Recent Frank Zappa News:
From Straight to Bizarre Explores Frank Zappa's Freak Indies - Thu, 19 Jan 2012
The late, great guitarist and composer Frank Zappa possessed a notable ear for both the straight and the bizarre. Which is why he founded twin indie record labels in the late '60s, intent on showcasing both types of music. As recounted in Sexy Intellectual's new documentary From Straight to Bizarre, Zappa's Straight Records and Bizarre
Photos of 1970s rock stars with their parents reveal humble roots in their childhood homes - Thu, 09 Feb 2012
From Elton John to Eric Clapton and Frank Zappa, a LIFE Magazine pictorial shows the intimate side of some of the era's greatest rock icons.
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: The Friday Morning Listen: Frank Zappa - We're Only in It for the Money (1968) - Sat, 28 Jan 2012
The drama surrounding the whole SOPA and PIPA bills was kind of fun to see play out. It was like the corporate interests legislators who were behind the bills had absolutely no idea that their proposals might have unintended consequences: ones that would generate a firestorm of passion. Between the website blackouts and the avalanche of phone calls and emails that inundated congressional offices ...
Survivor, Barbican Theatre, London Milagres, Old Blue Last, London - Sat, 14 Jan 2012
It was Frank Zappa who argued that "writing about music is like dancing about architecture".
Carnegie Hall gig the Mother of all Zappa events - Thu, 19 Jan 2012
Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, "Carnegie Hall" (Vaulternative): In the lifetime of a floating band constantly shifting personnel, more than a few Mothers did their inventive best for the late Frank Zappa - master guitarist, enigmatic composer, satirical lyricist - since that band's 1965 start. Arguably, though, this never-before-released 1971 event (two shows, one October night) at the ...
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