Cosmik Debris: The Collected History and Improvisations of Frank Zappa
by Greg Russo
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Author: Greg RussoEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-01-09
ISBN: 0964815702
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Crossfire Pubns
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Book Review: Accurate Yet Dry
Summary: 3 Stars
If you want Zappa facts, Russo's yer man. An outstanding collection of the minutae that Zappaologists like me love, yet why does this book make me sleepy? It's accurate. It's detailed. It's got every list you'll ever need. But if you read it start to finish you're a better man than I. Apart from one section (a great piece on Zappa's place in the hierarchy of 20th Century modern music: worth buying just for that) it's just facts. To quote Vinnie the demon drummer, it's got no garlic. Probably best read with Watson's "Negative Dialectics Of Poodle Play" (which this was originally intended to be paired with): Watson's inaccurate, often gets the wrong end of the stick, tries to fit unsuitable stuff in a wrong political box, and is sometimes just plain damn WRONG, but at least tries to do something interesting with the material.
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