ZAPPANALE 2022 - #4 - A TYPICAL THURSDAY IN BAD DOBERAN

"A typical Thursday in Bad Doberan".
Well, I'm not saying that every Thursday in Bad Doberan is like this, but from a statistical point of view, most of the Thursdays that I have spent in Bad Doberan so far, have been filled with a visit to the exposition room, catching up with friends, and enjoying some live music.

Anyway, first things first. So after saying hi to Robert, Dilek, Dieter, Burkhard and Helmut, we bought our copies of the program booklet (essential reading for line-up, timing and info on the artists) as well as the Exhibition Guide.

Program booklet

The expo was a treat. The main focus was on Marko Nakari's cartoons. Check out the cover of the exhibition guide to get an idea.
Marco has released three books that collect his cartoons. Funny stuff and lots of Zappa references. Check out one of my previous posts about his books if you haven't already.
Next to Marko's art, graphic artist, painter, sculptor and craftsman Helmut King presented some of his recent (huge) pieces, while the final two parts of the expo were dedicated to Mike Keneally and to 200 Motels. A joy, as always.

The Exhibition Guide not only documented these different expos, but also focused on the "Special Events", little happenings that are scheduled at the Exhibition Rooms to get the Zappanale crowd a fine start of the morning.

• thursday 13h00 - Mikko/Keinonen Film Premier
• friday 11h00 - Zappawoman Trio
• friday 12h00 - Yasi Hofer Trio
• saturday 11h00 - Klangfusion
• saturday 12h00 - Die Miserablen Duos
• saturday 13h00 - Co de Kloet
• sunday 11h00 - Art Tripp III interview
• sunday 12h00 - Run Logan Run

Promising. Very promising...

After the hotel check in and the obligatory snack we made our way to the Klosterhof, the park where the warm-up party would be.
We skipped bEND and arrived just in time to see the start of Die Miserablen Hüsos. I had already seen couple of live videos on Youtube and I had caught them as a duo as part of one of the MOSAE Festival concerts, so I knew this was gonna be fun.
Zappa music with German lyrics. No translations, but lyrics in the same vein and with the same sense of humor. This was great.
And it looked like they had brought along some fans as some of the people in the audience were singing along. Fun.

Here's a live fragment from 2021. Imagine these guys on a stage with an audience of a couple of hundred Zappa freaks.

Next up was Blanck Zappath, Peter Görs' latest project. Being familiar with Zappnoise, there were a lot of familiar faces on stage. Blanck Zappath interpreted the music of Frank Zappa and of Black Sabbath.

I had expected some sort of mash-ups of FZ and Black Sabbath tunes, which wasn't really the case. But it was fun to watch !

Who's Pink, a Pink Floyd tribute band, closed the evening.
We didn't stay as we wanted to catch the Zappawoman Trio as well as the Yasi Hofer Trio on Friday morning. It all starts with a good night's rest :-)

On our way back to the town, we ran in to Christian who was on his way to see Who's Pink.
Christian did inform me about Roger Waters' outspoken political opinions (of which I wasn't aware).
More on that subject can be found here:
https://chaoszine.net/pink-floyd-legend-roger-waters-shares-his-political-views-again-blames-the-war-in-ukraine-on-nato-expansion/

In short: what a great way to start a festival !