Friday, July 29, 2005
Reminder, Saturday Matinee Coming Up Tomorrow 7/30/05
(They're filming, so maybe you'll be featured
in a future Saturday matinee and
see your name up in lights)
Chaffey College to "Freak Out" for Zappa
By David Allen
Columnist
Frank Zappa was a Chaffey College student for only one semester, circa 1960. On Saturday, though, the late musician will be feted at his alma mater with an unusual concert: "Freak Out in Cucamonga."
The 7 p.m. concert in the Chaffey Theatre will pay tribute to Zappa, who died in 1993, and to his roots in Rancho Cucamonga, where he got his start as a musician.
Not an official Chaffey production, the show will be staged by Derek Miley and Adam Fiorenza, two Rancho Cucamonga High alums now finishing a documentary on Zappa's early years.
Zappa owned a recording studio on Archibald Avenue from 1964-65, formed the Mothers of Invention in Pomona and left for L.A. to make such albums as "Freak Out" and "Hot Rats."
Full details are at palstudioz, but Saturday's performers include a chamber music septet, a jazz fusion band and a surf rock group, a suitably eclectic lineup.
Zappa mentor Paul Buff is expected from Nashville, and footage from the documentary will be screened, too. There's even audience participation, of a sort.
"We definitely plan on filming, so people who are there may end up in the documentary," Miley told me.
Freaking out may help your chances.
*** ¶ 7/29/2005 07:18:00 AM
(They're filming, so maybe you'll be featured
in a future Saturday matinee and
see your name up in lights)
Chaffey College to "Freak Out" for Zappa
By David Allen
Columnist
Frank Zappa was a Chaffey College student for only one semester, circa 1960. On Saturday, though, the late musician will be feted at his alma mater with an unusual concert: "Freak Out in Cucamonga."
The 7 p.m. concert in the Chaffey Theatre will pay tribute to Zappa, who died in 1993, and to his roots in Rancho Cucamonga, where he got his start as a musician.
Not an official Chaffey production, the show will be staged by Derek Miley and Adam Fiorenza, two Rancho Cucamonga High alums now finishing a documentary on Zappa's early years.
Zappa owned a recording studio on Archibald Avenue from 1964-65, formed the Mothers of Invention in Pomona and left for L.A. to make such albums as "Freak Out" and "Hot Rats."
Full details are at palstudioz, but Saturday's performers include a chamber music septet, a jazz fusion band and a surf rock group, a suitably eclectic lineup.
Zappa mentor Paul Buff is expected from Nashville, and footage from the documentary will be screened, too. There's even audience participation, of a sort.
"We definitely plan on filming, so people who are there may end up in the documentary," Miley told me.
Freaking out may help your chances.
*** ¶ 7/29/2005 07:18:00 AM
