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Tag: Frank Zappa

‘Mothermania’ Was the First of Many Official Zappa-Directed Compilations, and a Well-Chosen Mix
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‘Mothermania’ Was the First of Many Official Zappa-Directed Compilations, and a Well-Chosen Mix

On April 29, 2019 by Matt Keeley

Though at this point, Zappa had released five albums, the first official compilation, Mothermania, only features a selection from the first three.

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‘Cruising With Ruben & the Jets’ Is Zappa’s Reverently Satirical Take on the 1950s
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‘Cruising With Ruben & the Jets’ Is Zappa’s Reverently Satirical Take on the 1950s

On March 27, 2019 by Matt Keeley

What better way to follow up your avant garde musique concrete classical LP? Why with ‘Cruising With Ruben & the Jets,’ a doo-wop record, of course!

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Frank Zappa’s ‘Lumpy Gravy’ Was the Composer’s First (Official) Foray Into ‘Serious Music’
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Frank Zappa’s ‘Lumpy Gravy’ Was the Composer’s First (Official) Foray Into ‘Serious Music’

On February 14, 2019 by Matt Keeley

Lumpy Gravy, Zappa’s third or fourth album, depending on how you count, was originally for Capitol’s classical music label, but it’s still definitely Zappa.

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‘We’re Only In It For the Money’ Is Frank Zappa’s Delightfully Ugly Take on ‘Sgt. Pepper’
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‘We’re Only In It For the Money’ Is Frank Zappa’s Delightfully Ugly Take on ‘Sgt. Pepper’

On January 4, 2019 by Matt Keeley

Frank Zappa’s third LP, We’re Only In It For the Money is perhaps most famous for its grotesque take on the ‘Sgt. Pepper’ cover art.

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Frank Zappa and the Mothers’ ‘Absolutely Free’ Finds a Way Around the Sophomore Slump
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Frank Zappa and the Mothers’ ‘Absolutely Free’ Finds a Way Around the Sophomore Slump

On December 3, 2018 by Matt Keeley

We’ve all heard of the sophomore slump where a band’s second album isn’t nearly as good as their first — but Zappa avoided it with ‘Absolutely Free’.

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The Zappa Project Begins With the Mothers of Invention’s Debut Album, ‘Freak Out!’
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The Zappa Project Begins With the Mothers of Invention’s Debut Album, ‘Freak Out!’

On November 27, 2018 by Matt Keeley

We’re starting a new project — the Zappa Project, where we go through every official album by Frank Zappa in order, starting, of course, with ‘Freak Out!’

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Review: From Straight To Bizarre

On April 24, 2014 by Matt Keeley

Sometimes with documentaries, length can be a hinderance.  There’s such a thing as too much depth, and they can tip from fascinating to boring.  Other documentaries, like From Straight To Bizarre about the other acts on Frank Zappa’s labels in the late…

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The Night of the Stumblebums

On January 4, 2014 by Rachel Anderson

Back in my college days, I spent more time in bars than could be considered healthy. However, my friends and I weren’t a fan of the bars near campus, and their crowd of drunken people our age or younger. We craved a…

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Review: Derailroaded
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Review: Derailroaded

On April 26, 2011 by Matt Keeley

Image via Wikipedia I’ve been waiting 6 years for Derailroaded to come out on DVD, and I’m very happy to report that it finally has.  The only way it could be better is if it came out with the Frank Zappa-produced An…

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Camarillo Brillo
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Camarillo Brillo

On December 22, 2010 by Matt Keeley

Image by RevMe via Flickr This was recorded for the Cover Freak Frank Zappa Tribute, Conceptual Continuity. We chose this one, quite honestly, because it looked like it was one of the few Zappa songs that didn’t necessarily REQUIRE a lot of…

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