You forgot to credit him with reviving the zombie genre via his dead-eyed animated films.

You forgot to credit him with reviving the zombie genre via his dead-eyed animated films.

What the hell is an "incredibly sold-out" concert??

What the hell is an "incredibly sold-out" concert??

I heard you say.

I heard you say.

"No Reply" is brilliant.  I love that you can hear a direct link to doo-wop and mid-50s rock in it.  The piano sounds like it was lifted out of Dion and the Belmonts record!

"No Reply" is brilliant.  I love that you can hear a direct link to doo-wop and mid-50s rock in it.  The piano sounds like it was lifted out of Dion and the Belmonts record!

Did George lose a bet and have to wear that hat?

Did George lose a bet and have to wear that hat?

You'll be hanging out for a while waiting for a fellow traveler on those being the worst of their output.  You don't have to claim they're the best, but the worst is just bizarre. Revolver, in particular, was very nearly as ambitious as Sgt. Pepper, at the point they recorded it. It's crawling with sonic…

You'll be hanging out for a while waiting for a fellow traveler on those being the worst of their output.  You don't have to claim they're the best, but the worst is just bizarre. Revolver, in particular, was very nearly as ambitious as Sgt. Pepper, at the point they recorded it. It's crawling with sonic…

Actually, Jesus was only about 5' 5".

Actually, Jesus was only about 5' 5".

No he's not.

No he's not.

Thanks for filling us in, although we all already knew this.

Thanks for filling us in, although we all already knew this.

I adore a lot of musical geniuses who could actually show respect for other creative people- a guy named Thelonious Monk springs to mind.  Zappa absolutely couldn't, to a genuinely absurd degree that made him seem like an egotistical child.  Somebody made him "mad" or called him stupid when he was a kid, and he…

I adore a lot of musical geniuses who could actually show respect for other creative people- a guy named Thelonious Monk springs to mind.  Zappa absolutely couldn't, to a genuinely absurd degree that made him seem like an egotistical child.  Somebody made him "mad" or called him stupid when he was a kid, and he…