Carl Zappa (franks brother) selling clothes on ebay

[FrankZappa]

kinda sad... read on if interested:

Date:  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 02:32:39 -0400
Subject: Carl Zappa NEEDS HELP
From: "Andre Cholmondeley"
To: "andre"

Carl\'s selling clothing on ebay -
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3808747671&category=29928&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AIT&rd=1


PLEASE READ THIS FIRST

 
Hey everyone

By typing this letter - I may be inviting the wrath of a nuclear-level
legal
attack on Project object, and on what we do. But I donšt care - this is
ridiculous what\'s going on. Some of you may know that PO has had our
share
of lame lawsuits and legal attacks -- for doing EXACTLY what the
composer of
this music requested on his deathbed!!! to play his music!!! What the
fcuk!?!??!

Anyway -I got a call the other day from Jason Zappa. (nephew of FZ, son
of
his brother Bob) We spoke about ways to help his uncle Carl (yes - he
of the
smelly gym sock on Roxy). We\'ve had nothing but excellent vibes, love,
friendship and support from most of people with the Zappa last name.

I was gonna keep this story private and just do what I could with
helping
Carl, a diabetic, with some donations of natural supplements from my
store
and some dietary advice.

But - Carl has decided that he needs to do anything he can to raise
funds
and he is auctioning stuff off on ebay

The bummer is - CARL IS BEING EVICTED.

Now - you may ask - how can that be ?? Frank Zappa\'s brother??
Homeless??

Well - here\'s the synopsis:

-IN the early 70s, Frank Zappa bought a house for his Mom.

-In December 1993, Frank Zappa passed on.

- In January 2004, Mrs Zappa, their mother passed on.

- Her son Carl ,who lived with her - has been EVICTED.

- The house, with (I guess) everything else - was inherited by Gail
Zappa
and the Zappa family trust in 1993.

- therefore , Gail Zappa is the landlord.

-Sadly - she has decided it\'s a good and moral idea to evict a sick man
from
a house that has been long paid for and can\'t really be worth all that
much,
to someone with an address just outside Beverly Hills.

-Gail Zappa -who I hold no hatred or animosity towards (i\'m just
confused
and dissapointed and sad) - has not been a friend of just about EVERY
Zappa
tribute band, festival, legally released recording, t shirt , or
anything
else. What a bummer - everyone of those people simply seeks to
celebrate the
life, times and music of an american genius.

If ANYONE in the southern california area can help more directly with
healthy cooking, meals, or helping Carl re-locate - pls drop me a line
and
I\'ll put you in touch with Jason Zappa.

By the way - Jason Zappa has been helping his uncle, traveling back and
forth from his Northwestern home. Sadly - Mr Zappa apparently has no
relatives in the immediate LA area interested in providing assistance.



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3808747671&category=29928&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AIT&rd=1

[bluefunknebula]

that is very sad! AND completely fucked up! it is so utterly disgusting that this is happening...poor carl. what the fuck is wrong with gail and the family trust? it\'s sickening that they are so grossly mishandling their resources and especially not honoring FZ\'s wishes. i just don\'t get it.

[jocelyn]

oh god that makes me want to cry, especially after reading what he wrote in the ad and seeing the picture...

[bluefunknebula]

Originally posted by jocelyn
oh god that makes me want to cry, especially after reading what he wrote in the ad and seeing the picture...

i know...it\'s terrible. i wish i didn\'t have to see that. hopefully some kind soul out west can help him out.

[Overexjoesure]

That\'s it I\'m leaving VT and starting my journey into the Zappa family.... Seriously though, there has to be SOMETHING that we don\'t know about, some kind of grudge, past event or psychosis that we don\'t know about that is influencing Gail and the Zappa family trust\'s irrational and immoral decision...

Hmm Ike and Napolean are both in CA, why don\'t they lend a helping hand??