“Happy Halloween, everybody!” — FZ And yes indeed, it is our 30TH EPISODE, and it’s HALLOWEEN, and it’s SPECIAL…why? Because we are celebrating with the VAULTMEISTER himself, Mr. JOE TRAVERS! Joe answers questions galore (some from you, loyal ZappaCast listeners) and generally proves himself to be the truly wonderful human that he is!! Add in […]
Guess who’s back? Back again?… OK, enough of all this break nonsense…the ZappaCast RETURNETH! After a summer spent deep in research and book writing, we are back (baby) with THE LOST EPISODE…taped several months ago, and chock full of OLD NEWS! Well, maybe just a little… This episode we meet the one and only MATTHEW […]
Fancy a Zappa chat? Well ZappaCasters, do we ever have a chat for you! We were very fortunate to have the great Alex Winter — director of the very exciting fan-funded soon-to-be-greatest Frank Zappa documentary ever — pop ’round for a chat about Zappa, movies and even the obligatory Bill & Ted reference! A very […]
A dense ecumenical bandana at the right hand of God’s big rhumba? Nah…it’s the ZappaCast! In this episode, we say farewell to the legendary Mrs. Gail Zappa with the full ZappaCast panel of Scott Parker, Andrew Greenaway, Scott Fischer and –returning after a fairly lengthy absence — The Professor, Mick Ekers! Join us as we […]
Greetings, ZappaCasters! In this episode we are talking ZaFTIG! What is ZaFTIG? Why, it’s the Zappa Family Trust Issues Guide — the new book covering the music of Frank Zappa on compact disc. Talking ZaFTIG will be author Ed Komara and co-author Scott Parker. Plus music, thrills, spills, traffic noises and other oddments! A plump […]
Hiya, ZappaCasters!! It’s Episode 25, the second half of our two-part chat with Bob Zappa, brother of Frank and author of FRANKIE AND BOBBY: GROWING UP ZAPPA!!!
Are you looking for specialness, kids? Look no further than this episode of the ZappaCast! This time around we are chatting with Mr. Bob Zappa, brother of FZ and author of the new book FRANKIE & BOBBY – GROWING UP ZAPPA!
Suddenly it strikes! It’s time for ZappaCast Episode 23! This is our special memorial tribute to Scott’s mentor, first-generation Zappa fan and collector Walt Quadrato. Features a Walt mastering (from an unknown generation cassette source) of the FZ/Grand Wazoo Orchestra (or the “Hot Rats Orchestra”, as emcee Rikki Farr puts it) show at the Oval […]
Greetings and salutations, loyal ZappaCasters! In this episode we are serving up for you (hot and fresh) a fascinating conversation with that amazing bass playing Fowler, Tom Fowler! Tom talks about his days working with FZ, and working with other FZ alumni. Throw in Tom’s thoughts about the almighty Zappa goddess-type person Grace Quinn and […]
HAPPY ZAPPADAN FROM THE ZAPPACAST TEAM! In this episode, we turn the fab ZappaCast microphone over to FZ himself, who will share some of his fave rave records with you, the Zappacast faithful. And he may answer a few questions from the ZappaCast team as well. It’s our gift to you! From us to you, […]
