zappa plays zappa

wow, talk about yr synchronicities. i find a clean copy of apostrophe at half price last night and fall asleep listening to "uncle remus," and this morning i wake up to find a link from paul boll to this new york times story about a tribute to frank dubbed zappa plays zappa, organized / led by his son dweezil and featuring zappa band alumni napoleon murphy brock, terry bozzio, and steve vai. (you need a login to read it but it doesn't cost you anything.) i checked the tour dates on the zappa plays zappa website and no, they're not coming anywhere near tejas, but if i was gonna be in nyc on october 31st, i'd wanna go check 'em out at the theater at madison square garden, where frank always usedta play after he got popular enough that the old academy of music on 14th street would no longer accommodate his crowd (like in the baby snakes flick). man, those were some times.