Ministry – Houses of the Molé

First off, it’s not “mole” which rhymes with “hole”. It’s “molé”, pronounced moe-leh. Get it? Houses of the Molé? C’mon… at least try. Zeppelin joke, right? Jeesh.
Aside: My grandmother (Dad’s mom) makes chicken molé, a traditional Mexican dish [recipe, not grandma's], but I’ve given it my own name: Chicken in Dirt Sauce. Don’t order it, [...]

Frank Zappa – Sheik Yerbouti

Frank $#@$!@# Zappa???
To the average person, Zappa made idiotic little songs about yellow snow. True, he did in fact write a song whose refrain captured that most important of winter fun caveats, but most people miss out on Zappa’s real contribution to the rock genre: complex improvisations, rigorous standards of production and performance (missing a [...]