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Zappa.com has announced the “Beat the Boots” show, that will air Thursdays 10AM to 11PM, and Fridays 1AM to 3AM PST. Learn more here.

Via KillUglyRadio.com, comes an interesting web resource for the obsessive Zappa collector. In it’s own words:
What if a crazy Zappa fan had all the albums in some form, and wanted to look for every different version of every album - not each and every edition ever made, but every version where the audio content was [...]

Volto! (Featuring Tool’s Danny Carey) will be performing at The Knitting Factory (Hollywood) on Thursday, Jaunary 17. Opening for the band will be Gryphon Labs (including members of “Zappa Plays Zappa”). Advanced tickets are suggested as Volto! usually sells out. For additional information, please visit the official Volto! website or theknittingfactory.com.
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There’s an online petition to have a street in Amsterdam named after Frank Zappa. Berlin already has theirs - as shown above.
Thanks to KillUglyRadio.com

Courtesy Vai.com
Steve Vai and MusicCares are giving you the chance to bid on a one hour private guitar lesson with Steve, with all procees being donated to the MusicCares Foundation.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn from world-renowned, Grammy Award-winning guitarist, Steve Vai. From his early days with the legendary Frank Zappa to his 1985 [...]

Bob Harris, keyboardist/vocalist of the 1980 Frank Zappa band with guitarists Steve Vai, Ray White and Ike Willis, keyboardist Tommy Mars, bassist Arthur Barrow and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, will soon have his 1986 album The Great Nostalgia released in an expanded format by Crossfire Publications. The Great Nostalgia, originally a self-financed release on his Mastahna [...]

As announced from Zappa.com, they are as follows:
Jan 21, ’08 Osaka, Zepp Osaka
Jan 22, ’08 Tokyo, Zepp Tokyo
Jan 23, ’08 Yokohama, Yokohama Blitz
Tickets are available here.