1970: When Wendy Was Walter

Shortly before successful composer Walter Carlos enacted a major life-change, he appeared in this advert for Dolby noise-reduction hardware.

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  • Frank Zappa's Joe's Garage trilogy had a song based on his reaction to the Walter Carlos, er, modification:

    If you been mod-O-fied,
    It's an illusion an yer in between
    Don't you be tarot-fied,
    It's just a lot of nothin' so what can it mean?
    If you been mod-O-fied,
    It's an illusion an yer in between
    Don't you be tarot-fied,
    It's just a lot of nothin' so what can it mean?

    Interspersed with commentary on $cientology, in inimitable FZ fashion.

    • Actually, I think she was living as a female for a good while before she started releasing under her current name. Chances are those sideburns are fake.

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