ZAPPA HALLOWEEN PARTY

There will be a Zappa Halloween Party at art café Sam-Sam in Apeldoorn in The Netherlands on 2010/10/31.
And it just might feature The Foolz.

NEW RESIDENTS TOURDATES ANNOUNCED

Our Resifriends are hitting the road again...

2010/11/03 NL-Nijmegen, The Lindenberg
2010/11/05 N-Larvik, Kulturhuset Bølgen
2010/11/06 N-Drammen, Union Scene
2010/11/07 N-Trondheim, Byscenen
2010/11/09 DK-Copenhagen, Vega
2010/11/10 F-Paris, Centre Pompidou
2010/11/11 F-Paris, Centre Pompidou
2010/11/12 RU-Moscow, IKRA
2010/11/14 RU-St. Petersburg, Zal Ojidaniya Club
2010/11/16 B-Kortijk, De Kreun
2010/11/17 DE-Düsseldorf, ZAKK
2010/11/19 CZ-Prag, Archa
2010/11/20 CH-Bern, Dampfzentrale, Saint Ghetto Festival
2010/11/21 CH-Zürich, El LokAl

CORRIE VAN BINSBERGEN'S "OVER DE BERGEN" OUT ON CD

"Over De Bergen", the latest Josse De Pauw / Corrie van Binsbergen collaboration is out on CD !!
Don't forget to catch them live:

• 6 okt 20u15 Théâtre National Brussel, Belgium
• 7 okt 20u15 Théâtre National Brussel, Belgium
• 8 okt 20u15 Théâtre National Brussel, Belgium
• 9 okt 20u15 Théâtre National Brussel, Belgium
• 12 okt 20u00 Schouwburg Utrecht, NL
• 13 okt 20u00 Lucent Danstheater Den Haag, NL
• 14 okt 20u30 Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, NL
• 21 okt 20u00 CC Hasselt, Belgium
• 27 okt 20u15 Schouwburg Kortrijk, Belgium

TRACKLIST FOR THE NEW ZAPPA ALBUM

The Zappa dot com site says:

http://www.zappa.com/fz/discography/2010csmnl.html

Congress Shall Make No Law

Zappa
Official Release #88
Released: 19 September 2010
Label: Zappa Records
Catalog Number: ZR 20011
Music composed, performed & recorded by Frank Zappa
Produced by Frank Zappa
CD Produced by Gail Zappa

Tracklisting:

01. Congress Shall Make No Law 32:46
02. Perhaps in Maryland 10:45
03. thou shalt have no other gods before Me 2:56
04. thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image - any likeness of anything in heaven above, nor in the earth beneath, nor ?n the water under the earth 2:31
05. thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain 2:26
06. thou shalt keep holy the Sabbath day 2:05
07. thou shalt honor thy father and thy mother 2:21
08. thou shalt not Kill 2:06
09. thou shalt not commit adultery 0:55
10. thou shalt not steal 0:39
11. thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor 1:48
12. thou shalt not covet the house of thy neighbor, the wife of thy neighbor, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ass, nor anything that belongs to thy neighbor 1:13
13. Reagan at Bitburg some more 1:10

Order it at www.zappa.com

-- info: Piet de Doelder at NederZappa Newsgroup

A PANOPTICON UPDATE

a message from Domenico Solazzo:

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On monday 4th october, PaNoPTiCoN will go to Saint Ghislain in order to present their craft in improvising music. We will play at the PASSÉ SIMPLE, 34 Place Albert Elisabeth, at around 9:00pm.
Expected musicians will include Olivier Catala (bass), Jean-Jacques Duerinckx (sopranino and bariton), Antoine Guenet (keyboards), Daniel Wang (guitar), and my poor self.

Appointment will be taken on saturday 30th october while the band will participate to the opening of the new THÉÂTRE LE CUBERDON, 99 Boulevard Lemonnier in Brussels.
Many bands will be playing during the all week-end, from friday to sunday, but we will be expecting you only on saturday at 6:00pm with an exceptionnal one hour set which will see me evolving in the pleasant company of the following musicians :
Antoine Guenet (keyboards), Iris Thissen (cello) et Marijn Thissen (viola)

I'll keep you posted later on to announce further forthcoming releases and shows, which will lead us at least up to february 2011 !
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PaNoPTiCoN on MySPACE --- http://www.myspace.com/enterpanopticon

THE HATERS - FURTHER

• the haters: further
  (2008, cd, usa, transparency 0322)

The Transparency label has never been afraid of taking risks.
Here's another album that will probably only appeal to a very small audience.

Founded by SURVIVAL RESEARCH LAB's GX JUPITTER=LARSEN, THE HATERS were formed in 1979 and are known as America's premier noise act. They won Best Electronic Experimental Artist in the 2005 LA Weekly music awards. These are brand new studio recordings, two "extra noisy" tracks totaling over an hour. "A lot of what people think is Noise is not. The only true Noise bands I can think of are TNB and The Haters and stuff like that because it has no human element to it whatsoever."-John Olsen of Wolf Eyes (Transparency).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haters

MIKE KENEALLY & MARCO MINNEMANN - EVIDENCE OF HUMANITY

• mike keneally: evidence of humanity
  (2010, cd+dvd, usa, exowax)

"Evidence Of Humanity" has a extraordinary and exceptional concept. Percussionist and composer Marco Minnemann provided the same album-length drum improvisation to different artists and invited them to compose music for it.
Among the participating artists one finds Trey Gunn and Alex Machacek just to name two. And now Mike Keneally has been added to the list as well.

Mike Keneally's music has always been on the on the edge. And with every new album, he went a bit further, making the new album sounding even more MK then the previous one.

With "Evidence Of Humanity", Mike Keneally leads you even further away from the safe, familiar and comforting path.

This is music that you will want to hear again and again.
But remember, this is not the album that you should try when you've never heard Mike Keneally's music before.

This is good. It's great. It's fabulous. It's just not easy.
There's lots of Zappa-esque rhythms and lines in there as well. Check out 'Tooth And Cold Stone Pew' if you can.

Highly recommended !!

www.mikekeneally.com

DJ GRAZZHOPPA'S DJ BIGBAND + AKA MOON - S/T

• dj grazzhoppa's dj bigband + aka moon: s/t
  (2010, cd + dvd, bel, cypres)

Here's the new AKA MOON album!!

Imagine this: 12 DJs and their turntables that are being directed as a bigband. Add to this, top jazz improvisers Aka Moon, plus the soulful voice of Monique Harcum, and you get "DJ Grazzhoppa's BigBand with Aka Moon".

This project did a couple of concerts, one of which was at Jazz Middelheim.

Pretty incredible. You have to hear it to believe it...

Imagine this: 12 DJs and their turntables that are being directed as a bigband. Add to this, top jazz improvisers Aka Moon, plus the soulful voice of Monique Harcum, and you get "DJ Grazzhoppa's BigBand with Aka Moon".

This project did a couple of concerts, one of which was at Jazz Middelheim.

Pretty incredible. You have to hear it to believe it...
I love it.

Highly recommended!!



www.cypres.be

FABRIZZIO CASSOL - VSPRS

• fabrizio cassol: vsprs
  (2006, cd, bel, cypres open 02)

When Fabrizio Cassol was asked by choreographer Alain Platel to write music inspered by Monteverdi's "Vespri della Beata Vergine" for a dance production, he wrote beautiful baroque music with jazz, oriental and arabian influences.

The result was called "Vsprs" and was used for the performance by the Les Ballets C. de le B. dance group.

For the live performance of the music, Fabrizio joined Aka Moon with a baroque ensemble, a gypsy duo and some classical singers.

The album presents a studio recording of the music.
Astonishing.
Data have been added to the United Mutations Archives.

http://www.cypres.be/

At the time, the performance also made belgian national tv.

JEAN-LUC PONTY'S ZAPPANALE CONCERT ON GERMAN ROCKRADIO

Next week, german RockRadio will be broadcasting Jean-Luc Ponty's 2010/08/15 Zappanale concert, so get your tapedecks ready...
(Well, I don't really mean tapedecks, but you know what I mean...)

www.rockradio.de

So., 03.10.10, 16 Uhr, CEST time
Sun., 03.10.10, 3pm, GST time

-- info: Mick Zeuner

VERNON REID + METROPOLE ORKEST 2003

VERNON REID & THE METROPOLE ORKEST - Amsterdam, Paradiso 2003.
Shot from the audience by my friend Till.

ANDRE HELLER - BASTA

• andré heller: basta
  (1978, lp, ger, mandragora intercord int 460 110)

Earlier today, I added the data for another Zappa-linked album to the United Mutations Archives.
I have never actually heard the album, so I can't tell you what it's like, but it does feature a nice bunch of Zappa alumni: Terry Bozzio, Patrick O'Hearn, Ed Mann, Vinnie Colaiuta, and not in the least Peter Wolf all participated.

Released in 1978 on LP and on K7.
Hasn't been released on CD (yet).
Info by Pittylabelle.

JOHN FRENCH

ECHO PARK FILM CENTER is proud to host MESS (Media Ecology Soul Salon) with JOHN "DRUMBO" FRENCH on SAT, Oct 9 at 1200 N Alvarado St. (at Sunset Blvd.) Los Angeles, CA. 90026, 213-484-8846, http://www.echoparkfilmcenter.org/ and info@echoparkfilmcenter.org, $5 admission,

7pm - CROW'S MILK - Rare MAGIC BAND documentary film (2003, 50 minutes)

8pm - Interview of JOHN FRENCH by Gerry Fialka. More info: 310-306-7330

930pmish - Book signing and more film of MAGIC BAND live in concert (London 2003, 80m)

-- info from the Zappateers site

DWEEZIL ZAPPA JAMS WITH DREAM THEATER 2009

July and August 2009, Zappa plays Zappa was part of the "Progressive Nation 2009" tour. On the same bill were Dream Theater (and Big Elf and Scale The Summit).

Here's a couple of YouTube snippets of the August 9, 2009, concert at the ‘Beacon Theatre’ in New York City.

Dream Theater - Dweezil Zappa, Rudess, Petrucci Jam at the Beacon Theater in 2009.

ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA WITH MIKE PORTNOY IN 2009

Zappa Plays Zappa Featuring Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater- Beacon Theater, NYC 2009

THE NEW ZPZ DATES

Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa

• 2010/11/06 concert ‘Roundhouse‘, London, UK
• 2010/11/07 concert ‘Het Depot‘, Leuven, Belgium
• 2010/11/08 concert ‘Olympia‘, Paris, France
• 2010/11/09 concert ‘Metropool‘, Hengelo, The Netherlands
• 2010/11/11 concert ‘Scene‘, Sentrum, Oslo, Norway
• 2010/11/12 concert ‘Filadelpia Church‘, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2010/11/13 concert ‘The Concert House‘, Gothenburg, Sweden
• 2010/11/14 concert ‘The Concert House‘, Malmo, Sweden
• 2010/12/01 concert ‘Warfield‘, San Francisco, CA, usa
• 2010/12/02 concert ‘The Knitting Factory‘, Reno, NV, usa
• 2010/12/03 concert ‘The Music Box‘, Hollywood, CA, usa
• 2010/12/04 concert ‘The Music Box‘, Hollywood, CA, usa
• 2010/12/05 concert ‘House of Blues‘, San Diego, CA, usa
• 2010/12/06 concert ‘Dodge Theatre ‘, Phoenix, AZ, usa
• 2010/12/08 concert ‘The Pageant ‘, St. Louis, MO, usa
• 2010/12/09 concert ‘The Vogue‘, Indianapolis, IN, usa
• 2010/12/10 concert ‘Turner Hall‘, Milwaukee, WI, usa
• 2010/12/11 concert ‘Congress Theater‘, Chicago, IL, usa
• 2010/12/13 concert ‘Grand Theatre‘, Quebec City, QC, usa
• 2010/12/14 concert ‘Metropolis‘, Montreal, QC, usa
• 2010/12/15 concert ‘Queen E Theatre‘, Toronto, ON, usa
• 2010/12/17 concert ‘Beacon Theatre‘, New York, NY, usa
• 2010/12/18 concert ‘Keswick‘, Philadelphia, PA, usa
• 2010/12/19 concert ‘House Of Blues‘, Boston, MA, usa

DWALMACAT 399

Go to
http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx

and click on “Luister”

to enjoy

• SILUETES 61 – My baby left me / Kaffe und Kuchen
• DCL LOCOMOTIVE – The kings broadcast
• FUNKI PORCINI – Surge
• GRINDERMAN – Depth charge Ethel
• NURSE WITH WOUND – Forever chasing the carrot
• MR QUARK – There’s nothing new under the sun
• KEBAB – Anti-L
• KOMMENISTE – Johnny Limbo
• UNKNOWNMIX – Jungle jive
• VIDEO-AVENTURES – Une vie moderne
• !!! - Hammer
• THE HITMACHINE FROM NIJMEGEN – Blues
• MILES DAVIS – Black satin
• STEVE STAIN – Taking Ryan’s garage by ketamine
• LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – Your city’s a sucker

DON PRESTON HAS A NEW ALBUM OUT

NEWSBULLETIN from ZONIC ENTERTAINMENT:

Today is DON PRESTON's birthday - 78 years - happy birthday, Don!

We celebrate the original Mother of contemporary synth music by releasing his new, epic saga COLLIDING GALAXYS.
The majestic 2010 space odyssey is exclusively available as digital download.

DON PRESTON - keyboard mad scientist and occasional monster - has long been at the forefront of growth and progress in music. Many will recognize DON PRESTON from his long collaboration with FRANK ZAPPA, as one of the members of the original MOTHERS OF INVENTION. Today he is touring with BUNK GARDNER, in their DON & BUNK SHOW.

Here's a link to the new release http://www.hotclub.musiconline.no/shop/displayAlbum.asp?id=40350&cid=&sid - soon available also from iTunes.

Sincerely yours,
ZONIC ENTERTAINMENT

BROKKEN

Friday evening, 2010/10/01, Corrie van Binsbergen will host another 'Brokkenavond' at Zaal 100 in Amsterdam, NL.
Concert by Lludas Mockunas, Corrie van Binsbergen, Wilbert de Joode and Alan Purves.

Sunday afternoon, 2010/10/31, will see the next Brokken special with a concert by the Brokkenfabriek, and by Terra.

Also check out "Over De Bergen", the opera by Josse De Pauw and Corrie van Binsbergen that is being performed in Flanders, Belgium, and in The Netherlands the next couple of weeks.

www.corrievanbinsbergen.com

UT GRET PERFORMS ZAPPA'S BLESSED RELIEF

Ut Gret performs Frank Zappa's 'Blessed Relief'
New Year's Eve 2006

ZAPPA HONORED IN BALTIMORE

Deceased rock legend Frank Zappa honored at the Enoch Pratt Free Library

LLOYD MILLER TEAMS UP WITH THE HELIOCENTRICS

Strut Records has released another remarkle album. This time, Lloyd 'Oriental Jazz' Miller teams up with The Heliocentrics...

AKA MOON HAS A NEW ALBUM OUT

DJ Grazzhoppa's DJ Bigband + Aka Moon have a new album out, called "Live @ KVS".
Recorded on the 13th of March, 2007, when Aka Moon teamed up with a big band of DJs.

More info soon.

DWALMACAT 398

This week on The Dwalmacat Radio Show

Go to
http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx

and click on "Luister”

to enjoy

• ARSENAL (U.S.A.) - Love song
• FOUR TET – Angel echoes (Jon Hopkins remix)
• SOLEX – Randy Costanza
• BEAK > - Oh
• EVERYTHING IS LOW – Cigarettes at the nightshop
• MATTHEW FRIEDBERGER – Rio Tinto
• JAD & DAVID FAIR – Every night I have the dream
• GEORGE DUNING – At the namkok
• RUUD BRUSSEE – De tovenaarsleerling (excerpt)
• CONRAD SCHNITZLER – Die Rebellen haben sich in den Bergen versteckt (excerpt)
• PEOPLE LIKE US & WOBBLY – Everyone alone
• QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE – White wedding
• WIRE – Our swimmer
• PRIMAL SCREAM – Autobahn 66
• JISKEFET – Héél géén vogel

PANOPTICON LIVE AT BONNEFOOI

* * * improvised music * * *

Last week, PaNoPTiCoN played at Brussels' Bonnefooi.

Catherine Smet on piano
Pierre Mottet on bass
Yves Dellicour on soprano saxophone and bass clarinet
Domenico Solazzo on drums, percussion & direction

The live recording of this event is ALREADY available for your aural pleasure and for free by clicking on the link below :

http://enterpanopticon.blogspot.com/2010/08/panopticon-welcomes-you.html

RADIO CHOPSTICK

a nice little message that I received from Radio Chopstick:

Dear Friends & music lovers,

We are glad to introduce you Radio Chopstick , a new non-profit online music archive, which presents a collection of interesting jazz and improvised recordings by mostly Belgian, but also Italian, Japanese, Indian & Portugese musicians. To listen click http://www.chopstick.be/?page_id=88 or surf to www.chopstick.be !

Our goal is to build up this archive step by step with recordings that are not reaching audiences by conventional cd production due to it's uncommercial character or expensive production process.

Enjoy listening!

SUN RA AND THE MEANING OF BEING

Here's an excellent article that was posted on the Saturn Newsgroup by dantrem.

Sun Ra and the Meaning of Being
March 26th, 2008 by David Kronemyer

African-American spirituality has been expressed in a profound musical tradition dating back to the first days of slavery in the United States. One of the genre’s consistent lyrical themes is the temporality of life, its transience and impermanence, the problem of evil, and the promise of a better world to come. Jimi Hendrix explored these topics when he sang of “Castles made of sand, that melt into the sea, eventually” and “I’ll meet you in the next world, don’t be late.” Its primary exponent in recent years, however, was the great Sun Ra. He understood this dynamic better than anyone. Not only that, he expressed it in beautiful poetry and music infused with a mystical Egyptians-in-space cosmology.

Sun Ra’s concerns go beyond a possible after-life or a world that is an alternative to this one. More fundamentally, he was concerned with the meaning of being in this world. Although he may have aspired to it, Sun Ra did not believe he actually came from another planet. Rather, this aspect of his metaphysics is a proxy for the sense of estrangement he experienced in this one. As an intergalactic wanderer, he had no home; he was unheimlichkeit (homeless, or living outside of one’s own country). Space is not some other “place” but a metaphor for the milieu in which he found himself and the differentiation and alienation he encountered as he navigated its contours.

Sun Ra had experienced all there was to experience and seen all there was to see. As an itinerant black musician in the 1950s – 1980s, playing odd music with a large entourage, he experienced blatant racial discrimination as well as crushing financial impoverishment. Notwithstanding, Sun Ra extended his hand to the listener as a guide, like Dante’s through the Inferno. He was indifferent to the constraints of this world and his temporal embodiment in it, even as he reveled in them as the fundamental premise of being.

Illustrative is an untitled Declamation that appears at 8:25 on Live at the Horseshoe Tavern (recorded March 13, 1978, disc III), an amazing CD available through Transparency Records, which has undertaken to release many archival Sun Ra recordings. Other partial versions appear elsewhere, but this the most complete, and the most compelling. I exercised some modest editorial license, particularly towards the end. I combined various versions and rearranged the order of the lines. I also eliminated some repetition, which is wholly appropriate in the context of the work as performed, but seemed redundant in a transcription. Without question the best part is Sun Ra’s knowing, ironic laugh after he says, “This is not life!”

I have many names –
Names of mystery, names of splendor, and names of shame.
You sleep in the deep dark Babylonian night,
Dreaming, thinking this illusion that you call life is real.
It’s just an illusion, an infinite conclusion.
This is not life!
They think this is life, they think this is real.
How could you dare to say this world of misery is the ultimate of being?
How can you dare to call this thing of existence, life?
This is not life – this is death disguised as life.
It is not real.
This misery, this world of pain and distraction, is not life.
I know what life is – life is not full of tears – Life knows no death.
How can it be life, if there is truth?
No, this is not life. You are only asleep and dreaming.
Just dreaming of sleep, in the deep dark Babylonian night.
You are dreaming that you are doing all the things you did, before you die.
You will die dreaming.
Cry, cry for the people of earth, cry to heaven.
Maybe heaven will hear, and the people no longer will have to die.
Why should you have to die? Is there any reason why? What does it prove?
Look for something else. Bypass dying, and by bypass death.
Look for being – all that you can be – and continue to be, just as millions of beings.
Being – immortal, eternal being. It’s not life, it’s not death.
Let us do it together, across the sea of immortality, beyond the furthest stars.
Let us journey together across the sea of immortality.
Let us go somewhere there, many light years in space,
Where human beings have never been,
That human eyes have never seen,
And human feet have never trod.
I know that I’m a member of an angel race,
My home is somewhere there out in outer space.
I could have enjoyed myself on this planet, if the people had been alive,
But this world is not my home.
The satellites are spinning, the world is just awakening.
Where happiness is pending, a better day is breaking.
The galaxy’s awaiting, for planet earth’s awakening.
What do you do when you know that you know, that you know that you’re wrong?
You’ve got to face the music, you’ve got to listen to the cosmos song.
We sing this song to a great tomorrow,
We sing this song to abolish sorrow.
Come on, and take a journey.
Take my hand, I’m a stranger from paradise.
In some far place, many light years in space,
I’ll build a world of abstract dreams,
I’ll wait for you, somewhere there, many light years away,
Traveling a strange celestial road.

Sun Ra

GOLEM'S "ORION AWAKES" RE-ISSUED BY LION PRODUCTIONS

Lion Productions has re-released Golem's "Orion Awakes".
Seventies instrumental psychedelic space rock...

Here's an audio sample :

SUN RA'S "PIANO RECITAL - TEATRO LA FENICE, VENEZIA" RE-RELEASED ON VINYL

• sun ra: piano recital - teatro la fenice, venezia
  (2010, lp, russia, vinyl lovers)

In 1977, Sun Ra did a solo piano concert in Venice, Italy. The concert got released on CD in 2003 on Leo Records.
The album is being re-released on vinyl by Vinyl Lovers. It will have a different album cover (and some tracks have switched place).

MIKE KENEALLY NEWSFLASH

Mike Keneally says:

Baked Potato Live DVD Concert Shoot Wednesday!

Quick one, mainly for West Coast residents:

First off, I wanted to again encourage anyone who can make it to the Baked Potato in LA this Wednesday (September 15) to join us for the live DVD taping of the Keneally Band/Beller Band performance - this is the same group of players (Keneally, Beller, Musallam, Peters, Travers) who did the "They're Both The Same Band" East Coast tour in May. This will be our last show for a good long while since I'll be out with Satriani solidly from October through January. Bring friends! The set of Beller tunes starts at 9:00 pm; Keneally set will probably start around 10:00 or so. Turns out we're doing 18 of my tunes, not 16 like I said last week. I had a couple of last minute additions I really want to play.

Also - San Diego residents - I got a call from Kofi Baker a couple of days ago, asking if I could help out: OHM had a headlining spot at Lestat's on September 25 as part of the Adams Ave. Street Fair, but unfortunately Chris Poland can't make the gig, so they asked if I could fill in and make it a Tribute to Cream gig. I said sure! So, we're doing an hour-long show of Cream tunes at Lestat's on Adams Ave. in San Diego, at 8:00 on Saturday, September 25.

And if all goes according to plan, Evidence of Humanity will be ready to pick up from the replicator tomorrow, and I'll be selling them at the show at the Baked Potato on Wednesday, and we'll start shipping the pre-orders this week.

That's it! Thanks everyone!

Mike

THE HELIOCENTRIC WORLDS OF SUN RA

ESP-Disk will be releasing "The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra" as a 3CD set!

The original 1966 albums, plus the third volume (the one that got uncovered and released in 2005).

ZAPPANOIA UPDATE

Portugese band Zappanoia performs the music of Frank Zappa.
The band was founded in 1996 by Eduardo Cunha and Rui Sousa. They are from Lisbon, Portugal.

Friday, September 17 at 23:00 h, Zappanoia will hosting a jam session at the Katakumbas do Lyceu Camões.

PALINCKX - TIGHT SPOTS

• palinckx: tight spots
  (2006, cd, nl, vonk 12)

The last time that I saw Palinckx in concert was in April 2006. The concert was entitled "Fab 8 plays #9", and it was as experimental as the title suggested. I remember my friend (Ive H.) and me bringing some people along, having convinced them that it would be something like a Beatles quiz.
Actually, it was something like a Beatles quiz, just not the quiz that they had expected...
Fun.

And here's "Tight Spots". Also released in 2006 and collecting recordings from 2004 to 2006.
It's not just the latest, but it's also the last Palinckx record.

Less experimental than some of the previous Palinckx releases, "Tight Spots" still has the recognisable Palinckx sound. The album is obviously influenced by 70's psychedelic, progrock and experimental music. Think Beefheart and Pere Ubu, or the more contemporary dEUS or Zita Swoon. Jacq Palinckx' guitar work is great. Bert Palinckx & Alan Purves keep this train rolling, DJ DNA adds moog and more, and Han Buhrs lifts it to the next level.

Let's be blunt about this: "Tight Spots" is a fabulous recording.
Tip to the hat !
& thank you very much.

Essential listening.

http://www.palinckx.nl/

http://www.united-mutations.com/p/palinckx.htm

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART REISSUE

Reprise (= Rhino) is re-releasing Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band's "Lick My Decalls Off, Baby" on tangerine coloured vinyl.

Celebrating its fourtieth birthday, ladies and gentlemen...

ZAPPATIKA IN EXETER ON 2010 10 16

Saturday 16 October 2010
@ The PHOENIX ARTS CENTRE -Exeter (UK)

FRANK ZAPPA NIGHT
"Music is the Best !"
with FZ Sounds & Visuals from 20.00

and a live 2-hour Frank Zappa tribute show
from ZAPPATiKA starting at 21.30 !

Here's Zappatika with Ike Willis, live at Zappanale.
Video by Luuk.

LAZULI - BEARDFISH - RPWL

So what do these bands have in common? I had no idea, until Billy & Ethell told me that all three of them would be playing at the 'Spirit Of 69' club in Verviers on the very same day.

It'll be happening on 2010/10/10, as part of the ProgResiste 2010 Festival.

http://www.spiritof66.be

THE BROWNIES - DEMO

• the brownies: demo
  (2010, cdr-demo, nl, private release)

The Brownies is Marco C. de Bruin's band. The 10-piece ensemble mixes jazz and pop into groovy, zappa-esque tunes.

If I'm not mistaken, I mentioned The Brownies a couple of months ago, when I had heard some of their material through their website. I recall being quite impressed.
So when I got the demo about a week ago, I was able to play the music through the stereo.

Wowie zowie !! This is good.
Check them out.
The demo is about 15 minutes and can be ordered through the band's website:

http://www.thebrownies.net/

Here's "SM Part 1" as performed for Dutch Radio 6 last june.
(Somehow I can't get these YouTube in the right size, so click'm and watch'm on YouTube)

MARCUS MILLER

Teen Town (Jaco Pastorius) by Marcus Miller, live.

DWALMACAT 397

Episode 397 of the Dwalmacat radio show is up.

Go to
http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx

and click on “Luister”

• AKSAK MABOUL – Inoculating rabies
• DAVID MOSS, AXEL OTTO & FRANK SCHÜLTE – The day we forgot
• MOEBIUS & PLANK – News
• GRUPPO SPORTIVO – Dreamin
• TELEVISION PERSONALITIES – Jackanory stories
• THE LIARS – Nothing is lost or can be lost, my science friend
• CHROMEHOOF – Death is certain
• HERR SEELE & THE FOUR ONE AND ONLY’S – Op een zomerdag
• KAMAGURKA & DE VLAAMSE PRIMITIEVEN – Constant degoutant
• STAN FREBERG – Heartbreak hotel
• ELVIS PRESLEY – Patch it up
• DAVID THOMAS & THE WOODEN BIRDS – My town
• !!! - The funky branca
• PINSKI ZOO – Put your ghost shirt on
• CARIBOU – Bees
• ENNIO MORRICONE – Il clan dei Siciliani
• TOM DISSEVELT & KID BALTAN – Song of the second moon

NEW BOOK ON SUN RA: "INTERVIEWS & ESSAYS"

Published by Headpress.
Edited by John Sinclair.

SUN RA ARKESTRA IN CONCERT TODAY - 2010 09 12

from the Saturn newsgroup:

The Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen will appear as part of the Bang on a Can Marathon at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA on Sunday, September 12, 2010. This event is part of the 2010 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and is the first time that the Bang on a Can Marathon has arrived in Philadelphia.

The Bang on a Can format for this Philadelphia event runs from 2:00 pm to midnight including 10 hours of live performances from 17 different bands, somewhat tamer than their recent 27 hour Bang on a Can Marathon in New York City. The Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen are scheduled to perform during the 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm timeslot in the format that has multiple bands performing simultaneously on
different floors at the World Cafe Live.

The Bang on a Can Marathon includes music from experimental noise to free jazz and various hybrids in between. This edition focuses on local and native Philadelphia talent including Keepers of the Chaos (Jamaalandeen Tacuma & Calvin Weston), Normal Love, Uri Caine Trio, and of course the Sun Ra Arkestra. From outside of Philadelphia comes bands like Asphalt Orchestra (playing pieces by Mingus & Zappa), So Percussion, and the Bang on a Can All Stars, along with many others.

Full program details at
http://www.livearts-fringe.org

A CONVERSATION WITH THE ARKESTRA

from the Saturn newsgroup:

Subject: A Conversation with the Arkestra

The Live Arts Festival, where the Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen will be performing Sunday as part of the Bang on a Can Marathon at the World Cafe Live, has just released "Cosmic Pageantry: A Conversation with the Sun Ra Arkestra" from the website of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in support of Sunday's concert.
This 10 minute 59 second audio recording was made in August 2010 by Matthew Feldman & John Pettit and features the voices of Marshall Allen, Danny Ray Thompson, Michael Ray, Dave Davis, and Wayne Anthony Smith, Jr. You can hear this at:

http://www.pcah.us/music/blog/a-conversation-with-the-sun-ra-arkestra/

MOONJUNE UPDATE

The MoonJune record label has recently released three new album:

• dennis rea: views from chicheng precipice
• tohpati ethnomission: save the planet
• soft machine legacy: live adventures

http://www.moonjune.com/

TRANSPARENCY

Here's an excellent article (plus some nice reviews) on Michael Sheppard's Transparency record label.

http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2010/09/09/the-transparency-label-refuses-to-flinch/

GRANDMOTHERS IN PARIS ON HALLOWEEN

The Central Scrutinizer Newsflash (from Les Fils De L'Invention) sais something like:

"October 31 at the 'Trabendo', a Grandmothers Halloween concert, featuring former Mothers Napoleon Murphy Brock, Roy Estrada and Don Preston. No shit. More soon."

AUTOUR DE FRANK ZAPPA

One day after the "Zappaday" festival in Liège (that's Friday the 24th of September), both The Wrong Object and Trank Zappa Grappa in Varese? will be performing in Paris (on Saturday the 25th). An afternoon concert !

CUCAMONGA DOT BE

The latest Cucamonga newsflash (and it has been too long) talks about Phosphorescent and about Timber Timbre.
It's in the Dutch language, but if you click on "Lees verder" (= read more), you'll get some videos.

Visit www.cucamonga.be

SEPTEMBER 19 = ANNUAL FRANK ZAPPA DAY IN BALTIMORE

September 19th to Become Annual 'Frank Zappa Day' with Dedication of Zappa Bust From Vilnius and Outdoor Concert in Baltimore

Details Of Celebrations Announced Events Mark 25th Anniversary of Zappa's Congressional Testimony Against Censorship

http://www.shorefire.com/index.php?a=pressrelease&o=4229

With an interesting program:
- open dialogue with Gail Zappa
- Zappa Plays Zappa concert
- and more...

NEW ZAPPA ALBUM ANNOUNCED - CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW

Presenting: a very LARGE Public Service Announcement. Frank Zappa tells it like it is. And you still have the right to hear it.

= Zappa's 1985 congress statement.

http://barfkoswill.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=971_40502

MATS OBERG / MORGAN AGREN UPDATE

September 19, 2010, Morgan Ågren will team up with Bill Laswell and Raoul Björkenheim to performe a concert at the 'Bowery Poetry Club' in New York City.
http://www.bowerypoetry.com/

September 23, 2010, Morgan Ågren will be giving a drumclinic at "Drummers Collective (The Collective)", also in NYC
http://thecollective.edu/

October 23, 2010, the Mats/Morgan Band will be performing at the "Gouveia Art Rock" festival in Portugal.
www.gaudela.net/gar

And December 11, 2010, the Jimmy Ågren Band will be playing at the "Pjeireblues Festival" near Brussels in Belgium.
http://www.pjeireblues.be/

Here's the Jimmy Ågren Band (with Morgan on drums)

VRIJE GELUIDEN

"Vrije Geluiden" is a weekly dutch VPRO TV show that gets aired on Sunday morning. It presents all kinds of interesting music.
This weekend, the new season kicks off with Michiel Borstlap, Theo Loevendie and Hansung Yoo.

Here's a little YouTube sample (the Michael Moore Quartet) to show you what Vrije Geluiden is all about.

HALL OF FAME NEWSFLASH

I was lucky enough to catch Caballero Reynaldo's latest albums, "Traca / Matraca" and "Kazoo's Revenge", at the Zappanale festival.
And now, finally, they are available through the Hall Of Fame Records website as well !

For those who are counting, these are volumes 12 and 13 of the superb "Unmatched" series. All Zappa covers. Some of them in Spanish.

Highly recommended !!

www.halloffame.es/Reynaldo.html

MIKE KENEALLY UPDATE

Mike Keneally will be on tour with Joe Satriani in October, November & December.
And October 22 - 24, he'll be in Groningen to perform at the Steve Vai festival.

But before this will all be happening, he'll do one more gig with his Mike Keneally Band at the Baked Potato.

Mike adds:

Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Mike Keneally Band
with special guest
The Bryan Beller Band

LIVE DVD RECORDING!
This will be the only show we (me, Beller, Rick Musallam, Griff Peters, Joe Travers) are going to play for the whole rest of 2010, so we thought we'd record it up all nice and see if we can't get a sweet DVD out of it. Come be in our show!

• Mike Keneally - guitar/keys/vocals
• Bryan Beller - bass
• Rick Musallam - guitar/backing vocals
• Griff Peters - guitar
• Joe Travers - drums

The Baked Potato
3787 Cahuenga Blvd. West
Studio City, CA 91604
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Shows: 9:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
Tickets $20

FRANK ZAPPA'S GREASY LOVE SONGS ON VINYL PICTURE DISC BOOTLEG

The latest Zappa release, "Greasy Love Songs", has been released as a vinyl picture disc bootleg.
a bootleg? Yes, and they even used the zappa record label and all...
naughty? You bet, it's completely illegal !!
beautiful? Absolutely. It's gorgeous...
how does it sound? I wouldn't know. If you want to listen to the music, you should buy the official CD.

It's a vinyl picture disc in a fold-out cover. Here are some shots:


the cover
side one

side two

ZAPPA - JOE'S GARAGE ACT I - CZECH PICTURE DISC

In 1991, Globus International released FZ's Joe's Garage act I on vinyl picture disc.


Pictures have been added to the U.M. Archives.


cover
side one

side two

ZAPPA - JOE'S GARAGE ACT II & III - CZECH PICTURE DISC

In 1991, Globus International released FZ's Joe's Garage act II & III as a vinyl picture disc set.

I've added the pictures to the U.M. Archives. Here they are:

cover
side one

side two

side three

side four

MALCOLM MCNAB HAS A NEW ALBUM OUT

Malcolm McNab, who you should know from his work with Frank Zappa's Grand and Petit Wazoo, has released a second solo album.
The album is called "The Infinite Trumpet" and presents compositions by Paganini, Tchaikovsky, and others.

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/malcolmmcnab2

http://www.malcolmmcnab.com

His first solo album included a fine rendition of FZ's 'Be-Bop Tango' !!

WM RECORDINGS - UPDATE

Gorowski has released his 4th album, "Sowilo" on WM Recordings.
It's available for free from WM Recordings. Check it out:

www.wmrecordings.com

THE OTHER WORLDS OF SUN RA ON ARCHIVE DOT COM

from the SATURN newsgroup
Hi Folks,
Here for your listening pleasure is our new Sun Ra radio documentary feature
http://www.archive.org/details/TheOtherWorldsOfSunRa
Enjoy!
John

In the history of post-war jazz in the US, perhaps the strangest and most mysterious figure is Sun Ra. An outstanding pianist, composer, arranger and big band leader, he was also a science fiction philosopher, Afro Futurist poet and self-declared citizen of Saturn.

Sun Ra's life project mixed a fascination with outer space with his African roots and wildly expressive music, which continues to delight and inspire audiences almost two decades after he left the planet.

The Other Worlds of Sun Ra features writer and activist Amiri Baraka, who collaborated with Ra in the New York underground of the 1960s. Sun Ra's archivist and one-time drummer, Michael D. Anderson, gives an insider's perspective of playing with Ra and his Arkestra. There are readings from Sun Ra's pamphlets and poems as well as the voice of the man himself. And of
course -- plenty of Sun Ra's weird, beautiful and other-worldly music.

More info and full playlist here:
http://abc.net.au/rn/intothemusic/stories/2010/2977933.htm

AN INTRODUCTION TO SUN RA

For all of you who have been wondering why I make so much noise about Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Arkestra, here's a fine (& downloadable) introduction:

http://ileoxumare.blogspot.com/2009/03/introduction-to-sun-ra-ile-oxumare.html

An Introduction to Sun Ra (1959-1988)
An Ile Oxumaré Compilation

1. Astro Black, feat June Tyson, Impulse! Edit (1972)
2. It's After the End of the World feat June Tyson (1972)
3. Satellites Are Spinning feat June Tyson (1972)
4. Somebody Else's World feat June Tyson (1969)
5. There Are Other Worlds (1978)
6. Rocket #9 (1972)
7. Astro Black (live) feat June Tyson (1973)
8. Outer Space Emergency (live) (1973)
9. What Planet Is This?/Life Is Splendid/Immeasurable (live) (1972)
10. Theme of the Stargazers (1971)
11. Spontaneous Simplicity (1968)
12. Calling Planet Earth (1972)
13. I Am the Alter Destiny
14. Africa (1959)
15. Astro Black (1988)
16. China Gate feat Ricky Murray (1961)
17. Walking on the Moon feat June Tyson

ZAPPA ON DVD-BOOTLEG: THE CHORUS AND THE CLUB

• frank zappa: the chorus and the club
  (2010, dvd-bootleg, ??, wuff-01)

We've seen this exact same bootleg about three years ago, released by Apocalypse Sound.
The same material in a different package:

• frank zappa - 1980/06/11 concert 'palais des sports', paris, france
  taken from a french tv broadcast
• the mothers of invention - 1968/10/06 concert 'the beat club', bremen, germany
  taken from a german tv broadcast

ZAPPA ON DVD-BOOTLEG : THE WORLD OF FRANK ZAPPA

• frank zappa: the world of frank zappa
  (2010, dvd-bootleg, ??, wow corporation wow-421)

Nothing that you haven't seen yet. Nothing that you cannot find for free in the traders community.

"The World Of Frank Zappa" includes:

• The 1970/12/15 Zappa concert 'gaumont palace', paris, france
• The 1971/02/16 Ponty concert paris, france
• The 1971/12/11 "pop2" broadcast "200 motels" interview & preview
  and
• The 1993/07/23 "bbc2 late show"

ZAPPADAY IN LIEGE - UPDATE

Here are the correct hours for the Zappaday in Liège on September 24:

Doors will open at 19:30h, and the first concert will start at appr. 20:40h.
http://www.lanvert.be/

with
> Trank Zappa Grappa in Varèse?
> The Wrong Object
> TZGIV vs TWO

BEN WATSON'S POETRY ON ZAPPATEERS

Friday the 13th of August, Ben Watson hosted a Quiz at Zappanale.
A right answer got you a token.

The winners had to turn up on Sunday to collect their prizes.

Ob's recording of the prize-giving event on Sunday is being seeded at Zappateers.
http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=19778

All the winners had to read some of Ben's unique poetry before they could claim their prizes. So as well as introductions, you get to hear a few zappateers reading some Watsonian Poetry.
Fun.

STEVE VAI SPECIAL AT DUTCH RADIO 6 TONIGHT

Tonight, at 20:00 h, Dutch radio 6 will be broadcasting a one-hour special on Steve Vai.

It's a preview of the Steve Vai Festival that will be held in October in Groningen, NL.

PRINCE - ONE NITE ALONE... LIVE!

• prince: one nite alone... live!
  (2002, cd, usa, npg records)

I added a bit more data to the Prince discography. Here's "One Nite Alone... Live!".
Released in 2002 in a longbox with three CDs: a 2 CD set with recordings from the "One Nite Alone..." tour, plus a CD that offers some aftershow material.
Jazz, funk and aftershow jams... what else do you need?
Beautiful stuff.

SUN RA SPECIAL ON ABC RADIO

This ABC radio special uses the same sources as the Re:Sounds special, but it does include more music.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/intothemusic/stories/2010/2977933.htm

DWALMACAT 396

Go to
http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx
and click on "Luister”
to enjoy

• PEOPLE LIKE US & WOBBLY – Fiction
• CHROME – All data lost
• BRIAN ENO – Third uncle
• PIERO UMILIANI – Impulsi
• HENRY COW & SLAPP HAPPY – Some questions about hats
• THE FLAMING LIPS – The sparrow looks up at the machine
• EAZY TEETH – Car noise
• THE LOWEST NOTE – Piggy bank
• LOS ALLEGRES – Coconut woman
• JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH – Luther the anthropoid
• HOLY FUCK – Silva & grimes
• DANIEL PADDEN – The Isaac storm (epilogue)
• JOHN LENNON – Remember
• MUPPET SHOW – Waiting at the church
• ANDY GIORBINO – Anmut und Würde
• DUSTY KID – Milk
• WOODEN SHJIPS – Space clothes

BUSY BUSY BUSY

The New Niks and Artvark SQ collaboration "Busy Busy Busy" will be performing at the BIMhuis in Amsterdam on September 9, 2010.

You might have seen or heard them on TV (Vrije Geluiden), on the radio (VPRO JazzLive), at North Sea Jazz, or you might have their album.
Either way, if you're in the neighbourhood of Amsterdam on the 9th, you should catch this.

SUN RA ON RE:SOUNDS RADIO SHOW

Episode 122 of the "Re:Sounds" radio show focused on Nick Drake and on Sun Ra:

This hour: two amazing musicians explored through the portal of two amazing documentaries.

Three Records from Sundown
by Charles Maynes (Podstantsiya, FNR, 2009)
British singer/songwriter Nick Drake was just 26 when he died from an overdose of anti-depressants. He'd recorded three albums over the course of his lifetime, none of which sold very well, and he died in relative obscurity. But fast forward forty years and Nick Drake has been resurrected. He's now largely thought of as one of the most influential artists of his time and he's sold far more records than he ever did when he was living.

The Other Worlds of Sun Ra
by Brent Clough and John Jacobs (The Night Air, ABC, 2009)
The name Sun Ra is synonymous with far out philosophies, experimental music, great talent, and cosmic costumes. From big band and bee bop to avant garde and disco (with stops everywhere in between) Sun Ra was a musician of great breadth as well as a bandleader, keyboardist, visionary, philosopher, and entertainer extraordinaire.

http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/library/752

MOON UNIT

Imagine my surprise when I saw a mention of a new album by Moon Unit...

Moon Unit turned out to be a trio of musicians from the UK that recently recorded and released their new album on the Blackest Rainbow Records label from the UK.

MORE INFO ON THE ZAPPADAY IN LIEGE

Friday the 24th of September, 'L'An Vert' will host a ZappaDay.

'L'An Vert' is a club in Liège, Belgium, and the ZappaDay will feature an expo, video footage, AND (!!) a couple of really interesting concerts.

Swiss / Belgian band Trank Zappa Grappa In Varese? will be performing. That's Markus Stauss, Michel Delville, Damien Champion and Laurent Delchambre.

Next up will be The Wrong Object in their new line-up: Joe Higham, Antoine Guenet, Michel Delville, Pierre Mottet and Laurent Delchambre.

And the special event for the evening will be the teaming-up of these two bands:
"TZGIV vs. The Wrong Object".

Doors will open at 19:30h, and the first concert will start at appr. 20:40h.
http://www.lanvert.be/

See you there.

PRINCE - INDIGO NIGHTS

• prince: indigo nights
  (2008, cd, usa, npg records)

A couple of years ago, Prince released the "21 Nights" photobook, about his 2007 London concert series. With the book, comes a bonus CD. It's a live album, compromising songs that were performed at the various afterpartys at the IndigO2 night club.

If you shop around a bit, you can get this big, hardcover book, with the bonus CD, for a very interesting price. I got mine a couple of weeks ago.
Excellent.

-- thanks to Harald for pointing this one out to me