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    Jesse Helms Busted With Pornography

    Eugene Chadbourne - Jesse Helms Busted With Pornography

    07/04/1996 | Fire Ant Records 

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    All Music Guide Review

    This loosely connected songs on Eugene Chadbourne's Jesse Helms busted With Pornography make up a self-described "C&W opera." There is no plot to speak of, rather than just a theme of comically obvious corruption and obscene political commentary. The sound is vintage Chadbourne: an astute mix of avant-garde bluegrass, country, and wry protest music. Though the disc was recorded with a wide variety of musicians -- including the Violent Femmes' Brian Ritchie, former Frank Zappa drummer Jimmy Carl Black, members of Camper Van Beethoven, and many others -- the recording manages to hold together thanks to Chadbourne's skills as a bandleader. Mostly, the common thread that seems to bind is the artist's undeniable manic energy as he baits Jesse Helms, the conservative senator from Chadbourne's home state of North Carolina. Helms makes a good arch enemy and gives the music a pranksterish force missing from most protest music written since the 1960s. ~ Jesse Jarnow, All Music Guide

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