Zappa Head

Posted at 11:36AM on Sunday, March 16, 2008 in area 51 and hf and lumpy gravy radio show and wbcq and zappa.

Back before we did a show for WBCQ, I did a handful of shows for Dr. Becker's FM station in Kiowa that featured Zappa's material. Four years later we've come full circle. Here's a mix that we pushed forth onto the airwaves at 2200 UTC on Saturday, March 15, 2008, on WBCQ 7.415 and 5.110 MHz.

After hours, we discovered that Brad has a better sounding and more complete soundboard recording of the Fillmore West concert where our feature "Call Any Vegetable" originated from. It is one of my all time favorite Zappa shows, and the original "tape that Jane used to use to annoy the neighbors." When we get a copy of Brad's tape we'll post it here for you, and maybe we'll air it on Area 51 someday soon.

  • Frank Zappa - Mondo Hollywood - Apocrypha
  • Frank Zappa - I am a musician - Conehead sketch SNL
  • Frank Zappa - You Didn't Try To Call Me - Freak Out
  • Pavlo's Woody - Lumpy Gravy - Lemme Take You To The Beach
  • Frank Zappa - Cucamonga - Bongo Fury
  • Frank Zappa - Hunchy Punchy - Lumpy Gravy Capitol 8-track
  • Frank Zappa - Big Leg Emma - Fifth Dimension, Ann Arbor, December 3rd, 1967 (Pigs and Repugnance)
  • Frank Zappa - Black Napkins - Apocrypha
  • The Invisible Birds - G-Spot Tornado - Lemme Take You To The Beach
  • Richard Berry - Louie Louie
  • Frank Zappa - Politics - interview snippet
  • Frank Zappa - Cruisin for Burgers - Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA 11.6.1970
  • Frank Zappa - Flambe - Lather
  • Captain Beefheart - Click Clack - Live in Paris 1973
  • Frank Zappa - Discs - Conehead sketch SNL
  • Frank Zappa - Foamy Soaky - Lumpy Gravy Capitol 8-track
  • Frank Zappa - Leather bit from Lather
  • Frank Zappa - Two apes meet, fall in love and mate - Return of the son of the lost solos
  • Frank Zappa - Horrible Movies interview snippet
  • Test Tone Five - You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here - Lemme Take You To The Beach
  • Frank Zappa - Call any vegetable - Freaks & Motherf*#@%!
  • Frank Zappa - Approximate - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore V4
  • The Hollywood Persuaders - Grunion Run (1963)
[203]

The Crystal Ship

Posted at 9:43PM on Saturday, June 16, 2007 in hf and pirates and zappa.

Sunday, June 17, 2007, 0143, 6875 am. Pigmeat, with nice music. Zappa's Valley Girl at 0146. A song by the Cars at 0150. Burbles interfereing at 0154. Variably fading down to noise levels by 0156. By 0205, reasonably steady at s9. Crystal Ship ID at 0240.

SIO 533, strong s9 signal washed out by weird propagation. Nice audio, the lows and highs are very perceptible.

The things you find in old comic books

Posted at 8:21AM on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 in comix and zappa.

Here is page 17 of Captain America 100, published in April 1968 by Marvel Comics.

Heh. What wonderful pop art to accompany Cap's battle with Baron Zemo. "You must buy all of these products NOW!"

Opie the wonder boy?

Posted at 7:08PM on Saturday, March 26, 2005 in hf and lumpy gravy radio show and wbcq and zappa.

This assault of the airwaves was originally broadcast on Saturday, March 26, 2005, at 2300 UTC on WBCQ 7.415 megaweiners, and slimulcasted on 11l-rni.net and 975pirateradio.com and wbcq.com. Yowza.

Timtron played "Sole Survivor" by Asia at 0021 Su 3/27/05. By coincidence this very song was one of our warm up tunes last week. Way cool. Tim's show rules and is our favorite on WBCQ.

Pre-show:


  • Crack The Sky - wnoe 1976 - 02rangersbandicedancerholdsurfoutro
  • lf1973-04-15t06.shn Willin
  • gd75-09-28d1t04 TLEO
  • wow what a weekend on wbcq
  • (GD 2-26-77 set 1) 04 Estimated
  • james brownyard - do what you gotta do
  • gd68-01-17d2t03.shn cryptical
  • gd68-01-17d2t04.shn other one
  • gd68-01-17d2t05.shn cryptical
  • he's the jackass on wbcq
  • Woody Guthrie - Goin' Down the River Feelin' Bad
  • Todd Rundgren - International Feel
  • Henry Thomas - Don't Ease Me In

The show:

  • lollipop
  • Pastor John Lewis - Too bad I'm back
  • Wow what a weekend on WBCQ
  • Frank Zappa - Peaches en Regalia--Tears Began To Fall - Montreaux Dec 4 1971
  • Wrathchild - Hell's Gates - 97 Underground
  • Sammy Hagar - Three Lock Box
  • Jimi Hendrix - Manic Depression
  • Casey Kasem WBCQ
  • Theme from The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • Bob Seger - UMC (Upper Middle Class)
  • Benny Goodman with Jack Teagarden - Texas Tea Party (1933)
  • Blackfoot - Train Train
  • Foghat - Fool For The City
  • Pastor John Lewis - Potty mouth, I want something that's real
  • FZ as DJ 26 - Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
  • He's the jackass on WBCQ
  • Govt Mule - Monkey Hill
  • Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotized
  • Woody Guthrie - Goin' Down the River Feelin' Bad
  • lollipop

A big load of V1YnL

Posted at 9:51PM on Friday, March 25, 2005 in conceptual continuity and lumpy gravy radio show and music and zappa.

A couple of weeks ago I was given the role of caretaking for an album collection, which will no doubt blend into the Big Pile we have here. Jane's brother Mark ran out of room for these, so they're here now and we're gonna play as much good stuff as we can from them. Many of these LPs are from Jane's collection, which explains all the girly stuff. As far as we can tell there's at least three girl collections in this mix, man. Requests for songs to play from this list on Lumpy Gravy are most welcome.

Mark's Records
transcribed on March 25, 2005 by Lw and Jane
Yes, there are a few dupes in this collection.

  • 97 Underground The Beast From The East Volume 1 *Maryland local metal 1987
  • AC/DC Back In Black
  • AC/DC For Those About To Rock
  • AC/DC Let There Be Rock
  • Alabama Mountain Music *vf/nm
  • Alabama The Closer You Get
  • Alice Cooper Love It To Death
  • America
  • America's Greatest Hits
  • Angel Live Without a Net (2)
  • Average White Band
  • Bachman Turner Overdrive II
  • Bachman Turner Overdrive Not Fragile
  • Bad Company
  • Bad Company
  • Barry Manilow This One's For You
  • Barry Manliow Live (2)
  • Beach Boys Good Vibrations Pickwick
  • Beatles Introducing The Beatles Vee Jay Records LP 1062 *p
  • Beatles 1962-1966 Apple missing first LP
  • Best of Deep Purple Scepter Records *nm
  • Billy Joel 52nd Street
  • Billy Joel An Innocent Man
  • Billy Joel Piano Man
  • Billy Squier Signs of Life *Ames $6.99 sticker
  • Black Sabbath Live Evil
  • Black Sabbath Mob Rules
  • Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 2 (2) *f
  • Bobby Vinton, The Many Moods of (2) *f
  • Boston
  • Brewer & Shipley Tarkio
  • Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA
  • Carole King Tapestry
  • Carpenters *original, drug fair $4.49 price tag
  • Carpenters A Song For You
  • Carpenters A Song For You *original, drug fair $4.49 price tag
  • Carpenters Now and Then
  • Cars Candy-O *nm
  • Cheap Trick Dream Police
  • Cheech and Chong Big Bambu
  • Chicago 16 *nm
  • Chicago 17
  • Cinderella Long Cold Winter *nm
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival, Best of, on K-Tel Records
  • Culture Club Color By Numbers
  • Culture Club Color By Numbers
  • Dave Clarke 5 Coast To Coat
  • Deep Purple Perfect Strangers
  • Def Leppard Pyromania
  • Derek and the Dominos Layla *f
  • Dio The Last In Lane
  • Dire Straits Brothers In Arms
  • Disco Teen '65 Columbia Record Club
  • Don Williams Listen To The Radio
  • Duran Duran Seven and the Ragged Tiger
  • Earth Wind & Fire Spirit
  • Electric Light Orchestra Out of the Blue
  • ELO's Greatest Hits
  • Elton John Friends soundtrack
  • Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road *vf
  • Elvis Costello and the Atractiions Armed Forces
  • Encyclopedia of 100 Rock 'n' Roll Super Hits Records 3 and 4 (2) TVP Records, has everything from the Shirrelles to Gladys Knight to Jimi Hendrix
  • Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard
  • Fleetwood Mac Mystery To Me
  • Foghat *Bearsville 1972
  • Foreigner Agent Provacateur
  • Four Seasons Gold Vault of Hits *f
  • Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush Live
  • Estefan, Gloria Gloris Estefan and Miami Sound Machine Let It Loose *nm
  • Estefan, Gloria Gloria Estefan Cuts Both Ways *nm
  • Godspell
  • Great Train Robbery *autographed to Mark
  • Heart Dreamboat Annie
  • Honeymoon Suite
  • Browne, Jackson Lives in the Balance *nm
  • Jan & Dean Little Old Lady From Pasadena
  • Jessy Dixon and the Chicago Community Choir Open Our Eyes Gospel Record Co. (Savoy Record Co) Newark NJ *mint
  • Jimi Hendrix Experience Smash Hits
  • John Cougar Nothin' Matters and What If It Did
  • John Cougar Nothin' Matters and What If It Did
  • John Denver Aerie
  • John Denver Back Home Again
  • John Denver I Want To Live
  • John Denver Poems Prayers and Promises
  • Juice Newton
  • Kiss Ace Frehley
  • Kiss Alive (2)
  • Kiss Double Platinum
  • Kiss Gene Simmons
  • Kiss Peter Criss
  • Kool and the Gang Wild and Peaceful
  • Kool and the Gang Wild and Peaceful
  • Led Zeppelin
  • Led Zeppelin III
  • Led Zepplin 4
  • Leo Sayer Endless Flight
  • Lionel Ritchie Can't Slow Down
  • Max Webster Universal Juveniles
  • Metallica And Justice For All
  • MFSB Love Is The Message
  • Miami Sound Machine Primitive Love *nm
  • Moe Bandy & Joe Stumpley Just Good Ol' Boys feat. Holding The Bag
  • Molly Hatchett Beatin' the Odds
  • Molly Hatchett Double Trouble Live (2) *nm
  • Molly Hatchett The Deed Is Done
  • Monkees Headquarters Colgem Records *p
  • Monkees More of the Monkees Colgems Records *p
  • Monkees Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
  • Moody Blues Days of Future Passed
  • Moody Blues Seventh Sojurn
  • Motley Crue Shout At the Devil
  • Motley Crue Too Fast For Love
  • Mountain Nantucket Sleighride
  • Nugent, Ted Cat Scratch Fever
  • Nugent, Ted Double Live Gonzo (2)
  • Nugent, Ted Free For All
  • Nugent, Ted Weekend Warriors
  • Ohio Players Fire
  • Olivia Newton John Don't Stop Belivin' *some serious scratches
  • Original 50s & 60s Pickwick Records
  • Osmonds Homemade
  • Ozark Mountain Daredevils
  • Ozzy Osborne Bark At the Moon
  • Ozzy Osborne Bark At the Moon
  • Ozzy Osborne Blizzard of Oz
  • Collins, Phil Face Value
  • Poison Open Up and Say Ahh! *nm
  • Quiet Riot Condition Critical
  • Raspberrys
  • Ratt Out of the Cellar *Ames $6.99 sticker
  • REO Speedwagon Ridin' the Storm Out
  • Rhinoceros Satin Chickens *f
  • Ricky Skaggs Don't Cheat In Our Hometown *vf
  • Robin Trower For Earth Below
  • Rod Stewart Da Ya Think I'm Sexy (Special Disco Mix) b/w Scarred and Scared
  • Rod Stewart Never a Dull Moment
  • Rolling Stones Hot Rocks Greatest Hits 1964-1971 (2) *vf
  • Rolling Stones It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
  • Ronco presents Sound Explosion 1975 pop
  • Sammy Hagar Three Lock Box
  • Scorpions Love At First Sting *original cover Ames $6.99 sticker
  • Seals & Crofts Greatest Hits
  • Shelly West West By West
  • Sly & the Family Stone Greatest Hits
  • Star Power K-Tel Records 1977
  • Statler Brothers The Originals *nm
  • Steely Dan Can't Buy a Thrill
  • Steve Miller Band The Joker
  • Styx The Grand Illusion
  • Thirty Eight Special Rock and Roll Strategy
  • Thomas, B.J. Sings His Very Best
  • Twisted Sister Stay Hungry
  • U2 Live Under a Blood Red Sky
  • Van Halen Fair Warning
  • Warner Bros Hard Goods (2) *WB compilation, includes FZ Cosmik Debris
  • Yes 90125
  • Yes Fragile
  • ZZ Top Eliminator *vf
  • ZZ Top Tres Hombres *broken LP :(

plus a dozen or so records without sleeves and a few 45s, including this prize:

Business Letter Dictation, three 45s made by Dictation Disc Co.


  • record 139a speed 90 wpm Bill Owens
  • record 139b speed 100 wpm Charles Woods
  • record 12a speed 110 wam(sic) Bill Owens
  • record 12b speed 120 wam(sic) Jim McKay
  • record 121a speed 130 wpm John Causier
  • record 121b speed 140 wpm Ed Jordan

Condition if not noted is good or less.

What is Lumpy Gravy?

Posted at 12:56PM on Sunday, January 9, 2005 in lumpy gravy radio show and music and zappa.

While surfing, I came across a most excellent web site that has made available, in it's entirety, Chris Federico's excellent Zappology, A Detailed Listen to the Music and Lyrics of Frank Zappa. The Zappology is arranged by album release, and a detailed analysis of the Lumpy Gravy album is well worth the read. This will hopefully provide some more insight into the whys and wherefores of our radio show.

Gimme that ol' time religion

Posted at 7:18PM on Saturday, January 8, 2005 in hf and lumpy gravy radio show and rants and wbcq and zappa.

Here is the setlist for our latest irregular, broken and twisted assault of the airwaves. This one was originally broadcast at 2300 hours UTC on Saturday, January 8, 2004, on WBCQ 7.415 MHz shortwave worldwide.

Update 6/3/06: This was a really fun show. We garbled it up a bit on air at times; I blame it on 420 and the fact that we weren't really quite comfortable with live radio yet. The subject matter was almost overwhelming, and after the intro we were blown away. Transpositioning "Southern California Brings Me Down" with Mormons and Hard Right Evangelists and Brother Scare was quite fun. What else can I say. Let this one stand on it's own.

  • Pastor Billy Bob - Butt Prints In The Sand
  • Robin and Crystal Bernard - The Ecumenical Movement
  • Frank Zappa - Duodenum
  • Pinkard & Bowden - Elvis Was a Narc
  • Monty Python's Flying Circus - Storytime
  • Beavis and Butt-Head - Spanish Class
  • Lead Belly - Old Time Religion
  • Theme from The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • Smoke - Have Some More Tea
  • National Lampoon - Southern California Brings Me Down
  • Amos and Andy - Well this morning I walked in the kitchen
  • Mormons - Chapter Two
  • Janeen Brady & The Brite Singers - I'm a Mormon
  • Man - You're Fired
  • The Credibility Gap - Editorial Reply/Credibility Gap Potato Chips
  • Red Green - Remote Control
  • Rage Against The Machine - Guerrilla Radio
  • Philosophy Corner
  • Stan Freberg - Who Listens To Radio
  • Carter Family - Worried Man Blues
  • Frank Zappa - Revenge of the Knick Knack People
  • Alan Parsons Project - Breakdown
  • The Space Report
  • Blue Steele and His Orchestra - All Muggled Up
  • Eric Houg - Internet Radio
  • Ribald Rhythm

I Ain't Broke, But I'm Badly Bent

Posted at 7:02PM on Saturday, January 1, 2005 in hf and lumpy gravy radio show and wbcq and zappa.

Our happy new year gift to the electromagnetic spectrum was aired on Saturday, January 1, 2005, at 6PM eastern time (2300 UTC) on WBCQ 7415.

  • Raymond Scott - Dinner Music For A Pack Of Hungry Cannibals
  • Jerry's Uncle Pecos - Crambone
  • Frank Zappa - Duodenum - Lumpy Gravy
  • ZZ Top - Heard It On The X
  • Japanese Insurance Commercial
  • Missing Persons - Words
  • James Brownyard - Anderson On The Run
  • Woody Allen - Philosophy
  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • Squirrel Nut Zippers - Ghost of Stephen Foster - The Best of Squirrel Nut Zippers
  • Steve Martin - Philosophy
  • George Harrison - Dark Horse
  • Weird Al Yankovic - The Brady Bunch
  • Grateful Dead - Mason's Children - December 28, 1969
  • Music from Porky Pig - Fish Tales
  • Frank Zappa - Dog Breath - Trick Or TReat
  • Old and In the Way - I Ain't Broke, But I'm Badly Bent
  • Ribald Rhythm

42 minutes of pleasure in a world that's owned by thousands of little Trishas

Posted at 5:53PM on Saturday, December 18, 2004 in hf and lumpy gravy radio show and wbcq and zappa.

Today's Lumpy Gravy Radio Show was originally broadcast on Saturday, December 18, 2004, at 4PM eastern time (2100 UTC) on WBCQ 7415. This was a lot of fun to produce.

When the show ended we were pleasantly notified that we'll be moving up to the 7PM time slot starting next week to make way for The Beacon of Truth broadcast, which will take over the 4PM Saturday slot.

  • Raymond Scott - Powerhouse
  • Your favorite station for lots of sex, drugs, and rock and roll
  • Intro, featuring Pastor John Lewis
  • Frank Zappa - Duodenum - Lumpy Gravy
  • Marc Shaiman, Matt Stone, Trey Parker - Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo: Early '50s Recording
  • John Prine - Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore
  • Never trust a monkey
  • Santa Barbara Machine Head - Rubber Monkey
  • The Rolling Stones - Off the Hook - Rolling Stones now! 1964 mono
  • Theme From The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • Homer - Dandelion Wine
  • Ramones - Beat On the Brat
  • Grateful Dead - The Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion)
  • Grateful Dead - Radio Ad 2
  • Weezer - Buddy Holly
  • The Pebbles - Mothra Song
  • Pink Floyd - Remember a Day
  • Casa Loma Orchestra - The House is Haunted
  • Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
  • Station ID with the song from the credits from a Heckle and Jeckle cartoon
  • David Bowie - Andy Warhol
  • The Velvet Underground and Nico - There She Goes Again
  • Ribald Rhythm

Go placidly amidst the noise and waste

Posted at 6:03PM on Saturday, December 11, 2004 in hf and lumpy gravy radio show and wbcq and zappa.

This Lumpy Gravy was broadcast on Saturday, December 11, 2004, at 4PM ET, on WBCQ 7415.

  • Doobie Brothers - Livin' on the Fault Line
  • A few words from Pastor John Lewis
  • A public service announcement from Ron and Nancy Reagan
  • Frank Zappa - Duodenum - Lumpy Gravy
  • The Who - Relax
  • Ramones - Teenage Lobotomy - Rocket To Russia
  • Wild Man Fischer - The Wild Man Fischer Story
  • Dr. Randy Hanzlick - Frontal Lobotomy - The song contains a phonetic chiasmus
  • Theme from The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • Moby Grape - Murder In My Heart For the Judge - Wow
  • Deep Banana Blackout - Raspberry - Feel The Peel
  • Boonhauer complains about his neighbor's dog
  • Roy D Mercer - Dead Dog
  • Larry the Cable Guy - Donny the Retard
  • J Geils Band - Must Of Got Lost
  • The Greaseman - Here Comes Fatty With His Sack Of Crap
  • Dieter - You want to touch my monkey?
  • 4 Degrees - Too Much Monkey Business
  • National Lampoon - Deteriorata
  • Uncle Schleckstein and Jay - Jehovah Witnesses
  • Frank Zappa - Can't Afford No Shoes - One Size Fits All
  • Fleetwood Mac - Jewel Eyed Judy
  • Ribald Rhythm

Lumpy Gravy #7

Posted at 9:15PM on Monday, December 22, 2003 in zappa.

For air on or about December 22, 2003.

This episode is dedicated to the United States of America, Federal Communication Commission (FCC), Memorandum Opinion and Order EB-03-IH-0110, dated October 3, 2003.

01 Frank Zappa - Uncle Remus - Apostrophe'

02 Frank Zappa - The Ocean Is The Ultimate Solution - Sleep Dirt

03 Frank Zappa - Penis Dimension - Freaks & Motherf*#@%!; also on Tengo 'na Minchia Tanta (Exact date and location not known, probably Fillmore East or West, 1970). This jam is credited on the liberated bootleg on Foo-Eee Records as consisting of Little House I Used To Live In > Mudshark Variations > Holiday In Berlin > Sleeping In A Jar > Cruising For Burgers. I like the short title "Penis Dimension." When I lived in a small house deep in the woods in Montgomery County, Maryland, my wife would play this suite at full volume to upset the neighbors. It contains my favorite guitar solo of all time. It is also the only version of Holiday In Berlin with lyrics describing the event the band experienced while on tour in Germany that inspired the song.

04 Frank Zappa - You Didn't Try To Call Me > Petroushka > Bristol Stomp > Baby Love > Big Leg Emma - 'Tis The Season To Be Jelly (Konserthuset, Stockholm, possibly September 30, 1967)

05 Frank Zappa - We're Turning Again - Have I Offended Someone? (remixed from the performance in Santa Monica, California, on December 11, 1981)

06 Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay - Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (Unknown venue, January or February 1978)

Total time 54:28

Lumpy Gravy #6

Posted at 1:48PM on Friday, December 19, 2003 in zappa.

For air on or about December 19, 2003.

01 Frank Zappa - The Clap - Interview excerpt

02 Baby Ray and the Ferns - The World's Greatest Sinner - Cucamonga Years

03 Frank Zappa - Lonesome Cowboy Burt - 200 Motels

04 Frank Zappa - Truck Driver Divorce - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4 (Portland, Oregon, November 1984)

05 Frank Zappa - Dumb All Over - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1 (Palladium, New York, Halloween 1981)

06 Radio Promo, Palace Theatre Concert, Albany, New York, February 2, 1988)

07 Frank Zappa - RDNZL - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5 (European tour, Summer 1982)

08 Frank Zappa - G-Spot Tornado - Jazz From Hell

09 Frank Zappa - Big Swifty - Make a Jazz Noise Here

10 Frank Zappa - Cucamonga - Bongo Fury

11 Frank Zappa - Any Way The Wind Blows - Lost Episodes

12 Frank Zappa - Zomby Woof - Unknown venue, May 1973

13 Frank Zappa - Status Back Baby - Playground Psychotics (Fillmore East, 1971)

14 Frank Zappa - Plastic People - Mystery Disc (Fillmore West, late 1965 or early 1966)

15 Frank Zappa - Baby Snakes - Sheik Yerbouti

16 Frank Zappa - Big Leg Emma - Zappa In New York (Palladium, December 1976)

Total time 56:47

Grateful Zappa

Posted at 8:20PM on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 in conceptual continuity and musings and radio obscura and zappa.

A strange coincidence this evening on our radio Obscura ~ the frop in Bob's pipe ~ Maharishi Charms ~ Happy Girl Cigarettes ~ Wake and Bake audio stream. We're entertained by eight straight selections alternating between Frank Zappa and the Grateful Dead, quite algorithmically random, in reverse order:

  1. Grateful Dead - Scarlet Begonias [June 26, 1974, Dick's Picks 12]
  2. Frank Zappa - Dead Girls of London [original L Shankar version from the "Leaterette" bootleg]
  3. Grateful Dead - Viola Lee Blues [from the "live dead" quasi-bootleg, c. 1966]
  4. Frank Zappa - How Could I Be Such A Fool [from vinyl]
  5. Grateful Dead - Me and My Uncle [super-hyper-fast version, 12/1/66]
  6. Frank Zappa - Stuff Up the Cracks [woiiftm outtakes 07]
  7. Grateful Dead - Stealin' [original single version]
  8. Frank Zappa - I Ain't Got No Heart

This is an awesome start for the holiday weekend.

Lumpy Gravy #5

Posted at 1:01PM on Sunday, November 23, 2003 in zappa.

For air on or about November 23, 2003.

01 Frank Zappa, Dan Ackroyd, and Jane Curtain - "This is a collection of my latest sound patterens" - Snippet from Conehead skit with FZ on Saturday Night Live

02 Frank Zappa - Dead Girls of London - "Leatherette" - original version produced for Lakshminarayana Shankar's album "Touch Me There" with Van Morrison on lead vocals

03 Frank Zappa, Dan Ackroyd, and Jane Curtain - "I am a musician" - Snippet from Conehead skit with FZ on Saturday Night Live

04 Frank Zappa - Peaches en Regalia/Dancin' Fool - from Saturday Night Live

05 Frank Zappa - Hot Rats Radio Spot

06 Ensemble Ambrosius - Uncle Meat - The FZ Album

07 Jeff Simmons - Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up

08 Frank Zappa - Stuff Up The Cracks - Cruisin' With Reuben and the Jets

09 Richard Berry - Louie Louie

10 Frank Zappa - Sandwich Song

11 Frank Zappa - It Just Might Be A One Shot Deal/Waka Jawaka - Waka Jawaka

12 Frank Zappa - Cosmik Debris - Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, Texas, October 26, 1973

13 Little Richard - Directly From My Heart To You

14 Frank Zappa - Junier Mintz Boogie - Trick Or Treat

Total Time 57:51

Lumpy Gravy #4

Posted at 12:01PM on Saturday, November 15, 2003 in zappa.

Another adventure with Frank as DJ, this time from October 10, 1980 on KUNM Albuquerque. Thanks to BengoFury for making this available.

1980 10 10 KUNM Albuquerque - FZ as DJ
93 min / FM B/B-
With some tracks from what was supposed to be the "Crush All Boxes" album.

01 The Penguins - Memories Of El Monte
02 Captain Beefheart - Pachuco Cadaver
03 Doreen
04 Captain Beefheart - Pena
05 Some More Like That (Fine Girl)
06 Easy Meat
07 Goblin Girl
08 Society Pages
09 I'm A Beautiful Guy
10 Beauty Knows No Pain
11 Charlie's Enormous Mouth
12 Conehead
13 Captain Beefheart - Golden Birdies
14 Tell Me You Love Me
15 San Ber'dino
16 Andy
17 Sofa
18 Uncle Bernie's Farm
19 The Torture Never Stops
20 Ms. Pinky
21 Willie The Pimp

Lumpy Gravy #3

Posted at 12:15PM on Saturday, October 18, 2003 in zappa.

The third in our series of Zappa shows contains the complete "FZ as DJ" tape from KMET Los Angeles, as recorded on June 25, 1974. See the fz shows database for details.

1974 06 25 KMET LA - FZ as DJ
127 mins FM/A-

01 Intro - Jimi Hendrix - Manic Depression
02 Alice Cooper - Refrigerator Heaven
03 Led Zeppelin - When The Levy Breaks
04 The Gaylarks - Tell Me Darling
05 The Clovers - Your Tender Lips
06 The Clovers - Your Cash Ain't Nothing But Trash
07 The Lamplighters - Bebop Wino
08 Pierre Boulez - 1st movement from Le Marteau Sans Maïtre
09 MOI - Eric Dolphy Memorial BBQ
10 The Paragons - Let's Start All Over Again
11 The Lamplighters - Roll On
12 MOI - My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
13 The Velours - Can I Come Over Tonight
14 FZ - Uncle Remus
15 Frank reads from "Overdrive"
16 Igor Stravinsky - Royal March from "A Soldiers Tale"
17 The Channels - The Closer You Are
18 Joni Mitchell - All I Want
19 FZ - Little Umbrellas
20 Captain Beefheart - Flash Gordon's Ape
21 Captain Beefheart - Zig Zag Wondra
22 Frank reads from "Overdrive" again!
23 FZ - Don't Eat The Yellow Snow - Nanook Rub's It - St Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast
24 Black Oak Arkansas - Hot'n'Nasty (live)
25 Captain Beefheart - Beetle Bones & Smoking Stones
26 Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
27 Jazz Crusaders - Tough Talk
28 Howlin' Wolf - Down In The Bottom
29 Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go
30 Howlin' Wolf - Going Down Slow
31 Muddy Waters - Rolling Stone
32 Howlin' Wolf - I'm Your Backdoor Man
33 Jimmy Reed - Ain't That Loving You Baby
34 FZ - Pygmy Twylyte - Dummy Up

Lumpy Gravy #2

Posted at 1:43PM on Saturday, August 16, 2003 in zappa.

For air on or about August 16, 2003.

Steve Vai - Frankie's In Town (excerpt)
Frank Zappa - Get A Little - Weasals Ripped My Flesh
Frank Zappa - Fine Girl - Crush All Boxes
Frank Zappa - Truck Driver Divorce - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol. 4
Frank Zappa - Florentine Pogen - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol. 4
GTOs - Love on an eleven year old level - Permanent Damage
Frank Zappa - Zomby Woof - Over-nite Sensation
Adrian Belew - Oh Daddy - Mr. Music Head
Frank Zappa - Didja Get Any Onya - Weasals Ripped My Flesh
Frank Zappa - Remington Electric Razor - Crush All Boxes
Frank Zappa - Big Leg Emma - Absolutely Free
Frank Zappa - Conehead - Stream Flash Conservative
Frank Zappa - Lemme Take You To The Beach - Studio Tan
Warren Cuccurullo - Thanks To Frank - Thanks To Frank
Frank Zappa - Muffin Man - Bongo Fury

Total time 58:23

Lumpy Gravy #1

Posted at 6:56PM on Sunday, August 3, 2003 in zappa.

For air on or about August 3, 2003.

Frank Zappa - Cleetus Awreetus-Awrightus - The Grand Wazoo
Frank Zappa - WPLJ - Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Frank Zappa - Plastic People - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1
Frank Zappa - Flakes - Sheik Yerbouti
Frank Zappa - Revenge of the Knick Knack People - Lather
Frank Zappa - Status Back Baby - Absolutely Free
Frank Zappa - Whatever Happened To All The Fun In The World - Sheik Yerbouti
Frank Zappa - You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here - Freak Out!
Frank Zappa - Po-jama People - One Size Fits All
Frank Zappa - Find Her Finer - Oz
Frank Zappa - Advance Romance - Bongo Fury
Frank Zappa - And Now, Kissinger - KOAZ Radio '74
Jean-Luc Ponty - Idiot Bastard Son - King Kong
Frank Zappa - Wonderful Wino - The Lost Episodes

total time 57:03

Frank Lives

Posted at 9:12PM on Friday, June 27, 2003 in conceptual continuity and wbcq and zappa.

Lost Discs Radio started a surf music show this afternoon with a snippet from "We're only in it for the money", and three hours later on Tasha's show, her second musical offering was "Father O'Blivion" seguing into classical Zappa. About 45 minutes later we were treated to a live "Concentration Moon" with the Flo & Eddie band. It's an awesome start for the weekend to hear diverse FZ material on the airwaves.