And besides that, Happy Fuckin' New Year! I mean it.My beloved and I are off on a musical adventure of humongous proportion. A lifetime ago, I always saw live music on New Year's Eve. It was always the same band, and it never, ever got old. I'm going all Archie Bunker here, but those were the days.
These days, we stay home and celebrate. We made an exception this New Year's Eve. Going to see Frank Zappa's son Dweezil play his dad's music. I last saw Frank in Santa Cruz in 1984. This will be something special, no doubt. Everything I have read and heard about Zappa Plays Zappa
confirms that Dweezil has worked really hard to be true to his father's compositions. Which will be cathartic as hell for those of us who still miss Frank's voice in this world. He was sort of like a musical George Carlin. Unafraid, brilliant, and funny. (Sigh)
After Dweezil, Les Claypool takes the stage.My son turned me onto Primus in the early 90's. Les Claypool at midnight! You just know that will be bizarre. We haven't been so brazen in a long time, and we need to blow out our geezer exhaust pipes. Now if we can just stay awake past 11:00 p.m. Not like the old daze, when there were various chemical enhancements!
We welcome the New Year this year in a way we have not for quite some time.
These days, we stay home and celebrate. We made an exception this New Year's Eve. Going to see Frank Zappa's son Dweezil play his dad's music. I last saw Frank in Santa Cruz in 1984. This will be something special, no doubt. Everything I have read and heard about Zappa Plays Zappa
confirms that Dweezil has worked really hard to be true to his father's compositions. Which will be cathartic as hell for those of us who still miss Frank's voice in this world. He was sort of like a musical George Carlin. Unafraid, brilliant, and funny. (Sigh)
After Dweezil, Les Claypool takes the stage.My son turned me onto Primus in the early 90's. Les Claypool at midnight! You just know that will be bizarre. We haven't been so brazen in a long time, and we need to blow out our geezer exhaust pipes. Now if we can just stay awake past 11:00 p.m. Not like the old daze, when there were various chemical enhancements!
We welcome the New Year this year in a way we have not for quite some time.
Cheers!
Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa
18 comments:
Happy New Year, Annie! Have a great time.
Cheers to you, too!
I seriously doubt you'll nod off before the clock strikes twelve. Have a great time, Annie.
Zappa plays Zappa! Wow, what a great way to spend New Year's Eve. Sounds like it's going to be an excellent show. Happy New Year!
Happy New Weir, Annie! I was privileged to see the last 3 NYE shows in Oakland, 1989, 90 and 91.
Brian loves Zappa, but I just don't "get" his music at all. Have a blast though, it's great that Dweezil is carrying the torch for his dad.
"It was always the same band"
Now who could THAT have been?
I saw JGB open for Zappa in Chicago in 1985 - a bizarre mix that was totally up my eclectic alley.
Have a great time tonight! We will be idling our geezer pipes at a friends, trying not to wake the kiddos.
I saw Frank in 1977, Columbus Ohio--was a fabulous time I will never forget!
Happy New Year, my friend!
blimey!!! here's to a fuckin great time, and a happy rest of 2009 to boot!
i never did catch a gd nye show, i'm an east coast girl, ya know, but oh, frank on halloween -- now there's a story!!
cheers!! *clink*
have fun!!! :) my hubby likes primus too :)
Zappa Plays Zappa Yum!
Happy New Year Annie xoxoxo
Hey, Annie, hope you have a great night and paint the town red!
Hope too that the New Year is kind to you and you have the energy to carry on changing the world in your own special way.
Cheers.
Thanks to the Winterland and Ticket to New Years DVD's we can still enjoy that band on NYE...and not have to stay up late.
Hope you had a great show and Happy New Year!
Happy New Year Annie. I'm feeling so old, I could barely keep my eyes open until midnight.
I would've loved to have seen live music New Year's Eve. Instead I had 9 preteen and teen girls ruling the roost. It's menopause and puberty at the homestead, lol.
Rock ON, hope you had a good nite.
Happy New Year, Annie!
I hope that your 2009 is happy, peaceful and healthy.
I have a friend in the SF area who was planning to be at that show. I'll keep an eye out for bootlegs.
Happy Belated New Year!
Cheers!
STB
Happy New Year! Hope you loved the show!
Found the Claypool set, for the BitTorrent savvy:
http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=521367
Geez, Annie, post about this fantabulous event! How are the geezer exhaust pipes (I love that)?
A very happy and mind-blowing year to you and yours. More live music!
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