British author, Ben Watson, has written the most intellectually sophisticated   
   book on Frank Zappa, emphasizing parallels with the ideas of Theodor Adorno,   
   THE NEGATIVE DIALECTICS OF POODLE PLAY (1994).   
      
   Canadian film critic, Kevin Courrier, has written a book on Zappa, too,   
   DANGEROUS KITCHEN: The Subversive World of Zappa (2002).   
      
   I suggested to Kevin one day that applying McLuhan’s “ideas” to Zappa   
   would yield more useful patterns than using Adorno. He shouted, “Do it!”   
      
   Who’s Frank Zappa?   
      
   “It encompassed so many different styles. It was like being in a rock   
   ’n’ roll band, it was like being in a great jazz ensemble, it was like   
   being in a chamber orchestra as well.” - Chad Wackerman, drummer for Zappa   
   from 1981-88, describing his    
   experience with Zappa.   
      
   “There is absolutely no doubt that Zappa will eventually be placed alongside   
   his classical music contemporaries, where he deserves to be. I truly feel that   
   he was the greatest composer since electricity changed music.” - Jerry   
   Outlaw, guitarist who    
   formed the “Bogus Pomp Orchestra,” a band that sponsors Symphony   
   Orchestras to perform programs of Zappa’s music.   
      
   I formed an Internet radio panel to apply the probes of McLuhan, Wyndham   
   Lewis, and James Joyce to interpreting the work of Zappa, and we have   
   broadcast 205 hours of commentary so far.    
      
   You might be interested: https://ionandbob.blogspot.com/2016/05/   
   he-zappa-hour-plus-wroxana-flores.html   
      
      
   Bob Dobbs   
      
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