Bolero,”

Night School, his concept for a weekday late-night programme. The aim was to show raw, uncut news footage, point out what had been deleted or ignored and speculate on the reasons for each omission. A live band would be in the studio, the musicians doubling as actors in ‘pre-enactments’ of the ‘possible social consequences’ of specific news items.

The final selection, made by the Zappa office from albums supplied by Rhino employee Tom Brown, comprised, As An Am (New York, 1981), Live At The Ark (Boston, 1968), Freaks & Motherfuckers (New York, 1971), Unmitigated Audacity (Indiana, 1974), Any Way The Wind Blows

“The people who want to censor do not care about saving your children,” he told David Sheff. “They care about one thing – getting re-elected. Let’s face it, folks: Politicians in the United States are the scum of the earth. We have to go after them individually because they’re varmints. The legislation they are passing, piece by piece, converts

The difference between religions and cults is determined by how much real estate is owned … Look, how many people died as a result of the Bible compared to the Kama Sutra? There’s no competition.”12

Anyone of a nervous disposition would have become a Child of God or moved to Oregon and bought the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh a couple of Rolls Royces. Instead, Frank embodied Hunter S. Thompson’s dictum: “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”

The last track on the album is also the longest; at 13 minutes, ‘The Ocean Is The Only Solution’ is a trio improvisation that scurries through a series of complex rhythmic patterns before settling into a fuzz guitar solo over a fast,

“Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth.” (OK, so far.) “Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST.”

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