Tag Archives: Frank Zappa

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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Bobby Owsinski’s Blog: Frank Zappa And The Black Page

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Paul Carr

Here is a great story of how Mr Zappa had a tendancy to reduce musicians with the wrong attitude to the humble place they should have been in the first place. Excellent. Bobby Owsinski’s Blog: Frank Zappa And The Black … Continue reading →

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Zappa’s Stylistic Non Conformity

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Paul Carr

Here is a great example of TMOI in 1968 challenging listeners regarding the stylistic orientation of their music. Contains some amazing Zappa conducting, rock grooves, jazz visuals, and vocal madness. Zappa’s conducting alludes to ‘high art’, yet his image is … Continue reading →

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Zappanale:The Ultimate Music Festival

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Paul Carr

After a long journey from Brecon to Bad Doberan, the first delight was the exposition on Jimmy Carl Black near the ‘Arf Society’ office. Featuring a huge collage of album covers, a video installation and several of his sculptures, the … Continue reading →

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An Autocratic Approach to Music Copyright?: The potential negative impacts of restrictive rights on a composers legacy – The case of the Zappa Family Trust.

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Paul Carr

Here is the abstract of a paper I am preparing for a conference (somewhere). Let me know if you require any details about it. Since the death of Frank Zappa in 1993, there has been an ongoing legal battle between … Continue reading →

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