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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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