Once in a while…once in a great while [I hope]…the commentary appearing below any of these posts is so obscure to most of y’all that I get emails asking “WTF does this mean?”. You have to understand my musical and political roots. While Frank Zappa doesn’t predominate, his irksome style has appealed to me all the way to whenever BITD applies.
This song may help.
“Tell me again, Grandpa, about how you let your freak flag fly.”
(The New Yorker Dec 7, 2020 issue): “The Treasure in Frank Zappa’s Secret Subterranean Vault : Taking a break from “Bill & Ted,” Alex Winter dug into the rock star’s archives to make a documentary that frames him as a First Amendment culture warrior in the tradition of Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor.” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/12/07/the-treasure-in-frank-zappas-secret-subterranean-vault
If they can’t handle it, give’em muffins.
“Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” (1969) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na_Na_Hey_Hey_Kiss_Him_Goodbye#Original_version
8AM MST, tomorrow morning, 9th…I couldn’t help myself. Had to post this.
“How old, ambient Japanese music became a smash hit on YouTube : Exploring the comment-section emotion of music as served by a mysterious algorithm.”
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/11/how-old-ambient-japanese-music-became-a-smash-hit-on-youtube/
“Trouble Every Day” (labeled in early prints as “Trouble Comin’ Every Day”) is a song by the Mothers of Invention, released on their 1966 debut album Freak Out!” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trouble_Every_Day_(song)
Frank Zappa wrote the song in 1965 at 1819 Bellevue Avenue, Echo Park, Los Angeles, after watching news coverage of the Watts Riots.
“Trouble Every Day” (with lyrics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=girnJH7tvpM