Home Page Replica is/was one of the earliest collections of material about Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band on the web.
Recently:
John "Drumbo" French is releasing a new CD of Beefheart-influenced music,
"City of Refuge", on Proper Records. The Proper Records page and the
MySpace page have more
details, including song clips and a story of how the album came together.
A number of other Magic Band veterans - Bill Harkleroad AKA Zoot Horn Rollo, Mark Boston AKA Rockette Morton, Greg Davidson AKA Ella Guru, and John Thomas all play on the album.
I've been able to hear this album myself. It has the same discombobulated rhythms and distant blues influence as Trout Mask Replica without being a rehash of the same songs. I'd recommend "To the Loft of Ravenscroft" and "The Withered Hand of Time" for anyone looking to focus on that influence. If you bought "O Solo Drumbo" or "Grow Fins" and liked the shape of the songs, you will enjoy this too.
Less recently:
I stumbled into a collection of my old news postings; it's missing a recent chunk, but it's still fine to browse.