"200 Motels" is the most complete, satisfying realization of Frank Zappa's music to date. It reveals the full thrust of his strange, brilliant mind in all its bizarre magnificance. It's excessive and surely boring once in awhile. Nonetheless, it contains some of the most sophisticated and entertaining rock music produced over the past few years. (read more)

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After all is said and done, it's Frank's movie.'' It's hard for be to be objective about this film; one of my most nurtured vices has been a love of Zappa and the Mothers, and this vice has weathered much, including several friends' snide comments. (read more)

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When someone like Frank Zappa comes to Normal, Illinois, it's quite an event. And, when the living legend himself appeared onstage in the Auditorium last Wednesday night, Normal was gratified. While Zappa didn't get the kind of reaction a man of his musical stature deserves, it was obvious that it was worth any effort anybody made to see him. Whether or not is was worth Zappa's effort was debatable. (read more)

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Frank Zappa not only is one of the best guitarists in America, he is also one of the most bizarre lyricists in the music industry. In Tuesday night's concert in the Union-Auditorium, he demonstrated how unpredictable he could be by presenting a surprisingly laid-back performance. (read more)

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Popular music, much like radio, newspaper and television is mass media. The concert stage acts as a platform for the performer to expound on anything ; from sex to religion, as well as individual musical expertise. These public displays are clearly signs of the times. (read more)

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Friday night at 8 p.m., the University of Illinois' Assembly Hall grew quiet. There were painted faces and strange clothes spotting the audience of about 8,000. Then a band walked onto the stage, highlighted by a strange man that many have come to know as a true professional, an artist in his own right ... Frank Zappa. (read more)

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Frank Zappa: Even the name implies something bizarre and unpredictable. To see him as 3,500 cheering fans here did is to know that the name is no mistake. (read more)

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It looked like it could be a crazy time, the kind of experience people who would go to see Frank Zappa would expect. Zappa came out on stage to start the first show at the Union Auditorium Friday and asked for any girls in the audience who were willing to throw their bras and underwear up to him because, he said, he wanted to make a quilt out of them. (read more)

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