Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday August 12 2002—C3 Tiny German town host SHERMANS LAGOON mm pot urn ml mwmaame mmoRNeru wmuptomi FROM SALMON f rwrcssutm LOOK veil JUST IM AM smemmeme JDMRttWffie SALMON SALAP7tfN?1 to Frank Zappa festival mm CATHY AUftUT THE SLEEK WORKSTNTWM If OF Sum X Stuff GOULD fff AN ME10 UfE THIS D BEETLE BAILEY BERLIN (AP) — Living in communist East Germany Wolfhard Kulz used all kinds of schemes to smuggle in his beloved Frank' Zappa records: secretive rendezvous with West Gomans at highway rest stops Hidden com- partments in tuscar doors Accomplices who sneaked albums across borders After the Tall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 Kutzcould pursue his passion openly and created a fan club: the Arf Society a reference to Zappa’s Barking Pumpkin record label Thanks to the group the little town of Bad Doberan in an economically depressed area near the Baltic Sea has become the unlikely site of an annual Zappa festival This week the town also dedicated a bronze bust of the late American musician in its central square AP Photo The image of Zappa in the 1970s “represaid sents him as a rebel and avant-gardis- t" Bob Zappa right brother of the late rock musician Kutz 47 “That’s the way we want to hold him Frank Zappa and Woffhardt Kutz left creator of in memory” the local Zappa fan dub The Arf Society unveil a The town council initially was skeptical bronze bust of Frank Zappa on a stage in Bad Kutz said but gave in after some hard lobbying Doberan northeastern Germany The town of — and an Arf Society pledge to pay about 12000 is something of a magnet for Zappa freaks and last weekend hosted its 13th annual Zappa $10000 to build and care for the monument festival He said the council hopes Zappa will draw tourists “It was because'we were especially restrictThe town of 12000 is already something of a ed and Frank Zappa strove for freedom and magnet for Zappa freaks Last weekend the Kutz said democracy" 13th annual Zappanale festival included bands — a cult favorite in the United States Zappa from the United States Sweden France and for his quirky irreverent and often play called Hungary and a German-languag- e lyrics (tunes like “Don’t Eat the Yellow “All About Frank” Snow” “Dancin' Fool” and “Valley Girl”) — The festival started in 1990 when Kutz threw had a significant following behind the Iron a party and found a band that could play a few Curtain ' ' Zappa songs This year he said some 2500 Czech President Vaclav Havel said after his each the three for showed of days people up death: “Frank was a friend of our newly Eleven former Zappa band members played a friend of bur counemerging democracy and two of Zappa’s siblings attended try" “It was incredible to see that kind of outVilnius capital of the former Soviet republic arid said love for Frank” of pouring respect of Lithuania already boasts a monument to -sister by Candy Zappa Frank’s 51 year-old Zappa erected in 1995 telephone from California's San Fernando ValFor Kutz smuggling the Western records ley She attended the festival with her brother into communist East Germany and selling n Bob on the black market was an act of defi- “If I'd have known as a little girl living with copies ance that could have cost him dearly After the him that I would grow up and come to a forfail of the communist regime Kutz found in ' eign city and see posters of my brother sitting his secret Stasi police file that he had been on a toilet I wouldn’t have believed it” she under surveillance and 21 people informed on n said referring to a Zappa image his activities' that was used as this year’s festival poster “I was shadowed my whole life” he said Frank Zappa died of cancer in 1993 Kutz Now Bad Doberan Mayor Haitmut Polzin ' ' who owns companies that install cable and 45 said he supportslhe festival and new monantenna systems saw him perform live once ument although he doesn’t personally see the Kutz had become hooked at age 16 when he appcalof the music heard Zappa’s 1969 album “Burnt Weeny “I have to say I’m not the biggest fan” Sandwich” which remains his favorite off-col- or HAGAR THE HORRIBLE WANMA fitted ‘p PAP SAYS A PC?CTfbf2 PUAV Af2E OVERWOSKSP AMP UMPf3PAlP well-know- PEANUTS Jjaa J rrmto mickf Founders of Danish Dogma film school admit they broke rules ATWf MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM NO VE ponVvant MIRRORS ON ZA ' CEILING FOX TROT IW WINE SHUT MORE W FoRYoU TO UK RESTROOMS THAN WE HAVE DRIVII! 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