PEL Presents NEM#190: Jad Fair (Half Japanese): Being Productive = Being Yourself
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Mark Linsenmayer
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2023
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Jad estimates he's released over 180 albums between his band, solo, and collaborative work. He started Half Japanese with his brother David in 1975.
We discuss "Fate Is On Our Side" by Jad with Samuel Locke Ward from Happy Hearts (2023), "Hold On" by Half Japanese from Perfect (2016), "Frankenstein Must Die" (1977), "Do It To It" from Now It's Back (2021), and conclude by listening to "Cupid" by Teenage Fanclub and Jad from Words of Wisdom and Hope (2002). Intro: "Said and Done" by Half Japanese from Charmed Life (1988). For more see jadfair.net. For the results of Jad's 150 albums in one year experiment, see jadfair1.bandcamp.com.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Naked The Examid Music of podcast about songs and songwriters. |
| 0:13.1 | My name is Mark Linzmeier. |
| 0:15.0 | My guest for episode 190 is Chad Faire, best known for his work with the band Half Japanese, |
| 0:21.1 | which has released 20 studio albums plus several live albums in EP starting in 1977. |
| 0:27.6 | You're right now listening to Set and Done from their 1988 album Charmed Life. |
| 0:32.7 | This was the era that had them opening for Nirvana on one of their biggest tours, |
| 0:37.3 | and they're still going pure out of it now. |
| 0:39.6 | But Chad also has a very prolific solo career, especially doing a lot of collaborations with other artists. |
| 0:46.4 | Often just involving his vocals, we'll talk about several of those. |
| 0:49.7 | The songs we're going to focus on are Fait is on our side from a new collaboration with Samuel Lock Ward. |
| 0:56.3 | The album was called Happy Hearts. |
| 0:58.0 | Then we'll look at a recent Half Japanese track from the album Perfect 2016. |
| 1:02.6 | Songs called Hold On. |
| 1:04.2 | And we'll look very far back to a 1977 solo tune Frankenstein Must Die. |
| 1:10.4 | Supplemented by a very recent short tune also about Frankenstein called Do It To It. |
| 1:17.0 | From last year's Now It's Back album. |
| 1:19.4 | And we'll conclude by listening to Cupid by Teenage Fan Club and Chad Faire |
| 1:24.0 | from the album Words of Wisdom and Hope 2002. |
| 1:27.4 | For more information, please see jadaffaire.net. |
| 1:30.8 | For more about this podcast, see nakedlyexaminedamusic.com. |
| 1:34.4 | And if you want to support the effort, go to patreon.com slash nakedlyexaminedamusic, |
| 1:39.4 | which will get you ad free episodes and my episode notes. |
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