On eventually entering Zappa's room at London's Dorchester Hotel, I noticed that the previous interviewer had just finished, and was embarking on what is often the more interesting part of an interview: when you turn the cassette player off. He was asking Frank if he enjoyed interviews, to which the reply came that he loved them, and then he said, rather more interestingly, that he always tried to slant answers to the needs of the particular publication or radio station or whatever involved. Good news, I thought. (read more)

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"I didn't have any experience as far as being a producer from the real world, I knew that working on the equipment I had in my place in Cucamonga, I could get the job done. I always thought, 'maybe there's a better way. Maybe these guys from the real world – they're all-pro and they know what's happening. They know all about session musicians and all that stuff so maybe we could get a good sound.' I found out that was wrong, totally wrong. The main difference between a regular recording studio and what I had was that some of the things in my studio were better."  (read more)

What they said from '75 to '85 - and what they said at the birthday party.

page 16. Frank Zappa, March 1977: "I have 27 different effects. They're in a specially-built thing that looks a little like the GPO."

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For a man who called his home 24-track studio The Utility Muffin Research Kitchen and his two kids Moon Unit and Dweezil, Frank Zappa's a very serious man. (read more)

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Article about October’s Sixth Annual New Music Seminar hold at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.

[...] The Campaign for a labelling and censorship system for Rock and Roll records (similar in concept to the censoring already used in the film world) currently being waged by the Parent Music Resource Centre (PMRC) has already made for such hilarity in televised debates over the issue. Frank Zappa, who by and large has cementrated on a poised and witty approach, suggested to a certain US senator’s wife that her husband made a habit of jerking off, whilst W.A.S.P's Blackie Lawless asserted in no uncertain terms his perogative to write songs about bondage, cannibalism and rape.

At the seminar, Zappa, who has emerged as a spokesman on the issue, outlined his strategy for combating the anti-explicit lyrics campaign, and warned the public with the words ‘Don’t bend over for the wives.’ [...]

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