Admittedly, I’ll watch nearly anything Zappa related, from live footage to bootlegs to documentaries. Much has been written about Zappa and the Mothers, they have been very well chronicled. From how many times Zappa stretched his legs while writing The Dog Breath Variations to how many cigarettes he smoked in the studio while recording Magdalena, to dense intellectual interpretations of his work and ponderous forays into his political activities. There comes a point when, like with the beatles, everything that needs to be written about certain portions of their lives just may have been covered in excruciating detail by this point.

When I sat down to watch the doc Franks Zappa and the Mothers of Invention in the 60’s I was interested, yet skeptical. It starts off slow, with various Zappologists shedding light on the mans early years and musical influences using pretty much the exact same words as every other verbose Zappologist. Perhaps these people only have one book to base all of their learned opinions on. There are some cool interviews with Jimmy Carl Black, Bunk Gardner, Don Preston and Kim Fowley, but very little live footage of the band in action. You can actually find a million times more ‘rare’ footage looking on youtube.

If you happen to be new to Zappa and the Mothers, you just might dig it. If you know anything about them, this is rehashed, watery gravy. It’s safe to say that the turning point for me was having to suffer through the most irritating accent I’ve ever heard by an aged, self important hippy intellectual wearing a giant scarf with skulls on it while blathering inane facts he likely gleaned from the back cover of Freak Out! I’m sure if I wasn’t subjected to this pompous poof for over two hours, I might have enjoyed it more.

If you think I’m exaggerating:

Although it’s hard for me to dislike anything Zappa related, in my humble opinion: save your money, buy any Mother album or official Zappa dvd, and enjoy your life without fear of sitting on your deathbed lamenting the two hours you wasted one hapless evening.

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Nothin was the first single by early Toronto Rockers The Ugly Duckings, badass, sneering spit’n’swagger rock’n'roll played the way it was meant to sound, shaping punk and drawing lines.

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Have you ever felt tired? I haven’t, because I drink coffee that I brewed on my fantastic NESCAFE Dolce Gusto machine. If you want to get one of these funky contraptions for free, go enter the contest and win it, like a proper self-respecting troglodyte who gives his or her name to ever every contest in the world trying to get something for free.

That’s right, I said it: NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto™ brews coffee house-quality beverages from the convenience of your own home or castle. All you’ve gotta do is plug one of these little dew-hickeys into the thingamajig and suddenly it spurts out brown stuff.You can even make it splosh out cold things. It’s all quite dramatic!

There are seven different flavours: Caffè Lungo, Espresso, Americano, Latte Macchiato, Cappuccino, Iced Cappucino, Café Mocha…even Chococino (hot chocolate) for the kids. That’s right, teach your kids how to drink instant coffee by training them on instant hot chocolate. It’s win-win.

Warning/Disclaimer:

You need electricity to make it work.
Do not operate coffee machines in the bathtub.
Do no drink coffee laced with heroin if you are pregnant.
Coffee should be administered orally, never ingest it through your skin.
Coffee should not be trusted with small children.
Hot coffee can be hot, do not pour into eyes or on puppies.
Whipped cream on your coffee does not make you taste fruity, you only appear that way. (void if you are female).
Coffee caplets should never be bronzed and dropped from tall buildings.
Unless the coffee otherwise requires, words importing the single number shall include the plural, and words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine.

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To find out more about these punk legends:

http://www.viletone.com/

http://www.teenagehead.ca/

http://www.michaelejordana.com/

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In less than a year this prolific songster has already posted about 200 original songs, nearly all recorded in what seems to be the front room of his grandmothers house, wearing the same blue and black bowling shirt. On top of this he fronts several bands and has released his first official full-length album, Great Rockin News.

All of his songs are really good, but in our opinion nothing has quite the bite as I’ve got a girl named Gretsch.

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This scene takes place during a Guitar Wolf gig while they perform Roaring Blood, and should give you a good idea of what to expect. The guy in the tight white shorts is an evil club owner bent on killing them,

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The DVD also features a drinking game. A pint glass appears whenever a character drinks, says “Rock ‘n Roll,” or combs their hair, or when a head explodes, something else explodes, or fire shoots out of something. Again, what more could you ask for?

This movie is also available for rental from GreenCine. Sign up, they’ve got nearly everything.

Featured here is the brilliant song, Im Märchenwald (In the Fairytale Forest), which comes from their first album The Microwave is down. It seems their releases are limited editions, very limited. They only printed 10 copies of Microwave, and their second album Violence in the Forest which featured such anthems as How come the Beer in the Bass? and Gib mir Deinen Stromkram(Give me your current stuff) was limited to 25 copies. They are currently recording their eagerly awaited fourth album, I’m sure it will live up to everyones expectations.

Without further ado:

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Usually black metal fans are very laid back, but this audience goes insane. Its a little scary to watch, it reminds me of the beatlemania epidemics of the 60’s.