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Saturday, April 5, 2014

Evelyn, a Modified Dog - Blogging from A-Z Challenge April 2014


Yep, it`s `E` in my personal journey into my Zappa influenced memories and thoughts :-)




Evelyn, a Modified Dog - it just has to be! The imagery is fantastic in this song and brings up a personal 'pet' hate - exactly. I don't think I should move on with this as I may alienate a lot of people. Don't get me wrong, I like pets but it's the concept that  I hate. Imagine dogs were an alien race...we have manipulated, mistreated, abused, misused them like, well, people of other races...oh yeah, no change there, then...:-( We'll never learn...if there was other life in this universe, I'm sure their GPS says, "You are entering an awareness-restrictive zone", when they get near us.
Here's Evelyn....Ooo, this is some animation...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtSU8jTEJH0
...or I guess you'd rather see a variation by the 'Grande Mothers' :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGCUM0ahtNE







Friday, April 4, 2014

Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow - Blogging from A-Z Challenge April 2014

Yep, it's 'D' already in my 'Zappa and how he has affected my life' theme on "Blooging...Blogging from A-Z Challenge"!!



Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow. It just tickles me pink, I've seen it so many times (and probably done it in some drunken state. It also reminds me of Bob Rivers' Christmas song, those damn Twisted Christmas Tunes! here's that one...(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4nkqK_bS2U)
As with all Zappa songs, there's a serious side and I'm all for banning seal culling or fur trapping or whatever it's called. But it also gives a fantastic imagery! (See, I'm well into musical imagery). That's it for today :-)
Here's an animation of 'Don't Eat the Yellow Snow'!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBpJgL8Aa5o

And when you're done here, please go over to the fantastic K.A. DaVur's 'Blogging A-Z Challenge' here...:-)
http://msdavur.blogspot.hu/2014/04/a-to-z-challenge-day-4-damien-rice.html

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Cosmic Debris - Blogging from A- Z Challenge April 2014

Well, it's not just me doing this 'Blogging from A-Z Challenge", there's another 2200+ bloggers, including one awesome fantastic writer K.A. DaVur! Go and meet her here :-)


Yes, it's 'C', and it could've been a lot of things Zappa-ish, but it has to be "Cosmic Debris". Whenever my mind wanders, "Cosmic Debris" starts up, invades my brain with that little catchy riff and then I remember those guys who I used to know, toking up in a nowhere music band environment, getting a kick out of playing the 'rock star' and doing nothing about it. I think they're still out there, somewhere...
I tried to play this once and found it quite difficult, but that didn't put me off trying :-)
You've gotta love the imagery within Zappa's songs, they're spot on!
See it here...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp6LT2MdaPI

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Big Leg Emma / Baby Snakes - Blogging from A to Z Challenge

In continuation of the "Blogging from A to Z Challenge", I think I've chosen Zappa as my theme :-)
With each of these 26 posts in April, I will write what the songs/albums/other means to me, personally. I love all of his work!


Today I'm choosing 2 songs...
"Big Leg Emma"
I used to sing this to my first born to get her to sleep, and found that I could do the 'scatting'. A few years after that, I was recorded singing it and it got on the end titles of an educational DVD. Nowadays, I irritate people, and especially the children at my school, by singing a very fast collection of certain vowel/consonant sounds :-)
Hear it here :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POakzJ7HyFQ

"Baby Snakes"
The same reason, really, I used to sing it, reaching the high notes, too. I loved to sing it, and again, much to the irritation of all :-)
Here's that great little stop motion clay animation :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUzOpkdiChk

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Apostrophe (') - Blogging from A to Z Challenge (April 2014)

Well, this is the first of 26 posts for the "Blogging from A to Z Challenge (April 2014)" :-) And why not?
I'm No. 2210 :-)
http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/p/a-to-z-challenge-sign-uplist-2014.html





My 'A' would have to be "Apostrophe (')" by Frank Zappa. I'd heard "Joe's Garage" when I was in some cheesey 2nd rate local rock band and I thought it was funny yet fantastic, but it was "Apostrophe (')" which really sucked me into the world of Zappa. Commercial, fun and damn unbelieveable playing! After hearing this album, I bought everything he ever made and loved it all. Zappa took me into a spiral of awareness in which I can never leave. Thank you Mr. Zappa, for "Apostrophe (')" :-)
It's all here in youtube...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-VixsG_tI4


Map and Spiel of 'How to' :-)


Here's the spiel for 'How to build a castle in 7 easy steps'...

No one was injured in the making of this book. However, there may be some casualties while reading.
In an ancient and long-forgotten deranged land obsessed with power, greed and mud, one boy alone stands up to the problems around him. His is a typical story of 'boy meets girl, boy turns into soup, escapes, boy meets girl again, boy is kidnapped and becomes the 'chosen one' for a tribe of canibalistic vampirish desire-driven crazed warriors, boy leads them into battle, loses the chance to bed hundreds of Amazonian women and finally wins the girl'. Come, accompany him on his fantastic wonderful superb journey. Or follow the cat. Whatever.


And here's a map I made...perhaps one will go with the book, who knows...

Published! And 'How to' finished!

PUBLISHED!!!
Yes, finally, I'm published by someone :-) I wrote a Steampunk short for an anthology which will be printed by a friend I know who has a publishing house in the USA,Three Fates Press, and it'll be out probably (hopefully) in May sometime! The story is 'Tracer's Choice' and it's about...oh, you'll see it later. It's a step up from self-publishing, they can do things I can't, for example, they can go to conventions and fairs and meet the readers :-)
HOW TO is finished!
Yes, after I sort out the quotation marks (Mamie), I'll send it to my friend (as mentioned above). You never know, she might wanna publish it. I've already got a better idea for the cover...human skin photo with a Celtic tattoo, with patterns and title in that style. What do you think? Well, after reading the book through a couple of times, this seems to be the only cover possible.
Watch this space...Face-slapping Literature is coming your way :-)