I’ve been listening to Frank Zappa’s music on and off since I was in my teens.  Without giving too much away, that’s a long fucking time.

Zappa’s music is an acquired taste so you may not like it, but he was one of rock music’s smartest and most erudite voices, which is one of the reasons why I’ve been listening to his music on and off since I was in my teens.  As the media once again predict a final dirt nap for the music industry as we know it (Gee, it must be Saturday), here’s a Zappa interview from the early 1980s that seems rather prescient: