A few days ago I posted an interview where Nicolas Slonimsky talks about playing with Zappa. Well, here's a recording of him actually playing with Zappa, courtesy of uploader YourArf, who says it's from December 1981:
Tag: Frank Zappa
Freak Out! A Day with Cal Schenkel by Pauline Butcher
Via uploader paulineharrisonbird (née, presumably, Butcher):
Cal Schenkel, artist/designer of early Frank Zappa albums, Freak Out, Absolutely Free, We're Only In It for the Money, and others is seen here hanging out with Pauline Butcher, secretary to Frank Zappa and author of Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa; Squidget, Gail Zappa's younger brother (not Midget as annotated) and Casey, caretaker to Frank and Gail Zappa. 'Anything' was written and is sung by Ray Collins (from Ruben & the Jets).
Ms. Butcher Bird is the author of the book Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa. I expect I'll be getting back to her at some point...
(And yes it's a little past midnight and I'm cheating on the timestamp again. Ran late with that Who post. And here I didn't know what I was going to post about today...)
Stern '85, Part 2
A Broadway musical about AIDS? Crazy talk.
But more importantly: Howard Stern and Frank Zappa play Louie, Louie.
Stern '85, Part 1
Zappa's first visit to The Howard Stern Show, 1985. A bit of talk about the Porn Wars, and his concern about where the money from Live Aid was going. Uploaded by fruhko.
"Have you ever heard of a service charge on a ticket?" Happier times.
Peefeeyatko
A documentary by Henning Lohner. Uploaded by, yes, tomtiddler1.
It's a fascinating look at Zappa and his passions -- the mad scientist/monster movie angle is a good choice; Zappa notes in The Real Frank Zappa Book that his first impression on seeing a picture of Edgard Varèse was that he looked like a mad scientist. Zappa was a mad scientist too -- and really this documentary is devoted primarily to his experimentation with new technology, and his determination to reach perfection unattainable by mere mortals and their human error.
That and just making crazy noises.
Slonimsky
Description by uploader barun432:
Nicolas Slonimsky talks about his association with Frank and his daughter Moon Unit in a public discussion organized by Charles Amirkhannian. He also talks about Zappa' music, about Edgard Varese and the Synclavier
Hungry Freaks, Daddy
Olympia, Paris, France, 1968. Uploaded by timmo1782.
Luden's Cough Drops
Another collaboration between Zappa and Ed Seeman (like the Underground Merchandising video I posted a couple of weeks ago). Once again uploaded by Seeman himself.
Synclavier
Black Page, Synclavier version. Uploader timmo1782 says "early 80s I'm guessing"; I'm inclined to agree.
ZPZ in Austin
Bits of Keep It Greasey, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, and some solos I can't quite place offhand but that sure sound great. 2009; uploaded by ZappaIrl.