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4/8/06 at 5:54pm

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If you're out there, you may want to check this out if it's anywhere near you. I am going to the show here in Boston, and if I had the time and motivation and the lack of responsibility

: I would probably follow this tour around. Apparently Dweezil says it's going to be an annual thing. Check it out:

ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA WILL PRESENT HEIR-TIGHT PERFORMANCES OF THE WORLD’S FINEST OPTIONAL ENTERTAINMENT. Dweezil and Ahmet feel it is their duty . . .

This Deep Dish Extravaganza will include a FRENZY of Mysterious Entertainment DELIGHTS - Lights! Music! Action! Real Musicians - You never know who might show up onstage! Spotlights! Stars! Also featuring exciting filmic adventures from the life of a Composer - A MAN WHO WROTE DOTS ON PAPER!

NO TWO SHOWS THE SAME: That’s right, Folks! don’t touch that dial! Expect the Unexpected! Expect the long-anticipated release of Frank Zappa’s TRANCE-FUSION. Coincidence? Uh uh! Guitar fans welcome!

http://www.zappa.com/cheezoid/whatsnew/zpz/

Too funny!
My dad is how I first heard Zappa. He started me off with Apostrophe (what kid wouldn't like "Stinkfoot" or "Yellow Snow"???) and then moved on to everything else. I remember getting out of bed in the morning before school and hearing "The Torture Never Stops" or "Big Leg Emma" (my name is Emma)

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4/9/06 at 5:30pm

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I listened to Zappa a lot when I was a teenager- don't listen much now, but still love the music in memory.

I had a funny experience when my dp and I went to France. We were having dinner with a French friend and found out that he was a big Zappa fan. He paused a moment and then said," Could you tell me one thing? What does he mean by 'pickle'?"

We thought it was very funny and tried our best to figure it out. Thank goodness he didn't ask us what he meant by a pig with marital aids stuck all over it!!!!

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4/10/06 at 3:05pm

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My husband, his brother and their uncle are HUGE Zappa fans. We always say it's time for the party to break up when the three of them start singing Zappa songs after Thanksgiving dinner

I forwarded that link to them. Bummer that there are no shows in Washington state though!

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4/10/06 at 11:39pm

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OhmygoodnessIthinkIjustpeedalittle! I have been in love with Ahmet Zappa since I was 16. I saw them live in '94 (anyone remember Z?

) and they played a few of Frank's songs. It was pretty stinking awesome, if I do say so myself.

Of course now I'm a bit older and my Zappa collection has acquired some dust. And spending $75 per ticket? Ouch.

Emmy, I must admit that your username puts a grin on my face every time I see it. What a beautiful, filthy song that is.

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4/11/06 at 9:39am

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Originally Posted by pease

OhmygoodnessIthinkIjustpeedalittle! I have been in love with Ahmet Zappa since I was 16. I saw them live in '94 (anyone remember Z?

Yeah, the tickets are a little steep, but with the quantity and quality of musicians they have to bring out for that, I don't mind paying!

Dinah Moe Humm is such a ridiculous song, but it's good for a chuckle.

But no, for the record, I do NOT get off on watching my sister have sex.

I'm a classical percussionist, and the last orchestra I played in, we were trying to get permission to perform some of his classical pieces, but the rights issues were just too involved. I'm a big fan of his classical work; that's the genre that I feel we got jipped on with his death. Most composers are in their "prime" between the ages of 50 and 70, and he was 52 when he died.