Insights on the genius of Frank Zappa you won’t find anywhere else.
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Bob Dobbs and Scott Woods discuss how figures like Lester Bangs and Richard Hell reflect the struggles of articulating experiences in a chaotic, media-saturated world. The speakers delve into themes of emotional numbing, self-destruction, and the role of artists in…
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They weren’t notes. So what were the G numbers Zappa was talking about?
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Zappa’s early influences: R&B – Doo-wop Vol.9
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 concerts…
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Zappa movie script: Captain. Beefheart v. The Grunt People
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Zappa’s early musical taste: R&B and Varese. From “Peefeeyatko”
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Zappa’s conceptual continuity
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Zappa’s early influences: R&B – Doo-wop Vol.8
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 concerts…
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Frank Zappa on LOVE. (from Peefeeyatko)
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Zappa Exegesis
The skeleton key to Zappa’s Project/Object Bob Dobbs continues on Zappa’s Conceptual Continuity Bob Dobbs, the Sherlock Holmes of the Android Meme, has meticulously pieced together clues from Frank Zappa’s work and interviews that reveal the crux of his conceptual…
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Frank Zappa’s Media Savvy
Scott Woods and Bob Dobbs examine Frank Zappa’s use of music for political messages, his dynamic with critics, and the broader implications of media on art and culture. Key topics include the influence of media on perception, the commodification of…