To celebrate 20 years of bringing Zappa news and spoos to the masses in 2020, I wrote an article every month providing answers to some of those Frequently Unasked Questions about Frank Zappa - regarding his family, friends and those he worked with, the significant women in his life, the people who photographed him, and other random Zappa & related facts.

I then compiled these into a book - all updated, modified and expanded with a few other articles (including one about Frank's brief stint as a beat poet, plus new ones about Joni Mitchell, Pee-wee Herman, Nervous Norvus and Naploeon Murphy Brock & Nolan Porter) - with new bespoke artwork by ArtForDinosaurs. Over 30,000 words in a cheesy little home-made paperback book.

You can grab a signed copy of this book exclusively from The Idiot Bastard Shop.

For every copy ordered, the Idiot will donate one English pound to PSPA (a UK charity supporting people living with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy & Corticobasal Degeneration).

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Coming soon is a second volume - with another 30,000 words - on David Bowie, Allan Holdsworth, Roxy By Proxy, Artis The Spoonman, Läther, Diva, the last days of FZ, extra eyebrow-raising girl talk, more random guff and a virtual interview with Ruth Underwood. Once again, it has been beautifully illustrated by ArtForDinosaurs.

You can grab a signed copy exclusively from The Idiot Bastard Shop.

For every copy of Vol. 2 ordered, the Idiot will donate one English pound to Diabetes UK (a charity funding ground-breaking research into new treatments and a cure for diabetes).

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The material in both books has also been lumped together in one password protected PDF file, which you can read on your phone, laptop, Kindle, or even print it out and staple to your neighbour's bird table. Whatever.

You can get this eBook here, and the Idiot will donate a quid to Prostate Cancer UK for every copy sold.