Zappa Kick
One of my colleagues at the VA was in my office the other day. She said, “You know who my favorite drummer is?”
I said, “Are you sure you really want to tell me? Because I’m liable to judge you fairly harshly.”
She said, “Oooh. Um, now I’m not sure. I’ll tell you anyway. Terry Bozzio.”
At first, I wondered if I was being set up. Like, I was going to say, “OMFG, really? Terry’s the BOMB!” and then she was going to say, “you geek.” and punch me in the arm or something.
So, instead I said, “What? Are you a Zappa fan?”
She says, “Oh yeah. I love the Baby Snakes album.”
“Ok then,” I said, “You know, you’re alright.”
So, now I’m on a Zappa kick. I’m going to start at the beginning with the Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention album, “Freak Out!”, and refresh my memory of the whole catalog. My current sense of my favorite Zappa albums: Joe’s Garage and Thing-fish. I’ll be posting a bit as I go along about my experience of all these albums.
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