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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...people who dispatch the Santas are, like Frank Zappa, "only in it for the money...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Which One Is Real? | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

Before long, everyone knew Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt, who had grown up around L.A. Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Stephen Stills lived near the top of Laurel Canyon, Frank Zappa in an old Tom Mix house a short walk away. Browne and Frey and Henley had Echo Park apartments. Linda was in Ocean Park. Jim Morrison of the Doors was the most successful musician of the crew, and the hardest to locate, since he often slept on the beach near Venice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Linda Down the Wind | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

People are always talking to Frank Zappa about the perverse things he's allegedly done, but nobody ever seems to get around to what's really important--the varying tonalities of different bongo drums, for example--the stuff that the guy's seriously interested...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: ROCK | 11/18/1976 | See Source »

Still there? Frank Zappa will continue his current tour, timed to coincide with the release of his new album "Zoot Allures," through December; in March he will begin a 'round-the-world tour. Then he will return to his new hometown, Hollywood, sit around his non-mansion, and work on a new movie. But he won't talk about his new movie...

Author: By Rich Weisman, | Title: Oh, Frankie...! | 10/28/1976 | See Source »

...Zappa gets up from his rocking chair--his belly button is exposed (an innie, I think), and he's not wearing any underwear under those tight bell-bottoms (woo, woo)--he puts on a stylish coat, turns off the lights in his room (except one to keep the crooks out), and leaves...

Author: By Rich Weisman, | Title: Oh, Frankie...! | 10/28/1976 | See Source »

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