Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Zappa Plays, Well, Nothing

Mostly because he’s still dead after 14 years. But we don’t hold that against him.

The world at large lost Frank Zappa on this day 14 years ago — one less genius on this Earf. Zappa influenced many of the bands that ultimately spawned this website, and he remains the only musician to sit on the CNN Crossfire set and absolutely school a couple of bozo deluxes on the First Amendment issue. We could probably go on for thousands of words about the level of musicianship and humor on Hot Rats and Joe’s Garage and Roxy & Elsewhere, but instead we’ll let the moving images and sounds from this wicked Peaches en Regalia do the talking.

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• Be-Bop Tango Part I from Sweden in 1974 (and here’s Part II)
• Frank Zappa on Arsenio Hall? Say it ain’t so! This, from 1989