Links: Opinionated record nerds on Ringo Starr, Frank Zappa and Record Store Day.

9 July, 201624 September, 2016 David Gerard Links, Writing Leave a comment

A nice appreciation of Ringo Starr from last year by James Woodall.
And a similar appreciation of why Frank Zappa was important. Of course, Ian Penman’s famous 1995 piece on everything wrong with Zappa remains valid in every objection, and personally I’m only interested in Zappa for his ideas and none of his music. Or that way too many guitarists I know have forty Zappa albums. But you should definitely read The Real Frank Zappa Book.
David Stubbs correctly describes Record Store Day.