Paal Marker
1. NAME:
Paal Marker
2. DATE OF BIRTH:
22 January 1965
3. OCCUPATION:
Computer engineer
4. PLACE OF RESIDENCE:
Oslo, Norway
5. YEARS AS A FAN:
2
6. BEEFHEART ALBUMS IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE:
SAFE AS MILK :
MIRROR MAN :
STRICTLY PERSONAL :
TROUT MASK REPLICA :
__________ 2
LICK MY DECALS OFF BABY
: _______ 4
SPOTLIGHT KID :
_________________ 5
CLEAR SPOT : ____________________
3
UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED
:
BLUE JEANS & MOONBEAMS
: _____ 6
SHINY BEAST :
DOC AT THE RADAR STATION
:_____ 1
ICE CREAM FOR CROW :
7. TOP 10 OTHER ACTS:
1 - Jethro Tull
2 - Jan Garbarek
3 - Terje Rypdal
4 - Zappa/Mothers
5 - Led Zeppelin
6 - Satyricon
7 - The stranglers
8 -Pat Metheny
9 - Gentle Giant
10 - Stones
8. NUMBER OF ALBUMS OWNED:
300
9. HOW DID YOU FIRST DISCOVER CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC
BAND,
AND WAS THERE A PARTICULAR SONG THAT MADE YOU SEE THE LIGHT?:
Discovered CB 2 years ago, when dropping into a store for second-hand
vinyl records and found
Doc at the Radar station. I had slightly heard about CB, but never
heard his music.
I am quite sure it was the cover of the album that made me buy.
( The CD format has destroyed an art....)
Back home I put it on my record player, but had to rush out of
my appartment and down to the laundry.
I came back excactly when Sue Egypt started, and it didn't take a minute
to see the light.
During next song, brickbats, I knew this was the music I had been searching
for all my life.
10. NUMBER OF BEEFHEART GIGS SEEN, AND WHICH YEARS:
None
11. ART SHOWS VISITED:
None
12. ANY CONTACT WITH DON?:
No
13. MUSICAL ABILITY / TRAINING:
None
14. ANY OTHER INFO YOU WISH TO ADD?:
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