[Zappa-List] Re: Weird Frank Merchandise
I remember the Phi Zappa Krappa photo being featured in a large format high quality art magazine called Avant Garde in 1969 here is more info from the Kill Ugly Radio site: The Toilet Poster From Zappa Wiki Jawaka An enduring image of Frank Zappa http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/wiki/Frank_Zappa is the Toilet Poster or Phi Zappa Krappa-poster, depicting him sitting on a toilet. The picture was taken by Robert Davidson in 1967 for an article in the International Times (Issue 18, August 31st - September 13th). There are three versions extant, all taken during the one session. The original version (1) has Jugendstil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jugendstil style graphic ornaments around the picture. The Krappa version (2) has colored ornament and the name ZAPPA as ornament or has the text PHI ZAPPA KRAPPA across the top of the poster but with no ornamentation. Zappa resented that he had no control, or royalty payments, from the poster although he authorised one version: I asked him whether the original Phi Zappa Crappa posters received his authorization. Yeah, he says almost regretfully. If it says 'Phi Zappa Crappa' it was one of the authorized ones. But by that time there were maybe ten other versions of the toilet poster out, from different sources that weren't authorized. -What's A Mother To Do? http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/wiki/What%27s_A_Mother_To_Do%3F It was designed to be a picture to go with an article in the International Times http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Times, you know about that magazine from England? And it was supposed to be used as publicity for our first concert in 1967. And the photographer who took it made a poster and sold it for his own profit and then that poster was bootlegged all over Europe and eventually went into the United States and millions of 'em were sold. But I couldn't stop them from doing that. No! Because in London, er, the, photographic copyright laws are different from the United States. Somebody takes a picture in the US, they can't make commercial use out of it without your permission but in England, if somebody takes your picture, the photographer owns it and can do whatever he wants with it. FZ in an FM4-Interview - Eli Marcus www.EliMarcus.com blog: http://elisblues.blogspot.com http://www.myspace.com/elisblues Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, And today? today is a gift, That's why we call it the present. Babatunde Olatunji Re: Weird Frank Merchandise http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/message/15462;_ylc=X3oDMTJxOThmcW4zBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzM1NjgxNQRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwMzExNTQEbXNnSWQDMTU0NjIEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIyOTE2ODA2MA-- Posted by: A.F. Harrold afh.p...@virgin.net mailto:afh.p...@virgin.net?subject=%20re%3a%20weird%20frank%20merchandise afharrold75 http://profiles.yahoo.com/afharrold75 Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:06 am (PST) I'm pretty sure the toilet picture - Phi Zappa Krappa, I believe it was often called - was a bootlegged thing, and never an official Zappa shot. Ashley
[Zappa-List] RE: Weird Frank Merchandise
Is it just me, or does this strike others as a weird bit of FZ merchandise to be hanging on your wall? http://tinyurl.com/5z39jp Ehm, all I get is the homepage of Allposters.nl. No Zappa-reference there, or am I missing something? (The Homer Simpson one is nice though :-)) best wishes, Marco http://www.weirdomusic.com Weirdomusic.com PO Box 26 6400 AA Heerlen The Netherlands ma...@weirdomusic.com For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you.Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:zappa-list-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:zappa-list-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zappa-list-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [Zappa-List] RE: Weird Frank Merchandise
It's the picture of him with his parents from Life magazine, and really, I don't find it weird considering FZ himself put out a poster of himself on the toilet. Dwayne Jones _ From: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com [mailto:zappa-l...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Marco Kalnenek Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 4:16 AM To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Zappa-List] RE: Weird Frank Merchandise Is it just me, or does this strike others as a weird bit of FZ merchandise to be hanging on your wall? http://tinyurl. http://tinyurl.com/5z39jp com/5z39jp Ehm, all I get is the homepage of Allposters.nl. No Zappa-reference there, or am I missing something? (The Homer Simpson one is nice though :-)) best wishes, Marco http://www.weirdomu http://www.weirdomusic.com sic.com Weirdomusic.com PO Box 26 6400 AA Heerlen The Netherlands ma...@weirdomusic. mailto:marco%40weirdomusic.com com
RE: [Zappa-List] RE: Weird Frank Merchandise
If you put Zappa in their search box they do have a fair range - including two different Frank with his Mum and Dad shots, Frank with Grand Funk, Frank hugging a cherub - I'm not sure, though, which one Bri is referring to... From: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com [mailto:zappa-l...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Marco Kalnenek Sent: 12 December 2008 09:16 To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Zappa-List] RE: Weird Frank Merchandise Is it just me, or does this strike others as a weird bit of FZ merchandise to be hanging on your wall? http://tinyurl.com/5z39jp Ehm, all I get is the homepage of Allposters.nl. No Zappa-reference there, or am I missing something? (The Homer Simpson one is nice though :-)) best wishes, Marco http://www.weirdomusic.com Weirdomusic.com PO Box 26 6400 AA Heerlen The Netherlands ma...@weirdomusic.com mailto:marco%40weirdomusic.com image001.jpgimage002.jpg
RE: [Zappa-List] RE: Weird Frank Merchandise
I'm pretty sure the toilet picture - Phi Zappa Krappa, I believe it was often called - was a bootlegged thing, and never an official Zappa shot. Ashley From: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com [mailto:zappa-l...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dwayne Jones Sent: 12 December 2008 12:57 To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Zappa-List] RE: Weird Frank Merchandise It's the picture of him with his parents from Life magazine, and really, I don't find it weird considering FZ himself put out a poster of himself on the toilet. Dwayne Jones _ From: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com [mailto:zappa-l...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Marco Kalnenek Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 4:16 AM To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Zappa-List] RE: Weird Frank Merchandise Is it just me, or does this strike others as a weird bit of FZ merchandise to be hanging on your wall? http://tinyurl.com/5z39jp Ehm, all I get is the homepage of Allposters.nl. No Zappa-reference there, or am I missing something? (The Homer Simpson one is nice though :-)) best wishes, Marco http://www.weirdomusic.com Weirdomusic.com PO Box 26 6400 AA Heerlen The Netherlands ma...@weirdomusic.com mailto:marco%40weirdomusic.com
[Zappa-List] Re: Weird Frank Merchandise
Dwayne: It's the picture of him with his parents from Life magazine, and really, I don't find it weird ... Bri: So, you would hang it on your wall? I just find it weird that someone who isn't a member of the Zappa family would want a picture of FZ and his parents on his wall. My feeling is that sort of thing would go along with a lock of Dweezil's hair from his first haircut, and the first tooth Moon lost as a child. However, it's not quite on the same level as hanging an ABBA turd around your neck (from The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert). For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you.Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:zappa-list-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:zappa-list-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zappa-list-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[Zappa-List] Re: Weird Frank Merchandise
Sorry, the tiny URL worked when I tried it -- it was the Frank with his parents poster. http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?startat=/getposter.aspAPNum=3835279CID=EA7EAF1403C34E89BFED6D80AD3A9A70PPID=1search=515f=cFindID=515P=1PP=1sortby=PDcname=Frank+ZappaSearchID= --- In Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com, A.F. Harrold afh.p...@... wrote: If you put Zappa in their search box they do have a fair range - including two different Frank with his Mum and Dad shots, Frank with Grand Funk, Frank hugging a cherub - I'm not sure, though, which one Bri is referring to... From: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com [mailto:zappa-l...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Marco Kalnenek Sent: 12 December 2008 09:16 To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Zappa-List] RE: Weird Frank Merchandise Is it just me, or does this strike others as a weird bit of FZ merchandise to be hanging on your wall? http://tinyurl.com/5z39jp Ehm, all I get is the homepage of Allposters.nl. No Zappa-reference there, or am I missing something? (The Homer Simpson one is nice though :-)) best wishes, Marco http://www.weirdomusic.com Weirdomusic.com PO Box 26 6400 AA Heerlen The Netherlands ma...@... mailto:marco%40weirdomusic.com For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you.Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:zappa-list-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:zappa-list-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zappa-list-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
