Insights on the genius of Frank Zappa you won’t find anywhere else.
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Rock: from Anti-Tongue to Digital Culture
Bob Dobbs and music writer Scott Woods dive deep into rock criticism, focusing on the concept of “anti-tongue”—a rejection of direct lyrical meaning in favor of sonic and tactile experiences Bob Dobbs is a Zappa researcher and McLuhan scholar. Scott…
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Zappa’s early influences: R&B – Doo-wop Vol.21
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 Hour 5 – Shaping Environments
Frank Zappa exemplified how artists shape environments Bob Dobbs and guests explore how artists like Frank Zappa shape not only traditional art forms but entire cultural landscapes. Bob closes by reading and discussing Zappa’s 1984 screenplay ‘Them or Us’. Bob…
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Zappa on bootlegs
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Zappa on sex
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Zappa on modern performance (from Peefeeyatko)
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Bob and Tommy Mars muse about Zappa the alien.
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Zappa’s early influences: R&B – Doo-wop Vol.20
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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Meltzer’s Aesthetics of Rock: Music, Criticism, and the Limits of Analysis
Bob Dobbs and music writer Scott Woods dive deep into Meltzer’s “Aesthetics of Rock”, unpacking his critique of music criticism, Aristotle’s influence, and the challenges of analyzing pop culture. Bob Dobbs is a Zappa researcher and McLuhan scholar. Scott Woods…