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Random stuff mentioned….
As I think I say at the start of the episode, the problem here is not finding stuff to put up, but the fact that there is SO MUCH stuff to choose from. This must mean that people coming to Zappa for the first time, perhaps through this podcast, even, is not going to know where to start. I have done my best to include some of the things that aren’t included or aren’t complete in the film.
In the film, a lot of discussion is given over to Frank’s testimony to the senate committee on regulating the lyrics of Rock music. His entire testimony is here and deserves watching.
That 1993 BBC doco
I’m Frank….
Zappa’s music is so diverse that almost everybody can find a track, or even an album, that appeals to them…
Even this guy…but for the rest of you, we have cobbled together twelve of our favourites…
This is a VERY brief overview, not even that really…after selecting these both Tom & I were saying “Oh crap, I can’t believe we left this or that off. Maybe you’ll get the Zappa tennis match after all, but who’s going to judge that?
Interviews…
In the episode, we seem to have made rather a lot of references to various interviews
This podcast, which is often well worth listening to, has conducted interviews with almost all of Zappa’s kids separately, The Dweezil one is linked here because it’s the one that specifically deals with Frank as a guitar player and musical thinker, but the others are also worth a listen…
…like this one, for instance, which includes an interview with Zappa bass player Arthur Barrow.
This amazing film covers many years of Zappa drummers. Watch it whilst it’s still there!
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