better late...

i heard about this last friday but have been busy with xmas activities and forgot to post it...
capt. beefheart is no longer with us...the mojave desert has lost one of its own.
every alt rocker, of course, cites capt. beefheart - don van vliet - as a major influence - yet he only sold a handful of albums in his time...go figure. i was never a huge fan but did love the work he did with frank zappa (r.i.p.) and used to play the odd track from trout mask replica and ice cream for crow on the radio during my days spinning discs.
a very interesting character. the link from pitchfork has a lot of great beefheart videos including a great interview with david letterman from the 80's i believe - one i saw when it was broadcast originally - letterman used to be my hearo and during his days at NBC had some amazing guests.

take it easy big shooter.

g. xo