I've been wanting to include a good piece of Bickford's fantastic animation from Baby Snakes for as long as I've been posting Zappa videos. But the truth is the movie's as long as The Hobbit and I've never managed to find the time to watch the whole thing. (Saw the first hour or so, maybe...)
One of these days...
Dr. Demento knows what Frank is: he's a Serious Musician who's dismissed as a novelty act. I think he asks mostly good questions and Frank's answers are, as usual, edifying.
Featuring Sugarcane Harris on violin and vocals -- too bad you can't hear the vocals so well. Still, not too shabby for an audience recording. LA, 1970, uploaded by YourArf.
From the bootleg Thing-Fish Demos.
Per uploader Mathieu Fiset, this is Fiset himself with a group called Viva Zappa. I can't pick out individual tunes I recognize, but it definitely sounds like Zappa compositions.
Hollywood, 1984; uploaded by Steve Sparx.
Well! I've featured Moon, Dweezil, and Ahmet at one time or another, and Gail's shown up in some of the documentaries I've posted. So I do believe Diva is the last Zappa I haven't included on the blog.
Well, let's remedy that with something seasonal.
Happy New Year, kiddos.
LA, '84. It should come as no surprise that this is yet another upload by tomtiddler1.
I posted a bit of this about six weeks ago, specifically the interview with Denny Walley. Anyway, here's the whole thing:
I thoroughly enjoyed it; do yourself a favor and watch the whole thing. All at once if you've got an hour forty-five to spare; parceled up or as background music if you don't. Whatever suits your idiom, it's well worth hearing in its entirety.
I've got to admit, part of the charm of Larry King is that he doesn't do his homework and, frequently, has no idea what the hell he's talking about. And he does not disappoint in this interview: right off the bat he gets the title of the book wrong. Three times.
Still better than watching Piers Morgan.