Monday, December 20, 2010

RIP: Captain Beefheart




Sasha Frere-Jones makes up for many past sins by writing this upon news of the Captain's passing.

2 comments:

Bob Kemp said...

"The way I keep in touch with the world is very gingerly, because the world touches too hard" - Don Van Vliet, 1994

Bob Kemp said...

Great article! In spite of the reputation of "TMR", I've never consciously listened to CB before, but "Doc At The Radar Station" is a great album! ("TMR" not so much.) Check out the first two tracks for confirmation of this: Hot Head and Ashtray Heart.