Behold, A Quilt Frank Zappa Made Entirely Out Of Women’s Underwear
It’s Arrested Development Day. Well, the Day Before Arrested Development Day, technically, but shut up. All I can think about is Arrested Development, it being Day Before Arrested Development Day and...
View ArticleGet Your Freak On: 5 Gloriously Weird Frank Zappa Albums Worth At Least One...
Music legend Frank Zappa would have been 74 years old today. To celebrate the date we’re taking a look at some of the more overlooked (and gleefully weird) albums of his lengthy career. Most people are...
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Don’t Make Lorne Mad: Musical Guests Who Were Banned From ‘SNL’
Getty Image / Karl Walter Fans of The Replacements were disappointed last weekend, when the band’s reunion tour abruptly ended. It was a refreshing reminder of their unpredictability and volatility,...
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Bill From The ‘Bill And Ted’ Movies Will Direct A Frank Zappa Documentary
Getty Image It’s a good time for fans of musical documentaries. Netflix recently released a documentary about Nina Simone, and they also have announced a release date for a new documentary about Keith...
View ArticleRemembering The Controversial ‘Ren & Stimpy’ Episode That Featured The Pope
John Kricfalusi moved to Los Angeles by way of Ottawa in his early 20s. As an artist and animator, he grew up admiring the work of Tex Avery and Bob Clampett, but in L.A., he was growing tired of the...
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‘Treating Dandruff By Decapitation,’ Frank Zappa’s Passionate Testimony 30...
Getty Image Frank Zappa was one of those musicians that almost everyone’s heard of, but few readily know his songs. The legendarily eccentric musician who would’ve turned 75 today, was a radical...
View ArticleThe Unlikely Collaborations Between The Monkees And Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa was a man who you could describe as aggressively anti-commercial and someone who courted divisiveness. He made all sorts of different kinds of music. He made jazz that only the most ardent...
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Frank Zappa’s Music Trust Threatened To Sue Dweezil Zappa For Using His Dad’s...
Getty Image There are few things in today’s music industry more valuable than the song catalogs of and rights management for past rock legends. Anyone following the story of Prince and his vault full...
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Ahmet Zappa On His Father Living On In The New ‘Halloween 77’ Box Set And...
Getty Image Is there a more intimidating discography for a neophyte to ponder than that of Frank Zappa? With about 110 albums to Zappa’s name, there are an ungodly number of entry points into his...
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