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Captain Beefheart Pulls A Hat Out Of His Rabbit by Byron Coley and Robert Carey
The stars are matter. We’re matter. What’s the diff, Zoot? Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart, has emerged after six years of semi-retirement with a greatRead More
Don Van Vliet tributes and fond farewells
We were very sorry to learn that Don Van Vliet passed away on Friday 17 December 2010 due to complications arising from multiple sclerosis. Tributes fromRead More
Resurrection Shuffle by Byron Coley
Since Smithsonian Folkways’ ballyhooed reissue of Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music, many of our world’s duller knobs seem to have been reborn as expertsRead More
Review for Grow Fins by Byron Coley
Although it was their third released album, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band arrived with 1969’s sprawling Trout Mask Replica. The ability to appreciate its seeminglyRead More