Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gary Lucas is a modern guitar miracle, an alchemical soloist with monster technique and a rare collaborative touch. He is especially good with master voices; his work with Captain Beefheart and the late Jeff Buckley is a master lesson in aggressive invention and supportive electricity. That empathy is half the pleasure of Lucas’ Indo-blues venture, [...]
Diddy Wah (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
mp3: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Diddy Wah Diddy mp3: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Who Do You Think You're Fooling I was thrilled to receive this record in the post the other day. Excuse the vinyl nerdiness but I feel compelled to tell you that it's a US promo copy, first pressing -- as demonstrated by the incorrect songwriting credit on the Diddy Wah Diddy side. I bought it from...
the central shaft (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Sure there has been much more done by Califone before and after this and I have yet to hear it all, but King Heron is still my favorite. (a bit dissapointed in 'Guilded Splinters' though) Highlights..."Heron King Blves" and Sawtooth Sung A Cheater's Song". Pitchfork review; Califone return in short sentence with an all new recording Heron King Blues, which comes fresh on the heels of...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
In continuing the search for footage of various classics on YouTube, I found this here gem of Captain Beefheart performing "Upon the My Oh My" on the Old Grey Whistle Test . It also features a quality Aldous Huxley/vacuum cleaner sales anecdote. According to other parts of the internet, Virgin originally released "Upon the My Oh My" on a 1975 dsampler, V , although it was supposed...
deadheaduk (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I thought it would be fun to see if I can get from A to Z using the artists that I have on my MP3 player (a 20Gb Archos) – so here goes… Ayler (Albert) Beck Captain Beefheart Dylan (Bob) Eels Faust Grateful Dead Harper (Roy) Incredible String Band Jethro Tull Kesey (Ken) Led Zeppelin Misty [...]
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Here's R.L. Burnside Captain Beefheart Johnny Winter Steve Freund
Hongkie Town (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
In truth, it might make more sense to post this after I listen to all of it but wtf .... 90% of this is easily available in HK, it was just a lot cheaper to get it "over there." * Where the Action Is: Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968. Four CD set, the fourth in Rhino's Nuggets series (an expansion of Lenny Kaye's original 2 LP compilation, I think it was on Elektra?). I'd downloaded this but...
Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
MODEY LEMON / Season Of Sweets CD / Birdman Records / 2008 I know it’s not technically a new release, but it’s a notable one. A bit of STOOGES, some CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, some SAINTS, and even a little LOOP here and there makes for a band worth checking out in my book. They’ve been rocking [...]
<HTMLGIANT> (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Beefheartian documentary on Captain Beefheart, also at Ubu:
FarrFeed (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Slow learners take more hits. And here I thought I was smart! The world will never go exactly the way I want it to. All I can do is whatever I can do to simply be myself, to open up my own soul connection. Since I can’t leave the world or run away from it, [...] Post from: FarrFeed Art Guilt IV: One World, One Heart, Make Art Related posts: Living Heart Captain Beefheart, Armadillo World HQ,...
The 'Spill (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
I made an old-fashioned mix-cd today. it has a real nice autumnal mood (IMHO), tracklisting: 1. Jochen Distelmeyer - Regen 2. Big Star - Kanga roo 3. The Mountain Goats - Matthew 25:21 4. The Black Heart Procession - Wasteland 5. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - The rider song 6. Hush Arbors - Fast asleep 7. Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard - Willamine 8. Grant-Lee Phillips - Buried treasure 9. Chuck...
rashbre central (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Sometimes I think Captain Beefheart was right. Singin through you to me; thunderbolts caught easily Shouts the truth peacefully Eeeeeee-lec-tri-ci-teeeeeeee High voltage man kisses night to bring the light to those who need to hide their shadow deed Go into bright find the light and know that friends don't mind just how you grow Midnight cowboy stains in black reads dark roads without a map To free-seeking...
It's Eclectic! It's Eccentric! It's RadioNowhere's... (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
JESSICA 6 1972 3.November.2009 NORMAN ROSE – Deteriorata CHICORY TIP – Son Of My Father LIEUTENANT PIGEON – Mouldy Old Dough MOTT THE HOOPLE – All The Young Dudes DAVID BOWIE – Ziggy Stardust T. REX – Metal Guru ELTON JOHN – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time) AMERICA – A Horse With No Name NEIL YOUNG – Heart Of Gold CAPTAIN...
The Bureau Of Sabotage (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
That opening lines meme, by sbp out of atommickbrane , and arbitrarily assembled by me thanks to the shuffle feature on my iPod. You know the drill, no Googling; 1) So wide, you can't get around it 2) I could have read a poem called Ozymandias to her instead 3) There were mourners on the street of every shape and size - The Auteurs, Lenny Valentino ( hano ) 4) Distant cousins, there's a limited supply...
Radio Dupree (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
The Radio Dupree monthly chart is here! Some weeks ago we tossed in a couple of excerpts from Mike Oldfield's classic Tubular Bells, and heureka, one of them reached the number one postition. Then George Duke, Frank Zappa and Yes follow. The top 20 also includes two pieces each by Mahavishnu Orchestra and David Bowie. What about our Album of the Month then? Did you listeners enjoy Zappa's Hot Rats...
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