WHAT FRANK ZAPPA WANTED YOU TO KNOW

Might as well embed one of my favorite songs by Mr Zappa as well.

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at 7:21 Frank says CNN has gone down the tubes

Joe's garage is extremely degenerate; and by the way, satirical post-modernism is still post-modernism - after all, satire is one of its fundamental aesthetics. Zappa doesn't get a pass just because he was against the federal government; who the fuck isn't? He was, at the core of it, a cultural libertarian. The types who, as we know, essentially condone all present and future forms of degeneracy by principle. Just because he was against hippie culture doesn't mean he was a family-values type - i distinctly remember an interview during which he was accused of undermining american values and he responded something like "What values? This country was founded on slavery and racism"

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Joe's garage is satire, if you don't understand that Joe's journey thru rock n roll induced madness is satire…
He was anti-drug
anti-degeneracy
You really didn't pay much attention to Frank. I'll admit he's quite subtle and cerebral in many of his songs.

Wyatt, is that you?

…with a brand new nose, who knows where it goes

who is arrogant looking
and don't know shit about cooking

I'm obsessed 'n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little has changed
I'm the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you

I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I'm the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I'm the slime oozin' out
From your TV set

You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don't need you
Don't go for help . . . no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold

here's a webm clip from that video you linked.