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Captain Beefheart: stars pay tribute to a musical maverick

5258 days ago
Guardian Music — Tom Waits, Billy Bragg and Zola Jesus are among those to salute Don Van Vliet, who died last week aged 69Following the death of Don Van Vliet last week, musicians have united to praise the man who performed as Captain Beefheart. Tom Waits, Zola Jesus... more info
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Celebrity Birthdays - December 21, 2010

5258 days ago
Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: Prolific rock guitarist Frank Zappa (1940; d. 1993) "Twilight" actor Jackson Rathbone (1984) "Broken Flowers" actress Julie Delpy (1969) "24" actor Keifer Sutherland (1966) ... more info
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'Museum Of The Weird' to be written by Frank Zappa's son

5259 days ago
NME — Inspired by the success of Pirates Of The Caribbean as a film as well as a theme-park attraction, it is being reported that Disney plan for another Disneyland ride to be adapted for the big screen. more info
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sunday morning updates

5260 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — olegelagin said... the Zombies ~ 1997 ~ Zombie Heaven Zakarrias ~ 1971 ~ Zakarrias Zabu ~ 1972 ~ My Coffin's Ready the Michael Yonkers Band ~ 1968 ~ Microminiature Love the Yardbirds ~ 1965 ~ Having a Rave Up Sweet ~ 1998 ~ Originals - The Best 37 Gl... more info
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Captain Beefheart obituary: rock's father of invention

5260 days ago
Guardian Music — The great eccentric's influence is all around usBack in 1969, a self-confessed "teenage weirdo" from Portland, Oregon, fell under the spell of a newly-released double album called Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band. Over 40 ye... more info
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saturday afternoon updates

5261 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — Duncan said... Saturday update at scratchynoise! Eddie Floyd - Big Bird your no.1 source for soul, jazz and funk http://scratchynoise.blogspot.com strahinja said... THE CULT – Electric ANTHRAX – Among The Living SISTERS OF MERCY – Floodland D... more info
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Captain Beefheart, who has died aged 69, was provocative and unpredictable

5261 days ago
Guardian Music — The influence of Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart, stretched from the Grateful Dead to the Sex Pistols and beyondDon Van Vliet, better-known as Captain Beefheart, one of the most influential American musicians of the 1960s and 1970s and avant gar... more info
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Captain Beefheart obituary

5261 days ago
Guardian Music — Discordant and mesmeric, the 1960s Magic Band singer Don Van Vliet was rhythm and blues based but completely unorthodox; latterly he won fame as an artistCaptain Beefheart, Don Van Vliet, who has died at the age of 69, was one of the most influential... more info
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THE BEST METAL ALBUMS OF 2010, AS CHOSEN BY METAL MUSICIANS THEMSELVES — PART IV

5263 days ago
Metalsucks — FEATURING MEMBERS OF ISIS, MUNICIPAL WASTE, ELUVEITIE, WORMROT, LAST CHANCE TO REASON, ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA, GOD DETHRONED, OWEN HART, NIGHTFALL, HORSEBACK, AND OCTOBER TIDE For 2010, we decided to do something special as part of our regular end-of-year... more info
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the first batch of thursday updates

5270 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — Zer0_II said... Bah! Humbug! Digital Meltd0wn's Nightmare Before Christmas continues to deliver more Italian giallo and horror soundtracks than you can shake a stick at! •• Ennio Morricone - L'Uccello Dalle Piume Di Cristallo (aka The Bird With T... more info
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