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...music, 1985: the stakes are even bigger than the hair. Tipper Gore (Mariel Hemingway) and a group of Capitol wives are out to legislate against "porn rock." A music-biz lobbyist (Jason Priestley) rallies a coalition against them, including Twisted Sister's Dee Snider (as himself) and Frank Zappa (Griffin Dunne), portrayed ludicrously as a kind of chain-smoking Yoda to Priestley's yuppie acolyte. It's a rich premise, but this farce has all the subtlety of a Twisted Sister video--and about one-tenth...
...first gig was the Battle of the Bands,” said Scheuer, lead singer. Scheuer said that at Springfest, Diaco will play both guitarist Diaco’s creations and covers influenced by bands from Frank Zappa to Phish to Bon Jovi...
DAUGHTER OF INVENTION: Moon Unit Zappa says that her first novel, "America the Beautiful" (Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks) is "17.2 percent autobiographical." The heroine, America Throne, has an unusual name, is the daughter of a famous person, and has a musician brother. "Obviously there are some similarities there," she says wryly. To say the least. Moon, as she is known to her friends, is the daughter of the late Frank Zappa, a bandleader, guitar hero, composer, satirist, and political commentator whose creativity is legendary. She admits that Growing Up Zappa was complicated business. "I?ve had enough excitement...
...that rarest of occurrences, a Hollywood understatement, the party is named the Night of 100 Stars, but it actually lists some 200 intended attendees, ranging (alphabetically) from Danny Aiello to Burt Young. (Moon Unit Zappa was apparently unavailable...
...work rock history into their lesson plans. This will make it easier for parents to talk to their kids about the music of their own youth, though it also opens the way to a day when sophomores will get detention for not turning in their term papers on Frank Zappa...