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VARIOUS WRITERS CONJUNCTIONS #3
includes usa 1 november 1982 paperback conjunctions 0 941964 05 1
in interviews
in the early seventies, don van vliet often confessed
that he combined his musical occupations under the
pseudonym of captain beefheart with other artistic
outlets. two cites from that era are:
* (interviewer:)
there was talk of a book of poetry. (don:)
'singing ink', yeah. i'm going to put that out.
i'm looking for a backer on that. i want to make sure
it gets out and i get some money for it. it's a book
of poetry. and there's a novel called 'old fart at
play'. i already have it written. the novel is really
good. it'll replace tom sawyer. not only that, i've
got ten more full-length novels written. i wrote forty
pages a day for five years. i could fill your office
with the stuff. [usa 31 january
1972 circular] so, as it seemed just a short matter of time, we impatiently waited for all the books he would publish. and waited, waited, and waited.... but ten years after his promise he had brought out seven álbums - but nó book, not even óne page.... * in hindsight,
the last record he released, 1982's 'ice cream for
crow', coincidentally was followed by the first clear
signs of a different career in art. although his alter
ego didn't really intend to stop with making music, he
slowly was drawn into other directions. for example:
around that time he was asked to provide some
non-musical contributions to 'conjunctions', a rising
legend among literary journals. but when the third issue of the 'bi-annual volumes of new writing' came out late fall 1982 don van vliet's debut in the world of books wasn't as spectacular as everyone had expected. he shared the publication with nineteen other people, and though the index mentions 'four poems and three drawings' but doesn't count the reproduction on the front page, together that still only makes a total of seven and a half page.... all the drawings are 'untitled' and from 1980 (the 'doc at the radar station' period), except the one on the cover which is dated as '1982'. the felt-on-papers inside the book are placed 'opposite' to poems with a title, but there is no relation between them. although the reproductions are almost the size of a whole page (to be precise: 11,5 x 14 cm), they are much smaller than the original sketches, unfortunately. the DON VAN VLIET section:
poem 1982 HOLLOW SMOKE and drawing 1980 untitled (1) poem 1982 POPPLIN' GAS HEARTS and drawing 1980 untitled (2) poem 1982 THE SMITH THAT CLEANS OUR STARS and drawing 1980 untitled (3) poem 1982 DOPEDINSTUNNEDMIRAGES and book cover colour drawing 1980 untitled (4) MY ADVICE: try to get a copy (or request a reprint) * more notes: * the note about this
contributor goes: * the colour cover
drawing was reprinted in the usa 1 august 1983 heavy
metal 'an old fart at play' feature the other
writers: * [updated 210122] |
