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Frank Zappa: The '60s Mother Still Breaks Social, Musical Convention

Ben Fong-Torres, San Francisco Chronicle, 1984

STOP THE presses! Frank Zappa, that mother of a curmudgeon, has been spotted actually smiling! Get out the red ink – he even chuckled once or twice during an interview!

Total word count of piece: 1780

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