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Primer *mi carucha*
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(Chevy'39)
From: David Thomas <david@parsifal.micro.ti.com>
  Primer: To apply primer paint, a dull gray undercoat applied before painting an automobile. "Primer" derives from the verb "to prime" (meaning to prepare) the surface prior to painting. Young men with little money often applied primer to prevent rust on used automobiles, while saving enough money to buy the paint to finish the job. Eventually, "primer gray" became a style itself within the Chicano subculture.
  mi carucha: Spanish. Literally, "my carriage". "My car" of course.
  Chevy '39: A 1939 Chevrolet. A favorite model for modification by "hot rod" enthusiasts of the 1950's. Chevrolets were particularly favored by Mexican-American youth.
From: Charles Ulrich <culrich@pomona.edu>
  "My car". Carrucha (correctly spelled with two Rs) means 'pulley' in standard Spanish, but 'car' in Chicano slang.
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  "four gallons of primer" mentioned in Ruben Sano's car story on the back cover of Ruben album.
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Going to El Monte Legion Stadium
From: David Thomas <david@parsifal.micro.ti.com>
  Probably not to any organized sporting event. More likely to hang out with other young automobile enthusiasts in the empty parking lot.
From: Charles Ulrich <culrich@pomona.edu>
  It's nowhere now, but it used to be in El Monte, California, east of Los Angeles. Frank Zappa and Ray Collins wrote a song called "Memories of El Monte", which reminisces about the dances that were held there.
  It was recorded by the Penguins (of "Earth Angel" fame) in 1963. I don't know when they tore down the stadium, but the song certainly suggests that the dances were no longer being held as of 1963. A photograph of one of these dances shows that they were racially integrated, with blacks, whites, and hispanics plainly visible in the crowd.
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From: jgeluk@inter.nl.net (Jos Geluk)
  On the bootleg 'No commercial potential' Zappa says 'Welcome to El Monte Legion Stadium'. Was he actually performing there at that moment or was it just a form of conceptual continuity?
from alt.fan.frank-zappa FAQ (8/12) Bootlegs info - Part 1
currently maintained by sweet@skat.usc.edu (Rob Sweet)
version 2.2 (last change 7-4-94)
  KNOWN BOOTLEGS 1969:
"Poot Face Boogie" (1) - Live and studio 68-69.

"Vitamin Deficiency" - rerelease of "Poot Face Boogie"
(and "Safe Muffinz", see 1971)

"No Commercial Potential" - rerelease of "Poot Face Boogie"
(and "Safe Muffinz", see 1971)

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Safe Muffinz (partial)

Date: mid-1971

Loc: El Monte Legion Stadium

Length: ~45 min

Catalog: takrl 1929

X-Ref: Zappalog #212
  Musicians: FZ, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Don Preston, Aynsley Dunbar, Jim Pons, Ian Underwood
1. Call Any Vegetable
2. The Air
3. Dog Breath

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  And for more El Monte clues check out evergreen Zappa-Collins doo-wop hit Memories Of El Monte.
From: Vladimir Sovetov <sova@kpbank.ru>
  Pamela Zarubica (Suzy C.) recalls in her unpulbished memoires Zappa's appartment of pre-Freak Out! era.
  "It was thick with dust, old posters about El Monte Legion Stadium Dances, music sheets, and records"
  Also somewhere in his Mother! book Michael Grey mentioned that the El Monte Legion Stadium was place for reqular r'n'b group perfomances back in fifties.
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Pick up on my *weesa* ( she is so divine)
From: David Thomas <david@parsifal.micro.ti.com>
  Diminutive for "Louisa".
From: Charles Ulrich <culrich@pomona.edu>
  Huiza (pronounced weesa) is Chicano slang for 'girl'.
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Helps me stealing hub caps
From: fnord@panix.com (Cliff Heller)
  Hub cabs cover the center of a car wheel. You must pop them off in order to undo the bolts and change the tire. The end of the axle is called the "hub" so "hub cap" is really a self-explanatory term.
  During the 60's and 70's, these were very fancy - ornate with much chrome and they were often stolen. You used to hear talk about stealing hub caps a lot back then. These days, I guess they are more mundane and you don't hear about them being stolen as much.
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Wasted all the time
Fuzzy Dice
From: David Thomas <david@parsifal.micro.ti.com>
  (Heh-heh. We're getting deep into Mexican-American culture here, aren't we?). A pair of oversized dice (as in gambling) made of a hairy fabric, tied together with a short string and usually suspended from the interior rear-view mirror as a good luck token. These are for appearance only, and never actually used for anything.
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My ship of love is
Ready to attack
  Most probably reference to Nutmegs doo-wop classic Ship Of Love
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Won't you please hear my plea
  'Hear my plea', and 'please, hear my plea' is no doubts another reference to doo-wop lyrics standard.
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  Check out Cheap Thrills. CRUSING WITH RUBEN & THE JETSA
  Also
  Electric Aunt Jemima. UNCLE MEAT
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