[...] But as his turgid orchestral pieces attest, Zappa was to classical music what Prince Charles is to impressionist painting. (read more)
The Sacred Cows column was a popular column in Uncut around the turn of the Millennium, dismantling the reputations of artistes and artefacts hitherto regarded to have been above criticism. David Stubbs was The Reaper.

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Album sets Threesome No. 1 and Threesome No. 2 ad. 

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Review of album sets Threesome No. 1 and Threesome No. 2  

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Short review of these two albums.

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Review of the book Dangerous Kitchen by Kevin Courrier.

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A Grandmothers Night at the Gewandhaus ad.

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"Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny" albums ad.

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#6 Freak Out! The Mothers Of Invention

A statement of freedom from Frank Zappa, LA's ringmaster of satirical mischief, Freak Out! brings West Coast Dadaism to bear on the exploding plasticity of '60s counterculture. Trashing the LA scene, Zappa guides us through mondo Sunset Strip, while dipping into his treasured doo-wop ("Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder") and chronicling the city's 1965 Watts riots ("Trouble Every Day") en passant. (BH)

Apostrophe and Over-Nite Sensation DVD ad.

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20 Best Music DVDs of 2009 list contains In The 1960s by Frank Zappa and the MOI.

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John Cale included Thing-Fish as "The Record That Made Me Hate Frank Zappa".

I have a healthy resentment for him. He had a great, acid sense of humour, but this guy, with all his technique and ability, never did anything that made me love music. I think he trained himself in his expertise to spite his parents: he had contempt for the rock music he played. And self-contempt. Fear, loathing and self-hatred. Thing-Fish just postured at nihilism.

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The feature article is on albums out of print, not officially available as a new CD or as a legal download. 

On page 23 is Herb Cohen obituary.

Album reviews compiled from interviews with different musicians:
   Freak Out! - Ray Collins
   Hot Rats - Ian Underwood
   We're Only In It For The Money - Ian Underwood, Don Preston
   Chunga's Revenge - Ian Underwood, George Duke
   Waka/Jawaka - George Duke
   Apostrophe (') - Napoleon Murphy Brock
   One Size Fits All - Napoleon Murphy Brock
   Bongo Fury - George Duke
   Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch - Scott Thunes

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This is the cover story in this issue, where Paul Weller blind date reviews songs.

Frank Zappa "Peaches En Regalia"
(Immediately) "This is Keith West, from that album that's got 'Excerpt From A Teenage Opera' on it. You know, the 'Grocer Jack' tune. The producer's name is Mark Wirtz. They did a whole album in the '60s that they never properly finished, but the RPM label put it out years ago." (Simon Dine briefly enters the room: "Ah, Frank Zappa'") "Was it the RPM label that put it out, Simon? (Surprised) This is Frank Zappa? Really? I don't know his music at all. I've only seen him on TV documentaries. (Listens attentively) This is mental. It's got some jazz in it, but it's quite 'arranged', isn't it? They're definitely not jamming. No, this is wicked. It's got a bit of prog-rock in the chord pregressions, but I really like it because you can't place what it is. Really good!"

"Our tribute to rock's wild genius: a full obituary; John 'Drumbo' French recalls his mentor and a classic interview from '73." 

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"Forty-five years on from Beefheart's debut, Safe As Milk, Uncut rounds up Magic Band survivors to remember a man who 'used human beings like machines, without much conscience'..." 

As was expected the highest ratings (9 out of 10) got Freak Out! and Hot Rats.  

To this review is added an interview with Don Preston (p 91). 

Next to the review is also a short interview with Zappa Records' vaultmeister Joe Travers.

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This article on Lowell George contains several Zappa references and nice short story "Who was Neon Park?" on page 46.

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The article includes interview with Art Tripp.

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Article on Tim Buckley contains "The Story Of Discreet Records".

"An Audience With Ringo Starr" - interview by Michael Bonner is on pp 14-18.

This autumn sees the opening of two major Van Vliet exhibitions by the Michael Werner Gallery – only the second and third since his death in December 2010. Both feature work that lays bare his growing disenchantment with human kind.

Body Shop is at the Michael Werner Gallery in London, September 30 to December 5; Don Van Vliet: Beatle Bones N’ Smokin Stones is at Michael Werner Kunsthande in Cologne, September 5 until October 24.

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This list contains:

• Trout Mask Replica, #11, p 81
• Lumpy Gravy, #24, p 79
• An Evening With Wild Man Fischer, #86, p 70

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Roy Orbison and Frank Zappa are the latest stars to be resurrected in hologram form. Divisive and “demonic", or simply the new normal?

30 radical albums that continued the fight. #2 Mothers Of Invention: We're Only In It For The Money.