The
Dangerous Kitchen: The Subversive Art of Frank Zappa
by Kevin Courrier
Book Description: The name Frank Zappa often conjures up the image of
a deranged satirist. But for close to thirty years, between 1966 until
his untimely death from prostate cancer in 1993, Frank Zappa was one of
the most influential, innovative, and controversial musicians in contemporary
and popular music (despite little airplay on the radio). Beginning with
his band, the Mothers of Invention, Frank Zappa built a formidable career
in rock and roll by combining a wide range of styles, including serious
contemporary music, jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, and social and political
parody. Yet Zappa was often portrayed as a drug addict (even though he
denounced drug use) and a fetishist (despite a normal married life). In
The Dangerous Kitchen: The Subversive Art of Frank Zappa, Kevin Courrier
explodes those myths by illuminating the facts about this outrageously
gifted composer. Courrier examines how Frank Zappa`s emergence in American
popular culture during the eclectic and experimental sixties was no accident.
Courrier illustrates that Zappa`s musical career - which poked fun at
middle-class conformity, the hippie sub-culture, disco, the rock industry,
and the Reagan era - had its roots in the artistic rebellion against Romanticism
in the nineteenth century. The book draws links to the musical and cultural
antecedents of Frank Zappa`s career, including Erik Satie, Arnold Schoenberg,
Anton Webern, Igor Stravinsky, Charles Ives, and Zappa`s true hero, Edgard
Varese, who was as much a scientific inventor of electronic sounds as he
was a dynamic avant-garde composer.
In The Dangerous Kitchen: The Life and Politics of Frank Zappa, Kevin
Courrier examines Frank Zappa as a composer, performer, political artist,
and American original.
Paperback: 500 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.17 x
9.76 x 7.08
Publisher: ECW Press; (June 2002)
ISBN: 1550224476
The
Real Frank Zappa Book
by Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso
This is the second-best way to expose yourself to the particular genius
of Frank Zappa (music is the best, after all)--through his own words. In
addition to being an idiosyncratic American composer of some degree of
controversy, Zappa was an orator of no small ability or scope. He was known
for his ability to expound at great length (and to hilarious effect) on
any number of topics. The Real Frank Zappa Book faithfully captures this
side of its author, composed of essays on everything from his background
and upbringing, to politics, capitalism, and raising children. Zappa takes
the opportunity to dispel some of the most pervasive rumors that surrounded
him right up to (and even persist after) his death in 1993 (no he didn't
do drugs, or sleep with all those groupies). If you're familiar with the
man, you will be able to hear his distinctive enunciations (aided by the
bold-facing of certain words and Zappaisms) as you read the assorted road
stories, his views on making music for a living, and scenes from two--count
them, two--organized hearings on obscenity in music. Of course, the chapter
titles speak for themselves and include such Zappa winners as "All About
Schmucks," "Marriage (As a Dada Concept)," and "America Drinks and Goes
Marching." Amazon.com
Paperback: 352 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.79 x
9.16 x 6.14
Publisher: Fireside; Reprint edition (May 1990)
ISBN: 0671705725
Being
Frank : My Time With Frank Zappa
by Nigey Lennon, Phil Stern, Suzy Beal
Mother!
the Frank Zappa Story
by Michael Gray
Viva!
Zappa
by Dominique Chevalier
Cosmic
Debris: The Collected History & Improvisations of Frank Zappa
by Greg Russo
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Crossfire Pubns; 3rd edition (January 9, 2003)
ISBN: 0964815702
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