Hi, folks; it's been a long time since I've posted, but this seems
worthy of note. (Hope it's not old news.) We're Only In It For the
Money has been added to the Library Of Congress's National Recording
Registry. Full story at CNN.com link follows.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/11/preserving.sounds
I'm looking to find out if a soundboard of this entire show exists. I
have heard audience tapes of it and it's a great show (my fav, in
fact) and would love a SB if there is one.
Thanks, Mark in Michigan
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> Caught the Detroit version of ZPZ last night. Almost three hours of
> great live stuff. Vai ripped it up during Zomby Woof, Bozzio picked
> up the pace in the middle of the show, and Nappy danced and sang all
> night lon
Title: Re: [Zappa-List] FLAC Frank 6/25/73 Australia available
Glad you asked about this Milhouse. I got a copy a few days ago from the guy in Argentina; (thanks, man), but I can't seem to convert it to wav. I have a mac, but I think I need OSX to use MacFLAC, and alas, I have OS 9.2. Anyone h
Title: Re: [Zappa-List] FLAC Frank 6/25/73 Australia available
on 9/18/04 11:07 PM, Jim L at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I searched the flac page and it looks like OS X was the first Mac OS they made it for. They have a page of older versions of flac front end for Linux and windows and Solaris b
on 9/19/04 11:11 AM, Guy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'll gladly onpass a copy of my converted flac to wav discs to a
> taker if y'all would like to start a vine.
>
Count me in, man!
Mark Darling
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I have an extra copy of this date and would happily send it along to whoever
wants it.
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Title: Re: [Zappa-List] 2/25/78 West Germany vine
I got this vine and have listened to it at least three times and did not notice any gaps. I also don't remember who sent it to me, but that's only because I'm something of a dumbass.
Mark Darling in Michigan
I think I started
I always thought Sheik was '79. He didn't leave BECAUSE it was released, did
he?
Mark
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> The drummer must have been Chad Wackerman. Bozzio left
> in the first half of 1978(when Shiek Yerbouti was
> released).
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>> I saw Zappa live twice ...
Title: Re: [Zappa-List] Frank live...how many times did you see him ?
No doubt, man. That was some surprising shit! Whatever happened the relationship was obviously not permanently severed, since Terry was on Joe's Garage and Thingfish.
Mark
Thanks for setting me straight on that one, Milhou
Title: Re: [Zappa-List] Frank live...how many times did you see him ?
But Thingfish was '84 or so and the Harry part was huge. Could Frank have had that much material in store from 1978 to 1984? Could all that Harry and Rhonda dialogue be that old?
Mark
I'm not sure he ever returned to the f
Not to be too picky, but Freud actually postulated two types of anal
character: retentive and expulsive. Strictly speaking, everyone is anal; the
question is, to which of the two types does any one person belong? After
this I don't think mine is in any doubt.
Sigmund Mark
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> didnt mean to be a
Title: Re: [Zappa-List] Zappa Soundboard Recordings
As a SB enthusiast I know that I would like to see that list, Danny.
Mark
Yes, I really like good soundboard recordings as well. I don't have too many myself, but if you want me FZ list just let me know ...
Danny
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Ralph has been saying that in a Gallup/ABC poll of Nader voters, after those
who would not vote at all if he were nor running are taken out, fifty
percent are coming from Republicans. I can believe it. Liberals are pissed
at him and blame him for 2000, erroneously in my opinion.
Mark
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> Well, I
Noam Chomsky: "What the public wants is called politically unrealistic.
Translated into English that means Power and Privilege are opposed to it."
Mark
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> I'll admit I am a Nader supporter. I'd like to see America in the hands, or at
> least with a figurehead that is a consumer advocate. I li
Title: Re: [Zappa-List] Re: US elections and Florida - dumb all over again
Diebold will see to it that exactly that happens. Ever read about these cretins? Scary!
Mark from Swing State Michigan
What I want to know is what if bush does win by an actual majority in the popular vote?
For fu
Could be rough. Legal challenges re going to be EVERYWHERE! I think it could
be a good thing, though. A heightened awareness of elective procedure would
benefit people. Seen Palast's report on black-vote suppression again in
Florida and Ohio?
Mark, Naderite
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> I cannot take the polls seriously.
is honest. After all it's not just the presidential vote. We count on the congress to provide the checks and balances on the president (very important at times) and they are still elected directly by the people.
Jim L
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Title: Re: [Zappa-List] Re: US elections and Florida - dumb all overagain
That should read "COUNT," by the way. Of all the possible typos...
on 10/30/04 12:10 AM, Mark Darling at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There are advanced democracies that still function with names written in
Title: Re: [Zappa-List] Re: US elections and Florida - dumb all overagain
But Ralph has never expected to win, so whether he can get anything done is not a deal-breaking matter. He's campaigning to bring attention to issues that he thinks are too important to ignore. He did say in direct respo
Title: Re: [Zappa-List] Who do you really think will win? Gamble on the election?
Multinational corporations.
Mark
I've been hearing about places that actually take bets on the outcome of the US presidential election. So I got to thinking about how I would bet if cold hard cash was on the lin
Title: Re: [Zappa-List] Who do you really think will win? Gamble on theelection?
LOL! Glad you liked that, SOFA. No Zappa related stuff, but some commissioned portraits. Did a couple graphite drawings of Malcolm X a while back. I need to get back into it! I've always wanted to do an FZ shirt t
Title: Re: [Zappa-List] Who do you really think will win? Gamble on the election?
Colorado has an item on the ballot this year to apportion their electoral votes in accordance with the popular vote. It effectively abolishes the EC, at least in that state, without requiring the dreaded constitu
Title: Re: [Zappa-List] Elections results freak out!!
LOL! Hilarious!
"Mr Nader's first official, presidential declaration was that Frank Zappa musical appreciation classes were to be made compulsory in all schools - with perhaps a bit of Captain Beefheart and Edgar Varese thrown in for
Title: Re: [Zappa-List] Re: OFF TOPIC
John Nichols just wrote a book called, Dick; the Man Who Is President. One chapter is called Dick Rising. Yuk-yuk!
Mark
Or how about 'Dick Lovers'?
(er, maybe not, people might get the wrong idea ...)
DANNY
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We are too, man! At least I was able to cast a vote for the infinitely
superior Ralph Nader in a state that was at least wise enough NOT to go for
Bush.
Mark
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> SO SORRY, AMERICA
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> Kind Regards, nick
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Title: Re: [Zappa-List] Montana, anti-politics, and the worst of two evils
James Baker, III.
Mark
Well, if Cheney was gone, who'd make the puppets mouth move?
Darrell
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I think it's impossible for me to agree with a person anymore than I do with
you on this post, Richard. Thanks for sending it along.
Mark
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> Yes, indeed.
>
> Nothing makes me sicker than watching Bush preparing for four more years (4
> more years? No shit? ARRRGH!!!) completely
Title: Re: [Zappa-List] 8 Sept 1984 West Germany
Did this band do a Pound For A Brown or King King? I don't think I've heard versions by them. Was Cleveland their main solo showcase?
Mark
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I'm not sure the 84 band was known for *interesting* shows although it's a
ma
I have to say that to suggest that Stockhausen or Cage are the "new"
standards that should somehow replace older, romantic standards, make no
sense to me. I don't mean by this to detract from the modernists, but their
accomplishments have not rendered Beethoven, for instance, irrelevant.
Incident
kid falls into that description.
Unfortunately I have never heard Lachenmann. I really do prefer older
classical music, with a couple exceptions. Zappa is one of them.
Mark
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> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mark Darling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I have to say that to suggest t
I just watched this Mexican movie on a family recommendation. It was
interesting, but what I did not expect was Watermelon In Easter Hay to be
the song played during the end credits, Joe's version. Anybody know about
this?
Mark
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> Milhouse,
>
> Cris send it to me, and I passed it on to Roberto. He was supposed to pass
> it to Mark Darling, and then it would go to you. I emailed Roberto to see
> if he got the cd but he didn't reply. Maybe he's having some problem. You
> got yours now anywa
Title: Re: [Zappa-List] Y Tu Mama Tambien
The movie is about how failing to communicate about sex openly has a destructive affect on personal relationships and, by extension, society. Clearly, Frank thought sex should be de-mystified and dealt with openly and directly. I can see where one migh
Title: Re: [Zappa-List] Yo Mama bridge during KOTV Channel 6 Xmas message
My single-most favorite moment in all of Zappadom!
Mark
Hi,
Well here's what I heard during a Season's Greetings from KOTV Channel 6 commercial.It was right after Sheik was released I think,but during the possible 10 s
I saw this on ebay and just had to show you guys. Pretty funny!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=53021&item=3947703575
&rd=1
Mark
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Title: Re: [Zappa-List] FZ on Crossfire at viralvideo
I'm in total agreement with you, Danny, at least as far as your critique of Zappa's political thought is concerned.
Mark
I don't FZ himself really knew! Also, clearly, the Reagan adminsitration was never "fascist", just unpleasantly righ
Fascism is poorly defined usually. It really just means a merging of state
and corporate power with an emphasis on establishing a military economy,
doesn't it? If that WERE the definition, the statement might remain true.
Mark
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> the Reagan adminsitration was never "fascist",
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Title: Re: [Zappa-List] FZ on Crossfire at viralvideo
Man, you really nail it, don't you, Danny? Nice job!
Mark
Then you obviously do not have the faintest idea what "fascist" means ... take a ride in your time machine and try living in Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy. What is the poin
Title: Re: [Zappa-List] OT: Holdsworth/Colaiuta
In fact, the Road Games Holdsworth album has notes from Eddie Jobson describing the first time he played Holdsworth for Zappa. Also, Zappa is mentioned in the acknowledgements of a Holdsworth title.
Mark
Indeed, with a line-up like that you ca
I think I still have this comic somewhere in an old box in a bag. I've
thought about hawking it on eBay but they don't seem to go for much.
Mark
> Have you guys seen this yet? If not I will put the entire book in the
> file section.
>
>
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Title: Re: [Zappa-List] FZ comic
As a comics fan of a sort who possesses this comic, I agree with SOFA entirely.
Mark
It's kinda lame, really... Worth seeing of course, but not worth the $20 a - ahem - FZ newbie would pay to have "anything related to Frank" (if you catch my drift here). It's
My ignorance about these things is preventing me from downloading the tunes.
When I click on the shows it just plays on Quicktime, as opposed to being
copied onto my disc. Anyone care to hep a brother out?
Mark
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> Well, it's probably just me being slow and unattentive; I'm sure people
> know wh
Unfortunately I don't get that option from the right click on my ibook.
Technically, being a laptop, it's not a right click, but a ctrl click; same
thing.
But wait! I tried the "Save link to disc" just now, and it seems to be
working. Woo-hoo! Thanks, guys; you continue to rock. Or something. ;^
Title: Re: [Zappa-List] Early 80s
I'm with Milhouse. Careful on the LSO, though; takes a little more determination and effort if you're not naturally inclined in the symphonic avant gard tradition. Also, Man From Utopia has some great stuff.
Mark
In a message dated 1/9/05 12:40:56 PM Central
Oh no, SOFA; are you a Watson basher, too?! LOL! Am I the ONLY person who
likes him?
Mark
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> This writing wreaks of Watson...
> Thank's for pointing it out tho', Christoffer.
> SOFA
>
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That's hard to answer since the instrumentals are usually surrounded by
vocal tracks. I must say, though, that I don't think any of Zappa's stuff is
normal, unless you're comparing it to other Zappa pieces, which you might be
doing. (In fact, you probably are.) Thought it's not restricted to the e
I know this shit's been rubbed into the ground, but I just got my copy last
night and listened to it just now (just got surround last week). Despite the
mostly-uninspiring play list, the last number was practically an out of body
experience for me. Un-fucking-believable! I didn't know there were v
I just read this, and I have to say it's one of the best articles on Zappa
I've ever read. Thanks for sending the link along, man!
Mark (Yet again.)
> I found an obscure (well, not so much..) -text about Zappa; titled "ZAPPA
> vs JAZZ"..
> If you haven't read it, you can find it here:
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> [ htt
Does that mean you actually didn't like it, Christoffer? I thought it was
brilliant.
Mark
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> My point _certainly_ wasn't how good it was, but that that I'd never seen
> it before..
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> På Sun, 09 Jan 2005 14:31:10 -0500, skrev Mark Darling
> <
A little cryptic for me, Chris, but I'm going to guess that you're saying
you thought the author was full of shit. I don't know maritime lingo. ;^)
Mark
>
> What I mean doesn't mean anything, the deal is, that this (that) article
> seems to have been written by someone that took the cruiseship
I was asking about the video footage on the dvd, and the question was
answered. Thanks, though, Christoffer. It would be great if the whole show
were available on dvd. I would have to say that Denny is my least favorite
FZ vocalist, though.
Mark
>
> På Sun, 09 Jan 2005 14:14:25 -0500, skre
This is kind of funny to me; I've been asking fellow Zappa-heads on this
list whether they've read this book for quite a while, at least
occasionally. I can't tell if Frank read it. It's a great book and everybody
should read it, though. Then read Brave New World. And 1984. And
Manufacturing Conse
I'd suggest hitting another title from that period. Try You Can't Do That On
Stage Anymore Vol. 3; it's a double disc set, one of which is devoted
entirely to the 1984 touring band. The other disc is also very good and is
more varied, band-wise. One will be familiar, the other a nice sampler.
Mar
on 1/21/05 5:32 PM, Lynne at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Ok, own up, who did it then?!!!
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> http://www.worth1000.com/emailthis.asp?entry=134284
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Title: Re: [Zappa-List] Who did this then?!
As an admire of drawn animation I'm a little snobbish on the subject of CGIs, despite its obvious brilliance and accomplishments, but I'll give them a chance on your recommendation, SOFA.
Mark
You would probably be quite surprised at how good the
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