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Vintage Books, New York
1969
ISBN: No
Pages: 388
Language: English Category: Add
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#1) FZ Interview, by Frank Kofski. (1967) I think it is one of the earliest interview with Frank, which has very interesting discussion with the slightly-Marxist interviewer Mr. Kofski (I don't know the correct spelling of him). This interview took place in 1967 (the Garric theater era), just after Absolutely Free was released. #2) 'My brother is an Italian Mother' by Carl R. Zappa. (1968) Short essay about his relationship with his brother Frank. The content is almost his visiting to the infamous Log Cabin, where Frank chose to live after coming back from N.Y. The Japanese translation of this book includes these two items, but I heard a rumor that the original American edition has one more FZ interview. Subject: Re: Carl Zappa: My Brother is an Italian Mother Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 05:24:00 GMT Not Carl, but C. Robert (Bobby)- Frank's other brother. I think it was Life Magazine. My Brother Is an Italian Mother By C. R. Zappa See My Brother Was a Mother. A Zappa Family Album It is 1 A.M. on a Friday night and the Mothers of Invention are recording part of the soundtrack for their forthcoming movie. Ian is playing the harpsichord and Bunk is playing the flute. They huddle together in a cluster of microphones, Bunk leaning over Ian's shoulder to read the music propped up on the harpsichord stand. Bunk wears a goatee and a matching moustache, and his long thick hair is gray (in the studio light it looks like a powdered wig). Resembling a figure in an old etching, he bends closer to Ian, his flute poised, and Ian straightens his back and places his fingers on the harpsichord keys. Poised like musicians at a 19th century musicale, they wait for a signal to begin. One feels they are waiting to play a Mozart sonata. Inside the control booth, Frank Zappa, wearing a T-shirt bearing the legend "Herzl Camp, Garner, Wisconsin," is fiddling with knobs on the control board. "You're going to have to do the parody notes a little more staccato, Ian," he says through the intercom. "You want a little bebop vibrato on that too?" calls Ian. "Yeah, a little bebop a go go," says Frank. Dick Cunk, the engineer, flips the "record" switch. "Okay, for fame and stardom," says Frank. "You ready?" Ian and Bunk begin to play a series of dissonant, rhythmic, oddly beautiful chords. The people in the control booth listen intently. "This is going to be a nice soundtrack," someone says. Frank Zappa is bent over a music sheet, writing out the next piece... |
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