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• 4 July. Katso (Look!) is a Finnish TV Guide. In March 1976 they had a nice article and interview with Frank Zappa, who was visiting Finland 3rd time.
• 3 July. World Countdown was 1967-69 a music newspaper from LA. The May '67 issue has a funny Zappa statement on poison gas.
• 29 June. The May 1972 issue of Muther Grumble has an surprising interview with Captain Beefheart – "All this crap put out by Zappa is nonsense. I have only met the guy about 20 times in my life..."
• 28 June. British rare underground paper Muther Grumble from February 1972 with an article about Zappa.
• 25 June. The '72 Yearbook of Down Beat had Frank Zappa among others on the cover and an interview with bassist Buell Neidlinger, who recorded with Frank Zappa and Jean-Luc Ponty.
• 20 June. Oz magazine is THE '60s underground magazine from London. In July 1969 Frank Zappa was interviewed about the film Uncle Meat.
• 14 June. In November 1985 issue of Manhattan Arts  Frank Zappa speaks about his activities to protect the First Amendment in the music business.
  On November 1st 1985 Frank Zappa received an award from Manhattan Arts for "contributed more than artistic talent to American music".
• 13 June. The current issue of German Eclipsed has an overview of Zappa albums with ratings. #1 is  Hot Rats.
• 12 June. On the Stereophile magazine page all Zappa-related articles are now linked and available on the magazine's site.
• 11 June. VPRO Gids is a Dutch weekly program guide. In August 1988 VPRO re-aired the Roelof Kiers  documentary (1971) and published an interview with Frank Zappa by Rob van Scheers.
• 10 June. Let's Talk Clothes. Don't laugh, this is an interview with Frank Zappa from Words & Music, January 1973.
• 9 June. Swiss Experience from 1974. An amazing Zappa special, total artwork, very rare and excellent item! Enjoy!
• 6 June. New scrapbook item Fillmore East Program – June 5, 6, 9, 1971.
• 4 June. Megabytes at Barking Pumpkin is an article by Alan di Perna, from Keyboards, Computers & Software, April 1986. 
• 3 June. Back in 1974 to celebrate 10 years of Frank Zappa, the Jazz magazine from Zurich published a long (over 10000 words) article by Urban Gwerder – "Alla Zappa". If you read German, it's highly recommended!
• 1 June. Rolling Stone, Russian edition, re-issued in September 2007 the classical Jerry Hopkins article from July 1968.
• 25 May. Now we have part one (out of 4) of the exclusive interview Where Is Frank Zappa, Discoscene May 1968. Nice photos. Part 2 was posted in January. Parts 3 & 4 are still missing. Do you have them?
• 21 May. German collector's magazine Oldie Markt from December 1982 has an article "Sonate für Reifen und Lenkstange" (Sonata for tires and handlebar) by Zappalog author Norbert Obermanns, plus singles discography.
  
• 15 May. KRLA Beat is a music newspaper from '60s containing some amazing very early Zappa and Mothers references. The pdf archive is available for download.
• 13 May. Circular December 1973, including A Chat With The Mother Superior.
• 11 May. Vapeur Mauve (Purple Haze) is a free downloadable French magazine. Issue 2 (December 2007) is a Zappa special.
• 9 May. To mark the 25th birthday of Guitarist magazine (launched in June 1984)  Guitar Legends – a compendium of 25 favourite interviews was produced. This 96-page book was bagged with May 2009 Guitarist issue for free. The book includes excerpts of Frank Zappa interview from June 1993 Guitarist issue.
• 8 May. British Record Collector, May 2009, containing Gail Zappa interview.
• 7 May. Ten Years On The Road With Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention is a popular booklet compiled by Frank Zappa in 1974 and bootlegged many times later. Finally we have now the original first edition by FZ and DiscReet.
• 5 May. Telos is a quarterly journal of critical thought from New York. The Spring 1991 issue has on the cover Theodor W. Adorno and Frank Zappa. Inside is one of the most referenced Frank Zappa interviews – The Mother of All Interviews: Zappa on Music and Society.
• 4 May. Italian leading guitar magazine Guitar Club from October 1988 with Frank Zappa on the cover plus Frank and Dweezil Zappa interviews inside.
• 3 May. Italian Rockstar July 1982, with 6-page poster and articles.
• 30 April. 9th Ciao 2001 with Zappa featured on the cover. This time with smaller picture. July 1990 issue contains an article "25 years of rock and transgressions".
• 27 April. Brazilian 20-pages Zappa special Celebridades (Celebreties) from late '94 with a short article, family photos and Zappa portraits.
• 25 April. Italian Percussioni from January 1994 has a long article about Zappa drummers, which includes interviews with Jimmy Carl Black and Ralph Humphrey.
• 23 April. Local city paper Marabo from Germany with an article and concert review, February 1978.
• 21 April. One more Down Beat. January '77 issue has an article about electronic instrumentation in contemporary music. Read the thoughts of Frank Zappa.
• 19 April. Another important festival in 1969 was in Amougies, Belgium. Down Beat from January 1970 contains an article about this event, including photo of Zappa jamming with Shepp and other jazz masters.
• 18 April. The May 1969 Down Beat has a review of the Boston Globe Jazz Festival praising Roland Kirk, Frank Zappa and Mothers of Invention.
• 17 April. The Word is a British magazine and March 2009 issue contains Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: In the '60s DVD review.
• 15 April. Italian Ciao 2001 is probably the magazine where Frank Zappa appeared the most on the cover. December 1971 issue added as 8th in our collection with FZ on the cover.  The article inside is called "What's the ugliest part of your body?"
  Spanish Disco Expres too has FZ 8 times on the cover, but not all as whole page pictures. Down Beat featured FZ 7 times.
• 14 April. Current April 2009 Bass Player includes Scott Thunes's complete bass line transcription from Alien Orifice.
• 13 April. Local music monthly Riveted from Houston, Texas. The December 1993 issue has Zappa featured on the cover, but no Zappa content inside.
• 12 April. French Guitarist – Zappa special issue from January 1994. Includes Zappa interview, Zappa dossier, Patrick O'Hearn interview, article about Zappa's bass players, some (bass & guitar) transcriptions.
• 11 April. First French guitar magazine Guitare Magazine from January 1982 with FZ on the cover, nice article and photos inside, plus Sinister Footwear transcription.
• 10 April. New Times was a local alternative weekly in Phoenix, Arizona. The April 1973 issue has an interview with Zappa about recording shows in quad, performing Inca Roads first time with words, first show with Kin Vassey in band etc.
• 9 April. Two issues of French own guitar magazine Guitar World. Both featuring Zappa on the cover and including Zappa articles and guitar transcriptions.
• 8 April. Three more issues of French Jazz Magazine - December 68, July 70, May 73.
• 7 April. Cuadernos de Jazz (Jazz Notebooks) is high quality Spanish jazz bimonthly. #42 from 1997 has a 3-page article about FZ.
• 6 April. The Zappa Supplement One, a book by Scott Parker. I like this book very much. The second part of this book – The Saga Of Studebacher Hoch And Mud Shark Records – is very good reading.
• 24 March. Hungry Freaks, Daddy, Volume one of The Recordings of Frank Zappa was published by BookSurge and is available at Amazon.com
• 24 March. Strictly Genteel is Volume two of The Recordings of Frank Zappa series by Scott Parker.
• 22 March. Two Circulars more from October and November 1974.
• 21 March. New book in Russian – ZAPPA. American composer by Valeri Kucherenko – with hundreds of color photos.
• 19 March. Frank Zappa und seine Musik im Spiegel der Möglichkeiten moderner Studiotechnik... by Jan Roloff, available as e-book and paperback.
• 19 March. Aufnahmetechniken von Frank Zappa (Recording techniques of Frank Zappa) by Moritz Gross is available as e-book in German.
• 15 March. Argentinian La Mano from January 2009 is asking "Why does it hurt when I vote?"
• 14 March. The Book Of Broadway The Hard Way – a 104-page (!) booklet which came with Japan Broadway the Hard Way CD.
• 13 March. Italian first rock magazine was Ciao 2001. The issue from September 1973 includes a  story "Everything you wanted to know about Frank Zappa, but never dared to ask."
• 12 March. Italian guitar magazine Chitarre April 1992 with FZ on the cover and 3 articles about FZ inside.