The Video Audio Overdose Galore: Frank Zappa

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Friday, September 22, 2006

The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing

Frank Zappa doing this tune on Saturday Night Live...an obvious favorite for personal reasons...lol.

Frank Zappa - The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing

Zappa Does Stairway

Frank playing that totally overused "Stairway To Heaven", a song no one will ever know the meaning of short of Robert Plant or whoever wrote it. Note the interesting horn section choreography. I believe this was recorded in Cleveland. Enjoy.

Frank zappa - stairway to heaven
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Thursday, September 21, 2006

Zappa Plays Whipping Post...The Small Band

With the incomparable Bobby Martin on vocals...the man who later became "Robert Martin, Jr.", married Cybill Shepherd and was her pianist - along with Ray White, Chad Wackerman, Ike Willis, Allan Zavod and Scott Thunes on bass. From the video "Does Humor Belong In Music?", available again now on DVD. Scott Thunes has a MySpace site...go say hi...he says he's lonely. Really. Let Scott know you still care.

Scott Thunes on MySpace

Frank Zappa-Whipping Post
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Why We're Here...

Well...I wanted to try a blog out for the purpose of sharing audio, and especially video, that I enjoy. And adding a few words as well... sometimes even wax, perhaps... coffing here... yes...I know... most of you already know better... If you need to get a towel...I understand... get a glass of water too while you're up... I said water... yes... water...good job. You can do this... if I can...so can you... see...relax... breathe... there...feeling a little better now??? Sooooooooo...we'll see how this works...in the meantime... enjoy! Comments are always welcomed...encouraged even... just don't do anything stupid, please. I have a delete key and I know how to use it...

About Me

I first started fiddling in media at age 11 or 12, riding my bike several miles at night to the studios of WIOT-FM, which was then an "underground" station located in a cornfield in Berkey, Ohio. I got to pick records, or program, for the late night DJ, Dorian Paster, because I asked if I could and he was kind enough to consent. I then handled sound and lights for the Catacombs Coffee House in Sylvania, Ohio, where I got to play hundreds of records at very loud volume levels for hundreds of often-stoned teens on a weekly basis, and heard the best of our local bands, one of which grew up to be The Bears, touring and recording with noted guitarist Adrian Belew. While I was still in high school I began producing for WSPD-TV, Toledo, and eventually as a college student at WUFT-TV in Gainesville, Florida. From there I went on to write, edit and produce hundreds of television programs and thousands of program segments for WFTV-TV and WOFL-TV in Orlando, including news, documentaries, music and information. A documentary on HMO's won an award at the New York International Film and Television Festival. Working in said fields has allowed me to meet many politicians, musicians and other people of note. In the year 2000 I began writing for The Gainesville Sun, a member of the New York Times regional group. I write about include high-tech, new media, computers, the Internet, music and other areas. To date I have published in excess of 350 columns and features in magazines and newspapers. Etc, etc.

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