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Joe's Garage Anniversary Project
Add Water, Makes Its Own Sauce

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Trendmonger's Moment Of Clarity

FZ "Read It And Weep"
April 17,1981

Frank Zappa left the ZFT in Control of his Vaults and Artistic rights.
We the fans are not in control. We have a choice to use our eyes and ears or read it and weep.

And rightly so - gimme 3 discs of 1979 Guitar Structuralism

I say...NO MORE umpteenth anniversary editions untill finally coughing up the ruby known as THE (ORIGINAL) ROXY DVD...it has been decades since it has been first hinted !!!

Instead we get The Substitute Roxy Dvd According To Dweezil...what's up with that ???

(cue for Jizzmonger's launch into diatribe about how we need said Umpteenth Anniversary Editions in order for securing enough funds so that the Original Roxy DVD may finally be transfered/synchronised/digitally cleaned up and released and that Gail knows what's best and Dweezil is the second coming of Frank...)

Ahhh fuck it, what am i saying ???
Overdose all of us on those Anniversary Editions, because The Roxy DVD is bound to be a huge dissapointment anyway

Warning: this post may contain minor traces of sarcasm

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Alan Thicke: ''Now Frank, for those of us who have seen you as some kind of guru over the years, that's a kind of nihilistic assesment of music. Where's the hope ?''
Frank Zappa: ''Well, there isn't any...''

Well, see, that is in the works, and that one is kinda on the back burner due to budget considerations. We're not sure there's enough there for that one, the master isn't the greatest. And, well, the Synclaiver has been out of fashion for a decade, at least. But we're working on it.

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You gotta give the people something good to read, on a Sunday

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Trendmonger's Moment Of Clarity

FZ "Read It And Weep"
April 17,1981

Frank Zappa left the ZFT in Control of his Vaults and Artistic rights.
We the fans are not in control. We have a choice to use our eyes and ears or read it and weep.

If you or anyone still has a problem comprehending the work in progress
I suggest they get in touch with Zack Glickman.
He would probably tell you to watch the Roxy Promo and Weep.
What positive could come by complaining until one gets an ulcer
or gets depressed because that video is not playing on their 65" HDTV.

Need I once again remind you Frank Zappa announced Uncle Meat The Movie
was "coming soon" March 1969.
Frank Zappa Presented/Released Uncle Meat The Mothers Of Invention Movie 18 years later in 1987.
Frank Zappa showed us Coming Soon could very well mean 18 years.
Here is that reminder.

March 1969 "Uncle Meat The Mothers Movie - Coming Soon Promo"

Joe Travers and Dweezil Zappa have stated enough regarding the Roxy DVD project
but if that was not enough Zack Glickman, you know the guy on stage with the mustache and royal imperial
, back in December of 1973 on stage at The Roxy he told us they would be ready when they are ready.

Hey I am not advocating dark water
so here are some distraughtening clues
that the pigs and ponies don't even know about.
Add 18 Years to the ROXY Video PROMO.
Add 18 Years to the Mothermania ODD.

Or you can put a motor in yourself.
Disregard any of the above clues that could cause you torment in the place
where the guy with the horn and pointed stick
conducts his business so you can enjoy life
living by Zack Glickman's motto
It will be ready when it's ready.

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Trendmonger's Moment Of Clarity

FZ "Read It And Weep"
April 17,1981

Frank Zappa left the ZFT in Control of his Vaults and Artistic rights.
We the fans are not in control. We have a choice to use our eyes and ears or read it and weep.

The Roxy DVD will never be ready, and ultimately, who gives a fuck anyway?

I would much rather have Dance Me This, Rage & Fury, Resolver & Brutality, etc.

BTW, FZ needn't have bothered completing Uncle Meat: The Movie. That was painful to watch, and boring too.

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Good writing is clear writing.

I have to agree that Uncle Meat: The Movie was one of Frank's most unnecessary projects.

Frank Zappa certainly though enough of that project
to complete it while leaving Roxy sitting on the shelf.
Certainly from a financial stanpoint alone
One Hundred And Twenty Eight Thousand Dollars
way back when was enough invested to move forward.

Maybe some people have a hard time with the overall connecting the dots
of what was produced in the 60s and then what was produced in the 80s
but I'd say as far as the project as a hole that it was completely necessary.

FZ on Sounds (Australian TV, 1983)
I'm finishing a movie that I started 14 years ago. (...)
This movie was begun before we did 200 Motels. (...)
I left it alone for a number of years because the material itself was tied up
on a lawsuit and it was locked up in a vault under the control of another person.
And when the lawsuit was resolved I got all the material back and decided I would finish it off.

UNCLE MEAT REVISED BUDGET

100 EDITING EQUIPMENT

101 1 moviola 650.00
102 1 double headed moviola 270.70
103 3 moviescope viewers 167.00
104 3 splicers 200.00
105 3 syncranizers 332.00
106 3 large trim bins 110.00
107 1 kem 6900.00
108 purchases: lamps, split reels, etc. 1800.00
subtotal 10429.70
contingency 300.00
total 10729.70


200 EDITING
201 editing salaries 8335.00
202 technical assistanc 1000.00
203 production salaries (Suz. & Phyliss) 7200.00
204 editing room rental 1535.00
205 payroll taxes 1712.00
total 19782.00


300 SOUND
301 transfer 5 hrs. sound from tape
master to 35 mag. master (include
mixdown from 12 to 4) 7100.00
302 transfer 5 hrs. mag. master(35) to 16mag. 400.00
303 mix-4 track stereo 8000.00
304 transfer sound effects 400.00
305 dubdown 908.00
306 transfer 35 mag. to 35 optical 609.00
contingencies 2000.00
19417.00


400 Sub CONTRACTED WORK

401 optical and titles 7500.00
402 optical stock process printing 3000.00
403 negative cutter 4000.00
404 projection time 500.00
total 15000.00

500 LABORATORY

501 workprinting & coding 20200.00
502 4180 ft. FAP 16 mmm. 800.00 ? 12,000 (8000)
total 21000.00


600 MUSIC RELEASES 7000.00

700 COST TO BLOW UP AN D FAP WITH STEREO

701 25 min.-2,500 double image 3000.00
702 30 min.-3,000 single image 3000.00
703 30 min.-3,000 original image 900.00
704 5 min.-500 ft. 16 mm. to 35 480.00
705 additional blow up 5000.00
706 mag. stripping 4 tracks 158.00
707 transfer 194.00
708 contingency 668.00
total 13400.00

800 SHOOTING FOOTAGE

801 original cost 16400.00 spent need (4700)
802 daily 990.00 2000 1000
total 17390.00

900 SHOOTING RENTAL

901 2-35 mm. rentals 920.00
902 sound 570.00
903 lights 510.00
total 2000.00

1000 SOUND TRANSFER (plane 2000.00
tickets)

1100 cameraman
1101 extra crew and actors 4000.00
Sherwood Preston (4000)
1200 stock footage 5000.00 500 500

1300 phone serv. and misc. 1239.00


UNCLE MEAT REVISED BUDGET RECAP

100 EDITING EQUIPMENT 10730.00
200 EDITING 19780.00
300 SOUND 19420.00
400 SUB CONTRACTED WORK 15000.00
500 LABORATORY 21000.00
600 MUSIC RELEASES 7000.00
700 COST TO BLOW UP AND FAP 13400.00
800 SHOOTING 17400.00
900 SHOOTING RENTALS 2000.00

1000 SOUND TRANSFERS 2000.00
1100 Cameraman, extra crew, actors 4000.00
1200 STOCK FOOTAGE 5000.00
1300 PHONE SERV. AND MISC. 1240.00

TOTAL $ 127960.00

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Trendmonger's Moment Of Clarity

FZ "Read It And Weep"
April 17,1981

Frank Zappa left the ZFT in Control of his Vaults and Artistic rights.
We the fans are not in control. We have a choice to use our eyes and ears or read it and weep.

"Watch it and weep"

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Stay with me flagrantly and we'll have ecstasy for all eternity.

whilst nodding off to sleep

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A Blanket in my Muesli. A Blanket in my what??

He's a CEO for Chrissakes!

I gotta admit. Uncle Meat the movie isn't a good movie. I also think 200 motels is a crock of shit.
However, I like Frank's use of film. I think he had some interesting ideas. I just don't think he was any good at telling a story through film compared to how good he was doing it in song.

Doot-doot.

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We make a special art in an environment hostile to dreamers. Frank Zappa, 1971

LMAO!!!

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Make your checks payable to QUENTIN ROBERT DeNAMELAND, Greatest Living Philostopher Known to Mankind.

Agreed!

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"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible"- Frank Zappa

What are you people on about?

(This is what happens when we're forsaken by admin)

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The way I see it Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.