Sunday, August 30, 2009

ZAPPA'S COUGH DROPS COMMERCIAL


-- info & link: Kilissa Cissoko

Ed Seeman adds:
"I first met Frank when He was playing a steady gig at the Garrick Theater in Greenwich Village. I hired him to score a 30 second animated TV commercial I was animating and producing FOR LUDEN'S COUGH DROPS. He requested $2,000 plus a studio for a day with a wide variety of instruments plus a guy to do cough sounds."

R.I.P. THIERRY LEROY

I just read that Thierry Leroy took his own life about two weeks ago.

Thierry was the man behind the l'Alambic Electrique festival.

My thoughts are with his friends & family.

DWALMACAT RADIO 343

This week on the Dwalmacat radio show:

ACOUSTIC LADYLAND – Om Konz
FRANK ZAPPA – My guitar wants to kill your mama
PORTISHEAD – Nylon smile
CORNELIUS – The micro Disneycal world tour
HALF JAPANESE – I’m going to the zoo
MASTERS OF REALITY – Corpus scorpius electrified
MAGAZZINI CRIMINALI – Saigon luglio 1969
MARC RIBOT – First time every time
MATHEW JONSON – Marionette
DUCHESS SAYS – Ccut up
SARA GOES POP – In walked lance
THE RESIDENTS – Lights out
MAX ROUEN & ELVIS – Mijn haan is dood
PRIMAL SCREAM – Can’t go back
SJEF VAN OEKEL – Oh prachtvolle gloed dezer eeuw

Go to http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx
and click on "Luister".

RAINER TANKRED PAPPON TRIO IN CONCERT 2009 09 03

  • 2009/09/03 Rainer Tankred Pappon Trio / AnnaRuth e os Visitantes / Feitos e Efeitos - concert Barra Funda, São Paulo, Brazil

Check out this little YouTube movie to see and hear what the RTP Trio is all about !!
RTP Trio at the Mind Expanding Festival in 2006



ZAPPATIKA NEWSFLASH 2009 08 27

Join us for the Zomby Woof Birthday Bash in Holland-October 17


Our guitar player (the big scary one,as opposed to the cute small one) Zomby Woof will be celebrating his birthday on Saturday October 17th and to commemoremmorate this momentous occasion we will do a show at a nice music venue called De Pul in a place called UDEN in Holland.

We expect to have one or two guests up on stage as well during the evening...more on that later....

As it is his day ,Zomby Woof will choose the set list so there will definitely be a lot of Zappa and we will certainly all do our best to play well, have a damn fine time,drink lots of damn fine beer, meet some damn fine women, have at least 2 hours of damn fine live music played by and listened to by some damn fine people !

YOU ARE ALL, OF COURSE, INVITED !

cheers

mcinnes
ZAPPATiKA

SUN RA - SPACESHIP LULLABY

When my friend Danny played me a Sun Ra album a couple of years ago, I was a bit blown away. It was too far out for my taste (and take it from me, I'm used to listening to some bizarre music every once in a while).
I started listening to Sun Ra and his Arkestra occasionally, and slowly got into it.
The thing what really did it for me was seeing a documentary on Ra (which I got from Pete Brunelli - thanx again), AND seeing the Arkestra perform live in Tilburg last year.
The Arkestra played six nights in one week, and went from the 40's big band tunes (Ellington and such) to the early Sun Ra compositions, to the later free jazz (space jazz) pieces, and eventually to Marshall Allen's freaky digital saxophone solos.
It was like taking a Sun Ra masterclass. I got a chronological journey through Sun Ra's career. It made me understand how the music had evolved. Taking smaller steps.

And that's exactly the reason why I tell people that if they want to check out the music of Sun Ra, they should start with some of his early stuff.
Keep in mind however, that the year of release does not mean a thing when you talk about Sun Ra.

That said, here's "Spaceship Lullaby". Released in 2003 in the Unheard Music Series from the Atavistic label, this album takes a look at the mysterious Sun Ra years from 1954 to 1960. It was around that time (1952 to be exact) that Herman 'Sonny' Blount adopted the name Sun Ra.

It was about the same time, that Sun Ra started working with vocal groups. "Spaceship Lullaby" presents sessions by the Nu Sounds, The Lintels, and by The Cosmic Rays.
Quite poppy, and even a bit corny, they take on 'Stranger In Paradise', Just One Of Those Things', 'Nice Work If You Can Get It', ...
I love the part where The Cosmic Rays part kicks in. The first couple of tracks are the vocal ensemble plus drums and piano, but the last two are with The Arkestra.

Quality is far from perfect as an old rehearsal tape was used, but "Spaceship Lullaby" will give you an idea of what Sun Ra's doo-wop projects were about.

GOOD TO BE BACK...

It's so good to be back.
Zappanale was a blast. Great music, lotsa great people, kind musicians and a superb organisation. Another highlight.

And, yes, it took me about two weeks to rehab. Actually, I was forced to, but I won't get into that...

As I said, good to be back.
For starters, here's a zappateer snapshot collection assambled by unicrayon:

http://www.united-mutations.com/zn20_version2_50.jpg

Keep in mind that I do know most of these freaks...

Monday, August 10, 2009

OFF TO GERMANY

Well, I'm off to Germany.
Hope to see some of you there.
Really.
In the meantime, here's a couple of pics of the GTO's that I uploaded to the UM files.





THE RESIDENTS - THE MOLE SHOW


  • the residents: mole show
    (2009, dvd bag set, usa, ralpho) - limited edition of 400 copies

includes
- 12 postcards (5.5" x8.5") with backdrop drawings from the show
- a miniature shovel
- a chipboard digipak featuring
--- a CD with the Australian radio special (70 minutes)
--- a single camera DVD of the uninterrupted live MOLESHOW, filmed at the Kabuki Theater in San Francisco.

Frankly speaking, I'm not too impressed by the artwork. It's nice, but it's not something that makes me go "Wow"...
The music however is very interesting. The documentary is not the best audio recording, yet it's very funny and interesting at the same time.
The video recording might be one-camera shot and not of the best quality, but it is of historical value.
Here's what the Reziblog says:

"The first performance was a warm-up at The House in Santa Monica on April 10th, 1982, in front of an audience of sixty. It was a music-only performance -- no dancers, narrator, or sets -- to make sure that the Emulators were up to the task. The official opening was on October 26th at the Kabuki Theatre in San Francisco. The band had two sold-out shows there, then moved on for four shows in Los Angeles and one in Pasadena.

The shows were well received, though the audiences didn't always know what to make of them. Everyone on stage wore Groucho Marx glasses -- except Penn Jillette, who would take pot-shots at the show during his narration, poking fun at the primitive special effects and the strange story. Towards the end of the show he would (apparently) lose his temper, yelling at the performers and storming off stage. After a brief pause, Penn would be brought back on stage gagged, tied to a wheelchair, and wearing Groucho glasses. "

Limited and expensive. Available from Ralphamerica.

GUITAR LEGENDS - ROCK IN PEACE - 2009/08

  • guitar legends - rock in peace
    (2009/08, magazine, usa)

This Guitar Legends special, subtitled "Rock In Peace" includes a 7-page article / interview with Frank Zappa, plus an 11-page transcription of Zappa's 'Apostrophe'.

GITARIST MAGAZINE 2009/08


  • gitarist
    (2009/08, mag, the netherlands)

The August 2009 edition of Dutch magazine Gitarist includes a 2-page interview with Dweezil Zappa (on the Zappa Plays Zappa concerts), and also a 2-page interview with Steve Vai (on his Alien Guitar Secrets master classes).

Saturday, August 8, 2009

THE WILLIE WALDMAN PROJECT


The Willie Waldman Project is trumpeteer Willie Waldman's project.
The band has had different line-ups, probably depending on the availability of the musicians.
One of these musicians is Ray White, who provides vocals and superb guitar.

Very recently, the Willie Waldman Project did a gig at Max's Place in Bloomington, IN, usa.
Not only did the band include Ray White, but the concert got recorded on video and is available from DimeADozen right now.

LISA LOEB - THE WAY IT REALLY IS

I guess that most of you know that Dweezil Zappa was featured on Lisa Loeb's "Cake And Pie" album from 2002. The same album also included Lala Sloatman and Joe Travers.

Lisa's "The Way It Really Is", her 2004 album, also has Dweezil Zappa and Joe Travers on the list of participating musicians. Joe drums on one piece, and Dweezil plays the guitar on three tracks.

P/O IN EINDHOVEN TONIGHT

Today's Sunday.
For one reason or another, I thought the Project/Object concert in Eindhoven was on Saturday.
That's yesterday.
If it hadn't been for my pal Luuk, I would have driven to Eindhoven yesterday...

So here's the little list again:

(SAT 8 Prague Czech Republic/CZ - Lucerna music bar)
SUN 9 Eindhoven Netherlands/NL -Effenaar
TUE 11 Laredo Spain/ES - Polideportivo Municipal Emilio Amavisca
THU 13 Berlin Germany/DE - Dot club
FRI 14 Bad doberan Germany/DE - Zappanale 20

ROLLING STONE (RUSSIA) 2007/09

  • rolling stone no.9 (39)
    (2007/09, magazine, russia)

This Russian version of Rolling Stone magazine included a translated 4 page article on Frank Zappa by Jerry Hopkins from Rolling Stone, No.14, 1968!

-- info: Nikolai Zaharov

Thursday, August 6, 2009

ELLIOTT LEVIN MEETS THE SEESAW ENSEMBLE


Here's another, and even more recent release by Elliott Levin: "Elliott Levin Meets The Seesaw Ensemble". Out on Porter records.
-- info: Danny Mathys

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

ZAPPANALE NEWSFLASH

a newsflash from Arf Society president Thomas Dippel:

Boys and Girls,

there's another surprise this year:

for all of yours who get out of bed early on sunday on august 16th, go and listen to DISCUS from Indonesia.
We, or better say them, tried it for years to come over, now it's gonna be true. Get out of bed and listen to kind of a metal, progrock, Indonesian ethno, zappaesk sound or what ever you want to call it.

Music is the best!

ZAPPANALE 20

Zappanale No. 20 !!

WEDNESDAY august 12 - 2009
at the Kamptheater

  • 19:00 Uhr – 19:30 Uhr The Indian of the Group Filmdoku J.C. Black presented by Böller & Brot
  • 19:30 Uhr – 21:30 Uhr Rudi Dolezal presents unveröffentlichtes Filmmaterial über Frank Zappa
  • 21:30 Uhr – 22:00 Uhr Absolutely Backstage Fritz Rau und Rudi Dolezal plaudern aus dem Nähkästchen

WEDNESDAY august 12 - 2009
at Kamp Bad Doberan

  • 16:00 Uhr : ZAPPANALE BEGINS
  • 16:00 Uhr - 17:00 Uhr-STRANGE WAYS (Nachwuchsband)
  • 17:30 Uhr - 18:30 Uhr-AUFRICHTIGES ZAPPA
  • 19:00 Uhr - 20:30 Uhr-PAUL GREEN SOR plays Rolling Stones
  • 21:00 Uhr – 21:15 Uhr-Grußworte Fritz Rau
  • 21:15 Uhr - 23:15 Uhr-Rolling Stones Movie Open-Air Cinema

THURSDAY august 13 - 2009
at the Kamptheater

  • 19:00 Uhr – 20:00 Uhr Bruce Bickford presents „Prometheus Garden“
  • 20:00 Uhr – 21:30 Uhr Vortrag Fritz Rau zum Thema Open Air Festivals
  • 21:30 Uhr – 22:00 Uhr Absolutely Backstage Fritz Rau und Rudi Dolezal plaudern aus dem Nähkästchen

THURSDAY august 13 - 2009
at Kamp Bad Doberan

  • 16:00 Uhr : ZAPPANALE BEGINS
  • 16:00 Uhr - 17:00 Uhr-PHONO ONE (Nachwuchsband)
  • 17:30 Uhr – 18:30 Uhr-TONLAST
  • 19:00 Uhr - 20:00 Uhr-DOOT
  • 22:00 Uhr - 23:00 Uhr-DIE REISE

FRIDAY august 14 - 2009
at the festival ground

  • 12:30 Uhr ZAPPANALE BEGINS
  • 13:00 - 13.30 Uhr-Bastian Pickel - "The little Big Drummer"-Truckstage
  • 13:30 - 15:00 Uhr-Capt. Cheese-beard & The 7 Sisters of Prevention-Belgium
  • 15:00 - 16:30 Uhr-Jazzprojekt Hundehagen--Germany
  • 17:00 - 18:30 Uhr-Children of Invention---France
  • 18:30 - 19:00 Uhr-The Zonnhaider's Club- - -Truckstage
  • 19:30 - 20:15 Uhr-Steve Hillage Band---GB
  • 20:15 - 20:45 Uhr-Christian Buchmann (Solo-Gitarre)- -Truckstage
  • 20:45 - 22:45 Uhr-Projekt Objekt feat. Robert Martin and Ike Willis-USA
  • 22:45 - 23:30 Uhr-Tonlast- - - -Truckstage
  • 23:30 - 01:00 Uhr-Acid Mothers Guru Guru Gong--JP/D/GB -feat. Kawabata Makoto, Mani Neumeier, David Aellen
  • 01:00 - 02:30 Uhr-The Season Standard + Schnaak- -Truckstage

SATURDAY august 15 - 2009
at the festival ground

  • 11:30 Uhr ZAPPANALE BEGINS
  • 12:00 - 12:30 Uhr-Beagl Vieh- - - -Truckstage
  • 12:30 - 14:00 Uhr-Paul Green School of Rock Music plays FZ-USA
  • 14:00 - 14:30 Uhr-Mukra- - - -Truckstage
  • 14:30 - 16:00 Uhr-We Insist----France
  • 16:00 - 16:30 Uhr-Body Painting I- - -Truckstage
  • 16:30 - 18:00 Uhr-Lazuli----France
  • 18:00 - 18:30 Uhr-Body Painting II- - -Truckstage
  • 18:30 - 20:30 Uhr-Sheik Yerbouti & Special Guest--Germany
  • 20:30 - 21:15 Uhr-Zarboth- - - -Truckstage
  • 21:15 - 23:15 Uhr-Gong----GB
  • 23:15 - 00:00 Uhr-Die Reise- - - -Truckstage
  • 00:00 - 01:45 Uhr-Sex without Nails Bros.--Austria
  • 01:45 - 03:45 Uhr-Tarentatec vs. Osis Krull- -Truckstage

SATURDAY august 15 - 2009
at the Kamp Theater

  • 12:00 Uhr – 13.30 Uhr - Jim Cohen meets Dr. Carr

SUNDAY august 16 - 2009
at the festival ground

  • 10:00 Uhr-ZAPPANALE BEGINS
  • 10:45 - 11:45 Uhr-John Carlson (Solo)- - -Truckstage
  • 11:45 - 12:45 Uhr-Discus----Indonesia
  • 13:00 - 14:30 Uhr-Sebka Chott---France
  • 14:30 - 15:00 Uhr-Gnarled Bikers- - -Truckstage
  • 15:00 - 16:30 Uhr-The Grande Mothers---USA - feat. N.M. Brock, Don Preston, R. Estrada
  • 16:30 - 17:00 Uhr-The famous Zappanale Quiz pres. By Ben Watson-Truckstage
  • 17:00 - 18:30 Uhr-Mats & Morgan Band feat. Denny Walley-S/USA
  • 18:30 - 19:00 Uhr-Paul Green Soloprojekt- - -Truckstage
  • 19:30 - 21:00 Uhr-Terry Bozzio---USA
  • 21:00 - 23:00 Uhr-Aufrichtiges Zappa- - -Truckstage

FRANK ZAPPA EVENING IN LAREDO, SPAIN

Next week, August 11, at 21:00 h, there will be a free festival named "Frank Zappa Evening" in Laredo, near Santander, Cantabria, (North) Spain.
  • Caballero Reynaldo & Grand Kazoo
  • The Filthy Habits Ensemble
  • Project/Object featuring Don Preston & Ike Willis
location = the Laredo Fooball Field:

Estadio de Fútbol San Lorenzo

Address: Duque de Ahumada s/n
39700 Laredo
Cantabria
Spain

-- info: Javier

MIRTHKON

Check it out:

http://www.myspace.com/mirthkon

-- info: 6sko

PROJECT/OBJECT IN EUROPE

PROJECT/OBJECT - the music of Frank Zappa
featuring IKE WILLIS & DON PRESTON

AUGUST 2009 EUROPE

SAT 8 Prague Czech Republic/CZ - Lucerna music bar
SUN 9 Eindhoven Netherlands/NL -Effenaar
TUE 11 Laredo Spain/ES - Polideportivo Municipal Emilio Amavisca
THU 13 Berlin Germany/DE - Dot club
FRI 14 Bad doberan Germany/DE - Zappanale 20

ELLIOTT LEVIN & ERIC SLICK

Elliott Levin has a new album out. It's called "Elliott Levin and The Black Lodge Ensemble" and it's out on Black Lodge Productions.
  • elliott levin and the black lodge ensemble: s/t
    (2009, cd, usa, black lodge productions)
The album features drummer Eric Slick (Adrian Belew, Project/Object).

Eric can also be heard on two previous Black Lodge Ensemble recordings:
  • black lodge ensemble: sleep
    (2008, cd, usa, black lodge productions)
  • black lodge ensemble: jim-bum
    (2008, cd, usa, black lodge productions)

DAVID S. WARE

  • david s. ware quartet: live in vilnius
    (2009, 2lp, latvia, nobusiness records nblp 4/5)

David S.Ware’s 24th album captures a live recording from 2007.

You need to know that the entire side three and a part of side four of this album are reserved for the quartet’s version of Sun Ra’s ‘Stargazers’.

-- info: Danny Mathys