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Ten Killer Rock 'n' Roll Photographs
On Oct. 22, you can purchase the new book Who Shot Rock & Roll, which compiles iconic music photographs from 1955 to the present. On Oct. 30, if you're in the New York area, you can see some of these images in an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum that runs through Jan. 31, 2010. And right this very moment, you can see 10 of our favorites from the collection, complete with notes from the book's editor Gail Buckland, written exclusively for Paste.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayFrank Zappa: Lumpy Money
The second installment in Zappa Records’ “4tieth Anniversary FZ Audio Documentary” series exposes... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsSeven Songs as Confusing as John Madden's Telestrated Instant-Replay Diagrams
Football legend John Madden, finally, at age 73—after three decades as an NFL television analyst—announced his retirement from broadcasting yesterday.Sure, we admit that Madden is a charming and lovable—if mildly insane—Grandpa Bear, and that he knows a whole lot about the game to which he's devoted most of his life as a player, coach and commentator. But, really, did anyone ever understand what the hell he was getting at with all those little hastily scrawled telestrator arrows?Every year, at some point during one of the Thanksgiving-day NFL games, Madden would take a time out to diagram a turducken—which would've been... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayJoe's Garage play carries on Frank Zappa's legacy
[Above: Joe (Jason Paige) asks the question "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?" in the musical Joe's Garage on stage at the Open Fist Theatre in Los Angeles. The play is an adaptation of Frank Zappa's rock opera of the same name, and will continue until Dec. 20.] Dancing toilet bowls and man-on-machine sex are mere snippets of the on-stage antics at Open Fist Theatre in Los Angeles, where Frank Zappa’s searing brand of satire is taking center stage. Joe’s Garage, a musical play based on Zappa’s 1979 rock opera, tracks the life of a garage band hobbyist seduced by the illegal world... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsJimmy Carl Black: 1938-2008
Jimmy Carl Black, original drummer for Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, passed away Saturday of lung cancer. He was 70.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCurrent Events: "Joe the Plumber" Megamix
Last Wednesday night, a blue-collar hero went down in history. Toledo, Ohio’s own Joe Wurzelbacher—aka “Joe the Plumber”—was invoked no less than 26 times, making him more central to the third presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama than anything else, including taxes, education, the war, terrorism, the environment and energy independence.Seeing as how a playlist about plumbers would’ve been pretty short, today’s Current Events megamix will focus simply on great songs about guys named Joe. Here’s to you, plumber man!... read more
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David Bazan - Hard To Be
