Fear of a Punk Planet to their punk rock sound, after having played mostly in a country style on their previous album "Slippery When Ill". The band would stick to a punk rock formula throughout the rest of their career. The album's title called to mind the rap album "Fear of a Black Planet" by Public Enemy, released that same year. It featured guest appearances by Dweezil and Moon Unit Zappa, Scott Thunes and Kelsey Grammer. An independent music video was filmed for the album's first track, "Pizza Tran." The album was re-released with bonus tracks in 2000 by the band's own label Kung Fu
Half Moon (film) Half Moon (film) Half Moon (Kurdish: "Nîwe Mang/Nîvê Heyvê") is a 2006 film written and directed by Iranian Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi. "Half Moon" is a joint production of Iran, Austria, France and Iraq. This movie was commissioned by the "New Crowned Hope" festival, a celebration of the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the story plot has been inspired in part by Mozart's "Requiem". Mamo, an old Kurdish musician in the twilight of his life, plans to perform one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. The village's elderly warn him that as the moon becomes full, something awful would