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Feb 6, 2023Liked by Chris Zappa

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHRIS!

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Thank you, Kathi! Soon another year older, unfortunately, none the wiser. 😄

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Feb 6, 2023Liked by Chris Zappa

Don’t you know that wisdom comes with age? You’re getting smarter and wiser with each birthday! 😉

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I sure hope so, but sometimes I have my doubts. 😆😆😆

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Feb 6, 2023Liked by Chris Zappa

Looking forward to getting Caroline Polachek's LP!

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Me too! I’m really crazy about her song I put on this week’s playlist. Gives definite Imogen Heap / Frou Frou vibes which I love.

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Has Frusciante not been here before - with Smile from the Streets You Hold? I've not heard the new one yet, but it seems like a repeat of the late 90s ... and not all that welcome. Your description makes me think it's the bastard child of Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music and Harmony Rockets' Paralyzed Mind of the Archangel Void - both which, given the right state of mind, have their place ... but that's not the best state of mind to be in. Will definitely look out for your Medium bit - and Happy Birthday!

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This avant-garde noise may very well be Frusciante's extracurricular "thing." I must admit to being unfamiliar with his earlier solo work. I'm also unfamiliar with Harmony Rockets, but I'd say it probably is close to Reed's MMM album, based on a cursory listen of that ages ago.

Thank you for the birthday wishes!

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I wouldn't bother with Harmony Rockets - it's 45 minutes of a gently building crescendo that never peaks. Very unsatisfying - but at the time I was (and still am - with their earlier stuff) a Mercury Rev fan, so had to pick it up as it's an off-shoot.

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Good to know. Thanks, Bryan!

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