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Lizzy Mercier Descloux- Funky Stuff

I enjoy her French accent too much, methinks

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James Chance & the Contortions- Contort Yourself (Apparently he just really like a derisive review of his efforts in the world of Jazz. He 'contorted' on stage too much. In fact, he then went one further and like to have punch ups with his audience. Definitely a man that was invited to all the dinner parties)

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Next week: No Wave (I think)

I have been reading a book called 'Rip it up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984' by Simon Reynolds, which is everything that you could possibly hope for in a crtical book about a music 'scene'. It's contextual, without being insular and covers cross-pollination from other genres, as well as how the scene feeds into itself.

It's an interesting (and sometimes grueling) read.

I am thinking about doing a special (or at least playing a lot) of the No Wave bands for a couple of reasons: 

There are bands in the No Wave movement that spawned 'Punk Disco'- an off shoot of dance bands that was reclaiming the more tribal/dancey elements of soul/funk. 

Dancey/tribal track-wise is important at that time of the morning. Anything to keep the blood pumping. Slow tracks are not the go. Maybe not for the listener, but it's my show and I will stay awake if I want to. 

Punk was seen as an exclusively white musical genre. Whether that is true is debatable, but there was a certain backlash to Disco in the Postpunk movement. No Wave seemed to be remarkably contrary (to pretty much everyone) and just wanted a reaction, regardless of whether that reaction was positive or not. If you hate disco, they will play it. Not only will they play it but THEY WILL SAXOPHONE ALL OVER YOUR FACE. (For examples of this, please see James Chance)