Category Archives: Frank Zappa

People Like Us – Zappa’s Legacy

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Paul Carr

Just came across a multi media artist called Vicki Bennet. She has fronted her art for a number of years as ‘People Like Us’ and after initially working with music only, began to work with film too. I have placed … Continue reading →

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Dickie’s Such An Asshole:Slideshare Files

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Paul Carr

For those of you that are interested, here are the powerpoint slides of the presentation of Zappa that I am giving at Bristol University at the end of April. See me previous post for a podcast of the entire presentation … Continue reading →

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Dickie’s Such An Asshole: Frank Zappa Popular Music And Politics

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Paul Carr

Here is a visual podcast of the paper I am giving in Bristol later this month. It concerns Zappa’s relationship with Politics, and although it has the occasional mispronunciation – it is hopefully of interest. It is essentially a amended … Continue reading →

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Frank Zappa Senate Hearings

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Paul Carr

Frank Zappa’s entire confrontation with The Parents Music Resource Centre is not available via CSPAN. The entire 5 hours can be viewed here.

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“Dickie’s Such An Asshole”: Frank Zappa, Popular Music and Politics

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Paul Carr

It seens a very long time since I posted anything related to Zappa, so here is an initial draft of a paper I am presenting at Bristol University in April. It still needs work (including around 1000 words taken out!), … Continue reading →

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Rock At The Oval 9-16-72

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Paul Carr

Here is an interesting review of Zappa’s Grand Wazzo gig in London in Sept 72. “After a long delay for setting up, and tuning, Zappa’s Grand Wazoo took the stage, and if no-one else had played I’d have been happy … Continue reading →

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The Big Note – The Ultimate Gesture: The incorporation of time, space and place in performing, composing, arranging and producing Frank Zappa’s music

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Paul Carr

As promised – here is the full 3000 words of a paper I presented in Cardiff a month ago. This is unedited – so probably has a few typos etc. I will be aiming to develop this early next year … Continue reading →

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The Mothers of Invention – 1973-1974

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Paul Carr

Here is an interesting link which outlines the players in Zappa’s band during 1973 – 1974. Really useful when working out who is playing on bootlegs in particular. The Mothers of Invention – 1973-1974.

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UK Alert: Stop the Pirate-Finder General! | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Paul Carr

“Lord Peter Mandelson, the UK’s First Secretary of State, has introduced a bill to grant himself (and future politicians) the power to re-write Britain’s core copyright legislation with almost no Parliamentary debate, using fast-track secondary legislation. If you’re in Britain, … Continue reading →

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Peach Noise – french Zappa cover band on Vimeo

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Paul Carr

Just found out about a Zappa tribute band I have not heard of. Really great mix of tracks such as Muffin Man and King Kong – worth listening to. Peach Noise – french Zappa cover band on Vimeo on Vimeo … Continue reading →

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