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Captain Beefheart: Tales Of Transmutation From The Mojave Magic Man

Paul Rambali, NME, 1 November 1980

"GOD-DAMN THAT BEAT!" Don Van Vliet slams out a foursquare tattoo on the dashboard of his blue Volvo estate. "That mama heartbeat. That bom...bom...bom! Why do they do that? Don't they know it's bad for the heart? I would never treat my heart that way. I don't want my heart to attack me!"

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