Lust For Life
2011 March
No. 8
Fanatieke monnik met dubbele moraal
(Fanatical monk with double standards)
By Edwin Ammerlaan, pp 50-55
Frank Zappa. The Torture Never Stops DVD
By Edwin Ammerlaan, p 96
Automatic translation: He would have turned seventy
last December. Frank Zappa, groundbreaking and controversial
in music, still appeals to the imagination. Yet the person behind
the artist remains shrouded in mystery, because as fierce as
he was in expressing his political and artistic vision, Zappa
was just as reserved in talking about his private life. Lust
For Life put the few puzzle pieces together and discovered an
image of a lonely genius who kept his emotions to himself. Because
he couldn't do otherwise.
Source: slime.oofytv.set
Automatic translation: Frank Zappa was an extraordinarily
prolific musician. We will be reminded of this in the second
half of this year when the most important part of his oeuvre
is re-released: no less than sixty CDs in six months. The campaign
is led by widow Gail Zappa, who is both admired and hated by
the Zappa adepts. "The integrity of his work is the only thing
that matters to me."
Source: slime.oofytv.set
Automatic translation: You Can't Do That
On Stage Anymore is the title of a series of live albums
by Frank Zappa that perfectly sums up how fantastic his concerts
were. Unfortunately, you can also take those seven words literally,
because the genius moustache has not been alive for almost 24
years. However, his son Dweezil and Zappa alumnus Robert Martin
continued to play Frank's music with their separate projects.
Lust For Life presents tour memories from two different
perspectives: the little boy who watched his father perform
from the side of the stage and the band member who once took
a huge risk by raising his middle finger to the master during
a show.
Source: issuu.com
2021 March
No. 108
Van muzikant tot cultureel
activist
(From musician to cultural activist)
By Chris van Oostrom, pp 44-46
Automatic translation: Musical genius, razor-sharp satirist, incorrigible vinegar pisser, thorn in the side of everything repressive and conservative – Frank Zappa remained a controversial personality until his death in 1993. Alex Winter, better known as an actor from his Excellent Adventures with buddy Keanu Reeves, made a fascinating documentary about the phenomenon. A conversation with the director about an artist in whom the buffoon was sometimes at odds with the serious composer.
Automatic
translation: Frank Zappa & The Mothers' 1971 European tour
seemed to be cursed. It took the American musician almost a
year to recover somewhat from injuries he sustained during a
concert in London, but it could have been much worse. On the
occasion of the recently released box The Mothers 1971, a
look back at a disastrous December.
2024 July/August
No. 142
70 essentiële albums van de jaren
70 (70 Essential Albums of the 70s)
pp 16-29
p 26 Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Acts I, II &
III
Automatic translation: Everything that made Frank Zappa such
a disruptive artist comes together in the triptych Joe's
Garage, which was originally released in two parts. It
is designed as a rock opera with the narrative computer voice
of the "Central Scrutinizer" as a connecting factor. With a
colorful procession of musical styles as a backdrop, Zappa takes
us along familiar themes such as religion, freedom of speech
and sex. [Robert Haagsma]
Automatic translation: If a fiftieth anniversary
of one album in the colossal Zappa oeuvre gives reason to pay
extensive attention to the moustachioed genius, it is that of
Apostrophe (') His best-selling record will
soon be released as a Super Deluxe Edition. Lust For Life
spoke to several people involved (son Ahmet Zappa, vaultmeister
Joe Travers, technician Sherman Barry Keene, artist Calvin Schenkel)
about the versatile musician and composer: "His words
are more relevant than ever".
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