Frank Zappa on Crossfire

[ollie]

Note in the Crossfire interviews the contentment with which he replies "Millions of dollars" when he's asked how much money he's made off his music.

Also note how proud he is to tell the panel that he's a conservative. Although I don't subscribe to all his views I think this duality makes Frank an interesting study.

[Davey Boy 2.0]

awesome clip- now that's stickin it to the man

[Dr_Evil_Mouse]

Also note how proud he is to tell the panel that he's a conservative. Although I don't subscribe to all his views I think this duality makes Frank an interesting study.

Absolutely - that autobio Jaimoe posted above goes to some lengths to get into all that. I imagine it used to be an endless source of amusement for him to correct those of his critics who would try accusing him of being some sort of drugged out weirdo, when a) he was vigorously anti-drug, and he described his off-stage life as downright normal and family-focused.

[timouse]

Also note how proud he is to tell the panel that he's a conservative. Although I don't subscribe to all his views I think this duality makes Frank an interesting study.

Absolutely - that autobio Jaimoe posted above goes to some lengths to get into all that. I imagine it used to be an endless source of amusement for him to correct those of his critics who would try accusing him of being some sort of drugged out weirdo' date=' when a) he was vigorously anti-drug, and he described his off-stage life as downright normal and family-focused.

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indeed. frank's biggest drugs were cigarettes and coffee, which i remember him referring to as "food substitute." and way to go bouche for looking up John Lofton. what a tool...interesting that he has maintained a consistent cranial-rectal view of the world since '86

[djmelbatoast]

The newest biography was good by Miles or whatever his name was.

He says though in "Zappa" that most of the info Frank puts into his autobiography is unproveable and most likely mainly imaginary.

[ollie]

indeed. frank's biggest drugs were cigarettes and coffee, which i remember him referring to as "food substitute."

Ah, so he's really only vigorously anti-"drugs I don't do".

[timouse]

indeed. frank's biggest drugs were cigarettes and coffee' date=' which i remember him referring to as "food substitute."[/quote']

Ah, so he's really only vigorously anti-"drugs I don't do".

i always found that a bit odd...but i don't think i'd call fz anti-drug. he seemed like more sort of an "ambivalent-drug" sort of person...he claimed in the book pictured above that drugs never did anything for him.

[Dr_Evil_Mouse]

... that, and it risked compromising the performances from his band. There were apocryphal stories about him firing people for it.

[bouche]

Frank Zappa on Johnny Carson

[Jaimoe]

Thanks Mike. I love Johnny. I saw him at the DuMaurier Canadian Tennis Open a few years after he retired. He looked unhealthy even then.

[Jaimoe]

I laughed when Johnny promoed the following night's show: "Tomorrow night, Charles Grodin will be here, along with Yakov Smirnoff and Katrina & The Waves".

[nibbler]

What better way to bump this thread than with a look back to Zappa as a drug lord on Miami Vice

[bokonon]

It's gone! The user removed the video, the bastard.

[nibbler]

[boiler]

One year later,

Part 1

Part 2

[boiler]

Interviewer: Whose on your side?

Deadpan Zappa: Common sense.

[Dr_Evil_Mouse]

Deadpan's the word. It's kind of a pity that Zappa says so relatively little, for the most part just doling out curt, abrupt answers; he's obviously got tons to say on it all, but seems annoyed to have to be there.

The PMRC guy, Rev. Jeff Ling, is pretty annoying, though. I hate it when people use the word "media" in the singular, as if it's some sort of unified force (or, in this case, personality, like the devil he's chasing).