CDH 2.4 - Teenage Middle Finger

Got a text message from one of our devoted listeners during last Friday's show. (Okay, it was my wife.) Inside a green bubble, a simple one-liner:

You're an angry dude.

Nah. Just a dude who thinks it important not to keep his tension and aggression bottled up unnecessarily. Really, that's one of the most basic reasons I do the show: to create an outlet for stuff (thoughts, I guess) that would otherwise gunk up the system. Going into the WRCU studio every week is like opening up a pressure-valve to vent the steam that built up in the system during the week. It takes me back to a place of clear-headed inquiry and helps to restore my curiosity about the world.

Granted, there's only so much that agitated, guitar music can achieve in this world. But that doesn't mean it isn't a key ingredient in a much richer concoction. After all, you could say the same thing about teaching (my day job). Flapping my gums in front of a captive audience of college kids is a far cry from actually changing the world, but maybe it's a step in the right direction?

So if the most recent set list somehow resembles a teenage middle finger, I make no apologies for that.

And, by the way, if you dug that particular track or wish to see/hear more of Steel Pole Bath Tub, here's the video for Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride.



Other highlights from today's show:

>> Jello Biafra with D.O.A. - "Power is Boring"

This was one of Joe's high quality picks. D.O.A. out of Vancouver is a band I need to spend more time with. This is one of the seminal hardcore bands that, for whatever reason, kinda passed me by. These guys are still releasing new material after 30 years together. Founder Joey Keith currently runs Sudden Death Records.

>> Mudhoney - "Here Comes Sickness"

Hugely under-rated band, mostly forgotten except by a small number who still covet the grungy "Seattle Sound." I dedicated this jam to the legions suffering from the current zombie plague here in Central NY. Would have played "Touch Me I'm Sick" except that singer Mark Arm drops an F-bomb late in the track. As Wikipedia tells it, Arm is now the warehouse manage for Sub Pop Records.

See you this Friday, listeners. Joe and I plan to take things to the next level.