Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

Mt. FZmore

Sculpture by Gutzon Borglum (micrographx sketch by R & S with zappa as stand- in for Abe, and some thanks to T. Pynchon's Vineland for inspiration)

he who proved
all you need to play with the Philharmonic is money;
that one project can in turn, pay for the next;
when you are a musical genius you can
shut up and play yer guitar
you can pair with the best of the best
melodic drummers and creative souls yes
you can Zappaween and do all that
but if you TELL THE TRUTH
you can't get played on the radio.

separate the wop from the doo,
the corn from the candy,
pepperoni from puzzled Polly Modal
and FZ waves flutter
(perhaps with some
cucamonga monkey grease)
flap in the face of
brain police, be they
of the python booted or
ordinary 9-5 working
sociopath





(e-piph: nice really)

Zappa taught me
the crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe
and yellow snow is wee wee
and don’t fuck with a baby seal
he sang of titties and beer
when I saw his show
at LSU you know
back in 76
Did a fix
and forgot
the lyrics to Dynamo hum
poking for fun.
Zappa face fits the scene
he himself was clean

zappa man
i loved you
from before when
time began
you ran brainwaves
thru my hair
breathed my heart and mind full of real air
leveled the playing field to mean
creativity lives
behind the eyes of time
collected by the sighted
and missed by the blind

my plum tree wizardly
shrill sound of misery
Jizz thee Ah slang!
40 dollahs bet
bongs and foosball
SG warped around cheez
Dynamo Slung
another cheap Igor
for the hive to ignore;
libertarian analog
obligattoes
straightening
the curls of all
the tenured
parlor boys
of yankeedom

he powered their wigs
and choked their throats
rang their bells
til' he himself croaked

Smoked, unyoked,
some were stoked--
and take no icon
other than, rather than
EMPEROR NORTON
(and his various
manifestations)
ya see FZ, with
all of flailings
and his flaweds
worked for the
EMPEROR , man
and you just don't
dismiss or mess or diss
THE EMPEROR, even
if some of his underlings
are rather unsavory

He was the master at word play
I live by his words to this day
And the slime still oozes from my TV set
and I'd be willing to bet
catholic girls still please
unless its all a tease.
Zappa was my hero way back when
and moving to Montana
this is the closest I've been
Captain Beefheart was a friend
sang of the Muffin man in Austin.
Wish I could hear them do it all over again.

frank was a friend of mine
he not only inspired but he encouraged me
said, "keep those tunes comin'.

If you are a one percenter
you can make a living in this business."

heard he ruled
the earth and sea
the hills and falls
trolleycar calls
and stacks and wall of towers
san francisco flowers
the EMPEROR
we're all popes
we're all tzars
we're all emperors of the stars

You knew Zappa
oh man you are lucky
I can only imagine the conversation
the wisdom behind the words
that to some were absurd
but to me played as sweet as his guitar
he was a unique star
do you know why he named his son dweezel,
lmao.

And Frank Zappa's daughter is named Moon.

And I assumed
cause she hung like the moon in his eyes
but why name your son dweezel
but Zappa did it his way
and I might say
it was an amazing way to do things.