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Plays Zappa is winding down the West Coast leg of their "Tour De Frank" 2012 this week, with the finale taking place Sunday (2/19) at the Canyon Club in Agora Hills, CA. Formed in 2006 by Frank Zappa's son Dweezil (lead guitar) as a way to honor his...
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And he’s waiting for his iPod. Yes, I’ll give you your iPod. I kind of promised to him in my Rolling Stone article that I would have this nursery iPod. Not nursery songs, but I figure I kind of said, by the time your daughter’s three, she’s going to...
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The best comparison I can muster for Busdriver (the nom de plume of Regan Farquhar) is not anyone within hip-hop itself, but one of rock music’s greatest innovators. Simply put, Busdriver is the Frank Zappa of hip-hop; while Kanye West may get all of...
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Plays Zappa Zappa Plays Zappa -- a band led by Dweezil Zappa, the son of legendary musician Frank Zappa -- plays at the Rio Theatre tonight. The band pays tribute to his father by adhering to his musical styles. when: 7:30 p.m. where: Rio Theatre, 1205...
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“He was just giving information that he found fascinating. That was the stuff [Apprentice competitors] hated—and rightly so. I wouldn’t have done that conversation with any of them unless 16 hours goes by and it’s, ‘Did you know Burt Ward in Batman...
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Then the people from their past show up on their doorsteps, looking to reconnect, and the torture increases a thousandfold. Meanwhile, I'm sitting here in front of the TV, where after a while it starts to feel as if, as Frank Zappa once put it, the...
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In 1976, Beefheart and his band recorded an album called “Bat Chain Puller,” but because of a legal dustup between the two founders of the label DiscReet records, Herb Cohen and Frank Zappa, the album was shelved—although the songs were rerecorded by a...
About Frank Zappa
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Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa... Full Article
