Frank Zappa

Recorded in 1963 on the Steve Allen show, a very, very young Frank Zappa plays 2 bicycles. Read More

The Ojai Music Festival today announced exciting programming highlights for next year June, all picked by composer/conductor and the this year's music director, George Benjamin. Read More

The Fontana Chamber Arts and Opus 21 are working together to present "Electric Don Quixote," a performance showcasing Frank Zappa's music. Read More

The evolution of Iron Man from his bulky original suit to the current look happened over the course of several redesigns, including a gold version of the original, the "Silver Centurion" armor of the '80s, and Football Pants. Read More

In the wake of the Dirty Projector's triumphant Bitte Orca, many reviewers have struggled to capture exactly what they sound like on paper. Read More

So far the Frank Zappa memorial has been rejected from the Inner Harbor and Fells Point, and now the city Public Art Commission wants to place it at the corner of Eastern and Linwood avenues in Patterson Park. We feel that the memorial, a brushed metal cylinder with a tasteful bronze bust of Frank atop it, is a little, er, modest for a location across from the Pulaski Monument. Read More

More than a year ago, Baltimore accepted a bust of Baltimore native Frank Zappa. Read More

I remember seeing a vintage 1968 issue of " Fantastic Four " that had an ad for " We're Only in It for the Money, " the new album from the Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, and it surprised me because it seemed like an unexpected crossover moment between counter-culture music and the Marvel universe. Read More

RE-UPPED It stands as John Lennon's most daring live performance, the night he and Yoko Ono stepped onstage with Frank Zappa's Mothers during the final days of the Fillmore East. Lennon released the tapes on Sometime in New York City in 1972. Read More

Exactly three months later, President Havel welcomed Pope John Paul II. Read More