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I originally posted this as a comment in a friend's LJ, but I thought you guys might appreciate this story:
One of the poker tournaments at which I dealt was at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, MS. Next door was the Hard Rock Casino, and my friends and I went over to play some cards and drink lotsa booze. Over the course of the night, myself and another guy, who is as big of a music fan as I am, made sure to see as much of the memorabilia in the casino as we could (and there's a LOT, even for a Hard Rock located in a 2nd-tier destination city like Biloxi).
One of the best things we saw all night was a giant quilt (I'd guess 18ft by 10ft) Frank Zappa had commissioned in the early 80s. It depicted him as though he were a king or a jack on a playing card (including the inverted picture). The upper depiction of Frank was as an angel, the lower as a devil. It was a really great quilt with a lot of obvious skill in its crafting.
However, as cool as it sounds, what makes this quilt stand out so much in my memory? The fabric from which the quilt was made didn't come from a fabric store or textile mill or anything like that. The quilt was comprised entirely of the bras and panties thrown onstage during his Tinseltown Rebellion tour in 1981.
A photo of the quilt
One of the poker tournaments at which I dealt was at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, MS. Next door was the Hard Rock Casino, and my friends and I went over to play some cards and drink lotsa booze. Over the course of the night, myself and another guy, who is as big of a music fan as I am, made sure to see as much of the memorabilia in the casino as we could (and there's a LOT, even for a Hard Rock located in a 2nd-tier destination city like Biloxi).
One of the best things we saw all night was a giant quilt (I'd guess 18ft by 10ft) Frank Zappa had commissioned in the early 80s. It depicted him as though he were a king or a jack on a playing card (including the inverted picture). The upper depiction of Frank was as an angel, the lower as a devil. It was a really great quilt with a lot of obvious skill in its crafting.
However, as cool as it sounds, what makes this quilt stand out so much in my memory? The fabric from which the quilt was made didn't come from a fabric store or textile mill or anything like that. The quilt was comprised entirely of the bras and panties thrown onstage during his Tinseltown Rebellion tour in 1981.
A photo of the quilt