{"id":3116,"date":"2006-08-04T11:08:38","date_gmt":"2006-08-04T09:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.killuglyradio.com\/hot-poop\/2006\/08\/04\/mission-unlistenable"},"modified":"2006-08-04T11:11:02","modified_gmt":"2006-08-04T09:11:02","slug":"mission-unlistenable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.killuglyradio.com\/hot-poop\/2006\/08\/04\/mission-unlistenable","title":{"rendered":"Mission: Unlistenable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Getting to appreciate the music of Cpt. Beefheart (and <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.killuglyradio.com\/index.php\/Trout_Mask_Replica\">Trout Mask Replica<\/a> in particular) can be a daunting task, as <a href=\"http:\/\/arts.guardian.co.uk\/filmandmusic\/story\/0,,1836207,00.html\">this article<\/a> demonstrates:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Playing it &#8211; or rather, attempting to &#8211; is a bit like being in one of those cartoons in which the principal characters cagily open a door, only to find all hell &#8211; elephants, possibly, or a speeding train &#8211; breaking loose behind it, whereupon they slam it shut again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230; while Andy Partridge of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xtcidearecords.co.uk\/\">XTC<\/a> explains it thusly:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You&#8217;re running around stairs and gangways and gantries &#8211; things are swinging across, and you&#8217;ve got to grab them to get to the next level. It&#8217;s like being trapped in a mad, giant watch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As for me, to be honest, I too have yet to experience that &#8220;road to Damascus&#8221; moment where it clicks. Perhaps at the next listen&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting to appreciate the music of Cpt. Beefheart (and Trout Mask Replica in particular) can be a daunting task, as this article demonstrates: Playing it &#8211; or rather, attempting to &#8211; is a bit like being in one of those &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.killuglyradio.com\/hot-poop\/2006\/08\/04\/mission-unlistenable\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frank-zappa","category-music","category-pop-cult"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.killuglyradio.com\/hot-poop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.killuglyradio.com\/hot-poop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.killuglyradio.com\/hot-poop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.killuglyradio.com\/hot-poop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.killuglyradio.com\/hot-poop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.killuglyradio.com\/hot-poop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.killuglyradio.com\/hot-poop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.killuglyradio.com\/hot-poop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.killuglyradio.com\/hot-poop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}