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MISS PAMELA: MENTORED BY BEEFHEART AND ZAPPA
by Pamela Des Barres
Try to imagine a sixteen-year-old high school girl waaaay back in 1965, living a rather ordinary Leave-it-to Beaver existence, tucked safely within the clean, green San Fernando Valley — finding herself standing before the unimaginable presence of one Captain Beefheart
Once in a while, I wonder how my life might have turned out if Don Van Vliet’s cousin, Victor Haydon, hadn’t arrived at Cleveland High that February. Victor was an edgy, somber loner, who immediately went into hiding to escape the stern VP because his longish auburn hair was brushing his collar. He did not fit in, but I found him oddly fascinating, carrying his art supplies, immersed in books by the likes of Sigmund Freud. I kept an eye on him. Turned out he was observing me too. He must have seen some lurking weirdness I wasn’t quite aware of yet.
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