Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Doc doesn't quite capture the spirit of the brilliant iconoclast

"...Trying to communicate the essence of musician Frank Zappa and his body of work in words is..."

July 15, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Absolutely Frank

Ryko Reissues Zappa

"...a number of others were more deeply affected by Frank Zappa's death in 1993 than I was. It's not..."

July 28, 1995 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

10 Minutes with Dweezil Zappa

Guitar scion frees fans and musicians alike from their boxes

"...Zappa Plays Zappa hits Emo’s tonight with eldest son Dweezil..."

May 1, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Zappa Still Lives

"...all, now I read where Louis Black is a Zappa fan, if not a true Zappa aficionado ["Page Two,"..."

Feb. 8, 2007 Postmarks

Good Night Austin, Texas, Wherever You Are

Dweezil Zappa returns some ‘Bongo Fury’ to Austin, this time at Stubb's.

"...First a little personal history to put Thursday night’s Zappa Plays Zappa performance at Stubb’s into perspective. The first..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Howard Kaylan: Coming Out of His Shell

Two Turtles scurry back to Austin

"...My Life with The Turtles, Flo & Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc., reads as a rarity amongst rock autobiographies:..."

June 6, 2013 Music Post by Scott Schinder

Destination Unknown

"...a cascade of familiar words -- names such as Frank Zappa, Mick Jagger, Jeff Beck, and Stevie Ray Vaughan...."

Nov. 13, 1998 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Page Two: The Stravinsky Theory

The healing power of prescience, set on "repeat"

"...– "Trouble Every Day," Frank Zappa..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Reissues

"...of El Monte" were a response to such fragmentation. Frank Zappa co-wrote the latter and struck a genuine combination..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Rock, They Wrote

Writing From Both Sides of the Musical Fence

"...the grooves of records by Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye, Bruce Springsteen, and Little Richard. Seven..."

June 21, 1996 Books Feature

Off the Record

Reviewing the three-ring circus of Fun Fun Fun Fest and flashing back to the Armadillo World Headquarters with Dweezil Zappa

"...In May 1975, Frank Zappa recorded a two-night stand at Austin's Armadillo World..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Frank Zappa

DVDnds

"...Frank ZappaDoes Humor Belong in Music? (Virgin/EMI) There's little doubt..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Music Review by Greg Beets

Freak Out!: My Life With Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa's secretary made excellent use of her notepad

"...Freak Out!: My Life With Frank Zappaby Pauline Butcher Plexus, 320 pp., $19.95 (paper)..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Rock & Roll Books

Picks & Sleepers

"...Zappa: A Biographyby Barry Miles..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Dancing About Architecture

Fastball: The Band That Saved Hollywood?

"..."It's not official official," contends Watermelon Records' Eric Zappa, but he doesn't deny the signing of the Damnations..."

May 1, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Page Two: "Trouble Comin' Every Day"

And too many couldn't be happier about it

"...– "Trouble Comin' Every Day," Frank Zappa..."

May 5, 2017 Column by Louis Black

When the Clock Strikes 12

Bill Haley died for rock & roll – in Harlingen

"...of teens bored with their parents' Benny Goodman and Frank Sinatra records...."

May 16, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Shell Shocked: My Life with the Turtles, Flo & Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc.

Howard Kaylan comes out of his shell

"...My Life With the Turtles, Flo & Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc.by Howard Kaylan with Jeff Tamarkin Backbeat Books,..."

June 21, 2013 Music Feature by Scott Schinder

I Live My Broken Dreams

This year's rock docs examine the 'outsider myth' and more among the likes of Daniel Johnston, Townes Van Zandt, and Wild Man Fischer

"...Fischer. Fischer's brief moment of cult fame came when Frank Zappa heard him singing on the street for change..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"..."Lo and behold, there was none other than Mr. Frank Zappa himself looking down from the stage, intoning a..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Say Anything

Eric Bogosian Comes Clean

"...Blood on the Canvas. How was it working with Frank Zappa?..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Arts Feature

Jim Caligiuri Exit Interview

Ten minutes, 20 questions, and 20-plus years of Americana chronicles

"...JC: This is good. I saw Frank Zappa, Col. Bruce Hampton, and Head Hands & Feet..."

April 13, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Dog Years

Austin's version of the Band – the Gourds – steps into those brown shoes almost literally with Old Mad Joy

"..."Brown shoes don't make it," claimed Frank Zappa, but he didn't live to meet the Gourds...."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

James White goes on location at the Broken Spoke, Marky Ramone defends his namesake and Phil Spector's innocence, and the Summer Wardrobe gives Roky Erickson a makeover

"...The Frank Erwin Center, which tore its first ticket Nov. 29,..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Page Two

The price of Republican domination and the pleasures of repeated listening

"...On Music: As noted last week, I'm listening to Frank Zappa's "Trouble Every Day" on the Mothers' maiden album,..."

May 20, 2005 Column by Louis Black

puh-LOB-o-liss!

How a handful of Dartmouth College stoners started a revolution in modern dance.

"...public performance, a surprise 15-minute opening gig before a Frank Zappa show at UMass-Amherst...."

March 2, 2001 Arts Feature by John Job

Dancing About Architecture

"...Timing out well with Rykodisc's reissuing of the entire Frank Zappa catalogue, a whopping 53 albums, locally based Muffin..."

July 14, 1995 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Rudy Schwartz Project Tied Up in Knotts

"...home, rivaled only in number by the images of Frank Zappa that line the walls. It's a frightening thought,..."

June 16, 1995 Music Feature

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

Quirk rock, turntable antics, local pop, and more to keep you busy

"...rockers All Them Witches open. – Michael Toland Dweezil Zappa..."

May 10, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Dancing About Architecture

Arista out of Austin?

"...if it'll sell any records," says Watermelon Records' Eric Zappa, "but these sort of things raise a band's profile."..."

April 17, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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