Ep109: Growing up Moon Unit Zappa
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2018
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This week we speak to Moon Unit Zappa about her musical moments with her father Frank, what it was like growing up in the Zappa home, the music they shared, the music they didn't, the unexpected hit 'Valley Girl' and her ongoing quest for normality.
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Moon Unit Zappa, and I'm Nate Goyer's guest on The Vinyl Guide. |
| 0:06.0 | Correction, you are my special guest this week, Moon Unit. |
| 0:09.1 | Hey, everyone, it's Nate, host of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for fans and collectors, |
| 0:14.2 | vinyl records, and as you know, each week we have on the show a special guest, |
| 0:18.9 | an artist, a creative person, an industry insider, someone |
| 0:22.5 | to talk with us about their history with vinyl records and share with us the stories on the |
| 0:27.8 | records we love and collect. And this week on the show, we are excited to have Moon Unit Zappa, |
| 0:33.0 | daughter of Frank, and she's going to talk to us all about growing up Zappa. What was it like being in the Zappa house? Of course, with Frank and all those musicians coming in and out for the recordings. What kind of records did Frank have in his collection? What kind of music do they listen to together? And of course, we'll talk about Valley Girl, the song that she recorded with her father, that ended up being the biggest selling Zappa record of his career. Now, today, Moon Unit opens up about her time with her father, and it's a very touching story. And especially for the Zappa fans, you are in for a real treat. And by the way, Moon Unit also has a podcast, Launch Left. It's on the Farrell Audio Network. She does it with Rain, Joan of Arc Phoenix. They have a lot of special |
| 1:11.2 | guest. Check that out as well. And this week's episode is brought to you in part by groove washer.com. |
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| 1:50.1 | conversation with Moon Unit Zappa. Do you listen to and collect vinyl records? Well, |
| 1:56.5 | you're in luck. Welcome to the vinyl guide, the podcast made for record nerds like yourself. Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer. Check one, two, check one, two. Is this thing on? Yep, it seems to be. Hey, everyone, it's Nate. Host of the Vinyl Guide. Thanks for downloading. Thanks for listening. Thanks to all of you who are sharing these episodes over social media. |
| 2:19.2 | Facebook, Instagram, tweeting about it on Twitter. We absolutely love that. |
| 2:24.2 | You know, spreading the gospel of the Vinyl Guide podcast. |
| 2:27.8 | And, you know, we get a lot of notes from people who are very, very stoked about what we do here. |
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