Baltimore, Cleveland, Cucamonga & Sun Village

No.240, aired December 4, 2013, a tribute to Frank Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) on the 20th anniversary of his passing. The special thing here was I chose 3 or 4 Zappa CDs I wanted to play, chose the original side 2 of the Roxy & Elsewhere album (Tracks 4-6 on the CD) and two tracks from Does Humor Belong In Music? – and realized I had two of the rare songs Frank wrote about places where he had lived – What’s New In Baltimore and Village Of The Sun. In both cases, a subdued song about a place launches an extended instrumental adventure. I checked a third CD, Bongo Fury, for a short track to end the program with, and found Cucamonga, a third little song Zappa wrote about a little place where he had lived. Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough time to play the longer follow-up, Advance Romance.

Part 1

1. Peanut Butter Thing – Tim Posgate
2. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
3. Village of the Sun – Frank Zappa
4. Echidna’s Arf (Of You) – Frank Zappa
5. Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing? – Frank Zappa
6. Room For Rent – Lungbutter
7. Punished By Funk – King Cobb Steelie

Part 2

1. Partner – Lungbutter
2. What’s New In Baltimore? – Frank Zappa
3. Lid Factor – Tim Posgate
4. Let’s Move To Cleveland – Frank Zappa
5. Cucamonga (with a bit of Black Napkins) – Frank Zappa