Probably the easiest (but maybe not the best) analogy to describe Frank Zappa would be asking you to remember the first time you saw Little Richard and remember the comments you most likely made about how "different" he was. Step that up by about 5 notches, put him in the psychedelic timeframe, and make sure that you include both appearance and music when you consider the strangeness, and you have Frank Zappa. He was an excellent musician though few ever really noticed. He wanted to be different, and he did it well. There was a lot of shock value to his music and he plowed through what many considered acceptable or objectionable, and he spared no expense with on-stage theatrics. Because he was a musical wizard, he was able to do it for more than 20 years before he died of cancer. You either liked him or hated him. I'd venture a guess that you would have hated him with a passion (to put it mildly). Mike Hawkins
k4ape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Colin- I know this may sound dumb, but who was Frank Zappa?? Inventor of the bug Zapper?? Really Who was he? Willis ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 4:17 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Frank Zappa >> Another Frank Zappa quote from 1967 or '68 was: >> >> "Kill Ugly Radio." >> >> Perhaps he saw IBOC in the future. :->) > > Frank was a visionary - I am sure he knew > about IBOC's future in the 60's. > Heck he was right about everything else! > > I guess it is only another 3 or 4 weeks before IBOC-USA > is set to clutter the airwaves 24/7 > > I am, in fact, looking forward to all the chaos and > QRM reports that are going to ensue the moment this > all starts. Imagine it - an IBOC station QRMing another > IBOC station to the point that digital reception on > neither of them is possible. > > Not even thinking about all the cross border stuff > that will come up between the U.S. and Canada and > the U.S. and Mexico. > > IBOC: The ingenuity of the hula-hoop mated > with the staying power of the patty-stacker. > > > -- > Colin Newell - Victoria B.C. Canada > www.coffeecrew.com | www.dxer.ca > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected] --------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
