<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:16:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/frankzappa/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Frank Zappa, Motherly Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[Back in '66 we got the first album from Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention. This is track 5 and it is called Motherly Love. The guitar is pretty cool. Overdriven a bit, fuzzy a bit. The song structure]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@garagebill/frank-zappa-motherly-love</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@garagebill/frank-zappa-motherly-love</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[garagebill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 06:39:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e4FSjkniLQSdAz9kr2RfSeDTBqK4NzWbFXc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Zappa went to Sicily]]></title><description><![CDATA[Netflix knows I like a music documentary. This one was suggested recently and I watched it this week. I do like Frank Zappa's music, but there is plenty I do not know about him. From this film I learned]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@steevc/when-zappa-went-to-sicily</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@steevc/when-zappa-went-to-sicily</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steevc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2023 17:58:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e95EHAYSvvgapWyGnoTVNJqX56WEK1nJ75p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Z is for Frank Zappa - Hot Rats]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been collecting records for as long as I can remember, and sometimes it's easy to skip over things, and forget what you've got. 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It reminded me of when I was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-168869/@mineopoly/chicago-winter-1979</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-168869/@mineopoly/chicago-winter-1979</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-168869]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mineopoly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2021 23:51:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnVh8iswCQrkxmPPBpCXuRzvskz8gVZDfWpUPWRf6dZCcHuTAPuAsaou9VZhQEe1WKcVYcibvfHg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zappa - finally got to see it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Five years ago I contributed to a Kickstarter to preserve Frank Zappa's archive of recordings. This was run by Alex Winter who is best known for being in Bill and Ted movies, but he also makes documentaries.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@steevc/zappa-finally-got-to-see</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@steevc/zappa-finally-got-to-see</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steevc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:09:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnWpz8vZHksHc4H9CBz1xv5YisW8PzreuBiwFg8FvkTH4ftaWvrihECN8qgv5JrMKgAmXd4Ki7Pk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words to live 0139]]></title><description><![CDATA[The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else's life #FrankZappa]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/not/@helices/words-to-live-0139</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/not/@helices/words-to-live-0139</guid><category><![CDATA[not]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2020 13:40:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Shirt on Sunday: Dweezil Zappa - 4/12/2019 - Royal Festival Hall]]></title><description><![CDATA[My December began with two Frank Zappa tribute concerts. First, the Zappadan Zappajam, wherein various West London Zappa fans perform in a community hall in Acton, and then this - Hot Rats performed by]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shirtonsunday/@hockney/a-shirt-on-sunday-dweezil-zappa-4-12-2019-royal-festival-hall</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shirtonsunday/@hockney/a-shirt-on-sunday-dweezil-zappa-4-12-2019-royal-festival-hall</guid><category><![CDATA[shirtonsunday]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hockney]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2019 11:46:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy4DPBjkBUpHLa5BveiwwCF68r6dwnuwyJ83irrm9vifuZPPsZFCsfZUz4wVGY1QUEL1cMYJnMsHEgk9ZmZm6FM6AuJWSsgR3VACKqb6DX89PSNHDytDRTJjWe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy 79th Birthday Frank Zappa]]></title><description><![CDATA[T-shirts from my collection Today is the end of 'Zappadan' - stretching from 4th December, the day Frank Zappa died in 1993, to today, his birthday. FZ was famous for many things, but mostly the poster]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@hockney/happy-79th-birthday-frank-zappa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@hockney/happy-79th-birthday-frank-zappa</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hockney]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2019 16:28:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJZo6c43w4Bg9ysSuq4sua46yAeUgxyy3WnRJ2vSgsYa6T5u6asj5RxKiGp5ux9qGpoents18wLfnZLeBpium7ZYCy1v7QpfwrdrBGijCi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Shirt on Sunday - Who the f**k is Frank Zappa]]></title><description><![CDATA[The #ShirtOnSunday theme was kicked off by @hockney who has a vast selection to choose from and I expect he has this shirt too. A couple of years ago I heard that a project was underway to preserve the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@steevc/a-shirt-on-sunday-who-the-f-k-is-frank-zappa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@steevc/a-shirt-on-sunday-who-the-f-k-is-frank-zappa</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steevc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:16:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpRRkNSnseh3NuL6KUBitJTXrc5K39q6qvfULroxyU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Actifit Report Card: July 9 2019 - Frank Zappa]]></title><description><![CDATA[14K on a nice summer day! 😎 It wasn't too hot today and it wasn't too sunny. But it was nice and a good day to be outside. I cut the lawn and did a few other chores around the house. That's how I got]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@kenny-crane/actifit-kenny-crane-20190710t035250772z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@kenny-crane/actifit-kenny-crane-20190710t035250772z</guid><category><![CDATA[actifit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kenny-crane]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2019 03:52:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e5TGinqVyyz5xguhZ1PJCG7Tx6NqRcp3KHY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Shirt on Sunday - The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa – 14/5/2019 – London Palladium]]></title><description><![CDATA[Towards the back of ‘The Real Frank Zappa Book’ (dictated by the man himself in the late 80’s) is a chapter named “Failure”. It contains a section on a proposed holographic projection system to… “Generate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shirtonsunday/@hockney/a-shirt-on-sunday-the-bizarre-world-of-frank-zappa-15-5-2019-london-palladium</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shirtonsunday/@hockney/a-shirt-on-sunday-the-bizarre-world-of-frank-zappa-15-5-2019-london-palladium</guid><category><![CDATA[shirtonsunday]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hockney]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2019 10:44:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bV13dhrdWmiiTzq9WMPZDTkYuSGyZVu3GHrJFAGw4mymRq2APagcooHdrbJTEXTBymF7bAwSc8a8Bh3yTY2Jvovmj2ZKAabP1d8qYYs4ysxXr52yYFwEYfMPukjkgwbPnRTevKNVafwTeoJCMyvN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little Frank Zappa]]></title><description><![CDATA[....frank zappa too was son of a military officer]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/frankzappa/@musicoldpics/little-frank-zappa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/frankzappa/@musicoldpics/little-frank-zappa</guid><category><![CDATA[frankzappa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[musicoldpics]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 12:28:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBM2jscGd4Sszpv94XxHH2uqxMY9z21vaqHt18aPFurHbZVWQNGBG8RrHL3AKk6TVf6FXSPiCuE1UYn6DXy4AwswtarF71SNEwTBnDh8oKvxPDGeJpV1ti?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A shirt on Sunday: Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 7-9/8/2008]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another August weekend, relaxing on the hill with a beer in hand, listening to great music and wondering when the rain will start. Thursday gave us Whapweasel, of whom I remember nothing, but apparently]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shirtonsunday/@hockney/a-shirt-on-sunday-fairport-s-cropredy-convention-7-9-8-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shirtonsunday/@hockney/a-shirt-on-sunday-fairport-s-cropredy-convention-7-9-8-2008</guid><category><![CDATA[shirtonsunday]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hockney]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2019 12:12:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEwHnsXKML7xF4NE4zxEVyvENsPKp9LmDaFuzZypBMZDXXxfkoV6sWrpi2duYP5irXAyrCoPHe33mC8FfeuaFyBBjJJ7ATWnGf9XPoYZYFD4wDP3S1k3ebpSwDsj49APYLNqNttAi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shifty Chicken Shed and their shenanigans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introducing Shifty Chicken Shed, the originators of 'Charity Shop Pop'. Utterly unglamorous and yet excitingly eclectic, their sound is a tawdry-£5-rail-second-hand-selection of frayed funk, ragged rock,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@mwsman/9jq9q9ah</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@mwsman/9jq9q9ah</guid><category><![CDATA[dtube]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mwsman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:31:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM8rSGFnkGaYnrs2NP8m1Ggc2pT6U3F7ntH6QkHtHs6kPobTezWqPK8ADL3daH?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[1975: A rhapsodic year for bohemians, and for x-daysofmusic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another year of this challenge set up by @backinblackdevil. But I'm not putting that song in as you already know it. Looking at my selection, 1975 was about songs with swishy synth (or synth-sounding)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/x-daysofmusic/@hockney/1975-a-rhapsodic-year-for-bohemians-and-for-x-daysofmusic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/x-daysofmusic/@hockney/1975-a-rhapsodic-year-for-bohemians-and-for-x-daysofmusic</guid><category><![CDATA[x-daysofmusic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hockney]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2018 17:33:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45ePz1Bn7jUFyLzxp4njyyS4PxvTY9EuRtRyY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[1967: Born under a good sign. For x-daysofmusic]]></title><description><![CDATA[@Steevc nominated me a few days ago... According to Wikipaedia, in the first week of August 1967, Luna 5 was photographing the dark side of the moon. Pink Floyd's first album 'The Piper At The Gates Of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/x-daysofmusic/@hockney/1967-born-under-a-good-sign-for-x-daysofmusic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/x-daysofmusic/@hockney/1967-born-under-a-good-sign-for-x-daysofmusic</guid><category><![CDATA[x-daysofmusic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hockney]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2018 11:28:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dxDqHwxBZtHAdkA7xn6HAdkyNSUPid1xxL6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When news and Zappa collide]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm in a Frank Zappa mood having just covered one of his songs. Then I see this story of a 99 million year old baby snake being found in amber in Myanmar. I bet some scientists will have fun with that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@steevc/when-news-and-zappa-collide</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@steevc/when-news-and-zappa-collide</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steevc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 20:34:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e735FHTB6TeYN1PhEtmXvTZiuAzBu9W8BPU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit Open Mic Week 94: Zappa!]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is my submission for Steemit Open Mic that is run by @luzcypher. Please support other entries. You can find them in the comments of that post. I wonder if anyone else has covered a Frank Zappa song.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@steevc/steemit-open-mic-week-94-zappa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@steevc/steemit-open-mic-week-94-zappa</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steevc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2018 17:48:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPUPsx1yuQXuCCFBLabCNgq4GzKVWY3ftdTa8rHcHoJ9iwAkM1yQZb1sePQxj3QYDpsw8S4vSPG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little Gibson SG Picture-Series]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi Steemians, This is a little picture-series on one of the rarest SG-Finishes ever produced. Gibson should have produced more natural-finished Sg's than they did. Do you think the same? Steepshot IPFS]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@stockhauser/a-little-gibson-sg-picture-series-2018-06-08-21-52-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@stockhauser/a-little-gibson-sg-picture-series-2018-06-08-21-52-21</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stockhauser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 21:52:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfoEFgBir1jy4DeK1wwhDm7oNHzc1b8roaJY8MKXZPH9JV5LmjgaK7kkKUWDNefVvC7gQSb3yPra4EU4pR2nVuHErXt1BL2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[FRANK ZAPPA - Echidna's Arf (Of You) [piano cover by Hisokana Pianisuto]]]></title><description><![CDATA[originally from the album 'Roxy & Elsewhere' (1974) arranged & performed by Hisokana Pianisuto ► Listen on DSound ► Listen from source (IPFS)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dsound/@hisokana/20180325t035514084z-frank-zappa-echidnas-arf-of-you-piano-cover-by-hisokana-pianisuto</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dsound/@hisokana/20180325t035514084z-frank-zappa-echidnas-arf-of-you-piano-cover-by-hisokana-pianisuto</guid><category><![CDATA[dsound]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hisokana]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 03:55:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM8DtBNt33QhDpQCBg2c76aQ4yE8AGFYh7vBLDTH9SeDT3i8fScJn8bNCyxeY9?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>