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1971 - Frank's Worst Year?
An article in 4 parts about the extraordinary events of this year, and why Frank hated Britain.
Part One: Padlocks (2nd Revision, 13 April 97)
Part Two: Fire & Chains (1st Revision, 13 April 97)
Part Three: The Pit of Hell
Part Four: Aftermath (2nd Revision, 13 April 97)
Written by A. Murkin.
An interview from the French Magazine Rock et Folk, June 1980.
Part One discusses Baby Snakes, Blues and Lather.
Part Two deals with Music and Musicians.
Translation by A. Murkin.
The True Story of the LSO
Based on a posting to alt.fan.frank-zappa by David Ocker, who worked with Frank and knows what he's talking about, on the subject of rehearsal, performance and recording with the LSO (London Symphony Orchestra), at the time of the concert at the Barbican, London, in 1983 - and on Frank himself. Editing and HTML by A. Murkin.
The Hall of Fame, Complete
News Stories; the citation text; an interview with Gail; speeches by Moon and Lou Reed, as Frank is inducted into the Hall of Fame, 1995. Editing and HTML by A. Murkin.
Natural Phenomena Named After Frank Zappa
What's New in Baltimore? - A bacterial gene; A Fish Called 'Zappa'; Lonesome Cowboy Nando's jellyfish; a Spider of Destiny; a prehistoric mollusc; and Planet Zappafrank!
Written by A. Murkin.

The Canterbury Scene

Here, you can find stuff on

  1. Canterbury
  2. Egg
  3. Hatfield & the North
  4. National Health

Here are some good places to go for Canterbury Music:

Aymeric Leroy's Calyx Canterbury site.

Burning Shed, where you can buy mp3's or CD's.

Burning Shed would also like to draw your attention to the following gigs:

hugh hopper / elton dean / mark hewins markus reuter.(centrozoon)

Tickets £5 (box office - 01603 766400)
Norwich Garage, Wednesday, May 4th 2005. www.n-joy.org.uk

Richard Sinclair (Caravan/Hatfield & The North) with Theo Travis
Tim Bowness with band, plus visuals by Magnify
MASK (featuring Marvin Ayres and Curved Air's Sonja Kristina)

Tickets £8 / £5 (box office - 01603 766400)
Norwich Playhouse, Saturday May 14th from 7.30pm. www.n-joy.org.uk

Please note that this is on the same day that Caravan will be playing the Norwich Arts Centre. It has been arranged by the venues involved that the Richard Sinclair performance will finish in plenty of time for people subsequently to go and see the Caravan performance.

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