weird experience as the first concert took place in a small club which could barely accommodate 50 people and the next day, bang, we found ourselves performing in front of a crowd of ca. 6000 at the European Jazz Festival. Talk about contrasts. 

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UniMuta: One week before Zappanale, The Wrong Object will be playing at the Gaume Jazz Festival in Rossignol (Belgium).  This will be on saturday, where you will be sharing the bill with Aka Moon! In your opinion, is there a big difference between playing for a jazz or for a progressive rock audience? Which one do you prefer?

Michel Delville / The Wrong Object: Yes, opening for Aka Moon makes a lot of sense. They opened things up for us all in many ways in the 1980s. They are the perfect example of a band which is equally at home with rock and jazz audiences although, like us, they rarely play "straight" rock festivals and concentrate on the jazz scene.
I like open-minded audiences, no matter how much or how little they know about the history of jazz or rock.  

UniMuta: Next week, it's Zappanale time again. I can say 'again', because you already played there. In 2004. How do you look back on it? What's the biggest difference between then and now?

Michel Delville / The Wrong Object: I still have fond memories of Zappanale 2004 and our collaborations with Ed Mann (in fact, we're currently hatching up plans to play with him this Fall - nothing definite yet but some promising contacts). This year's line-up is very different from the 2004 version. Damien, our bass player, and myself are all that is left of the original Wrong Object. We now have the strongest teenage combo I have ever played with, with Jean-Paul Estiévenart (who was barely 21 years old when he won the Django D'Or last year and recently joined Peter Vermeersch's Flat Earth Society) on trumpet, Fred Delplancq (another prominent figure on the Belgian jazz scene) on tenor sax and Laurent Delchambre (who is equally at ease with the rock and jazz repertoire) on drums. They have been with us for a little more then three years now and the music is tighter than ever.

UniMuta: The last couple of years, The Wrong Object has featured a lot of special guests. Some of these can also be heard on your recordings. At Zappanale, Stanley Jason Zappa will join the band. How did that happen? Were you familiar with his playing before Zappanale?

Michel Delville / The Wrong Object: I have been corresponding on and off with Stanley over the last 3 or 4 years. I knew his work and he knew The Wrong Object and so I managed to convince him to join the Zappanale program. We have a lot in common, conceptually as well as musically. He has a HUGE sound, he is a born improviser and is the opposite of a bullshitter. His percussionist, Nick Skrowaczewski, will also join us on stage for a few numbers.

UniMuta: On Sunday, The Wrong Object (or at least a part of it?) will return the favour and join Stanley Jason Zappa on stage for his "The New Texture Pantonal Fellowship" project. Can you tell us a little bit about this?

Michel Delville / The Wrong Object: Stanley's own band, The New Texture Pan Tonal Fellowship, will involve The Wrong Object and other musicians taking part in the festival - the rest is top-secret (LOL) - you'll be in for a few surprises!

UniMuta: Talking about projects. I guess that almost everyone who plays in The Wrong Object is linked to (one or more) other projects. Could you name a few of these?

Michel Delville / The Wrong Object: You should check out Fred's and Jean-Paul's solo works on their myspace pages. Laurent also plays in a Beefheartian post-punk band called The Friendly Dogs, in Markus Stauss's Trank Zappa Grappa in Varese, and is also working for the theater (as a musician) on a regular basis. Damien  and I have just started a new band tentatively called BLAST3 which will release an album for Moonjune in 2009. As for me, I also play in Trank Zappa Grappa in Varese and a new band called The Moving Tones which features Guy Segers, Frank Van der Kooij and Ivo Sans. You will find the relevant links amongst the top friends of The Wrong Obejct's myspace page (www.myspace.com/wrongobject).

UniMuta: Thanks & see you soon.

Michel Delville / The Wrong Object: You're welcome - see you at Z-2008!
www.myspace.com/micheldelville

The Wrong Object will be playing at Zappanale on Friday, 2008/08/15, at around 15.30 h. They will be joined by special guests Stanley Jason Zappa and Nick Skrowaczewski.
On Sunday, 2008/08/17, part of The Wrong Object will be featured in Stanley Jason Zappa's The New Texture Pan Tonal Fellowship.

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PURPLE CUCUMBER RE-RELEASED

2008 08

The Purple Cucumber has just been re-released - see http://www.auditoriumedizioni.it/

The Purple Cucumber was a Frank Zappa tribute with music by Peter Vermeersch, Claude Coppens, George De Decker, Frederik D'Haene and Peter Swinnen. It was performed on 30 April 1995 in deSingel, Antwerp, by the BRTN Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mark Foster. They were joined by the Zucchini Rocking Teenage Combo, a rock band created for the occasion consisting of Robert Martin (lead singer, keyboards and saxophone, player in Zappa's band from 1981 till 1988), Bart Maris trumpet), Danny De Cort (guitar), Johan Vandendriessche (saxophone), and Andy Jacobson (keyboards), Andy Treacey (drums) and Jake Newman (bass) from the band The Muffin Men.

The name The Purple Cucumber comes from an interview by Zjakki Willems with Frank Zappa about his orchestral suite The Yellow Shark, where he says: As for the title of Yellow Shark, I would like to point out it is not the name of a certain musical piece, but of the entire project. It might as well have been called The Purple Cucumber, or whatever. Everything is better than An Evening With Frank Zappa.

The concert was created, recorded and produced by Radio 1 producer Zjakki Willems.

Tracks

1. We Could Have Called It Anything

2. Melting Flesh

3. Walking The Phone

4. Blue Screen Boy

5. The End Of A Second

6. A Modest Proposal (Anno 1995)

7. Shut Up And Dye Your Shoes

8. Scorci Der Mocciolo

9. The Black Lark's Ballet

10. The Purple Cucumber

ZAPPING

• Furio Di Castri – bass, sampling, electronics
• Nguyen Le – guitar, electronics
• Eric Voeimans – trumpet
• Joel Allouche – percussion
• Mauro Negri – alto sax, clarinet
• Rita Marcotulli - piano

The band uses the musical ideas of Frank Zappa and of Thelonius Monk and translates this into new compositions.

An earlier incarnation of the band has done a Zappa tribute concert in 2004. The above mentioned line-up recorded an album in 2008. It's out on the Italian Promo Music label.

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FINNISH ZAPPA TRIBUTE

from Antti Kivimäki
2008 08 06

The Finnish Zappa Tribute band was actually first called Music of Frank Zappa (we have used a lot of imagination with the names!), and it was founded by our drummer Joni Leino. Joni, me on the bass, Mikko Enqvist on the guitar, Mikael Kakko on keyboards were school mates at the Sibelius High School and we were playing fusion jazz type music during that time ( 1999-2001). In the end we got tired of it and we didn't play for a while together. But in 2002 Joni was asked by a bar keeper in Nurmijärvi to assemble a project that would play something different from the mainstream, so he had the idea of putting together a big Frank Zappa tribute band with marimba and horns. He asked us and we all loved the music of Zappa, so we joined with him and started recruiting musicians for the band. Singer Antti Koivula, sax player Petteri Hietamäki, trumpetist Janne Toivonen, trombone player Heikki Tuhkanen were all studying at the same music school as me and Joni, I knew the marimba player Olli Kari from the band Uzva. They were all to be asked first and they were enthusiastic about the idea, so we started working in the fall of 2002. Me, Mikko and Joni selected, transcribed and arranged most of the songs and started rehearsing them and soon we had two sets of material.

We have had only with two gigs, both in the spring of 2003. First one was at Nurmijärvi in a bar called Duetto, the second one was Arabia Hall at Helsinki. Both concerts were recorded, the latter was also filmed and the material can be found at www.youtube.com under the name of Finnish Zappa Tribute. After the concerts we were planning to arrange more gigs, but then Mikael announced that he would go study abroad in Utrecht Netherlands in fall 2003, so the idea was postponed. 

In the summer of 2006 I was playing bass in the band Uzva and we were coming to play in Germany, so I decided to take some dvds of our zappa performance and hand them out to promoters etc. I handed out one for Charly, a promoter for Burg-Herzberg festival, who liked our material and recommended us to Wolfhard Kutz (Arf president at the time). Mr. Kutz contacted me later and expressed his interest of wanting to see the dvd. I sent him one and I guess he liked what he saw and booked us for Zappanale 2008. 
Nowdays most members of our band are professional musicians and we have been very lucky in getting such good players to our band.

About performing with Napoleon, Denny and Stanley Jason, I don't know who's idea it was, but Thomas Dippel contacted me with the idea this spring. Of course I said yes and he started working on the idea. Now it seems to happen and we are really honoured, hopefully we can fulfill the expections that they seem to have for us.

Me and Olli are also playing with Uzva on Sunday on 11 am. The horn players and Olli are going to perform with Stanley Jason Zappa, I think it's also on Sunday. I'm looking forward of seeing other Zappa cover bands and also other Finnish band Alamaailman Vasarat that I haven't yet seen.

See you at Zappanale 2008!

ELLIOTT LEVIN REVISITED

Elliott Levin will be performing at the Zappanale festival on Saturday at 14.00 h.

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newsflash: the Jair-Rohm Parker Wells Trio features Elliott Levin on tenor sax, Jair-Rohm Parker Wells on bass and Eric Slick on drums. They have a download-only album out on the Ayler label. The release is called "Brotherly Love in Philidelphia".
Recorded at the Paul Green School of Rock.

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• elliott levin quartet: the motion of emotion
      (1998, cd, usa, cimp  #153)
  
  • The first Elliot Levin first album that he made under his own name got released in 1998 on the famous CIMP label. It has Elliott Levin on sax, Akira Ando and Domenic Duval both on bass (yes, two bass players!!), plus Denis Charles on drums.
    Very powerful free jazz. 

• elliott levin & tyrone hill quartet: a fine intensity
      (1999, cd, usa, cimp  #200)
  
  • Releases number 200 on the CIMP label is the "A Fine Intensity" album by the Elliott Levin and Tyrone Hill quartet.
    Sun Ra trombonist Tyrone Hill had already recorded with Elliott Levin. Carried by Howard Cooper on bass and Ed Watkins on drums, "A Fine Intensity" shows some top free improvised jazz.
    Recorded in concert.

• tyrone hill & elliott levin quartet: soul-etude
      (2000, cd, usa, cimp  #206)
  
  • "Soul-Etude" comes from the same sessions as the "A Fine Intensity" album. Both were recorded March 29 & 30, 1999. The album kicks off with an almost 15-version of Sun Ra's 'We're Living In A Space Age'.
    Beautiful !!

• elliott levin - marshall allen - tyrone hill quintet: opportunities & advantages
      (2003, cd, usa, cimp  #276)
  
  • Elliot Levin and Tyrone Hill team up with the great Marshall Allen on "Opportunities & Advantages".
    No wonder this sounds like the Arkestra...
    Beautiful melodic lines and phrases combined with wild and powerful improvisations.
    Exceptional.
    

THE CZECH FZ FANCLUB IN 1986

zappostrophe no.1   -  1986

released 10-12/1986 lp list and 1st informations about club

zappostrophe no.2   -  1987

early days, fz&steve allen tv, lp rare meats, studio z, lp freak out! part 1

zappostrophe no.3   -  1987

tickets, programmes, etc. from our programmes which we made in clubs about fz

zappostrophe no.4   -  1987

freak out! part 2

zappostrophe no.5   -  1987

freak out! part 3, transl.interv. me 1971/2?, me 25.8.73, interv. with cz.composer,rocker,keybord player o.vesely

zappostrophe no.6   -  1987

lp absolutely free with transl. lyrics

zappostrophe no.7   -  1987

transl. a.rzewuski/magazin muzycny 3/83 poland - from beatlemania to mothermania, transl.j.schaefer from down beat, poster, transl.fz interv. la spring 68

zappostrophe no.8   -  1987

lp we´re only.... with transl. lyrics

zappostrophe no.9   -  1987

lp lumpy gravy with transl. story and lyrics, mothermania, transl.interv.w.fz ?/71 & me 1/74

zappostrophe no.10   -  1987

lp ruben & jets transl.lyrics, lp ruben & jets - for real! & con safos, transl.interv.w. i.underwood down beat 5/77?

zappostrophe no.11   -  1987

transl. telesette 40/83 italy, color pf 1988, transl.fz & the scarlet letter by d.stone rip 7/87

PANZERBALLET

2008 07 30, Jan Zehrfeld, guitarist, bandleader and composer of Panzerballet, was kind enough to answer a couple of questions

UniMuta: Panzerballet will be opening the Zappanale Festival on Saturday, day 2 of the festival. Did you know about the Zappanale festival before you got invited? Do you like playing at festivals?

Jan Zehrfeld / Panzerballet: Yes, we knew about the Zappanale. Martin, our second guitarist, is a die-hard fan of Zappa and was there in 2003. We love to play anywhere, though the soundwise most difficult locations are jazz clubs. Generally, every show with a "jazz audience" (which we are confronted with most often) divides it into four groups:
a) "Leaving because of being blown away" 
b) "Staying though being blown away"
c) "Staying because of being blown away"
d) "Leaving though being blown away"
But the question is not if we will turn it down. The question is: can the audience cope with it?

UniMuta: I listened to some of the samples that are on your website, and I was very impressed. The samples are much too short  :-)
but I did hear a lot of Zappa and Weather Report in it.
Who is Panzerballet's musically influenced by?

Jan Zehrfeld / Panzerballet: Meshuggah, Planet X, Tribal Tech, Mats/Morgan, ... to scratch the surface.

Jan Zehrfeld / Panzerballet: We already do play other musicians' compositions, but these are completely rearranged. Indeed, in my opinion they almost sound like originals. For this reason we don't care if we're playing originals or covers, as long as the latter are reconstructed in an original way. By the way, we will be playing a Zappa medley: I rearranged a bunch of Zappa tunes especially for this gig, which took me three months of work!

Panzerballet will be performing at the Zappanale festival on Saturday 2008/08/16 at 12:00 h.

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• panzerballet: stärke stücke
      (2008, cd, ger, act)
  
  • "Stärke Stücke" is Panzerballet's third album. Panzerballet plays heavy metal, but Panzerballet plays jazz as well. Combining staccato grooves with angular rhythms, Panzerballet takes on a bunch of great pieces and turns them into something fabulous.
    Henry Mancini's 'Pink Panther Theme', Joe Zawinul's 'Birdland', or Deep Purple's 'Smoke On The Water' all get the Panzerballet treatment.
    On the other hand, guitarist and composer Jan Zehrfeld adds a couple of excellent compositions too.
    
    Heavy, fresh and funny.
    This is a great record.
    Highly recommended !!
    If you're not familiar with the band, this will be one of the biggest suprises of the Zappanale festival!!

NEW FROM WM RECORDINGS

Hi everyone,

Here's a newsflash to alert you to the latest free downloads on WM Recordings:

WM083: The Rabbits - That Cave of Love part 1
http://www.wmrecordings.com/releases/wm083.htm

"Cardiac as it may be, the music on this here album is nothing less than intelligent, insightful...and what's that other thing?... Conscious? Coincidental? I mean, "the world is full of chickeny softness." Is it not? Hhmm?"

WM 084: Keshco - Trolley Crash
http://www.wmrecordings.com/releases/wm084.htm

"Hello there - we're Keshco, a quirky trio who have home-recorded four hour-long CDs over the last decade, together with countless unreleased projects. Trolley Crash features a number of songs planned for our next album Deforestation of Dak, together with some exclusive linking tracks."

Oh, and did you know you can now buy the first real WM Recordings CD, the debut album by Panicphobia? 
A CD that you can actually hold in your hands and take to bed with you...!
Check it out here: http://cdbaby.com/cd/panicphobia 
Soon available through our website as well.

best wishes,
Marco Kalnenek

http://www.wmrecordings.com

PMRC

Excellent stuff. Of historical value !!

Q & A WITH STANLEY JASON ZAPPA

UniMuta: Did you know of the Zappanale festival before you got invited? How did the Arf Society convince you to participate? & how does it feel to take part in a festival that carries your last name?

SJZ (Stanley Jason Zappa): I've known of the festival for a long time, though I can't recall exactly how I first heard about it.  Michel Deville sent me a CD of the Wrong Object's performance at Zappanale 15, so I certainly knew about it by then.
The Arf Society didn't do very much in the way of convincing me to go--The convincing was done by that silver tongued Michel Deville, rising fuel and travel prices and the (then) possibility that Zappanale #19 might be the last.  The Arf Society made it possible for me to be at the festival, and did all the leg work in terms of travel arrangements--which is very kind of them.

I am keenly aware if my last name was different--Skrowaczeski for example--there might not be the same enthusiasm and available capital to have me make music at the festival.  Yes...that is certainly front and center most of the time in all situations, musical or otherwise.  There is a 'bittersweetness' to Zappanale, which I suppose is an improvement over the usual bitterness.
I am also keenly aware that "winners always cheat, and cheaters always win."  Even if it isn't by dint of my sound and work obtaining it, a trip to Europe is a trip to Europe.  You don't get those every day--I don't anyway, so who am I to complain?

UniMuta: What does music mean to you? Is it something that you can do / would like to do full-time?

SJZ: Music is, in the words of the late Dr. Albert Hoffman, "my problem child."  Maybe I'm wrong, but sometimes I feel like life would be a little easier, a little simpler if I was as passionate about accounting or plumbing as I am about music--specifically improvised music.
Is it something I "can" do full time?  I guess that depends on what you mean by "can."  Are you asking if I am physically able to play the horn all day or if there is there an economy to support my habit of playing the horn all day?
I think it would be swell if I could make the same low wage playing the horn as easily and regularly as I do performing other menial tasks for other people's profit.  (Talk about aiming low.)  As a plus, it would be nice if I didn't have to get into an airplane to do it.
Obviously a more shangri-la version would be one where all expenses (all of them) were taken care of by someone else while I did my thing.  I kind of got a tiny whiff of that while at Bennington College on the meal plan, playing in ensembles, no rent (up front, anyway).  That kind of a thing.
Too bad that war is so darn expensive.

UniMuta: You have one album out. Do you have other releases scheduled? Do you play concerts often?

SJZ: I do not have any other releases scheduled.  I don't play concerts often.  I'm not bragging or complaining about that--it's never been any other way and yet somehow I'm still interested in music.

UniMuta: Are you familiar with any of the bands that will be playing at the festival? You will be playing with The Wrong Object. How did that come along?

SJZ: Michel Deville and I had been in contact via the email.  I was very taken by Fred Delplancq's and Jean Paul Estievenart's playing.  The whole band is great, but as a horn player, they made an especially deep impression.   That, combined with the above mentioned factors seemed like enough reason to try and make it so.

UniMuta: Can you tell me a bit about the "The New Texture Pantonal Fellowship" - project that is scheduled to appear at the festival on Sunday? Is this you with Nick Skrowaczewksi, plus some guest musicians?

SJZ: Hopefully it won't be one of those situations where it's more rewarding for me than for the musicians or audience--though I can't imagine how it will be anything but that.  It's rare to be availed a large ensemble to "make it so", to "do my will"--and I am very excited to have that opportunity.  At least I'm excited to think I have that opportunity.  The LBRK from Portugal, the Wrong Object and some musicians from the FZTB all said they would participate.  Maybe they will change their minds after the rehearsal.  Hopefully not.

My will is to create sounds and sound happenings.  Songs and forms and the artful transitions from one thing to the next really are secondary for me.  What is primary is creating sonic (in this case, large, loud, pan tonal sonic environments) to my specifications. 
For this piece, my specifications include no "down beat" or "symmetric time" but instead an alternating between a diffuse spray of total group percussion and austere solo percussion statements.  Another specification is that the more "in-between notes" (i.e. quartertones and microtones) the better.  Improvisation with also be a key element.  

Certainly tonality is out the door--Bach will be given his due in Hamburg earlier in the week, so we'll be free to focus on some other things.

Stanley Jason Zappa will be playing at the Zappanele festival on Friday 2008/08/15 with The Wrong Object, at 15:30 h, and on Sunday, 2008/08/17.
At 17:00 h, Stanley Jason Zappa will present his "The New Texture Pantonal Fellowship", and at 20:00 h, he will be a guest with the Finnish Zappa Tribute Band.

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THE VOICE OF CHEEZ

Cheez unplugged
2007 06 27

Now you can see Voice of Cheez "Unplugged" on You Tube.

We did this...for fun... a few years ago... (2005?)...on WKBW Channel 7's Offbeat Cinema show. Just three of us could make it for the taping--so we did acoustic versions. Tina plays a mean bicycle!

Suzie Creamcheez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUdhv1cufqU&feature=related

Uncle Remus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC0avkVy8Dk&feature=related

Our inspiration: FZ played the bicycle on the Steve Allen Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj6fK8UqnqU

Links also accessible on the Cheez website:

www.voiceofcheez.com

Enjoy!

FRANK ZAPPA ON YOUTUBE

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=q3PQ9U9hy7A

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dv1fOdstoY

Frank Zappa pre & post premiere in Frankfurt & rehearshing with Ensemble Modern 1992.

-- info & links: Javier Marcote

ESSENER SONGTAGE 1968

by detlev mahnert & harry stürmer
    (2008, book, ger, klartext)

German television did an interview with Detlev Mahnert to talk about this new book,...

http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/video/kultur/2008/5/23/news-48173784/detail.html

-- info: Hans-Peter Schmidt

ALAMAAILMAN VASARAT AT ZAPPANALE

Finnish band Alamaailman Vasarat call themselves the Finnish prophets of fictional world music. The band's line-up and instrumentation might give an idea of what to expect.

• Jarno "Stakula" Sarkula - saxophones, clarinets & special woodwinds

• Erno Haukkala - trombone, tuba & piccolo trombone 

• Miikka Huttunen - pump organ, grand piano & melodica

• Tuukka Helminen - cello

• Marko Manninen - cello

• Teemu Hänninen - drums & percussion

The picture below was taken by Nico Luoma and can be found on the band's webite.

http://www.vasarat.com/

So far, the band has released four albums.

• alamaailman vasarat: vasaraasia
      (2000, cd, ??, backstage alliance)
• alamaailman vasarat: käärmelautakunta
      (2003, cd, ??, backstage alliance)
• alamaailman vasarat with tuomari nurmio: kinaporin kalifaatti
      (200?, cd+dvd, ??, johanna kaustannus)
• alamaailman vasarat: maahan
      (200?, cd, ??, backstage alliance)

2008 07 30

Finnish band Alamaailman Vasarat has a very tight schedule the next couple of weeks.
I was very glad that Jarno "Stakula" Sarkul a took some time to answer a couple of questions.

UniMuta: Alamaailman Vasarat will be playing in Hungary on August 14, in the Czech Republic on August 15, and at the Zappanale Festival in Bad Doberan on August 16. Wow !
 And I wanted to ask you if you're looking forward to play at the Zappanale Festival...
This looks like an incredible schedule. Will that be a normal week for Alamaailman Vasarat?

Jarno "Stakula" Sarkul a: Yes, it is a busy week for the band, but not very usual. Mostly, we do gigs on weekends, like Canada and Germany two weeks before Zappanale. We look forward to playing in Zappanale, it will be the last of our summer gigs and certainly a memorable one for us and hopefully for the audience too.

UniMuta: Do you like playing at festivals? Or do you prefer clubs or concert halls?

Jarno "Stakula" Sarkul a: We like both. Festivals are nice, because it is fun to perform when there's big audience, big stage and you have to do big moves. Then again, smaller clubs are very intimate and the gigs tend to have more dynamics in the music - quiet is really quiet and loud seems louder.

UniMuta: You have been playing quite a number of gigs this year. How has the reaction been this far? And how is the respons on the new album, "Maahan".

Jarno "Stakula" Sarkul a: It seems people like "Maahan" best so far, at least considering the feedback and sales. We think it is our best one to date as well! Yes, we've had some goods gigs this year and responses have varied from positively surprised to rave cheering. We're lucky to have performed in front of the audiences who really seem to like us.

 UniMuta: The Zappanale Festival presents prog rock bands, experimental jazz, and much more. Above all, it's also a tribute to the late Frank Zappa. Are you familiar with the works of Frank Zappa?

Jarno "Stakula" Sarkul a: I don't know Zappa's music that well myself, but I think some of the band members do. What I've read of the legendary genius, I'm sure we share some of the beliefs on how to make music, so I think our participation at Zappanale is well justified and we carry on the legacy!

UniMuta: Do you have a special message for the Zappanale audience?

Jarno "Stakula" Sarkul a: Thanks in advance for coming to see us and supporting festivals like Zappanale! Bring on some heavy heart medication, because you're in for a show you'll remember till you croak! 

Alamaailman Vasarat will be performing at the Zappanale festival on Saturday, 2008 08 16, at 16.00h.

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TRUBEE'S PROMOTIONAL MESSAGE

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from John Trubee
2008 08 01
Pompous Self-Promotion

To Everyone--

The world constantly promotes to us endless crap advertising and damnfool celebrities, politicians, and corporations boring us to death, declaiming how wonderful they are.

Why cannot we self-promote back without shame?

Here's a recent fan e-mail...

Date: Aug 1, 2008 9:20 AM

hey john,

when i was a kid ordered all of your tapes and books and everything else in the catalog. your world become an obsession for me and then everyone I knew. Unfortunately, people borrowed, stole, I lost, etc. all of your stuff. Have your put any of it on CD- especially the spoken word tapes? And have you ever scanned the books and put them up online? I used one of your drawings for a flyer for my old bands show. It was the 'I LOVE SNOT' one. we plastered it all over NYC and Hoboken NJ. Gave you credit- of course. I sold an old Roland drum machine that would now be worth tons of cash in order to get up the money to order all your merch back in the day. THE LAST DWARF DROPS HIS PANTS- we could never figure out what that sound was on the tape loop that sounds like a retarded guy choking. I took you screaming the line from 'WOrking Class Hero' and made it into a tape loop for one of my own 'electronic' (derivative) compostions. i even went out and bought an Echoplex -wish I still had it. Anyway, it's nice to be able to let you know what an influence you had on my psyche in my formative years. I'm still DAZED AND AMAZED

josh

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LATEST ZAPPA BOOTLEG CD - PICTURE ADDED

• frank zappa: you can't do that on stage anymore silver
      (2008, cd-bootleg, ger, zappa fan trust z.f.t.)

ELECTRIC ORANGE AT ZAPPANALE

As the band is scheduled to perform at Zappanale in a couple of weeks, I asked them the following:

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UniMuta: Had you heard of the Zappanale Festival before your invitation to play at the festival? Are you familiar with the music of Frank Zappa?

Dirk Jan Müller / Electric Orange: We first heard of the Zappanale Festival at Burg Herzberg, in 2004, I think.
I am not that familiar with Zappa. I only have 5 or 6 of his records and 2 videos. But I really love these records and I think I will get a lot more in future.

UniMuta: Electric Orange is the headliner for Friday, and the concert will start at midnight!!
Have you ever played this late before? And do you like playing festivals?

Dirk Jan Müller / Electric Orange: Yes, we mostly play late at Festivals. We love to play in the dark and in open-air at the same time. So this is really special for us.
We most love to play at Festivals, because you reach a much wider audience there. Club shows are great too, but generally these gigs are not well attended, a problem for many bands nowadays.

UniMuta: Do you have a message for the Zappanale audience?

Dirk Jan Müller / Electric Orange: We are not as progressive or technical as Zappa or related bands, so we hope that the Zappa audience accepts us and our music and has a good time that night. See you there!

Electric Orange will headline the Zappanale festival on Friday, and will be entering the stage at around 24.00 h.

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NEW BOOK ON ZAPPA BY GUY DAROL

More recently, he was responsable for the excellent Frank Zappa special in Jazz Magazine.

And next september will see the release of his next book on Frank Zappa:

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frank zappa / one size fits all  -  cosmogonie du sofa

by guy darol
    (scheduled, book, usa, atheles)

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GRANDE MOTHERS RE:INVENTED

2008 07 20
from: Lira Productions

GRANDE MOTHERS RE:INVENTED ROCK CANADIAN JAZZ FESTIVALS

FAN SPEAK FROM CANADIAN TOUR 2008

GRANDE MOTHERS INTERVIEW BEFORE THEIR PERFORMANCE AT THE VANCOUVER JAZZ FESTIVAL 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip01tf8Cqsg

TEXT EXCERPT FROM ABOVE INTERVIEW

June 27, 2008 
24 seconds with The Grande Mothers 
By SARAH ROWLAND, 24 HOURS

The Grande Mothers plan to "Freak Out" at the TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival   

The Mothers.
The Mothers of Invention. 
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention .... 
There were many variations of Frank Zappa band titles and lineups.

Even after his death in '93, his former bandmates kept on rocking with posthumous spin-off alumni acts including THE GRANDE MOTHERS (The GRANDE MOTHERS are the only FZ alumni who have been performing this music consistently since 2003)
24 hours recently caught up with three key members of this latest combo to talk about what it was like making music with the king of avant-garde rock. 
Meet singer/flautist/saxophonist Napoleon Murphy Brock, keyboardist Don Preston and bassist Roy Estrada. 
While all three have played with Zappa at some point, this is the first time all three have played Zappa tunes together. 

24: What makes this particular lineup so special?

DP: "There have been many incarnations, but this is the last incarnation - also the best." 

24: The term "legend" always seems to get bandied about when people talk about Zappa - do you consider yourselves legends as well? 

NMB: "Absolutely. We're living and what we're doing is legendary." 

DP: "I think if you're still playing after you're 70, you automatically become a legend." 

24: Favourite Zappa memory?

NMB: "That's hard. There's so many and some of them are triple X-rated ... 
no, I'm only serious."

RE: "Just making him laugh was great because he would go into another realm. Then he'd get a glaze in his eyes and he would start a riff. And then we would all come in and start playing that riff, and that would make another song - that's how he created his music." 

24: Are you guys still as theatrical and spontaneous as you were back in the day? 

NMB: "[Yes], spontaneity is part of our character and so this is why we fit in his bands so well: We were able to create things right on the spot - without any hesitation or without any limitations."

24: Parting words for 24 hours readers? 

NMB: "Come to the show and have a life experience for yourself." 

FANSPEAK

VANCOUVER JAZZ FEST 
Subject: I can't wait till my Fro is full-grown

Hey guys,
I am not sure how i only found out about it the day of, i must be slipping, but I caught the show in Vancouver and loved it.  
More, MORE, MORE!!!!! that's what I say.
Any of you guys doing the Zappa plays Zappa show this year? 
Keep up the great work anyway, you guys are Grande,  viva la Frank!
Yippee-Yi-Yo-Ty-YaY!!!!

-Zach

DEERFOOT IN CALGARY(!)
Subject: Dear Grande mothers

Hello, 
This is to the Grande Mothers who played the in Calgary on Saturday June 28 2008. 
WOW!!! 
I recently had the pleasure of seeing you guys do your thing and let me tell you, I am so very glad and honored to have been a part of that audience. 
The show was way beyond what I was expecting.
WAY BEYOND!! 
Emotion, nuance, timing, theatrics and bold musical chops, it was all perfect. 
What an enjoyable evening I had and thank you VERY VERY much. 
What an honor. 
I was lucky enough to show up early and witness the sound check.
My buddy and I were the only ones in the audience at that time and we thought it was a very personal experience. 
Well, I might just drive up to Edmonton and witness the spectacle all over again on July 1st. 
Thank You Grande Mothers

Kevan

SHERWOOD PARK FESTIVAL PLACE

Hey!
I'm the dude from OC that spoke to you guys in Edmonton(Sherwood Park).
I wanted to let you know what a thrill it was to meet you guys and see you perform. 
The show inspired me to continue learning music and studying the guitar.
Music is my passion and it's my goal in life to really express myself musically and be part of the beauty of music. 
If you guys are ever back here on tour, I insist you contact me and I'll take you guys to dinner and show you around.  
Hope to see you soon!

Nayar

INTERNET POSTS

The Grande Mothers Re-Invented performed to an appreciative audience at Festival Place in Sherwood Park, Alberta, on Canada Day, July 1st at 7:30 pm.

They performed flawlessly for over two and a half hours with one fifteen minute intermission. For the most part, the material performed came from the period between 1965 and 1975. 
Highlights, at least for me, included exceptional performances of Pound For A Brown, Eat That Question, Chunga¹s Revenge, Invocation And Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin, Holiday In Berlin, Abye Sea, Dupree¹s Paradise, Little House I Used To Live In, Enchinda¹s Arf (Of You), Don¹t You Ever Wash That Thing? and, of course, Sofa. 
There were enough songs performed from the catalogue of Mothers of Invention albums to satisfy any level of fan, newbie or hardcore, as the following setlist suggests:

• Pound For A Brown

• Call Any Vegetable

• Eat That Question

• Lonely Little Girl

• Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance

• Harry, You¹re a Beast

• What¹s the Ugliest Part of Your Body?

• Chunga¹s Revenge

• Holiday In Berlin

• Abye Sea

• Invocation And Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin

• Idiot Bastard Son

• Florentine Pogen

• Evelyn, A Modified Dog

• Enchinda¹s Arf (Of You)

• Don¹t You Ever Wash That Thing?

• The Air

• Debra Kadabra (sung by Chris Garcia/amazing Beefheart-esque voice)

• Carolina Hard Core Ecstasy

• Sofa #1

• Orange County Lumber Truck Medley

• Trouble Every Day (sung by Don Preston)

• Dupree¹s Paradise

• Little House I Used To Live In

• Pygmy Twylyte

• Encore 1: Peaches En Regalia

• Encore 2: Montana

The Grande Mothers Re-Invented are:
Don Preston ‹ keyboards, vocals
Roy Estrada ‹ bass, vocals (pachuco falsetto)
Napoleon Murphy Brock ‹ tenor sax, flute, lead vocals
Miroslav Tadic ‹ guitarist (lead, stunt & otherwise/awesome)
Chris Garcia ‹ drums, vocals

I noticed last night during the show there were a lot of flashbulbs going off. Is there a DVD or CD in the works? I certainly hope so. 
The enthusiasm and energy of these performers was really quite obvious.
A real treat. 
These musicians know the material, intimately. 
And given the $38 CND ticket price, a real deal, too.  

Shmickalicious says: 
I was there, at one of the front tables, and had an absolute BLAST!!! 
Napoleon blew me away,  seeing Roy was surreal, Don ROCKED the keys, and the two non-Mothers were absolutely stunning!
Such a shame that Dweezil would never go on the ³Dweez and the Grande Mothers² tour, there¹s alot of untapped Mothers talent he won¹t give a chance.
SO worth the 40 bucks, I would¹ve paid 100.

Clark Gwent says: 
I saw them in Cardiff, and the most impressive part was Chris Garcia¹s drumming and singing ³Debra Kadabra² at one and the same time, boys and girls.

urbangraffito says: 
Indeed, very impressive.
And quite Beefheart-esque in his delivery, too. 
The entire show was impressive.
I went there with high expectations, and DID they deliver!
If you¹ve heard Napoleon Murphy Brock¹s saxophone version of ³Chunga¹s Revenge² 
on FZ/OZ you know what I mean. 
What a saxman, what a showman! 
They were all obviously playing off one another and having a BLAST doing so. 
They are all still at the top of their game. 
Frank may be gone, yet the gestalt is very much there.

MORE STUFF FROM ENGLISH FANS 2008

sirreal82

Brilliant, i saw them in Manchester a few days before this. 
They're easily the best band around playing Zappa. 
But Miroslav Tadic, wow! 
I'd never heard of him before, he fills what are essentially an enormous pair of shoes very very well.

weazelsrippedmyflesh

They played Peaches as the encore at the gig i went to, lovely surprise!!

rubyeyednewt

Mirsoslav Tadic on guitar is as good as it gets. Stunning musicianship all round!

giantplanet

Nice one i was at this gig ,absolutely amazing!
Trouble Everyday and Montana were my favourites that night , surreal seeing Napolean in Birkenhead

davidabailey

Thank you for posting this - it was a great gig.

mudshark23

Fucken-A!!!

giantplanet

Is this from Birkenhead? Fantastic were`nt they

Kev3542

Yes, it's from Birkenhead and, yes, I must agree they were fantastic - far better than I expected. 
One big surprise was Roy Estrada's bass playing - I didn't realise he was so good.

davidabailey

Marvelous.

LP2575

SURPRISED!!!!!!!
ROY ESTRADA is the ONLY cat to hold down the bottom for FZ, Little Feat and Captain Beefheart!!!!!!
the only other musician who comes close is drummer/percussionist Arthur Dyer Tripp AKA Ed Marimba the only FZ alumni to play both mallets AND drumset for FZ
where you been livin..........Reseda???

funkyjones

no...San Jose

weazelsrippedmyflesh

No Montanna! lol

TonyNewman

Let's move to Cleveland. What's new in Baltimore?

JOHN ETHERIDGE AND THE ZAPPATISTAS

• 2008/08/09 The Zappatistas - concert 'Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club', London, UK

FROM THE OLD BOX

And below, the labels of a shared 7".
'Cradle Rock' might feature Frank Zappa on guitar?

• the heartbrakers: cradle rock  /  the gallahads: lonely guy
      (196?, "7, usa, mem-o-ree  007 (me-8010)

-- info: Hans-Peter Schmidt

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG CD

• frank zappa: you can't do that on stage anymore silver
      (2008, cd-bootleg, ger, zappa fan trust z.f.t.)

SCHOOL OF ROCK GOES TO ZAPPANALE

Here's Tim's response (2008 08 01):

"We've been involved with our local  branch of the Paul Green School of Rock for 4 years now, and Dave and Rosalie have been playing with the All-Stars for the last couple of years, and it's been a truly magical experience for all of us.  We've heard about Zappanale, and seen the documentary "Rock School" with the All-Stars first appearance there, and have hoped to go ever since.  I've been a fan of Frank Zappa's music for years, and one of the things that convinced me of the worth of Paul Green's program was the reverence with which the Zappa repertoire is treated.  As to the program, I think it's safe to say it's exceeded our wildest expectations, and I'm sure our children's lives will never be the same.

We're very excited to come to Zappanale, both my wife Vanessa and I will be coming along with Dave and Rosalie.  Dave plays keyboards and alto sax, and Rosalie plays bass and tenor sax, and they both sing.  We've talked to other families who've been to Zappanale, and I think we have a fairly good idea of what to expect, and we're sure it will live up to our expectations.  Rosalie graduates and goes on to college this fall, so we can't imagine a better send-off for her All-Star career.

As to my preferences, I've been a practicing musician all my life - I play keys and guitar, and I've been playing in a blues band in the Philadelphia area for the last 10 years or so.  I like to think my tastes are eclectic - I'm a big Zappa fan, but I enjoy many varying artists.  I've been particularly thrilled to meet some of my heroes through this program: Adrian Belew, Jon Anderson, and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter.

We're currently on the road with the kids - they're playing at the Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago tomorrow - I can't think of a better way to spend my vacation than watching my kids play the music I love. "

The picture below shows Rosalie and Dave... Ready to conquer the world !

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME PROMO CD

• various artists: rock and roll hall of fame - the tenth annual induction dinner
      (1995, cd-promo, usa, rock and roll hall of fame foundation)
  
  • This promotional album was handed out at the tenth annuel induction dinner of the rock and roll of fame. It includes tracks by The Penguins and by The Mothers Of Invention, a.o.

-- info: Hans-Peter Schmidt

MORE INFO ON THE LEVELLERS

• levellers: bozos
      (1998, 7"picture disc, uk, china records )

-- info: Hans-Peter Schmidt

ZAPPATIKA UPDATE

• zappatika: live on stage
      (2008, cd, uk, private release) - incl.various frank zappa compositions
• zappatika: the short but legendary flight of the dodo
      (scheduled, cd, uk, private release)

More info & samles at www.myspace. com/zappatika1

ELLIOTT LEVIN AT ZAPPANALE

Elliott Levin has toured and recorded with Cecil Taylor and The Arkestra's Tyrone Hill and Marshal Allen, to name a few.

The picture below shows Elliott (on sax) with Eric Slick (on drums) and Dave Dreiwitz (on bass) on stage in 2007 somewhere.
(picture taken from the Slick blog)

UniMuta: At the Zappanale festival, a number of bands will only be playing the music of Frank Zappa. Are you familiar with Frank Zappa's music?

I first saw THE MOTHERS live at The Atlantic City Rock Festival in 1969 (it was  a week or so before WOODSTOCK- where Zappa did not play)... I believe a member(s) of the band may have been ill, or missing, so there was somewhat of a jam with some members from CANNED HEAT.  I believe they played one long tune- "King Kong", and then they cut the set short, because, as Zappa explained, they had to make way for the "heavies" - (referring to Janis Joplin, who was following them).

I saw them again at the legendary "Mother's Day" concert at The Academy of Music in Phila.- this was the Flo & Eddie band- also I think with Aynsley Dunbar on drums (as 2nd drummer)...this was a great event at that  time for the modern music scene in Philadelphia.

The last live show I remember was with Jean-Luc Ponty, George Duke, Ruth Underwood, etc. at The Spectrum in Phila. MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA opened- who was certainly one of my favorite bands at the time- dressed all in white, and came out smoking.
Zappa's band came out- similarly dressed in all-white, and to my amazement started at the peak level of where Mahavishnu left off- and TOOK OFF from there! Not that I had to be sold, but this solidified my impression of Zappa as a phenomenal instrumentalist/improviser.

My first recordings I heard - in high school in the late '60's - were FREAK OUT and ABSOLUTELY FREE.  They had a profound effect on me. Then I was turned on to Beefheart's TROUT MASK REPLICA. That did it. I got a copy in the mail (I believe for 99 cents) of "ZAPPED" - a sampler of the Straight/Bizarre artists. I loved pretty much everything on the album.

Finally - I think it was the summer of '68 or '69- I hitchhiked from Phila. - to LA- with the express purpose of trying to find Capt Beefheart and/or Frank- with 2 friends (both guitarists). We were repeatedly told when we got there that The Capt. was in seclusion somewhere up in Redwood country.  So we proceeded to walk the streets of Laurel Canyon to look for the Zappa abode.  It wasn't long before someone pointed us in the direction of a parked Jaguar, and was told if we rang the doorbell behind it, we'd find our man.  I was 15 at the time, and just really starting to learn to play at a very beginning level...but I was becoming obsessed.  Sure enough, Mr. Zappa himself answered the door- and the 3 of us were somewhat shocked, and lost for words. We finally got it together to tell him that we just hitch-hiked frm Phila. in hopes of joining his band.  He politely informed us that he only conducted auditions at his business office (in Hollywood) and didn't conduct business at his home...With nothing left to say...that was the extent of my meeting with FZ.

However, I have had the pleasure and honor to play and record- many years later- with the great DON PRESTON- in the Akashic Ensemble; as well as in a trio with the great trumpeter BOBBY BRADFORD, as well as PROJECT OBJECT and other situations.

UniMuta: Your list of performances and your discography is very impressive, ranging from collaborations with The Arkestra's Tyrone Hill and Marshal Allen, to poetry readings.
What can we expect at the Zappanale Festival?

I was originally invited to perform with my band NEW GHOST (ESP-Disk #4030), but because of financial limitations, etc. it was not possible to bring this quartet to Europe. So I decided to use the invitation, to help put together a tour with my friend- bassist JAIR-ROHM PARKER WELLS (originally from the US, but a longtime resident of Stockholm)- who I knew through guitarist/engineer BOB MUSSO, and the band MACHINE GUN.
We are using different drummers for different performances- and for our German shows (in Berlin on Aug. 14,15) and for the Zappanale set( on the 16th)- we will use drummer KLAUS KUGEL.

We all have strong backgrounds in "free improvised" music, so this will be a good part of our set.  Zappa was known largely for his compositions and lyrics, but for me his sense of freedom and improvisation was what had a big influence on me.  As poet/spoken word performer- this is also an integral part of my set.

I have had considerable experience playing with members of The SCHOOL OF ROCK in Phila., and if time and schedules permit, we may do a collaboration on at least one Zappa piece.

UniMuta: You have performed all over the world. Do you find the time to get an impression of the venue, city or country where you are playing? What are your fondest memories?

One of the great things about playing music is getting to travel around the world. I always try to get out and experience the city, country, etc. of where I am playing in whatever ways I can.  I travelled on the road for 11 years with Philly R & B legends- HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUENOTES.  I rarely stayed in my hotel room long- I always went out to jams , parties, or just walked the streets of cities all over the world- and was eventually able to make contacts for my own gigs- even though in a somewhat different genre.  I've also had opportunites to tour with the great CECIL TAYLOR (a week in Berlin was documented on 2 FMP CDs -"The Light Of Corona", and "Almeda"). Playing with him at the Skopje Jazz Festival several years ago (on midnight of my birthday- Oct. 23) where we were announced as the replacement for the departing UN troops- was really something!

Elliott Levin will be performing at the Zappanale festival on Saturday at 14.00 h.

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BOOKS ABOUT ZAPPA

All these are from (former) Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.

-- info & pictures: Bohous

by p.occhiogrosso / f.zappa
    (1995, book, czech republic, klub pratel pana honkera) 

= czech translation of "the real frank zappa book" from 1989;
the edition was limited to 100 copies.

by petr doruzka
    (1984, book, czech, edice kruh pratel mladé hudby /no.1)

by neil slaven
    (1996, book, uk, slaven
    (2002, book, czech republic, bb art)

= czech translation of "electric don quichote" from 1996

by petr doruzka
    (1990, book, czech, opus bratislava)

= 2nd edition, = slovene translation of "suplik plny zappa" from 1984

by petr doruzka
    (1993, book, czech, paseka/prace)

= 3rd editionof "suplik plny zappa" from 1984

= czech translation of "The Monstrous Memoirs..."

THE LEVELLERS - BOZOS

• levellers: bozos
      (1998, cdep, uk, china records wokcd2096)
  
  • Earlier this week, the Latest News section mentioned that the Levellers had recorded Don Van Vliet's 'Plastic Factory'.
    Here's the cover, and some extra data.

SCOTT PARKER BOOKS

Scott says:

"The first book will be "The Zappa Supplement One: A Box Of History And The Mud Shark Saga". Should be out this month"

http://www.scottparkerbooks.com/

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AHMET ZAPPA

THE PAUL GREEN SCHOOL OF ROCK AT ZAPPANALE

2008 07 29 - a couple of questions for Paul Green from The Paul Green School Of Rock Music  -  http://www.schoolofrock.com/

Paul Green says: "Things are going amazingly well. We just got back from a European tour opening for and playing with the Butthole Surfers...Amsterdam, Gent, and 7 shows in the UK. It was awesome."

So I threw him some questions regarding the P.G.School Of Rock's scheduled Zappanale appearance:

UniMuta: How does it feel, coming back to the Zappanale festival?

Paul Green: It is our favorite show to do, so of course I am very excited! We play most of the big festivals in the US...Lollapalooza, ACL, Summerfest...but there is nowhere else we play that puts the kids in front of such a wonderful, knowledgeable, and kind audience. It really is magical every time we play there.

UniMuta: How does the Zappanale festival fit into the whole of the P.G.School of Rock?
Is it something for last-year-students only? Do the students that come along take extra courses or rehearsals? Are they all from the same school / city?

Paul Green: Zappanale really sits outside of our normal plans...it serves no promotional purpose, per se, but rather is just my way of rewarding students who have worked so hard for us. We have two allstar groups, drawn from the 11 East Coast SORs, and I bring one of these everytime we come (this year the other group just did the Eurpean Butthole Surfers tour...so it works out fair). I don't just bring last year students, but I do try to make sure that everyone of our best students makes it to Zappanale during their time in the program.

The students of the Paul Green School of Rock Music will be performing a Zappa set on Friday, August 15, with Denny Walley.
Saturday, August 16, on midnight they will perform the music of Yes.

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BUCKETHEAD REVISITED

Fabulous. Weird.

Buckethead plays the guitar like he's a robot, but he also plays with a giant rubber chicken on stage, and hands out toys during the concert...

Unbelievable.

• 2008/06/03 concert 'Waiting Room', Omaha, Nebraska
  • Robot noise intro, Night Of The Slunk, Botnus, Botnus Continued - Crash Victim -, Rvenge Of The DoubleMan, Ghost House, ?, Brewer In The Air, Gory Head Stump, Soothsayer, Toys, Jordan, Mad Monster Party, Mandolin, King James, ?-Foxy Lady, Asylum of Glass-Red Hot Mamma-We Can Rebuild Him, Jowls, Hog Bitch Stomp, Bucketheads Toy Store, ?, That1Guy Jam, Welcome To Buckethead Land
  • a matrix video recordings of this concert cirulates!

MICHAEL MAKSYMENKO

• michael maksymenko: business cide
      (2008, cd, uk, rer mm1)
  
  • Michael Maksymenko has been the drummer of the Crazy Backwards Alphabet and he has worked with Henry Kaiser on various occasions. His latest release "Business Cide" collects various recordings from 1977 until 1989.
    It features Henry Kaiser and John French on a couple of tracks.
    Recommended food for Beefheart fans.

CRAZY BACKWARDS ALPHABET

• crazy backwards alphabet: crazy backwards alphabet
      (1987, lp, usa, sst)
  
  • While typing in the data for the Michael Maksymenko album, I noticed that I didn't have the Crazy Backwards Alphabet listed.
    Essential stuff, and out on CD as well. With bonus tracks.

THE PURPLE CUCUMBER

-- info / picture from Reinhard

CAPTAIN CHEESEBEARD NEWSFLASH

John Van Steenlandt Joins the band

Dear all,

With pride and joy I can announce that, multi instrumentalist and vocalist John Van Steenlandt has Joined the band. This opens a whole new range of possibilities like extra vocals, more percussion, electronics and for the first time, we have someone who can sing "Florentine Pogen" the way it should be sung ;-)
By the way, for those who've been wondering about what the hell "Wellfields" are, they're some dodgy Togolese cigarettes.

have a good one
The Captain.

- upcoming shows -

2008/07/31 Cpt.Cheesebeard & The 7 Sisters of Prevention - concert "Park concert", Melsele, Belgium (Gaverlandstraat)

2008/09/18 Cpt.Cheesebeard & The 7 Sisters of Preventions - concert 'Spirit of 66', Verviers, Belgium

July, 31 2008 at Park Concert
Gaverlandstraat, Melsele, BE 9120

ANOTHER ZAPPATIKA NEWSFLASH

You can order the previous Zappatika album "Live On Stage" through their MySpace site.

DENGUE FEVER

• dengue fever: venus on earth
      (2008, cd, uk, real world records)
  
  • Last week the latest Dengue Fever album hit the U.M. mailbox. I didn't really know what to expect... 
    And it turned out that dengue fever not only is a disease, but also an L.A. band that mixes 60's Cambodian pop and American surf rock into their psychedelic garage rock sound. The result is fresh, non-western pop music.
    The music is fun. I would have liked it a bit more angular and less predictable, but it's still fun. Cambodian female vocalist Chhom Nimol makes this album stand out.
    
  • You can see Dengue Fever at:
    • Aug 06 - Oya Festival, Oslo, Norway
    • Aug 08 - Way Out West, Goteborg, Sweden
    • Aug 09 - Summer Sundae Weekender, Leicester, UK
    • Aug 21, Festival Musicas Do Mar, Povoa do Varzim, Portugal
      
  • www.realworldrecords.com/denguefever
    
  • www.myspace.com/denguefevermusic
    

RESIDENTS FIGURES

RalphAmerica
2008 07 28

Well, this is a surprise!

We came to the office and found our door blocked with all these big boxes we weren't expecting. Turns out to be these faulous Residents toys/figures staring at us. This is our first shipment, and we're not sure when the next shipment will come, or if the price might change. So we may sell out of this first batch somewhat quickly, so please don't be too disappointed if we run out and we have to refund you. We should have more soon.

Because of this, for this first batch, we ask that each customer is limited to ONLY 1 complete set. Again, don't try to order more than one of each color combo, we have to limited this to 1 set per customer. So you can order 8 pieces, as long as they are all different  versions of the set.
But you can't order 8 pieces if they are all the Glow in the Dark Blue Eyeball. K? These are in stock now, and will ship as fast as we can get them out of the office.

These come in 4 different Skull versions (all painted differently) and 4 different Eyeball versions. Some of them are glow in the dark. Pretty awesome looking 7" tall thingies.

Git 'em whilst ya can. Again, we hope to get another shipment in the near future.

Thanks

The Ralph Gang
http://www.ralphamerica.com

and the RalphMouth blog
http://ralphamerica.blogspot.com

RAY COLLINS

Just wanted to send out an update on my Uncle Ray Collins.

I'm "Shay". I was born Sharon but changed it to be closer to "RAY"....Silly I know. I became the person I am today I believe, because of my Uncle Rays influence. I sing, and I am a weirdo just like he is. My dad is his brother obviosly, wonderful and a genius but somehow I turned out just like Uncle Ray? I LOVE IT! I talk to him often and even named my new baby girl after him. Aaralynn Harmony RAY Collins, (she loves his music too) 

Well, I just got off the phone with him and he is doing very well. STILL Happy and healthy in LA. He loves his life and is very free and uncorrupted. I adore my Uncle Ray and enjoy everything I read about him. He is an inspiration to me and I am very proud!! I grew up with his pushing me to stay honest and true to myself. He taught me to sing sing sing...to own every move I make and even if I hit a bad note CLAIM IT! He is so awsome I LOVE HIM SO VERY DEARLY and I appreciate your site very much for the insite and stories. I would like to share some stories of  fun times with Uncle Ray of my own sometime. We have MANY MANY!! :)

SHAY COLLINS, PCB FL< 7-26-08

ZAPPATIKA NEWSFLASH

Zappatika! will release its new album "The Short But Legendary Flight Of The Dodo" on September 1st.

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ED MANN

Ed Mann will be in Europe on 12 November and tour around (with various musicians including Wrong Object, Moving Tones, Corkys Cats & Zappatika) in Holland, Belgium, France and the UK thru til 5 December !!

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NEW ALBUM BY DRUMBO / JOHN FRENCH

You can hear an exclusive clip from the new / scheduled album on Drumbo's myspace.

www.myspace.com/drumbojohnfrench

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The new album will be called "City of Refuge”, and features Bill Harkleroad (AKA “Zoot Horn Rollo”), Mark Boston (“Rockette Morton”), Greg Davidson (“Ella Guru”) and John Thomas (keyboardist on “Bat Chain Puller”).

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TINSELTOWN REBELLION BAND

They'll be performing the weekend that everyone should be at Zappanale...
Nevertheless, if you're not able to attend Zappanale, but you could catch the TTRB, you shouldn't hesitate:

• 2008/08/16 Tinseltown Rebellion Band - concert "open air Burg Wilhelmstein" - Würselen Aachen, Germany

UZVA

To my knowledge the band has three albums out.

• uzva: tammikuinen tammela
      (2000, cd, finland, ylösmatka records ymcd 1)
• uzva: niittoika
      (2002, cd, finland, silence slc 011)
• uzva: uoma
      (2006, cd, finland, silence slc 028)

I was able to listen to a concert recording of the band's ProgDay concert from 2006, and I have to say that it was a very enjoyable experience.

http://www.uzva.utopisti.org/english.html

MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW - ProgDay '08 is a go for Labor Day weekend,
Saturday, August 30th, and Sunday, August 31st, 2008. 

Heikki Puska - lead guitar
Olli Kari - vibes, marimba
Antti Lauronen - saxophone, flute
Heikki Rita - clarinet
Lauri Kajander - rhythm guitar
Antti Kivimaki - bass
Ville Väätäinen - drums

• 2006/09/02 UZVA - conert "ProgDay", Chapel Hill, NC, usa
  • setlist
    • Kuoriutuminen, Different Realities, Tammikuinen Tammela pt. II, Summer Song, Chinese Daydream, Tammikuinen Tammela pt. V
  • encore
    • Vesikko
  • The picture on the right shows the band at the ProgDay festival

BUCKETHEAD

The show that is being seeded at Dime is collaboration between various tapers: 2 video recordings and various audio recordings, mixed together to make one recording, making this one very hard to resist...

You should really check this guy out. He's great.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckethead
(where you can read that Bucketheard released 28 albums in 2007 !!

http://www.bucketheadland.com

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Bucketheard in actions...

THE LEVELLERS

-- info: Hans-Peter Schmidt

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG: DROWNING WITCH

2008 re-issue of the "Drowning Witch" album, on green splatter vinyl:

• frank zappa: drowning witch

cover

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG: STANDING ROOM ONLY

• frank zappa: standing room only

cover

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLET: CLOWNZ ON VELVET

• frank zappa: clownz on velvet

JOHN ZORN

I listen to concert recordings... Here's a nice bunch:

March 17 to 21, 1999, a music festival in Den Bosch, NL, had John Zorn as a central guest.

Various John Zorn compositionas were performed / interpretated by Dutch jazz musicians! (including Corrie van Binsbergen & Anton Goudsmid !!)
Other compositions were performed by the Mondriaan String Quartet.

A recording compiling various radio broadcasts was seeded on Dime:

John Zorn
Muziekcentrum, Den Bosch (The Netherlands)
March 19-21, 1999

The initial broadcast started off with a 14 minute soundscape, containing various examples of John Zorn's music. Within this compilation, some interview excerpts (John Zorn was interviewed by Paul Harvey at the back of a car) were woven in. These bits are included in this post, as well as more excerpts of this interview which were presented during the evenings broadcast.
In this seed, I track-indexed the String Quartet piece "The Deadman", which has 13 small parts.

Interview excerpts within soundscape:
01 Influences (1:03)
02 Artists (0:17)
03 Intuition (0:17)
04 Nonesuch Records (0:16)

Cobra:
05 Game pieces (interview) 4:25

06 Cobra, part 1 (12:39) (tape flip (cross-fade) at 3:30)
07 Interlude (Alan Purves) (5:24)
08 Cobra, part 2 (11:49)
09 Interlude (reed section) (5:06)
10 Cobra, part 3 (10:22)

Muziekcentrum, Den Bosch (The Netherlands)
March 19, 1999 

Cobra line-up:
Anton Goudsmid - guitar
Corrie van Binsbergen - guitar
Eric Boeren - trumpet
Hans Sparla - trombone
Tobias Klein - trombone
Edward Capel - clarinet
Cor Fuhler - piano
Gerard van Dongen - piano
Alan 'Gunga' Purves - percussion
Arend Niks - drums
Anna McMichaels - violin
Wilbert de Joode - bass
John Zorn - prompter

11 Jewish music + Musicians (interview) (3:36)

12 Lilin (10:52)
13 Khebar (5:52)
14 Hadasha (9:28)
15 Moshav (5:53)
16 Bith Aneth (8:39)
17 Elilah (4:49)
18 Abidan (4:50)
19 Acharei Mod (13:03)
20 John Zorn introducing Fred Frith (0:27)
21 Jair (6:29)

Muziekcentrum, Den Bosch (The Netherlands)
March 20, 1999 

Masada line-up:
Anton Goudsmid - guitar
Alan 'Gunga' Purves - percussion
Arend Niks - drums
John Zorn - alto sax (Bith Aneth, Jair)
Ab Baars - clarinet
Mary Oliver - violin
Bart Maris - trumpet
Jeroen van Vliet - piano
Marc van Rooy - bass
Erik Friedlander - cello
Fred Frith - guitar (Jair)

22 Writing for strings (interview) (3:01)

The Deadman (1990)
23 Variations (0:38)
24 Sonatas (0:50)
25 Manifesto (1:01)
26 Fanfare (0:47)
27 Meditation (0:39)
28 Rondo (0:31)
29 Romance (0:24)
30 Blossoms (0:48)
31 Fantasy (1:06)
32 Folio (1:08)
33 Nocturne (1:01)
34 Etude (0:41)
35 Prelude (0:53)

36 Kol Nidre (1996) (7:57)

37 Being a composer (interview) (3:26)

38 Cat O'Nine Tails (1988) (14:48)

39 Memento Mori (1992) (28:26)

Mondriaan String Quartet:
Jan Erik van Regteren Altena - violin
Edwin Blankensteijn - violin
Anette ergman - viola
Eduard van Regteren Altena - cello

Muziekcentrum, Den Bosch (The Netherlands)
March 21, 1999 

40 Final statement (interview) (0:16)

JEAN-LUC PONTY

• 1975/09/01 Jean-Luc Ponty - concert 'The Village Gate', nyc, NY, usa
  • line-up
    • Jean-Luc Ponty * Darly Steurmer- guitar * Mike Wolf- keyboards * Tom Fowler- bass * Norm Fearrington- drums
  • setlist
    • radio announcer band introductions, how would you like to have a head like that?, echoes of the future, polyfolk dance, upon the wings of music, radio announcer
  • comments from the seeder:
    • A fine radio broadcast from the Big Apple with some prime Ponty on his 1st solo band tour. The 1st tune is probably a leftover relic from his 1973 tour with Frank Zappa, the rest are all from his 1st solo record, Upon the Wings of Music, with my favorite Ponty drummer. This guy can really play. It's a short set, but I think the whole thing. the tape was flipped just before upon the wings. This tour began a long and productive mergence of Ponty with Daryl Steurmer before he joined with Genesis. 

TERRY BOZZIO

JEFF BECK WITH JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, PAUL RODGERS & FRIENDS  (including Terry Bozzio)

• 2002/09/14 Jeff Beck - concert 'Royal Festival Hall', London, England 
  • line-up, incl. special guests:
    • Jeff Beck * John McLaughlin * Jimmy Hall * Imogen Heap * Tony Hymas * Terry Bozzio * Paul Rogers
  • setlist
    • Beck's Bolero, Roy's Toys, Rice Pudding (feat.Jack Johnson), Angel Footsteps, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Blue Wind, I'm A Man (feat.Jimmy Hall), Ain't Superstitous (feat.Jimmy Hall), Morning Dew (feat.Jimmy Hall), Behind The Veil (feat.the whole band plus Terry Bozzio), Savoy (feat. the Guitar Shop Trio), Sling Shot, Big Block, Freeway Jam, Still I'm Sad (feat.Jeff & band), Train Kept A Rollin' (enter White Stripes, bassist Jack Lawrence), I Ain't Done Wrong, Heartful Of Soul, Mister You're A Better Man Than I, Lost Women, Evil Hearted You, I Ain't Got You (exit White Stripes), The Pump, Brush With The Blues, Star Cycle, Rollin' And Tumblin' (feat.Imogene Heap), Django (with John McLaughlin), Scatterbrain (with John), Nadia (with tabla player Aref Durvesh), What Mama Said (with tabla player Aref Durvesh), Going Down (feat.Paul Rogers), People Get Ready (feat.Jimmy Hall), A Day In The Life
  • encores
    • Where Were You, Hi Ho Silver Lining (with the entire cast) 
  • an audience recording of this concert circulates

ZAPPOSTROPHE 108

Nice cover...

STANLEY JASON ZAPPA ON YOUTUBE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs9JXsxiVX8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izXQPUW-Fg4&feature=user

DALE BOZZIO

Billed as The Missing Persons (and that probably was a bit exaggerated), Dale Bozzio performed in Inglewood, California, earlier this month.

2008 07 - posted at Dime

Missing Persons - NTSC DVD - Live At Hollywood Park, Inglewood, CA July 03, 2008

Taper's notes:For some reason, they did a very short set. Roughly 41 minutes.

Track listing

1. Mental Hopscotch

2. Noticeable One

3. Words

4. Here And Now

5. Windows

6. It Ain't None Of Your Business

7. Hello, I Love You

8. Bad Streets

9. Walking In L.A.

Line up:

• Dale Bozzio (Vocals)

• Ron Poster (Keyboards)

• Brad Miller (Guitar)

• Jake Hayden (?) (Drums)

• Tom Wood (?) (Bass)

ZAPPATIKA!

The message on the Zappatika! MySpace page says:

"you can now hear the first offerings from our new album  THE SHORT BUT LEGENDARY FLIGHT of the DODO which will be released at the end of July

The main part of the album is very much beat orientated as the idea of this project was to mix FZ style Stunt guitar with modern "accessible" Dance rhythms. There are 18 tracks on the album including a number of experimentations utilising various Frank Zappa compositions. There are also many completely new pieces by ZAPPATiKA."

ZAPPATiKA currently comprises of the following musicians : 

• McINNES - lead guitars, lead vocals & arrangements
• BATTA-TUTTI - drums & other loud noises
• BILLY BONGO - percussion & twiddly things
• DOCTOR LAU - sequencing, keys, computers, sonology
• WILLY WIZZ - bass
• NICO-H - vocals, accordion & looking good

www.myspace. com/zappatika1

The following pieces are on Zappatika!'s MySpace page:

• Animal Thaang vs Dirty Love
• Son Of Slime
• It Ain't Necessarily
• Ballad Of Leroy
• Wino Willie Goes 2 Montana
• Screaming Digit

Over at ReverbNation, there's even more songs to listen to:

http://www.reverbnation.com/zappatika

• I don't think so
• Dance Like a Fool
• Nothing at All
• The Zzlime
• Boris the Jazz Dog
• The Torture never stops
• Indian Joe
• Eazter Melonz
• Comet
• A song for you
• Heavy Shark
• The Dark Room
• Santani Invariati
• Leroy
• Paryer 45 Mother Earth
• Ocean
• Sexually Harrased
• The King is Mad
• Black N White N Aziu
• Marchin Wino
• The Rainy Dayzz
• Space Tripping

ZAPPOSTROPHE 109

They just keep on going.

And I'm assuming that a bunch of them will be at Zappanale again as well !!

THE WRONG OBJECT

At the Gaume Jazz festival, TWO will be playing on day two, sharing the bill with a.o. Aka Moon...
Good grief...

At Zappanale the band will play on Friday (with guest Stanley Jason Zappa), and on Sunday, as a part of Stanley Jason Zapp's New Texture Pan Tonal Fellowship...
Gotta catch'm twice...

• 2008/08/09 The Wrong Object - concert "Gaume Jazz Festival", Rossignol, Belgium

• 2008/08/15 The Wrong Object - concert "Zappanale Festival", Bad Doberan, Germany, 17h30; w. special guest Stanley Jason Zappa

• 2008/08/17 The Wrong Object - concert "Zappanale Festival", Bad Doberan, Germany; TWO joins Stanley Jason Zappa's New Texture Pan Tonal Fellowship

JOHN TRUBEE  2008 06 22

I heard on the news this morning that various folks are requesting the Arabs produce more oil to bring its price down. The Arabs, as usual, are not cooperating.

This makes us powerless. Did you enjoy being powerless? I don't. I hate it. I hate it more than anything else in the world.

Another, better way to bring down the price of oil is to stop using it, to have effect over the demand side since we appear powerless about controlling the supply side.

To be unable or unwilling to control one's appetite for something is a form of infantilism. It renders one weak and powerless. To gain back one's power and become strong again, one must control one's appetite, become a disciplined ascetic, and renounce mindless, infantile consumerism.

One must defer gratification to obtain longterm goals. This is the definition of maturity.

To gain back power, to become strong again, to tell the Arabs to go stick it, it is best to behave as a discliplined ascetic rather than a caterwauling, powerless infant dependent upon oil.

To walk away from those to whom you formerly surrendered your power is to become strong again.

John Trubee 
PO Box 4921
Santa Rosa, CA 95402 USA

PIKACHU - MAKOTO

Pikachu on drums, Kawabata Makoto on electric guitar:

* PIKACHU-MAKOTO will play at George Tavern LONDON on Aug 13. http://www.myspace.com/thegeorgetavern

• 2008/08/13 Pikachu - Makoto - concert 'George Tavern', London, UK

Kawabata Makoto did a solo concert recently in San Francisco. The show is available from Dime.

2008/06/18 Kawabata Makoto - concert 'Hemlock Tavern', San Francisco, CA, usa

"Music, for me, is neither something that I create, nor a form of self-expression. All kinds of sounds exist everywhere around us, and my performances solely consist of picking up these sounds, like a radio tuner, and playing them so that people can hear them. However, maybe because my reception is somewhat off, I am unable to perfectly reproduce these sounds. That is why I spend my days rehearsing.

Where do these sounds come from? Who is sending them out? That is not something for me to know, and neither is there any way that I could find out. I simply believe that they come from the 'cosmos'. (Maybe other people would call God the source). Since I was a small child I have been prone to hearing ringing sounds in my ears and other sound phantasms. At the time, I believed that these were messages aimed directly at me from a UFO, and so I would gaze up at the sky. But once I started playing music myself, I came to feel that these noises were a kind of pure sound. And I promised myself that one day I would be able to play those sounds myself. It is only recently that I have begun to feel that I have been able to come close to reproducing these sounds in my solo guitar work, and in my INUI project.

However, in June of 1999, I finally discovered my own 'cosmos' and I experienced an instant of total union with it!! That 'cosmos' is still tiny in size - although any cosmos can, by its very nature, be infinitely huge or infinitely small. The energy and vibrations contained within that it far exceeded my imagination in scope and beauty. I can only describe the miraculous instant when my 'cosmos' accepted my consciousness as MAGIC."

-- Kawabata Makoto. July 8th 2000

WM RECORDINGS

A message from WM Recordings

The Aperion Project - on iTunes now!

After the release of their free download "All Music is Improvised" (see below) WM Recordings is proud to present "Gods, Demigods & Demons", a jazz album for the 21st century by The Aperion Project.
The Aperion Project is devoted to the production, recording and performing of various forms of music. Consisting of two musicians - Brandon Rizzo (trumpet/flugelhorn/keyboard) and Gabe Patti (saxophones) - the musical output of The Aperion Project ranges from live improvised music to electro-acoustic studio projects.
Buy the album in mp3 format (320kbps) now for only $ 6.99 or click here (http://www.wmrecordings.com:80/artists/aperionproject.htm) for more download options, including iTunes and eMusic. You can also preview the album on Last.fm.

New free downloads:

Discover a different side of The Aperion Project on their freely available album "All Music is Improvised". "All Music is Improvised" is a series of live improvised performances performed by Brandon Rizzo (Trumpet/Flugelhorn), Gabe Patti (Saxophones), Kevin Martinez (Bass) and Nick Alvarez (Drums), recorded 2006-2007 in Chicago.

Also available: the third in a continuing series of releases by Belgian artist brunk:

'so lo so fi', some more unclassifiable lo-fi homerecorded sounds of melancholy and a soothing embrace of sadness, hard to pigeonhole but very 'brunk-ish'... 
Is it in the naive aspect, the improvised elements, the kitschyness, the cut-and-pasted layers, the use of samples, the cheap sounding rhythm sounds, the guitars? Hard to tell... 
More lo-fi, perhaps less accesible than its precedors 'sept 2003' and 'none of the above' - but hopefully a surprising and pleasing listening experience.

Upcoming attractions:

"Handle with care - might panic" by Panicphobia will soon be available on CD! The album will be available through CDBaby.com, Ebay and various other sites.

See you next time!

best wishes,

Marco Kalnenek  -  www.wmrecordings.com

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JOE DENINZON

Besides Stratospheerius, Joe Deninzon has (at lesst) two other projects: Erbium and Metro Strings.
Erbium is a unique band fronted by bassist/composer Dan Cooper that features original music and prog rock treatments of works by Satie, Lizst, Prokofiev, and more..
Metro Strings is my new original project, a string trio with drums that features Mazz Swift on electric violin and vocals, David Gotay on Electric Cello and vocals, yours truly on electric violin and vocals, and special guest Benn Gramm on drums.

ERBIUM
http://www.myspace.com/erbiummusic

METRO STRINGS
http://www.myspace.com/metrostrings

STRATOSPHEERIUS
http://www.myspace.com/stratospheerius

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SAD NEWS

He will be missed.
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GRAND WAZOO UPDATE

• grand wazoo: room 19
      (2005, cdr, nl, private release)
  
  • Franke van der Molen was kind enough to send me the line-up for Grand Wazoo's "Room 19":
    • milan mes: trumpet
    • franke van der molen: saxophone
    • sven hamerpagt: guitar
    • annejan reijn: electronics
    • gideon ferrero: bass
    • niek woesthuis: drums

RESIDENTS NEWSFLASH

Residents pals,

This week we have to remove one or more of the shirt designs we are offering, as we might soon be adding more. It's too much to keep up with all these designs, we MUST CUT BACK.

So we're not sure yet, which ones have to go, but if there's a shirt you've had yer EYE on lately, but didn't have the wherewithal to go thru with the online order, well here's yer wherewithal. We'll be removing one or more of the current designs as we'll soon have something new available.

Consider this fair warning. I don't want to get more emails about bringing back a design, cuz you had that saltwater taffy accident that had you laid up in the hospital all summer, with months of physical rehab and you just couldn't use a computer that whole time. Believe me, you don't know how many times we've heard that story.

We had those Babyfingers hoodies available for YEARS, a very slow mover, could barely give them away (what, you don't like pink ink? nothing unbecoming about that), and yet we still hear from a large percentage of you how you'd love to have those back.

So this is your fair warning...git the one you want this week, or by Saturday it may not be available again, going the way of the babyfingers hoodie and the dodo bird....(I didn't get one either, and actually kind of regret it. A dodo bird, I mean.)

Seeya at http://www.ralphamerica.com for all the excitement.

and don't forget to stop by the blog and make a comment or two
http://ralphamerica.blogspot.com

the RalphGang

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DE AVONDEN

Parts of the pieces were played, and the show included interiews with Frank Zappa, Napoleon Murphy Brock and George Duke.

Another Co de Kloet radio special.

-- info: Gerard Wissink

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - OUT HERE OVER THERE

I have this bootleg-album as a CDR-release on the famous "Head" label... It should be out on CD as wel, and is a couple of years old already. Maybe even ten years or so.

It collects BBC top gear sessions, and parts of various 1968 concerts.

THE APOCALYPSO FANZINES

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discography - memorabilia

• editorial
• discography
  • official vinyl
  • unofficial vinyl
  • unofficial cds
  • other vinyl
  • related vinyl
  • cover versions
  • miscellaneous related
  • 7" singles
  • 12" eps
  • compact disc reissues
• interviews, books and articles
• tour booklets
• press kits
• press releases
• misc memorabilia
• concert photographs
• posters
• videos
• art show catalogues
• t-shirts

an apocalypso reprint of the article by john ellis that got published in us goldmine magazine no.163, october 24, 1986.

european tours of captain beefheart and the magic bands - 1968 to 1973

• 1968
• 1969
• 1970 & 1971
• 1972
• 1973

• avalon '66
• talking asshole
• original 1976 shiny beast version
• metal man has hornet's wings
• chronicle
• electric poetry
• electrc poetry part 2
• another chapter from the lives and times of cb
• easy teeth
• best batch yet
• flavor bud lifing
• hot dog night
• don's birthday party
• live at my father's place vol.II
• crazy little things
• the new york hot dog night
• captain hook

• the lives & times of captain beefheart
• it's too hard - it's beefheart
• what's all this booga booga music
• original 1976 shiny beast
• don's birthday party
• seattle jan 15th 1981
• a token of my extreme
• violent rape
• live at my father's place vol.1
• no bacon for breakfast vol.1 & vol.2
• confidential
• necessity is...
• gulp
• los botas graciosas sobre polonia
• if you got ears
• puller man
• live at the radar station
• don's birthday party
• don's 40 th birthday party
• early years 59 - 69
• original bat chain puller
• my father's place
• pearls before swine

JOHN TRUBEE 2008 06 18

john trubee
2008 06 18

"The imaginary mental construct 'society' is like a pond: it requires a continual infusion of oxygen (change) to prevent a pathological amount of scum from accumulating at the top."

--John Trubee

John Trubee 
PO Box 4921
Santa Rosa, CA 95402 USA

STEAL SOFTLY TROUGH SNOW

Indispensable.
Of course, nowadays, you've got the internet, newsgroups and e-mail groups, but at the time, SSTS was the max.

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a & m days

• editorial
• line-up
• a & m discography
• john peel
• the avalon '66 bootleg
• uk news
• "captain beefheart - a&m" by c.d.webb
• the 1984 a&m press kit
• us news
• what's next from apocalpso

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delta fusion

• editorial
• line-up
• john peel in conversation with rhodri marsden, early '92
• safe as milk discography
• the rising sons
• a&m revisited
• euro news
• ry cooder interview '83
• ry cooder interview '92
• "captain beefheart - safe as milk" by c.d.webb
• ry cooder interview '76
• ry cooder interview '70/71
• the 1966 10 page great gnome biography
• the two-year-shift problem
• working chronology up to november '67
• "the roots of captain beefheart?" by stuart troutman
• us news
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plain brown rapper

• editorial
• beefheart at the beep - the 1968 bbc beefheart recordings
• beefheart birthdays
• "sgt.beefheart's lonely personals band" by john ellis
• refusal of leave to land report - jan 24th '68
• delta fusion revisited
• autumn '67 -> '68 discography
• "the strictly machinations" by c.d.webb
• stand up to be discontinued
• strictly personal: meet the band
• gig reviews
• "captain beefheart - the may 1968 tour" by jean scrivener
• stop press
• what's shaking in vlietland 1
• what's shaking in vlietland 2
• what's shaking in vlietland 3
• what's shaking in vlietland 4
• what's shaking in vlietland 5
• what's shaking in vlietland 6
• what's shaking in vlietland 7
• what's shaking in vlietland 8
• mu
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old fart at play

• editorial
• the "trout" variations
• hollywood music festival 1970
• melody maker's all star festival
• beefheart-breakers continued
• frank zappa on trout mask replica in '69
• henry kaiser on trout mask replica
• hot rats discography
• what's shaking in vlietland 1: live at the radar station
• what's shaking in vlietland 2: "an old fart at play" by paul s.brown
• what's shaking in vlietland 3
• what's shaking in vlietland 4: proposed 3 cd box set from sequel records
• what's shaking in vlietland 5: mallard
• what's shaking in vlietland 6
• what's shaking in vlietland 7: mallard bootleg
• what's shaking in vlietland 8: "lost episoeds of the trout mask rehearsals" by c.webb
• what's shaking in vlietland 9
• what's shaking in vlietland 10
• 1970 french pachuco cadaver / wild live 7" PS
• letter from john french about mojo #2 article
• 1970 straight / bizarre sampler - zapped
• "trout mask replica" - the captain must be mad
• more roots of captain beefheart
• the "trout" team
• straight records, a division of bizarre inc.
• fred frith on dali's car (mid '70s)
• frank zappa's hot rats
• the 2 trout mask replica photo shoots
• in the turnips at the amougies festival, oct '69 (interview with frank zappa)
• "it's the blimp, it's the blimp" (zappa interview from guitar player '93)
• meatball fulton interview, july 1969
• bill harkleroad telephone interview by john ellis, january 1994
• trout mask replica discography
• john peel in conversation with rhodri marsden, early '92
• the uk friends magazine article, december 12 1969
• captain's log: working chronology
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marimba magic

• editorial
• lester bangs on mirror man in april '71
• nippon mirror man
• captain's log: working chronology
• rolling stone book on beefheart's two rock videos  (1984)
• magic band instrumentation (michael shore / musician 1981/01)
• captain beefheart: a man is the religion he is (ben edmonds / circus 1971/05)
• magic from the captain (phil mcneill)
• is this how a grizzly bear would sing the blues? (charlie gillett)
• what's shaking in vlietland 1: the original bat chain puller
• what's shaking in vlietland 2: scott colby on the guitar playing on john french's album
• what's shaking in vlietland 3: john french: waiting on the flame
• what's shaking in vlietland 4: clips on french & german tv
• what's shaking in vlietland 5
• what's shaking in vlietland 6: psychedelia cd
• what's shaking in vlietland 7
• what's shaking in vlietland 8
• what's shaking in vlietland 9
• what's shaking in vlietland 10: don's birthday party
• what's shaking in vlietland 11: puller man
• what's shaking in vlietland 12
• what's shaking in vlietland 13
• what's shaking in vlietland 14
• what's shaking in vlietland 15: the early years 1959-1969
• straight
• the "decals" deviations
• the beefheart tv boogie
• october 1970 - bill graham presents
• captain brighton and his magic exhibition
• "lick my decals off baby" recording sheets
• 1970 "decals" recording kit
• old fart still playing
• the "decals" discography
• meet the decals band
• pepperland, san francisco, august 18th 1970
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blowin' the stacks!

• editorial
• what's shaking in vlietland 1: the lost episodes
• what's shaking in vlietland 2: bbc late show preview & some yo yo stuff
• what's shaking in vlietland 3: some yo yo stuff
• what's shaking in vlietland 4
• captain's log - a working chronology
• meet the band
• the spotlight kid discography
• the spotlight kid proo booklet
• "blabbering about the spotlight kid" by steve froy
• spotlight cover versions
• "the spotlight kid out-takes" by pete mulvey
• the spotlight kid 8 track
• interview with rick snyder (from homepagereplica)
• playing it by ear with captain beefheart (jim miller / vanity fair 1983/04)
• "sure nuff n yes i do - origins" - by steve froy
• "unreleased studio sessions : 1959 - 83" by pete mulvey
• what's shaking in vlietland 4
• what's shaking in vlietland 5 / new bootlegs
• what's shaking in vlietland 6: heaven's black top hat
• the spotlight kid reviews
• what's shaking in vlietland 7
• what's shaking in vlietland 8: crossing border festival
• what's shaking in vlietland 9: where's the beef
• ik wil huilen als een weerwolf (aloha 1972/05)
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singing for woman

• editorial
• captain's log aka working chronology
• what's shaking in vlietland 1: where's the beef / outtakes
• clear spot discography
• the tenderised beefheart of clear spot  (circular 1972/11)
• clear spot promo booket
• golden birdies
• "clear spot" by pet mulvey
• what the papers said
• what's shaking in vlietland 2: cd box set from revenant
• what's shaking in vlietland 3
• what's shaking in vlietland 4: drumbo's new solo cd
• what's shaking in vlietland 5: zig zag wanderer
• what's shaking in vlietland 6: john french - sat 25 may 1996
• what's shaking in vlietland 7: doc at the website
• 1972 french clear spot original lp
• john french drum clini - 26 may 96
• newsgroups
• what's shaking in vlietland 8: file under subconscious
• what's shaking in vlietland 9: record collector "beef art" special
• what's shaking in vlietland 10
• what's shaking in vlietland 11
• what's shaking in vlietland 12
• what's shaking in vlietland 13: zoot's lunar notes published
• what's shaking in vlietland 14: claw hammer
• what's shaking in vlietland 15: the artist formerly known as
• what's shaking in vlietland 17: electricity
• what's shaking in vlietland 16: bill harkleroad
• what's next from apocalpso

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love over gold

• editorial
• what's shaking in vlietland 1: grow fins
• what's shaking in vlietland 2: safe as milk
• what's shaking in vlietland 3: the mirror man sessions
• what's shaking in vlietland 4: new vinyl
• "the virgin interview section" by pete mulvey
• unconditionally promo booklet
• undonditionally dicsogralphy
• "the 1974 album revisited" by pete mulvey
• i hate neon lights (bill gibbins)
• doc at the website
• safe as milk acetate found
• what's shaking in vlietland 4: out here over there
• what's shaking in vlietland 5: the captain live in liverpool
• what's shaking in vlietland 6: an evening with...
• what's shaking in vlietland 8: riding some kind on unusual skull sleigh
• what's shaking in vlietland 9: where's the beef / out-takes
• one of the clear spot promo 45s
• what's shaking in vlietland 10
• what's shaking in vlietland 11: exhibitions
• "talking to the 25th century quaker - an interview with don aldridge" by steve froy
• captain's log aka working chronology
• bluejeans discography
• bluejeans promo booklet
• what's shaking in vlietland 12: vinyl reissue orgy
• what's shaking in vlietland 13
• what's shaking in vlietland 14: frank zappa: mystery disc
• grow fins promo cd
• upon the my-o-my / magic be
• what's shaking in vlietland 15
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CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - AVALON '66

• captain beefheart: avalon '66
      (19??, 7", ??, blue desert)
  
  • This 4 track EP includes songs that got recorded at the Avalon Ballroom, hence the name of this bootleg single. As it was recorded for the KSAN radio station, the quality is excellent stereo.

from "Glass Finger's Big Bad But Beautiful Book of Beefheart Bootlegs - Volume #1" (Apocalypse) / 1993 :
"198? US Avalon '66 EP on Blue Desert Recordings NR 16805 - with PS - says Blue Desert EP 1 on the back but the matrix is NR 16805. Has four tracks from 1966 - Tupelo / Somebody In My Home / Old Folks Boogie / Evil in full radial stereo on blue vinyl with warp round sleeve - the front cover has a Clear Spot period picture of Beefheart lying on a couch in his glitter suit - the back has a paste up of a 1966 newspaper article that appeared in Beat Magazine comparing Beefheart's version of Diddy Wah Diddy to that of The Remains. Recording is pretty good if treetrunk stereo with Beefheart introducing the Evil cut saying "we got a request for a number by the Howlin' Wolf". This performance is supposed to come from a radio broadcast from the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco - Beefheart performed at the Avalon in May, June an August of 1966 so I guess it is one of those gigs. The tracks include a close clone version of John Lee Hooker's Tupelo with the its chanted / whispered mighty flood... mighty flood, two Howlin' Wolf numbers and the wonderful Old Folks Boogie. Another track, refered to as the fifth Avalon track and as the Blues Jam, has recently surfaced on The Avalon Tapes that circulate among collectors, but this is yet to appear on vinyl. Certainly it would be very interesting to know what other tracks were broadcast - they must have played their local hit Diddy Wah Diddy. Colin Webb informs me that a 1968 article also reckons the played Little Red Rooster at that time. John Peel, the UK DJ, saw them in California in May 1966 and said "when I saw them at... they were just doing you know just doing Howlin' Wolf numbers... really they were just an R&B band... you know... er... if they did... obviously they reconstructed them pretty dramatically... at the same time they did Little Red Rooster... which I'd love to have got a tape of...". "

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - WHAT'S ALL THIS BOOGA BOOGA MUSIC?

• captain beefheart: what's all this booga booga music?
      (????, lp, ??, wizardo wrmb 339)

from "Glass Finger's Big Bad But Beautiful Book of Beefheart Bootlegs - Volume #2" (Apocalypse) / 1995 :
"197? single bootleg LP What's All This Booga Booga Music? on Wizardo (Rekords) WRMB 339.
300 series! (All rights paid!) Made in Holland! This is almost certainly the rarest & earliest vinyl bootleg to feature the spring of 1973!
This is the original pressing tesplendent on red splatter vinyl and is a joy to hold, let alone to play! The cover is just plain white card... (Ah... when bootlegs were bootlegs!!) with the then customary inserted photo / information sheet (that is a mystery in itself) A collector's dream and I would guess only a handful around anywhere near mint condition!!!
Why the cover sheet should give details of an apparent July 16th concert 1975 at the Roxy, LA, is one of those mysteries that surround Beefheart & bootlegs!? At the very start of side 1 Don announces the band, which is the '73 Zoot Horn / Rockette line-up also featuring Alex St.Clair & Ed marimba but certainly not the 1975 tour line up that came over for Knebworth & did in fact play The Roxy and a few other West Coast dates on or around July 16th 1975. (According to someone who wrote to say they attended the gig8??).
But hey, who cares...? As it features edited highlights to some amazing seldom performed material.
NB Sighting of these are few and far between. Expect to be asked anything from £100 to £200 for a mint copy. (also comes in black vinyl - blue insert!)."

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - BAT CHAIN PULLER

• captain beefheart: original 1976 shiny beast version
      (????, lp, ??, shelter lp 80b)

from "Glass Finger's Big Bad But Beautiful Book of Beefheart Bootlegs - Volume #1" (Apocalypse) / 1993 :
"19?? German Zappa presents Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Original 1976 Shiny Beast Version on Shelter LP 80B. The bootleg issue from the 1976 virgin issued (allegedly) pre-release tapes. Labels, black on cream, say Produced by The Shame and eurodisc Gmbh Munchen. Cover is startling red on green (front) and green on red (back) with uncredited art and Produced by Frank Zappa & Herb Cohen.
According to John Ellis in 1976 Beefheart "recorded, with Zappa financing "Bat Chain Puller". This album blended the moods of "Kid" and "Decals" and would have been a triumphant return to the fold if it had been issued. Zappa went to war with Warner Brothers as thz LP reached the test press stage; the ensuing legal problems buried it alive. Beefheart was forced to rework and re-record the album, which was finally issued in '78 as "Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)". It ispssible to compare the two because Beefheart's label in England, Virgin, leaked a demo tape which was reviewd in the press and has had wide private circulation". 
This is one confusing bootleg! - it should be the Original 1976 Bat Chain Puller and it has live tracks put in as fillers I guess. The tracks start off with Apes Ma, When I See Mommy... and Moonlight on Vermont! - in fact these are from the My Father's Place broadcast. The there is Interview 78 with "Moma heartbeat... shadows from the sun" conversation. Then Bat Chain Puller, which I suspect is a live version but fades out before the applause. Then two '76 tracks Poem and Harry Irene plus 7 more on side 2 gives 9 tracks all together I assueme from the leaked demo tape. Of the 7 on side 2 most are very similar to the 1978 version but one track, called Poem, is the track Odd Job while Owed T'Alex was originally titled Carson City in '76."

• captain beefheart: the original bat chain puller
      (1994, cd, ??, cbcd 154)

from "Glass Finger's Big Bad But Beautiful Book of Beefheart Bootlegs - Volume #2" (Apocalypse) / 1995 :
"1994 Euro bootleg CD The Original Bat Chain Puller on CBCD 154 again from the company responsible for the excellent Radar Station CD with sleeve artwork from the man himself, plus a photo of Don on the tour coach to Brighton (just after the extremeley successful Royal Albert Hall date in 1972). Unlike the vinyl versions this was the real thing!
Taken from the Virgin promo tape this is the full LP in excellent stereo as Don wanted & produced by Zappa in 1975! (& which at this very moment may be being mixed for a planned official release in early 1997! Sorry folks, you'll get the full SP in your next issue...
Not only do you get the full unreleased LP, as a bonus a 1972 live concert from the Bataclan, Paris which to quote our former editor's words "is an absolute stonker" that I would give my right arm to have on video, as its sound quality is excellent & in FM stereo.
Well, it's worth its weight in gold just for thelive tracks. If you weren't there in 1972 find this CD and you'll get an idea of what you missed! A cracker!"

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - FLAVOR BUD LIVING

• captain beefheart: flavor bud living
      (1980, 2lp, ??, haro records cb 1180)

from "Glass Finger's Big Bad But Beautiful Book of Beefheart Bootlegs - Volume #1" (Apocalypse) / 1993 :
"1980 European double bootleg from Haro Records CB 1180. A very professional looking job this with nice royal blue labels and white lettering. This is the November 1st 1980 concert at the famous Paradiso in Amsterdam. That cover, which is the most over-the-top I've seen, must have been inspired ty the Gutbucket sampler. The sound is treetrunk stereo which has an unpleasant hollow sound that appears to have been mastered at the wrong speed so Beefheart sings too high. The concert itself is tense with Beefheart telling the audience "not to throw things" and really freaking out when they boo him after a splendid Veteran's Day Poppy - it sounds like Beefheart is not responding to their repeated calls for Big Eyed Beans From Venus! It does feature Gary Lucas, manager and band member, reciting Beefheart's poem One Man Sentence. Suction Prints, the instrumental that started many shows, is the penultimate track with Beefheart giving it plenty of horn and the final track, to wild audience appreciation, is Big Eyed Beans From Venus with Beefheart imploring "mister midnite hatsize snyder and mister jeff morris tepper... hit that long lunar note... and let it float...".  "

LOS BOTAS GRACIOSAS MARCHAN POLONIA

• various artists: los botas graciosas marchan polonia
      (1982, lp, ??, a6957 A/B)

from "Glass Finger's Big Bad But Beautiful Book of Beefheart Bootlegs - Volume #2" (Apocalypse) / 1995 :
"1982 euro V.A. bootleg Los Botas Graciosas Marchan Polonia on A6957 A/B Mechoen Espana!
As I understan 1000 copies of this LP were pressed, with the 1st 200 in deluxe blue cover (& a pun single?). The copy I have is no.224 with an A3 size poster with info regarding the tracklist & the names of the groups who perform alongside!"

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - LIVE AT MY FATHER'S PLACE

from "Glass Finger's Big Bad But Beautiful Book of Beefheart Booglegs - Volume #2" (Apocalypse) / 1995:
"198? single French bootleg Live At My Father's Place Vol.I on Chameleon Records 0041. This is another one of those Beefheart bootlegs that seem to make little or no sense at all!! Taken from the 1978WLIR FM radio broadcast in NY Club of the same name - in the village of Roslyn, Long Island USA.
As I mentioned in SSTS#6 the show must surely be mastered way too slow!! (Her Eyes is a dead giveaway and just about shuffle along & the talking between tracks makes Don sound stoned out of his brains!). I once heard a source tape apparentley taken direct from the radio & apart from sounding correct the majority of the songs played seem in key with the LP  versions.
Saying that, the last few numbers on the tape were ridiculously slow! So my theory that the original broadcasts may have only been 60 minutes & the last few tracks on the tape possibly dubbed from another source tape?? Anyway, let's go back to the bootleg. The cover as you see is the same deluxe wrap-around glossy photo of Don as on Vol.II. excepts this is in B&W instead of black on red & it includes the 1st half of the show & Vol.II the 3rd and 2nd quarters!?! So even if you have both volumes you still lose the last quarter of the show!
Even though we now have both Hot Dog Night dbl CD & My Father's Place CDs thisis still possibly the most sought after btlg next to Booga Booga Music & I've only seen copies for trade once in 10 years."

from "Glass Finger's Big Bad But Beautiful Book of Beefheart Bootlegs - Volume #1" (Apocalypse) / 1993 :
"19?? French Live At My Fathers Place vol.II on Chameleon No.0041. This is the 1978 My Father's Place, Roslyn, Long Island show broadcast live by WLIR - I was told that WLIR used to broadcast a lot of strange concerts, and this would be in character, considering the club mentioned was on Long Island ansd so was WLIR. The dat is November 18th in Hot Wacks. Cover is just a wrap-round and has black on red photo of Don Vliet in a hat and scarf looking like a cornered animal and Don Van Fliet & His Magic Band Live At My Fathers Place Vol.II on the back. Labels are cyan on white with "q" and "b" and feature a cyan chameleon. Side 1 of this is the third quarter of the show while side 2 is the second quarter! This features another cranked-up audience with yells of "we love you Captain Beefheart!!... do you love me!" and endless requests for I Want To Booglarize You! This bootleg also features Beefheart bravely attempting some spoken petry - Old Fart At Play and Well - but during Well he is interupted by clapping and says "cut it out man... this is not in 4 / 4 time... some things are sacred" but at the end says "thank you... ver difficult it is to do poetry in this world of constant.. open all night... and McDonalds!" .  "

• captain beefheart: live at my father's place vol.I  -  lp  -  chameleon no 0041
• captain beefheart: live at my father's place vol.II  -  lp  -  chameleon no 0041

W.E.I.R.D.

PTÔSE

• ptôse: face de crabe
      (1986, mini-lp, nl, eksakt records)
  
  • French experimental band Ptôse released various tapes (of Ptôse and of other aritst) on their cassette label in the early eighties. They released their first album in 1984. The following years, the band released two mini-albums: "The Swoop" and "Face De Crabe". The latter one included a coverversion of The Residents' 'Smelly Tongues'!!

THE TALKING ASSHOLE

• frank zappa: the talking asshole

from "Glass Finger's Big Bad But Beautiful Book of Beefheart Bootlegs - Volume #1" (Apocalypse):

Zappa!! reads... The Talking Asshole
The Soots - Wasp Man (Metal Man) Has Hornets Wings
45 RPM 7" single with black on yellow lagel / wrap-round sleeve which says 1981 Safe Records and has Frank in ornate sun-glasses on one side and Don Vliet in a Shiny Beast publicity shot on the other. Frank was recorded reading "The Talking Asshole", from William Burroughs' novel "Naked Lunch", at The Nova Convention, December 2, 1978 and was issued on "The Nova Convention LP" (1979), "You're a Hook LP" (1983 and also recently on "Cash Cow, The Best Of Giorno Poetry Systems, 1965 - 1993" which features a nice BW photo of Frank Zappa and Burroughs. Side 2 has the pre-Magic Band (Was Man) / (Metal Man) has (Hornets) / (Won His) Wings (delete as applicable) credited to The Soots.

ZAPPA CONCERT POSTERS

ALBERT MARCOEUR

The movie is out on DVD.

-- info: HH

THE ARF SOCIETY

• movie: arf society meets frank zappa
      (2007, dvd, ger, arf society) 
  
  • The DVD features a lot of well-known and / or familiar faces: Jim Cohen, Mick Zeuner, Wolfhard Kutz, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Roy Estrada, Ed Mann, and others.
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  • The Arf Society wants You to join.

ZAPPA WAZOO PINK VINYL BOOTLEG

Here's the pink one

zappa wazoo / joe's damage  -  3lp  -  pink vinyl  -  100 copies

ZAPPA WAZOO LIGHT GREEN VINYL

Here's the light green vinyl version:

zappa wazoo / joe's damage  -  3lp  -  light green vinyl  -  100 copies

IMPRIAL RECORD

• jimmy fontana: la nostra favolo / mary hopkins: those were the days
      (????, iran, 7", imprial record)

DE VOLKSKRANT

In a reaction on Rob Vreeken's article "Bijna komkommertijd" from 21-6-2008, Herman de Winter answered with some Zappa lyrics:

http://extra.volkskrant.nl/opinie/artikel/show/id/852

Ter viering van mijn zoveelste herinnering aan betere tijden. Frank Zappa!

I'm the slime

I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed 'n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little had changed
I am the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you

I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I am the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I am the slime oozin' out
From your TV set

You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don't need you
Don't got for help...no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold

That's right, folks..
Don't touch that dial

Well, I am the slime from your video
Oozin' along on your livin'room floor

I am the slime from your video
Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go

-- link & info: Ad Akkermans

SETLISTS

2007/03/11 Secret Chiefs 3 - concert 'The Magic Bag', Ferndale, MI, usa

• line-up

  • Peijman Kouretchian: Drums * Jason Schimmel: Bass, Keyboards * Rich Doucette: Esraj, Sarangi * Jai Young Kim: Keyboards * Anonymous 13: Viola * Timb Harris: Violin, Guitar, Mandolin, Keyboards * Trey Spruance: Electric Saz, Guitar 

• setlist

  • Medieval, The 15, Personnae: Halloween, The End Times, Dolorous Stroke, New Ishraqiyun , The 3, Bereshith, Assassin's Blade, Castle of Sand, Ship of Fools, Brazen Serpent, Renunciation

2000/08/28 Mr.Bungle - concert oslo

• line-up
  • Mike Patton - vocals, keyboards, samples * Trey Spruance - guitar, keyboards * Trevor Dunn - bass * Danny Heifetz - drums * Clinton "Bär" McKinnon - reeds
• setlist
  • metti una sera a cena, the air-conditioned nightmare, violenza domestica, none them knew they were robots, vanity fair, sweet charity, goodbye sober day, begin the beguine, travolta > ei raat tomar amar > if you had my love, my ass is on fire, retrovertigo, 24000 baci, desert search for techno allah, i feel for you, ars moriendi, merry go bye bye w. raping your mind / sudden death

2008/01/28 Albert Marcoeur - concert 'Frankfurther Hof', Mainz, Germany

• line-up

  • Albert Marcoeur - voc, dr, keyb * Gerard Marcoeur - keyb, voc, etc * Claude Marcoeur - dr, voc * Farid Khenfouf - b, g, voc * Eric Thomas - g, voc * Julien Baillod - g, voc

  • Le Quatuour Béla: Julien Dieudegard - vln, voc * Frédéric Aurier - vln, voc * Julian Boutin - vla, voc * Noémi Boutin - cello, voc 

• setlist

  • Album De Photos, Les Femmes, Les Femmes... Ah Les Femmes, L'Exemple Type, Tant Bien Que Mal, L'Idéologue, Formule 1, L'Emprenteur, Le Diable, Que D'Eau!, Un Poète Péruvien à Paris, Dernier Travail Pratique, L'Agriculteur, Si Les Fumeurs Fument, Mouvement No 3, L'Environnementeuse, Stock De Statistiques, Dans Le Vif Du Sujet, Bourrée En La, Générique Conseillé 

ZPZ FLASHBACK

The picture on the right shows the poster for this concert.

-- info & picture: Ad Akkermans

ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA SETLIST

Signed by Dweezil Zappa.

-- info & picture: Ad Akkermans

BOGUS POMP SHOWS UPDATE

Fred Hemer says: You are cordially invited to these Bogus pomp shows:

• Saturday night, July 19 from 9pm until midnight at the Marion Theater in downtown Ocala.

• Sunday afternoon, July 20 from 4pm until 7pm at the Marion Theater in downtown Ocala.

• Saturday night, July 26 at the State Theater from 9 until midnight in downtown St.Petersburg.

• 2008/07/19 Bogus Pomp - concert 'Marion Theater', Ocala
• 2008/07/20 Bogus Pomp - concert 'Marion Theater', Ocala
• 2008/07/26 Bogus Pomp - concert 'State Theater', St.Petersburg

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG ACETATE

• frank zappa: v
      (200?, lp-acetate-bootleg, ??, ??)
  
  • A new Zappa bootleg acetate has been spotted.
    It's a limited edition of 5 (!!) copies and it presents the 1970 Valbonne concert.

-- picture from Harry's arf arf site, pics & info: R.B.

NEW COLOURED VINYL BOOTLEGS

I have received nice pictures of the cream clear vinyl version, so here they are:

• zappa wazoo / joe's damage  -  3lp  -  cream clear vinyl -  100 copies

MORE ZAPPA ON ITUNES

I gon an e-mail from iTunes this morning saying they have just added all the various discs from the two Beat The Boots series to download. 
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GRAND WAZOO - GRAND WAZOO

• grand wazoo: grand wazoo
      (2004, cdr, nl, private release) 
  
  • In 2004, dutch band Grand Wazoo released their first EP. On this eponymus disc, the sextet released 6 jazz pieces. All compositions are by Grand Wazoo.
    It's a fine mixture of jazz and a bit of funk in a typical setting: trumpet, saxophone, guitar, piano, bass & drums.
    Very clean.
    I like it.

GRAND WAZOO - ROOM 19

• grand wazoo: room 19
      (2005, cdr, nl, private release) 
  
  • On "Room 19", Grand Wazoo expands its boundaries: the melody lines get a bit more excentric, and the band introduces electronics in its compositions.
    Although "Room 19" got released only one year after "Grand Wazoo", the difference in sound is quite remarkable. The music is still very Grand Wazoo, but the total sound is a bit rougher, a bit heavier.
    

GRAND WAZOO - ZOOOLOGY

• grand wazoo: zooology
      (2008, cd, nl, private release)
  
  • On "Zooology" Grand Wazoo continues to explore the direction that the band took since "Room 19". With the bass mixed more up front, the album immediately gets a funky angle.
    "Zooology" is the band's first full-lenght album. It presents 9 pieces and finally shows that their name was borrowed from a Frank Zappa / Mothers album. Track number three is called 'Guacamole Queen', and track 7 'Plastic People'. No-coverversions, just a bit of fun.
  • www.grandwazoo.nl

OSSI DURI - LA IV

• ossi duri: la IV
      (2008, dvd, italy, vduvdtu21218)
  
  • The latest Ossi Duri release is a video / documentary / rockumentary.  Combining various concert fragments with shots from the curious world of Ossi Duri, "La IV" is quite a spectacular document.
    The video / movie is a logical sequence to "L'Ultimo Dei Miei Cani", the band's 2006 CD. A lot of the tracks that are on this video are also present on the 2006 album.
    A nice little extra is the band's performance of Frank Zappa's 'Florentine Pogen', published with permission of the ZFT...
    "La IV" is very impressive. It's a professional release with a lot of attention for details: great cover, great packaging, nice presentation & superb performances.
  • available from www.ossiduri.com.
    

OSSI DURI - L'ULTIMO DEIE MIEI CANI

• ossi duri: l'ultimo dei miei cani
      (2006, cd, italy, frfrfrz 87453)
  
  • "L'Ultimo Dei Miei Cani" is Ossi Duri's first non-Zappa album. This is the first release where the band plays their own songs. So what do you get when a bunch of skilled Zappa freaks write their own music? Right, you get a heavy zappa-esque album. And that's exactly what "L'Ultimo" is. You might call this progressive rock ('cause that's what it is), but Zappa is all over the place. It's a pity that I don't understand italian. I would have loved to find out what they are singing about.
    Memorable moment:  'Solo E Giovane' includes a little part where the band plays a piece of Zappa's horn arrangement of 'Stairway To Heaven', including the familiar sounding guitar licks...
    God... I like this...
  • Check out www.ossiduri.com.
    

OSSI DURI - GNAM GNAM

• elio & ossi duri: gnam gnam
      (2005, cd, italy, electromantic music)
  
  • "Gnam Gnam" is another excellent album where Elio and Ossi Duri got together to perform the music of Frank Zappa. The album got ecorded live in concert on 2004/10/08 in Torino and shows what a great musicians these guys are.
    Excellent. 
  • Check out www.ossiduri.com.

OSSI DURI - LIVE IN VINADIO

• ossi duri feat. ike willis: live a vinadio
      (2004, dvdr, italy, private release)
  
  • Ike Willis has performed with various ensembles and bands, performing the music of Frank Zappa. Think of The Muffin Men, The Band From Utopia, Project/Object, Ed Palermo, The Central Scrutinizer, Cuccurullo Brillo Brullo and Ugly Radio Rebellion...
    In 2004, Ike did a couple of gigs with Ossi Duri. A fabulous concert where Ike fits in very nice with Ossi Duri. Thanks to Ossi Duri, we're able to view this fabulous concert. It got released on DVDR and is available for purchase through the Ossi Duri website.
    My favourite piece on this recording is the part where the keyboard player (is it Alex?) plays the Black Page on piano, and the rest of the band is taking funny poses.
    Love it.
  • Check out www.ossiduri.com and order your copy !

CORRIE VAN BINSBERGEN

EXTRA DATA FOR WELL-KNOWN BOOTS

Tracklist added for the following zappa bootlegs

the history and collected improvisations of frank zappa and the mothers of invention

the albums:

1. ultra modern stringbean (zx 3651)
2. nifty (zx 3652)
3. ein monster in der musikhalle (zx 3653)
4. if you get a headache (zx 3654)
5. frank zappa vs the tooth fairy (zx 3655)
6. a token of my extreme (zx 3656)
7. i was a teenage maltshop (zx 3657)
8. petrouska (zx 3658)
9. zurkon music (zx 3659)
10. back on the straight & narrow (zx 3660)

trick or treat  -  cd  -  living legend records llrcd 027

'tis the season to be jelly  -  cd  -  living legend records llr-cd 002

pachuco hop  -  cd  -  sobf-001

GLAUCO VENIER

2008/07/29, at the "In Jazz" festival in Fabriano (AN), Italy, Glauco Venier (and band) will be playing an entire Zappa set.

The event is announced as "Glauco Venier plays Zappa".

Piano player and arranger Glauco Venier has performed Zappa tribute concerts on several occasions.

-- info: AGI, over at the Zappateers site

ZPZ AT NSJ2008

• 2008/07/13 concert "North Sea Jazz Festival", Rotterdam, NL
  
  • Last sunday, I went to the North Sea Jazz festival in Den Haag in The Netherlands where ZpZ performed an afternoon gig.
    The concert was really good. Probably the best ZpZ show I've seen so far. I did have the impression that Dweezil's soloing was a bit off (monitor problems?), but the concert was great and the improvisations superb.
  • the picture on the right shows Scheila and Dweezil playing a solo during Cosmik Debris

THE MOVING TONES NEWSFLASH

THE MOVING TONES PLAY RADIOHEAD, BOWIE, PINK FLOYD AND A FEW TUNES OF THEIR OWN

www.myspace.com/themovingtones

---FILE UNDER: DECONSTRUCTED ODD DITTIES TO FLOAT AWAY WITH---

* * * LAST MINUTE NEWS: ED MANN WILL BE THE MOVING TONES'S SPECIAL GUEST from November 16 to November 22 !!! * * *

Dear promoters, Belgo-Dutch combo THE MOVING TONES is looking for gigs. This brand newproject - which comprises major representatives of the alternative rock and jazz music scene including GUY SEGERS (Univers Zero, X-Legged Sally,Morton Fork Gang), MICHEL DELVILLE (The Wrong Object, TZGIV, Ed Mann & Friends), FRANK VAN DER KOOIJ (Hugh Hopper Band, NDIO) and IVO SANS (Work,Animus Anima)- is available throughout the year for club dates and festivals. Please checkout their new MYSPACE page for live samples of our music:www.myspace.com/themovingtones We look forward to hearing from you about this.

Cheers for now,

MDMaximalist Booking

SHAKTI

• shakti with john mclaughlin: shakti
      (1975, lp, usa, columbia)
• shakti with john mclaughlin: a handful of beauty
      (1976, lp, usa, columbia)
• shakti with john mclaughlin: natural elements
      (1977, lp, usa, columbia)
  
  • After the dissolution of (the second incarnation of) The Mahavishnu Orchestra, John McLaughlin put together Shakti.
    Shakti was a quartet with John McLaughlin on guitar, L.Shankar on violin, T.Vinayakaram on ghatam & mridangam, and Zakir Hussain on tabla.
    It's fusion, combining Indian music with elements of jazz.
    Essential stuff.

ALBERT KUVEZIN AND YAT-KHA

Released on two album:

• albert kuvezin and yat-kha: 2005 bootleg
      (2005, cd, uk, yat-kha records)

• albert kuvezin and yat-kha: re-covers
      (2005, cd, uk, yat-kha records)

THE MOVING TONES

"The MOVING TONES" is a new band comprising vital members of the Belgo-Dutch alternative musical scene.

• Frank van der Kooij (Hugh Hopper Band, NDIO)
• Michel Delville (The Wrong Object, TZGIV)
• Guy Segers (Univers Zero, Present, The Morton Fork Gang, X-Legged Sally)
• Ivo Sans (Work, Animus Anima)

They team up to produce an unusual blend of avant-pop, jazz and RIO whose sheer diversity is quite riveting.
This unusual line-up mirror’s the band’s fearless artistic leaps and perversely stubborn bravery as well as their willingness to create a repertoire that combines original compositions with some very unusual, deconstructed arrangements of such rock luminaries as Pink Floyd, Radiohead, The Velvet Underground and David Bowie."
- Eve Stoningmoth

The MySpace page offered the following tracks for listening:

• Emergency Intro
• A Small Plot Of Land
• Emergency
• Pyramid Song
• Epolution
• Astronomy Domine

THE RESIDENTS ON TOUR

Or as the eyeballs say: "December 5th you can see The Bunny Boy hopping in Leuven, Belgium."

• 2008/12/05 The Residents - concert 'Het Depot', Leuven, Belgium

LAST FAIR DEAL

• last fair deal: another lucid moment
      (2004, cd, ger, rum records)
  
  • German blues band Last Fair Deal recorded Don Van Vliet's 'Harry Irene' on their "Another Lucid Moment" album.
    A great album for a bluesy mood. Besides the Van Vliet composition, the band also does two Robert Johnson tracks.
    Impressive.

JOOST BUIS - ASTRONOTES

• joost buis: astronotes
      (2006, cd, nl, datarecords)
  
  • Joost Buis' Astronotes band has been featured on BBC radio recently, on the famous "Jazz on 3" radio show. You could listen to a couple of pieces that had been concert at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam, NL, on the 11th of April, 2008.
    The Astronotes' first album, entitled "Astronotes", and released under the name of trombone player and leader Joost Buis, was recorded at the same Bimhuis in 2003.
    It's obvious that Joost Buis is a fan of the music of Sun Ra. It's not just the band's name, the music makes it clear as well.

FLO & EDDIE - THE PHLORESCENT LEECH AND EDDIE / FLO & EDDIE

• flo & eddie: the phlorescent leech and eddie  /  flo & eddie
      (2008, 2cd, ??, floedco / manifesto mfo 48001)
  
  • Hey look, the first two Flo & Eddie have been released on CD. For the first time. Essential and hilarious stuff. Together with the "Illegal / Moving Targets" albums, these really belong in your record collection. It also included "The Sanzini Brothers" routine.
    You'll love it. It's a way of live.

FLO & EDDIE - ILLEGAL, IMMORAL AND FATTENING / MOVING TARGETS

• flo & eddie: illegal, immoral and fattening  /  moving targets
      (2007, cd, uk, arcadia)
  
  • Last year, the in my ears two best Flo & Eddie album got comined on 1 CD: "Illegal, Immoral and Fattening", and "Moving Targets".
    Out on Arcadia, it features Ian Underwood, Aynsley Dunbar, and includes a version of Zappa's 'Eddie, Are You Kiddin'.

FLO & EDDIE - ROCK STEADY

• flo & eddie: rock steady with flo & eddie
      (1981, lp, usa, epiphany records) - feat.albert wing, walt fowler
  
  • As it's Flo & Eddie time over here, here's the picture & data for their album number 5. It might have been called "Flo & Eddie in Kingston", or "Flo & Eddie Go Reggae", as this is a reggae album.
    Originally released in 1981, the album got out on CD in 1997.

ADRIAN BELEW POWER TRIO TOURDATES

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OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2008 - EUROPE

• 2008/10/15 Adrian Belew Power Trio - '', concert Budapest  Hungary

• 2008/10/18 Adrian Belew Power Trio - 'Auditorium Radio Svizzera ', concert Lugano Switzerland

• 2008/10/24 Adrian Belew Power Trio - 'Komma ', concert Woergl  Austria 

• 2008/10/25 Adrian Belew Power Trio - 'Rocking-Chair', concert Vevey  Switzerland 

• 2008/10/27 Adrian Belew Power Trio - 'Club Colos-Saal', concert Aschaffenburg Germany 

• 2008/10/28 Adrian Belew Power Trio - concert Groningen Netherlands

• 2008/10/29 Adrian Belew Power Trio - 'Paard Van Troje', concert Den Haag Netherlands 

• 2008/10/31 Adrian Belew Power Trio - 'Moods Im Schiffbau', concert Zuerich Switzerland

• 2008/11/01 Adrian Belew Power Trio - 'Der Speicher', concert Schwerin Germany 

• 2008/11/02 Adrian Belew Power Trio - 'Hotjazzclub', concert Muenster Germany 

• 2008/11/03 Adrian Belew Power Trio - 'Jazztage', concert Leverkusen Germany