Notes & Comments
Chapter 3—An Alternative To College
[p. 57] Once I got out, I went to see Art Laboe. He had released some of my material on his Original Sound label ("Memories of El Monte" and "Grunion Run") and got an advance on a royalty payment, which I used to bail out the girl.
- See Art Laboe in the Freak Out! List Of Contributors.
Chapter 4—Are We Having A Good Time Yet?
[p. 94-95] On another occasion, Jimi Hendrix sat in with us. I didn't know him before then, and I can't remember how I was introduced to him—probably met him at the Tin Angel. A few days later he came to visit our cubicle on Charles Street with his friend, drummer Buddy Miles. Jimi was wearing green velvet pants—all decked out—on his way to a party with Buddy. (The only thing that Buddy said was "Hi, Frank," after which he sat on the couch, leaned back and passed out, snoring.) They were there for about an hour and a half. Buddy had a nice nap, and Hendrix ripped his pants at the crotch while demonstrating a dance step. Gail sewed them up for him. When it was time to leave he said, "Come on, Buddy." The snoring stopped, and they left.
- Jimi Hendrix is mentioned in "We're Turning Again" on Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention (1985); "Jim/Roy" on The Old Masters Box Two—Mystery Disc (1986); "We're Turning Again" on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6 (1992); "The Jimmy Carl Black Philosophy Lesson" on Ahead Of Their Time (1993); "We're Turning Again" on Have I Offended Someone? (1997); "I Have Been In You" on Hammersmith Odeon (2010); "We're Turning Again" on Understanding America (2012); Uncle Meat (The Movie) (1987), Them Or Us (The Book) (1984) p. 67, 175; The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989) p. 94-95; 104-106; 170; 188. He appears in the flesh on the inner cover of We're Only In It For The Money (1968); in Video From Hell (1987); and in Uncle Meat (The Movie) (1987). See also the Composers and the Muzishnins' & Corobberatrums lists, and the notes about Jimi Hendrix & The Mothers Of Invention, NYC, July, 1967; the 1968 Pop Festival.; the Hendrix Strat and the Hendrix Jaguar.
Chapter 5—The Log Cabin
[p. 104] Included in it is a tape of Cynthia Plaster-Caster talking on the phone to Miss Pamela (now known as Pamela 'I'm With the Band' Des Barres), comparing notes. They both kept diaries, so they had cross-references to the same guys. Noel Redding, bassist from the Jimi Hendrix group, also kept diaries, intertwined with the other two. It would have been great to see them all in one book.
[p. 106] When Hendrix was cast, Cynthia told me, he liked the glop so well, he fucked the mold.
Chapter 6—Send In The Clowns
[p. 117]
Craig Edon Pinkus, interviewed by Bob Dobbs, June 24, 2016
I have photographs of him, I was out there for a week. He was in the wheelchair. He was rehearsing, I did a large number of black and white photographs, some of which—without credit, which is fine—made it into his book, you know, The Real Frank Zappa Book. [...] The black and white shot of him in the wheelchair in the rehearsal room is mine.
Chapter 8—All About Music
[p. 194-195] Pierre Boulez
- Pierre Boulez appears on the Freak Out! List Of Contributors. See also Contempo 70 (1970); The Perfect Stranger (1984); An Evening With Pierre Boulez And Frank Zappa (1989).
[p. 196-197] The Perfect Stranger
- See notes & comments for The Perfect Stranger (1984).
Chapter 18—Failure
[p. 346] Other characters include: Galileo, Tesla, Newton, da Vinci, Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, and Elvis Presley as THE DEVIL.
- See Elvis Presley in the Freak Out! List Of Contributors.