Some words from one of my favorite artists

Sometimes I will read something or listen to something that makes me think that someone has been following close behind me and taking notes. That was the case for many things that Frank Zappa had said over his career. Here is a snip from an interview that is much longer but thought I would share.

Begin Quote>>

Marshall:

What is "Information"

Zappa:

Any data that comes in. Somebody presents you with something. Like, I walk up to you and say, "Two and two is eleven". That's some information. It's bad information, but it's information. O.K. Now, if somebody comes up to you and says "Two and two is eleven", and they have the Presidential Seal on their coat, and they got bunting waving in the background, and balloons go up, you might consider it for a minute. So, that's information. Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is the point at which you know something, O.K. Now, wisdom is the idea that you have a bank of facts. To behave wisely, you have to deploy those facts in some way. You can deploy them stupidly or you can deploy them wisely. So, information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. You can take all the sorted pieces of information which gives you a knowledge base. You can act in what you believe is a wise procedure, but that is not necessarily any ultimate truth. And just because something is an ultimate truth doesn't mean it's beautiful. And just because something is beautiful certainly doesn't mean you have to love it. Because there's lots of ugly stuff that you could love, too. I mean, I love my dog. Not a particularly attractive dog, but that's a wonderful dog.

Marshall:

How did it continue after Beauty? What are the rest of the lines?

Zappa:

Oh, well, it's: "Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not wisdom, Wisdom is not truth, Truth is not beauty, Beauty is not love, and Love is not music. Music is THE BEST"

Marshall:

If "Love is not music", what is "Love"?

Zappa:

It's chemical, merely chemical.

END Quote<<

BTW --2 new additions------

We are going to have a custom guitar built >

All the specs are in the link but the 27in scale is going to be the difference that sets this guitar apart from any other guitar on the planet ...What that means for recording are some nice meaty piano clean dripping with flavor from the wood pure tone.

The one you see on the right was ordered today and should be here by Wednesday for live gigs.

**************

Studio planning is still underway and we have decided to add the control room to give the recording area and musicians more space and also gives us less to have to tear down in the existing area.

Until next time