Category Archives: Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa and the And – Chapter 5: Zappa and Satire: From Conceptual Absurdism to the Perversity of Politics

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Paul Carr

Over the last week I have had the first official feedback from Ashgate on the Zappa book. It has been very positive – so with look the book is target for a 2012 release. Chapter 5 is by Nick Awde … Continue reading →

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Chapter 2 of Frank Zappa and the And: Zappa and his Cultural Legacy: Authorship, Influences and Expressive Features in Frank Zappa’s Movies by Manuel de la Fuente

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Paul Carr

Chapter 2 of the forthcoming book on Zappa is written by my friend Manuel de la Fuente. Manual has already written a book on Zappa in Spanish – so it is great to get his thoughts on the great man … Continue reading →

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Zappa and the And: Extract of Chapter 1

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Paul Carr

As promised, here is the first of what will be a series of short introductions of the forthcoming Zappa book. Chapter 1 is by my friend and colleague Prof. Richard Hand. Richard can actually be accredited for my recent obsession … Continue reading →

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Frank Zappa and the And: Sent Off Today!!!

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Paul Carr

Well, after over year of hard work – Frank Zappa and the And: A  Contextual Analysis of his Legacy was sent off to the publisher today. There will still be work to do once it goes through the publishing process … Continue reading →

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Zappa And The And: Ideas for cover of book

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Paul Carr

I am eventually in the closing stages of finishing the Zappa book. Playing around with some ideas for the cover – See below.

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Update of Current Activities

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Paul Carr

Just a quick update of what I am up to at the moment. Firstly – the edited collection on Frank Zappa is about one month from being sent to the publishers! The plan is to get it on the shelves … Continue reading →

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An Overview of 2011

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Paul Carr

It is so long since I last blogged, so I thought this seemed a good time to set a new year’s resolution to upload a post at least once a week. So – here goes – a brief synopsis of … Continue reading →

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Zappa and Intergrational Meaning: A Quick Example

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Paul Carr

I could not resist but to briefly cover an example of Barthes’ ‘intergrational’ meaning via a Zappa video example – ‘Montana’. For me anyway, here are a few examples of the simultaneous narratives that I can hear in the music. … Continue reading →

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Musicology, Zappa and Barthes: More Ideas of how to Listen and Examine Zappa’s Texts

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Paul Carr

Here is a sort of part 2 of my Barthes post a couple of weeks ago. That post mainly discussed Frank Zappa’s album covers, and the various messages that are potentially within the image. In this discussion I would like … Continue reading →

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PhD in Frank Zappa

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Paul Carr

A little while ago, I posted about the idea of someone doing a PhD surrounding the work of Frank Zappa. Although I had a few people interested, as of yet – no one has signed up. So – this is … Continue reading →

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