Been a Zappa fan since 1968.  Agree with your assement of FZ and his genius.  Weirdness has been a term applied to Frank over the years and is a bit unjust.  Listening to his music is analagous to going to a restaurant and getting everything on the menu.  It's a lot to digest in one sitting.  Taking him in samll bites ...

The Vault is amazing.  I'm telling everyone I know about it.  You vaultmeisters have just about all of it covered.  For those of us who didn't have the cash (even though concerts were 5 bucks way back when) it is great to see that the chops these musicians had on studio records were just as good in concert.    Biggest ...