How FZ discovered Varese / LA influence
Jazz / recurring themes / running a tight ship
Musicianship in the band / FZ influenced by band
Controling the audience / radio play of FZ music
FZ’s favorite albums / 10 record set / favorite groups
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White paper pasted over cuts on FZ album
The sticker man explains / the Zappa band
Radio station in Baltimore story / future plans
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Intro
Starting out / packaging / creative streak / love song and the march
Decorating time / Mark and Howard / FZ crazy – boring
Anybody who doesn’t commit sucide is an optimist
50’s music / identifying with FZ / outro
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Hello / FZ pushed off stage story / early bands / current band
Making albums / Beatles delay release of WOIIFTM
Bands FZ likes / 200 Motels story / Uncle Meat movie story
New equipment / Firesing Theater / school / Flower Power
Ernie Ponzi story / Rolling Stone / Ruben & The Jets group
New contract / Alice Cooper / John McLaughlin
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German youth activist story
Comments about Ruben And The Jets
Station ID
How important are the lyrics
Freak Out / Bizzare / Sgt. Pepper / composition
Gurvitz album
Freak Out vs. Ruben An The Jets
Writing music / parody
Why did you get into the music biz?
Will oldies come back / Deserie
Spangles / Moonglows / construction of How Could I Be Such A Fool?
Film / plumber composer
FZ’s Father story
College / NCP / Ronny and Kenny story
Entertainment / hand signals
Getting into record biz
Eric Clapton / Beatles / Dr. John
The Fugs / Stravinsky / drugs
Apparent contradictions / TV access
Parents – children / democracy
Artistic immortality
Modal Be Bop
Outro
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1984-01-09 France A2 interview about the Boulez recording
Short interview with FZ
1984-01-09 Paris TV interviews with FZ and Pierre Boulez
Longer version interviews with FZ and Pierre Boulez
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1983-01-06 BBC UK TV Channel 4 News interview
FZ’s image – the real FZ
1983-01-07 BBC-1 UK TV Nationwide
Toilet poster / profit from the LSO recordings / being remembered
1983-01-10 BBC 2 News Night TV interview
News report about the Barbican shows / fitting the LSO on the stage
Serious musical problems / financing / Kent Nagano comments
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FZ commercial for KPFA Morning Concert
Intro / comments by Charles Amirkhanian
Interview with Kent Nagano
Comments by Charles Amirkhanian
Interview with Nicolas Slonimsky
Interview with FZ – getting orchestras to play the music right
Rehearsal time / working with Kent Nagano
Ideas for titles / writing orchestral music / orchestra sound
Interest in the music of Varese / future orchestral recordings
FZ’s childhood / living in NY / Sad Jane story / about Pedro’s Dowry
Musicians on the recordings not in the orchestra / writing new pieces
New recording technology / outro
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Cover photo by Guido Harari
Mail order albums / re-releases / lawsuits
Barking Pumpkin name origin / tax churches
Song backlog / concert song choices / Grandmothers
Solo similarities / sheet music / how to get in the band
New band members / bigger bands / working at home / fan mail
Video broadcast / Baby Snakes distribution / FZ’s record labels
Producing Grand Funk Railroad / cynical message
Critics print media / religious groups / holy beamer / brass plaque
Stupidity / tax churches / organized charities
Live basics with overdubs / mail order / goodbye
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How FZ got started in music / influence of other guitar players
Johnny Guitar Watson story / general message / evolution of FZ’s music
Punk / new wave / country / advice / equipment / FZ’s fans
Rock music today / drugs
How America is viewed by other countries / drug history
Leave the party / not sociable / control of band members
Media glorifies drug use / alcohol use
Solving all the problems in the U.S. today / tax drugs & churches
FZ’ image / drug use by the audience / film making
Ideas for songs / practicing / funding for projects
Film topics / duck mouths story / toilet poster / being remembered
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