Quote of the Week- Frank Zappa

Along with the likes of John Waters, the late rock musician Frank Zappa (1940-1993) was one of Baltimore's favorite sons. Until we quoted John Lennon today on our sister blog, I did not realize that both singers were born in 1940, a year before Bob Dylan who turned 70 last week.

Frank Zappa's son Dweezil Zappa leads a tribute band called Zappa Plays Zappa. They will perform at The Klein in Bridgeport, Conn., on July 29. Zappa's other celebrity offspring include Moon Unit Zappa and Ahmet Zappa.

Here is a quote from Frank Zappa, which we may well have used the last and only time we quoted him before now, but it is such a good one that it bears repeating here:

"Stupidity is the basic building block of the universe."

Tweet of the Moment-False Bomb Scare

Love this tweet from "LA Weekly:"

"Whoops. Bomb squad Rushes to College Campus. Finds Red Bull Cans."

The incident happened at UC-Davis. I wonder if it disrupted exams?

Ahmet Zappa, son of the late cult rock figure Frank Zappa, tweeted that he got married today as did a cousin of mine in South Carolina. For the record, my cousin Stella did not marry Ahmet Zappa.

And, we read in the Charlotte, NC, alternative weekly "Creative Weekly," in an article by Tricia Childress that Rasim Ozbay has opened up a Turkish cafe called 'Carolina Kebap' in downtown Charlotte. As a Turkish-American, I wish him well.