Tuco1965
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
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+1 lol.And here I thought he was dental floss tycoon.
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And the names he cooked up for his children. Those poor kids must have taken a lot of Schiit at school.
Yes his poor children with the strange names. Dewezel and Moon Unit must have had fun with the other kids, at school.
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I always thought that one of the contributing factors to him being so anti-drug may have been because he was frequently harassed by the FBI. Rumor was that Nixon hated him. Having drugs would have made him an easy bust. Being a brilliant guy, he likely wanted to avoid this.
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I chalked it up to his being serious about his music, so that he wouldn't tolerate any doper slackardness around him in his supporting band and even environment. Prolly fancied himself a composer, explaining his forays into classical and jazz themes.
And/or purveyor of $40 bills.
And here I thought he was dental floss tycoon.
And/or purveyor of $40 bills.
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I joined the Schiit Storm with a B Stock Lyr (can't find any blemishes) about 3 weeks back. Love it! Enough to order Ragnarok as my end point integrated amp in mid March.
Jason how do you guys come up with this Good Schiit, man?
Jason how do you guys come up with this Good Schiit, man?
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I remember him playing a drug lord on an episode of Miami Vice...
Edit: On Youtube. Search for "Frank Zappa" "Miami Vice". Excerpts and full episode.
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People would see his crazy album art and immediately think he was a major league head. Little did they realize he was straight as an arrow, just a bit nuts.
My take on Zappa is that he operated on a different plane of consciousness from the rest of the world. Naturally, to reach that same plane, the average person would need some chemical intervention. So, one says to oneself, "if I need to smoke/ingest/inject this substance, then it stands that he (our friend Frank) is doing the same."
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I'm in China ATM, so Youtube is blocked and I can't post the link.
Google "Frank Zappa Tonight Show Steve Allen" for Frank's first TV appearance (in B&W no less). Priceless...
Google "Frank Zappa Tonight Show Steve Allen" for Frank's first TV appearance (in B&W no less). Priceless...
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That was cool, thanks.
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I got to meet Mr. Zappa and his wife Gail twice - a good friend of mine was the Fairlight and Synclavier tech working for him at Barking Pumpkin studio and I asked to tag along. A creative genius and very nice man. His 100th album "Dance Me This" is being released in June. It was the last thing he was working on when he died and it was apparently finished by Dweezil.
