Comments on: Brickbats http://malcolmpollack.com/2007/10/30/brickbats/ I go many places Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:37:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Malcolm http://malcolmpollack.com/2007/10/30/brickbats/comment-page-1/#comment-66747 Malcolm Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:51:30 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2007/10/30/brickbats/#comment-66747 Hi Elisson, Good to hear that you're a fan too. It's surprising how many of us are lurking out there, given how far off the beaten path Beefheart was. Hi Elisson,

Good to hear that you’re a fan too. It’s surprising how many of us are lurking out there, given how far off the beaten path Beefheart was.

]]> By: Elisson http://malcolmpollack.com/2007/10/30/brickbats/comment-page-1/#comment-66746 Elisson Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:47:07 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2007/10/30/brickbats/#comment-66746 I still have my old LP copy of <i>Trout Mask Replica</i>. <i>Clear Spot</i> was, indeed, a much more commercial effort...it's quite listenable, even for folks who are intimidated or put off by the more "Beefhearty" Beefheart tracks on TMR or other albums such as <i>Lick My Decals Off, Baby</i> and <i>Safe As Milk</i>. Beefheart was a unique poetic voice. Here it is forty years on, and I still get more out of his material with each listen. Thanks for letting me know that he still has admirers out there! I still have my old LP copy of Trout Mask Replica.

Clear Spot was, indeed, a much more commercial effort…it’s quite listenable, even for folks who are intimidated or put off by the more “Beefhearty” Beefheart tracks on TMR or other albums such as Lick My Decals Off, Baby and Safe As Milk.

Beefheart was a unique poetic voice. Here it is forty years on, and I still get more out of his material with each listen. Thanks for letting me know that he still has admirers out there!

]]> By: Malcolm http://malcolmpollack.com/2007/10/30/brickbats/comment-page-1/#comment-63843 Malcolm Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:45:33 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2007/10/30/brickbats/#comment-63843 Hi Bob, I don't know how much longer he'll be around: he has multiple sclerosis, apparently, and can no longer even paint. Hi Bob,

I don’t know how much longer he’ll be around: he has multiple sclerosis, apparently, and can no longer even paint.

]]> By: bob koepp http://malcolmpollack.com/2007/10/30/brickbats/comment-page-1/#comment-63841 bob koepp Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:38:05 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2007/10/30/brickbats/#comment-63841 If you knew how rarely I encounter people who've even heard of Beefheart, let alone heard him... An acquired taste, for sure. If you knew how rarely I encounter people who’ve even heard of Beefheart, let alone heard him… An acquired taste, for sure.

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