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Original Essays | November 9, 2009

Jesse Bullington: IMG Abash'd the Devil Stood

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I don't believe in evil. It's a word I use, certainly, because words are shortcuts and we all take the short way round from time to time, but that's... Continue »
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The Real Frank Zappa Book

by Frank Zappa

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

The brash and outrageously funny autobiography of music legend Frank Zappa--now in trade paperback. Here is the real story of how he became the state of the art in weirdness, as only he can tell it: wild rock 'n' roll road stories, confrontations with bureaucratic idiocy, and more. Black-and-white photographs and line drawings throughout.

Review:

Vanity Fair

An autobiography of mostly hilarious stories...fireside war tales from the big bad days of the rockin' sixties...primer of the sonic avant-garde, the book bashes favorite Zappa targets and dashes a few myths about the man.

Review:

The New York Post

This book belongs in every home.

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Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction Book? What Book?

1 How Weird Am I, Anyway?

2 There Goes the Neighborhood

3 An Alternative to College

4 Are We Having a Good Time Yet?

5 The Log Cabin

6 Send In the Clowns

7 Drool, Britannia

8 All About Music

9 A Chapter for My Dad

10 The One You've Been Waiting For

11 SticksandStones

12 America Drinks and Goes Marching

13 All About Schmucks

14 Marriage (as a Dada Concept)

15 "Porn Wars"

16 Church and State

17 Practical Conservatism

18 Failure

19 The Last Word

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780671705725
Introduction:
Zappa, Frank
With:
Occhiofrosso, Peter
Introduction:
Zappa, Frank
Author:
Zappa, Frank
Author:
Occhiofrosso, Peter
Publisher:
Fireside Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Composers & Musicians - Rock
Subject:
Musicians
Subject:
Rock
Subject:
History & Criticism - By Composer
Subject:
Rock musicians
Subject:
Zappa, frank, 1940-1993
Subject:
General Biography
Subject:
Genres & Styles - Rock
Subject:
Individual Composer & Musician
Subject:
Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Subject:
Zappa, Frank
Copyright:
1990
Edition Description:
B102
Publication Date:
May 1990
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
9.16x6.14x.79 in. 1.08 lbs.
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