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Zappa was married twice, once to Kay Sherman (1959–1964) and then to Gail Sloatman, whom he remained with until his death. Sloatman and Zappa had four children, two sons and two daughters, all of whom had rather unusual names. They are: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Rodan, and Diva.
After his death an internet email campaign to the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center led to an asteroid being named in his honor: 3834 Zappafrank, the asteroid having been discovered by Czech astronomers.
http://www.klet.org/names/view.php3?astnum=3834 http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/asteroid.html Since then other things have been named in his honor including: another asteroid (16745 Zappa), a gene (ZapA gene of Proteus mirabilis, a microbe that causes urinary tract infections
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/ZapA.html), a goby fish (Zappa confluentus
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/fish.html ), a jellyfish (Phialella zappa
which was actually named by Nando!), an extinct mollusc (Amauratoma zappa), and a spider with an abdominal mark supposedly resembling Zappa's mustache (Pachygnatha zappa
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/spider.html).
Zappa portrays the voice of the pope in a 1992 episode of Ren & Stimpy.
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LiteratureWorn Free's vintage tees made famous by rockers
In the discussion following Xeni's post about Yoko Ono yesterday, Shawn Wolfe referenced having just bought one of Worn Free's "Yoko Ono" t-shirts, just like John Lennon used to wear. I checked out Worn Free and they have a very cool business idea. They recreate obscure vintage t-shirts famously worn by rockers, like Lennon's "Working Class Hero" tee, Iggy Pop's "I Wiped Out The 60's" tee, Debbie Harry's "Punk" tee, Frank Zappa's "Rental" tee, Joey Ramone's "Capitol Theatre" tee, and a slew of others. My favorite is the "Yoko Ono" and Joey Ramone's "Punk Magazine" tee. Link...
Published: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:40:26 GMT - Source: Boingboing.Net - Read the article
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