avant garde Avant-garde drummer Art Tripp talks about working with Zappa, Beefheart, John Cage, and others Gareth Branwyn

wilcock JOHN WILCOCK: Editing the Los Angeles Free Press Ethan Persoff

Fifty years of Zappa's "Hot Rats" and how it inspired the jazz-rock fusion genre Gareth Branwyn

Entertainment Can you guess the meaning of these Droodles? Mark Frauenfelder

music Review: What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book Gareth Branwyn

drugs Captain Kirk, Spock, and Uhura want you to stay off hard drugs David Pescovitz

art Incredible portraits of chosen people by artist Drew Friedman Mark Frauenfelder

music Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Give It Away" covered by one person in the style of 20 different bands David Pescovitz

music Burt Ward's "Boy Wonder" song, a collaboration with Frank Zappa David Pescovitz

music Watch: the Navy Band surprises Zappa with "Joe's Garage" as he deplanes at SFO Cory Doctorow

Business Ex-copyright troll now sends letters inviting "pirates" to join fan-clubs Cory Doctorow

When Art Rocked: San Francisco Music Posters, 1966-1971 Ben Marks

Finding Hidden Treasures in Los Angeles Mark Frauenfelder

Culture Prototype dissidents: Timothy Leary and Václav Havel at the dawn of the internet age Lisa Rein and Michael Horowitz