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RIP, Captain.
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:57 am
by callmeslick
Don Van Vliet. AKA, Captain Beefheart.
sig change until New Year's by way of tribute.
Re: RIP, Captain.
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:33 am
by Buzz
Never heard of him?
Re: RIP, Captain.
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:41 am
by callmeslick
you're asking me?
In case it was you who was not aware of who the man was, a synopsis.
Mr. Van Vliet was a painter and musician. His paintings were sold in a couple New York galleries, and he
performed music under the name Captain Beefheart. The music was eclectic, with some blues influence and the lyrics were positively bizarre(as one can see from my sig). Most who are fans accept the music as an expression of certain post-modern art world tendencies. A google search will yield far, far more. Dude had been sick for a few years, and lived in the Southwest for at least a decade or more.
Re: RIP, Captain.
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:51 am
by Pudfark
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/autho ... vliet.html
A really witty fellow not...."Old Pudfark" could kick his hiney any day....
Though, this one made me laugh and think of Slick.....
"I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me - I wasn't neglected enough as a child."
Don Van Vliet
Re: RIP, Captain.
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:54 am
by oFZo
Pudfark wrote:
A really witty fellow not...."Old Pudfark" could kick his hiney any day....
You truly consider yourself "witty"?!?

Re: RIP, Captain.
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:05 pm
by Pudfark
No, but "Old Pudfark" does have a way of poking folks "innuendo".....

Re: RIP, Captain.
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:08 pm
by Buzz
Now I know why I never heard of him.
Re: RIP, Captain.
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:11 pm
by Reservoir_Dog
Beefheart did some pretty cool stuff with Zappa. (Zappa actually gave him the name)
R.I.P. - you freak.
Re: RIP, Captain.
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:10 pm
by Barfly
If you don't think Pud is witty, yer a poor judge of characters. Er, u has a readin' comprehension problem.
Re: RIP, Captain.
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:40 pm
by Reservoir_Dog
Pud is a witty legend in his own mind.