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Monday, September 11, 2006

Is There a Prophet in the House?


Frank Zappa was many things to many people: scatological iconoclast, iconological catologuist, ecclesiastical catholocist, sociological satirist, composer/guitarist etc. Little did I know that Prophet could be added to that list until I came across this clip on YouTube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ce5JG978QV0
This was 20 years ago. Zappa is long dead and some of those pundits are alive and well and still as inane. At around the 10 minute mark of this clip you'll hear some insight and prescience that is quite startling but stick around for the rest....great stuff.
If you want more on pundit James Lofton try this astounding clip: http://youtube.com/watch?v=JIXdxWX8ujY and if you want to see some cool Zappa music check out this clip from 1968: http://youtube.com/watch?v=g3gqee7dhcU (funny intro, great groove and even a bit of Varese thrown in around the 3:45 mark) It's a fine clip but I couldn't help thinking "More tambourine!!"
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