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Tag: Frank Zappa

DoT EP70: Spencer Garland is PR Newman, plus New Music from The Innocence Mission

Posted on September 13, 2018 by nzaino
If you listened to EP69 with comedian and author Guy Branum, you heard a little taste of the new PR Newman album, Turn...... Read More

DoT Podcast EP25: The Sublime Lunacy of Chandler Travis plus New Comedy from Jackie Kashian

Posted on April 5, 2017 by nzaino
We have reached the quarter century mark, in terms of full-length podcasts. And I’m happy to reach that milestone speaking with musician Chandler...... Read More

DoT Podcast Ep19: All the Hyphens with Singer/Songwriter/Storyteller/Humorist Don White

Posted on February 1, 2017 by nzaino
I heard Don White on the radio long before I met him. He would tell these wonderful stories about his family, often followed...... Read More

What I Missed In 2016: Childish Gambino’s Frank-Like Awaken, My Love!

Posted on December 31, 2016December 30, 2016 by nzaino
Since I launched this blog in March, I have tried to write about as many wonderful things as I can, in essays, the...... Read More

Record Store Day Highlights – Black Friday 2016

Posted on November 25, 2016November 25, 2016 by nzaino
The throngs will be out in force for Black Friday sales today, along with some brave record nuts looking for some vinyl candy...... Read More

Minicast: Interview Flashback with Reggie Watts

Posted on November 7, 2016December 7, 2016 by nzaino
Anyone who has Reggie Watts spin beats and jokes onstage will tell you he is a comic, musical genius. With a microphone and...... Read More

New Release Roundup: Three New Ones from the Frank Zappa Vault

Posted on November 4, 2016November 8, 2016 by nzaino
Frank Zappa – Meat Light, Chicago ’78, Little Dots Frank Zappa has been more prolific in death than most musicians could ever hope...... Read More

New Release Roundup – Maria Bamford, Brian Posehn, Frank Zappa, and beccs

Posted on September 23, 2016November 8, 2016 by nzaino
COMEDY 1. Maria Bamford – 20% At the beginning of Maria Bamford’s set on 20%, she gives the audience a warning. Most people...... Read More

New Release Roundup 7/15: Frank Zappa and Joe List

Posted on July 16, 2016November 9, 2016 by nzaino
MUSIC 1. Frank Zappa – The Crux Of the Biscuit and Frank Zappa for President Being a Frank Zappa completist is a damn...... Read More

Interview Flashback: Reggie Watts on the Muppets, Zappa, and Chaos

Posted on March 18, 2016November 9, 2016 by nzaino
In 2012, I interviewed Reggie Watts for American Songwriter‘s issue on comedy and music. We covered a lot of ground in a half...... Read More

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