Hi friends,
For years the Germans have had their ZAPPANALE... shouldn't it be something similar elsewhere? Everywhere?
I am considering to start up a ZAPP-O-RAMA here in Scandinavia - a mini festival, or focal point, for the Zappa-inspired contemporary music. Are you interested?
Drop me a line, I have a mailing list for nice, curious people who want to be informed about this creative subculture.
Perhaps you want to play? Please, send me info about your band.
Or perhaps you want to arrange something similar? Give it a try!
31 years ago I started the Django Festival in Norway - today there are Django festivals in more than 45 different countries! I do believe that this may become the situation for the Zappa inspired music in the near future.
It is about time we take our inspiration from Zappa, Stravinsky, et al, to the next level...
Best wishes,
Jon Larsen
guitar/composer
jon.larsen (at)
getmail.no 
Outside the lotek studio, Mar Vista, LA: Tommy Mars, Jon Larsen and Arthur Barrow.