This came out in 2003 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
There aren’t many DVDs that are worth almost a dollar a minute — but if you’re a fan of dada-blues icon Captain Beefheart, Some YoYo Stuff just might justfy that price.
Shot back in 1993 — more than a decade after the singer born Don Van Vliet gave up music for painting — this 13-minute black-and-white short juxtaposes pictures of Van Vliet’s art, shadowy portraits of himself, clips of his mother and admiring director David Lynch, and a few audio reminiscences from the Captain himself, speaking in a craggy voice that quivers with age but hasn’t lost its magnetism. If you’re a Beefheart completist (and is there any other kind of Beefheart fan?), it’s essential at any price.
