Boosh Allures:
Frank Zappa by Noel Fielding
Sunday, November 13, 2011
In 2000, the year the Mighty Boosh brought Autoboosh to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, I got to interview them in their hotel room. They were just âThe Booshâ then, Iâm pretty sure.
I pointed out that I recognised their pre-show warm-up music, 'Help I'm A Rock' - by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, from their first album Freak Out.
âYou're a fan,â Noel acknowledged. During the the interview, he sketched freehand on a piece of paper. When the interview was over, he handed it to me. It was a portrait of Frank Zappa.
Iâve been searching for it for at least the last 8 years, thinking Iâd filed it, but not knowing where. Then my girlfriend located it as girlfriends do, just casually rifling through some folders. Joy of joys.
Zappa â captured in the bowler hat in which he was frequently photographed during his 1968 English tour â is uttering âHelp Iâm A Rockâ. Noel has inscribed it, âCheers for interviewing us and viewing our wears. â Noel Booshâ.
You enjoy looking at it while I go purchase a frame to ensure I donât lose it for another decade!
And enjoy listening to this interview snippet from several years later.