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Two Sides of the Same Coin: Captain Beefheart’s “Apes Ma” and Radiohead’s “Fitter Happier”

Some works scream. Others whisper. “Apes Ma” and “Fitter Happier” do both in a frequency that bypasses the conscious brain. What remains is a residue. A shape. A hush at the end of language. An old lover kisses slow, dayglo blue scorpions.

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