Insights on the genius of Frank Zappa you won’t find anywhere else.
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Why Rock Died: Rock Critic’s Take on the Beatles & Dylan
Scott and Bob dive into Richard Meltzer’s Aesthetics of Rock, analyzing the “death of rock” in the late 1960s, cultural exhaustion, and McLuhan’s chemical vs. electronic body concepts. They discuss the Beatles, Dylan, Zappa, and the era’s nihilism and media-driven…
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Zappa’s early influences: R&B – Doo-wop Vol.25
Frank Zappa often complained by the Eighties that he found it difficult to find musicians who were familiar with the Doo-Wop and R&B records of the Fifties. So his love of that music could not be featured in his later…
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Was Zappa murdered?
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Zappa Hour 16 – Music, Groupies & Culture
Zappa superfans, revel in 8+ hrs of Frank’s world! Decode his lyrics, free jazz ties, groupie insights, and shamanic flair. From “Hot Rats” to “Yellow Shark,” dissect his musical alchemy, McLuhan-esque vision, and outsider ethos in this epic chat with…
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Zappa’s political party
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Zappa’s early influences: R&B – Doo-wop Vol.24
Frank Zappa often complained by the Eighties that he found it difficult to find musicians who were familiar with the Doo-Wop and R&B records of the Fifties. So his love of that music could not be featured in his later…
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Zappa on “time painting”
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Zappa on “family music”
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The Beatles’ Secret to Rock Immortality
Bob and Scott weave between Meltzer’s dense prose and McLuhan’s structured media theory, using the latter to decode the former. Major themes include clichés in rock, McLuhan’s evolutionary media process, the 1960s’ accelerated cultural turnover, and rock’s visceral role in…