Frank Zappa turns 70

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Bogey

December 21, 2010, 09:10:17 AM
I am not a big fan, but appreciation for his positive contribution to music has nothing to do with my preferences.  So, Happy 70th, Frank Vincent!
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

karlhenning

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December 21, 2010, 11:45:48 AM
One more soup for the world!

Szykneij

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December 21, 2010, 11:49:25 AM
I can't believe he's been gone for 17 years! (I guess technically he remains forever 52.)  Happy birthday from me, too, Frank!
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

MN Dave

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December 21, 2010, 12:32:35 PM
Birthdays for dead dudes make no sense to me.   ???

karlhenning

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December 21, 2010, 12:37:31 PM
Dave, what's the ugliest part of your celestial body? ...

MN Dave

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December 21, 2010, 12:38:57 PM
You think it's my mind?  >:(

Bogey

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December 21, 2010, 12:53:18 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 21, 2010, 12:32:35 PM
Birthdays for dead dudes make no sense to me.   ???

Ah, man, just when I was about to start a "living in Oregon" take.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Brian

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December 21, 2010, 12:59:53 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 21, 2010, 12:32:35 PM
Birthdays for dead dudes make no sense to me.   ???

But Zdenek Fibich turns 160 today! He hasn't brushed his teeth in a while.

The new erato

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December 22, 2010, 12:35:03 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on December 21, 2010, 12:38:57 PM
You think it's my mind?  >:(
No, we think you are a "victim of forces beyond your control".

jowcol

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December 22, 2010, 02:44:09 AM
Quote from: erato on December 22, 2010, 12:35:03 AM
No, we think you are a "victim of forces beyond your control".

If he were with us, I'd gift him with some Zircon encrusted Tweezers.
"If it sounds good, it is good."
Duke Ellington

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#10
December 22, 2010, 03:00:43 AM
Then he would look mighty grand!

karlhenning

#11
December 22, 2010, 03:01:13 AM
... in a little white box that he can sell uptown.

karlhenning

#12
December 22, 2010, 03:02:47 AM
There is no Hell; there is only France.

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#13
December 22, 2010, 03:03:46 AM
Saw them do this stuff live i 73 with the great band featuring the Underwoods, Billy Preston, Bruce Fowler and Aynsley Dunbar (IIRC) among other assorted freaks. Nothing freakish about he bands playing though, one of the mightiest concerts I've ever been to.

karlhenning

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December 22, 2010, 03:07:46 AM
No, he had (within his arsenal of talents) a talent for getting even freaks up to their A game.

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#15
December 22, 2010, 03:12:03 AM
Been to a multitude of great classical concerts since (this was right along with my growing interest in classical music); if there was one concert I wish I could relive though, it's this one.

karlhenning

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December 22, 2010, 07:02:25 AM
Quote from: James on December 21, 2010, 01:50:14 PM
Picked this 70th anniversary MOJO commemorative up at the local bookshop few days back .. very cool if you're an admirer!



I never buy magazines. But I just fetched this at the local Borders.

MN Dave

#17
December 22, 2010, 07:03:33 AM
MOJO is one of the only cool music mags.

MN Dave

#18
December 26, 2010, 04:33:15 PM
Now I have it too.  ;D

karlhenning

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December 31, 2010, 12:46:41 PM
See you next time around, O Soaring Tortoise!
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