PIC INFO: Resolution at 859x1100 -- Spotlight on CAPTAIN BEEFHEART and THE MAGIC BAND inside a wooden chicken coop, a close-up shot of the original "Safe As Milk" cover artwork/fisheye lens photo of the band, c. mid 1967. 📸: Guy Webster.
"From skewed blues opener "Sure ’Nuff ’N’ Yes I Do" to the menacing psychedelia of closer "Autumn’s Child," "Safe as Milk" still ranks among the most ambitious debuts in rock. Issued on Buddah in late summer ’67, it had the trappings of the psychedelic age, from the fisheye lens photograph to inventive studio trickery. If America enjoyed the summer of love, however, Beefheart ushered in a winter of discontent, presaging
the death of hippie ideals."
Rainbow Bridge - I can't wait to get on the road again
La copertina rappresenta un po' tutto questo, i chilometri che abbiamo percorso e che contiamo ancora di fare anche in senso metaforico
Più che una copertina, un manifesto di vita! Quella macchina che “veleggia” verso il sole, immortalata nella cover del nuovo disco, la dice lunga sull’attitudine dei Rainbow Bridge, che di chilometri in questi anni ne hanno macinati per raggiungere anche la più improbabile sala concerti. Una predilezione per le soluzioni live che è sempre apparsa palese nei dischi precedenti dei pugliesi e che,…
A young German doctor named August got separated from his unit and got lost in the forest. In the dark wilderness, he unexpectedly encounters a big man. Misha, narrowly avoiding a bullet to the chest, takes him home.
By the way, even if you fully plan to vote for Biden in November (because Trump would be worse and has declared that if elected he would ban Palestinians from entering the US x, x, x, x)...
You can and I would argue should call or email Biden or whatever other Democrats represent you and just straight up lie about it. Tell them "I'm a constituent, and I've voted for you in x number of elections, and thanks to your support for the genocide of the Palestinian people, I will never, ever vote for you again."
Politicians, Democrats, and especially Biden need a fire lit under their asses, because the vast majority of them clearly aren't going to do shit without one. Or, worse, be like Biden and actively be the reason that Israel can continue its genocide on a political, monetary, and military level.
Tell Biden and other politicians that you will never vote for them again. It doesn't matter if it's true. It will help pressure US politicians to stop this genocide, and therefore it's the right thing to do.
Obviously this also applies to other countries where politicians are supporting Israel's genocide, especially countries that have cut funding to UNRWA (list here).
THE MOST CLEAN CUT, CLEANED UP BUNCHA FREAKS YOU EVER SAW -- CLASS OF '67.
PIC(S) INFO: In no specific order -- Spotlight on drummer John French, bassist Jerry Handley, guitarist Alex Snouffer, and vocalist/harpist Don Van Vliet of CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND, from the "Safe As Milk" photo sessions by Guy Webster, c. mid 1967.
MINI-OVERVIEW: "The picture that "Safe As Milk" paints of the Summer of Love is quite different than that depicted by the usual L.A. groups.
Van Vliet's vocals, with obvious draws from the raw delta wails of Howlin' Wolf, portray surrealistic Daliesque scenes upon a tapestry of stop-and-go drums, staggering dual slide guitars of Ry Cooder and Alex St. Clair, and intricate bass lines, woven together in a dynamic, ever-changing landscape of blues, pop, and heavy fuzzed-out psych.
The constantly-changing song structures are smoothly integrated and still give the façade of conventionality while simultaneously drawing upon obscure folk- and African-inspired rhythms, somehow keeping every song interesting from beginning to end."
Some slices of WIPs I have laying around. I have a TONNE of comics and sketches on the go at the moment, I'm just lacking that final oomph to finish them!