Interviews with Zappa People
Bob Dobbs interviews people who knew Frank Zappa.
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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 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…
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Zappa on how to watch the news.
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Tommy Mars on Frank Zappa’s style.
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Bob and Tommy Mars muse about Zappa the alien.
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Zappa was more than a musician. –Tommy Mars, keyboardist
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Tommy Mars on Zappa’s use of instruments.