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The Exceptional Musical Genius of Frank Zappa Explored in a Definitive Biographical Documentary
Director Alex Winter, who played Bill in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, has realized his dream of preserving the very precious memory of the late,…

Stout Mask Replica, An American Stout Celebrating the Classic Captain Beefheart Album ‘Trout Mask Replica’
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Duck Foot Brewing Company (@duckfootbeer) Duck Foot Brewing in San Diego has created “Stout Mask Replica”,…

A 1967 Animated Luden’s Cough Drops Television Ad Featuring a Unique Soundtrack Created by Frank Zappa
Artist Ed Seeman posted the award-winning 1967 television ad for Luden’s Cough Drops, which featured his own brilliant animation and a unique soundtrack created by…

How Perceived Heavy Metal Music Excesses Led to the Implementation of Parental Advisory Stickers
In a really informative episode of the Vox series Earworm, video producer and host Estelle Caswell explains the history behind the “Parental Advisory Explicit Content”…

A Rather Comprehensive List of Famous Guest Stars Who Appeared on ‘Miami Vice’
Bruce Willis playing arms dealer extraordinaire Tony Amato in Miami Vice’s first season. Four months later, he was trading barbs with Cybill Shepherd as P.I.…

A Pensive Frank Zappa Jams Onstage With Pink Floyd at a Belgian Music Festival in 1969
During the 1969 Festival Actuel in Mont-de-l’Enclus, Belgium, a very pensive, straight-faced Frank Zappa joined Pink Floyd onstage to perform a loose, somewhat directionless version…

Frank Zappa Warns How Censorship Will Lead to an Encroaching Fascist Theocracy on ‘Crossfire’ in 1986
On an incredibly prescient 1986 episode of Crossfire, the late, great Frank Zappa sat down with hosts Robert Novack (on the left) and Tom Braden…

An Amazing Three Part History of the Most Influential Guitarists Between the Years of 1929 and 1989
Musician and music essayist Rick Beato put together an amazing series about the world’s most influential guitarists. Because the subject was so big to tackle,…

How Prolific Session Musician Carol Kaye Created Some of Music’s Most Iconic Guitar and Bass Lines
Music writer Polyphonic, who creates incredibly informative video essays introduced a lot of people (myself included) to the incredible Carol Kaye. Kaye was a rare…