Ink Mathematics

Boat and Blue Bodagress, 1984, Don Van Vliet

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Hello,

Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) died today and I’d like to revisit a mix of his I made a few years ago.

Captain Beefheart is very important to me, and I always try to push his music onto other people, so it was only a matter of time before I overwhelmed you with a whole mix of his music. I know it’s not for everyone, and I can respect that, but everyone should at least give it a chance because for me, personally, it affects like nothing else.

I bought the album Trout Mask Replica, by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, when I was a freshman in high school. It took years and years for this particular album to work its’ way into me but now, 11 years after I purchased it, I regard it as one of my favorite albums of all time. Captain Beefheart is one of those rare artists that seem to get better and better with each repeated listen. Once I really got the Captain, I really got the Captain. Does that make any sense? This mix here is career-spanning and has the representation of one track from each of the 13 officially released CB albums.

Poetry by Don Van Vliet

Paintings by Don Van Vliet

Anyway, hope you like what you hear, collin

Album / Track

Legendary A&M Sessions / Frying Pan

Safe as Milk / Call On Me

Mirror Man / Kandy Korn

Strictly Personal / Safe as Milk

Trout Mask Replica / Moonlight on Vermont

Lick My Decals Off, Baby / Lick My Decals Off, Baby

The Spotlight Kid / White Jam

Clear Spot / Clear Spot

Unconditionally Guaranteed / Lazy Music

Blue Jeans and Moon Beams / Observatory Crest

Shiny Beast /Owed T’Alex

Doc at Radar Station / Ashtray Heart

Ice Cream for Crow / The Past Sure is Tense