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 1972
January
No. 1
Zap! Zap! Zappa!
By Bill Gray, 4 p
Frank Zappa in Don Mills? At the Holiday Inn?
Ridiculous!
"It's not much but it's home" he says, gesturing inward at the factory-sealed
interior of his $21 single. And glancing around at the open suitcases strewn
across the dresser, the books and tape cartridges stacked along the floor, and
the young pretty in a red sweater stretched out on the bedcovers, who could
argue?
It's the road, man, the road. The Mothers of Invention are on tour again. One
night they play to a full house at Massey Hall, tomorrow they head for
Providence. And you know what? Who cares? Because half the guys in the band
probably think it's the other way around. It's all the same. Every town's the
same from the inside of a Holiday Inn.
As Zappa himself says, "When we go on tour life in the group begins to resemble
life in the army. Each concert is a campaign and it's very possible not to know
where you are at any given moment. Sitting in your room, dealing socially most
of the time with other guys in the group, you might as well be home in Los
Angeles. We seem to carry a 'mystery bubble' of L.A. consciousness with us at
all times and inside of that bubble, strange things happen." (read
more)
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