As long as we're revisiting 70s post-punk with our Gang of Four/Andy Gill tribute and 70s German experimentalism with our Canaxis post, we might as well touch on New York's No Wave scene of the 70s with Dish It Out, a snappy little number from James Chance & The Contortions. The song was the opening cut on the Brian Eno-produced No New York compilation.
A key figure in No Wave since the late 1970s, Chance was also a member of Teenage Jesus & the Jerks with Lydia Lunch. At one point, he changed his name to James White, and on October 7, 1983, I got to see him perform as James White & the Blacks at Atlanta's former 688 club. The Swinging Diamonds opened. The show was epic but I know the exact date only because I found a list of 688 performances on the internet. It's a pretty impressive list.
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