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18 Jun, 2015
Totally DADA: more fun than a barrel of monkeys !!!
Covers many live performances by FES, all brilliant. Saw them last year At Rochester, NY, International Jazz Festival, they made me tingle with all those players crowded on a single stage, brings to mind, more fun than a barrel of monkeys: they cover it all, from bop to Beefheart and back. Totally DADA .
10 Sep, 2016
Still Freaky all these years
Great art stands the test of time--"Freak Out" covers widely ranging genres of music, electronic to doo-wop to topical songs, such as "Trouble Everyday", Of course, always filtered through Zappa's rather sarcastic sense of humor. But there is also some tasty guitar here and there. Maybe some avant garde classsical and free-form jazz just to keep it all slightly surreal. Still on of my favorite Mothers albums, fifty years and counting,
10 Aug, 2016
Contemporary View of Historic Figure
This book covers much of what is known from the other Peggy Guggenheim books which are auto-biographical. Here we have a more objective observer, who can tackle the difficult issues, such as her daughter, Pegeen, and expand what has been written about Guggenheim's lovers, husbands, etc. Her story is a rather compelling read because of her position in time and place, Europe pre-war, during and post WW2, and her various relationships with artists and other famous persons.