VAN DYKE PARKS appreciation thread...

According to Karina Longworth on her Manson podcast, every Hollywood celeb of the time has a story about going to the Tate house or being invited that day. Makes me a bit sceptical about VDP.

i was yapping about vdp at a show recently and this dude came up and showed me his biz card

https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/23509069_10155771033790600_2409688217229193297_o.jpg?oh=7fd7c2035f17535994f7922665ed9bb8&oe=5A919AAB

ha yes!! i was just telling my friend about that business card
also recently converted another friend to the righteous ways of SONG CYCLE...
it is the gospel/disease I spread

Ah yeah I got given one of these when I met him. Totally forgot about that. Hope I still have it somewhere

's weird. I used to follow VDP on Twitter and he also followed me. Then he blocked me. I'll never know why. He's also the only person to block me on there. I still revere the man!

Maybe it was an accident?

he's been having a ball with puns on "he is not your run of the mill Alabama garden variety country fare" lately

lol fuck switch Alabama around

He wanted to look at the 16 mm copy of the Zapruder film I would show in slo-mo, trying to fathom what had actually happened when our brloved JFK got his head blown away in Dallas. I had the only copy in town. https://t.co/wmMh1hpIc6

— Van Dyke Parks (@thevandykeparks) December 9, 2018

Discover America is the Clear Spot to Song Cycle's Trout Mask Replica - don't ask me to choose a favourite.

Their paths intersect through the work of @thevandykeparks.

Here's a non-linear 17 hour tour of Van Dyke Parks' compositions, performances, productions, and arrangements:https://t.co/13ShAMJmmy

— Tim Gurczak (@TimGurczak) May 25, 2021