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I enjoyed two wonderful exercises with our federal government this week, though in the interests of accurate journalism I must go back and put "enjoyed" in quotes.

An Open Fist Theater Company presentation of a musical in two acts adapted by Pat Towne and Michael Franco from Frank Zappa's original stage play.

This auction is for Frank Zappa Joe's Garage Act I and II and III set of 2 LP's. Covers are EX+ on lP II& III small corner slant cut out upper right.

DISC 1: 1. Central Scrutinizer, The 2. Joe's Garage 3. Catholic Girls - 4. Crew S*** 5. Fembot in a Wet T-Shirt 6. On the Buss 7. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? 8. Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up 9. Scrutinizer ...

"They think I'm crazy. But I know better. It is not I who am crazy....It is I who am mad!" - Commander Ren Hek in Space Madness Review By: Mark Zimmer Published: October 11, 2004 Stars: John Kricfalusi , Billy ...

Frank Zappa gave the musical world - and all of us, really - permission to be creative, funny and serious all at once.

WHOEVER devised the slipknot contract clause "into perpetuity" hadn't conceived a Gail Zappa.

If it were possible for painting and poetry to incorporate bebop in a crazy sort of rhythmic gymnastics, or if it were possible somehow to meld revolutionary body politic with dramatic performance then this ...

Some people can just see things coming. In 1979, one year before Ronald Reagan was elected president, Frank Zappa wrote a rock opera called Joe's Garage .

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It's now slated to open September 26, presented by the Open Fist Theatre Company on Santa Monica Boulevard - a 99 seat warehouse venue with a resident troupe of about 60 actors.

About the artist Knowing the perversity of Frank Zappa, it is highly possible that his hit song Bobby Brown" was a secrete tribute to this artist, whose album The Enlightening Beam of Axonda would be a ...

The expert gets a dose of expertise Sometimes it's good for me to have the shoe put on my other foot.

THE ROCK COLUMN What would Johnny say? Does it matter? Justin A. Hinkley This week's top five This week's theme: Top 5 music-politics moments 5. 2000: Art Alexakis testifies before Congress on Child Support ...

Sometime in the early 1970s, Frank Zappa wearily stated during a TV interview that average rock fans generally liked music they didn't have to try too hard to fathom - "Nothing too off-the-wall," FZ said in the ...

Bruce Bickford lives in SeaTac down an isolated forest road. His living room is a warehouse of grocery bags stuffed with "voodoo masks" cut from dried leaves.

The title is not an exaggeration. Bruce Bickford's art-a hallucinatory stop-motion amalgamation of Peter Pan, Ray Harryhausen, and The Wild Bunch-is nothing short of amazing.

What would the world do without puns? Singer Thea Gilmore's new CD is called Liejacker .

From the Rehearsal Studio : If our listening of Lindberg is well informed by past experience of listening to Zappa, when will the San Francisco Symphony program one of Zappa's works on its subscription series? ...

As the guitarist for hard-edged pop-rock band Incubus, Mike Einziger has headlined arenas and festivals around the world.