David Walley has become unstuck in time. In 1972 he wrote an informative if somewhat starstruck treatise on Frank Zappa entitled No Commercial Potential. The book was dedicated to Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and was written in the same freewheeling style as Slaughterhouse Five. Walley has recently updated his early biography, focusing on the more current output of Zappa and his changing musical directions. Ironically, his main criticism is that Zappa has sold out. This is quite different from the implications of his earlier work, and a bit hypocritical considering his refusal to add new info rmation to his dated chapters. (read more)