Hi folks,

First time poster here. I think the quote about "Writing about music is like
dancing about architecture" might have been a Frank Zappa quote... it sounds
like the kinda thing he'd say about "the imaginary journalistic profession",
and I'm pretty sure I've seen an interview where he uses it.

As a musician and occasional journalist (I interviewed Karen O'Brien in late
December here in NZ for a local broadsheet) it's one of my favourite
quotes - although, yes, I must admit it also has a Nietzschean ring to it.

Speaking of FZ, I have a hundred or so 'audience recordings', but not the
one where Joni joined the group onstage at the Fillmore in 70 or 71. Does
anyone on the list have it? I believe she improvised a song/poem including
the words "Penelope wants to fuck the sea"...with Zappa conducting the
Mothers of Invention behind her.

Cheers,
Tom Rodwell


Auckland
New Zealand

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