tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629147018460760141.post6411492387053270528..comments2024-01-31T03:36:36.095+07:00Comments on weird brother: Fillmore East - June 1971 - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of InventionY Brawdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078908542612545335noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629147018460760141.post-85948304549181451712010-05-21T19:31:52.630+07:002010-05-21T19:31:52.630+07:00Well, if you want breaking in gently, I'd say ...Well, if you want breaking in gently, I'd say the first Joe's Garage set or You Are What You Is (achingly 80s production values of latter ahead of it's time and now retro cool - and so it goes...)Y Brawdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078908542612545335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629147018460760141.post-62599691104095941132010-05-20T02:59:40.993+07:002010-05-20T02:59:40.993+07:00All of the touchstones of Zappa’s notorious career...All of the touchstones of Zappa’s notorious career-long project/object concept are here in their glistening gland glory. Telling then that Fillmore East and it’s (superior) companion album Just Another Band from LA are very much considered also-rans by most Zappaphiles. It’s a vivid enough document but it’s subject matter (hormones -teen lust - the LA groupie scene) is tacky and narrow. More zit-geist than zeitgeist. <br /><br />No surprise then that Zappa and Lenny Bruce hooked up prior to the latter’s early demise. Working within different mediums each were involved in similarly scatological, socially insightful hipster comedy. Inevitably, that which was ‘in the moment’ eventually became ‘of it’s time.’ Watching footage of the oft-revered Lenny Bruce in today’s brave new world one finds oneself sitting through quite a lot of guff waiting for occasional flashes of greatness – which pretty much sums up Live at the Fillmore too. <br /><br />A word to the wise. This would not be a great entry point for curious latecomers looking for a Zappa tasterWelsh Connexionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07188848076711969304noreply@blogger.com