Zappa thread hijacking! Film at 11

[d gray]

i must admit i did my share of skipping school and doing hot knives listening to 'joe's garage' :D

However, there's still some of his instrumental music that I don't care much for.

you mean like this?

 

[Bukfan]

LOL - Yes, that's a perfect example...:D

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Thank you for giving me the link to Frank Zappa on the Steve Allen Show. It was funny to hear Steve Allen say Frank Zoppa.

Zappa is an acquired taste but he is in fact a genius. I can't believe Hans doesn't like Zappa's instrumental stuff.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

you mean like this?

Oh my. I watched all three parts. Fascinating. While maybe not the best thing we've ever heard, that goes a long way toward explaining how and why Zappa was among the best musical minds of our generation.

Just brilliant stuff. I know you posted it as a lark, but I loved it.

 

[Bukfan]

I can't believe Hans doesn't like Zappa's instrumental stuff.

Oh, I do, but not all of it. It's especially some of the early instrumental stuff I don't like so much. I prefer the instrumentals on albums like Joe's Garage (especially, Watermelon In Easter Hay), and tunes like We Are Not Alone (from the album, The Man From Utopia), Twenty Small Cigars, and, Chunga's Revenge (from the album, Chunga's Revenge), and (of course) Peaches In Regalia (from the albums, Fillmore East 1971, Hot Rats, and, Tinseltown Rebellion). I like some of the other instrumentals on Hot Rats too...

Oh my. I watched all three parts.

Then you forgot part four:

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[Purple Stickpin]

Then you forgot part four:

Well, I must have found a different series of viddies, because that was in part 3 of what I watched. But thanks for gettin' my backside (as it were), Bukfan!

 

[Digney in Burnaby]

If you scroll down on this link there is a three part radio documentary on Zappa. It'll take over two hours to listen to. Wish I could figure out a way to download it.

 

[chronic]

Wish I could figure out a way to download it.

You should be able to download them here:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

 

[hank solo]

If you scroll down on this link there is a three part radio documentary on Zappa. It'll take over two hours to listen to. Wish I could figure out a way to download it.

If you use the Firefox browser and the DownloadHelper plug in you can download that documentary. Once you click on the little play button the DownloadHelper button detects the files so you can download them.

Then again, here are the links it detects so try right-clicking these :)

Part One:
http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/inside3themusic_20090121_11079.mp3

Part Two:
http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/inside3themusic_20090203_11636.mp3

Part Three:
http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/inside3themusic_20090204_11624.mp3

Edit: Serves me right for being long winded... :p

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Chronic; you fuckin' rock.

OK, Hank Solo, you fuckin' rock too.

 

[Digney in Burnaby]

Thanks. Proves once again the peoples of the world are much smarter than me. And acknowledging it is my only "genius". :p

 

[Purple Stickpin]

But you brought it up, Digney. Well done. (This would sound so much better in Gaelic, but just imagine it, would you?)

 

[Bukfan]

If you scroll down on this link there is a three part radio documentary on Zappa.

Cool beans! Thanks a bunch, Digney!

Chronic; you fuckin' rock.
OK, Hank Solo, you fuckin' rock too.

Absolutely, they both rock! Thanks, to both of you. - Now, how do we rip the Zappa interview at Wolfgang's Vault, that d gray linked to? :D

 

[Digney in Burnaby]

Sometimes it's all about the sound and I think I've proven often enough here that I barely can handle English. Give me a Gaelic version of Canajan, eh? ;)

 

[hank solo]

Now, how do we rip the Zappa interview at Wolfgang's Vault, that d gray linked to? :D

Try this free browser plug in.

http://freecorder.com/sound-recorder/freecorder.php

The site carries two very similar products - the Freecorder Toolbar and the Ask & Record Toolbar. Both will let you record streaming audio from Wolfgang's and many other sites.

Pay attention during the install, both will try to change your default home page and web search options, so just uncheck the necessary boxes.

I found the Freecorder Legacy Toolbar was a little more stable on my PC, but the Ask & Record Toolbar is almost identical. Both will save files into your 'My Documents' folder, either into 'My Recordings' (Freecoder) or 'Ask and Record Toolbar' sub folders. Default format for recording is 128kbit/s MP3. You can change that on the settings page.

Recording is very simple. Open your browser, go to Wolfgang's, find what you'd like to record, click the record button, little pop-up appears waiting to record, click the Play button on Wolfgang's and as soon as the audio starts the recording starts too.

 

[Bukfan]

Thanks a lot. hank solo! - Do you think it's possible to download and use it without having their toolbar? I don't like to have their toolbar permanently on my screen taking up space because I'll probably only use it now and then.

 

[hank solo]

You can uninstall it easily via Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, just make sure your browser is closed first.

There are other programs available to capture streaming audio, but they're mostly shareware so not great for long recordings unless you pay to register. Maybe someone can recommend a good free recorder that doesn't have to be installed into the browser.

 

[Bukfan]

Right, I can always uninstall it after use, and download it again next time I want to use it. If I only use it once in a while it's not too much of a bother.

just make sure your browser is closed first.

I see! I wasn't aware of that. Thanks, hank solo...

 

[mjp]

Total Recorder isn't free (but it's cheap: $17.95). It will record anything you can hear on your computer, and it's got a very flexible format/bitrate selection option. It's a Windows program rather than a browser plugin. I've been using it for years.

It doesn't allow for editing (the pro version does), but I use Audacity for editing. It's free.

 

[Bukfan]

Thanks, mjp! The $17.95 are well spend in the long run if you record some programs or music now and then...

 

[Bukfan]

I just found out you can watch Zappa's "200 Motels" on the net for free! It's in three parts. Here's the links:

Part 1: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqw2f_frank-zappa-200-motels-cd1_events

Part2: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrh1l_frank-zappa-200-motels-cd2_events

Part3: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrhrg_frank-zappa-200-motels-cd3_events

 

[Bukfan]

I bought this Zappa documentary yesterday. It's about Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention in the 1960's before Zappa broke up the original band. Original band members such as Jimmy Carl Black ("I'm the Indian of the group"), Bunk Gardner, Don Preston, and Art Tripp talks reveals what Zappa was all about. It also discusses the first six albums in detail and we hear parts of some of the best tracks. There's not much footage of the band in action but it's interesting to hear some of the original members talking about the period.
134 min. long plus extras such as extended interviews with the band members.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001JL2UXE/?tag=charlebukowsa-20

 

[Gerard K H Love]

What is the story of Suzie Cream Cheese? I use to call a girl I knew in High School Suzie Cream Cheese and another girl "What a Pumpkin".

 

[chronic]

COQ: What was the origin of the name Suzy Creamcheese? Is there a sexual connotation?

Zappa: I think it came from a dream.

COQ: A wet one?

Zappa: No, it wasn't even a cheesy one.

http://www.science.uva.nl/~robbert/zappa/interviews/coq.html

 

[Bukfan]

Suzie Creamcheese' real name was Pamela Zarubica. She was one of Zappa's close friends and lived together with him for a while. Zappa made her catch phrase, "Wowie Zowie" into a song and she gave him the theme for "You did'nt try to call me". Both songs are on Zappa's first album, "Freak Out". On his second album, "Absolutely Free", there's a short song called, "Son Of Suzie Creamcheese", where you hear Suzie Creamcheese singing, although I'm not sure it's actually her who does the singing.

 

[chronic]

From the interview I linked to:

"Suzy Creamcheese was a girl named Jeannie Vassoir. And she is the voice that's on the Freak Out album. The myth of Suzy Creamcheese, the letter on the album, I wrote myself. There never really was a Suzy Creamcheese. It was just a figment of my imagination until people started identifying with it heavily. It got to weird proportions in Europe, so that in 1967, when we did our first tour of Europe, people were asking if Suzy Creamcheese was along with us. So I procured the services of another girl named Pamela Zarubica, who was hired to be the Suzy Creamcheese of the European tour. And then she maintained the reputation of being Suzy Creamcheese after 1967."

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Thank you Bukfan and chronic. Now one of my life's mysteries is solved I can move forward. I love the knowledge that is abound on this BukNet.;)

 

[Purple Stickpin]

This is a nice vignette:

 

[chronic]

Thanks PS. I once saw him do that on an American show as well (I think it was the Mike Douglas Show). I've been wanting to see it again ever since.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Are you sure it wasn't the Merv Griffin Show? You'd remember if good ole "Merv the Perv" crawled under a glass-topped coffee table and Frank (or more likely, a gaffer who'd had a curry for lunch) took a dump on it. That bit might have been edited out though.