![]() ![]() But the way he relates his thinking and sense of humor completely win me over in this book and the topper is the very silly use of bold and italic typeface throughout the book. Sure, some of the tech references are massively outdated, and actually I'm not even much of a fan of his music, really. ![]() Add in his personal political battles with government-enforced censorship as well as the passages with his philosophical musings about computerized music and you end up with a book that could only have been made by Frank Zappa and likely can not ever be duplicated by anyone after him. ![]() Even more so, it's the sharp, at times even condescending view he shares about how rock music is so theatrical and vacant that makes this book so appealing. Zappa's amazingly candid anecdotes about playing and performing in the late 60's and early 70's are hilarious, though sometimes extremely vulgar, and yet still also poignant. Alex Winter On Finding The Real Frank Zappa The actor/director talks his critically-acclaimed ‘ZAPPA’ film and showing the human side of the prolific artist. This book always provides a laugh for me no matter how many times I re-read it. ![]()
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