Smart people see the big picture. Others can only see in terms of red vs blue. They think they’re in a sports arena when in reality, they are the sport.
When we were kids we based our evolution on Zappa. Sure, everyone we knew in cracker school was mystified. But some of us got it. His classical music is genius. Hot Rats is genius 1969. And his intelligence and demeanor lives in some of us. I hope.
Yeah, the thing is with quotes and thinking like this is the conspiratorial nature of it, that people are actually huddled up in back rooms devising vast, sinister plans.
Fun to imagine, but humans are just too stupid to pull it off. Greed, impulse, dicks...that's what actually happens.
Frank Zappa, idol of my youth, and still to this day. Been listening to “We’re Only In It For the Money” a lot lately. It syncs well with current events.
Ya. That hit me when Trudeau froze the bank accounts of trucker convoy supporters who dared to give money to truckers who wanted an audience with Canadian politicians during c
I love my country, and I think the constitution could be a great rule of law, and at the same time, I just really want my job waiting tables to pay my rent and to make love to the person i love and be of service to my family and friends and community.
The brick wall at the back of our theater is jail without due process; extra legal rendition , and scenic flights to beautiful Cecot. The illusion has become too expensive.
If u mean the pedo priest- he died in luxury and given last rites by a cardinal. Catholics protect their pedos but never ask parishioners to pray for the victims. If u mean trump - god never created him.there is no devil. It is called NARCISSISM personality disorder/severe incurable mental disease
Since at least the Declaration of Independence, white men in America who don’t look like the era’s white felons have gotten as much freedom as they can get away with, and it’s always been quite a lot.
Gosh - they tried hard to keep him from speaking. All they had was snark and "tradition". Only he was calm and future focused, seeing the plans being laid.
So lonely to see and be ignored
It's truly stunning that he could put on a suit, join a discussion with career academics, & make them all look like the fools they were.
He really was one of a kind!
Guys, I'm old, and before this thread all I knew about Frank Zappa was that he sang and he named his daughter Moon Unit. I'm sad I wasn't paying more attention to his brilliance.
He was very fond of nob gags (it's not super important in the grand scheme of things, but since everyone is talking about how awesome and relevant Frank Zappa is, I feel this side of his personality and music is being neglected)
The only 60s musician I still listen to regularly apart from Captain Beefheart's "Trout Mask Replica" & Zappa produced that.
"Gregory Peccary" changed the way I view western "civilisation" & made me laugh a lot.
I don't disagree, but I also find it really confounding how their loudest fans have always been the exact kind of people they complained about with seemingly no self awareness.
My python boot was too tight
Couldn’t get it off last night
A week went by
Now it’s July
I finally got it off
My girlfriend cried
You’ve got stinkfoot, honey.
What is dumb is it is not profitable to get rid of the charade. They are just so deluded by unchecked ego they think they are gods. Their plans will lead to their ruin and ours.
It's not too expensive! They just want to use the money for what they want, not what people need.
I remember how the news that Zappa had cancer, came the same day Magic announced he had HIV, so that story just disappeared. Frank was gone in 6 months and the other guy's still alive 34 years later.
Problem with America is that it has been brainwashed into believing they are free because the can shout slurs at people without any consequences. Everyone else on the planet thinks freedom is living a life of your choosing,not working yourself into an early grave and giving your kids a better life
He had a lot of interesting things to say that many people dismissed as nonsense or ramblings. A theocracy was one of them. Doesn't seem too far-fetched now.
This would imply that the people responsible for the current regime, the top 1% aren't profitable. I think instead what happened is that their greed outpaced their desire to maintain the illusion.
I mean, it's nice to hear someone famous saying it, and getting it on TV, but it's not exactly rocket science. This has been blatantly obvious for a very long time.
I met Frank Zappa and his family at his home. He was renovating his house, and it was a joy to see and hear him be so inclusive, warm, and funny with his family and guests. His wit was boundless, his intelligence off the charts, and his humour was infectious. He would have despised trump.
He was foremost a humanitarian, and a complex personality, but primarily he was kind. Your projection of him does not jibe with the man I met and his many friends with whom I hung out at the time. It's best to not project a negative possibility when you haven't met.
This is a thing which seems to be more and more common - people seem almost eager to find unforgivable faults in people who generally did/are doing their best. Maybe anxiety over the amount of people who have been put on pedestals only to be found to be awful underneath?
Everyone has an underneath, but that's human. Zappa had zero interest in impressing or depressing anyone. He was his music, plain and simple, and complex.
Yep. I've been trying to figure out what point it will be that we reach when they simply stop trying to pretend and show their ugly faces full on. I do not think it will take much longer. Everytime they hit a new wall is one time closer to the ultimate rude awakening for america.
Looks like Trump is planning to hand our country to Putin. While the US is planning to lay off 90,000 soldiers, Putin just drafted 160,000 soldiers. DOGE work is preparation. "We will take America without firing a shot." (Krushev)
This dude had a lot of good stuff to say about the money going towards bombs and the war machine and lack of education in the u.s. He was right then and more so, now. it's sickening.
I remember when the gullible rube faction of the left loved Tulsi Gabbard, Assad, and derided a connection between Putin and Trump. They later called Bernie a Sheepdog, never criticized Trump, didn't want him impeached, while saying those who did had TDS, and only ever wanted to criticize Dems.
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This quote and video.
For years.
https://youtu.be/4ZKFC3wEAA0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHaXDWqpHy8
All roles, both active & non-active are vital to keeping the resistance networks safe & effective
Support can look like...
Logistics
Ancillary
Reconnaissance
Tech support
Boots-on-ground
Leadership
There's no dotted line to sign..
#RESIST
Fun to imagine, but humans are just too stupid to pull it off. Greed, impulse, dicks...that's what actually happens.
It's halfway down on the page.
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been thinking about this Hawkeye quote a lot lately,
"Margaret, can I be Frank with you?"
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https://youtube.com/shorts/ofEE6y30Ogw?si=0JTR9_FkV-2RO5rh
You must live in the US.
Evil lives long… gotta get trump by getting GOP&billionaires2 kick him out
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/04/04/theodore-mccarrick-cardinal-sexual-abuse-dead/
Zappa was prophetic then.
So is this quote.
(Thank you Collin for your courage; I'm in the trenches with you)
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So lonely to see and be ignored
Far worse today.
This is why I fucking hate Republicans.
He really was one of a kind!
Astute social commentary, our Uncle Frank.
― Anthony Burgess, The Wanting Seed
A man ahead of his time
"Gregory Peccary" changed the way I view western "civilisation" & made me laugh a lot.
My python boot was too tight
Couldn’t get it off last night
A week went by
Now it’s July
I finally got it off
My girlfriend cried
You’ve got stinkfoot, honey.
Oooooh! Here comes the ice pick in the forehead
I remember how the news that Zappa had cancer, came the same day Magic announced he had HIV, so that story just disappeared. Frank was gone in 6 months and the other guy's still alive 34 years later.
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A repeat of other tumultuous times.
Thanks for your post.
We’ve been frogs in a pot for a long time.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WK7NRLFtMOo
“Politics is the entertainment division of the military industrial complex.”
― Frank Zappa
Noam Chomsky
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fam5wRXcoQE
Both imbeciles.
https://youtu.be/SBfzwycHOcY?si=Uf8IhFTOBMXhmh1N
https://youtube.com/shorts/q35_cLrQhNE
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/03/army-mulling-dramatic-reduction-of-tens-of-thousands-of-troops.html?amp&fbclid=IwY2xjawJcxSBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHsdOAtgCIyZ0ix6HT_n7FlPZ0gVqMYcEWNlaLtaHX-Eft5PnhGdEwdYsTDbe_aem_-DFn8qWaYGwe4SiRzGuqjQ
https://www.newsweek.com/putin-largest-military-draft-despite-ceasefire-talks-2053658?fbclid=IwY2xjawJcxP9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHsDkzWrkrAsDevg_1z5uPrcLGWxFmaJlYxcyhAzAYdQEAsEs67lPNCryEPvK_aem_R9ORRq6xJXesCrwTgCnQAA
Grew up on his music. My dad wasn't a fan, so in typical teenage style I played Joe's Garage over and over and over 😆
Time to stop pretending otherwise.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Zappa/comments/j5t26t/frank_zappa_is_lighting_the_cigarette_to_v%C3%A1clav/?rdt=63138