Happy Zappadan, everybody! Zappadan is the on-blog festival which begins today, the anniversary of Frank Zappa's death (also known as BummerNacht) and ends on his Birthday (Day Zero) on December 21. Full Article at Crooks and Liars

Frank Zappa died December 4 (the night now known as BummerNacht), and was born (earlier, they tell me) on December 21, Day Zero of Zappadan. Full Article at Blue Gal

Keeping spirits bright, especially while recovering from minor surgery (which went very well): 1. Robert Fripp, “NY3” from Exposure [508/1029] 2. Frank Zappa, “RDNZL” from You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore, vol. V [560/1029] 3. Full Article at Net New Music

Clearly, the West Coast, Left Coast festival would have been remiss without nodding to Frank Zappa, one of Los Angeles' greatest and least easily categorized musical mavericks, whose work was the star of Tuesday’s Green Umbrella concert at Walt Disney... Full Article at Los Angeles Times

Last night’s Green Umbrella concert was programmed as part of “West Coast, Left Coast”, and it certainly sounded as if almost all of the 1500-or-so of us had as much fun as I did. Full Article at Sequenza21

Frank Zappa would give you a sneer and a sarcastic response whenever the word "respectable" was mentioned, but in fact, he did want to be recognized as a serious American composer - if on his own terms. Full Article at Variety

Bob Keane, a record producer who discovered Ritchie Valens and helped start the careers of Sam Cooke, the Bobby Fuller Four and Frank Zappa, died in Hollywood, Calif. , on Saturday. He was 87. Full Article at The New York Times

I nstrumental master classes have changed a lot in the half-century or so since touring virtuosi such as Andres Segovia and Yehudi Menuhin would hold sessions with groups of local prodigies in venerable conservatories or concert halls. Full Article at Globe and Mail

As someone who has spent many years acquiring rare Joni Mitchell bootlegs, I can tell you, there’s not a lot out there. Full Article at Dangerous Minds

This book hit the mid-1990s pop-cultural scene like a bolt from the blue. A quarter of a century since they was Fab, it might have seemed that everything worth saying about the Beatles had already been said, several times. Full Article at PopMatters

Stevie Wonder, “You are the Sunshine of My Life” Has the lyric, “You are the apple of my eye” …First thing that popped into my head: Last Mango in Paris, Jimmy Buffett. Full Article at The FUVBlog

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It’s got to be love, hasn’t it? Why else would someone bother to transcribe 200 of Frank Zappa’s tunes? Full Article at Avant Music News

tyondai braxton, uffe's woodshop, battles band, 10 best songs of the year a picture of tyondai braxton <p><b>Tyondai Braxton</b><p>This solo endeavor from the singer-guitarist for the innovative instrumentalists Battles is lush, loopy, and loud... Full Article at Esquire

It's got to be love, hasn't it? Why else would someone bother to transcribe 200 of Frank Zappa's tunes? Full Article at All About Jazz

Attention classical music fans. The Ojai Music Festival today announced exciting programming highlights for next year June, all picked by composer/conductor and the this year's music director, George Benjamin. Full Article at LAist

In 1994, I picked up a double CD compilation called The Best Punk Album In The World… Ever! with some credit I had from a return at Circuit City. Full Article at Popdose.com

Last week we showed you a preview of the latest issue of Royal Flush, the alternative magazine responsible for, among other things, having Paul Pope illustrate naked women, putting Harvey Pekar through his modern metal and punk rock paces, and... Full Article at Comic Alliance

Home : Features : Books 8-Nov-2009 Written by: Gary Pig Gold The origins of Southern Californias music and lifestyle are vividly told, in many of the participants own words and images. Full Article at TheCelebrityCafe.com