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Captain Beefheart, a.k.a. Don Van Vliet, dies at 69
Entertainment Weekly ^
| 12/17/10
| Simon Vozick-Levinson
Posted on 12/17/2010 2:40:07 PM PST by Borges
Avant-garde rock legend and visual artist Don Van Vliet, who performed under the name Captain Beefheart, passed away today at age 69. A representative of New York City’s Michael Werner Gallery, which hosted several shows of his paintings, confirms the sad news to EW. Van Vliet died of complications from multiple sclerosis at a hospital in Northern California this morning.
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: beefheart
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posted on
12/17/2010 2:40:10 PM PST
by
Borges
To: Borges
RIP. Troutmaskreplica was one of the masterpieces of sonic art.
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posted on
12/17/2010 2:41:38 PM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Compact Theory)
To: 537cant be wrong; Aeronaut; ßuddaßudd; bassmaner; Bella_Bru; Big Guy and Rusty 99; Brian Allen; ..
Surprised to hear he was still around.
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posted on
12/17/2010 2:42:30 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
To: Borges
No doubt he and Frank and jamming together again.
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posted on
12/17/2010 2:43:27 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Welcome to the Gator Nation Will Muschamp)
To: P.O.E.
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posted on
12/17/2010 2:44:24 PM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Compact Theory)
To: discostu
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posted on
12/17/2010 2:46:50 PM PST
by
Borges
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
12/17/2010 2:48:51 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Borges
Farewell, to the Big Eyed Beans From Venus! A strange cat but hugely entertaining in his own weird way. RIP
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posted on
12/17/2010 2:56:23 PM PST
by
D_Idaho
("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
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posted on
12/17/2010 2:57:05 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
To: Borges
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posted on
12/17/2010 3:00:51 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
I had forgotten about that one.
“It’s the Mother Ship! The Blimp! The Blimp!”
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posted on
12/17/2010 3:04:24 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Borges
One of my first LP’s was Safe as Milk.
Never did understand it, but then I didn’t understand
Velvet Underground either.
I wonder if the LSD was a factor in his early demise?
RIP
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posted on
12/17/2010 3:04:40 PM PST
by
rahbert
To: Borges
He was much beloved in France, and I liked him, too.
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posted on
12/17/2010 3:07:55 PM PST
by
Judges Gone Wild
(Who are these uncircumcised to oppose the armies of the Living God?)
To: Grizzled Bear
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posted on
12/17/2010 3:08:38 PM PST
by
Captain Beyond
(The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
To: Borges
To: Borges
I’m a Zappa guy, never really got into the Captain though I do like a couple of the FZ songs he sang on. Sad to see him go, thanks for the ping.
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posted on
12/17/2010 3:15:55 PM PST
by
discostu
(Keyser Soze lives)
To: Borges
“opaque melodies that would bug most people”
Loved your music Captain.
RIP
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posted on
12/17/2010 3:16:11 PM PST
by
Bullish
To: Borges
Somewhat interesting that he passed less than a week before what would have been Frank’s 70th birthday...
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posted on
12/17/2010 3:22:07 PM PST
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(Attn. GOP: Deliver the goods, or we'll do to you what we did to the Dems!)
To: P.O.E.
RIP. Troutmaskreplica was one of the masterpieces of sonic art. I agree. "Decals" was also outstanding in IMHO. I was fortunate to see Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band perform in NYC at the Anderson Theater on several occasions between 1970 - 1973. His performances were quite amazing - the music haunting, complex, atonal, years ahead of its time.
"A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous!"
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posted on
12/17/2010 3:22:44 PM PST
by
Upstate NY Guy
(Gen 15:16 The iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.)
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