CDH #14 Playlist and Notes

Went back to a (mostly) punk/hardcore format this week and nearly shook the monitors loose from their spot in the studio.

CDH #14 Playlist (11/23/09)

1. Mekons, "32 Weeks"
2. Bad Brains, "Re-Ignition"
3. Jawbox, "Savory"
4. The Germs, "Lexicon Devil"
5. Black Flag, "TV Party"
6. Vic Chesnutt, "Philip Guston" (Featured Below)
7. The Mr. T Experience, "Unpack Your Adjectives"
8. The Clash, "I Fought the Law"
9. Minutemen, "Two Beads At The End"
10. Fugazi, "Reclamation"
11. Quicksand, "Head To Wall"
12. Anti-Flag, "Post-War Breakout"
13. Zoinks, "Sapsucker Sluggo"
14. Dead Kennedys, "California Uber Alles"
15. Weston, "The Truth About Rodney"
16. Misfits, "Where Eagles Dare"
17. Meat Puppets, "Lake of Fire"

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Feature Track

Some background on Vic Chesnutt (no. 6 above):

Chesnutt wouldn't normally turn up in a set like this one. Most of his stuff runs in the vein of folk rock, though it's probably unfair to categorize him so narrowly.

I first came across Chesnutt in 1994 while reading the liner notes to Jack Logan's Bulk. Didn't make it a point then to explore his work very deeply, but noted his influence on the scene around Athens, GA. Chesnutt had already done some stuff with Michael Stipe (REM), who spoke in the highest terms of his songwriting and musicianship. Can't recall whether I read anything about the car accident which put Chesnutt in a wheelchair in 1983, but I'm glad I didn't. Would have trapped him (or me, I guess) in a context much too shallow.

I came back to Chesnutt many years later, after learning that Guy Picciotto (Rites of Spring and Fugazi) was playing with him and producing some of his work (North Star Deserter, 2007). Piciotto appears again in both capacities on the new album, At The Cut (2009), from which I selected today's no. 6 track, "Philip Guston."

You can grab a free download of "Philip Guston" along with several other cuts from the new album, which is grabbing rave reviews.

On Tour

Chesnutt (w/ Picciotto and others) has shows coming up in San Francisco (November 30), Los Angeles (December 1), and Austin (December 5).