Remember the wacky Zappa kids? Moon Unit has a new memoir

With names like theirs, did you expect their household to be like the Cleaver's?

She’s not one of his faaans?

I want to read this because I do enjoy biographies/autobiographies, and I also love studying the lives of creatives. Sounds like a helluva way to grow up.

I knew the Zappa kids except for Diva. They seemed very close and very smart and grounded. Dweezil pretty much never left his house after he was finished working. Never partied or got into the Hollywood scene. A very, very cool guy. To see them torn apart by money was sad but the mom understood it all.

What did she understand, R4? Just curious, because I've forgotten the details of that drama.

The book's cover is awful, but Moon looks good.

Oh, no parents who fought and radiator scars on her feet. What a poor, poor child... How many millions did daddy leave you, cupcake? 😏

"Don't go where the huskies go, don't you eat that yellow snow"

Her toenails are, like, so grody!

Do we find out whatever happened to her English teacher, Mr. Lord God King Bu-fu?

Brother Dweezil has a nice body

He's spending his retirement being a grammar troll on Datalounge, R8.

R5, she pitted Dweezil and Moon against Ahmet and Diva. She didn't show them Frank's will (which could have been overridden since she was executor) but she gave Ahmet and Diva 30% and Dweezil and Moon 20%. Now both Frank and Gail died millions in debt but the money was in the catalog. It was so bad that Dweezil was prevented from performing Frank's songs on tour by Ahmet.

[quote]With names like theirs, did you expect their household to be like the Cleaver's?

Frank always came across as being very grounded in interviews. He was notoriously anti-drug, and I think even had a policy that nobody in his band could use them.

Wasn't Pamela Des Barres the kids babysitter pre-becoming a groupie? She was discovered by Zappa and put into a band.

Does she still live in Encino?

Those kids weren’t anything to Frank beyond competition for groceries.

Maybe Des Barres was one of the babysitters who let Moon’s feet be burned.

I am a sucker for biographies, but I always wait for a library copy to read them.

I watched a whole long form interview with Moon and she's pretty fascinating. I'll absolutely read this.

Sounds like Frank and Gail were pretty horrible people. Why are so many creatives shitheels?

Their mom lied about Frank's will:

R4 Frank Zappa also never drank or did drugs , he realized after time it only adversely effects one's body and mind. Dweezil smartly followed his father's outlook.

R11 Collectively Ahmet and Diva are the majority of the estate and for whatever dumb reason decided not to permit Dweezil to tour using his father's name or play his songs, which ironically would only promote Frank's vast catalog of music and generate more revenue. Frank's will was for all the 4 siblings to get equal shares of the estate. However, Gail decided to change the estate ownership configuration and give the younger 2 children the controlling majority.

I wanted to fuck Dweezil back in the 90s.

Is it just me, or does Moon somewhat resemble Justine Bateman now?

During the 80s, Frank said the biggest threat to US Democracy was moving toward a fascist theocracy and it was beginning with Reagan.

It's so dumb not to let Dweezil play that music. Is he still hot?

R21 I always thought they looked alike.

Thanks for the link, r24. You're right. I guess I'd just never noticed before.

I had a HUGE crush on Ahmet.

I listened to the audiobook and she had a heartbreaking childhood. She’s been working on herself in therapy but her own mental issues must run very deep as a result of the psychological trauma she experienced with Frank and Gail.