Via tomtiddler1. Santa Monica, 1980.
Category: Music
Channel 68 Interview, Part 3
Rounding it off.
Uploader koolstrike notes that he had to remove a couple of song cuts for copyright reasons, but the interview itself is intact.
Channel 68 Interview, Part 2
Bit of a weird cut on this one; picks up some of the end of the previous video and cuts off mid-sentence. Ah well -- should finish up tomorrow.
Channel 68 Interview, Part 1
Uploaded by koolstrike; the interviewer is Bill Roller, and it's from 1985.
I posted Zappa's Senate testimony last June; it's worth watching (or at least reading) if you haven't yet.
Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me/Carol You Fool
Hollywood, '84; another upload by Steve Sparx.
Pick Me I'm Clean
Another piece of the Vancouver concert in 1980, uploaded by Steve Sparx -- as with my Jumbo Go Away/If Only She Woulda post a few weeks back.
I suppose it is a bit ironic, given my recent post of Dweezil discussing inferior music formats and flawed concert recordings, that I post so many of them here. But there is a value to them -- there will never again be a new Frank Zappa recording, and the ones that exist are precious even if they're flawed.
Though if you really want a high-quality Zappa recording, by all means buy a CD or FLAC release. (Or vinyl, if that's your thing.) His old albums are currently being reissued, and there are some rarities available at Barfko-Swill. And if you've still got a local record store, that's a great option too. (I was tempted by a copy of Thing-Fish and a ZPZ DVD at my local record store today, but money's tight and I still haven't finished listening to the last Zappa album I bought there -- maybe next time.)
Lakshi's Delight
Via YourArf, who explains:
Frank Zappa's tribute to Lakshminarayana Shankar. Composed and recorded sometime around 1987-89.
Dweezil Interview, Part 5
Discussion of modern technology and classical tools, old projects and new.
I think that's all of the FaceCulture interview.
Dweezil Interview, Part 4
A good piece on getting the band together. The story of auditions is well-worn by now but it's a good one.