I saw Project Object Saturday night at The State Theatre in Falls Church, Virginia, with James (a pal from way back in the Cato intern days). I can’t link to James, because he doesn’t have a web presence, and never will . . . Anyway, Project Object is an excellent Zappa cover band that mostly plays the rockin’, vocal-heavy stuff from Zappa’s ouevre. They do a great job, particularly with guys like Don Preston, Napoleon Murphy Brock and Ike Willis as guest stars. Ike & Napoleon have such distinctive voices, they immediately invoke the Zappa vibe. It was particularly good to see Ike, who sings on some of my favorite stuff (even though he bilked my friend Travers out of 20 bucks once while they were both living in Portland, Oregon). I’m still listening to lots of King Crimson after getting to see them live last week, but I’m about to dig out my Zappa collection and give it a whirl . . .