B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU-FM, 90.5/ SAT., 26 DEC. 2009

Singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt, photographed here by Mary Ellen Mark in 1996, died yesterday, xmas day, at the age of 45, due to a coma induced by an overdose of muscle relaxers. Tragic and deeply sad. Details still withheld or fuzzy, but according to a The New York Times article, Chesnutt was facing a significant debt due to medical costs. A lack of a National Health Plan (i.e. "single payer") in this country is killing our artists. Fortunately, Mr. Chesnutt has left a treasure trove of great art.

BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 9:00-11:00 PM

Sockin’ Soul/ JOHNNY & DELORES (’68, 7"single) [True Soul]

You Can’t Buy My Love/ BARBARA LYNN (’65, ’08 collection, The Jamie Singles Collection, 1962-65)

Now What You Gonna Do/ FRANK FROST (’62, ’98 Very Best of Frank Frost Big Boss Man)

Cadillac Walk/ MINK DeVILLE (’77, Cabretta)

Crimson Enemy/ THE BATS (’09, The Guilty Office)

Scissors/ BARBARA MANNING (’91, One Perfect Blanket)

In a Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul/ THE CLEAN (’09, Mister Pop)

The Boy With the Perpetual Nervousness/ THE FEELIES (’80, Crazy Rhythms)

Lulla/ TINARIWEN (’09, Imidiwan: Companions)

Run That That Thru Your Mind/ THE FEMININE COMPLEX (’69 Livin’ Love)

Dressy/ THE REIGNING SOUND (’02, Time Bomb High School)

Forever Yours/ PAUL BURCH & THE WPA BAND (’00, Blue Notes)

There She Still Remains/ PETE MOLINARI (’08, A Virtual Landslide)

Color Him Father/ LINDA MARTELL (’69, Color Me Country)

Endless Sleep/ NICK LOWE (’78, ’08 reissue Jesus of Cool)

Black Silk Ribbon/ 7 WORLDS COLLIDE/ BIC RUNGA & KT TUNSTALL (‘09, The Sun Came Out)

Flirted With You All of My Life/ VIC CHESNUTT (’09, At the Cut)*

Isaiah 45:23/ THE MOUNTAIN GOATS (’09, The Life of the World to Come)

Sisters of Mercy (live ‘08)/ LEONARD COHEN (’09, Live in London)

Privilege (Set Me Free)/ PATTI SMITH (’78, Easter)

In the Evening/ NINA NASTASIA & JIM WHITE (’07, You Follow Me)

Come to Me/ MARK LANEGAN (w/ PJ HARVEY) (’04, Bubblegum)

You Can’t Put Your Arm Around a Memory/ JOHNNY THUNDERS (’78, So Alone)

She Fell Away/ NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (’86, ’09 reissue, Your Funeral…My Trial)

Submarines of Stockholm/ AC NEWMAN (’09, Get Guilty)

Real Men/ THE JAZZ BUTCHER (’84, Scandal in Bohemia)

Why Can’t I Touch It?/ THE BUZZCOCKS (’79 collection, Singles Going Steady)

You Are a Jaguar/ EVANGELISTA (’09, Prince of Truth)*

*new or recent release