"Music and..." is a new monthly column from The Bay Bridged Programming Director Ben Van Houten exploring significant issues impacting music, culture and digital media. If it feels like Vic Chesnutt was just here, and then suddenly gone, you aren't alone. The artist spent the last few months of the year touring North America behind two acclaimed late 2009 releases. September's At The Cut was a collaborative effort with Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto and members of Silver Mt. Zion, while October's Skitter On Take-Off was a more stripped-down work with Jonathan Richman and Tommy Larkins. It was something of a shock, [...]