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On This Day – A Squid Eats Down Into a Polyethelene Bag

Posted on January 15th, 2018
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Yes, that’s right the Maskara Snake, on this day in 1941 the world of music saw the birth of a stone cold genius. The ZigZag Wanderer himself, Don Van Vliet, made his appearance in Glendale California. The old fart was playing and the mothership was flying when, 28, years later the best album ever made […]

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On This Day – 17th December 2010 Captain Beefheart dies

Posted on December 17th, 2017
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On this day in 2010 CaptainBeefheart died after a long illness. He was most original, and best, artists to ever grace rock music. In many ways he epitomises what I mean when I talk about real rock music. Original, informed, unconventional, thoughtful and provoking. Rather than write the usual eulogy I have decided to give […]

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My Essential 100 Albums – 5 Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band

Posted on October 28th, 2014
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  Quite simply, this is the best rock album ever.  Less simply, it is not really a rock album.  It is a bluesy, rocky, multi faceted, arty, album that is difficult to pigeon hole.  The only easy description is that it is clearly the work of a genius.   By now I think that I have […]

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