Friday, July 31, 2009
DOG FACED HERMANS
Dog Faced Hermans 1994 album "Hum Of Life" is being re-issued (on vinyl) on the Mississippi label.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHAN DE CONINCK / CAPTAIN CHEESE-BEARD
Captain Cheese-Beard & The 7 Sisters Of Prevention reside in Brussels. As the name suggest, this is not just another Zappa coverband. The Captain (and his 7 sisters) pay tribute to the late Frank Zappa and have made it their goal to keep FZ's music alive.
I've seen the band perform live a couple of times, and I must say that they succeed in bringing their fun and their joy from the stage into the audience.The band's MySpace corner:
http://www.myspace.com/captcheesebeardthe7sistersofprevention
The United Mutations entry: http://www.united-mutations.com/c/cptcheesebeard.htm
The band will be opening the actual festival on Friday the 14th of August, on the main stage, at 13:00 h
UniMuta: Hello Johan,
I'm glad to hear that Captain Cheese-Beard & The 7 Sisters Of Prevention are scheduled to perform at the Zappanale festival. How does it feel?
Johan De Coninck: Great! The band's really exited about the fact that we'll be playing this year. We're going to do our best to come up with the best show possible and we'll try "not to mention the war ;-)"
I am also kinda glad to open on the Main Stage on day one. It's an honour and it gives you the advantage of getting a proper sound check which is important for this outfit.
UniMuta: When did you get to hear your first Zappa record? Do you conscider yourself addicted?
Johan De Coninck: I started to listen to Zappa when I was about 15. I took some albums home from the local music library . I liked it a lot but also realised I needed some musical growing up to do in order to fully appreciate the spectrum of sounds and harmony in Zappa's music. By the time I was 19 I really got into it. Am I an addict? You bet I am!!! Only an addict would get into his head to play Zappa's music.
UniMuta: I've been fortunate to have seen you guys and girls on a couple of occasions. How difficult is it to find concerts for a Zappa tribute band? You're having another gig scheduled in Melsele pretty soon, right?
Johan De Coninck: I must say that I knew that it wasn't going to be easy finding gigs for a project like this but even I was surprised about how much of a hard sell it was turning out to be. Especially here in Belgium and even more specifically in Flanders.
You have to realise that the bulk of the industry is controlled by clear channel / Live Nation and that every product needs to fit nicely in a marketable sellable package and of course we don't fit in anywhere. We don't play our own compositions but we're not your traditional cover band either. Zappa's music has Jazz influences but it's not Jazz enough to be booked on a Jazz festival like Jazz Ghent for example (Never mind that Lady Lynn, who I have no problem with but who doesn't sound Jazz at all, plays there) As soon as you speak to promoters and they hear the name Zappa, you can immediately feel how confused they get and it always ends with that it's not really their cup of tea. Of course 90% of them have never heard a Zappa track in their lives. All in all, Belgians have always been totally crap at recognizing their own talent. Most bands that have made it outside the Belgian borders were puked upon by the industry in their own country so I guess that in that respect, "We're doing just fine" ;-)
About Melsele; yes, we will be playing there next week on the 30th of July and I would like to thank Wuff Maes for organising this event. He's one of the only concert promoters in Belgium who consistently believed in us. It's a free, open air event so put you knickers on and join us for some fun!
UniMuta: Entering Bad Doberan during Zappanale is like entering another planet. It's a life altering experience. For a couple of days, Bad Doberan is the Home of the Freaks.
If I'm not mistaken this will be the first visit of The Captain & His 7 Sisters of the Zappanale festival, well, maybe with the exception of one little saxophone playing Sister.
Will you be able to take the entire band with you? Will you be staying the entire festival?
Johan De Coninck: Ha-ha,; you're referring to Ludo who played there with The Wrong Object a few years ago. Actually Ludo was scheduled to play the Zappanale with us but unfortunately he got another assignment which he could not refuse which is kinda sad because your testicles shrivel when he plays a solo but hey, You can't have it all. Anyway to answer you question; if we play in Germany on a festival like this, than of course I will bring the whole band along. "We're not in it for the money!" so we're blowing the whole budged on getting everybody there. In other words, we'll have about 10 people on stage. Most of us will stay at the festival to see some of the other acts. I think that they have a really strong line-up this year!
UniMuta: Yes, the list of bands that will be playing at the festival is very impressive. You're in good company. Are you familiar with some of the bands? Anyone you want to see?
Johan De Coninck: Of course bands like the Grande Mothers, Project Object, Terry Bozzio and so on but also bands like Gong. I also hope to maybe discover one two things but most important is to play a good show ourselves and once we've done that I have the whole weekend left to see some great bands, hear great tunes and soak in the atmosphere! OUTSTANDING!
UniMuta: Excellent. Thank you for your time.
Have fun & see you in Zappa-City Bad Doberan !! (& in Melsele tomorrow !!)
you read it right : thursday july 30, 2009, Captain Cheese-Beard & his 7 Sisters of Prevention in concert in Melsele. (Nearby Antwerp, Belgium)
at 20.00 h - in the centre of town
I've seen the band perform live a couple of times, and I must say that they succeed in bringing their fun and their joy from the stage into the audience.The band's MySpace corner:
http://www.myspace.com/captcheesebeardthe7sistersofprevention
The United Mutations entry: http://www.united-mutations.com/c/cptcheesebeard.htm
The band will be opening the actual festival on Friday the 14th of August, on the main stage, at 13:00 h
UniMuta: Hello Johan,
I'm glad to hear that Captain Cheese-Beard & The 7 Sisters Of Prevention are scheduled to perform at the Zappanale festival. How does it feel?
Johan De Coninck: Great! The band's really exited about the fact that we'll be playing this year. We're going to do our best to come up with the best show possible and we'll try "not to mention the war ;-)"
I am also kinda glad to open on the Main Stage on day one. It's an honour and it gives you the advantage of getting a proper sound check which is important for this outfit.
UniMuta: When did you get to hear your first Zappa record? Do you conscider yourself addicted?
Johan De Coninck: I started to listen to Zappa when I was about 15. I took some albums home from the local music library . I liked it a lot but also realised I needed some musical growing up to do in order to fully appreciate the spectrum of sounds and harmony in Zappa's music. By the time I was 19 I really got into it. Am I an addict? You bet I am!!! Only an addict would get into his head to play Zappa's music.
UniMuta: I've been fortunate to have seen you guys and girls on a couple of occasions. How difficult is it to find concerts for a Zappa tribute band? You're having another gig scheduled in Melsele pretty soon, right?
Johan De Coninck: I must say that I knew that it wasn't going to be easy finding gigs for a project like this but even I was surprised about how much of a hard sell it was turning out to be. Especially here in Belgium and even more specifically in Flanders.
You have to realise that the bulk of the industry is controlled by clear channel / Live Nation and that every product needs to fit nicely in a marketable sellable package and of course we don't fit in anywhere. We don't play our own compositions but we're not your traditional cover band either. Zappa's music has Jazz influences but it's not Jazz enough to be booked on a Jazz festival like Jazz Ghent for example (Never mind that Lady Lynn, who I have no problem with but who doesn't sound Jazz at all, plays there) As soon as you speak to promoters and they hear the name Zappa, you can immediately feel how confused they get and it always ends with that it's not really their cup of tea. Of course 90% of them have never heard a Zappa track in their lives. All in all, Belgians have always been totally crap at recognizing their own talent. Most bands that have made it outside the Belgian borders were puked upon by the industry in their own country so I guess that in that respect, "We're doing just fine" ;-)
About Melsele; yes, we will be playing there next week on the 30th of July and I would like to thank Wuff Maes for organising this event. He's one of the only concert promoters in Belgium who consistently believed in us. It's a free, open air event so put you knickers on and join us for some fun!
UniMuta: Entering Bad Doberan during Zappanale is like entering another planet. It's a life altering experience. For a couple of days, Bad Doberan is the Home of the Freaks.
If I'm not mistaken this will be the first visit of The Captain & His 7 Sisters of the Zappanale festival, well, maybe with the exception of one little saxophone playing Sister.
Will you be able to take the entire band with you? Will you be staying the entire festival?
Johan De Coninck: Ha-ha,; you're referring to Ludo who played there with The Wrong Object a few years ago. Actually Ludo was scheduled to play the Zappanale with us but unfortunately he got another assignment which he could not refuse which is kinda sad because your testicles shrivel when he plays a solo but hey, You can't have it all. Anyway to answer you question; if we play in Germany on a festival like this, than of course I will bring the whole band along. "We're not in it for the money!" so we're blowing the whole budged on getting everybody there. In other words, we'll have about 10 people on stage. Most of us will stay at the festival to see some of the other acts. I think that they have a really strong line-up this year!
UniMuta: Yes, the list of bands that will be playing at the festival is very impressive. You're in good company. Are you familiar with some of the bands? Anyone you want to see?
Johan De Coninck: Of course bands like the Grande Mothers, Project Object, Terry Bozzio and so on but also bands like Gong. I also hope to maybe discover one two things but most important is to play a good show ourselves and once we've done that I have the whole weekend left to see some great bands, hear great tunes and soak in the atmosphere! OUTSTANDING!
UniMuta: Excellent. Thank you for your time.
Have fun & see you in Zappa-City Bad Doberan !! (& in Melsele tomorrow !!)
you read it right : thursday july 30, 2009, Captain Cheese-Beard & his 7 Sisters of Prevention in concert in Melsele. (Nearby Antwerp, Belgium)
at 20.00 h - in the centre of town
GRANDMOTHERS - ZAPPANALE 2002
There's still time.
There are still tickets.
And there's plenty of space on the camping grounds.
See you at Zappanale.
YouTube movie: Till 593
MOLE MAIL
Howdy Ralph friend,
Just a note that all preorders for The Residents' Deluxe MoleShow DVD/Radio Special
CD package have been shipped, and there are still just a few of these fine
packages left. Now that they are shipping, they will go quickly.
We are aware that this particular package doesn't fit everyone's budget,
so stay tuned for some more interesting, but budget priced items that will
be coming up very soon. You will be quite happy with what we have planned
here at the new, "Old Ralph".
Thanks and see you soon at the Old Ralph webparlor,
the RalphGang
http://ralphamerica.com
Just a note that all preorders for The Residents' Deluxe MoleShow DVD/Radio Special
CD package have been shipped, and there are still just a few of these fine
packages left. Now that they are shipping, they will go quickly.
We are aware that this particular package doesn't fit everyone's budget,
so stay tuned for some more interesting, but budget priced items that will
be coming up very soon. You will be quite happy with what we have planned
here at the new, "Old Ralph".
Thanks and see you soon at the Old Ralph webparlor,
the RalphGang
http://ralphamerica.com
DWALMACAT 340
go to
http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx
and click on “Luister” for your weekly dose of fine music.
Non Stop:
THE RESIDENTS – Santa dog (second millennium)
HARALD SACK ZIEGLER & FRANK SCHÜLTGE – Toy grooves
BUTTHOLE SURFERS – Who was in my room last night
L.VOAG – Kitchen
RICK POTTS – Blathering hemispheres
PERE UBU – Small was fast
B.J.SNOWDEN – In Canada
MECO – Star Wars title theme
RED SNAPPER – Moving mountain
MONTY PYTHON – The autumn years
SERGE GAINSBOURG – Quand mon 6,35 me fait les yeux doux
SUN RA – Brainville
VIDEO-AVENTURES – Tina blues
COIL – S is for sleep
TELEPHONE JIM JESUS – N°1 trial
VIVIEN GOLDMAN – Private armies
DONNA SUMMER – Love’s unkind
http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx
and click on “Luister” for your weekly dose of fine music.
Non Stop:
THE RESIDENTS – Santa dog (second millennium)
HARALD SACK ZIEGLER & FRANK SCHÜLTGE – Toy grooves
BUTTHOLE SURFERS – Who was in my room last night
L.VOAG – Kitchen
RICK POTTS – Blathering hemispheres
PERE UBU – Small was fast
B.J.SNOWDEN – In Canada
MECO – Star Wars title theme
RED SNAPPER – Moving mountain
MONTY PYTHON – The autumn years
SERGE GAINSBOURG – Quand mon 6,35 me fait les yeux doux
SUN RA – Brainville
VIDEO-AVENTURES – Tina blues
COIL – S is for sleep
TELEPHONE JIM JESUS – N°1 trial
VIVIEN GOLDMAN – Private armies
DONNA SUMMER – Love’s unkind
Saturday, July 25, 2009
GREET RAY COLLINS, CLAREMONT'S OWN MOTHER
I don't know if I mentioned this before, but the Daily Bulletin did a feature on Ray Collins a couple of months ago:
http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_12484780
-- info: Javier Marcote
http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_12484780
-- info: Javier Marcote
WALT FOWLER UPDATE
- julie kelly: never let me go
(1985, lp, usa, pausa records)
Singer Julie Kelly released this LP in 1985 on Pausa Records, she is accompanied by Steve Kaplan on keyboards, Gary Willis on bass, Mike Jochum on drums, Brandon Fields on reeds, Steve Forman on percussion, Walt Fowler on trumpet, Gary Herbig on reeds and John Goux on guitar.
-- info: Jan van Kemenade
CHAD WACKERMAN ON MOONJUNE
upcoming released on Moonjune Records:
HOLDSWORTH PASQUA HASLIP WACKERMAN "Blues For Tony" (2cd)
MORAINE "Manifest Density"
BEPPE CROVELLA "What's Rattlin' On The Moon - A Personal Re-interpretation Of The MusicOf Mike Ratrledge"
DENNIS REA "Views From Chicheng Precipce"
www.moonjune.com
HOLDSWORTH PASQUA HASLIP WACKERMAN "Blues For Tony" (2cd)
MORAINE "Manifest Density"
BEPPE CROVELLA "What's Rattlin' On The Moon - A Personal Re-interpretation Of The MusicOf Mike Ratrledge"
DENNIS REA "Views From Chicheng Precipce"
www.moonjune.com
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