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  ‘He would get high before teaching’: how Mills College gave birth to music’s boldest minds

  Fuelled by psychedelic counterculture, the Californian university has nurtured Steve Reich, Laurie Anderson and more – and caused riots at its concerts. But can it survive?

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  Total Immersion: Frank Zappa review – a suitably eclectic day-long tribute

  From a film Q&A punctuated by musicians in the audience to barnstorming performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Guildhall students, this was a stunning celebration of his orchestral works

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  Evening Standard

  Prostate screenings could become reality within next 5 years, says expert

  Prostate cancer screenings could become a reality within the next five years thanks to advances in technology, a scientist has claimed. Currently, there is no screening programme for the disease which has claimed the lives of Dennis Hopper and Frank Zappa with NHS England calling screening “notoriously tricky”. Despite it being one of the most common cancers, there is no equivalent of the regular mammograms that detect breast cancer.

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  Yahoo Celebrity UK

  Soap drama, 'Strictly' and 'Ridley Road': The best TV this weekend, 22-24 October

  Super soap week draws to a close on Friday with some final dramatic revelations.

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  TV tonight: inside the world of prolific guitar virtuoso Frank Zappa

  TV tonight: inside the world of prolific guitar virtuoso Frank Zappa. Alex Winter’s documentary offers previously unseen footage of Zappa in action. Plus: Mary Beard looks at the ongoing cultural exchange between the UK and Australia. Here’s what to watch this evening

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  ‘She had no fear mechanism’: the incredible, outrageous life of Miss Mercy

  ‘She had no fear mechanism’: the incredible, outrageous life of Miss Mercy. The life of the co-founder of Frank Zappa’s band GTOs and industry wild child is explored in a raucous new book

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  The Independent

  The Plastic People of the Universe: How the violent suppression of a rock band led to revolution in Czechoslovakia

  Mark Beaumont discovers the band known as PPU, and how their secret 1970s gigs set in motion the movement that would ultimately topple the totalitarian communist regime

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  The Guardian

  Zappa review – a maverick sensibility

  Zappa review – a maverick sensibilityAlex Winter’s exhilarating documentary uses Frank Zappa’s own archive to draw us into the world of a musical one-off Record keeper… Frank Zappa. Photograph: Handout

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  The Guardian

  Zappa review – under the skin of the wild man of American rock

  Zappa review – under the skin of the wild man of American rockAlex Winter weaves the early experiences of eccentric musician Frank Zappa into a portrait of the artist as a flawed man The cost of genius ... Frank Zappa, the subject of a new documentary by Alex Winter Photograph: Publicity image

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  The Telegraph

  Zappa, review: a myth-busting look at the Sixties’ strangest star

  Dir: Alex Winter. No cert, 129 mins Frank Zappa’s attempt to blow up his high school aged 15 didn’t pan out, but the attitude of radical hostility lit the fuse for his music career. With his unruly black hair and bristling handlebar moustache, he had the air of a truculent strongman. The work he put out was wild, difficult and unapologetic, whatever the fashion of the day – usually radio-friendly pop-rock which he couldn’t have been less interested in peddling. An assortment of myths are explode

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