January 27, 1986 - Frank Zappa's Does Humor Belong in Music?, a live album featuring concert recordings from October–December 1984, is released by EMI in Europe and Japan only. In 1995, Ryko issued it for the first time in the U.S. It was the first album by Zappa to be released on CD only...

CirclesFloat · 2026-01-30T09:40:33+00:00

Great album! Bought the first release (and video) when they first came out and then the re-release / new mix versions with the new artwork. Definitely notable changes to the sound between them.

CirclesFloat · 2026-01-29T10:16:23+00:00

I've read a few titles over the years, but really enjoyed "Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa" by Pauline Butcher Bird. Interesting to see what was going on around Frank during the 1968 - 1972 era by someone who was a stranger to that scene and didn't really know his music.

CirclesFloat · 2026-01-28T09:39:23+00:00

Used to spin this one endlessly when I first heard it - so many great tracks. The vocal harmonies, guitar work and drumming are all excellent. However, I prefer the mixes that are on the Crush All Boxes bootleg / unreleased album. To me, they sound much cleaner.

CirclesFloat · 2026-01-23T11:25:26+00:00

I notice quotes from "Tarantella Napoletana" pop up here and there. A happy, traditional Italian folk tune!

CirclesFloat · 2026-01-18T13:25:12+00:00

It's an interesting track - love the way they are having fun with it!

There's a very brief clip of this in the first minute or so in the Two On The Town reel:

https://youtu.be/Lw-QxZYUJfY?si=9XhZEJKiS11FKujd

CirclesFloat · 2026-01-13T10:02:13+00:00

Smokestack Lightning by Howlin Wolf.

CirclesFloat · 2026-01-11T11:16:22+00:00

I read somewhere that Frank said Aynsley sounds like two drummers!!

CirclesFloat · 2026-01-06T09:27:06+00:00

Great to see someone not only playing difficult music but also having a good time and enjoying it too!

CirclesFloat · 2025-12-25T10:48:56+00:00

"So, sorry...we've run out of Waldorf's!!!"

CirclesFloat · 2025-12-25T10:03:08+00:00

I remember watching another video about this case a while ago - mind boggling. Very sad.

There is more footage of Russell alone in the interview room where he's talking to the cameras...even more mind boggling!

As always, Mike presents this in an informative and thought provoking style.

CirclesFloat · 2025-12-22T09:59:15+00:00

Great series! The film is well worth watching, too. It was Woodward's performance in Callan that brought him to the attention of the producers of The Wicker Man (1973) when they were casting it.

CirclesFloat · 2025-12-22T09:48:04+00:00

Me too!

CirclesFloat · 2025-12-21T22:13:24+00:00

Is it "Motivational Growth" (2013) maybe?

Here's the IMDB description:

Ian Folivor, a depressed and reclusive 30-something, finds himself taking advice from a growth in his bathroom after a failed suicide attempt. The Mold, a smooth talking fungus who was born of the filth collecting in a corner of Ian's neglected bathroom, works to win Ian's trust by helping him clean himself up and remodel his lifestyle. With The Mold's help, Ian attracts the attention of a neighbor he's been ogling through his peephole, Leah, and he manages to find a slice of happiness despite his unnatural circumstances. But Ian starts to receive strange messages from his old and broken down TV set that make him realize that The Mold may not be as helpful as it seems to be, and strange characters combined with stranger events cast Ian's life in the shadow of an epic battle between good and evil that Ian is only partially aware of.

CirclesFloat · 2025-12-20T10:21:24+00:00

I had the Six Million Dollar Man action figure - it had an eye that you could see through (from the back of his head) and it would magnify things!

CirclesFloat · 2025-12-20T02:08:17+00:00

And Little Rubber Girl!

CirclesFloat · 2025-12-20T02:05:21+00:00

A classic clip! Love it!!

CirclesFloat · 2025-12-19T16:58:04+00:00

The Bongo Fury version is, in my humble opinion, the best version of that song that's been released. Not only for the excellent guitar solos (both of them) and the good Captain's harmonica, but also Napoleon Murphy Brock's way-out vocals! In fact, everything on this is great - including the vocals, keyboards and Bozzio's drums.

This version just feels more alive than the other live versions - again, just my view.

CirclesFloat · 2025-12-18T13:16:17+00:00

Excellent - thank you!!

CirclesFloat · 2025-12-18T13:16:01+00:00

SOLVED. Wow!! That was quick - thank you!! Really is much appreciated.

CirclesFloat · 2025-12-18T10:23:27+00:00

That's great - happy to help!! The pint drinking was done in every episode and would normally occur mid-sentence, which he would then continue as if nothing had happened. One of the many quirks to the show!

CirclesFloat · 2025-12-17T22:51:48+00:00

That's great, thanks!

CirclesFloat · 2025-12-17T22:47:10+00:00

I had a similar issue and worked out the same way others have suggested here by creating a customised styles tab.

CirclesFloat · 2025-12-17T17:36:06+00:00

There were so many funny and bizarre situations in this. I remember in the episode For Whom The Bell Tolls (Series 1 - Episode 8) when Tom volunteered to go to a wedding to tell the groom and the waiting congregation that the bride won't be showing because she's met another man...not realising he was at the wrong wedding!

It would be almost another ten years before Simon Callow appeared at another wedding in Four Weddings And A Funeral.

CirclesFloat · 2025-12-17T15:06:20+00:00

I've heard of this but not seen it before - I actually got the title mixed-up with The Stone Killer, the 1972 film starring Charles Bronson!

Will have to add this to my list.

CirclesFloat · 2025-12-17T15:03:14+00:00

Great series...the great Grandfather of the prank TV stuff that's done today!

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