OCTOBER 20, 2010 : THE RESIDENTS RETROSPECTIVE

October 20, 2010, Galerie Caesar (Olomouc, Czech Republic).

Opening of an extraordinary exhibit : The Residents Retrospective.
with Homer Flynn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCVaYUf1P0M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzXubMcw_4g

THE RESIDENTS - TEN TWO TIMES

• the residents: ten two times
      (2013, cd, usa, cryptic corporation)

"Ten Two Times" is a compilation album that got released about a year ago. It was sold during the World of Weird tour, and it sold out pretty quick.

As I said, a compilation.
But a good one.
Nice album cover too...

CHANGE OF ADDRESS

That's right.

Info, corrections and additions are welcome at the new e-mail address.

peter dot van laarhoven 1965 at gmail dot com,

but without the spaces and with the necessary replacements.

MEET THE OTHERS OF INVENTION

Performances and / or coverversions of Frank Zappa compositions,
on album (k7, lp, cd, cdr, dvd, dvdr) as released by a record company, or as a private release by the artist itself.

It has been up at the United Mutations Archives for ages, but it's finally starting to look the way that I intended it.

http://www.united-mutations.com/z/frank_zappa/fz_ooi_albums.htm

How about that?

Additions, corrections, etceteras are very welcome at the new e-mail address !!

peter dot vanlaarhoven 1965 at gmail dot com

RONNIE CUBER

When Zappa did his Christmas shows in New York City in 1976, Ronnie Cuber played the saxophone in the horn section that Zappa had incorporated in his band for the occasion.
Besides Ronnie Cuber, the horn section featured Tom Malone, Lou Marini and Mike and Randy Brecker!!
Recordings of these shows were used on Zappa's "In New York" and "Lather" albums.

More recently, November 2013, Ronnie Cuber played a gig at the 'De Singer' jazzclub in Rijkevorsel (B), accompanied by the Rein de Graaff Trio.

Music lover Jempy Samyn was there as well. Here are two of the videos that he shot that night.

WOLFHARD KUTZ ON THE SUBJECT OF ZAPPANALE

http://www.zappanale.de/en/news/569-r-jahresrueckblick.html

Review of the year 2013

Back to the roots...

Or

... what was different at Zappanale #24?

After experiments with and financial results of Zappanale #23 we took stick, well-founded. I for my part was anything but happy with the outcome.

But where do we go from here?

Already at Zappanale #23 we got together, sat down and outlined the framework for Zappanale #24. In addition interviews by phone with approx. 80 visitors gave us a lot of proposals, suggestions, wishes and recommendations.

And we tried to realize it, and for me these are the most important points:

1. more Zappa music

2. more breaks

3. starting with the performances at a later time

4. focusing on vacation and event

5. more fun

6. more possibilites to take shelter by rain and sun

7. more seatings

8. improvement of the culinary offer

9. more attention for the exhibition, revaluation of the Arf stand with red sofa, interviews etc.

10. offers for the possibilite to move around (bycicles, Molli etc.)

11. more sun :-)

Zappanale #24 made clear that we are on the right track. I also experienced it from this year's audience through a lot of spontaneous and positive feedbace and it was fortified by questioning more than 300 visitors on the festival grounds.

I was very pleased to discover numerous new faces among the guests  - never before at a Zappanale i've seen so many women and young people like this year. Your wish for nice weather may have contributet a part, too.

The whole issue makes me confident regarding the next years - even when Zappa fans aren't getting younger  - and with the new concept we will make it for some more years.

Result: There will be no more "Higher-Faster-Further". Zappanale can't be compared with any other festival, and we want to preserve the uniqueness and go together with you into the coming years.

I wish you all the best for 2014, a lot of music that is worth listening to and terrific days in July at 

Zappanale #25..

Wolfhard Kutz

VARIOUS ARTISTS - SCHRIJVER ZOEKT ZANGER

• various artists: schrijver zkt. zanger
      (2013, cd, belgium, radio 1 - 082564 634648 6)

A couple of weeks ago, Belgian Radio 1 released "Schrijver Zoekt Zanger", a collaboration between a number of Flemish and Dutch writers and musicians.
Matchmaker / curator Ruth Joost did an excellent job.

The album got released in combination with an issue of Humo magazine a couple of weeks ago (for about six euros extra). A nice way to reach a new audience.
Marcel Vanthilt, Arno, Hennie Vrienten, Stef Kamil Carlens, Frank Vander Linden, Mauro Pawlowski (and others) put the writings of Herman Brusselmans, Dimitri Verhulst, Bart Moeyaert (and others) on music.
I like these sort of exercises with less likely combinations.

MUZE JAZZ ORCHESTRA PLAYS ZAPPA - - 2014 02 28 IN RIJKEVORSEL BELGIUM

Jazzclub 'De Singer' is located in Rijkevorsel, Belgium.
Rijkevorsel can be found in the middle of rectangle Antwerp (B), Breda (NL), Turnhout (B) and Tilburg (NL).

Friday evening, February 28, 2014, the Muze Jazz Orchestra will be performing the music of Frank Zappa at 'De Singer'.
I've seen the MJO in concert a number of times already and these guys are great.

Not to be missed !!

FOR STARTERS

Just in case that you were wondering why I hadn't posted anything the last couple of days...

I added 'a couple' of extra pictures to the archives.
Here's a few of them:

HAPPY 2014

Happy 2014 everyone !!

2013 was excellent, if I may say so.
Next to the real important things (health & family), I had a lot of fun as well.

All the best for 2014.