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“I will be SURE that my collection of Frank Zappa is digitized and available for file sharing on my networks this evening.”
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I will be SURE that my collection of Frank Zappa is digitized and available for file sharing on my networks this evening.
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"Frank Zappa is reported to have said of the Shaggs," This sounds like the missing link between Fanny and Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band. "
I Stand Corrected marshallpayne1 2010
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As the late, great Frank Zappa is quoted as saying: It’s not getting any smarter out there.
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Thus he conceived the idea of Zappa Plays Zappa, a band devoted to sustaining Frank's legacy by performing his music for younger listeners who were unaware of it, as well as for Zappa's surviving fans.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Adam Sweeting 2011
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Thus he conceived the idea of Zappa Plays Zappa, a band devoted to sustaining Frank's legacy by performing his music for younger listeners who were unaware of it, as well as for Zappa's surviving fans.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Adam Sweeting 2011
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Dating myself; does anyone recall Zappa's 'Billy the Mt.'?
Think Progress 2009
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In fact, I would have named Andrew Avocado ... but he'd have to have the middle name "Zappa" and Susie nixed the middle name of Zappa.
unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2001
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He also wrote jazz, blues, reggae, country and another whole new genre that could only be described as "Zappa".
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local McWin22 2010
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He also wrote jazz, blues, reggae, country and another whole new genre that could only be described as "Zappa".
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local NWBroncoFan 2010
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