UPCOMING ED PALERMO BIG BAND CONCERTS

 A message from Ed Palermo

This theme's so nice we're going to do it thrice.

June 1, 2026 The Iridium 8:30 PM
www.ticketweb.com/event/ed-palermo-big-band-iridium-tickets/14072974

June 13, 2026 The Falcon (2 Shows)

Matinee (3:30 PM):
www.liveatthefalcon.com/shows/the-ed-palermo-big-band-matinee-show-12

Dinner Show (8 PM):
www.liveatthefalcon.com/shows/the-ed-palermo-big-band-22

FRANK GAMBALE

Frank Gambale - May 29, 2026, - Muziekhandel Leo Caerts, Leuven, BE - "live guitar clinic"

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-- info: Dirk Verschaeve

NEW MUSIC BY MAURO PAWLOWSKI

https://www.undayrecords.be/news/mauro-pawlowski-announces-new-single-%E2%80%98maintained-love%E2%80%99-and-his-upcoming-album

 

GIORGIO LIBERA - WHAT'S ALL THIS NOISE FOR ?

• Giorgio Libera: What's All This Noise For ?
      (2004, cd, Switzerland, private release)

Giorgio Libera released his second album, "What's All This Noise For ?",  in 2004.
Experimental, zappa-esque rock.
Even more amazing is the fact that there are two familiar sounding songs on the album: 'Day Tripper' and 'Come Together'.

Love it.
Essential listening.

Rémy Sträuli on drums !!

'Francis'

'Day Tripper / Come Together'

JOHN CURRY'S MAIL ART

Quite a while ago, around 2014 (?), John Curry produced a series of mail art postage stamps.
The series, entitled the Trystero PX stamps, consisted of 4 different stamps.
Here's a picture of the Frank Zappa one :

MORE MONKEES

Next to his appearance in the 1968 "Head" movie, Frank Zappa was also featured in one of The Monkees' TV Shows.
In show no. 57, broadcast on March 11, 1968, Michael Nesmith teaches Frank Zappa how to play a car to the tune of The Mothers Of Invention’s ‘Mother People’.

This got released on :

• The Monkees: Vol. 16
      (1995, vhs video, USA, rhino home video)

And then there's the Davy Jones / Frank Zappa interview.
I don't know if this was also part of show no. 57, but it did find it's way to a Monkees DVD.

• The Monkees: Hey, Hey… We’re The Monkees
      (2005, dvd, Norway, scantrade entertainment)

Both fragments :

 

ZAPPA - HITHERTO UNKNOWN

• Zappa: Hitherto Unknown
      (2012, 2cd-bootleg, --, the godfatherrecords)

This bootleg 2 CD set got released a bit over 10 years ago.
Shortly thereafter, so-called radio show albums started popping up, taking over the CD-bootleg market.

Anyway, The Godfatherrecords was a familiar sounding name at the time. They had already released several Frank Zappa (bootleg) titles: "Viva Zappa", "Muffin Man Goes To College", "Live At Leroy Theater", Come On Punky", "The Time To Sing And Dance And Love",...
I have most of these and they look and sound great. That's why I couldn't resist when I bumped into "Hitherto Unkown".

Recorded live at Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ, USA, October 13, 1978. Early Show.
Nice.

THE MONKEES - HEAD

The Monkees "Head" movie was a full-length theatrical motion picture, released in 1968.
It only aired on TV in 1974, as a "CBS Late Movie".

It was made available on laserdisc in 1986 !
A VHS video release only followed in 1991.
Nothing new, but a copy of the VHS tape recently arrived at UM HQ.

Frank Zappa made a cameo walking around with a cow on a leash and talking to David Jones.

DRACU - TROUBLE COMIN' EVERY DAY

 

AARON DANKS

Aaron Danks, aka danksy_for_real, is releasing a new single titled "WORM AND GOD" (or "WORM & GOD"), which is scheduled to be out on the 15th of May.
It could / should feature Dweezil Zappa?