Frank Zappa’s notoriously self-indulgent film and the long-banned stage show version of it.
Tag: avant garde
Yoko Ono Gets Her Bottom Spanked By The British Censors
The time the BBFC got its knickers in a twist about four minutes of jiggling buttocks.
The Zappa Documentary Is Here
The long-awaited documentary study of the musical maverick gets a US release in November.
It’s Hip to be Square-ish. The Residents Set Fire to Popular Music Over Seven Discs
Probing the wonders and frustrations of The Residents’ Cube-E Box extravaganza.
The Past Lives And Tomorrows Of Sloth Cult
Industrial gloom and bleak noise from the mysterious act known as Sloth Cult.
Classic Albums Revisited: Frank Zappa’s Apostrophe (‘)
Looking back at Frank Zappa’s magnum opus from 1974.
Labyrinth Tales: The Short Films Of Shuji Terayama
The controversial and experimental films of the Japanese provocateur.
Dyin’ Dogs, Metal, Meat And Bone – The Residents Are Not Done Yet
The uber-experimentalists move on from the loss of their leader with a new, angry and aggressive reconstruction of the blues.
The Passion Of Unica Zurn
Writer Unica Zurn’s Impressions of Mental Illness.
Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Masterworks Return To British Screens
The counterculture midnight movie classics have a big screen revival.
The Origin Of The Residents: A Nickle If Your Dick’s This Big And Not Available
The lost, controversial and even more experimental than usual Residents recordings reissued reviewed.
I Hear A New World – Joe Meek’s Musical Inventions
The pioneering and experimental sounds of Joe Meek and the Blue Men revived.