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   Dixon to Bice   
   Re: Charles Ulrich's The Big Note   
   05 Oct 23 03:05:25   
   
   From: dixon.kundts@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, 23 August 2021 at 16:24:58 UTC+1, Bice wrote:   
   > On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 23:21:37 GMT, eich...@comcastsucks.net (Bice)   
   > wrote:   
   > >   
   > >I finally got around to buying a copy of Charles Ulrich's book, "The   
   > >Big Note - A Guide to the Recordings of Frank Zappa".   
   > I read about and listened to Apostrophe and Baby Snakes over the   
   > weekend, and since I had the day off today I read the chapter on The   
   > Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life while listening to the CDs this   
   > morning.   
   >   
   > The most interesting bit that I learned about BBYNHIYL is the section   
   > of The Torture Never Stops Part 1 from 3:03-4:56 quotes the theme   
   > songs from a bunch of old TV shows: I Love Lucy, My Three Sons,   
   > Mission Impossible and The Addams Family. I'm pretty sure I had   
   > caught the Mission Imposible reference before, but somehow I had never   
   > noticed the other three. I'm particularly embarrased about never   
   > noticing the Addams Family quotes before - that's one of my all time   
   > favorite TV shows, I even own the whole series on DVD.   
   >   
   > It was also interesting to read about all the edits and quotes in The   
   > Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue. Trying to put it all in order while   
   > listening to the track was like doing a jigsaw puzzle.   
   >   
   > Lots of quotes from Keneally posts in a.f.f-z in that chapter. I   
   > actually remember reading some of those posts back in the day.   
   >   
   > -- Bob   
   Funny, I just started reading the book with the intention of doing the same.   
   The group was mentioned in the acknowledgments and I haven't looked in on   
   usenet/Google Groups in donkeys years so I came to see. I feel like a baton is   
   being handed on...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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