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Rock’s identity crisis
From Meltzer to McLuhan: Music Criticism, Rock’s Identity Crisis, and Media’s Impact. Scott Woods and Bob Dobbs discuss Richard Meltzer’s unique music criticism approach, the evolution of the rock industry, and the shifting roles of critics. They explore the contrast…
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Frank Zappa on the shift from family to squadron.
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Zappa’s AAAFNRAA principle. (From Peefeeyatko by Henning Lohner)
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Media has made the father image into a fool. From: FRANK ZAPPA; “Turgid Flux”- by Geoff Steven
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Frank Zappa’s selective perfectionism.
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Zappa’s early influences: R&B – Doo-wop Vol.5
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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BOB on Zappa LIVE!
Bob Dobbs of BOB on Zappa goes LIVE to take questions from Zappa fans.
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The man who shaped rock criticism
Scott Woods and Bob Dobbs discuss the nuances of rock criticism, specifically focusing on the influential work of Richard Meltzer. In this installment, they explore Meltzer’s pivotal role in establishing rock criticism as an intellectual discipline, his recognition of the…
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Frank Zappa biographer Ben Watson explains his intellectual differences with Bob Dobbs