posted by Herodios at 8:03 PM on August 23, 2012 [2 favorites] I wonder if that radium also gave him his rock and roll superpowers.posted by Burhanistan at 8:10 PM on August 23, 2012 [2 favorites] I am not quite as old as Zappa, but I had a friend who had an entire baby food jar full of mercury -- mixed with cat hair, lint, crumbs, and other stuff picked up from the carpeting.