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"a few random tunes here or there"? He has 13 albums, at least 7 of them completely groundbreaking. He hasn't just inspired the Residents, he's inspired every noteworthy band of the last 40 years, and has invented like 4 musical genres. He's also my biggest influence, PERIOD, not that that matters, but he's the only person I would call an absolute genius. John Peel, of course, also says he's the only genius in the history of music. Filmmakers, tv show makers (Xavier, Mighty Boosh, 12 Oz Mouse), even DAVID LYNCH acknowledges that Beefheart is what inspired them to do what they do. I have a documentary where Lynch and Beefheart talk for 15 minutes. It's amazing. "A few random tunes"... This is a guy where one SONG doesn't do the man justice since there is so much going on.. you really have to delve in. Absolute genius.
I went to Florida a few months ago and saw a person in a Mr. bungle shirt, and two people in Residents shirts. Huge band, especially overseas. We're in the internet age, everyone downloads everything, everyone has heard everything! Hell, the Residents were one of the influences for the Simpsons theme. Everyone knows everything. Nothing surprises me anymore. But, no, in my town I don't know anyone into anything interesting, unless Animal Collective is interesting.
Also, I've been to Michigan, and the most receptive, friendly, interesting, knowledgable, and cool people i've EVER met lived there. Granted, it was in Flint, but.. no, wait, Royal Oak was the place I played and I was asked to do an encore because people were so into it. Had an hour long discussion with someone about Boredoms and their offshoots.
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