Tag: zappa
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RIP Dave Brubeck
News just in that Dave Brubeck passed away at 91 My first exposure to the music I came to know as “jazz” was listening to my dad’s Dave Brubeck records. I listened to them side-by-side with the soundtrack to South Pacific, Bill Cosby, Bluegrass, 60’s folkies, Bird with Strings, Jimmy Smith, etc… basically rummaging through…
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Son of Bizarre Zappanale Rant!
Another Zappanale has come and gone… and I wasn’t there. It seems fair to say that I knew Zappanale during its adolescence. It had grown beyond its humble beginnings, but hadn’t become a mature stop on the European Festival Circuit, which it what it is becoming, or has become. That is not a problem. I…
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stupidity really is the most abundant element in the universe
…and the Zappa Family Trust appears to be at the center of a galactic stupidity-aggregation-nexus. They want Gail Zappa, Dweezil Zappa, and Joe Travers to be the sole custodians of the legacy of Frank Zappa? Really? The “Three Stooges” are getting their way lately thanks to some witless co-conspirators. There are real questions about what…
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we know who the brain police are…
Earlier today I received notice that a video of my band “DOOT” received a takedown notice on YouTube. The requester was Zappa Family Trust. I don’t even remember if the video had any Zappa content, but it was a performance at the Zappanale festival, and Andre Cholmondeley was part of the band for that gig. …
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Rochefort Festival Wrap Up – Finale
I will be looking over the previous posts and inserting images, and cleaning up text, fixing typos and misspelled names, and maybe editing some dupe info and omissions. Otherwise, that is the story from beautiful Rochefort, France. Some really amazing and dedicated people run a very ambitious festival, the artists are treated very well, and…
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Rochefort Festival Wrap Up – 5
The Festival The actual performances were scheduled for Thursday August 25 through Saturday August 27. After three days of prep and rehearsals I was now balancing rehearsal schedules with performance schedules. On Thursday I had one gig with Innes Sibun at the Corderie Stage. This is at the west end of the historical Corderie building,…
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Rochefort Festival Wrap Up – 2
Music The invitation to this festival came almost exactly two years after my last festival experience, Zappanale 20. I came back from Zappanale 20 drained, disgusted, disillusioned, and thinking that I was done playing covers of Zappa. When I returned from Zappanale I received the invitation to play bass in Mayhem Circus Electric, and that…
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Rochefort Festival Wrap-Up 1
This is the first in what I believe will be a string of blog posts where I will try to make sense of what the past ten days have involved. I think it it is fair to say that the intent is for me to make some kind of concrete statement, but I don’t think…
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Cosmic Convergence? Or just Stuff That Happens?
In the midst of all of the machinations, emails, phone calls, decisions, and other whoop-de-doo involved in making this Rochefort gig happen, something really wild happened. The point person for getting this “Roy Replacement” thing going is Napoleon Murphy Brock, who is one of the most recognizable frontmen ever to work with Zappa. If you…
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Burn That Weeny!
OK… I think we are at the end of the BWS saga. One more post when the thing gets released on CD. More or less. The mission: create an homage to Zappa’s Burnt Weeny Sandwich album in 5 minutes or less. My additional “special ops” task: create a 21st track form all 20 official tracks.…
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