Friday, July 08, 2005
Gettin nothin but static
Gettin nothin but static
"Forty Miles East of L.A.: A Freak Out in Cucamonga"
This is a fitting tribute to zany neighbor and once upon a time novice yet aspiring composer/conductor Frank Zappa. As the venue holds only 250 people, tickets are sure to go fast.
I remember hearing about Frank's first attempt at performance conducting there in his early years. ("There" was located in Upland, either Chaffey H.S. or Chaffey college. I associate this memory with Chaffey in any event.) He wasn't at all happy with the results when he heard the tape and in fact he refused to mention the evening's concert himself.
(via kill ugly radio)
I have a much funnier memory of my grandmother watching "The World's Greatest Sinner", a showing my sister dragged us all to at a Pomona movie theatre -- the one across the street and in the same block as the telephone company and the corner drugstore that had a fountain. This was not one of the newer big glitzy theatres, but the old one that had Saturday science fiction matinees and where I had taken my grandparents to see the first Elvis movie. And they'd got to like Elvis.
In the movie house, you'd always have to crunch through a swath of spilled popcorn making your way into your seat, and the seats smelled old and musty,
"The World's Greatest Sinner" -- I have no recollections whatsoever at all about that movie, none. All these years later, I barely remembered it even existed. But I recall my grandmother was in attendance. She was wearing her favorite necklace, a strand of pearl-like beads. I don't remember anything about the movie, but suddenly my grandmother burst out in chuckles at a certain point in the film when the rest of the theatre was dumbstruck quiet. Frank was pretty quiet after the movie, too. As he seemed a little anxious or upset to me, later at home, I thanked him for the invitation to attend. I told him that my grandmother seemed to enjoy the film -- she laughed all the way through it.
(yes, it's an old corny joke, and it was even then, but it was the only one I had at the moment). ¶ 7/08/2005 09:33:00 AM
Gettin nothin but static
"Forty Miles East of L.A.: A Freak Out in Cucamonga"
This is a fitting tribute to zany neighbor and once upon a time novice yet aspiring composer/conductor Frank Zappa. As the venue holds only 250 people, tickets are sure to go fast.
I remember hearing about Frank's first attempt at performance conducting there in his early years. ("There" was located in Upland, either Chaffey H.S. or Chaffey college. I associate this memory with Chaffey in any event.) He wasn't at all happy with the results when he heard the tape and in fact he refused to mention the evening's concert himself.
(via kill ugly radio)
I have a much funnier memory of my grandmother watching "The World's Greatest Sinner", a showing my sister dragged us all to at a Pomona movie theatre -- the one across the street and in the same block as the telephone company and the corner drugstore that had a fountain. This was not one of the newer big glitzy theatres, but the old one that had Saturday science fiction matinees and where I had taken my grandparents to see the first Elvis movie. And they'd got to like Elvis.
In the movie house, you'd always have to crunch through a swath of spilled popcorn making your way into your seat, and the seats smelled old and musty,
"The World's Greatest Sinner" -- I have no recollections whatsoever at all about that movie, none. All these years later, I barely remembered it even existed. But I recall my grandmother was in attendance. She was wearing her favorite necklace, a strand of pearl-like beads. I don't remember anything about the movie, but suddenly my grandmother burst out in chuckles at a certain point in the film when the rest of the theatre was dumbstruck quiet. Frank was pretty quiet after the movie, too. As he seemed a little anxious or upset to me, later at home, I thanked him for the invitation to attend. I told him that my grandmother seemed to enjoy the film -- she laughed all the way through it.
(yes, it's an old corny joke, and it was even then, but it was the only one I had at the moment). ¶ 7/08/2005 09:33:00 AM
