![]() ![]() The same is true of the albums contained in Sun Zoom Spark: 1970-1972. We talk about these as virtues, of course, but for some reason it’s easier to talk about what’s missing than what’s present and accounted for in Van Vliet’s work. To talk about Trout Mask Replica, the Beefheart’s thorny classic, we talk about what it’s missing: a sense of order, a sense of calm, in some cases definable structure, in others definable songs. ![]() We talk about him the way we often talk about genius we don’t (or don’t want to) understand, as if it sprung up, mysterious and ex nihilo, fully formed. When we talk about Don Van Vliet, the man behind the Captain Beefheart persona, we tend to talk about what’s not there. ![]()
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