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I finally watched Roxy.
It has always been one of my favorite Zappa albums (how could in not?!).

Highlights:
Practically the Whole Damned Thang.

I was a little disappointed in the first two songs (Cosmik Debris and Penguin in Bondage).
But as soon as Uncle Meat/Dog Breath began- it was dynamite until the end.

As a guitarist, I thought Frank's solo in Big Swifty was one of his best live solos.

I was, however, disappointed in the video/audio snafu. There was an annoying, and very real delay between the video and audio. not happy with that

also- I really wanted to see the zaftig bikini'd women on the album cover- no go with that ;(

however, I paid $4.99 to rent the movie, so I really got my money's worth, I feel

I often would skip the Bebop Tango when listening to the record, but watching it on the video it was quite fun and now I know exactly what was going on.

Okay- there is more I can say, for sure.

Hearing the bizarre proto version (?) of Inca Roads was very interesting.

At the end of the amazing drum solo/percussion extravaganza (no hyperbole) I
recognized that Ralph, Chester, Ruth, Frank and maybe even Bruce (?) played the whole "Cheepnis" song
with just the drums/percussion, and sure enough, Frank announced that just before playing the
full version of the song.

The instrumentals were fookin' incredible. Period.
Sure, Frank had a ton of fantastic musicians during his reign, but c'mon- this has to be considered
either his best band or in the top 2 or 3.
For me, I think its my favorite.

I think I may be in the minority, but Dunbar was probably my favorite of Zappa's drummers. But I think
Humphreys and Thompson seemed to work out okay? (sarcasm)

Its gonna be another 5 years before people really get a grip on the entire Roxy output. Prolly more for me, hahaha

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I'll day waiting for it, along with that flying car that we were promised...

I think the bigger question here is, how many Roxy threads do we really need?

???????????????!!

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The way I see it Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.

oops - I'll be waiting for it, along with that flying car that we were promised...

Small typo made a big difference...in other words if we are going to wait for something that may never come it would be like waiting for the promised flying car when I was a child, they never came...sounds stupid now that I thought it out...

Thanks for the clarification. I almost posted a similar response as poly last night but then I ran it through my Plook spellchecker/translater machine I got the gist of what you were trying to say.

Yeah, I was going to post "What you gonna do at night?", but, decided to give him a break, this time.

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You're probably wondering why I'm here
(not that it makes a heck of a lot of a difference to ya)

hey Bad spelling is the secret to being a Jellyfish Whisperer...

good things come to those who day wait.

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that's what happens when you don't read you loose your link to higher thinking

and now I have a fine mist of coffee in on and around my keyboard

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hey punk let's make justice justice again

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that's what happens when you don't read you loose your link to higher thinking