T'Mershi Duween

They run to either 24 or 28 pages (issue 1 only 20 pages) depending on how much stuff we had at any given time. All issues contain a round-up of latest news, lots of reviews (everyone wanted to cover FZ songs for a while), and various fan rambles about first hearing Zappa and letters if we had any. Hey, it's a fanzine! From issue 6, there was a series of difficult articles explaining how FZ's music worked, with odd bits of music transcribed.

• TD1 (early June 1988 – 20 pp) – all my own work [FT]; initial print run: 300, I seem to think; Guitar/Stage 1 reviews; 1982 tour; mostly 1988 reviews/news.
• TD2 (August 1988 – 24 pp) – first issue produced on the Enterprise Allowance Scheme; first issue to feature Beefheart articles; start of subscriptions; FZ and politics; more 1988 reviews; Stage 1 and Sampler review; Beefheart and FZ; Dweezil's My Guitar review; 1984 tour; crossword.
• TD3 (October 1988 – 24 pp) – first reported sighting of the Greenaway; start of bootleg guide; FZ potted biography 1; 1982 and 1984 tour additions; Beefheart – the early years; Dweezil revealed; US Fall tour 1981; Bootleg guide part 1; various bootlegs reviewed; crossword again!
• TD4 (December 1988 – 24 pp) – photos improve stacks! Stig Modin's first bizarre artworks; FZ potted biography 2; Stage 2 review; Fugs; FZ videos reviewed; Zapparap 1 – guys in the bands; Beefheart and Trout Mask; Bootleg guide part 2; 1980 US Fall tour; Steve Vai guide.
• TD5 (January 1989 – 28 pp) – first G&S advert; Broadway/Baby Snakes reviews; 1980 World tour; Beefheart and Bongo Fury; Bootleg guide part 3; Zapparap 2 – the Songs; album tracks not played live 1; Adrian Belew; some new bootlegs.
• TD6 (March 1989 – 28 pp) – first of Matt Galaher's 'incomprehensible' guitar pieces; first of Axel Wünsch's pieces on covers of Zappa stuff; Absolutely Free/Waka/Jawaka/OSFA reviews; Italian CDs; FZ covers, guests 1; Bozzio in London; album tracks not played live 2; Zapparap 3 – drugs; Bootleg guide 4; Euro tour 1979.
• TD7 (June 1989 – 28 pp) – last issue produced on EAS; terrific Bill Lawson and Geraint Catley cartoons; Beefheart books and Project Documentation reviews; Zappa covers etc 2; early Beefheart and cartoon; TD poll results; YAWYI re-assessed; 1978 Fall tour; bootleg guide 5; Zapparap 4 – audiences.
• TD8 (August 1989 – 28 pp) – start of David Wheeler's FZ family tree; Broadway/Bongo Fury/Trout and Decals/Real FZ Book reviews; books about FZ; Aynsley Dunbar; FZ bands 1; 1977/78 world tour; Zappa covers etc 3; bootleg guide 6; Zapparap 5 – Serious music; Beefheart – Kid and Spot.
• TD9 (October 1989 – 28 pp) – Stuart Penney's Oz release article; Fowler Brothers/Clarke-Duke live reviews; Beefheart and Brown Star tapes; Zapparap 6 – Lascivious attitudes; Pierre Boulez and FZ interview; 1976/77 world tour; FZ bands 2; Australian FZ albums; Zappa covers etc 4; bootleg guide 7.
• TD10 (November 1989 – 28 pp) – Stage 3/Uncle Meat and True Story video/books reviews; Beefheart and DiMartinos; FZ in Eastern Europe; World tour 1975/76; FZ bands 3; Zappa covers etc 5; Zapparap 7 – music; bootleg guide 8.
• TD11 (February 1990 – 28 pp) – first article on Zappa's unreleased tunes; new boots reviewed; FZ at Pro-Choice rally; Beefheart and Virgin; Zapparap 8 – critics; 1975 fall tour; FZ bands 4; FZ covers etc 6; synclavier stuff; more FZ books; bootleg guide 9.
• TD12 (April 1990 – 28 pp) – first colour cover (buff); Apostrophe/ONS/Ed Mann reviews; Broadway who's who; Conceptual Continuity; FZ covers etc 7; FZ bands 5; Beefheart final albums; Zapparap 9 – guitars; 1974 world tour; bootleg guide 10.
• TD13 (June 1990 – 28 pp) – end of David Wheeler's family tree; Joe's G / Thing-Fish / Zoot / Chunga / Weasels / JABFLA / Tinseltown / YAWYI / Fillmore East / Video from Hell reviews; Zapparap 10 – guitar playing; unreleased FZ 2; FZ bands 6; FZ covers etc 8; 1974 US tour; new bootlegs; Conlon Nancarrow; George Duke; bootleg guide 11.
• TD14 (August 1990 – 24 pP) – announcement of FZ's illness; Sheik/Varèse reviews; unreleased FZ 3; Beefheart and the Magic Band; 1973/74 US tour; FZ in East Germany; Stravinsky 1; FZ covers etc 9; Lenny Bruce; bootleg guide 12; spoof Stage ad what got us in trouble!
• TD15 (September 1990 – 28 pp) – bootleg/Beefheart reviews; 'Captain Beefheart vs the Grunt People'; unreleased FZ 4; Zapparap 11 – likes and dislikes; poll 2 results; 1973 world tour; FZ covers etc 10; Kurt Vonnegut!?; Stravinsky 2; FZ in Czechoslovakia; bootleg guide 13.
• TD16 (December 1990 – 28 pp) – Them or Us/Wazoo/Jazz from Hell/MOP/Ed Mann reviews; Beefheart and Personal; more Vonnegut; Kent Nagano interview; Varèse 1; FZ in Lyon; FZ covers etc 11; unreleased FZ 5; 1972 fall tour; Zapparap 12 – Serious influences.
• TD17 (March 1991 – 28 pp) – Supplement Tape/Bruce Fowler/Ike Willis/George Duke-Stan Clarke/Nancarrow reviews; FZ in panto; more new boots; Varèse part 2; Zappa covers etc 12; FZ in East Germany again; Swedish radio 1990 interview; 1972 Wazoo tour; Zapparap 12+1 – Dumb All Over; FZ in Lyon.
• TD18 (April 1991 – 28 pp) – Bolero/Best Band/Dweezil's Confessions reviews; Beefheart and Blues 1; FZ in France 1979; Ed Mann/Tommy Mars interview part 1 + live review 1991; 1971 World Tour; Zappsteetoot interview part 1.
• TD19 (May 1991 – 28 pp) – Dweezil live review; Beefheart and Blues 2; Zappa covers etc 13; Mann/Mars interview part 2; Zapparap 14 – You call that music?; Webern part 2; Zappsteetoot interview part 2; Zappa on video; 1970 tour; Flo and Eddie; Nicolas Slonimsky.
• TD20 (July 1991 – 28 pp) – Stage 4/Jazz Noise/Stravinsky reviews; New Zealand 1990 interview part 1; BBC Midweek interview; Freak Out assessed; Tommy Mars interview part 1.
• TD21 (September 1991 – 28 pp) – Tommy Mars part 2; more FZ in NZ; Webern (2); 'Torchum' Vol 2; FZ for President?; FZ and songs (2); more East German stuff
• TD22 (October 1991 – 28 pp) – 'Dirt/Tan/Faves/Beat Boots' reviewed; Nancarrow/Ives article; Preston/Black, Dweezil interviews; 1970 shows; 'Viva Zappa' & Soc Pages
• TD23 (December 1991 – 28 pp) – 3rd poll results; Zappa's Universe; 'BWS' (CD/ film), 'In NY' reviews; FZ's axes
• TD24 (March 1992 – 28 pp) – Roxy' review; Beetheart on video; JCBlack interview; 'Louie Louie'; Conceptual Continuity intro; 1968/9 gigs; 'Absolutely Free' re-assessed
• TD25 (June 1992 – 28 pp) – 'Perfect Stranger/Francesco/Amazing Bickford' reviews; Chad Wackerman interview; Brazil cover bands!; more JCB; 'Money'/1967 gigs; groupies
• TD26 (September (?) 1992 – 28 pp) – 7 pages reviews (inc 'BTB2'/Stage 5/6); 'Yellow Shark' press conf; FZ and Hollywood; xenocrony; William Burroughs; 'Lumpy Gravy'
• TD27 (October 1992 – 28 pp) – Fred buys computer; 'Yellow Shark' reports; Art Barrow chat; 'Playground Psychotics' review; 'Stage' readers reactions; Bozzio clinic
• TD28 (November 1992 – 24 pp) – interview special: Dweezil, Bunk and Don, Bozzio, Barrow, Mann; some Droodles; Bozzio artwork (?)
• TD29 (February 1993 – 28 pp) – 'Man from Utopia' review; Dweezil, JCB interviews; Charles Ives; Flo and Eddie; 'Uncle Meat; synclavier; early MOI shows
• TD30 (March 1993 – 28 pp) – 'Ahead of Time/hat' reviews; Mats Öberg chat; Zappa in comics; FZ on vinyl; Zappa's Universe; Roller Wilson review; 2000 Tour; 'Ruben'
• TD31 (June 1993 – 24 pp) – FZ and cancer; new CB vids; Motorhead, Billy James interviews; Jack and Jim shows; 'Shampoohorn/FZ In Own Words' reviews
• TD32 (August 1993 – 24 pp) – Sheik Yerbouti, Keneally interviews; Dweezil, Jack & Jim live; 'Mothermania/Hot Rats'; Den Simms autobiography
• TD33 (September 1993 – 28 pp) Muffin Men, Tom Cernotto interviews; Dr Fruno is back!; Grandmothers; 'Uncle Meat vid, Miles' book reviews; 'Burnt Weeny'
• TD34 (December 1993 – 24 pp) – FZ off on final tour; 'Shark/Zappa's Universe' reviews; Vai/Muffin Men live; Martin Lickert interview; 'Weasels'; 'Uncle Meat' vid (again)
• TD35 (January 1994 – 24 pp) – special obituary issue (sob) (the hardest TD of all to put together)
• TD36 (February 1994 – 28 pp) – Cuccurullo, Gail Z interviews; 4th poll results; interview discs; 'Zappa's Universe' vid review; 'Chunga's Revenge'
• TD37 (March 1994 – 24 pp) – 1970 FZ interview; old Mothers and current activities; '200 Motels' ; FZ on ex-muzos; silly Willis cartoon
• TD38 (May 1994 – 24 pp) – Watson book review; 1969 FZ interview (part 1); Grandmothers, Flo & Eddie live; Zappa plays Cage; 'Fillmore East', 'JABFLA' examined
• TD39 (July 1994 – 24 pp) – 1969 FZ interview (part 2); Ben Watson's bloody book; Waka/Jawaka'; FZ and Grandmothers
• TD40 (August 1994 – 28 pp) – Belew interview; start of tape-lists; brilliant Watson piss-take; FZ and the kids; 'The Grand Wazoo'
• TD41 (October (?) 1994 – 24 pp) – FZ and improvisation; Amougies 1969 & Holland 1970; Warren live; 'Over-Nite Sensation', 'Phaze III'; latest boots
• TD42 (January 1995 – 24 pp) – start of tape reviews; Santana interview; unplayed 1988 songs; 'Apostrophe'; lots of trivia/nonsense
• TD43 (March 1995 – 28 pp) – 'CP3' reviews; Zappa and RnR Hall of Fame; FZ & songs (3), live covers reviews; 'Roxy & Elsewhere'; Ryko rip-off?
• TD44 (June 1995 – 24 pp) – more Watson; Frank McZappa interview; FZ and 'The Tempest'; 'One Size Fits All'; meeting FZ
• TD45 (September 1995 – 24 pp) – Utopia/Mainieri/Composers Ensemble live reviews; Ryko CD amendments; Ryko and the shops; tapelist part 6 and reviews part 4; 1995 poll results; Bongo Fury bounced fiercely; Landplage interview.
• TD46 (September 1995 – 24 pp) – Strictly Commercial/LSO 1&2/Omnibus/Meridian reviews; Beefheart latest news; Jimmy Page?; tapelist part 7 and reviews part 5; Zoot Allures zipped; Vai interview; FZ on the internet; Duckman.
• TD47 (December 1995 – 28 pp) – Simon Steensland/Wagga Jawaka live reviews; Ryko interview (Jill Christiansen); more Zoot; CP3 stuff; Zappa in New York/Läther; FZ songs (A-B); tapelist part 8 and reviews part 6; FZ and the lottery.
• TD48 (January 1996 – 28 pp) – Mistakes/Utopia live reviews; tapelist part 9 and reviews part 7; Zapparap and Old Masters; FZ songs (more Bs); Studio Tan sent tiddling; Ryko and the shops (again); Ryko promo CDs; loads of page-filling trivia.
• TD49 (March 1996 – 24 pp) – Mats-Morgan/Tom Lang/Chadbourne-Black reviews; Yellow Shark in London; FZ songs (C); FZ's (non) headstone; Sleep Dirt screwed down; FZ and Warners.
• TD50 (April 1996 – 36 pp) – Lost Episodes/Humor/Cuccurullo reviews; FZ in Sweden; Zappa band members' gigs; tapelist part 10 and reviews part 8; the real Bongo Fury and 205 Motels; Zappa Songs (D); Lost Episodes nonsense; Sheik Yerbouti shakes; full TD printing history (TD1-50); letters page (a rare event).
• TD51 (May 1996 – 24 pp) – Vai/Keneally reviews; 1975 tour; FZ and PCness; Zappa songs E-F; Cynthia Plastercaster; Grandmother Roland St.Germain interview part 1 'Orchestral Favorites'; FZ cartoon.
• TD52 (July 1996 – 28 pp) – Grandmother interview part 2; Zappa songs G-H; Robert Martin interview part 1; Johnny 'Guitar' Watson; 1976 tour; 'Joe's Garage Act 1' assessed; Zapparap about religion.
• TD53 (August 1996 – 28 pp) – FZ books, cover band reviews; Bobby Martin interview 2; 'Joe's Garage Acts 2 &3' annihilated; 1976 tour stuff again; Zappa songs H and I.
• TD54 (October 1996 – 28 pp) – Z/Vai reviews; Zappa songs J to K; 'Tinseltown Rebellion' treated; Ike Willis interviews; 1976-77 tour tracks and reviews.
• TD55 (November 1996 – 28 pp) – Muffins review; 'Läther'; Zapparap about 'Joe's Garage'; Bruce Fowler interview; more 1977 tour tracks and reviews; Zappa songs L; 'Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar' thrashed.
• TD56 (February 1997 – 28 pp) – FZ's Signature Guitar Compositions/books reviewed; 'Trance-Fusion' previewed (whatever happened to this?); Zappa songs M; Muffin Men on tour; YAWYI perused; 1977 tour tracks and reviews; Bruce Fowler interview 2.
• TD57 (March 1997 – 28 pp) – 'Have I Offended Someone?'/Belew reviews; 'Ship Arriving' examined; 1977/78 tour tracks and reviews; Michael Brecker interview; Zappa songs M to O; Bruce Fowler interview 3; The Lost Lost Episodes; Francesco Zappa skit.
• TD58 (May 1997 – 28 pp) – MAE/Vai with Keneally/Muffins reviews; 1978 tour tracks; Fulcanelli exposed; 'The Man from Utopia' indulged; Mike Keneally interview; more Lost Lost Episodes; Zappa songs N-Lite to P; The Simpsons; FZ in Michigan 1966!; lots of trivia and letters.
• TD59 (July 1997 – 28 pp) – 'Strictly Genteel'/G3/books reviewed; 1978 US tour tracks and reviews; David Gates on Beefheart; Zappa at the Proms (a disgrace); yet more Lost Lost Episodes; Steve Vai interviews (one with Keneally); Zappa songs P; FZ & the Bible in 'YAWYI'; promo CDs.
• TD60 (September 1997, in memoriam Conlon Nancarrow – 28 pp) – FZ at Proms/Muffins reviews; Mike Keneally interview; 1979 tour tracks and reviews; 'Baby Snakes' pic disc portrayed; 'Them or Us' (the book) summarised; David Walley interview part 1; Muffin Men in the UK; Zappa songs Q to R.
• TD61 (October 1997 – 24 pp) – '200 Motels' review; David Walley interview 2; Tommy Mars interview; LSO 1 and The Perfect Stranger peeled; 1979 Euro tour tracks.
• TD62 (January 1999, in memoriam Tom Cora – 28 pp) – The Mystery Disc/Keneally/Cuccurullo/JCB/Catholic Girls/Muffins etc reviews; Ed Mann interview; Zappa songs S (part 1); 1979 Euro tour tracks, reviews; even more Lost Lost Episodes.
• TD63 (March 2000; double issue with TD64 below – 28 pp) – Vai/Beefheart/books reviews; great Zappa poem; 1980 US tour tracks; Zappa songs S part 2; 'The Ark' date; Albert Wing interview.
• TD64 (March 2000; double issue with TD63 above – 24 pp) – 'Everything Is Healing Nicely'/Grow Fins/Vai/Thana Harris book reviews; Tom Fowler interviews; Zappa songs S part 3; 'The Mystery Tape' (Money 1967); 1980 US tour tracks; 'The World's Greatest Sinner' assessed.