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A couple of days ago I was helping family of our fallen z-forum family member Kapt. Kiiirk remove some stuff from out of his apartment. One of the things I rescued from the dumpster was a cd called "The Unmoderated" which I recognized to be a product of the Zappa forum members. I do remember this call to arms but didn't participate. The copyright is 2004 and surprisingly it's a very listenable cd. It was produced by Arkay with product supervision by MentalTossFlycoon. Cover Art by White Person and Arkay. Art Direction by Miss Kitty.

I guess anybody who participated or has it I'd be interested to hear comments on how it was made. I imagine there is a long buried thread on the subject if somebody wants to redirect this topic there.

Was the Zappa wood art I made Kirk tossed out as well ?

I could have sworn I sent Kirk a copy, I guess he bought or somehow got the real thing.

Here's the original thread - the last post is from 2005.

http://www.zappa.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7290&hilit=the+unmoderated

I didn't see it. I remember last time I was there he had some of your stuff hanging on the wall but they were gone. He had some Zappa light plates on the light switches - were those yours?

Maybe it was what you sent. It's a cd-r with handwriting on it and the cover has a hand drawn Zappa mustache on it. It also contained two pages of xeroxed liner notes/art.

Yep, that's probably it.

Thanks for bringing up the old days KUIII. Nice to remember those times. A bit sad in that I wish Sebastiaan and others were still around. Seb was a huge part of the project. Someday I'm gonna travel to Europe and meet the guy, though that idea is still probably years from happening.
In a more current time frame, I'll try to take some pix of stuff from The Unmoderated in the next few days or so.

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It made the charts - with a bullet!

Oh, no! Worlds are colliding!!

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Yep, I sent him them along with this stuff.

The top one was sent to Kirk.




He got three of these puzzles.




Bottom keychain was sent to him.

^^^ Awesome goods, Trip


I'll try to minimize the impact... besides a bunch of stuff is buried in storage boxes...
so, here is the front:


The gatefold


And the giga-rare beta one-of-a-kind back cover art

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This was a very nice initiative, kudos for you guys...

Nice of KUII to help out with KK's belongings...

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track listing

1. the voice of swifty:
. . sir galoot and riggs - sequencing
. . swiftkicknow - guitars and fx

2. the world is xenochrony:
. . sebastiaan - guitars / keys (too much to dream)
. . stefan schaminee - bass
. . mario driessan - guitar
. . marq hendrix - drums
. . disco boy - guitars, vocals
. . billy - guitars and their mutations
. . the central scrutenizer - vocals, poetry and ultra-powerful sequencing
. . wowie zowie - vocals
. . poncho - bass and vocals
. . poncho's sister - vocals
. . miss kitty - vocals
. . arkay - guitars, poetry and vocals
. . bb - vocals and smashed glass
. . millimalimalou - piano and vocals
. . billy mack - vocals, guitars and synthesizers
. . gonzo - poetry
. . arrcee - vocals
. . ronnys noomies - vocals
. . dave mcclure - sequencing
. . brandon nelson - various odd sounds
. . khalil smylie - various odd sounds
. . thom klepach - various odd sounds
. . brett padgett - various odd sounds
. . swiftkicknow - fx
. . the inhabitants of python place - text

3. resolve:
. . isaac baranoff - sequencing (save it for your funeral)
. . homsar - sequencing (steppes of hamm)
. . white person - vocals and crumpled paper
. . brandon nelson - vocals
. . khalil smylie - vocals
. . thom klepach - vocals
. . brett padgett - vocals
. . dweezil zappa - greeting
. . lisa loeb - greeting
. . ike willis - romance
. . p/o - fx
. . the central scrutenizer - sequencing
. . steve pacheco - percussion sequencing
. . arkay - vocals
. . billy mack - sequencing

4. spin the dial:
. . sam lipkin-burkhardt - awrighta, lead guitar
. . kathy lipkin-burkhardt - bass
. . arkay - vocals, acoustic guitar
. . disco boy - all but one of the lead guitars

5. counter-logic:
. . catpuke - vocals and sequencing
. . ronnys noomies - guitar and sequencing (the sickness)
. . billy mack - vocals and sequencing (bottle of jar)

6. spaceship cat:
. . catpuke - piano, singing and dialog
. . papa catpuke - dialog
. . ghost and p.j. - meows
. . roc roc - dog howls
. . billy mack - geetar, sequencing, pitch pipe, vocals
. . arkay - tiple, guitar
. . roger young - bass
. . sebastiaan - guitars / keys (travellers)
. . stefan schaminee - bass
. . mario driessan - guitar
. . marq hendrix - drums

7. deep white:
. . dennis the security guard - yello
. . galloot and riggs - sequencing
. . white person - various percussion and samples
. . dave mcclure - sequencing
. . arkay - synthesizer and tiple

8. papa sphere:
. . white person - keyboards
. . millimalimalou - vocals
. . arkay - guitar

9. indulgence:
. . sabrina - vocals
. . disco boy - guitars, punch-outs
. . miss kitty - vocals
. . arkay - vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, hand drums, tiple, punch-outs, bass
. . wowie zowie - vocals, punch-outs
. . billy mack - vocals, guitar
. . ryan and scott - guitar
. . ryan's mom - vocals
. . dave mcclure - sequencing
. . roger young - drumkit, bongos, bass
. . millimalimalou - piano, vocals, punch-outs

10. crap ass baby:
. . . white person - roofing materials and old video games
. . . arkay - guitar

11. brothers:
. . . wowie zowie - vocals
. . . the inhabitants of python place - text
. . . sebastiaan - guitars / keys (ole)
. . . stefan schaminee - bass
. . . mario driessan - guitar
. . . marq hendrix - drums
. . . poncho - bass
. . . disco boy - guitars
. . . arkay - wooden pitch whistle, train whistle
. . . roger young - bass
. . . sir galloot and riggs - sequencing and guitars

12. mastication wink:
. . . tangento devaposlob - editing
. . . arkay - editing some more

13. call an asshole:
. . . arkay - vocal and guitar
. . . white person - everything else

14. dream sweety:
. . . sebastiaan - guitars
. . . millimalimalou - vocals
. . . arkay - fx guitar

15. z-road to nowhere:
. . . swiftkicknow - guitars
. . . sebastiaan - guitars, bass
. . . white person - synth-o'sizers
. . . ike willis - vocals
. . . jimmie d - vocals
. . . william niehoff iii - wailing

16. the python manor theme:
. . . sebastiaan - all guitars
. . . arkay - organ and vocal

17. the vagabond:
. . . michel jubinville - composer, les paul guitar
. . . andre smith - fender strat
. . . jaques raymond - drums
. . . jean pothier - bass
. . . recorded on 2 teac 4-tracks by: pierre pothier at st-hyacinthe, somewhere in 1978

18. 4 cats:
. . . michele alary - composition, vocals
. . . aro - everything else (michele alary, chuck alary, fred o. , mike r.)

19. thank you frank:
. . . miss kitty - vocals
. . . arkay - vocals, lyrics and lips soli
. . . wowie zowie - vocals
. . . milimalimalou - vocals
. . . arrcee - vocals
. . . the central scrutenizer - sequencing (dark energy)
. . . brandon nelson - drums
. . . khalil smylie - drums
. . . thom klepach - guitar
. . . brett padgett - guitar




details
playing time: 67 min. 25 sec.
contributing artists: cast of thousands
producer: arkay
distributor: mtf/seb partners
recording type: studio
recording mode: stereo

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I hope his wife lets you... then again you're not a woman. His girl made him break contact with me. I found that very upsetting and unsettling.


Thanks for helping out Kirk, KU3! And what an awesome carvings, Trip!

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I have a copy of this. It was made a year or two before my time but I would have liked to take part in it. It's a cool application of the xenochrony idea.

So did Kapt Kiirk pass away?

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Let's hear it again for the London Philharmonic Orchestra!

Unfortunately, yes, feet...

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Another artifact from The Unmoderated. Sebastiaan sent a piece of music to swiftkicknow, who added to it, then sent it to White Person, who added to it, then sent it to me.

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Ah the good ol' days.... Just yesterday I ran across my copy while reorganizing my CDs. Popped it on and listened to a good bit of it. Def stands the test of time! Even more thanks to Arkay.

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So sad...just saw this

RIP Kapt.

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I have a copy buried somewhere...may have to dig it out for a spin.

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Wait. Did I just read IKE WILLIS on the credits?

Yes! And Dweezil Zappa!

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That's great!!

I only read about it last night... Will miss his jolly influence on the forum. Very sad and shocking.

Any chance, if there was enough interest, this would be circulated again? Maybe groupfunded by forum members to be pressed as a silver disc (or double vinyl album)? Or just as a download? I was around (with a different username) back when it was made but not active enough to partake or consume at that time.