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 Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting To You?

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BC: Does this kind of life look interesting to you?
From: John Atwell <jatwell@earthlink.net>
  I very specifically remember a television commercial in the late '60s that was on behalf of a broadcasting school, can't recall the name. In it, a clean-cut disc-jockey sits in a sound booth, calls the next tune, begins playing it, and as he lowers the volume of the room monitor he turns in his comfortable chair and addresses the camera and audience, beginning with "Does this kind of life look interesting to you?". You have to imagine this phrase being uttered in that smooth disc-jockey-type voice to get the full impact of what Zappa was parodying. Also, the tune in the background of the commercial is definitely being parodied by Zappa in the orchestra part.
  Please, I need someone else who lived in L.A. in the '60s to tell me they have remember that ad, too!
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Night after night, dinners with Herb Cohen.
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Thrill-packed, fun-filled evenings
on the French Riviera
at the MIDEM convention.
From: Vladimir Sovetov <sova@kpbank.ru>
  I don't know what it stands for but I believe it's kinda pop music festival for guys like Herb Cohen to sell some Hot Meats, Hot Zits and Hot Ritz.
From: chris@transdata.co.nz (Chris Grace)
  Exactly. It is the music business equivalent of the Cannes film festival.
From: Vladimir Sovetov <sova@kpbank.ru>
  By the way one can find the picture of very gloomy looking Frank and radiant Cohen under the EMI logo on page 51 of Dominique Chevalier book Viva Zappa (american edition) The caption is "FZ and Herb Cohen at Midem, 1970". So some personal experience once again.
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A big tie, the whole bit.
Watch Mutt eat,
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and Leon
From: gordo <CK7263@ALBNYVMS.BITNET>
  On pages 67-8 of The Real Frank Zappa Book, I just noticed this:
  "Eventually they became joint managers of our band, with a contract negotiated 'on behalf of the group' by Herb's brother, an attorney named Martin (Mutt) Cohen."
  So maybe it is "Mutt" and maybe that has something to do with it.
  But who is Leon?
From: Cal Schenkel <calvin@RALF.com>
  I remember Leon - he worked at Bizarre Records. I think he had something to do with promotion. He's feeding the geese in the animated sequence. He lived next door to Mutt (I think he rented the place from Mutt) & when Mutt was away, Leon had to feed Mutt's Geese. His goats too.
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can't collect unemployment.
A dog, a car, an epidemic of body lice with
your own record company,
your name on the door,
electric buzzer to the inner office,
and Ona tits, and a three month supply of
German bookings
From: moamosan@primenet.com (Zoogz Rift--The Liquid Moamo)
  Ona was one of Frank's secretaries, and answered the phones they set up for UNITED MUTATIONS (which was essentially The Mothers' fan club). I used to talk to her on occasion in 1971, before Zappa decided to close up United Mutations. She was very friendly, but that's all I remember about her.
  YES, the song's reference is to ONA'S TITS! (whom I unfortunately never had the pleasure of meeting...)
From: Vladimir Sovetov (Thanks to Charles Ulrich for pointing it out)
  Ona S. Courvoisier along with someone named Taun credited for "phonetics" on Apostrophe(')
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Plus six royalty statements,
inspected and customized by
ran toon tan han toon frammet
and Dee.
From: moamosan@primenet.com (Zoogz Rift--The Liquid Moamo)
  Dee is Herb Cohen's wife.
From: Vladimir Sovetov (Thanks to Charles Ulrich for pointing it out)
  She was a bookkeeper. Dolores "Dee" Barnett also was credited for "tradition" Apostrophe(')
 
Plus six royalty statements,
  This straight member of the executive board :-) was also mentioned later and along with her husband on BONGO FURY. Caroline Hard-Core Ecstasy
It might seems strange for Herb and Dee
Caroline Hard-Core Ecstasy
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with tickets on Air Rangoon.
  Once upon a time Howard Kaylan told this to Doug Grose <dgrose@theturtles.com> :
  'Air Rangoon' is a reference to obscure foreign airlines that are often cheaper, but have no comforts, when a band is touring.
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