Re: [Zappa-List] Frank Zappa's Jukebox
--- On Sat, 12/6/08, David Langlois [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: David Langlois [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Zappa-List] Frank Zappa's Jukebox To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 9:27 AM I recently purchased a CD on Amazon entitled Frank Zappa's Jukebox: The Music that Inspired the Man I like it. I was unimpressed by Ionisation, having heard so much about it, my hopes may have? been up. You might consider reserving your judgment about it's impressiveness until you gone through the score and come to some understanding about it's construction and considered the significance and innovative nature of it in the musical development of the 20th century. Whether you're impressed or not, Frank certainly was and it was central to his becoming the composer he was. The impact of Edgar Varese's music on Frank was profound and life changing. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [Zappa-List] Re: Wolfgang's Vault
One minor detail about the Filmore West recording. I was at this show and it was Jeff Simmons on bass(and Asian vocal character on Have Gun Will Travel) not Jim Pons. This was before the movie 200 Motels when Jeff left the band. rh - Original Message - From: Dawayne Bailey To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:20 PM Subject: [Zappa-List] Re: Wolfgang's Vault Now streaming complete shows including Zappa 11/06/70 Fillmore West. 15 tracks - 63 minutes of an unheard Mothers show - Friday Nov. 6, 1970 http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/ConcertDetail.aspx?id=1361|4901 - - - - - - George Duke - keyboards Aynsley Dunbar - drums Howard Kaylan - vocals Jim Pons - bass Mark Volman - vocals Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals Like a tidal wave of total weirdness, the Mothers of Invention splashed down on the Fillmore West for a series of shows in November of 1970 before washing back into the seedy ocean of L.A., leaving the landscape forever changed (or at least confused and offended). Not to be outdone by the art school drop-outs and buck-skin fringe contingent then wandering the Sunset Strip, Frank Zappa had been steadily releasing incredibly strange records since the mid-`60s. He abandoned the original Mothers at the close of that decade, only to reform a different line-up under the same name in 1970, this time including two members of the Turtles, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman (sometimes known as Flo Eddie due to contractual problems), to help with Frank's increasingly bizarre comedy routines and, almost incidentally, singing. The opening set by Boz Scaggs couldn't possibly have prepared anyone for what was going to occur that night at the corner of Van Ness and Market, though it did prove that Bill Graham had a pretty good sense of humor. Eager to try out material from the upcoming 200 Motels film and accompanying album, the Mothers don't move in any one direction for too long; sometimes it's as if they're moving in all directions at once. There are hints of jazz-fusion and psychedelia, along with Zappa's beloved doo-wop. They even make a brief stab at the Turtles' Happy Together as part of the groupie-baiting sleaze-fest Daddy, Daddy, Daddy. This is a limber bunch, but they're at their best when playing it straight (Call Any Vegetable from Absolutely Free is a prime example). Some songs are derailed by excessive hollering and dialogue, the delivery of which suggests the performers are nearly as bored as the audience they're baffling. Provoking the crowd, however, is part of the plan and listening to Frank scold them for their indifference is highly satisfying for anyone who's ever stood under stage lights. An appreciation for this performance depends entirely on one's threshold for long and noodly instrumental explorations accented by dick jokes. But it can safely be said that no one else was doing anything quite like this at the time. During an age of weird, Frank Zappa had the distinction of being the unparalleled weirdest. For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Links Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [Zappa-List] Stairway
I'm sure that the 2 most important reasons for playing STH were that in was 1) Fun and 2) Funny. What else matters? Frank had nothing else to prove. rh --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/12/06 12:11:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just been reading the latest edition of the UK music/movies magazine Uncut which this month has a retrospective article on Led Zep 4. It got me thinking as to why Frank decided to cover STH on the 88 tour ? I don't think I've ever seen an explanation of thiswas it to show how clever he could be in transposing the guitar solo to the horn section,did he just like the song or is there another reason ?IIRC, FZ claimed to have never heard the song (or at least claimed that he wasn't terribly familiar with it), but knew it as a rock classic.. I think the idea to have the horn section do the guitar solo (Mike Keneally plays the guitar solo on guitar as well, mind you) on the spot in rehearsals when MK played the solo and one of the horn players (either Carman or McGettrick) also knew the solo and played along with him.. I don't imagine he put a lot of thought into how clever that would be, he probably just thought it would be more interesting than a regular old guitar solo. As for the WHY of ultimately deciding to play it (and release it on album), I'm not really sure. --Milhouse __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/yXLolB/TM ~- 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/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [Zappa-List] Two years passed...thanks
--- Bart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...am I not a crazey ??? But of course you are. That's how you got here... rh __ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.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/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [Zappa-List] Zappa Tour by Zappa Boys as a tribute to FZ
some of the folk here... do not feel that Flo Eddie were god's gift to the MOI... Oh, but they were! rh __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/yXLolB/TM ~- 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/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[Zappa-List] Bozzio/Cuccurullo Reunion
I just read this at- http://www.idiotbastard.supanet.com/you-call-that-news-/index.htm#_Warren_Cuccurullo Interesting to hear that they're working together again and with Doug Lunn who seems to turn up with every Zappa drummer from Ralph Humphries to Chad Wackerman and a crowd of other ex-Zappa musicians as well. Does anyone know anything else about this band? rh __ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/yXLolB/TM ~- 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/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [Zappa-List] bozzio joining fantomas
I know Mike Patton was primarily known as the leader and vocalist with Faith No More and their offshoot Mr Bungle in the '80's and early '90's but I've heard his name a lot recently in the experimental/new music community alongside other artists such as John Zorn and John Oswald(the Plunderphonics guy). If Bozzio's doing it, it must be an interesting project. rh --- Mark D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I met a guy this weekend who was talking about Mike Patton quite positively. Any members know him and have an opinion on his stuff? Mark __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/rKxVKC/SOnJAA/n1hLAA/yXLolB/TM ~- 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/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [Zappa-List] bozzio joining fantomas
--- ted brinkley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: bozzio joining mike patton's fantomas for a tour or a few shows or something later this year..so the word goes, on other lists and websites. TB Bozzio is also doing shows with guitarist Alex Machacek and bassist Doug Lunn at the Baked Potato in Los Angeles May 6 7. It should be amazing. rh __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/c9hWNA/3MnJAA/n1hLAA/yXLolB/TM ~- 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/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
