BROKKENFESTIVAL 2009 12 27

Sunday 2009 12 27, Corrie van Binsbergen will be hosting the Brokken Festival at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam, NL.

• 15.00 - 15.35 h - Stinkfoot & Brokkenfabriek
  (Stinkfoot plays the music of Frank Zappa !!)
• 15.55 - 16.25 h - Hermine Deurloo & Kamal Hors & Corrie van Binsbergen
• 16.45 - 17.30 h - Ernst Reijseger Cello Kwintet
• 18.00 - 18.30 h - Curra Suárez & Yorgos Valiris (at the café)
• 18.30 - 19.20 h - Paavo
• 19.30 - 20.30 h - Arthur Ebeling & Anton Goudsmit (at the café)

And if that ain't enough, the entire festival will be broadcast on dutch radio 6 in february 2010!!

ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES - THE DVD

All Tomorrow's Parties is an alternative music festival that takes place in the UK.
Ever since 1999, the festival has lend the stages to an international selection of experimental, avant-garde and alternative rock music.

The All Tomorrow's Parties DVD is a collection of movies (by professional crews, but also by cameras and cellphones of audience members) that will give you an idea of what ATP is all about. The festival is not just about great music, but it also focusses on the interaction between the artists and the audience. The DVD shows how the musicians stay in the same accommodation as the fans, how musicians jam at the 'camping site', and how they interact.

It's a long list, but you should be impressed by the number of artists that are featured in this film: Belle And Sebastian, Grizzly Bear, Sonic Youth, Battles, Portishead, Daniel Johnston, Grinderman, Lightning Bolt, David Cross, Animal Collective, The Boredoms, Les Savy Fav, Mogwai, Octopus Project, Slint, The Dirty Three, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Gossip, GZA, Roscoe Mitchell, Seasick Steve, Iggy and the Stooges, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Fuck Buttons, Micah P Hinson, Two Gallants, Mars Volta, Akron/Family, Jah Shaka, Saul Williams, Shellac, Patti Smith and John Cooper Clark...

"All Tomorrow's Parties" is a fine documentary about an exemplary festival.

BLESSED RELIEF

Added another picture to the Zappa > Books section.

Here's the third volume of Scott Parker's study of the works of FZ.
It got published earlier this year.
Fine artwork by Robert Ross.

BACKSTAGE AUCTIONS

Backstage Auctions will be hosting its 2009 Holiday auction in December, which in addition to a large host of great Rock & Roll memorabilia, will include well over 300 Frank Zappa lots, containing record awards, signed items, vintage concert posters, unique vinyl releases, original artwork, rare photos, promotional items, scripts, books, magazines and many other incredible collectibles.

This amazing offering comes directly from the private collection of consigners such as Dave McMacken and Cal Schenkel (Zappa album cover artists), Essra Mohawk (who sang with Frank in 1966), Jim Pons (bass player of the MOI 1970 - 1971) and Fred Woods (author and recognized Zappa expert).

The auction preview starts on November 29, whereas the actual (on-line) auction goes LIVE on Sunday December 6 and will run for one week (it ends on Sunday December 13, 2009). This historical auction will take place online at: www.backstageauctions.com

The above picture gives you just a small sample of the Zappa items.

For more information on the auction, please check out our Auction Page on our site. If you have any questions, please let us know. Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you in December!

DON PRESTON - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK: THE GARY PLAYS

• don preston: original soundtrack - the gary plays
  (2009, cd, usa, msmusic productions stm 33101)

Now here's a surprise.
Don Preston wrote (and performed) the music for three Murray Mednick plays.
And it gets even more interesting as these soundtracks have been released on CD by MsMusic Productions.

There are some great jazz tunes on this disc, and some excellent contemporaty stuff as well.

Recommended listening.

CD available from CDBaby.

THE OUTSIDEMEN - BAND OVERBOARD

• the outsidemen: band overboard
  (2006, cd, usa, private release)

The Outsidemen were a jazz power trio, featuring Ralph Humphrey on drums (yes, Ralph Humphrey on drums !!), the late Jim Lacefield on bass, and Mike Miller on guitar.

Mike Miller could /should be known to you as the guitar player in the Band From Utopia, or in the Chad Wackerman Trio.

"Band Overboard" captured the band live in concert.
Most of the pieces on this album are by Ralph Humphrey and/or Mike Miller, the exceptions being a Jan Hammer piece and a John McLaughlin composition.

This is great stuff. Beautiful compositions and all of the musicians get enough room to do their thing. I really like Mike Miller's guitar playing. It has a great tone and he plays great jazz lines and melodies.

http://www.myspace.com/mikemillerguitar

KMFDM - DON'T BLOW YOUR TOP

• kmfdm: don't blow your top
  (2006, cd, usa, metropolis records met440)

I mentioned this album a couple of weeks ago.
On the KMFDM album "Don't Blow Your Top", in the track with the same name, no fewer than five different Zappa tunes contribute lyrics: 'Son Of Suzy Creamcheese', 'I'm The Slime', 'Dirty Love', 'The Orange County Lumber Truck' and 'Bow Tie Daddy'.

And that's about it. The only Zappa reference that you will find on this album is in the lyrics.
Wiki says that this kind of music can best be described as "industrial rock". I wouldn't have a clue. Same Wiki says that this is a very succesful band, having sold over 2 million records worldwide...
Still, my ears say no ..

RICKY LANCELOTTI

2009 11 29

from Rick (John) Edwards:

I accidentally found your web site, and was very sad to see that Rick died.

We called him Rick Lancelot. My nickname was Rick too. I though about him from time to time, but didn't know where he was. I used to play bass in a band with him and my brother (Rob Edwards - guitar). We played in clubs in Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach. Rick also played with my brother in Sky Oats for the movie called Pacific Vibrations.

Here is a picture of the band. Rick has the furrball hair. Rob is the tall one. Jim Keltner is the drummer (wall next to right) .

Rick liked to do Elton John songs, but we liked things with more driving beats.

For a while we called our band "Universal Rundle" after the name of the toilet maker we read off from the toilet in the restroom of the Players Bar in Manhattan Beach. I remember at one point Rick, in jest I think, suggested calling ourselves the Nazis. He was pretty funny and a pleasure to be around.

-- Rick (John) Edwards

ADDITIONS TO THE CAPTAIN BEEFHEART DISCOGRAPHY

Thanks to Håkon Busterud I was able to add some nice pictures to the Captain Beefheart discography. Check these out:

• captain beefheart: upon the my-oh-my
  (1974, 7", usa, mercury 73494)

• captain beefheart: upon the my-oh-my / magic be
  (1974, 7", uk, virgin vs 110)
  
• captain beefheart: sure nuff 'n yes i do / electricity
  (1978, 7", uk, pye bds 466)

UGLY RADIO REBELLION ON TOUR WITH IKE WILLIS

Ugly Radio Rebellion performs the music of Frank Zappa...

Winter 2009 'Non-Dramatic' Tour with IKE WILLIS

2009/12/16 Club Bart - Ferndale, MI
2009/12/17 Bells Brewery - Kalamazoo, MI
2009/12/18 The Winchester - Cleveland, OH
2009/12/19 Jackie Os - Athens, OH
2009/12/20 Stanley's Pub - Cincinnati, OH
2009/12/21 TBA - Detroit, MI (FZ Birthday)

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