About this episode
The episode explores the history and components of Frank Zappa's radio project, The Impossible Concert.
Folks, more than ten years before there was the YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON STAGE ANYMORE series, there was THE IMPOSSIBLE CONCERT, a project put together by Frank for radio broadcast that was the prototype for the Stage series. In this hysterical, historical episode, Vaultmeister Joe takes Scott and Bill through the history of this project, we uncover some of its component pieces and speculate on others, and have a spiffnificent time! Get on down, y'all!
People in this episode
Hosts: Scott, Bill
Topics covered
- Frank Zappa
- radio broadcast
- music history
- concerts
- comedy
Keywords
- Frank Zappa
- Impossible Concert
- music
- radio
- comedy
- history
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON STAGE ANYMORE, THE IMPOSSIBLE CONCERT
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