Zappa Gear

Mick Ekers tweets about his book 'Zappa Gear', Frank Zappa, the history of music technology, the dialectics of poodle play, and other concomitant topics.

[Normal Island News @NormalIslandNws]

BREAKING: Boris Johnson's spokesperson says he is very upset people won't stop talking about his super-injunction for #CarrieGate so please keep this a secret, okay? x

[Sue Perkins 💙 @sueperkins]

Hahahawearesofucked

[Zappa Gear @ZappaGear]

@ErikVoermans It was 'a stock Fender Telecaster with chubby strings' - FZ. See 'The Rainbow Telecaster', Zappa 's Gear pp. 18-19

[Zappa Gear @ZappaGear]

Nice to discover a genuine unsolicited review from a fan - Thanks Mr Heaney :-)
https://t.co/QGoo93n08j

[Cllr Daniel Cowan @CllrCowan]

“Leave the statues of slavers up don’t let a garden tell the grim story of nuclear contamination of indigenous lands”

Utterly unsurprising but appalling nonetheless.

[Andrew Greenaway @idiotbastard]

Zappa’s Big Muff Reborn! https://t.co/TmWxzE9oXS

[Andrew Greenaway @idiotbastard]

In the news this week: @IkeIsThingFish Ronnie Williams @ZappaMusicMan @ZappaMovie Sergio Albonico & more
https://t.co/yPx0DGXNgC

[Zappa Gear @ZappaGear]

Frank Zappa's Guild Aragon F-30 at the UMRK in 2012. More on this guitar in the Zappa Gear book. #ZappaGear photo by Mick Ekers all rights reserved

[Zappa Gear @ZappaGear]

Only just found this video - very happy to see how Jeff Star appreciates what I tried to do with the book. only just discovered this video! https://t.co/LTrzF0vSNM

[Zappa Gear @ZappaGear]

... and personally I loved the movie on so many levels!

[Zappa Gear @ZappaGear]

Awed at the sheer amount of work that clearly went into the @ZappaMovie. Scenes of the vault highlight the scale of the initial digitisation project. 'Zappa' is an essential watch for C20th cultural historians, its archival legacy is priceless. A major achievement Alex @winter

[Zappa Gear @ZappaGear]

An extensive piece on the new @ZappaMovie in Record Collector by Harvey Kubernik https://t.co/3hWyQlhbrW @winter #Zappa

[Zappa Gear @ZappaGear]

Another priceless historical artifact reproduced in the #zappamovie backers book is this note from Vaclev Havel to Frank #Zappa. Good to hear the Czechoslovakia episode features in the movie, still thinking of writing a Zappa in Prague play covering the whole story.

[Zappa Gear @ZappaGear]

The @Zappa Gear book has a section on Frank's @Orange 200 amplifiers. Delighted to see this invoice in the @zappamovie backers book showing he purchased one in London in 1970.

[Andrew Greenaway @idiotbastard]

Zappa - Black Page Performance Clip by Ruth Underwood from @ZappaMovie https://t.co/cc6ttD1P6u via @YouTube

[Zappa Gear @ZappaGear]

Reading through the backer names in the Zappa book for Kickstarter supporters in the style of Mrs Doyle guessing the priest's name in Father Ted

[Zappa Gear @ZappaGear]

@runsipstrum Hi Michael, would like to use your photo of Hagström Patch 2000 guitar in my Zappa's Gear book that I found here, as Frank experimented with one briefly https://t.co/0LLK4tWsau, can you get in touch please as I don't have an email for you?

[Mick Ekers @mick_ekers]

This sounds simply wonderful! Happy Record Store Day people! @AhmetZappa

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

.@jeremycorbyn: "My political hero..." The @UKLabour leader chooses the writer Mary Wollstonecraft as his political hero. Watch the full film from #bbcdp here: https://t.co/gwZ2XfvFK5

[Alan Gibbons @mygibbo]

Terrorist must take full responsibility for attack. J Corbyn.
Jeremy Corbyn says terrorist not to blame for attack. T May.
Spot the liar.