May 2008 - Posts

• Best ever: Jazz festival future in safe hands at the Belgrade

  John Etheridge led the eight-piece band with the outstanding shiny section - ' Paul Jayasinha , the first lady of the trombone, Annie Whitehead, and Simon Bates - with great authority. Posted Friday, May 30, 2008 1:54 PM from Frank Zappa News | 0 Comments

• Gift of Lithuanian sculpture inspires one to zip through a little Zappa music

  "You know something, people: I'm not black, but there's a whole lot of times I wish I could say I'm not white." Earlier this month, the city of Baltimore accepted a generous gift from the Republic of Lithuania: a 15-foot statue of avant-garde rock legend Frank Zappa . via The Baltimore Sun Posted Sunday, May 18, 2008 2:05 AM from Frank Zappa News | 0 Comments

• Frank Zappa

  IN the history of 20th century music, Frank Zappa stands alone. No other musician has done so much in such a short-time - in his 27-year career, he released 57 albums, with a further 18 released since his death ... via Warrnambool Standard Posted Thursday, May 15, 2008 6:37 AM from Frank Zappa News | 0 Comments

• Lithuania presents Baltimore with a Frank Zappa statue

  "I find the piece a good piece of art that I think we would be honoured to have here. We just need to find an appropriate placement." Sean Michaels Friday May 9, 2008 guardian.co.uk Head's up ... The bronze bust of Frank Zappa's head in Vilnius, Lithuania. via MediaGuardian.co.uk Posted Monday, May 12, 2008 4:15 PM from Frank Zappa News | 0 Comments

• Billboard Bits: Frank Zappa, Newport Folk Festival, Joseph Arthur

  "Digital hands eating the digital popcorn." Frank Zappa Concert Becomes 2-CD Live Album A previously unreleased 1972 concert is the latest release from the Frank Zappa archives to see the light of day. via Billboard.com Posted Thursday, May 08, 2008 3:59 PM from Frank Zappa News | 0 Comments

• Jewish American Princess

  "I want a hairy little Jewish princess/With a brand new nose, who knows where it goes/ . . . I want a darling little Jewish princess/Who don't *** about cooking and is arrogant looking." What ever happened to the Jewish American Princess? Once - 'from the 1960s until at least the end of the 1980s - 'the icon of the JAP was all but ubiquitous in American Jewish culture. via Zeek Posted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 3:36 PM from Frank Zappa News | 0 Comments