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Zappa’s early influences: R&B – Doo-wop Vol.18
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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Decoding Rock: Meltzer, McLuhan, Revolution
Bob and Scott delve into Richard Meltzer’s The Aesthetics of Rock, emphasizing his unique style that blends art, politics, and culture. His rhythmic, tactile prose is compared to James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, with a focus on Meltzer’s enduring ability to…
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Tommy Mars on Zappa’s use of instruments.
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Zappa on US non-culture. #interview
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Zappa’s early influences: R&B – Doo-wop Vol.17
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 creative control. (from Peefeeyatko)
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Zappa’s big work. From Peefeeyatko.
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Zappa’s early influences: R&B – Doo-wop Vol.16
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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Rock Critics: the endless flow of media
Bob and Scott journey through radio’s impact and media’s relentless flow, centered on Jeffrey O’Brien’s Sonata for Jukebox. They explore art’s role, the need for multiplicity, and question value, belief, and authenticity in the modern media landscape. Bob Dobbs is…