Onderwerp: the big nOte, August 09, 2000



links: captain beefheart, the residents, frank zappa and lots of others

* latest info on zappa & previous big nOtes: check the "black page" website:
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about: captain beefheart, the residents, zappa & whatever I'm listening to.

good grief, I wanted to post this about three weeks ago but bits of news and lots of work kept me from it. anyway, here's the whole lot:

for starters: I just read a bit about the 'affz cd' on the very same alt.fan.frank-zappa. for once, I'm glad that there is actual news on this news-group. the last couple of weeks were way too much blah blah for my taste, but maybe someone can tell me how to get hold of this album? any ideas?

* the melonious quartet: au sud de la mandoline
(1998, cd, fr, l'empreinte digitale ed 1 3088)
a superb version of zappa's king kong performed by four mandoline players. wow! great stuff.

* hardscore: surf, wind & desire
(2000, cd, bel, carbon 7 c7-045)
the frank nuyts band goes to the beach. or at least that's what you'd expect with a title like this. but there's no beach boy in sight.br> this is excellent contemporary stuff. I catched them in gent, belgium, a couple of weeks ago and they'll be performing again real soon in antwerp and in amsterdam. keep your eyes open & try to be there!! there are not that many composers that can combine humour and contemporary music like this. essential listening.

* calico winds: all in one
(1998, cd, usa, sine nomine records os 9801)
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon & horn. pieces by bach, elliott carter nielsen, schifrin & zappa. it's zappa's wind quintet and it lasts exactly 48 seconds.

* tripping daisy: jesus hits like the atom bomb
(1998, cd, usa, island 314-524 518-2)
ok, so I never heard of tripping daisy before. but this is a fine sounding album. Co-produced by eric drew feldman & on additional keys, bass and drums as well. reminded me a bit of the deus album he produced.

* guitarist magazine - july 2000
the cd that comes with this mag included an unreleased steve vai track. hmmm, like it.

* the residents: dotcom
(2000, cd, usa, ralphamerica ra 009)
every month or so, the residents release an mp3 of an unreleased song through their web-site. they have been doing this for quite a while now. dotcom collects all of these mp3s (and one extra of course). I'm not really in to mp3 and all that downloadinginternetstuff, so I for one am really glad that it all came out on cd. great tunes, including a totally mutated 1999 (prince). oh yes, an excellent re lease but limited to 1200 copies.

* the residents: roadworms
(2000, cd, usa, esd 81532)
our resifriends really have some nice record-deals: different companies can bring out different material, or the same material but in a different package, or almost-the-same material, or whatever... there's ralphamerica in the states, euroralph for yurrip, bomba in japan and there's east side digital - also in the u.s. of a. east side digital recently released roadworms: studio recordings of the tracks they played at the wormwood tour. nice addition.

joe satriani
2000/07/11 concert vooruit, gent, belgium
satchmo was / is touring yurrip - he played in gent a couple of weeks ago. very fine concert (& I like gent a lot as well); I guess he played something like 3 hours. lots of older tunes also. I haven't heard his latest album yet, but I did bring home a twenty minute mini cd they sold at the concert:
* joe satriani: additional creations
(2000, cd5"-pro, usa, epic esk 12618)
as the cover states: 'special versions from the epic release engines of creation'.

* thana harris: thanatopsis
(2000, cd, usa, mastahna records ma 221)
now this is really nice: thana harris' solo album. not just because tana (suzannah) 's name should ring your zappa-bell, or because husband bob harris or friends steve vai, stu hamm or jimmy carl black perform on this album, but mainly because it's a great album. most of the songs were written by bob harris and thana's got a great voice. essential listening. br>
* steve vai: thunder kids
(2cdr-bootleg)
vai live in tokyo 1994, including scott thunes on bass.

* steve vai: los angeles 99
(cdr-bootleg)
a recording of three tracks that vai performed at tower records somewhere in 1999 - promo touring for "the ultra zone"

* the residents: roskilde 1999
(cdr; 45 minutes, excellent quality / from an fm broadcast) live in roskilde denmark. taken from a radio show 'green scene' on 1999/07/03. excellent recording, great show, and someone giving an intro in a language I can't understand. what else do I need?

* var.art.: from bach to zappa
(??, cd, can, port-royal pr-2212-2)
sampler that includes a track from the dangerous kitchen album

* dvd magazine: circuit 5
(1999, dvd, usa, quickband networks)
circuit is some sort of magazine, but on a dvd format. it includes audio and video and totals 135 minutes of material. this issue includes eyeball history, including video clips and all. cover pic = also eyeballed.

short bits (including lots of dates I found on the affz newsgroup):
* corrie van binsbergen: corrie wasn't too thrilled when she found out people are trading recordings of her radio-shows and concerts. and she does have a point, of course. corrie really has some great albums out. people should buy these (first) instead of listening to the un-official material. and while we're on the subject: corrie got hold of some of her older albums, albums that were 'lost' due to the problems via records encountered.
* available again: (at brokken@zap.a2000.nl
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* - corrie en de grote brokken (2cd, 1997)
- vanbinsbergen (cd, 1999)
- links (cd, 1999)
- corrie en de grote brokken (cd, 2000)
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* the ensemble modern is still touring! check them out if you haven't already.
* "greggery peccary & other persuasions"
2000/09/09 duisburg, germany, kraftzentrale (kulturruhr 2000)
* 2000/09/10 duisburg, germany, kraftzentrale (kulturruhr 2000)
2000/11/28 frankfurt, germany, alte oper
2000/11/29 frankfurt, germany, alte oper
* dutch radio will be broadcasting some interesting material the next couple of months
* 2000/09/02 bruce fowler blindfold test on radio 4
* 2000/09/09 a bruce fowler special
* 2000/09/23 a re-broadcast of part one of the vai-concert from 2000/03/07
* 2000/12 lots of stuff on different dates...
* the zappaning 2000 festival takes place in peoria, il, usa, and looks rather impressive. you've probably seen or heard this before, but here's the schedule:
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* 2000/08/11
* 13:30 - 15:00h oucho sparks
* 15:30 - 17:00h satya graha
* 17:30 - 19:00h blue magoo
* 19:30 - 21:00h deja voo doo
* 22:00 - 24:00h ike willis and project object
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* 2000/08/12
* 9:00 - 10:30h wayside school
* 11:00-12:30h doghouse blues
* 13:00-14:30h mississippi cactus
* 15:00-16:30h the brothers of intention
* 17:00-19:00h ray white with carr troublebr> * 19:30-21:30h essra mohawk and friends
* 22:00-24:00pm the grandmothers
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* 2000/08/13
* 12:00-13:00h the weavils
* 13:30-14:30h el donk
* 15:00-16:00h four in the pocket
* 16:30-18:00h zea mays
* 19:00-21:00h banned from utopia
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* project/object featuring ike willis will not just be performing at the zappaning 2000. they are touring (= playing zappa's music) somewhere in the states these weeks:
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* 2000/08/04 providence, ri, usa, met café
* 2000/08/05 new york, ny, usa, wetlands preserve
* 2000/08/06 alexandria, va, usa, zig's
* 2000/08/07 pittsburgh, pa, usa, rosebud
* 2000/08/08 jamestown, ny, usa, village casino
* 2000/08/09 cleveland, oh, usa, blind lemon's
* 2000/08/10 detroit, mi, usa, magic bag
* 2000/08/11 peoria, il, usa, zappening 2000 festival
* 2000/08/12 chicago, il, usa, martyrs
* 2000/08/14 charleston, wv, usa, empty glass
* 2000/08/15 lexington, ky, usa, lynagh's
* 2000/08/16 atlanta, ga, usa, variety playhouse
* 2000/08/17 asheville, nc, usa, stella blue
* 2000/08/18 charlotte, nc, usa, visulite theater
* 2000/08/19 columbia, sc, usa, elbow room
* 2000/08/20 greenville, nc, usa, peasants
* 2000/08/21 norfolk, va, usa, norva theater
* 2000/08/22 richmond, va, usa, alley katz
* 2000/08/23 stanhope, nj, usa, stanhope house


* and the same goes for the grandmothers (jimmy carl black, don preston & bunk gardner and a couple of friends):
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* 2000/08/09 nashville, usa - exit inn
* 2000/08/11 peoria, il, usa - zappening 2000 festival
* 2000/08/12 peoria, il, usa - zappening 2000 festival
* 2000/08/13 peoria, il, usa - zappening 2000 festival
* 2000/08/14 omaha ne, usa - music box
* 2000/08/15 kansas city, usa - grand emporium
* 2000/08/16 minneapolis, usa - turf club
* 2000/08/17 des moines ia, usa - ft. des moines
* 2000/08/18 champaign il, usa - canopy theater
* 2000/08/19 detroit, usa - magic stick
* 2000/08/20 cleveland, usa - beachland ballroom
* 2000/08/21 pittsburg pn, usa - 31st club
* 2000/08/22 buffalo ny, usa - laffayette tap room
* 2000/08/23 north hampton, usa - iron horse
* 2000/08/24 boston, usa - jonny dis
* 2000/08/25 providence ri, usa - met cafe
* 2000/08/26 new york, usa - the wetlands
* 2000/08/27 philadelphia pa, usa - pontiac
* 2000/08/28 washington dc, usa - iotaic
* 2000/08/29 carborro, nc, usa - catis cradle
* 2000/08/30 athens, ga, usa - georgia theater
* 2000/08/31 tallahassee fl, usa - potbellies
* 2000/09/02 tampa fl, usa - skipperis smokehouse
* 2000/09/03 key west, usa - the green parrot
* 2000/09/04 key west, usa - the green parrot
* 2000/09/07 orlando, fl, usa
* 2000/09/08 sarasota, fl, usa - the 5:00 club
* 2000/09/09 pensacola fl, usa
* 2000/09/14 dallas tx, usa -
* 2000/09/15 austin tx, usa - the pier
* 2000/09/16 austin tx, usa - the pier
* 2000/09/17 el paso, usa
* 2000/09/18 el paso, usa
* 2000/09/19 el paso, usa
* 2000/09/20 el paso, usa
* 2000/09/21 albuquerque, nm, usa - el rey theater
* 2000/09/23 san diego, usa
* 2000/09/24 los angeles, usa - house of blues
* 2000/09/25 san juan capristrano, usa
* 2000/09/26 fresno, ca, usa - club fred
* 2000/09/27 san francisco, usa - paridise club
* 2000/09/28 sacramento, usa
* 2000/09/29 reno, usa
* 2000/10/01 portland, usa - berbati's pan
* 2000/10/02 seattle, usa - graceland
* 2000/10/03 boise id, usa - blues bouquet
* 2000/10/04 salt lake city, usa
* 2000/10/05 boulder co, usa - boulder theater
* 2000/10/06 steamboat springs co, usa -
* 2000/10/07 denver, usa - gothic theater
* 2000/10/08 colorado springs co, usa - colorado music hall
* 2000/10/10 oklahoma, usa - vzd's br> * 2000/10/11 ponca city, ok, usa
* 2000/10/12 little rock, usa - josephina's
* 2000/10/13 memphis, usa - new daisy theater
* 2000/10/14 nashville, usa - exit inn
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* I don't know if they have a cd out, but the summit hill brass quintet has zappa on their repertoire. anyone heard of them before?
* the friends of frank (some sort of smaller band / banned from utopia) played a gig in hollywood a couple of nights ago. arthur barrow himself made some rumour about it on the alt.fan.fz
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* the friends of frank
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* (= ralph humphrey, ed mann, albert wing, mike miller & arthur barrow)
* 2000/08/05 concert 'the new baked potato' on sunset near vine, hollywood - early show
* 2000/08/05 concert 'the new baked potato' on sunset near vine, hollywood - late show

* carmine appice has an album out (from 1997?) called "guitar zeus II-channel mind radio". it's a japanes cd and it features dweezil zappa.
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* there's an ozzy tribute in preparation called "bat head soup". this one should include
* Top of Form 1
* Bottom of Form 1
* 'goodbye to romance' by lisa loeb & dweezil zappa.
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* not too much about the captain, I know, but you should check out teejo's electricity site for that! He just mailed quite some updates.

keep the news coming in - talk again to you soon.

peter van laarhoven

peter.vanlaarhoven@solvay.com

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