you used me like an ashtray heart….

case of the punks/right from the start…somebody’s had to much to think…”

We may or may not be seeing Captain Beefheart’s cover band at Cafe Portofino tomorrow night. According to Baker B’s Recycling Guy they will be playing there, but Baker B doesn’t recall the name of the band or any details at all, other than that they were Captain Beefheart’s cover band and some of the members were in his actual band. Hmmmmm. According to the local paper it’s someone called Brother Shamus at Cafe Portofino tomorrow night, and they don’t appear to have anything to do with Captain Beefheart – or even be old enough to have been his cover band – but who knows. Perhaps it’s the Magic Band and it’s a big big secret, but that would be pretty astounding as the Magic Band has apparently just been touring around England and somehow I don’t think it’s likely they’ll show up at a little cafe in the boondocks tomorrow night.

I don’t really know that much about Captain Beefheart, other than he’s a complete and total loon and we used to play Doc At The Radar Station constantly when we were young and a little unhinged. I think Trout Mask Replica is supposed to be his masterpiece, but I love Doc At The Radar Station. “Run paint run run/ Run paint run run/ Paint hears this and he begins to run/ Let your black shadow run cross the sun/ Run paint run run”… He’s got really bizarre lyrics, and bizarre music to go along with it. He was buddies with Frank Zappa, and pretty much vanished 15 or so years ago. Supposedly to paint, but I don’t think he’s been seen since then.

ANYWAY, guess we’ll find out tomorrow who is really at Cafe Portofino. Brother Shamus sounded kind of interesting, but I really don’t think they had a thing in the world to do with Captain Beefheart. Maybe it IS the Magic Band.

Well. It will be fun to go listen to music anyhow, whoever it ends up being. And I’ll get to meet The Recycling Guy, who I’ve burned several Tom Waits CDs for. He’s become a big Raindogs fan.

What on earth do you wear to go hear Captain Beefheart’s Cover Band? Or even someone who is Not Captain Beefheart’s Cover Band But Is Going To Attract All Sorts Of Cool Hip Fashionistas? I need to be interesting, but interesting in a good way and not in a tragic clueless pathetic hobo way.

I don’t seem to have anything else to say. And I still have a Tag to do. Perhaps I can manage that later this weekend.