Had an email from Grant who plays in a Canadian band called The Surfdusters, and does a radio show on CJSF Radio. This Tuesday, August the 14th, he's doing a show of Captain Beefheart covers from various singles and compilations. It’s on from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, Pacific time – listen if you can.

CJSF can be found on the web at http://www.cjsf.ca/.

I'll give it a listen if I can convert Pacific time to British Summer Time...

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Scary Go Round, John Allison's long-running internet comic strip, has this week turned its attention to The Captain Beefheart Story.

A warning caption states that this is a difficult and complex yarn and is not for weak minds. How true this is.

The notorious deal made between Don, Frank Zappa and the cat-starved Arabs is described in more detail than I have ever encountered, while the quotations from Captain Beefheart's lyrics can only have been sourced from previously unheard out-takes in the Zappa vaults. All that being as it might or might not be, this is a compelling account of a story which all too often is taken far too seriously. I can't wait for tomorrows episode.

The Captain Beefheart Story is Scary Go Round Chapter 38. Thanks to Doug W. for letting me know about it.

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