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october 21 2001
Beer for Dolphins pictures

october 20 2001
Nonkertompf pictures

october 14 2001
As you may know,

NPS RADIO has invited Mike Keneally to this year’s MARATHON in Groningen.

Friday Oct. 19th Mike will present a special ensemble with Dutch and American musicians to perform a unique version of his suite NONKERTOMPF.

Saturday Oct. 20th will be the day of the European debut of Mike’s band BEER FOR DOLPHINS.

An extra long edition of 4FM (Sat. 20, Radio 4 and webradio (see our webpage)….19.00-01.00 hrs DUTCH TIME will cover this.

For those of you who will attend the shows, the broadcasts WILL be repeated later this year.

ALSO; EACH AND EVERY DAY NEXT WEEK WE WILL PRESENT A REAL VIDEO DIARY OF THE NONKERTOMPF
REHEARSALS AND MORE INTERESTING STUFF VIA
www.nps.nl/4fm
SO WE EXPECT YOU THERE DAILY!!!!

october 04 2001
4FM

Saturday October 6, 2001
23.00 Dutch Time

The Missing Link Between Contemporary Music & The Rock ‘n Roll Guitar Solo
STEVE VAI
Also check: http://www.iron-sausage.com/vai_ra.htm

september 27 2001
Zondag a.s./ This Sunday
NPS op/on Radio 4, 20.00-22.00 hrs. Dutch Time
Also via WEBRADIO
www.nps.nl/4fm
4FM IN CONCERT
TERRY BOZZIO
Solo concert recorded April 4 2001, Groningen.
No Edits!
Plus original Black Page & recent Bozzio cd stuff

august 30 2001
Ftom Thomas Wictor we received this info
I wanted you to know about my new book In Cold Sweat: Interviews with Really Scary Musicians. It's a 301-page collection of uncut interviews with Gene Simmons of Kiss, Peter Hook of Joy Division and New Order, Jerry Casale of Devo, and Scott Thunes. It has lots of previously unpublished photos and complete discographies too.
The reason I wanted to tell you about it is because the Scott Thunes interview takes up almost half the book and covers his role in the '88 band disaster as well as what it was like to play with Frank.
For excerpts, check out my Web site www.thomaswictor.com.
On September 27, Scott and I will be doing a signing at the Book Bay in San Francisco.

august 26 2001

From www.keneally.com

Hi! I’m thinking that it’s time to put out a new album, so we’re doing that in October. It’s called "Wooden Smoke," and it’s not much like anything I’ve done before. It’s primarily acoustic.

For more info and preorder. keneally.com

august 26 2001

From www.vai.com.

The long-awaited Steve Vai box set represents nearly 5 years of focused preparation, and 21 years as a recording artist, for the Grammy Award-winning musician. "I remember when I was working with Frank Zappa, and he had a vault just filled with recorded material," says Vai. "He said it was a reflection of his desire to release everything he's ever recorded, and I just loved that idea – to attempt to release everything you've ever recorded, or at least all of the good stuff." For Vai, whose discography is more than 60 titles deep and includes work with artists like Frank Zappa, Joe Jackson, David Lee Roth, Public Image Limited, Alice Cooper, Chick Corea, Alcatrazz, and many more, the project looked like a very exciting endeavor, but hardly an easy task. "Through the years I've contributed a lot to various projects, so I thought it would be interesting to somehow pull them all together to create a comprehensive catalog of all the professional releases that have fallen outside of my solo albums. One thing led to another and soon the idea of putting it all out in a box started making the most sense. Next thing I knew, it looked like a 10-CD box set."

For Vai, who in just the past two years has released a double live CD Alive in an Ultra World, the new studio solo record The Ultra Zone, and an archives disc called The Seventh Song while he was also busy touring the world, finding the time that a project like the box set demands was not easy. "Every time I went to actually complete the box set and get it out, a project would come along that I couldn't pass up – mostly because the box project was very expensive and time consuming, and if I dedicated all of my time and energy to that, it would have jeopardized the flow of my solo albums and my ability to tour, etc. So it's been chipped away at, then put back on the shelf, then chipped away again, and now finally there's light at the end of the tunnel." The box is tentatively scheduled for release in October, and pre-orders should start in September.

There will be only 10000 box sets manufactured, and initially only 3 CDs will be available. The box will ship with three discs inside [The Elusive Light and Sound; Archives Vol. 2 – Original Recordings of Frank Zappa; and Alcatrazz Disturbing the Peace], with the remaining 7 CDs coming separately within the next couple of years. Only 10000 boxes will be made and all 10 of the CDs will fit into it, spelling out a secret word. There are various aspects of the design that fans will find very interesting and surprising, but we can't talk about all of those yet...

august 26 2001
Unfortunately the release of the new Zappabook is delayed till spring next year.

august 19 2001
On September 15 a new book will be released. It can be preordered at Amazon.com
The Dangerous Kitchen

july 18 2001
New dates for G3
11/15 . HONG KONG [to be announced]
11/16 . HONG KONG [to be announced]

11/20 . MODENA, ITALY [Vox]
11/21 . MILAN, ITALY [Alcatraz]
11/23 . MADRID, SPAIN [La Rivera]
11/24 . PAMPLONA, SPAIN [Sala Gares]
11/25 . BARCELONA, SPAIN [Razzmatazz]
11/26 . to be announced
11/27 . to be announced
11/28 . STUTTGART, GERMANY [Longhorn]
11/29 . BOCHUM, GERMANY [Zeche]
11/30 . PARIS, FRANCE [Elysee]
12/02 . AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND [Heinekin]
12/03 . BRUSSELS, BELGIUM [A. Belgique]
12/04 . MANCHESTER, ENGLAND [Apollo]
12/05 . WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND [Civic]
12/06 . LONDON, ENGLAND [Astoria]
12/07 . LONDON, ENGLAND [Astoria]
12/09 . DUBLIN, IRELAND [Vicar Street]
12/10 . DUBLIN, IRELAND [Vicar Street]
12/12 . HAMBURG, GERMANY [Fabrik]
12/13 . COLOGNE, GERMANY [Live Music Hall]
12/14 . MUNICH, GERMANY [Babylon]
12/15 . VIENNA, AUSTRIA [Bank Halle]

july 15 2001
"borrowed" from the Idiot´s site
Apparently Gail is in the process of negotiating with Rhino Records in LA to sell off the unreleased part of Frank’s tape library…“what’s going on at www.zappa.com?” I hear you ask. Joe Travers tells me “The John Cage thing was supposed to go out live during the Holland Festival – over the Internet. Dweezil, Diva, Diva’s boyfriend, Paul (Moon’s Matchbox Twenty man), and myself were all involved.” And talking of Diva’s boyfriend, he’s in a band called SNMNMNM who (with 3 other bands) are now undertaking the Geek Rock Tour – the dates for which mysteriously appeared at the Z site last week (who told you they were for the Ike Willis Band!)…Diva continues to work on her ‘eclectic’ album featuring Lisa Loeb, actor Scott Wolf, Tipper Gore (on drums), and Tipper’s daughter, Kristen. Dweezil is writing the music for this masterpiece. “I want to make the best bad album ever made,” she says “It’s good music, and everyone else is great, and I suck! To tell the truth, I’m just doing this so I can spend more time with my brother.” Diva also appears in two new films: Play Dead (“It’s a gay necrophiliac love story, and I create the necrophilia.”) and Thank You, Good Night (as a fan of imaginary band, The Handy Kaufmans)…staying with the Z kids, Ahmet is presenting a new six-part series of Robotica (in which home-made robots battle each other in a fight to the death over three gruelling rounds) on Channel 5. It starts Saturday 14th July (17:55 to 18:50)…the Muffin Men are steadfastly refusing to deny rumours that a short British tour as a five piece (without Jimmy) will take place in September…

july 4 2001
Unfortunately www.zappa.com is back to it's old format.

july 1 2001
www.zappa.com has been totally redone.

june 24 2001
From an e mail service of Mike
LIVE NONKERTOMPF

While I'm out with G3 I'm going to be working on arrangements for the debut live performance of "Nonkertompf." This will take place at the Marathon festival in Holland, in October. I'm scoring it for eleven piece - a seven-piece BFD plus four Dutch musicians on reeds, violin, trombone and electronics. We're also hopeful that we'll be able to book some other European BFD dates surrounding that date. There's still a LOT of work to be done on this but we're very excited about getting the band out to those of you in Europe who have so long and so patiently for us to play there. Stay tuned for further details, and thank you all for reading this!!

[Scott here again. It's not ready to announce officially, but we're among friends, right? It's looking like Mike and BFD will make their long-awaited European debut at the Marathon festival in Groningen, Holland on October 19 and 20, 2001. This event is being produced by our good buddy and Euro-ally Co de Kloet at 4FM and we're jooping with anticipation! Mike and the band will headline each night, once performing the Nonkertompf Project and again playing a set as MK/BFD. Nothing's final yet, though, so please don't make solid travel plans until you hear more from us...]

june 24 2001
HEY, IT'S G3 2001

The G3 lineup this year features Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and John Petrucci. The Vai band consists of Steve, Mike Keneally, Dave Weiner, Billy Sheehan and Virgil Donati. Here's the tour schedule:

Sat., June 23,   Reno, NV:     Reno Hilton Pavilion
Sun., June 24,   Las Vegas, NV: ,   House of Blues
Tues., June 26,    Phoenix, AZ:    Celebrity Theater
Wed., June 27,   Anaheim, CA:   Sun Theater
Thurs., June 28,   San Diego, CA:   Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
Fri., June 29,   Los Angeles, CA:   Wiltern Theater
Sat., June 30,     San Francisco, CA:     Warfield
Sun., July 1,    Kelseyville, CA:     New Classic Concert Showroom
Tues., July 3,     Denver, CO:     Fillmore Auditorium
Wed., July 4,     Santa Fe, NM:     Paolo Soleri Amphitheatre
Thurs., July 5,    Fort Worth, TX:     Bass Performance Hall
Fri., July 6,    Houston, TX:     Aerial Theater
Sat., July 7,    Austin, TX:     Austin Music Hall
Mon., July 9,    Detroit, MI:     DTE Energy Music Theater
Tues., July 10,     Chicago, IL:    Riviera Theater
Wed., July 11,    Toronto, ON:     Massey Hall
Thurs., July 12,    Glenside, PA:    Keswick Theater
Fri., July 13,    New York, NY:     Beacon Theater
Sat., July 14,     New York, NY:    Beacon Theater
Mon., July 16,     Boston, MA:     Fleet Pavilion
Tues., July 17,    Washington, DC:    Warner Theater
Wed., July 18,    Raleigh, NC:     The Ritz
Thurs., July 19,     Atlanta, GA:    The Tabernacle
Fri., July 20,     Clearwater, FL:    Ruth Eckerd Hall
Sat., July 21,   Sunrise, FL:   Sunrise Musical Theater
Sun., July 22,   Orlando, FL:   House of Blues

june 18 2001

Steve Vai

Alive In An Ultra World
Release Date: Jun 19, 2001
Track listing for CD
(E2K 085183)
Disc One

1. Giant Balls of Gold
2. Burning Rain
3. The Black Forest
4. Alive in an Ultra World
5. Devil's Food
6. Blood and Glory
7. Whispering a Prayer
8. Iberian Jewel

Disc Two

1. The Power of Bombos
2. Incantation
3. Light of the Moon
4. Babushka
5. Being with You (In Paris)
6. Principessa
7. Brandos Costumes (Gentle Ways)

june 16 2001
From the Zappa.com website. Typo or news?
All of the videos with the exception of "Does Humor Belong in Music?" were re-mastered to D2 (the highest quality professional digital video format) with various color corrections and enhancements. We are currently considering a laserdisc release as well as the VHS. We hope to have all these final versions available in the market place through BARFKO-SWILL by September of 2001.(as you have most likely noticed, this has not happened as yet, but we are making some more progress)

june 15 2001
Boys & Girls,

we added some amazing photographs regarding The Muffin Men/Session

Thingfish and When Worlds Collide on www.nps.nl/4fm.

Tune in this Saturday, 23.00 Dutch Time on Radio 4 or webradio (same page as above)

The show includes:
Muffin Men Music from their regular releases
Parts of When Worlds Collide (Liverpool, Feb. 25th, LIPA, Paul McCartney Auditorium show)

Siesta Studios Session with Jimmy Carl Black (Love of My Life/My Guitar/Trouble/Road Ladies)

Interviews with Jimmy/Roddie/Ian.

Zappa Stuff!!

Music is indeed the best!!!!!!!

june 06 2001
New bootleg, a dubbel cd

the sheik's rehearsels

1 dancing fool
2 honey don't you want a man like me
3 keep it greasy
4 village of the son
5 the meek shall inherit nothing
6 city of tiny lights
7 baby snakes
8 sofa
9 packard goose
10 a pound for a brown on the bus
11 watermelon in east
12 dinah moe humm
13 black napkins
14 i've been in you
15 flakes

1 magic fingers
2 don't eat the yellow snow
3 bamboozled by love
4 sy borg
5 little house i used to live in
6 tell me you love me (rehearsals aug. 10, 1978)
7 opening (live oct. 28th. 1978)
8 city of tiny lights (live oct. 28th. 1978)
9 fuck yourself (steve vai and 'the masters voice')
10 drafted (studio outtake)

may 30 2001
NPS Radio
4FM

Saturday June 16th, 2001
Radio4 , 23.00-24.00 Dutch Time (and on WebRadio)

THE MUFFIN
MEN

Including:

March 6th, Liverpool,When Worlds Collide…… audio material
Special April 2001 Siesta Studios Session with Jimmy Carl Black (4 songs)
Interview with Roddie (by CdK)
Interview with JCB (by Charles Pater)
And FZ music all the way!

And on www.nps.nl/4fm ……
beautiful pictures of
the siesta sessions
by Reinier (famous Dutch Muffin Men Representative)
and of
When Worlds Collide and THINGFISH
by Rob Heukels!
Isn’t it amazing???????

may 25 2001
from the 4FM site:
IN PREPERATION: JUNE 16, SPECIAL ABOUT THAT AMAZING BAND FROM LIVERPOOL, THAT'S RIGHT, THE MUFFIN MEN: WITH AN EXCLUSIVE 4FM SESSION OF THE MM & JIMMY CARL BLACK (4 TUNES!!!!), RECORDED IN THE SIESTA STUDIOS IN ALMERE, HOLLAND. AVAILABLE SOON: EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF "WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE", MARCH 6, LIVERPOOL (including ThingFish), made by Rob Heukels, AND PHOTOS OF THE SESSION IN HOLLAND. aren't you glad to be a vegetarian these days? COMING SOON: UNEDITED 1993 BEEFHEART INTERVIEW

may 11 2001

The Banned From Utopia has a DVD only release. Title: A Tribute to the music of Frank Zappa. Recordings are from Stuttgart July 1994.

april 10 2001
April 14, 23.00-24.00 dutch time

NPS Radio 4 & webradio (streaming only)

4FM

TERRY BOZZIO

SOLO CONCERT part I

Recorded April 4 in Oosterpoort ,Groningen (NL)

includes interview

march 29 2001

here they are, the TB drum clinics tour dates:
04.04. Groningen NL De Osterpoort
06.04. Enschede NL Muziekcentrum
07.04. Haarlem NL Concertgebouw
09.04. Utrecht NL Vredenburg
10.04. Amsterdam NL Nieuwe de la Mar Theater (Phone: 0031-(0)20-5305302
11.04. Leiden, Stadsgehoorzaal
12.04. Köln, Music Store (Tel.: 0221-92579131)
14.04. Hannover, PPC
15.04. Berlin, Sound & Drumland (Tel. 0308843030)
16.04. Dresden, Zoundhouse 17.04. Kassel, Musikhaus Eichler
19.04. Frankfurt, Cream Music
20.04. Karlsruhe, Rock Shop (Tel. 0721-978550)
21.04. Augsburg, Music World
22.04. Markdorf, Reinhold's Drum Shop
23.04. Simbach, Musik Meisinger
24.04. Kitzbühl A MUV St. Johann
25.04. Wien A Musik Produktiv
(taken from an interview in the german magazine STICKS 03/2001)

march 19 2001
E-MUSIC: WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY
According to Gail Zappa, EMusic distributes songs of her husband Frank Zappa without her permission. This means EMusic does not respect copyrights. All this is mentioned by Reuters.
EMusic - that gives people unlimited access to their cattalogue for $10 a month - admits a limmited amount of FZ´s tracks was,in 1999, available through their site. EMusic claims they had payed Rykodisc, Zappa´s label. Also they claim they are negotiating with Zappa´s widow Gail.
Last year EMusic removed Zappa´s songs from their site

march 6 2001
A picture of a 1954 magazine that was the basis of the idea of the cover of Weasels Ripped My Flesh.

http://www.arf.ru/Misc/weasels.JPG

januar 25 2001 NPS 4FM Radio 4, 23.00-24.00 Dutch time and on webradio

See http://www.nps.nl/4fm

Saturday January 27th: Music For/By Vegetarians

Saturday February 3d: lots of good music, including
the new Dweezil Zappa Album !

januari 11 2001 For those of you who live in the New York City area. On Januari 22 the Ed Palermo Big Band will perform 2 shows in the Bottom Line.

januari 11 2001 On www.zappa.com you can download a trailer for the Roxy video. The rumor is that there will be a four(!) hour video with three shows. (If only that was true...)