The last week I listened to
1973 09 14 London 116 min
1973 09 03 Munich 111 min
1973 09 02 Zurich 125 min - which has a great Father O'Blivion starts with 'Join the march and eat my starch' section - it's the
Steno pool that extends into the De Nameland shuffle, well done!
and now there is also artwork for the different and separate two disc set, Finer Moments
[Edited on 19-11-12 by punknaynowned]
[Edited on 19-11-12 by punknaynowned]BBP - 19-11-2012 at 21:01
I saw that somewhere at the Z-forum. Looks great doesn't it?
Yesterday I baked speculaas, which turned out quite nasty. First I couldn't succeed in making proper dolls with it (that's when you push the
dough into a plank with a relief, dough was supposed to come out in cheery fellow-shape but didn't come out at all), so I changed my plans and
made a large chunk of it; then, after it was done, it didn't taste very pleasant at all, not sweet enough and very peppery.
Made a dare with my father to see if he could make those little dolls. He couldn't either, but watching him struggle gave me a brainwave and I
managed to make 11 dolls. They're all done and cooled down, I'll have some later. Not now, gastric distress.
Am also teaching myself to crochet. It's difficult stuff.polydigm - 19-11-2012 at 23:32
How are your music studies going Bonny? What do you hope to do once you've finished?BBP - 20-11-2012 at 20:24
I hope to be a composer.
FZ forum is doing maintenance. First time since 2006.polydigm - 21-11-2012 at 00:29
Living on your wits? Or are you considering teaching or something?BBP - 21-11-2012 at 10:59
I'd love to become a professional artist. But I have a good idea up my sleeve if it ever gets to piano teaching.polydigm - 22-11-2012 at 04:01
So where's it at right now?BBP - 22-11-2012 at 23:50
At the moment? Right now I'm clearing my mind from the awful book I read by watching Smurf cartoons. I'm looking for a sound clip in one of
them: there's 256. That is, up to now I was doing that: it's now time for bed.polydigm - 23-11-2012 at 01:03
No, I was carrying on the immediately preceding conversation. I meant at what stage are your life plans. Are you still doing any courses, have you
started looking for work or whatever, in regard to your aims for a career in music.BBP - 23-11-2012 at 13:12
Been looking for work for months, but it's not easy in this day and ageout here. Unemployment here hasn't been this high in my life.
I've been done with courses for a few years, actually, I already have more points than is needed.polydigm - 23-11-2012 at 23:03
More points than is needed for what?BBP - 24-11-2012 at 22:54
For a degree.
I finally found the Smurf episode I was looking for! I've watched 132 Smurf eps before I found it.
...Except I'm looking for the Dutch one, not the English one. polydigm - 25-11-2012 at 00:50
You're really spinning this one out Bonny. What type of degree? Bachelor? Honours? Masters? PhD? Is it the type of degree for which the piece of
paper would qualify you to teach music? etc ... etc ...
Please forgive me if you have related this information in the past in bits and pieces and I've forgotten some of it ...BBP - 25-11-2012 at 13:06
Bachelor, and it would be a step-up to a master's degree and eventually a university career.
Apart from that, I can wrap my fish in it.polydigm - 25-11-2012 at 13:59
So, you're not interested in spending any more time at uni then?BBP - 25-11-2012 at 14:33
Not really, no. Besides there's only one vacant spot for a promotion every three years, there are so many people after that single spot and
it's usually a teacher's pet who gets it.polydigm - 25-11-2012 at 23:03
I can see awesome that would be. I am currently carving out a path for myself in mathematics at uni and I have a few mountains to climb yet
that's for sure.polydigm - 26-11-2012 at 07:45
OMG. I can see _how_ awesome that would be.BBP - 26-11-2012 at 10:49
Nasty, huh, typing? It's terrible if you're sure you made a grammatically correct phrase, and then find out you've left out a word.
We had a storm here yesterday. Two men flew off their boat at the island of Terschelling, one's missing, the other is dead.BBP - 26-11-2012 at 17:27
Went to the second-hand shop today. It was the turn of the one that was far away, and with my two-wheeled friend in disrepair, I took my father's
bicycle.
When I got there, I discovered I forgot the lock.
Anyway an hour and a half later I did manage to get there eventually. I hate my brain sometimes.
In the mean time DED found out what the problem was with it: the sprocket that the guy I bought it from put on, has the wrong spacing between the
teeth. Causing the chain to come off all the time.polydigm - 26-11-2012 at 23:32
Humans? In spite of our imperfections we still manage to achieve some remarkable things. It's those that believe they're perfect that are a
big part of our current planetary woes.BBP - 27-11-2012 at 18:05
Ah, how true.
Walked to the second-hand shoppe and came back with a bicycle. Pictures to come.polydigm - 27-11-2012 at 22:54
Is this bike better than the last one?BBP - 28-11-2012 at 21:21
It's significantly smaller, which is what you have on older women's bicycles. polydigm - 28-11-2012 at 23:48
Is that good or bad?BBP - 29-11-2012 at 10:00
It's smaller than what would be ideal for cycling at high speed, but it's still manageable. It's about as big as my old brown bicycle.
You can always put the saddle higher, of course.KAPTKIRK - 30-11-2012 at 04:11
Bonny,at least now you'll be closer to the ground when you crash.LOL!
My Elbow has finally healed all the way except for the nerve damage.I'm doing exercises to get the feeling and dexterity back.Slow process. {-BBP - 2-12-2012 at 13:20
That's good to hear, Kirk, I hope you'll be allright!
Yesterday, Dad and I went to Enschede, to visit a museum that might have to close down due to budget cuts. It was quite beautiful, but the 3 hour trip
was exhausting.
One of our stops was in Deventer, which we've visited on a few occasions since it has Europe's biggest book fair (if you start at 11 you
might just be finished by 6). But we'd never seen the pretty little train station.
The museum building dates from 1929 and was designed after a monestary.
Museum has a pretty mosaic floor.
A pretty drawing by Jan Toorop that's not on-line or appeared in postcard form:
This glass got damaged in the Enschede Fireworks Disaster on May 13, 2000. It killed 23 people. The museum got damaged and was in repair for a year.
I hadn't heard of that fireworks thing before - that's terrible.
I had a migraine on Friday and my weekend's been a bit up and down but it looks like I'm getting off to a good start this week.
I've started practicing the sax again but I'm about to bugger off for five weeks and can't take it with me. I suppose I could hire one.BBP - 3-12-2012 at 21:24
Sorry to hear about your migraine, hope you're feeling better! And great that you picked up the sax again, it's a great instrument!
The fireworks disaster, man that was something. I was 17, that evening was the night of the Eurovision Song Contest. The broadcast of that was
terminated out of respect and televoting banned to make room for emergency phonecalls. I remember the list of missing persons on Teletext. There was
one name that never got off there: it was a girl who was five days older than me. That scared me.
I'm busy working on my sister's St Nicholas present, it's taking forever so it seems. polydigm - 4-12-2012 at 01:28
This last migraine wasn't as bad as they can be but it still left me feeling a bit shitty for couple of days after. I'm feeling pretty good
today. I've just been busy taking care of my Mum's business and now I'm going to get down to some maths after checking out zappa.com.BBP - 6-12-2012 at 16:55
I'm glad my sister liked the book a lot!
I'd made 100 gags of my series "The Adventures Of Fred The Flea And Derek Dustmite, For Entertainment Before, During And After Class".
My sister loves them, but had a hard time reading my handwriting, so I made her a new copy, with larger drawings and letters. Took hours, lost sleep
and keyboard practice.KAPTKIRK - 7-12-2012 at 00:12
That was real nice of you to do for your sister Bonny.
I'm glad you're migrains managable this time and is going away Poly. I rarely get headaches,but I've got empathy for any kind of
serious pain.
I just wrapped up the latest Egyptian Revolution segment I'm doing at the local media access station.It's been real interesting following
this revolution through Egyptian eyes and not western news media.
Ah! Plook just phoned from Milwaukee,he wants me to try and get him into a soldout sound check for DZpZ on the 8th in Madison Wis. ( I know Megan and
DZ in a casual way and did them a favor last N.CA tour,the one with Scot Thunes) His wife just had a partial masectomy and when that heals it's
chemo time for 6 months.So maybe this will keep his mind off home and on work after a little "live" Zappa music.
[Edited on 10/10/10 by KAPTKIRK]BBP - 7-12-2012 at 11:09
It sounds ghastly; but are you talking about Mrs Plook or Megan with the partial masectomy?
We're having much snow here. Photos to come.KAPTKIRK - 7-12-2012 at 19:48
It sounds ghastly; but are you talking about Mrs Plook or Megan with the partial masectomy?
We're having much snow here. Photos to come.
Mrs. Plook just had the masectomy.(poor Mrs. Plook) Mr. Plook called all bummed out,so I used what very little influence I have to see if I could get
Mr.Plook into the sound check back in Madison,Wisconson on Sat..He has tix for the show itself.No answer back yet and I doubt if I'll get one.
So it snows in the Nederlands! Next you'll tell me there's windmills and dykes and wooden shoes there too! Ha,ha. LOL! I enjoy your pix
Bonny,cant wait.BBP - 7-12-2012 at 20:43
I'm waiting for the first snowy pictures of Kinderdijk this year. Just google that one for images, it's the stuff of which you'd think
it only exists in paintings.polydigm - 13-12-2012 at 07:59
My Mum has adapted to her new circumstances like a duck to water. Whatever we had to try and convince her before when she didn't want to leave
her house she's now scared we'll take her away from the care home. Now I have the uphill climb of dealing with the financial side and
shooting down the circling vultures. It's all good, though. As depressing as it can be sometimes, things are falling into place. I should
potentially have a good year of focussing on my own plans for 2013 ... before I get any older ...BBP - 14-12-2012 at 17:38
That's good, I hope your mother is well.
DED and I went out for the groceries. We had to, since last week because of the snow I only got to do some emergency stuff. Now it was raining, not
exactly ideal circumstances for heavy cycling. I'm frozen. Suppose dad is too.polydigm - 16-12-2012 at 23:02
We're now on holiday. I'm sitting here right now, jet lagged in a Paris flat right in the middle of many of Paris's high lights, within
walking distance.BBP - 17-12-2012 at 10:07
Beautiful city... Have fun in Paris! Let us know if you're doing any fun touristy things. My favourite is looking down at the traffic from the
Arc de Triomphe.polydigm - 18-12-2012 at 15:17
Caputh - 18-12-2012 at 17:35
Hey, you're in Yoorp? Have a great time. France is secretly my favourite country. Weirdly enough, I've never managed to spend more than a
day in Paris i.e. just passing through. Must remedy this somedaypolydigm - 19-12-2012 at 18:04
Caputh - 21-12-2012 at 17:03
Yoorp is how I thought one of my favourite cartoonists - Steve Bell- thinks that George W. Bush says Europe.
Actually, he spells it "Yurp" here http://gal.darkervision.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/bello...
I just think it's funny. Hope you're still having a great time.polydigm - 22-12-2012 at 01:26
Yes, we've been having a great time, but we're on the plane to London in 16 and a half hours time. One more wander about Paris left before
we leave.BBP - 22-12-2012 at 12:25
Which is also a very beautiful city. Enjoy your holiday Poly!polydigm - 24-12-2012 at 01:44
We're actually staying in Reading, but London is on our list of course. We're all still wearing the same clothes we arrived in because Air
France lost our luggage. They've found three of the four suitcases but still haven't managed to deliver them. Here's hoping they arrive
tomorrow. We still managed to have a most enjoyable day with relatives today. I'll tell the rest of the story at some point.polydigm - 25-12-2012 at 21:30
Okay, the suitcases arrived in London this morning but the delivery service said they couldn't drop them off until tomorrow so I went and picked
them up myself. The missing suitcase is my wife's, the one with all the Christmas presents in. So, the palaver is not over yet. My wife took our
daughter to hospital last night, with what turned out to be the tonsillitis from hell and she's still there now.
So, all in all, Christmas has been wiped out. We're going to have a go at celebrating tomorrow.BBP - 26-12-2012 at 10:54
Goodness, Poly! I hope your daughter is OK...polydigm - 26-12-2012 at 15:40
Catherine is being discharged as I write this, she is now feeling a lot better. I had the same virus as her, she and I came down with the initial
symptoms at the same time. I've kind of stayed on top of it while she went under. Mine, starting two days ago began develop a secondary
infection. Saw the doctor today after having a bad night, but she thinks I'm on top of it so no antibiotics for me. Basically, go home and hang
in there, and here I am doing just that. It could be worse, I could be a Justin Bieber fan.BBP - 27-12-2012 at 08:41
:bald: That's good, hope it'll work out...
Google has a new easter egg: type askew. It didn't work for me.polydigm - 27-12-2012 at 20:39
Okay, last night wasn't so bad and I'm feeling significantly better today. Took a ride to the airport today to drop my father in law and his
girlfriend off for a flight to Italy. This afternoon we went to an exhibition of the pictures of 10 photographers taken during the 60s and 70s. Among
them was David Goldblatt, a South African who is still living in Johannesburg and documenting the poverty that still remains there.BBP - 28-12-2012 at 17:03
Grocery day today, I'm freezing!punknaynowned - 29-12-2012 at 17:01
here's a random one for ya
I still get wolfgang-vault memos every day in my inbox for shows + posters + merch they promote. I always throw them away. But this time there was a
miles davis quintet show @ Newport Jazz Fest, in Newport, RI on 2July67. Short set of just over 32 minutes, I'm instantly transported.
A year or two ago I caught a summer 1966 show of the same group, recorded for AFN in Europe I think that's just as good with different numbers.
There is a general lack of this material in particular and we are just beginning to see a few coming out. I am hoping we will get a number of these
old mid-late'60's MD quintet shows released by the columbia label under the 'bootleg series' aegis. The wolfgang blurb gives
notice that the present promotion of this show as compared to the zillion others they have by everybody in that era... is in light of last year's
official release of1967 shows,
columbia bootleg 1967 3cd + dvd set: http://www.amazon.com/LIVE-Europe-1967-Bootleg-Vol/dp/B005AR...
...That's creepy.
It took me two days, but I've finally found out where Youtube stores its user information: in the Temporary Internet Files folder. I'll
clear it out daily and hope there's some way I can tell IE9 to stop making that for YT.polydigm - 30-12-2012 at 09:54
Isn't it just in a cookie? You can delete those en masse or individually easily enough in most browsers. If you turn cookies off, some web sites
won't work at all.polydigm - 30-12-2012 at 09:58
I'm off on a train to Birmingham this morning to go and meet up with a friend from school that I haven't seen or heard of for almost 41
years. I've been trying to find him on and off for a long, long time but I finally gave up and joined FaceBook and there he was, an unexpected
surprise.BBP - 30-12-2012 at 13:24
Nah, Youtube didn't put it in a cookie. I spent hours trying to locate it where it would be, but it's in a file in Temporary Internet Files.
It'll go when you delete your cookies, but I got tired having to log in again everywhere.
Have fun with your school friend!BBP - 31-12-2012 at 15:18
nice pictures!
O, Happy Day! BBP - 1-1-2013 at 12:49
Have a happy new year everybody!DED - 1-1-2013 at 13:25
tnx same to you, may 2013 brings you all, all the luck you wish for. aquagoat - 1-1-2013 at 19:01
thank you and a Happy new year to you all.:bouncy:polydigm - 2-1-2013 at 19:54
Yes indeed, one day late, Happy New Year to all. My afternoon with my friend went well. I'm currently rewriting my FaceBook page for friends
only. Now that I know that I can do that, it's actually quite useful. I'm also trying to raise the standard of my French as we're about
to visit my relatives in Normandy. I'm getting lots of practice as they've all been friending me on FaceBook.BBP - 2-1-2013 at 21:05
Good luck with your French!
I noticed how much mine has improved with some practice. It's great! Just knowing all those years of Mrs Stefanova in school weren't in
vain...polydigm - 3-1-2013 at 16:53
I studied French at school for four years, but that was a long time ago. It probably formed some kind of base but I still feel like a beginner.BBP - 6-1-2013 at 14:18
BBP - 8-1-2013 at 22:51
Are you down under again Poly? I heard on the news it would be 53 deg C there next Monday. Stock up on ice cream!polydigm - 9-1-2013 at 00:00
polydigm - 10-1-2013 at 10:54
Last Friday I met with the Idiot Bastard in The Lord Moon Of The Mall in Westminster, London for a few a beers. Frank Zappa did not invent the English
language and I just want to say that Andrew is a nice man. We managed to get through six pints of a variety of fine English ales and barely scratched
the surface of a an animated conversation that will have to be continued anon. He's a scholar and a gentleman and I mean that in the best
possible way and that's allowing for his sense of humour which is at least as wicked as mine. BTW, that's a Ryko badge he's wearing on
his specs. He did name himself the Idiot Bastard and has to keep up appearances after all. The six pints barely put a dent in our ability to march off
afterward through Westminster and catch a tube.
BBP - 10-1-2013 at 12:15
Cosy!
Last night I was feeling a bit nostalgic and paged through an old Snorks comic. Turns out one of the mainstay adversaries from the comics is a
yellow shark. Really! He's called Herbert!KAPTKIRK - 11-1-2013 at 00:00
Howdy y'all,
Happy new year,all in good health I hope.2012 seemed to be full of bumps and bruises,from falls,slips and infections.(last one-thats me) I still
don't have all the feeling back in my right thumb and index finger.Makes writing,signing my name,very different everytime.Doing exerices to work
back in the nerves and ligiments that have been damaged by the operation an my arm.
So that's the Idiot Bastard.Cool,I assume he's the one with the same named Zappa web site,nez pa? I'm glad you guys got together and
had a good time.Wish I had been there too.So are you going to be in Normady during Zappanale Poly... and while your there are you and Bonny gonna meet
up also? If I ever get that close to the Mother of the Packard Goose we're on,I'd at least try to meet for coffee or a concert.Bad luck and
lack of $$'s have conspired to keep me away from Zappanale,for a few years now.Rotten luck!
I took spanish in grade school and only know the usual French saying's from the movies. Say la vee. Ha! BBP - 12-1-2013 at 11:42
I've never been to Zappanale... not sure if I should go, I'm not that fond of crowds...polydigm - 13-1-2013 at 19:35
August in the northern hemisphere is the height of summer of course (well, June 21 is the longest day, but the best weather generally comes after).
I've just come back to the UK from Normandy and was only there for a week, so I guess I've missed Zappanale, not just by being in the wrong
place?? I'll be back in OZ Sunday week.
It would be good to meet up with Bonny and it may well happen if my wife and I decide to return to live in the UK or even France. We may then at some
point decide to have a holiday in Holland. It's definitely on my list of places to visit. The next time we visit Europe, we aim to come in summer
instead of winter, so who knows, Zappanale may be on the cards in the near future.tweezers - 14-1-2013 at 04:11
I would bet the Idiot Bastard Son is a fount of Zappa knowledge and glad you got together poly
[Edited on 14-1-13 by tweezers]BBP - 14-1-2013 at 09:05
Tweezers, hey! How are you?BBP - 15-1-2013 at 21:21
Snow's here.polydigm - 15-1-2013 at 22:55
Yes indeed, we had one day of snow here in Reading yesterday. My boys made a miniature snowman on the front porch and I took a short video of my
eldest son throwing a snowball against the fence. Fun and games. I am really not looking forward to returning to the Australian summer, it's
going to be tough. punknaynowned - 16-1-2013 at 06:28
I know the news down there has been horrific of late.polydigm - 16-1-2013 at 13:09
KAPTKIRK - 17-1-2013 at 00:17
Snow in the Mtns.,cold here.At night it's down to 28F.Daze are below 50F.That's cold for California,but not that strange at this time of
year.If it stays cold the price of food will rise accordingly with the loss of crops.The farmers have the giant fans,smudge pots and anything else
that will raise the tempature of they're crops above freezing.That's 32 degrees fahrenheit and it's been as low as 25F here for a week
now.The cold really hurts my thumb and fore finger from that operation on my elbow.Slowly regaining feeling and strenth in the whole arm.I'm not
the only one that's feeling the cold.It cracks me up that some Californians can be so..um..stoopid,going out in shorts,flip-flops,and a warm
coat!Yeah,thats the ticket...for the flu! The hospitals emergency rooms are experiencing a 30% rise in admissions due to flu like symptoms.No wonder!
(place rolling eyes pumkin here)polydigm - 17-1-2013 at 11:11
So, 28F to 50F, that's -7.2C to 32.4C. And 25F is -12.6C, for those of us not still living in the 19th century. :devil:
It went down to -4C overnight here which is 29.8F for the 19th century folk. There's a very gossamer like snow fall happening this morning,
enough to see little flecks of white but not enough to accumulate. Full on snow has been predicted for tomorrow and Saturday, so we may get to see a
snow fall tomorrow morning while we pack to go back to OZ. :crying:BBP - 17-1-2013 at 12:24
I doubt a pack of snow would facilitate your return home, so I guess it's better this way. Hey, if I see your plane flying over, I'll toss a
snowball at you! :bald:KAPTKIRK - 18-1-2013 at 04:37
Incoming! Your gonna need a bigger plane Poly!
He can always flush the loo and send you a frozen yellow snowball from 30,000 ft.
Watch for holes with yellow rims in your roof Bonny.
BTW: I couldn't find one duck smilie.Not even a goose.What's up with that Bonny? Just wondering.No biggie.BBP - 18-1-2013 at 17:19
:biggrin: This is the standard smilie pack that came with the XMB forum update. You could download/make more and upload them to be able to use them
here.
Am not feeling well today. Went to the market, which was a bad idea.DED - 19-1-2013 at 18:03
According to me we have more smilies than standard on XMB. polydigm - 21-1-2013 at 16:46
The suggestion that I might meet up with Bonny at some point could have come fleetingly close on Friday. We were in the airport in Amsterdam for a
very short period. Off the plane from London and straight into the queue for the plane to Kuala Lumpur.
And, see some snow while we pack?? Jesus!! Packing the snow covered car while snow fell, and scrunching through snow between the front door and the
back of the car, was an interesting experience for me. Then, it took over one hour just to get to from the part of the road that we were staying on,
to the turn off just past the local cinema, from that same road, towards the main freeway towards the airport. Luckily, the pace picked up after that.
Also lucky, our flight to Amsterdam wasn't delayed. There were many disgruntled travellers at Heathrow facing bad news.
Then, when we finally got to Adelaide, as if the gods of global travel weren't done with us yet, they had lost my youngest son's bag.
Thankfully, they found it and it was delivered to us late yesterday.
None the less, we had a great time.BBP - 21-1-2013 at 17:43
I've heard! Problems in the UK have grown, over 5000 schools are closed I understand. It's slippery here too, especially in the north, where
two people have died in accidents. I decided to stay at home and clean the pavement.KAPTKIRK - 22-1-2013 at 01:05
Still freezing at night and warm to mild in the afternoon here.The BBC news makes it sound rather bleak over your way Bonny,cold front and storms all
over northern Europe.I'm glad you had a good time Poly.Only one bag misplaced outta how many? Ya gotta feel lucky.
Today's MLK day here and Prez Obama's Inauguration too.Basically another holiday.Whoopee! {-BBP - 22-1-2013 at 13:05
It's very manageable here. I understand in Germany there was a small fire in the wrong booth and because of that Siegerland has limited phone
service: which also means ATMs and stuff don't work. How dependent we've got!DED - 22-1-2013 at 14:02
Life is a keychain
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Is your Dad saying that he named you after a brand of baby formula? None the less, it's a nice name.BBP - 23-1-2013 at 21:26
I hate it. Always did.
Anyway I'm contemplating on quitting the Perfect Pitch course I just started on. At the current stage I'm in, I need to play two or three
notes at a time and then sing them. The playing is not the problem, nor is the hearing but my voice control is way too poor and my throat hurts too
easily for the singing part.polydigm - 23-1-2013 at 23:32
I didn't realise you hated it. You seem to like it enough to complain when people don't spell it correctly.
My limited singing voice has always been a problem in the same way. There are many things that I can hear and understand without being able to sing
them. Singing and whistling have both been an aid to my learning to some degree, but if you can't sing a particular note, you can't sing a
particular note. Nothing beats messing around on a guitar or a piano when it comes to composing.BBP - 23-1-2013 at 23:37
Got bullied with it as a kid, and still, for some odd reason, people enjoy singing annoying songs with my name in it (like this one) when I'm near. Even grown-ups like to say "Where's Clyde?" or stuff like that. :duh:aquagoat - 24-1-2013 at 19:28
I understand you Bonny, my firstname, Renaud, is the name of a famous singer in France and also a very well known brand of cars (even though spelt
differently) so there was always someone who thought it was extremely original and smart to refer to these and make fun of me. It usually ended with
my fist in their faces when I was young, now I use sarcasm.
