RIP Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart)

[JRL]

We lost one of the greatest artists of the 20th century today.

"Thats right, the Mascara Snake, fast and bulbous. Bulbous also tapered, also a tin tear drop."

//http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYdjQCrO_xM&feature=related

[JRL]

//http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/captain-beefheart-dead-at-age-69-20101217

[judih]

r.i.p. Don.
Some say he showed signs of having M.S. from the 70's - still, he pursued the music and the message till 2010.
r.i.p. Captain Beefheart

[Satori]

RIP Beefheart!
I'll never forget the first time I heard "Electricity" som 12 years ago. The first track I heard of him, which started my journey into his music. I had gotten a tape with much different 60's music, and this one was the one I kept fast forwarding to, or backtracking to

Another little anecdote is from Japan som 3 years ago, going home from a psytrance party in Osaka, taking the subway very high on LSD to Kyoto. A groovy experience, only enrichened to so many extra levels by his "Tropical Hot Dog Night, which I had on repeat. Aaah. I will never forget how that track made that subway trip a memorable event out of this world!