Peter, It is an acquired taste for sure. I have a group of friends/musicians in New Orleans who got me started on Beefheart. They would cover Beefheart tunes at gigs and would have Tropical Hot Dog Night parties after Jazzfest where all Beefheart was played all night.
I am still not that completely familiar with all of the tunes - not like my friends are...they quote whole blocks of lyrics to each other. One of the couples in this group had My Head Is My Only House Unless it Rains as their wedding song and myself and another friend made this wedding gift for them: We made a black and white pinhole photograph of him wearing a suit with a real doll house stuck on his head holding an umbrella and framed it with the lyrics and gave it to them. It was my friends' idea, but I am the photographer and had the darkroom and so on. I too - don't like his paintings as well - though I've only seen them on the internet. A little too raw for me and I just don't like the color choices/compositions that much - not really my palette - but I might like them better if I saw them full size. I love the visual imagery of two flamingo in a fruit fight though. mm > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Peter Corteen > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 9:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [MD] Tao through intellect... > > > Hey Margaret, > > I'm so refreshed that via the MOQ I've found some others who > dig Beefheart - I'm a big fan and have spent thousands of > hours listening to his music since I first bought one of his > albums about 5 years ago. > > He is very much an acquired taste in my opinion; it was only > because the UK DJ John Peel was such a fan of his that I > persevered with 'Trout Mask Replica' and even then I had to > listen to that about a dozen times before I could bear more > than the first few tracks. > > Kind regards > > -Peter > > On 16/11/2007, Margaret Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > - Everything's wrong, at the same time it's right > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter > > > Corteen > > > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 4:40 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [MD] Tao through intellect... > > > > > > > > > Like two flamingoes in fruit fight. > > > > > > On 15/11/2007, Margaret Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Tropical Hot Dog Night > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > > > > Peter Corteen > > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:17 AM > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: Re: [MD] Tao through intellect... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 'If you want to be a different kind of fish, you've got > > > to get out > > > > > of the school' (Don van Vleit). > > > > > > > > > > On 15/11/2007, MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > > > > > > > Scholars, drunk on words and obscure meanings, > > > > > > Weave a tangled web of concordances. > > > > > > Simple practice never occurs to them. > > > > > > Give up education, and the world will be better. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There are many who seek Tao through intellect. > They revel in > > > > > > thousands of coincidences, seek similarities in all the > > > > > > world's religions, conduct learned discourses for enthralled > > > > > audiences. But > > > > > > they would reach the truth faster if they tied their > > > thoughts to > > > > > > experience. > > > > > > > > > > > > The intellect is inherently dualistic. It makes > > > distinctions and > > > > > > creates new connections between concepts and calls that > > > "meaning." > > > > > > This type of analytical thinking is extremely limited in > > > > > the face of > > > > > > Tao, which is not fully rational, nor fully > quantitative, not > > > > > > fully describable. Though most followers of Tao are > > > learned, they > > > > > > also realize that the intellect is but one aspect in > > > what must be > > > > > > a multifaceted approach to Tao. > > > > > > > > > > > > It is said one must give up education, not because we > > > > > should be dumb, > > > > > > but because we must seek a level on consciousness > beyond the > > > > > > intellect. We must study, but not to the point that > > > emphasis on > > > > > > experience and meditation is lost. 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