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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Frank Zappa Profesies Fascist Theocracy

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Video: Frank Zappa predicts Fascist Theocracy as America’s likely future and gets mocked by conservative talking heads. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwRPBZOssDg&feature=related
Many people are either unaware or forgetful of the "relationship" between Vaclav Havel and Frank Zappa.                                                                                                                                    
This from the Wall Street Journal:  
Mr. Havel was a life-long supporter of The Plastic People of the Universe, the Czech underground, nonconformist rock band that fought against the Czechoslovak totalitarian regime.
Under the communist regime, the vast majority of western music was banned, yet the country’s dissidents and its underground movement widely circulated prohibited music that focused on free expression and human rights, such as TheVelvet Underground and The Mothers of Invention, led by Lou Reed and Frank Zappa, respectively.
These two bands achieved huge fame in erstwhile Czechoslovakia despite being forbidden by the authorities, and they were favorites of Mr. Havel. The former president said these musicians were among his dear, personal friends.
In January 1990, Mr. Havel appointed Mr. Zappa as Special Ambassador to the West on Trade, Culture and Tourism, and cited Mr. Zappa as one of his many sources of inspiration. The two men were close friends before Mr. Zappa’s death in 1993, and the American musician was active in Czechoslovakia’s transformation back to a free-market economy."




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