Drummer and vocalist Jimmy Carl Black, "the Indian of the group", who appeared on more Mothers of Invention records than you could shake a stick at, has passed away. Here's Jimmy drumming with The Mothers of Invention live on French TV 1968, live on BBC TV 1968, singing with The Muffin Men, 2002, and on one of his last gigs, singing Capt. Beefheart's Dropout Boogie in June 2008, in his duo with mad banjo wizard Eugene Chadbourne which they called The Jack and Jim Show. [more inside]
posted by flapjax at midnite on Nov 3, 2008 - 49 comments

Carl, why do you remind us of these things? Don't you know they hurt? (Mistah Kottka reminded me to post this.)
posted by solistrato on Jul 13, 2001 - 7 comments

Hey, where'd Carl go? He's not at Freedonia. Nothing is.
posted by luke on May 4, 2000 - 10 comments

Carl wrote a great Industry Standard article lampooning online marketing, and I couldn't help but laugh at seeing a "B to B Convention" banner ad running at the end of it (screenshot).
posted by mathowie on Jan 19, 2000 - 0 comments

When I opened up my new copy of the Industry Standard today, I was happy to see a new last page column by Carl^TM. It's been a couple months since Carl^TM wrote a column, and it just wasn't the same without him. Micheal Parsons is a competent writer and all, but he's no Carl^TM.
posted by mathowie on Dec 2, 1999 - 0 comments