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• 8 February. For every year you need another Zappa Calendar. Last 20 years Zappa Calendars are published in Czech Republic. Now we added to scrapbook the anniversary 20th edition for 2012. And with this posting we found out, that even the previous 2011  calendar wasn't posted yet. (What a backlog.) This gap is also filled now.
  One alarming signal is that in 2012 the print-run is reduced from 1000 to 700. If you are looking for Zappa calendars search eBay ('zappa calendar' or 'zappa kalender'). They are mostly distributed in Germany.
• 3 February. 1968 - Ein Jahr und seine 20 Songs is a book and compilation CD about the year 1968, one of 50 volumes of pop history issued in Germany by national newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.  Contains 7-page interview of Frank Zappa by Rolf Ulrich Kaiser.
• 2 February. Another new revised & expanded edition by Scott Parker (and this time by Phil Lee too) - The Zappa Supplement One, 2011 edition.
• 28 January. Scott Parker published in November 2011 third, revised & expanded edition of his book Hungry Freaks, Daddy.
• 27 January. Apocalypso Music is a small booklet of poems by John Dombrovski. Issued in Vancouver in 1972 and contains several Zappa references.
• 23 January. Zappa, Zoff und Zwischentöne by Detlev Mahnert & Harry Stürmer is a German book issued 40 years after the legendary Essener Songtage 1968 festival.
• 15 January. Great cover, but no Zappa content inside. A Brazilian book issued in 2009 – O Destino De Um Certo Frank Zappa E Outros Contos.
• 14 January. My Brother Was a Mother: Take 2 by Patrice Zappa. Second edition out in December 6, 2011. Published by Greg Russo's Crossfire Publications.
• 13 January. The Wire Primers: A Guide To Modern Music was published in London, 2009. Includes chapters on Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa/MOI.
• 6 January. First book from Poland in our list! The Real Frank Zappa Book in Polish, issued in 1996 under title Frank Zappa. Takiego Mnie Nie Znacie.
  Now all translations of this book we know are presented here (only some Italian and Dutch reprints are missing). If you know more, please let us know.
• 5 January. Zappa - Detritos Cósmicos (cosmic debris) is a compilation of many Zappa-related articles and interviews in Portuguese. Compiled by Fabio Massari and published in 2007 in Brazil.
• 4 January. America And Its Discontents is a collection of essays published in 1971, which contains a 10-page writing by Frank Zappa titled "The New Rock" (originally published in Life, June 1968).
• 3 January. Zappa The Hard Way as paperback – finally out in November 2011.

• 2012

• 22 December. Hooray! Another country added to our magazines list – Iceland! Vikan from 1967 with Claudia Cardinale and Frank Zappa on the cover.
• 21 December. The Rondo Hatton Report vol.9 is out.
• 20 December. The Image, magazine from Hollywood issued in 1970, with editorial on Zappa.
• 19 December. First French underground newspaper Le Pop, April 1970. Exclusive interview with FZ on five pages.
• 18 December. British Disc And Music Echo, November 8, 1969, containing short interviews with Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart (including a picture and description of the captain's fat theresa shoes).
• 17 December. Two issues of student newspaper The Spectrum from April and May 1969 with articles about the famous MOI gig with Tom and Jerry at the Buffalo University on May 2, 1969.
• 3 December. Every arrival of a new original book about Frank Zappa is a festive event. In June 2011 was published a book by Michele Pizzi titled Frank Zappa for President! This is a thick book, 512 pages, and in Italian.
  M.Pizzi: "For President! introduces and expounds more than 120 songs of the Zappa repertoire, from his Freak Out! debut to the Civilization Phaze III epitaph, highlighting how his multifaceted genius was often one step ahead of the others, using the past as the key to interpreting the present and keep an eye on what the future might bring."
• 2 December. Another gap is filled! Discoscene published in May - August 1968 a 4-part interview with Frank Zappa titled "Where Is Frank Zappa?". We had 3 issues – May, June, July. Now the final 4th part is added - Discoscene, August 1968.
• 30 November. Mojo, special issue '60s vol. 2, (published in October 2011 and already sold out) containing article "The Crazy Gang" on Freak Out!.
• 22 November. Short-living big and glossy American magazine Eye (November 1968), where Zappa tells what turns him on. Also including two-page Frank Zappa Songbook.
• 20 November. The Aquarian Weekly from New Jersey, November 1978, with an exclusive interview.
• 19 November. Another Rock & Folk, this time from October 1982 containing a 4-page article and Waka/Jawaka review.
• 13 November. Finally we have part 2 of a long (20 pages in total) and important article in French Rock & Folk, December 1971.
• 12 November. Great! First Norwegian magazine in our list! Regnbuen (rainbow) from 1974.
• 21 September. The Rondo Hatton Report vol.8. is out.
• 21 September. Australian Go-Set, September 22, 1973. Two-page interview Godmother Zappa.
• 17 September. Finally a new book from the man himself: Frank Zappa - Over-nite Sensation - music transcriptions book from Hal Leonard which was first announced in 2008, but actually came out sometime in the beginning of 2011. Foreword by Warren Cuccurullo, transcriptions by Paul Pappas.
• 16 September. December 6, 1975 - Ottawa Civic Arena concert program.
• 12 September. Polish Nowa Wies, with Claudia Cardinale and Frank Zappa on the cover. Issue from January 1968! Show me another East Bloc magazine from this era with FZ on the cover.
• 11 September. Four issues of KRLA Beat added (1965-1967) containing early The Mothers ads.
• 8 September. Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa by Pauline Butcher came out in UK on September 5. I have to say after reading two first chapters, that's it's a very funny book. Strongly recommended.
• 7 September. British daily newspaper The Independent produced several smaller publications within their paper, one being EYE. February 11 issue from 1998 with front cover story on FZ.
• 5 September. British alternative paper Fat Angel, Spring 1972, with an overview article on FZ.
• 4 September. Cash Box, November 1988. This issue  features FZ on the cover and contains 3-page interview A Mind For The Body Politic as a cover story.
   
   
• 3 September. Rare samizdat  newspaper from Germany – Love, 1969, #3. Contains German translation of interview published earlier in the same year in International Times.
   
   
• 19 August. Australian Go-Set, May 1973. Short article and funny Zappa tour ad.
• 18 August. Gold Coast Free Press, January 1984 – six-page interview "Z=AP²".
• 9 August. Fairfield County Advocate, January 1986, where Zappa talks about lyrics censorship.
• 8 August. Prairie Sun, a weekly from Peoria, IL, April 1980, containing 2-page interview.
• 5 August. Zappanale #21 will be soon – August 17.-21. Zappanale page added to Scrapbook.
• 31 July. Music, January 1986, free biweekly from Florida, including interview "Zappa On Rating Records".
• 30 July. City Life was a weekly paper in Phoenix, AZ, 1983-86. In July 1984 when Zappa had two shows in Phoenix, they printed an interview "So You Think Frank Zappa Is A Weirdo" and featured FZ on the cover.
   
• 27 July. November 2010 - FZ 70th Anniversary London programs added to Scrapbook.
• 26 July. More OZ – February 1969 issue with Cruising With Ruben And The Jets interview and ad.
• 18 July. British OZ magazine from November 1970 with review and back cover ad of Chunga's Revenge.
• 12 July. Listen... A Thought Faster Than Light is a new book of poems and stories by Don Preston.
• 5 July. De Rock Story - Dutch edition of The Rock Story by Jerry Hopkins (1970). Very cool cover created by Walter van Leeuwen.
   
   
   
  
• 30 June. New book, Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa by Pauline Butcher, will be published in September.
  
• 26 June. Let's Spend The Night Together by Pamela Des Barres. This book has chapters on Gail Zappa, Cynthia Plaster Caster and Miss Mercy (The GTOs).
• 25 June. Fresh Record Collector News, July/August issue, has a cover story – "Howard Kaylan: Let's Talk Frank Zappa".
  HK: "Frank tops the list of all guitarists. From Jeff Beck to Jimmy Page on down."
• 22 June. The Rondo Hatton Report vol.7. is out.
• 22 June. 25 Klassiker is a large-format luxury book about 25 prominent classical artists who performed at Alte Oper Frankfurt.
• 20 June. SPIN, December 1999 – The Making Of Trout Mask Replica.
• 19 June. RIP Wild Man Fischer.
  Songs in the key of Z by Irwin Chusid is the first ever serious written study of outsider music. Contains chapters on Captain Beefheart and Wild Man Fischer.
• 17 June. Frank Zappa und die Mothers Of Invention: Die frühen Jahre - German translation of Necessity Is... by Billy James. Issued in Austria.
   
  
• 13 June. Rare Zendik Farm publication with original Zappa interview "Artist As Genetic Design Flaw".
• 6 June. The Wire, February 2009 – "Frank Zappa and The MOI: In The 1960s" (DVD review).
• 3 June. Rock Compact Disc Magazine, June 1993, scans added, page revised and updated.
• 1 June. Current issue of the Guitar Player Vault contains two classic interviews (with Frank Zappa and Stevie Vai) from February 1983.
• 31 May. Popular Science, October 2005, article on species named after famous people.
• 30 May. Klassik trifft Kampfkunst (Classical music meets martial arts) – The Yellow Shark in Staatstheater Saarbrücken, February 2011.
• 27 May. "The Zappa circus is in town!" – French mag Best from February 1971. This issue contains on Zappa an article, a poster and an interview.
• 21 May. "General Notes" by Frank Zappa to unreleased early version of Civilization Phase III. Published in November 1993 in fanzine Black Page.
• 19 May. Bravo is the largest teen magazine within the German-language sphere. Page fully updated, added issues from 1971, 1973, 1982.
• 18 May. Billboard from July 29, 1967, with short article and photo about Hagstrom guitars ad campaign.
• 16 May. Beefheart: Through The Eyes Of Magic is an 880-page book by John "Drumbo" French, published in January 2010.
  UniMuta: "This is essential reading for every Beefheart and Zappa fan."
• 15 May. The Rondo Hatton Report vol.6. is out.
• 14 May. Guitar & Bass, February issue. "Dweezil Zappa discusses the pros and cons of a famous surname and other matters with Alan Clayson."
• 13 May. First edition of The Real Frank Zappa Book in 1989 as hardcover. If you like this book (and you like it) search for a hardcover edition. This very nice and clean book was found in Abebooks for less than 10 USD!
• 12 May. Another set of Zappa album ads from 1974-1981 added to Scrapbook.
• 26 April. Down Beat, October 2008, review on 2-CD live set Wazoo and DVD The Torture Never Stops (plus Mike Keneally's Wine And Pickles).
• 25 April. Russian Classic Rock, April-May 2004, reviews on DVDs Does Humor Belong In Music and Baby Snakes.
• 24 April. On Easter Sunday 1969, Zappa called up Vliet and told him that the album was done. Beefheart had all the guys in the band get dressed up, "as if they were going to Easter church," Zappa recalled. They came over to Zappa's studio early that morning and sat in his living room and listened to it. Apparently, they loved it.
  Trout Mask Replica by Kevin Courrier.
• 23 April. In January German edition Zweitausendeins reissued Zappa by Barry Miles in German as paperback to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Frank Zappa. Now is the book number 1 in edition's Top 10. See Merkheft, March and April, 2011.
• 22 April. The Real Frank Zappa Book – uncorrected proof copy by Picador, 1989.
• 21 April. Billboard, February 24, 1968 – full page "Lonely Little Girl" ad.
• 20 April. In March 4, 1982 Rolling Stone reported, that Dweezil and Moon Unit Zappa have formed a new band called Fred Zeppelin.
• 16 April. Very cool 6-page special edition of the Journal de Montreux from December 5, 1971, that came out immediately after the casino inferno and is entirely dedicated to this tragedy. Contains a Zappa section.
• 15 April. The New Yorker, August 1995 - Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum sketchbook.
• 9 April. Fresh Spanish This Is Rock, April issue contains 8-page interview with Don Preston and 2-page essential Zappa records overview.
• 8 April. The Wire, May 2007. 1-page article on Weasels Ripped My Flesh.
• 5 April. Japanese FM Fan, March 1976, 2-page article on Frank Zappa.
• 30 March. The Beefheart obituaries series we end with French Vapeur Mauve, March issue, including the most voluminous article - 15 pages.
• 29 March. Record Collector News, March/April. 4-page article.
• 28 March. Classic Rock, March issue. Reprint of a 6-page interview from 1980 plus obituary.
• 27 March. LA Weekly, January 7-13. A live tribute to the late Captain, by disciple Gary Lucas.
• 26 March. Uncut, March issue. "Our tribute to rock's wild genius: a full obituary; John 'Drumbo' French recalls his mentor and a classic interview from '73."
• 25 March. British NME, January 8, Captain Beefheart – "He Always Did What The Hell He Wanted"
• 25 March. Original Rolling Stone, January 20. 1-page tribute by David Fricke.
• 25 March. More from France. Rolling Stone, February 2011. 2-page tribute to CB.
• 24 March. The Wire, February 2011 – personal tributes from Richard Henderson, Brian Morton, Savage Pencil, Gary Lucas, Mike Barnes and Byron Coley.
• 23 March. Another gorgeous 10-page tribute – French Rock & Folk, February 2011.
• 23 March. No we will publish a series of obituaries of Captain Beefheart. Mojo, March 2011 had even a 10-page tribute.
• 21 March. French Actuel, June 1975 with article "Viva Zappa - Gong go home!" and nice drawing of FZ and CB together.
• 20 March. Zappa interview titled "Modern Music Is A Sick Puppy" was published in Digital Audio, October and November 1984 issues.
• 19 March. German rare rock monthly Flash from December 1972. Contains very nice 6-page overview article by Urban Gwerder on Zappa's first 10 years. The article is a collage of materials from Urban's Zappa-archive ZARK. Required reading.
  
• 14 March. Guitare Xtreme is French bimonthly magazine for guitarists. January 2011 issue with 4-page article on Zappa.
• 12 March. Two Creems more from 1976 with some Zappa-related content. March issue with a picture of Zappa subtitled "Gregg & Cher Reunited Again!". And December issue containing pictures of Flo & Eddie in a "Kiss camouflage" together with Kiss .
• 11 March. Creem, "America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine" from Detroit. August 1974 issue with review on Apostrophe.
• 6 March. Two great songbooks are Plastic People (covering lyrics 1966-1976) and Zonx (1977-1994). Both checked, edited and approved by Zappa himself. The books contains dual English/German text with translations by Carl Weissner. Updated and revised today.
• 5 March. All the Apocrypha booklet scans added.
• 5 March. Some Rykodisc catalogs added to the Scrapbook.
• 5 March. German Eclipsed, February 2011, with article "Frank Zappa - Harte Nüsse für die Nachwelt" (brain teasers for posterity).
• 3 March. Something very unusual - cool FZ action figure on the cover of German model building magazine - ModellFan, January 2011.
• 2 March. Thanks to Recordmecca we have Absolutely Free - The Complete Libretto.
• 1 March. The New Yorker, January 15, 1996. Postscript about Nicolas Slonimsky, who died December 25, 1995.
• 28 February. Russian Classic Rock started in September 2010 the list of 150 greatest live albums of all times. Now parts II and III published in October and November are added now. In total this list contains 4 Zappa live albums: Fillmore East - June 1971, Roxy & Elsewhere, Zappa In New York and Broadway The Hard Way.
• 27 February. Frank Zappa: Chronique Discographique is a bio on Zappa by Christophe Delbrouck, issued in 1994.
• 25 February. We did a mistake and filed two different magazines together. Hot Wacks was a rock zine from Scotland, Hot Wacks Quarterly magazine from Canada. Now they are separated, both pages revised and updated with scans.
• 25 February. Early interviews are always interesting. Rare Discoscene from February 1968.
  "Who is your favorite musician?"
  "Kontarsky, a pianist."
• 24 February. No Commercial Potential by late David Walley is the first and only American biography of Frank Zappa. This book has three revisions (1972, 1980, 1996) issued under slightly different titles. We had 1st and 3rd here, now the missing 2nd one is added too.
• 24 February. It's always nice to add another edition of The Real Frank Zappa Book. Today we added hard to find 1st Italian edition from May 1990 titled  Frank Zappa: L'autobiografia.
• 23 February. Local magazine from Oklahoma with Frank Zappa interview - Upbeat, December 1980.
• 22 February. Two Mothers Day issues of the New York magazine. May 1970 issue had a nice drawing and Mothers Of Invention at Fillmore East concert ad. May 1981 issue had article on Varèse, but this time Zappa is mentioned: "wrongheaded tribute to a modern master".
• 22 February. Once alternative magazine Time Out, February 1971, containing Zappa interview "'200 Albert Halls' or 'Penis Dimension Meets The Fathers of Convention'"
• 21 February. The Wire, April 2010, had The Freak-Out List DVD review and article on Edgard Varèse.
• 20 February. Thema Nr. 1: Sex und populäre Musik is a book published in January 2011. Most of it is in German, but it contains a 16-page essay in English by Paul Carr: "Make A Sex Noise Here": Frank Zappa, Sex and Popular Music.
• 19 February. Back in 1967 Intro was a short-living fashion and pop culture magazine in "swinging London". The very first issue with short article on Zappa.
• 19 February. Pilote was a French comics periodical 1959-89. In July 1972 they had Zappa on the back cover and nice comics inside.
• 13 February. The Legend Of Wild Man Fischer - comic book published in 2004.
• 12 February. Japanese Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart Disc Guide by musician and writer Koji Wakui is a nice book. And the best news is that this book is available in online shop with very fast international delivery.
• 9 February. Zapp! : vita, vizi, miracoli di Frank Zappa is Italian translation of a well-known Zappa biography by Michael Gray. Published in 1986.
• 8 February. British socialist newspaper The Black Dwarf from June 1969 with article on Zappa's run-in at the London School of Economics.
• 7 February. Added the out of print 1st (1995) edition of Being Frank by Nigey Lennon.
• 5 February. Peter Wolf interview from November 2007, Keyboard Magazine.
• 4 February. "Happy Birthday, Frank!" by Robert L. Doerschuk, published in Keyboard Magazine, February 1992.  Contains interviews with players on Zappa's Universe - Joel Thome, Mats Öberg and Lorin Hollander.
• 2 February. 16-page "Zappa Dossier" with a lot of nice pictures was published in French (now defunct) magazine Muziq, January 2006. All the scans are now added.
• 1 February. Rolling Stone, March 1970. Lester Bangs' review of Hot Rats.
• 31 January. The Words and Music of Frank Zappa by Kelly Fisher Lowe was issued as hardback in 2006. Dr. Kelly Lowe passed away on 2007, June 15th. Later in the same year this book was reissued as paperback. Paperback edition now added and the whole page is updated.
• 29 January. Two books compiled and released by Peter Hinds back in 90's - Zappa Book V2 1980-1989 and Zappa Book V3 1990-1996.
• 28 January. Rolling Stone, March 1988, review on concert held in the Beacon Theatre.
• 27 January.  Andante, now defunct classical music online magazine, published back in 2001 an essay titled "Digging the Nuggets" by Daniel Felsenfeld.
• 26 January. This is already 7th book in our list, published in the end of 2010: The Hook - The recordings of Frank Zappa - Volume Four - 1973-1974.
• 25 January. The Guitar World's 30th anniversary issue in 2009 includes a list of "people, music, gear and trends that have shaped the past decades of our ax-wielding universe".
• 23 January. Frank Zappa is a very small pocketbook by Ingo Meyer in German, published in November 15, 2010. But it's a serious book which has his own meaning and value. A nice surprise.
• 21 January. A very exotic find. Russian scientific journal The New Research Of Tuva had an article describing how Tuva musicians visited Zappa four times in 1993.
• 21 January. Entered into Scrapbook - 1992 Pro Set LA Music Awards program.
• 20 January. British Q magazine - page fully updated, all scans added.
• 20 January. Guitar Player, December 2010, featuring Dweezil Zappa on the cover.
• 19 January. Argentinian Playboy reprinted in October 2006 the well-known "Playboy interview" from April 1993.
• 18 January. A giant book of Zappa's vinyl albums - Grand Zappa. Expensive but worth every penny.
  
• 17 January. A collection of album ads added to Scrapbook - Rolling Stone ads.
• 16 January. German edition Zweitausendeins issued Zappa by Barry Miles in German as paperback to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Frank Zappa.
• 15 January. "Mensch with a dirty mind" – another review on Joe's Garage published in Rolling Stone, March 1980.
• 14 January. "Zappa and the Captain Cook" – article on FZ and CB was printed in Rolling Stone, July 1975.
• 13 January. "Zappa: Continuity Is the Mother's Mother" is an article worth to read, written by Barry Hansen (Dr. Demento). Printed in Rolling Stone, July 1974.
• 12 January. Russian Classic Rock, September 2005, in "This belongs in every home" series Stevie Vai tells why Freak Out! is so important.
• 11 January. Journal Frankfurt with article, interview and a set of nice pictures of FZ and Ensemble Modern. January 1992.
• 10 January. Two Estonian magazines added:
  - Areen, March 2006, with article from a well-known Estonian  politician containing some good Zappa references,
  - HEI, January 2011, obituary on Captain Beefheart containing references and comparisons to Frank Zappa.
• 9 January. In October 2009 issue of Down Beat Michael Bourne is interviewing Ed Palermo.
• 8 January. Rolling Stone, December 13, 1979, has an interview "Frank Zappa: The Myth Of 'Joe's Garage'".
• 8 January. Rolling Stone, June 22, 1968, contains special report "Los Angeles Scene" and Lumpy Gravy review.
• 7 January. First 2011-issue. German Merkheft, January 2011, announcing reprint of Barry Miles' "Zappa".
• 6 January. A giant poster added to Swiss Pop, April 1971 issue.
• 5 January. Mojo 148-page Zappa special edition, issued in November 2010 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the birth of Frank Zappa.
  Mojo said – special thanks to www.afka.net. You are welcome!
• 4 January. Russian Classic Rock, May 2006, writes that FZ was "the kindest rock musician on this planet".
• 3 January. Il Rock. La musica. Gli artisti. I segreti - rock encyclopedia issued as weekly fascicles 1988-1989 in Italy. Frank Zappa was featured on the covers of ## 10 and 11.
• 2 January. The Rondo Hatton Report vol.5. is out.
  "There continues to be an encouraging increase in viewings: over 1500 readers visit The Rondo Hatton Report from up to 39 language zones in over 50 countries. With our organ now accessed from every continent, we are indeed sweeping the planet…"
• 1 January. Contemporary music journal Circuit from Montreal. 2004 issue 3 as 120-page Zappa special "Frank Zappa: 10 years later". All but two articles are in French; Ben Watson on vacuum cleaners, and John Rea's analysis of the word 'zappa'.