Happy Zappadan everyone! The ZappaCast team presents out Zappadan 2013 special, celebrating the 73rd birthday of Frank Zappa, and paying tribute to the Composer on the 20th anniversary of his departure for his final tour. In this four-hour marathon blockbuster, many musical delights await you…and your fave rave ZappaCasters link the music together via some […]
Another VERY SPECIAL ZappaCast…we salute the late, great George Duke!! The crux of the biscuit here is Professor Ekers’ 2012 conversation with George (conducted for Mick’s forthcoming book ZAPPA’S GEAR) in which George goes all over fond for his days with Mr. Zappa. Throw in a tribute from Reverend Greenaway, lotsa great music and even […]
ZappaCast becomes NigeyCast! In this episode, Reverend Greenaway and the one they call Parker chat with the redoubtable Nigey Lennon and her co-conspirator John Tabacco about the reissue of Nigey’s 2001 opus REINVENTING THE WHEEL. Music and various shenanigans are the order of the day!
It’s the peoples’ ZappaCast! In this episode, we play your requests…and there’s some good ones! Also, the ZappaCast brain trust wraps up our roundtable chat by answering your questions. It’s ZappaCast to the twelfth power! Also, it’s worth mentioning that the author of ZAPPA THE HARD WAY does in fact know that “Bolero” is on […]
It’s Bongo-tastic, I tell ya! In this double-hour serving of the ZappaCast, Professor Ekers, Reverend Idiot Bastard Greenaway and Young Master Fischer, along with the good ol’ Parker guy, talk Bongo Fury. We illustrate the greatness of the album with a huge slab of live performances, and Andrew graces us with the latest and greatest […]
This ZappaCast is ONE SIZE FITS ALL! In part two of our roundtable discussion of the 1974-1975 era, the Reverend Greenaway, Professor Ekers, Young Master Fischer and The One They Call Parker chat about the One Size Fits All album. Professor Ekers gives is a great ZAPPA’S GEAR segment dealing with THE ROXY SG, SP […]
It’s time for another MASSIVE ZappaCast episode…nearly three hours celebrating the Roxy & Elsewhere album…roundtable discussion, tonnage of live FZ from 1973, 1974 and 1978 PLUS Reverend Greenaway interviews Napoleon Murphy Brock…Ya Hozna!
SNAT! The ZappaCast takes you all the way back, boys and girls…back to the 1960s with the peaceful and loving Mothers Of Invention. You’ll hear two concerts from 1967 (Lund and Copenhagen) in their (as far as we know) entirety. Professor Ekers gives you some serious info on FZ’s Gibson Switchmaster guitar in his Zappa’s […]
ZappaCast becomes DweezilCast! Just in time for the new Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa tour (the first of 2012) we proudly present part one of an EXCLUSIVE interview with Dweezil himself. We cover all (or a good many of) the bases! And if that weren’t enough, the Lengendary and and Brilliant (at the same time even) […]
DweezilCast continues! In this episode, our two-part blockbuster interview with Dweezil Zappa concludes. We hear a pair of tracks from Dweezil’s new album FOH. Professor Ekers takes an in-depth look at FZ’s famous Hendrix Strat, and Reverend Greenaway blesses us with some news!
