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Funk, from that FUNky B.O. growing in your pits, from the stink between the sheets, with the bass bustin' out and the grooves hangin', ever-e-thang 'cept opera & polka, the visible line from Zapp to Zappa, gee-tars 'n' horns 'n' cong-Os and voices voices singin 'n' screamin 'n' chanting 'n' shouting...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: Make It Funky | 12/9/1993 | See Source »

With the progress in detection and treatment has come a wave of publicity about this very private kind of cancer, which was once rarely talked about. Many prominent men, from ABC News chief Roone Arledge to musician Frank Zappa, have revealed that they have the disease. Others, like Kansas Senator Robert Dole, who underwent an operation for early prostate cancer last December, are actively encouraging men 50 and older or with a family history of the illness to get tested and become familiar with the warning signs: frequent or difficult urination, blood in the urine, painful ejaculation or continuous lower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Private Pain of Prostate Cancer | 10/5/1992 | See Source »

Though C-SPAN does not use a rating service, and never knows for sure how many people are watching, Lamb receives hundreds of letters a week (Ronald Reagan and Frank Zappa are fans), and viewers jam the phone lines on the call- in shows. "This election, people want to ask their own questions and not have a bunch of talking heads making decisions for them," says Lamb. Those who disagree with Lamb know where to reach him -- as long as they don't mind talking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Glitz, No Glamour | 8/24/1992 | See Source »

...assertive as she normally was." She had already been burned by some of the reaction to her campaign against obscene rock lyrics. While she always insisted that government censorship was never her goal, she found herself the target of a counterattack led by the A.C.L.U. Frank Zappa called her a "cultural terrorist." Hollywood liberals -- who were also big Democratic contributors -- piled on, which led her husband's advisers to encourage him to distance himself from his wife's effort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Other Partner TIPPER GORE | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

...anyone who expects a refinement of style or substance should rent 101 Dalmatians. One of the new adventures visits the men's room of the White House, where the President has a painful encounter with his fly zipper; in the same episode, the Pope (voiced by Zappa) gets lost in Antarctica. In another show, Ren and Stimpy play their favorite board game, Don't Pee on the Electric Fence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Loonier Toon Tales | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

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