Frank Zappa House & "Utility Muffin Research Kitchen"

[@chamberpaint]

You've done an incredible job with this. You did your research, and it's great to hear someone who speaks intelligently. I lived there with them for a year, before Gail got pregnant with Dweezil. I'm "Pete" on the Freakout album cover. The girl with whom he was arrested. I lived with him in Cucamonga in Studio Z. It's so interesting to see this place now....it's changed so much!

[@DazewithJordantheLion]

+Lorraine Chamberlain I'd love to meet up with you. I was planning on going out to studio z and vlogging that as well.. I read Frank's book about the false accusations of being a pornographer. I'd love to get more info, or even have you be part of it if you'd have any interest..

[@DazewithJordantheLion]

+Lorraine Chamberlain feel free to email [e-mail] if you want

[@paulinebutcherbird]

I'm surprised you don't notice the mistakes in this video. The basic house is behind a fence to the left of all this stuff and is not shown at all. Most of what is shown here was actually owned by the people next door until the Zappa's bought it and incorporated it into their house.

[@maya21ification]

Is this true?

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@maya21ification Is what true?

[@DVincentW]

For a legend buried in an unmarked grave. Yes. A great American musician.

[@lousekoya1803]

Thanks for taking me on this house tour !....I like your voice and your calm ,....I subscribed........Lou ......Quebec

[@bonniegillespie4129]

I loved this video!!!!!. I have to say that what killed it was all the comments from Pauline. You did a great job Jordan. Love your facts

[@foothilla]

You prefers Jordan's omissions and fabrications over Pauline's actual facts? You must be a real genius!

[@martharunstheworld]

He may not have embraced the video culture, but he was still one of the pioneers in video. Zappa, Todd Rundgren and Mike Nesmith were the real pioneers in music video. Great vlog!!!

[@petermaxwell2965]

Huge Zappa fan..still listening to him ! Zappa recorded everything !..excellent guitarist back in the 70's Nice work Jordan.

[@carolharris2357]

Dweezil played with him for a summer.

[@SpaceCattttt]

The instrument Frank used was called a Synclavier. It was basically an early sampler, and Frank used it to sample EVERY note of all his instruments separately. Once he'd done that, he essentially had access to a midi library of sounds (but with real instruments), with which he could then compose his pieces and have them transposed straight onto digital tape. A bit old-fashioned, perhaps. But I still prefer those sounds over the digital reproductions that most people use.

[@AndrewVonGregor]

Great video! Thank you for creating it! I love Frank's music and perspective. I really liked the kindness, respect, and sincerity in your words and tone when talking about Frank. Very nice job! Thank you again!!

[@LeonardGarden]

Just learned that the Zappa estate was sold and the info led me to your vlog. Great work. Thanks for your kind and paitient tour. I felt like I was being chaperoned by a kindred spirit. Much love. Think I'll subscribe.

[@Joepepelombardo]

Thank you for this i miss Frankl so much,I was 16 first time in 1976 i saw him at the Spectrum in Philly great time i remember it luike last week really never forget the first and last time in 1988 i saw him dam i miss this guy :(

[@paulinebutcherbird]

I have an interview with Frank in 1988 in London. It's on You Tube, in five parts, Frank Zappa interviewed by Pauline Butcher Bird

[@carolharris2357]

It's 40 years since Valley Girl came out. Moon said it was the Winchester house because her mom was always having construction going on. Frank also conducted all his music.

[@krang07]

At one show I went to `us or them` tour? I managed to get to a big curtain that separated the backstage area to the audience. so between songs I went up to the curtain and pulled it back just enough to poke my head through and saw Frank huddled up with the band, laughing and joking obviously, then the light from my pulling back the curtain became apparent to them, they all looking straight at me. I was stunted for that brief moment when they all looked right at me. I quickly looked left, then right, then closed the curtain only to glance back for a quick look to see them all laughing at me, probably from my reaction of `being caught` The whole thing was hilarious to me AND them from what I gathered. Frank, and band, looked right at ME! Wow! I still get a thrill thinking about that.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Corrections needed in the first couple of sentences. Frank Zappa moved into this house on Woodrow Wilson Drive on September 6 1968. He lived in his previous house, the log cabin, on Laurel Canyon Drive for only five months, May 5th 1968 to September 5th 1968. He didn't move out because of the freaks hanging out there, but because it was made completely of wood and was a fire risk, and because Frank was threatened there by a man with a gun. When they moved in to this house for which they paid $74,000, it had only two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, dining room and kitchen. There was also a separate bedroom and bathroom in the grounds, and a pool house where Kansas, the house-minder slept. What you are showing here was in fact the house next door where other people lived until Frank bought it and added it to his house. The original house that Frank and Gail and several others lived in is off to the left behind the wall. The section along the side street was the neighbour's house until they bought it. The house as it is now is about six times as big as the original given the constant extensions over the years. If anyone is interested in reading about living in Frank's house 1968 to 1971, then all is revealed in 'Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa' by Pauline Butcher.

[@DazewithJordantheLion]

Ahh self promotion..

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@DazewithJordantheLion My book has been out five years and still there are Zappa fans who don't know of its existence. As an English person, it does take some assertion to promote myself. This seemed a reasonable forum to do so.

[@typodhitzemann6851]

Paauline gots the facts.

[@weeooh1]

Thanks Pauline. Amongst Zappa enthusiasts, you are well known and appreciated. Have read some of your articles and interviews about Zappa and will always defer to your knowledge of the times and events involving Zappa over others who never met him.

[@quester09]

thanks Pauline.

[@sunsetpalms1923]

As much as I try, I can never, ever imagine Zappa playing tennis.

[@quester09]

or Alice Cooper playing golf.

[@deepindercheema4917]

FZ liked to play table tennis. ... but yeah.. lawn tennis is an FZ no.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Frank had no hand-eye coordination. He was incapable of doing two things at the same time. He did not sing and play the guitar, it was always one or the other. When I discussed English football with him once, he was scornful, 'Watching grown men kick a ball round a field?' There is video of him playing table-tennis, but I doubt if he ever touched that tennis court. More for the offspring if my guess.

[@AndrewVonGregor]

Thank you for making this video.

[@snakefinger]

I once worked next door to Frank at Julius Shulmans house. I had heard of Frank before but never bought an album. Soon after this I bought my first cd. Some mothers bootleg. I later found out who Julius Shulman was and equally fell in love with the both of them. I sure do miss them. Love you Frank love you Julius love you Gaga !

[@Minespidur]

Loved the tour!

[@evetsnitram8866]

Tried acid a couple times back in the early 70s, the first time euphoric, the second time terrifying so I gave it up, that also cured my need for pot and getting drunk. However on the first good trip my friends and I made it back to my place and as they watched the tube I laid down next to the stereo and put my Sennheisers on and started searching the FM dial for something to listen to. While spinning the knob around I tuned into Cosmic Debris for the first time! Never heard anything quite like that and Frank's menacing voice sounded like it was 30 stories tall! Months after that I tried to find it again thinking it might be in rotation but as I found out its rare that you come across one of his tunes on the radio.

[@Howlinblind]

I got to see Frank Zappa Live in Louisville Ky twice Great shows

[@wildersworkshop]

Yep, that looks like the Berlin Wall. The art work is by Thierry noir, one of the first people to paint the wall. I met him a couple of years ago at an exhibition he did in London. Great videos by the way ;)

[@ladyvalhalla7154]

Amazing!! Love Zappa.

[@v2vroth]

Thank you +Thank you!!!! My all time favorite vlog! Frank and the Allman brothers my all time musical influences!!! You are my favorite vlogger!! Thats cool you showed The Joe's Garage albums at the end. Ike Willis is a bud of mine and sings on 2 songs on my new CD.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

If you want to know what life in the house was like, you might read 'Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa' which covers 1968 to 1971. Frank moved into the house on September 6 1968 after four months at the log cabin on Laurel Canyon Drive.

[@lumpygravy52]

Thanks Jordan, I've been a Zappa fan since 1968 and have never seen his house! Perhaps, if you are also a Captain Beefheart fan, you can visit the Trout house in Woodland Hills?

[@DazewithJordantheLion]

lumpygravy52 it's in the plans. I already have the address!! where he kept them all hostage!

[@lumpygravy52]

I can't wait to see that episode!! Safe travels my friend.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Unfortunately, Jordan did not walk to the left of the building he is showing which is where the original house was and still is.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

I visited Beefheart's house with Gail Zappa. We took some food with us and cans of beer as they were starving. Beefheart took one of the cans, opened it, and led us into the bathroom. He climbed into the empty bath, fully clothed and conducted the conversation with us from there!

[@nkley1]

lumpygravy52 Yes! Captain Beefheart! Great memories.

[@JayneCMansfield]

Thanks for the v-log....great adventure

[@temp1198]

Great video! This house is very unique and I'm glad the house now is owned by another musician. However... I have to correct you about the studio. The buildings in the back that you refer to as the umrk is actually two guesthouses. The studio itself is the part of the house which faces the street, with the tennis court on the roof. The studio is directly under the tennis court. The Vault is located under the house on the west side which you can enter either via the left garagedoor on the driveway or by a stair from the garden. Zappa built the studio in the late 70's and it was in operation from 1980 on. There is many interesting things about this house. One of them is that there is no clear entrance to the house. The most widely used when you enter the iron gate on the front, take a left and climb the first couple of stairs, is a spiral staircase that leads to a suspended walkway wich leads to the kitchen. Another little detail is that each Zappa family member has its initials around the house on the Tudor style exterior.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

I was there in 2008 and did not recognise it, so changed was the whole house from when I was living and working for Frank in 1968 to 1972.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@bigpink pencil I worked for Frank 1968 - 1971. I lived in his log cabin in 1968 and moved to Frank's lawyer's house along Woodrow Wilson Drive when Frank and Gail moved into this house. I visited every day. When I visited Gail in 2008 I did not recognise the house, so changed was it. The spiral staircase was not there at that time, and the front was not a jungle but a smooth lawn on which many of the Mothers photos were taken. What do you mean, make a video? I have told my story in an audio book out this week online, with CDs to follow. Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@bigpink pencil What do you mean Frank moved into his lawyer's house? I moved in to Frank's lawyer's house after we all moved out of the log cabin in September 1968. The lawyer, Mutt Cohen, lived half a mile along Woodrow Wilson Drive from Frank Zappa's house there.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@bigpink pencil Easily done. :-)

[@woodzy5840]

Nice one Jordan, that was a great little piece on the Zappa house, and your Knowledge of Frank off the cuff, was excellent. I went to a Mothers Concert here in Auckland when I was about 11yrs Old, and was a proud owner of OverNite Sensation at age 7, I'm 50 now and am still discovering so much new material he produced, I still get taken on a journey listening to his Guitar Genius, as well as the array of absolute top end Muso's that were able to keep up and in so doing produced so much original Music Brilliance!. Awesome clip Jordan keep up the good work.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

There are quite a few errors in this video. I have listed them in my comments above.

[@no-eb1yc]

hey,really liked your little foray into zappaland...nice commentary

[@NOLADEEJ]

I met Dweezil, once! Cool guy!!

[@Stange-Tours]

Thanks for this video my friend ,

[@PrayingWarfare]

Give a guy long hair, and a big nose, and he is capable to do anything.

[@superfuzzymomma]

Excellent research and video, my friend!

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Except there are mistakes. I list in my comment above.

[@woodzy5840]

Wow' Sender Return', I just read your comment about Ahmet, stopping Dweezil using the Family name for the Band, and like you say, he in his own rights is a very accomplished Musician and Guitarist, and created a perfect platform for the many ex Zappa Muso's to come Play and bust out Awesome Golden Oldies to satisfy us hard core Fans! I hope they can get it sorted in the future. Peace !

[@paulinebutcherbird]

They have been working on a truce between Ahmet and Dweezil for some time.

[@sallylouise9826]

Nice video Jordan; It's nice to know that the musical legacy will go on with Lady Gaga taking on the house .

[@DazewithJordantheLion]

Sally Latham yeah, not exactly who frank would have wanted living there, by his interviews, but since he didn't care about a grave stone or how he'd be remembered, I guess he'd probably not care who lived in his house as well..

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@DazewithJordantheLion I agree with that.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@klimtklavier Where's the attention?

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@DazewithJordantheLion I think, actually, that Frank would have admired Lady Gaga because he knew how difficult it is to survive in the music industry and she had found a way, just as he had done. He had admiration for quite a few survivors in the music business, he just didn't want to be friends or hang out with any of them.

[@washingtondias9202]

Obrigado irmão, excelente material! Nunca tinha visto nenhum vidro sobre a casa do ZAPPA!! Um abraço dos fans brasileiros do ZAPPA!!

[@helmuttdvm]

Thanks for posting, it’s fun to see where/how Zappa lived.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Learn more by reading 'Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa' which is my memoir of living in Frank's house and working for him from 1968 to 1971. The first part covers his life at the log cabin in Laurel Canyon but he moved to this house on September 6 1968.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

The memoir, Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa gives an inside look into Frank's home life as seen by his secretary, me, who lived and worked in the house with them.

[@xeropunt5749]

12:29 "I definitely hate more things in the world than I like"... Interesting, I like to know what the pattern is behind certain diseases and there are common metaphysical causes behind certain diseases, and for prostate cancer it is this: Prostate - Refusal to accept responsibility for the negativity in one’s life (blame, victim). Also sitting down too much (Zappa's composing workaholism) puts pressure on the prostate as, the cyclist Armstrong also got prostate cancer.

[@goatuscrow4135]

As a Zappa/ Beefheart fan this was a real treat.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

You might be interested in reading what Frank was like at home behind closed doors. I document it in Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa'. It's the only book that shows Frank in his early days of fame, un-tethered as it were.

[@ekolke]

Well done!

[@jsilence418]

Another good one thanks .Hey if you like Mexican, in West Hollywood The Gardens Of Taxco authentic not Tex Mex Really good . if it's still going .

[@GetUpTheMountains]

Sweet video. Always wondered what this joint looked like from the street.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

In fact, the main house is to the left of the gates and garage, and hidden by the front wall. It is set back behind what was originally a sloping lawn but gradually has become a jungle!

[@tamiepilling4260]

I think it’s funny that John Lennon said Frank was ugly - like John wasn’t exactly Fabio either. He and Yoko were a good match in the looks department.

[@motowngirl5891]

I was lucky to see him a few times in the early 1970’s Here in detroit

[@surfdigby]

There's an interview with Moon Zappa where she says how near the end of Gail's life, she was taking her to hospital for a check up and out of the blue Gail says that she hopes Moon can forgive her. At the time she just thought it was because her mind was going and perhaps she felt like she was a burden on her. In hindsight, and when you read the whole thing, it sounds like Ahmet was taking advantage of Gail's failing mental health to get majority control of the estate. It's worth nothing that Diva also has a 30% share in the ZFT. Go check out any of her social media accounts and see if you can find when she last did anything that promoted or was in any way connected with the Zappa brand. All Diva cares about is knitting, yoga and art exhibitions that her friends put on. Ahmet's pretty much the same. He has control, but does nothing to promote the Zappa brand for future generations. Just before Gail died the ZFT announced that there would be no more Frank Zappa albums. All that work in the archives is going to sit there and nobody is going to ever hear it, the exact opposite of Frank's philosophy that dots on a page aren't music, in the same way that a recipe isn't food. You can't eat a recipe, and you can't hear a printed score.

[@franticfreak3648]

Ahmet vomit

[@paulinebutcherbird]

I hope you realise by now that most of this is incorrect. Ahmet is putting out albums. I think Gail thought that Moon and Dweezil had careers of their own and that Ahmet and Diva would work on ZFT so in that respect earned a greater share. I think it's wrong to paint Gail badly without proper knowledge.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Also, to add to my previous comment, Gail would have realised that Diva has less accomplishments outside of her knitting to make a living and needed more financial help than the others. That's my reading of it, at any rate.

[@surfdigby]

@@paulinebutcherbird Hi Pauline, three years on and yes Ahmet is now putting out albums (including some fantastic sets like the Hot Rats sessions, no doubt with some input from Joe), and organised the Hologram tour. This is great, but there should never have been a time period where his interest in the Zappa product was ever in doubt. Diva still does very, very little to promote any of her father's work. If you believe that Gail gave her a greater percentage to make up for her lifestyle and career being less fruitful than the others, then it's a bit disrespectful to her mother that she hasn't embraced this. If you see my other posts across various social media, you'll see that I've always defended Gail, as after the Zapanale (of which I think she made a bad decision), it was as if someone had declared open season on her and she was unfairly demonised for every comment she made.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@surfdigby Then we share a view of defending Gail in some respects but in my case, not all. I hope the picture will be made clearer when Moon Zappa's memoir comes out.

[@salonaurouge1512]

Love your "Story Telling". You must read tons of Bios?? Always Captivating ☕️🎤

[@DazewithJordantheLion]

+Salon au Rouge thank you for the kind words

[@jeffreybiscoe6]

Really cool ,I always wondered what his house may of looked like.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

When he bought the house it was a very modest two bedroom, two bathroom house with a basement where Frank worked and the living room and kitchen and dining room were above. There was another bedroom and bathroom in the grounds. What is shown in this video was in fact the house next door which Frank and Gail bought later. The original house as it was and still is, is behind the wall to the left where Jordan didn't even go.

[@trevorrandom]

Great stuff now I need to know more...

[@paulinebutcherbird]

The best place to learn more is to read 'Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa' which covers his life at the house until 1971. He moved there in September 1968 after 4 months at the log cabin in Laurel Canyon which I also document after living with the Zappa;s and working for Frank.

[@simonmcgrath4112]

I adore Frank so thanx for the house tour. U can as I did look for the history of Laurel Canyon and Frank's house comes on via an estate agent so that's worth a look, only lasts about 4 mins anyway again great video and thanx

[@mustardtigerbaaaaaam]

Nice video man. Thanks for doing that

[@senderreturn1636]

I was lucky enough to see Frank Zappa's concert in 1984 in Iowa, and in Sept. 2015 I saw Zappa Plays Zappa, that is Dweezil's band play one week before Gail Zappa died. Dweezil is not allowed to use Frank Zappa's name for his music. He can no longer use the band name Zappa Plays Zappa thanks to Ahmet not letting him. At the time I didn't know I was witnessing his last tour under Frank's name. Dweezil's band is awesome. Cool video on Frank you did Jordan.

[@evetsnitram8866]

Yeah, like how many Zappa tribute bands are there in the world let alone one that featured original members combined with his DNA on guitar?

[@hianni8287]

Now it is....Zappa plays whatever the hell he wants too..I like this name better lol

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@evetsnitram8866 That is because they were prevented from doing so by Gail Zappa.

[@bassfishingwiththeantichri2921]

I love to visit Tinsel Town! I’m originally from the Mt. Washington Area.

[@darylturcott]

nice research and video. darla and I were guessing your best selling shirt is probably Jah?

[@DazewithJordantheLion]

daryl turcott I'm not exactly sure... I would think so.. I haven't checked the stats on that

[@thespiritworldband]

Well researched on the Lennon story. You are deeper than TMZ.

[@JaneDoe-ql7sc]

sure enjoyed your vlog! :-)

[@garbage854]

Nice video :)

[@58gennaro]

interesting. nice job.

[@go-goakins1489]

Cool!!

[@adamfindlay7091]

nicely done and beautifully shot, again!i think it was a sinclavier? or something. yellow shark, etc he had a orchestra based on the shark and instrument, yes, amazing.

[@surfdigby]

The instrument is the Synclavier. It was basically a sample player/sequencer by today's understanding. The Yellow Shark was the name of a concert where an orchestra (The Ensemble Moderne) played a number of his compositions, and it was played through a hexaphonic sound system. It was named after a gift Frank received from a fan that was a broken surfboard, re-cut into the shape of a shark.

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

My pops was buddies with Mr.Zappa, they would hang out in Towson, Md….basically Baltimore

[@cvhooij]

Thanks, nice video! Apparantly you live in the Los Angeles area. Maybe you can go to Briar Summit Open Space Preserve? I'm interested to see if the back of the house and garden is visible from above. Probably not, because of the trees. FZ lived in the Log Cabin for only 4 months (may '68 / sept 4th, '68). From september 5th, 1968 he lived at WWD.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Hi, Corne, fancy seeing you here!

[@jacobswaim449]

That's so groovy.

[@nkley1]

Great diversion video from living in the present....2020. Would love to know what Frank would think 🤔. Time to listen to Joe’s Garage....one of my favorites.

[@umpthingdifferent]

This is the central scrutinizer.......👍

[@craigmonteforte1478]

Actually i think that Lady Gaga’s purchase of Franks house has good intentions to honor him and his place in Music and History i read or heard something she said about being honored to actuall6 own his SRecording Studio that is intact on the Property as he built it ?

[@DazewithJordantheLion]

I agree

[@fabrikk60]

A journey vlog based on the lyrics to "San Ber'dino" would seem a worthy project. Does Zulch Autoworks still exist?

[@simonjester0074]

Thanks

[@frankmcguire9048]

What Lennon really said to FZ was ,in part: .....I expected a sort of grubby maniac with naked woman all over the place you know-sitting on the toilet".The first thing I said was "Wow you look so different.You look great! "FZ said "You look clean too." From "ZAPPA " a biography by Barry Miles page213 Not as ugly as I thought you'd be

[@markonthemove79]

real good video

[@paulinebutcherbird]

There are quite a few errors in this video. See my comments above.

[@tamiepilling4260]

You mentioned that Frank Zappa worked in his studio on his music even when he was deathly ill. Sounds exactly like Freddy Mercury.

[@keeelane]

I think the instrument he created (?) was called a synclavier. :)

[@michaelledford4751]

keeelane Frank had small scale Synclaviers on his last 2 tours and the biggest Version available in his home studio Utility Muffin Research Kitchen but he did not create the Synclavier, the instrument/software was created as a joint effort by Dartmouth college amd several computer geeks ,Zappa composing and playing his entire album " Jazz from Hell " won a Grammy and brought the instrument into the main stream ,Zappa composed his final triple album of modern classical /orchestral called " Civilization Phase 3 " using the Synclavier right up to his passing away .

[@Zardoze1]

Thank You, For the kool tour...!!!!!...{]=:

[@glennmccudden8574]

IT WOULD OF BEEN GREAT TO BE THERE AT ZAPPAS HOUSE . BEING IN AUSTRALIA . WOULDN'T GO OUT OF MY WAY THOUGH. TO SEE THIS IS ENOUGH. CHEERS .

[@joycewilliams5231]

I love your blogs you are so nice i also love your dog im from the uk . i have been to hollywood ,.

[@alexandra3133]

Great vlog. Was sort of disappointed it wasn’t the infamous Tom Mix, Oracle house.

[@rosalieallen8828]

My friend called her self zappa. He looked like he had a bit of height on him. Luv history .

[@toddmorrissey8372]

Synclavier. That's like a Fairlight computer.

[@malayali-appreciator-69]

Varese is definitely worth listening to. His music is the only music I've found so far that truly has many similarities to Zappa's

[@pvonk1316]

What the heck is all over the street? Looks like parts of Lady Gagas meat dress! TFS

[@mercyverdugo1754]

HELLOOO JORDAN!!!!

[@lynnlegault9297]

I remember Frank Zappa's music

[@krang07]

10:46 its pronounced `sink la veer` or `sin clav vee er`

[@DazewithJordantheLion]

+August Lyons thanks

[@Free2choose]

Didnt Frank record Dale and Terry Bozio's Missing Persons album here ?

[@jorgeluistineo]

I'm a big Zappa fan from Lima Perú and I think this video is a nice way to see the surroundings where he lived and how a tiny house it was transformed in the mytical UMRK. It's sad that Lady Gaga bought it and all reduces as always do to money amounts and business. This place should be a museum for the Zappa fans all over the world and not a simple studio who can be used for any famous popstar without real chops and artistic sense but Well... It is what it is right? FZ have a lot of great music outthere... Regards and thanks for the effort to show this at 2020... By the way I agree with thecorrectiond made by Ms Butcher. Hope I could find her book in Spanish...

[@foothilla]

If you understood the Hollywood Hills, even a little bit, you would understand that this could never be turned into a museum.

[@russtay]

Synclavier. My old boss helped invent it in the 70’s. World’s first “sampler”.

[@sttarch5150]

His song titles alone were full of wit. My fav is "Gee I Like Your Pants"

[@Diggerdog2nd]

Didn't know Gail died. If Franks studio is no more where's his vault I wonder.

[@dovegrey1]

NOW I know where I've seen you before! I've seen you on Adam the Woo's videos...you have a Zappa patch on your denim jacket..very cool, I will now subscribe!

[@DazewithJordantheLion]

+dovegrey1 yep, Adam and I are buddies. Thanks for giving my channel a chance

[@Sol7Studios]

Frank's will split the estate equally, Gail decided differently.

[@davidpeters7947]

Jordon perhaps you could do a Vlog on Thelma Todd or William Desmond Taylor ?

[@DazewithJordantheLion]

+David Peters funny you ask, I have been trying to plan out a William desmond taylor. Unfortunately his death location is now a ROSS discount store..both have been on my list, my friend.. eventually!

[@RobbieFoles]

I got 58 albums of FZ more out there of first print

[@ronaldhascher1412]

If Frank was ugly, it is the coolest ugly, I ever saw !

[@albrtajc2002]

didn't claudia schiffer install a piece of the wall at her house? is that claudia schiffer's house?

[@Frankincensedjb123]

I live about 30 minutes from the house. I've driven by it many times taking short cuts "over the hill," and I have even been inside. I can't tell you why I was able to get inside, for I may have to kill you. But the place is huge and full of little nooks and crannies. Nothing about it is typical, but it's all very cool. Call Gaga, I'm sure she'll let you drop in any time.

[@LetYrLiteShine]

Do you do voice overs or do you know all the info as you vlog live?

[@DazewithJordantheLion]

LetYrLiteShine I do everything live. no voice overs

[@paulinebutcherbird]

There are mistakes in it though. This does not show the original house where Frank and Gail lived. What is shown here is all out buildings.

[@Synapsenkitzler]

instead of a sitin it was more a screamin at filmore with lennon. :-0 ;-) yo, ok? your video was interesting, warm and respectful. thx. the most fitting musicvideos of zappa are to me the bruce bickford clay animation ones. night school is my all time favorite. (10:50 ; its called synclavier, see wikipedia) there's a very unique video where mongolian singers and a irish folk band meet and jam at zappas house. watch it! zappa laughs his ass of. :-) I love frank zappa.

[@evetsnitram8866]

I like the claymation stuff but it tends to eat my brain.

[@michaelledford4751]

Synapsenkitzler I too love Night School but my favorite Synclavker piece from the Jazz from Hell album is the G Spot Tornado Frank won a Grammy for as best new jazz album ,especially since it's modern classical and has nothing to do with jazz lol ,anyhow I was in the audience and had the honor of all honors to see/hear Frank conducting that piece of music ,I met frank and he had this aura about him where you knkw your in the company of true genius ,I'm have other zappa stories from my brief personal interactions ,telephone interactions and mail interactions I had with Frank that I'll post in the main thread for all to read but if your a musician you may be interested in this ,if you play Frank's G-Spot Tornado in a properly acoustically treated room ,capable full range monitors and a miced spectrum analyzer that piece of music was recorded to go down to 8hz with all tone or eq set to detent neutral ,which is a great strength of composition to accomplish without ending up with the bloated and fatiguing bass response of some rap music .

[@typodhitzemann6851]

I'd want to say that Berlin wall piece very likely has some relation to FZ. Look up his Govt involvement as the Czech Ambassador. And there's interviews of Frank talking about the wall. it's interesting it's so close. How close was it exactly to his house? I'll put a link to Frank talking about the wall. there's a few as well as a final concert he did where he tells the audience what he hopes for their newfound freedom. OK, at 3:30 to 6:40 he talks specifically about breaking pieces of the wall up and giving it to local and international artists. What you wanna bet the artist got that piece either from or thru Frank? kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpulZnRtibutrc0

[@barryguerrero7652]

I don't think it was either/or - meaning, that I think Zappa viewed himself as both a rock star AND a serious composer. Yes, Zappa said a lot disparaging things about the rock 'n roll world. He also said many disparaging things about the classical music world too. More to the point, Zappa constantly returned to touring with his bands. Even if he didn't take drugs, he loved the rocker life style. Let's face it, he didn't do drugs because his outlet and his own form of addiction was anonymous sex on the road. He was a conflicted and complicated person. He created his own studio because his contract with Warners was all tied up in litigation and Warner wouldn't pay for further studio time. They also wouldn't release his tapes that they had in their possession, back to him. Anyway, it reached a point where it was just as cheap for Zappa to build his own studio, as it was to pay for all that studio time out of his pocket. There's no way MTV would have shown the type of videos that Frank Zappa would have wanted to make. It would have been like dealing with Warners all over again. Yes, he was brilliant and, yes, he always 'did it his way'. But he also wasn't always fair with those who worked for him as well. He was a tough and - at times - cut throat business person. That was yet another contradiction, when you consider his diatribes against the evils of capitalism early on in his career. Ultimately, it's his music that will survive and be remembered most. . . . and we'll all get a chuckle from his irreverence from time to time as well.

[@ralphbenites1819]

I’m a big Elvira fan.what ever happened to the prop’s when she hosted movie macabre in the early 80’s .

[@gregbroadhead6085]

sinkliner its a synclavier

[@rogerdemaine5712]

The nose knows.

[@kevinanderson9492]

Would this have been the house Slash hung out at as a child?

[@DazewithJordantheLion]

+kevin anderson yes

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Who is Slash?

[@paulinebutcherbird]

When Frank and Gail bought this house, it was owned by a very straight middle-class American family. Would this Slash - whoever it is - be part of that?

[@deepindercheema4917]

@@paulinebutcherbird Slash was born in Stoke On Trent as a child. I don't know why Kevin would postulate said Slash knew this place.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@DazewithJordantheLion That is totally wrong. Where did you get that idea from?

[@artpop4976]

Is it true that Gaga bought this Already? coz i think, she wrote songs inside this Houuusseee

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Yes, but she doesn't live there, only hangs out with friends and uses the studio.