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The Blowhard

05-15-2001, 12:33 AM

Anyone?

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Pootertoot

05-15-2001, 11:29 AM

Anyone who names his kids Moon Unit, Dweezil, and Ahmed is great in my book.

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vegeta

05-15-2001, 02:24 PM

I hate Ahmet, that bald headed f'er. Every time I see him on TV acting like he's hopped up on crack, I want to strangle him!

He was Frank Zappa's biggest mistake.

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radio junkie

08-16-2001, 12:31 AM

The best thing about Zappa was he didn't care if anyone liked his music or not, he did what he wanted. It wasn't Halloween unless you saw him at the Palladium. They were great shows.

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The Blowhard

08-16-2001, 02:08 AM

I loved the Halloween show at The Palladium. I was always waiting for "Dynamo Humm".

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radio junkie

08-16-2001, 01:42 PM

Goblin Girl was one of my favorites. and anything from the Apostrophe album...Album? Haven't used that term in awhile

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Gvac

08-16-2001, 05:56 PM

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Gvac

08-16-2001, 05:56 PM

Joe's Garage is a far better
"Rock Opera" than either
Tommy or
Quadrophenia. How can
you compete with songs
like "Catholic Girls" and
"Why Does It Hurt When I
Pee?"

And guess what, radio
junkie? It's a 2 RECORD
set.

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radio junkie

08-16-2001, 06:36 PM

"Watermelon in the Easter Hay" still brings a tear to my eye. Think I'll dig out the turntable, crank up the old phonograph and see if it still works. Might need a new needle though. Ever see when he was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live? He did I'm the Slime.

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The Blowhard

10-19-2001, 03:17 AM

I really miss the Halloween shows at The Palladium.

"We are all born mad. Some remain so."

Sheeplovr

10-19-2001, 01:54 PM

Whatchout where the huskies go dont you eat that yellow snow.

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reeshy

10-19-2001, 02:03 PM

YES!

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The Blowhard

10-19-2001, 05:50 PM

You are what you is".

"We are all born mad. Some remain so."

radio junkie

10-20-2001, 08:16 AM

I think in 1981, I was only able to get tickets for the Nov. 1 show at the Palladium. Because it was a Sunday, Zappa canceled the show, he didn't want to have to pay the extra overtime the unions were demanding he pay because it was Sunday night. I was disappointed at the time, but I guess I can see his point now.

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The Blowhard

10-20-2001, 09:08 AM

Frank always had a problem with the unions. Just look at ticket prices nowadays..Frank saw it coming!
By the way, I was just listning to "Zoot Aloors"..great album, especially "The Torture Never Stops".

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radio junkie

10-20-2001, 02:26 PM

Yeah, it is a good album. Disco Boy always cracked me up. Does the term "album" give away age? I don't hear it much anymore.

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Dirtybird11

10-20-2001, 03:50 PM

he scares me. not human.
alien musical being. Xtremely talented. not my bag baby.
its the only music that frightens the hell out of me..no lie- have no clue why, but i will freak out if i hear him for more than 20 seconds---but yes, he is an original

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radio junkie

10-28-2001, 11:30 PM

If anyone is interested, I believe on Halloween night at Irving Plaza, a band called Project/Object is playing. They play only Zappa music. One of the members is Ike Willis who played with Zappa's band during the late 70's and 80's. Supposedly some of the original Mothers will be there also. Just in case anyone is interested.

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The Blowhard

10-29-2001, 10:12 AM

Cool Junkie, Ike was great.
Any word about Terry Bozzio being there?

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radio junkie

10-29-2001, 10:56 AM

This is the article I read in the Bergen Record. Dosen't mention Terry Bozzio or Steve Vai either. But you never know.

The Object is to keep Zappa's music alive
Friday, October 26, 2001

WHO: Project/Object, Donna U wanna, and Janet the Planet.

WHAT: Eclectic rock.

WHEN: 8 p.m. Wednesday.

WHERE: Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place, Manhattan; (212) 777-6800. HOW MUCH: $25 and $50. Box office or TicketMaster.

By ED CONDRAN
Special to The Record

A week before Frank Zappa died of prostate cancer at age 52 in 1993, the eclectic innovator asked his vocalist-guitarist Ike Willis to keep his music alive.

"I was more than happy to comply," Willis said. "What he said was the biggest honor ever bestowed upon my pointy little head. So, of course I chose to continue playing his music, the music that I love and respect and played for 17 fabulous years with him."

Willis has delivered Zappa tracks with various artists, including the Israeli Chamber Orchestra and Liverpool's The Muffin Men. When not fronting the Ike Willis Band, Zappa's longtime right-hand man plays with Project/Object. The Zappa tribute band has been around for six years and Willis has been part of the proceedings since 1997.

It's rare that such an act can lure a prominent figure from the band it's emulating.

"There's no doubt about that, but this is not just some cover band," Willis said during a call from his home in Portland, Ore. If it were, I wouldn't be part of it. Project/Object is in no way, shape, or form one of those macho, chest-beating groups that tries to be another band. There is no overblown bravado or grandeur here. I was already in the real deal. You can't do that again. What I can do is play the same parts I've been playing for 24 years.

"The approach here is like being in a high school orchestra that plays Chopin. You don't mess with Chopin and go off on a tangent. You play it note for note. It's serious composition, and so is Frank Zappa's music. I knew this band took it from that angle and that's why I'm part of this."

Project/Object, which took its name from the term Zappa used to describe his body of work, is getting ready to perform the show of all shows Wednesday at Irving Plaza in Manhattan. The special evening will unite Zappa band members from every era, from the mid-Sixties through the early Nineties. The Grandmothers, the original Mothers of Invention alumni that includes Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Roy Estrada, and Billy Mundi, will perform. Former Zappa bandleader Ed Palermo also is among those who have committed to the show, which is tagged "You Can Do Halloween Onstage Vol. 1: A Celebration of the Life & Music of Frank Zappa."

"There will probably be more guys who played with Frank under one roof than there's ever been before," Willis said. "So many people are coming out. It's going to be wild."

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The Blowhard

10-29-2001, 01:02 PM

Thanks Junkie. Now I feel like watching "200 Motels" and "Baby Snakes".

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Snackboy

01-21-2002, 11:44 PM

The Torture Never Stops. Great song.

Time to make the donuts!

Zipgun

01-22-2002, 12:01 AM

Hot Rats is still my favorite album. The Gumbo Variations alone is an amazing track. I have about 22 or 23 albums, or I should say CD's instead.
Some of it is actually unlistenable. Not because it's bad, but because I don't think my brain is big enough to comprehend it all.

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The Blowhard

06-22-2002, 12:46 AM

What are Frank's kids up to these days? Anyone?

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TeeBone

01-10-2010, 02:19 PM

Last Post - 2002

I only post now because I saw D. Zappa play F. Zappa last night at the ole' Ritz theatre in Ybor City. Not a bad show. If you get a chance to see them, go....they were very good and the guy they have doing Frank is great.

Stankfoot

01-10-2010, 02:24 PM

Joe's Garage is a far better
"Rock Opera" than either
Tommy or
Quadrophenia. .....

were you serious?

hanso

01-10-2010, 02:35 PM

I would put it a close two to the wall.

hedges

01-10-2010, 03:49 PM

I'm surprised no one has mentioned how good Zappa was on the guitar yet. He was awesome. One of my favorite solos is on Muffin Man off of Bongo Fury.

bobogolem

01-10-2010, 05:39 PM

That solo fuckin' rawks & Captain Beefheart sings along!!! (BTW, this song is actually a composite of both a live & studio rendition of MM) Sadly, audio @ the end of this is kinda an abortion...

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hanso

01-10-2010, 07:37 PM

I like the napkin solos pick a color.
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01-10-2010, 11:00 PM

PapaBear

01-11-2010, 12:11 AM