I had no choice but to to stan (it’s actually kinda beautiful) pic.twitter.com/uGp9iWXnr4— Sasha Frere-Jones (@zombiesfj) August 9, 2021
This was the last straw that finally got me off my ass to order this.
― o. nate, Monday, 9 August 2021 19:18 (two years ago) link
By the way, this week Trout Mask Replica appeared on streaming services for the first time ever (the 2013 Bob Ludwig remaster).
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Monday, 9 August 2021 20:47 (two years ago) link
The Legendary A&M Sessions is just an awesome record.
― Sassy Boutonnière (ledriver), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 05:10 (two years ago) link
^^Speaking of, The Captain gets a phone interview and a needle drop on American Bandstand in '66:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFfKWfJ8Tc8
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 6 January 2023 22:29 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKWVLOIEO-Q
^ never heard this before - from the blue collar OSTthe clanging/industrial percussion is cool!
― fpsa, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:16 (three months ago) link
yeah the only place that's been compiled is on The Dust Blows Forward 2xCD, I think
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:18 (three months ago) link
that's a cool one. i heard it on a Jack Nitzsche comp ... called Hard Workin Man, actually! https://www.discogs.com/release/4561165-Jack-Nitzsche-Hard-Workin-Man-The-Jack-Nitzsche-Story-Volume-2
Guess it's a little reunion with the captain and ry cooder, too.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:22 (three months ago) link
Which was absolute torture to record according to Cooder - hilarious torture though.
― Little Billy Love (Tom D.), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:33 (three months ago) link
Only found out the other day that there's an exhibition of Don's paintings currently on in London:
https://www.michaelwerner.com/exhibitions/don-van-vliet7
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:49 (three months ago) link
Thanks for reminding me, I'd forgotten that was on.
― Little Billy Love (Tom D.), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:58 (three months ago) link
Ry Cooder:
We wrote the tune and I don't remember a whole lot about it except that [I wondered] who can sing this? Well, only Beefheart's got that kind of crazy low voice to put this across. I got him to come down out of the desert - it was the last time I saw him. Locked him in a room and went through all kinds of hell to get him to sing the whole song once. He's the most incorrigible, difficult guy in the world. "I hate Hollywood... those lights - I hate those lights... who's that guy?" That's just the producer, leave him alone... "I hate producers." Just sing the song. "I have to go to the bathroom." Just sing... the song. Jesus Christ! We locked the door. Actually did. "Get me outta here," he was yelling - banging the door with his fists. I said, "You sing - then you can come out." He put me through a lot of hell during the Safe As Milk days and I got off on that. I got him now! We got Beefheart now. But it was good.
― Little Billy Love (Tom D.), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 18:19 (three months ago) link
it's too bad the much more profane film version doesn't seem to have been released anywhere officially...
― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 21:55 (three months ago) link
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 bookmarkflaglink
Nice. I am definitely going
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 13 January 2024 15:32 (three months ago) link
I went. Found the paintings to have a similar energy to his music. They are not fully abstract, nor fully figurative.
I've never been to the desert but I got a feeling this is what it could be like. They transported me there.
One week to go, it's just three rooms. Go.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 10 February 2024 16:32 (two months ago) link