>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Another fine sift, Zappa.


It's... *strikes a thoughtful pose* .. what I do.

Mighty generous of you. Thank you.

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
Another fine sift, Zappa.

Another fine sift, Zappa.

Thanks!

In reply to this comment by ZappaDanMan:
*quality

You have been awarded 1 Power Point for fixing the embed code for Dead Pool video Frank Zappa: Rollo (corrected) feat. John Belushi. Thank you for helping maintain VideoSift's reliability.

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*quality


why thank you !

Zappa the Rappa.

People's perceptions are funny. Many of them who've heard of Frank Zappa assume (quite wrongly) that he was this huge drug addict hippie. Fact is, Frank Zappa never did drugs and hated the hippie subculture.

But in the end, facts require work to obtain and perceptions are free.

>> ^ZappaDanMan:

@Boise_Lib cheers for that


We share a fascination with Genghis Khan and Zappa. <thumbs up>

Help, I'm a rock! <- Frank Zappa reference.

Hey dude, you know there is a new live zappa album out ? haven't downloaded it yet
http://www.zappa.com/whatsnew/index.html

Penguin in Bondage/The little known story of the Mothers of Invention - by Frank Zappa

You've got to give it up for Neil Peart. He is a legend and a great influence to any drummer that grew up in the 70's/80's/early 90's. That said, there has always been criticism of his lack of spontaneity. Most drummers will change up parts and fills from one performance to the next, but Neil Peart always plays the exact same parts, fills and open solos. Of course they are well composed and appropriate to Rush's elaborate songs, so there is a good case to be made for the strict consistency.

@RadHazG - Most of the time I feel the same way - and I play drums for a living. The problem is that it is difficult to create a moving musical experience with unpitched percussion instruments. Most of the time, drum solos end up being disjointed displays of virtuosity, which are technically impressive but lacking from an aesthetic standpoint.

There are some great drummers out there who really know how to emote. Elvin Jones, Jack Dejohonette, Vinnie Colliuta, Terry Bozio (Zappa knew how to pick his drummers) and Peter Erskine are some of my favorites in this category.

There will never be a nuclear war; there's too much real estate involved.

--Frank Zappa

Not many bands could play as tight as any of Zappa's bands. He was a perfectionist. A true genius. His autobiography is well worth reading, great stuff. The sheik yerbouti cover is one his best pictures.

Just last month the local symphony orchestra here put on a wicked Zappa show and even got Ike Willis to come out and sing and Ed Mann on mallets. It kicked some major ass. There weren't any drunks since it was in a concert hall