MERRY X-MAS FROM JAN ZEHRFELD (PANZERBALLETT)

Jan Z. says:
"Wishing you extremely swell holidays and all the best for 2014!!"

RESIDENTS DISCOGRAPHY

While enjoying my recently acquired Residents' 7"s, I thought I'd spice up the Residents discography with some extra pictures and scans. I guess I added over one hundred scans of album covers and 7" picture sleeves.
Most of these pictures were 'borrowed' from the fabulous discogs website and from The Residents' website.

I still have to figure out a way to get all of them on my dekstop...

http://www.united-mutations.com/r/residents.htm

MEET THE CHEWERS

"Two freaks from the woods of West Virginia making deliberately off-kilter music."

https://soundcloud.com/the-chewers

The band has a new album out (their second) : "Chuckle, Change And Also".

OCTAFISH TEKKPA REHEARSAL

FAMILY FODDER

Family Fodder was a London-based collective of musicians, led by Alig Pearce.
The band combined music and humour, and released a handful of albums and singles between 1979 and 1983.

Staubgold, the Berlin record label, is re-releasing two of Family Fodder's albums, both with lots of bonus material.

family fodder: monkey banana kitchen
    (2014, lp, germany, staubgold 130) - limited vinyl edition, also available on CD

family fodder: schizophrenia party
    (2014, lp, germany, staubgold 131) - limited vinyl edition, also available on CD

http://www.staubgold.com

INSOMNIO PLAYS ZAPPA

Insomnio performed Frank Zappa's "The Yellow Shark' in Eindhoven last Thursday.
Beautiful !
An audio recording of this show turned up at Zappateers:
http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=27476

Yesterday, Insomnio played in Amsterdam.
In case that you're wondering what you've missed, here's the setlist plus some great video footage.
Thanks to Unicapb21

01. Intro
02. Dog Breath Variations
03. Uncle Meat
04. Outrage At Valdez
05. Times Beach II
06. III Revised
07. Be-Bop Tango
08. None Of The Above
09. Ruth Is Sleeping
10. Questi Cazzi Di Piccione
11. Times Beach III
12. Get Whitey
13. G-Spot Tornado

** encores **
14. Uncle Meat
15. G-Spot Tornado

PHILOZAPPIA

Happy birthday Frank.

PhiloZappia Guitar Duo, with Rainer T. Pappon and Nelson Coelho plays a tribute version of the song Lumpy Gravy from Frank Zappa's album "Lumpy Gravy".

MARCO DALPANE PLAYS PEACHES EN REGALIA

Check this out!!

Frank Zappa's 'Peaches En Regalia'.
Arranged and performed by Marco Dalpane.



And there's more, here's Marco peforming a 'Frank Zappa Suite':

NEWSFLASH

Jeff Simmons is recording a new album * * * The new Dale Bozzio album is to be released in February. It's produced by Billy Sherwood * * * Dweezil Zappa has announced two new albums, and a DVD for March 2014.

-- info: Luc Reniers

SINISTER SISTER PLAYS ZAPPA

Sinister Sister, a group of professional jazz and rock musicians, will be doing some Zappa concerts in the near future.
Better get your marker out !

March 07, 2014, at 'Sounds Jazz Club', Brussels, Belgium
March 08, 2014, at 'N9', in Eeklo, Belgium
March 13, 2014, at 'De Casino', in Sint Niklaas, Belgium
March 14, 2014, at 'DeWerf' in Brugge, Belgium

Maayan Smith: tenor sax
Jan Ghesquière: guitar
Pieter Claus: vibraphone
Michel Hatzigeorgiou: electric bass
Lander Gyselinck: drums

Here are some rehearsal demos.

MY SITAR WANTS TO KILL YOUR MAMA

This is nice.
Very nice.

tkalec performs Frank Zappa's 'My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama' on his sitar !!

SAVON TRANCHAND

Savon Tranchand has a new album out,entitled "Disque Blue".

Intriguing.

ZAPPA SPECIAL ON AUSTRIAN RADIO 2013 11 29

I know, I'm too late with this, but mabye a recording will turn up...

Michael Neuhauser hosted a 3 hour Zappa special on Austrian Radio ORF RADIO Ö1
November 29, 2013.
It started at 11 pm  (+ livestream)

http://oe1.orf.at/programm/356077

Daniel Riegler (from Studio Dan) performed live together with his brother Leo and Lukas König.

THE ED PALERMO CHRISTMAS PARTY

performing the music of Frank Zappa !!

MONSTER MOVIE! AAAFNRAA 2013

I already mentioned the "Cheepnis" video that the ZFT released, and I told you that it wasn't available for mainland european folks.
Despite living in Belgium, being my fortunate self, I was able to see this 10-minute recording earlier today and it's a shame that it wasn't released world-wide. This is great. GREAT!!

Zappa and The Mothers in the studio, with Debbie Wilson and Linda Sims (The Ikettes) on background vocals... What else does one want for Christmas??

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/120275/Frank-Zappa-Cheepnis-Feature-Available-And-Roxy-Update

RESIDENTS DOLOR GENERAR RE-RELEASE

The Residents re-released "Dolor Gererar". It's still labeled RZ1105 (as in 'the fifth release of 2011') but  it has a slightly altered cover.
This latest version also says: "A Charles Bobuck Contraption".

Here's the new cover:

And here's the old one:

Originally, the album was released as RZ1102 in a limited edition of 200 copies. It sold out during the Talking Light tour.
And even before that, there was an album called "Dollar General" that got released by RalphAmeric in 2010 in a limited edition of 850 copies. With "Dolor Generar" being an extended version of "Dollar General".

A MESSAGE FROM THE ZAPPA FAMILY TRUST

Dear People of Earth,

Seasons Greetings!

There is no better time for "Cheepnis" than right now. Imagine you're a Band Leader. Imagine you're a Song Writer. Imagine you're a Musician. Imagine you're in a Band. Imagine you're a Vocalist. Imagine you're a Backup Singer. Imagine you're a Record Producer. Imagine you're a Film Maker. Imagine you're a Film Editor. THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE!!!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/cheepnis/id778020912

(Psst: Imagine you're in an English Speaking Territory.)

xxx

the barfies

ps: Your next email from us concerns Roxy By Proxy ship date for January 2014. And Thank You!

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Unfortunately for us mainland Yuripean fowks, this ten-minute video is not available for us.
That's probabl what the 'English Speaking Territory' is about...
Pity.
Preview looked nice.

DWALMACAT 544

This week on the Dwalmacat radio show:

http://www.mixcloud.com/Dwalmacat/dwalmacat-544-gerardo-sanchez/

HIKASHU - Puyo Puyo / Yochu no kiki

TOM RECCHION - Martin Denny in Spain

FRANCIS BEBEY - La condition masculine

RAYMOND SCOTT - And the cow jumped over the moon

SUBLIMINAL FARMS - Jungle

ANAM MUNAR - Homework

THE NEW CREATION - The new creation

DAVE BIXBY - Morning sun

PESACH CHAIM - I want to eat kosher food

ENNIO MORRICONE - Matto caldo soldo morto girotondo

RASCAL REPORTERS - The chalky substance variations

DAISY CHAIN - Run spot

FREE DESIGN - Kites are fun

DIE DEUTSCHE KAISER - Halli Galli tanzt fur Sie

ARF! PLAYS ZAPPA IN PARIS 2013 12 22

French band Arf! will be performing the music of Frank Zappa in Paris on 2013 12 22.
On a boat.

* 2013/02/20 concert 'Péniche Antipode', Bassin de la Villette, Paris, France

GEORGE DUKE SPECIAL ON DUTCH RADIO 6 ON DECEMBER 22

CoLive!

George Duke Special with Marcus Miller

Presentated by Co de Kloet and Marcus Miller

Broadcast : sunday, December 22, 2013, 20:00 - 01:00 h on Radio 6 Soul & Jazz

Website:       Radio6.nl/colive

During the broadcast, Frank Scheffer will be showing some exclusive material that he recorded at George Duke's place, while recording his Zappa special.
On YouTube.

The concert that will be broadcast at the end of the radio show will, of course, feature George Duke.

O NASCIMENTO DO MENINO ZAPPA

The Zappanoia Association is organising a little festival in Lisbon, Portugal on the 21st of December.

JONAS HELLBORG * MATTIAS EKLUNDH * RANJIT BAROT

"The Jazz Rai" is the new album of Jonas Hellborg, Mattias Eklundh and Ranjit Barot.

Out on Bardo records.

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN AND VINNIE COLAIUTA AT CROSSROADS 2007

Guitar great John McLaughlin and former Zappa drummer Vinnie Colaiuta at the Crossroads Guitar Festival.

2007.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM CORDELIA RECORDS

from Alan Jenkins / Cordelia records

www.cordeliarecords.co.uk

THE RESIDENTS' MUSH-ROOM ALBUM AVAILABLE ON VINYL

The Residents' "Mush-Room" album is also available on vinyl from MVD.

RESIDENTS, THE: Mush-Room LP (MVD 6075LP)

LP version. "Music originally written for the performance Mush-Room (2013) by Grace Ellen Barkey and Needcompany (a Belgian theatre/dance company). The Residents inspire movement with a mix of percussion and electronics that marries classical sensibilities with modern exploration. Essential for anyone who saw a performance, or anyone who didn't see it and wishes to mentally choreograph their own production."

TIM BUCKLEY'S GOODBYE AND HELLO ALBUM GETS VINYL RERELEASE

Singer/songwriter Tim Buckley started his musical career in Los Angeles in the mid-sixties.
It was Jimmy Carl Black who introduced Tim Buckley to Herb Cohen (manager of The Mothers) in 1966.

Tim Buckley's second album, "Goodbye And Hello", initially got released in 1967.
The album is getting rereleased by the 4 Men With Beards record label.

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF PIERRE BOULEZ OUT ON DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON

http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/4806828

Deutsche Grammophon has released a 13 CD box with the complete works of Pierre Boulez.
12 CDs with music, and 1 with an interview.

WILLIAM SHATNER - PONDER THE MYSTERY

• william shatner: ponder the mystery
      (2013, cd, usa, cleopatra records)

I grew up with Star Trek. William Shatner was one of my childhood heroes.

Fast forward to 2013 where William Shatner released his 4th (!!) solo album. A co-production with Billy Sherwood.
One of his previous discs featured Adrian Belew as a guest. On "Ponder The Mystery", there's even more Zappa and Beefheart alumni to be found.
Steve Vai, George Duke and Zoot Horn Rollo all contributed to "Ponder The Mystery".

Fascinating.

Hey, maybe someone should invite William Shatner to Zappanale...

NUMOONFEST SUN RA TRIBUTE

The sixth edition of the Numoonfest is all about Sun Ra !
Today & tomorrow in Rotterdam, NL.

http://www.grounds.nu/?event=numoon-space-is-the-place

-- info & picture: Jan van Kemenade

MIKE SEES THE "SLUGGO! DELUXE" PACKAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME!

Just after soundcheck for their San Diego show on December 7, 2013, Mike Keneally, Joe Travers and Bryan Beller unbox the just-arrived "Sluggo! Deluxe," featuring three discs of new stereo and surround mixes, plus live concert video and tons more! A hand-signed and numbered limited edition of 1000 is selling briskly. All available now at http://store.keneally.com.

UGLY RADIO REBELLION IN CONCERT 2013 12 27

Ugly Radio Rebellion, performing the music of Frank Zappa

at The Rockery

Wyandotte

Michigan

2013 12 27

MORGAN AGREN - CONUNDRUM

• morgan ågren: conundrum (a percussive misadventure)
      (2013, dvd, usa, bend bars / lift gates films)

"Conundrum", the documentary that takes a closer look at Morgan Agren's musical world arrived at the United Mutations headquarters earlier this week. Actually, thanks to my participation in the kickstarter project, I even received a signed copy. Nice.
The movie itself, subtitled A Percussive Misadventure, shows Morgan Agren in his favorite environment : drumming.

A lot of contemporary musicians (Mike Keneally, Joe Travers and Dweezil Zappa to name a few) have nice things to say about Morgan Agren. There's even some footage from the Mats / Morgan appearance at one of the 1988 Zappa concerts.

I like it. It's funny and informative at the same time.

SEBADOH - SEBADOH'S SPECIAL ELITIST MAIL-ORDER ONLY SINGLE

• sebadoh: sebadoh's special elitist mail-order only single
      (1996, 7", usa, sub pop sp 367)

From the nice stack of 7"s that I received last month.

Sebadoh ( Lou Barlow / Dinosaur Jr.)
The band released this 7"EP in 1996 on the Sub Pop label.
On green vinyl.

It includes three compositions by The Residents !!
Great !!

ARF DOSSIER VOL.78

Volume 78 of the Arf Dossier arrived last week.

There's some fine concert reviews of the Grandmothers tour and of the Zappa Union festival, as well as an impressive list of recent zappaesque releases : The Archestra, Jack Dupon, Moster, Humble Grumble, Grand General, Fire! Orchestra and Phlox.

MANNGOLD

February 2014, Belgian band Manngold will be presenting their first album.

Something to look out for.

FRANK ZAPPA TRIBUTE CONCERT BY FUSA MUSA 2013 12 26

Gerardo Tripoli's Fusa Musa ensemble will be doing a Frank Zappa tribute concert on December 26, 2013, in Buenos Aires.

Homenaje a Frank Zappa - Por Fusa Musa

Jueves 26 de Diciembre - 22 hs. - Puntual
El Templo Resto Bar
Carlos Calvo 3778 - C.A.B.A

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Valor de la Entrada: $ 25

Fusa Musa:

• Gerardo Tripoli, Guitarra, dirección y arreglos.
• Cristian Torres, Saxos
• Cristian Hubert, Teclados
• Pablo Cabezaz, Bajo
• Guillermo Forneiro, Batería

y músicos invitados!...

FAZIL SAY

Harald Haering's recommondation :
Fazil Say's 'Istanbul Symphony' by the hr-Sinfonieorchester.
Check it out.

TONY MOLITERNI ENSAMBLE IN CONCERT 2013 12 12

2013 12 12
Republica de Aca, Buenos Aires, Argentina

PROSSIMA RIUNIONE E L'ÚLTIMO DEL 2013

Frank Zappa, Astor Piazzolla, Henry Mancini, Led Zeppelin e la nostra musica...!

Un spettacolo imperdibile, con tutta la salsa..!

Jueves 12 de Diciembre 21 hs.

en República de Acá..!

Av. Alvarez Thomas 601 [esq. Lacroze]

Entradas anticipadas: en el teatro o si conoces a alguno de los músicos.

Apurate antes que se extingan..!

Si ya tenes una..! allora sei della famiglia..!

MUSICOS

Tony Moliterni - guitarra líder

Octavio Caruso - guitarra rítmica

Cecilia Dottore - saxo alto

Hernán Galeano - saxo tenor

Santiago Fernandez - saxo barítono

Maxi Barranco - teclados y voz

Matías Bravo - bajo

Alejandro Brukman - batería

Felipe Jolly Luque - Voz

www.moliterni.com.ar

20 YEARS OF ARF SOCIETY

The Arf Society celebrated its 20th anniversary with a little festival.
It took place in Berlin.

• 2013 12 07 - "20 Years of Arf-Society", concert 'Roadrunners Paradise', Berlin, Germany

Thanks to Andreas Hosse, here are some pictures.

Jim Cohen

Jazzprojekt Hundehagen

The Grandsheiks

SUN RA RELATED DISCOGRAPHY

Over at the United Mutations Archives, I have been adding various related albums to the Sun Ra entry.
All the way below, over at http://www.united-mutations.com/r/sun_ra.htm.

I also added Zombie Zombie, and even Lady Gaga...

ZAPPANALE 25 - - - THE FLYER

2014 07 17 - 2014 07 20 "Zappanale #25" festival,
Bad Doberan, Germany

DWALMACAT 543

Check out the latest Dwalmacat radio show at:
http://www.mixcloud.com/Dwalmacat/dwalmacat-543/

THE RESIDENTS - Intro / Something devilish

PETER GORDON & LOVE OF LIFE ORCHESTRA - Beginning of the heartbreak

SUNS OF ARQA - Acid tabla

THE WOODEN SHJIPS - Crossing

CAN - I want more

DREADZONE - House of dread (Live at Glastonbury)

MARK SODAN - The black man wants a  pink tattoo

MALARIA! - Eifersucht

EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN - Ein Stuhl in der Hölle

PEOPLE LIKE US - Ipanmnmna

ARTLESS ENTANGLEMENTS - Flying babies

THE CURE - Plastic passion

PASCAL COMELADE - Pluie Japonaise

GUSTAV GERSON KAHN - Guilty

MOTHERS OF INVENTION - Dwarf Nebula processional march & Dwarf Nebula

THIS HEAT - Paperhats

KRAFTWERK - Kometenmelodie 2 (Live in Paris 1976)

LADY GAGA > ZOMBIE ZOMBIE > SUN RA

Marco Kalnenek
(http://www.weirdomusic.com/)
posted this link on Facebook:

http://www.spin.com/articles/lady-gaga-venus-stream/

Linking Lady Gaga to Sun Ra...

THE RESIDENTS - THE RESIDENTS PRESENT THE DELTA NUDES GREATEST HISS

• the residents: the residents present the delta nudes greatest hiss
      (2013, cd, usa, ralph records rz201311)

Straight from the Residents' archives, here's a bunch of recordings from the era before some of these musicians got known as The Residents.
"The Residents Present The Delta Nudes  -  Greatest Hiss"

The liner notes say:
'The recordings were made in the late 60s and early 70s. Some of these people bonded into The Residents. Some of them did not. It doesn't matter.'

With an interesting lists of collaborators:
Randy Rose, Charles Bobuck, Pamela Zeibak, Palmer Eiland, George Ewart, Jay Clem, Homer Flynn, Hardy Fox, John Kennedy, Barry Eiland, Phil "Snakefinger" Lithman, Peggy Honeydew (Margaret Smyk), Reed Paulsen, Graeme Whifler,...

With an interesting track 12 : the accelerated Snakefinger version of FZ's 'King Kong'.

TRIBUTE TO FRANK ZAPPA IN BUENOS AIRES TONIGHT

Tony Moliterni and his band will be doing a Zappa tribute concert tonight, December 8, 2013, performing the music of Frank Zappa, Astor Piazzolla, Henry Mancini,...

http://usinadelarte.org/3995/musica-popular-en-la-usina-del-arte-8-12/

BUY OR DIE

In the 1980s, the Ralph Records label issued a number of 7" samplers to promote their artists. These EP's carried the same slogan as the Ralph Records catalogues: "Buy Or Die".

A couple of weeks ago, I received a stack of 7" singles. Out of the blue. As a gift. Great stuff: Residents, Snakefinger, Chadbourne, ... and three fine "Buy Or Die" samplers !!

Here are the pictures of the "Buy Or Die" samplers.

• various artists: buy or die 1980
      (1980, 7", usa, ralph records rr-8007-e) - sampler, incl. mx-80 sound, snakefinger, tuxedomoon & the residents

• various artists: buy or die number #14
      (1987, 7", usa, ralph records rr-8714) - sampler with negativeland, the residents, snakefinger, and renaldo & the loaf

• various artists: buy or die #14 1/2
      (1987, 7", usa, ralph records r-1127) - sampler incl. voice farm, club foot orchestra, frank harris and maria marquez, and the residents