Salutations, ZappaCast hobgoblins!!! Yes indeedy folks, the ZappaCast celebrates ZAPPAWEEN (it’s a holiday now!) with a most special show, featuring the treat that is an interview with Zappa road crew personage extraordinaire, THOMAS NORDEGG!! Thomas sits down with Scott and the Vaultmeister (Mr. Joe Travers) for a wide-ranging interview covering his time with FZ. Also, […]
Greetings once again, loyal ZappaCasters! In this episode we look back on the ABSOLUTELY FREE album, which celebrates its 50th birthday in 2017! Lots of groovy tunage and other audio wonderment on offer here PLUS a sneak preview of the new vinyl reissue of ABSOLUTELY FREE in stores October 6th! Come on over to the […]
In this special episode, we salute the 51st Anniversary of the Freak Out! album, with live performances of nearly the entire album from 1966 through 1988! FZ talks about the album and its impact between the selections. It’s great to be back — now get ready to Freak Out! with the ZappaCast!
Yes, folks, Christmas time is here again, and Zappadan is upon us as well! And boy do we have a treat for you — none other than the mighty and majestic Mike Keneally!!! Mike chats with us about Frank (of course), his intimidatingly wonderful solo career, Nigey Lennon, the time he kicked in a window […]
“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!!!
