Good one.

ZAPPA.COM now has a steaming audio FZ radio channel

Linky (new window)

Nothing but the best for my dog!

I didn't appreciate Frank's stuff til I reached 30, now I'm addicted.
Thanks, Frank.

Watch out where those huskies go don't you eat no yellow snow.

Without clicking, I'm gonna guess the song is "Titties and Beer"?

Yep, now I've clicked, and I was right.

My Hero

And so ends another fine Zappadan

I had a professor who I greatly respected, mentioned Frank Zappa regarding something and he said, "he died recently, didn't he?" I said, close to 15 years ago. "Well whatever, he was no Beethoven or Wagner or anything but I know who he is. Ya see, I'm hip."

Never again.

The WHITE ZONE is for loading and unloading only. If you gotta load or
unload, go to the WHITE ZONE. You'll love it...

I like the Live in New York (AKA: Who's holding your pickle?) version better - but this song is always awesome.

Music is the best!

Catholic girls
With a tiny little mustache
Catholic girls
Do you know how they go?
Catholic girls
In the rectory basement
Father rileys a fairy
But it dont bother Mary

/bow
I'll be here all week. Try the veal!

The man was a genius even when he wasn't playing music.

Check him out on Crossfire^

I won't even try to encapsulate how much I admire Frank Zappa in the space of a Fark post. But the next time you're in a bookstore, I would encourage you to pick up a copy of "The Real Frank Zappa Book," or to at least read the first couple of pages of Chapter 13 ("All About Schmucks.") One of the cornerstones of my personal philosophy.

rocinante721: ZAPPA.COM now has a steaming audio FZ radio channel

Coolness. You win teh internets +1!

PARTIAL THREAD HIJACK! I didn't realize I shared a birthday with Frank Zappa. :D Its my 21st birthday, so I'll definitely be partaking in some beer!

/No titties
//The GF won't be in town =(

Thanks for the link, but sheesh, what an annoying and poorly-designed site.

Almost as good - "Wet T-Shirt Night" on Joe's Garage

There's a lot about the US I'm not that keen on, and I don't agree with some of what he stood for, but the guy was the embodiment of a "good American". If you're going to have freedom of speech, HAVE IT.

Miss you Frank. The world's a less interesting place without you.

AaaPha: If you're going to have freedom of speech, HAVE IT.

Hehe, Godwin at 16.08... These jackasses couldn't argue for toffee then, and it's not improved any.

What a great tune to wake up to.

"The Monster, aparrently a large Poodle Dog has been seen approaching the powerplant, rockets can't stop it, missles can't stop it, we may have to use nuclear force."
Miss ya Frank! You were most certainly a one of a kind! Was fortunate enought to see FZ & The Mothers 3 times and every time I saw them they were GREAT!

Do what you want,
Do what you will,
Just don't mess up your neighbor's thrill,
And when you pay the bill,
Kindly leave a little tip,
And help the next poor sucker,
On this one-way trip


Thanks, Frank.

rocinante721: ZAPPA.COM now has a steaming audio FZ radio channel

sunlion: Thanks for the link, but sheesh, what an annoying and poorly-designed site.

For the Farkers that know what to do:

http://www.live365.com/play/zappa_radio

what a waste of talent; I wonder what he would have composed if he wasnt so angry?

What's the name of the song where he is talking about how it hurts to pee and that he got it from the toilet seat?

Roxy and Elsewhere is a classic.

Side 3 with Cheepnis, Son of Orange County and Trouble Everyday, is the best damn album side ever, period.

Muta: Roxy and Elsewhere is a classic.

Side 3 with Cheepnis, Son of Orange County and Trouble Everyday, is the best damn album side ever, period

Amen, brother.

hooks4feet: What's the name of the song where he is talking about how it hurts to pee and that he got it from the toilet seat?

Why Does it Hurt to Pee....

Oh god I probably gotta gonocacacacus

OOoh Yeah. Roxy Is one of My favorites of all time. Truly a masterpiece.

is it bad that i thought it was going to be Bobby Brown?
/could summarize fark also...

Damn, I was hoping for Dirty Love.

Muta: Roxy and Elsewhere is a classic.

Logweasel: Amen, brother

~~~

Do yourselves a favor & find the KCET '74 BOOT torrent

This is the live TV show he did w/ the same group on the Roxy album & are the live parts that make up THE DUB ROOM SPECIAL (new window) & A TOKEN OF HIS EXTREME vid

It is unbelievable. The BEST concert I heard ~ no overdubs; no need for it

I still miss you, Frank. ='(

Hahaha. Check out Adrian Belew.

"What I'm asking people to do is simply this: In your own way, in your own life, every day, you are confronted with a piece of data. Don't just eat it up. Just think about it for a minute. You have the right to process your own information based on the equipment that you were born with. That's your right. That's real freedom. You have the right to make up your own mind. Now, if you choose to numb yourself, and to be bamboozled, you have the right to be bamboozled. But in your state of bamboozlement, you do not have the right to be a liability, because of your self-imposed ignorance, on other people who might want to do things the right way. If you voluntarily choose to be a numbskull, for whatever reason you have chosen it, that's fine. You have the right to be stupid, but you don't have the right to harm other people as a result of your stupidity. And you don't have the right to legislated your stupidity into existence, to force it on other people who have a clearer view of what things are."

-Frank Zappa to Bob Marshall 10/22/88

rocinante721

Do yourselves a favor & find the KCET '74 BOOT torrent

This is the live TV show he did w/ the same group on the Roxy album & are the live parts that make up THE DUB ROOM SPECIAL (new window) & A TOKEN OF HIS EXTREME vid

You could also check out the Helsinki Concert volume of "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore" (vol. 2?) which is the same band and similar setlist. It's where the guitar solo for "Inca Roads" on "One Size Fits All" came from.

In honor I think I'll go to Beverly Hills just before dawn and knock the little jockeys off the rich people's lawns.

The modern American Composer still refuses to die.

Have they tried holy water? I hear that works against the undead.

mfaby: what a waste of talent; I wonder what he would have composed if he wasnt so angry?

This may or may not be trollbait, but I'll go for it.

Frank Zappa wrote over one thousand original compositions. His songs that directly address social and political issues could possibly make up twenty percent of his catalog at the very most. The "angry" ones you seem to be familiar with (such as Trouble Every Day and Dumb All Over), no more than five percent. He was not only a great composer, but a great showman, an amazing producer, and even a well-above-average guitarist. Lumping him in with the Angry Musician crowd, as though he was some sort of Rage Against the Machine for his generation, is an example of the purest and most dangerous form of IGNORANCE. Even when he got lyrically agressive, he NEVER let the gravity of the issues cloud his mind. Songs like SEX, Let's Make the Water Turn Black, and The Adventures of Greggery Peccary prove that beyond any shadow of a doubt.

Zappa is still the most well-rounded talent in the history of recorded music, and it makes me MAD when people like YOU pass him off as some sort of sad little man seething with rage.

You LOSE. Good DAY, sir.

AaaPha: There's a lot about the US I'm not that keen on, and I don't agree with some of what he stood for, but the guy was the embodiment of a "good American". If you're going to have freedom of speech, HAVE IT.

Miss you Frank. The world's a less interesting place without you.

Speaking as a person with a fairly conservative/libertarian political alignment, Frank is absolutely right in what he says here about censorship (the Reagan quip might be a little extreme), and John Lofton is a douchebag.

I'm a big Zappa fan and was even lucky enough to catch him in concert once - in Vermont! I was quite amused when I found out that one of my sons (Keith, named so in honor of Mr Moon) shares Frank's b-day. Happy Birthday to FZ and my oldest boy!!

hooks4feet: What's the name of the song where he is talking about how it hurts to pee and that he got it from the toilet seat?

Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? (pops)

And then there's one of my favorite Frank instrumentals - Apostrophe (pops)