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Favoriting September 13, 2017: The start of a new WFMU schedule, so it's time for my annual tribute to Jim McIntyre, aka Jimmy Mack, my good friend from high school who was a lifelong influence on my musical taste

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[photo via Kathy Moore] It's the first week of the new WFMU Fall/Winter/Spring schedule, and as I've done since my very first show on the weekly schedule back in 2006 I'm dedicating this show to my high school friend Jim McIntyre, also known as Jimmy Mack.

Jim's passion for music - and radio, for that matter - was overpowering and irresistible. In the late '70s, while we were still in high school, he began working at Boston's WBCN, then one of the top rock stations in the country. He started out as a volunteer on the station's acclaimed Listener Line, then transitioned to the Music department and ultimately became WBCN's Music Director by the time he was 20.

Jimmy was as generous with his opinions on new bands he loved (Cheap Trick! The Dictators! The Motors! Ultravox! The Stranglers!) as he was with extra promo records that WBCN received, and I was a willing and fortunate recipient of both during my last couple of years of high school. Jimmy and I stayed in touch through college -- in fact, he hired me as his assistant at Stiff Records' US office when he was doing radio promotion. But we drifted apart after he moved out West, and to my great regret we were no longer in touch when he passed away in 1986 due to AIDS-related complications. He was only 25.

His influence during those formative high school years has stayed with me to this day: many of the bands he introduced me to are still among my favorites, and I'd like to think that my own passion for seeking out new music and playing it on the radio is at least partly due to being friends with Jim back then.

As I've written here before, there have been countless times that I've wished Jimmy was still here so I could tell him about a great new record I'd heard, or he could tell me about his new favorites. I'm grateful that I have the opportunity to go on the radio every week and share my favorites with you. If you like what you hear, take a moment to say "thanks" to Jimmy Mack for shaping my musical taste for a lifetime.

(* = new)

Artist Track Album Label Year Comments New Approx. start time
ultravox  i want to be a machine   Favoriting s/t  island  1977      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
blizzard  down-town rock n'roll discoteque   Favoriting 7"          0:07:01 (Pop-up)
matthew sweet  divine intervention   Favoriting girlfriend  zoo  1991      0:11:06 (Pop-up)
the cars  they won't see you   Favoriting candy-o  elektra    bonus track on new CD reissue, orig 1979  *   0:15:57 (Pop-up)
ramones  oh oh i love her so   Favoriting leave home 40th anniversary edition  sire      *   0:19:44 (Pop-up)
girlie  hello, hello   Favoriting 7"  ariola  1979      0:21:59 (Pop-up)
beth ditto  savoir faire   Favoriting fake sugar  virgin      *   0:25:12 (Pop-up)
 
autobodies  conduits   Favoriting power, heat and light  autobodies      *   0:41:12 (Pop-up)
plax  1x1   Favoriting clean feeling  super secret      *   0:43:52 (Pop-up)
us weekly  women   Favoriting s/t  night moves      *   0:46:05 (Pop-up)
guided by voices  cretinous number ones   Favoriting how do you spell heaven  guided by voices inc      *   0:50:00 (Pop-up)
leather girls  she   Favoriting s/t  yippee ki yay      *   0:51:26 (Pop-up)
 
orchestral manoeuvres in the dark  isotype   Favoriting the punishment of luxury  white noise      *   0:58:58 (Pop-up)
some bizarre  don't be afraid   Favoriting 12"  dark entries    orig 1983, new reissue  *   1:04:59 (Pop-up)
family scraps  mistakes   Favoriting digital single  too pure  2017      1:11:15 (Pop-up)
duran duran duran  pearls & strawberries   Favoriting duran  power vacuum      *   1:14:22 (Pop-up)
cait brennan  the angels lie   Favoriting third  omnivore      *   1:18:58 (Pop-up)
 
heavy metal  blue suede shoe   Favoriting           1:32:20 (Pop-up)
xl kings  coney island   Favoriting 7"  rundle      *   1:34:05 (Pop-up)
rut  provoked   Favoriting attraction 7" ep  digital regress      *   1:36:23 (Pop-up)
on the air  this can't be real   Favoriting s/t 12" ep  pulse  1987      1:39:15 (Pop-up)
eyelids meet gary jarman  (go on) the first flight   Favoriting 7"  jealous butcher    Eyelids coming to Monty Hall in November!  *   1:43:25 (Pop-up)
 
less art  diana the huntress   Favoriting strangled light  gilead media    playing tomorrow night (early!) at Mercury Lounge with Vattnet  *   1:53:38 (Pop-up)
civil engineer  done in a day   Favoriting ides  civil engineer      *   1:56:35 (Pop-up)
sam pocker & the pretty colors  weekends with you   Favoriting digital single  sam pocker    you can buy it on bandcamp  *   2:03:09 (Pop-up)
the db"s  we were happy there   Favoriting repercussion  albion  1981      2:05:27 (Pop-up)
the peep tempel  alexander   Favoriting joy  wing sing      *   2:08:05 (Pop-up)
 
dream syndicate  how did i find myself here   Favoriting how did i find myself here  anti    Steve Wynn will be on Joe Belock's Three Chord Monte show this Monday!  *   2:19:25 (Pop-up)
dan melchior  city lights   Favoriting 7"  swashbuckling hobo      *   2:30:20 (Pop-up)
erma franklin  i don't want no mama's boy   Favoriting va-honeybeat: groovy '60s girl-pop  real gone music      *   2:34:16 (Pop-up)
sparks  propaganda/at home, at work, at play   Favoriting propaganda  island  1974      2:36:24 (Pop-up)
sparks  i wish you were fun   Favoriting hippopatamus  bmg      *   2:39:47 (Pop-up)
 
vertical vice  100 flowers   Favoriting promotion  vertical vice      *   2:48:31 (Pop-up)
sweet apple  she wants to run   Favoriting sing the night in sorrow  tee pee      *   2:52:43 (Pop-up)
motörhead  heroes   Favoriting under cover  motor      *   2:55:33 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
coelacanth∅:

Great track
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
coelacanth∅:

...hi Evan and Funkies
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
Your Ace From Exchange Place:

Hey hey!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
chad from oregon:

This week is already a hit.
  9:04pm
Stevel:

Awesome. I'm taking it as a tribute to Mr. Berger. Such a master guide to darker realms. I'll miss his show, and especially miss his voice.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:06pm
chris_in_space:

Hey Funkaloids; it's good to be here after a couple weeks of missing the show. This one is starting of swimmingly. You've got my attention, @efd
  9:06pm
A.T.F.:

Remember uni-vox amps loud as fuck..
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:06pm
chris_in_space:

Yes, indeed, RIP Wm Berger
  9:09pm
Marie:

love these lyrics
Avatar 9:09pm
fleep:

Greetings from the Valley
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
medson:

Evening folks. Tough news today from WFMU
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13pm
coelacanth∅:

is it really true? i haven't been able to find any word about Wm. Berger checking out, all day, from any source - and it's easily believable that certain people at wfmu would play a "joke" in such poor taste.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
efd:

sadly 100% true.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
coelacanth∅:

(...i.e. a billboard that mentions "your dead mother")
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
medson:

its no joke
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
coelacanth∅:

Thank you Evan.

rest in peace Mr.Hip Bone, quiet dweller of the castle.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
coelacanth∅:

-i think it's fucked up that there's no mention of it on wfmu's home page.
  9:19pm
JakeGould:

You know, this week at WFMU is really death week:

• Monday: Dave Hill’s guest is a woman who basically helps people do pre-death planning.
• Tuesday: The sad and unexpected news of William Berger’s passing.
• Wednesday: This tribute show.

Not saying anything of this in criticism or anything negative. But wow… What a death week!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
aratuk:

There probably will be some mention of it soon. People have to wrap their heads around it and come up with something appropriate to say.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
efd:

@coel I believe there are family-related reasons why nothing has been posted yet. I would expect to see something tomorrow.
  9:20pm
JakeGould:

@coelacanth∅: It’s not by accident it’s not mentioned on the homepage. William’s son apparently hasn’t been told yet—at least as of this afternoon—so nobody is in denlal at what happened, but outside of mentions on the playlists and maybe a vague dedication on air, the station is respecting the family’s wishes to be low key for now.
  9:21pm
Marie:

That,s a wonderful tribute, Evan. I am so sorry to hear of Bill Berger's passing. Wow.
  9:21pm
V Priceless:

hey efd and all - rock.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:22pm
FletcherNYC:

Those Jimmy's of our lives (mine Damon, Chuck and Jeff) Such gifted and generous spirits. Makes me wonder where I'd be without having known
them. Thanks .
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23pm
coelacanth∅:

okay that's a good reason Jake. Thanks for telling me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23pm
efd:

thanks Marie and FletcherNYC, appreciate your thoughts.
  9:24pm
JakeGould:

And positive thoughts to the memories of all that have passed.
Avatar 9:24pm
Megadano:

Wm Berger was a true scholar of music and I would sit up whenever he got on the mic. Lots of peeople don't know that he was the music director for the station before Brian Turner. Ken said today that William was the first person he hired at WFMU. I'm just gutted that he is gone as he and his show were such a reliable fixture of my week.R.I.P.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24pm
Spatulator (formerly elwyn5150):

hello everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27pm
coelacanth∅:

yeh sorry Evan. i wasn't oblivious - i remember this time last year, and before. i just wanted a bit of clarity regarding Wm..
i'm sad for your loss.

rest in peace Jim McIntyre.
Avatar 9:27pm
Megadano:

Fun fact: I listened to "My Castle Of Quiet" while storyboarding many episodes "Rick & Morty". He got me through lots of crazy deadlines.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28pm
efd:

totally understandable coel, no worrues. It's an unfortunate confluence of events, as Jake noted.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28pm
efd:

@Megadano right on, thanks for sharing those memories.
Avatar 9:29pm
mr_mikeK:

goodevening
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31pm
coelacanth∅:

Megadano that's interesting...my memory is messing with me then; i thought i remembered "the hip bone" from before Ken entered the scene.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32pm
medson:

@efd and you do a fine job every week. appreciate it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35pm
Switchblade Batman:

So sorry for your losses @EFD, Jimmy and William.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44pm
efd:

thx medson and SB
  9:50pm
tim:

I like us weekly
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:50pm
chris_in_space:

Yay, GbV! Saw them a couple weeks ago in Asbury Park!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53pm
efd:

I heard good things about that show, chris!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:55pm
chris_in_space:

@efd, it was a great show. Much better than the last time they rolled through Asbury Park and played the Stone Pony. Let's not talk about that one. Drove down from Toronto on both occasions, and I'd do it again.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55pm
medson:

saw Leather girls last year in Austin. Highly reccommended
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:58pm
medson:

speaking of Austin bands A Giant Dog killed it at Monty Hall last Friday
  9:58pm
tim:

us weekly like the mag
  9:58pm
BTX:

GLad this show is back on. Always excellent
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59pm
Cooh John:

GETTIN' SOME FUNK ON
Avatar 10:00pm
Bianconeri:

New GBV is so fantastic. And every time I tell that to one of my insider friends, they say, "Wait until the next one!"
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:00pm
Threemoons:

WOO OMD
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:02pm
efd:

@tim good to know, thanks!
hi there Cooh John, BTX, and Bianconeri! Glad to have you here.
Sorry I missed that A Giant Dog show, Medson. Figured it would be a good one too.
  10:04pm
Doug Fister:

Oh yeah my jam!
  10:05pm
Stevel:

Always loved OMD. So cool.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06pm
medson:

@efd I've always liked their music, never saw them live. My friends who have relocated to Austin said I'd be crazy to miss them at Monty. They were more than right
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:08pm
chris_in_space:

@Bianconeri: the new GbV, and the previous double LP August by Cake are both really great. This is truly a fantastic version of the band.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11pm
joe:

@efd I'm at a lose. My condolences to all of you guys up there I know you all must be reeling
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14pm
efd:

appreciate it joe, definitely a huge shock.
  10:25pm
JakeGould:

Duran Duran Duran? Something else died this week… *rimshot*
  10:28pm
JakeGould:

TARFU? STFU!
  10:29pm
Marc15:

Only 2????
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:29pm
Switchblade Batman:

Ooh, that Tarfu report sounds AMAZING. Didn't realize Taibbi that it was going on. Thanks for the heads up @EFD
  10:29pm
Marc15:

Glad you are here Evan
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:34pm
medson:

Bleep Bleep
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:34pm
medson:

Put a note on that one
  10:34pm
Stevel:

Holy crap, to Heavy Metal... even though they swear-tagged out!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:37pm
efd:

yeah noted
  10:40pm
Stevel:

Holy crap, yet again, to Rut and this entire set!
  10:45pm
Adam from Vancouver:

So touching that Ken played Wm singing "New Rose" on his show today. He really did justice to that classic on the mic! I'm missing him terribly already. No more new CoQ. That's a real kick in the stomach. So thankful we have his archives! And thank you, EFD, and all WFMU faithful!
  10:46pm
JakeGould:

Dang! These Eyelids are pretty good.
  10:50pm
Marc15:

Is that "Jealous Butcher" Sam from "The Brady Bunch"?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:53pm
coelacanth∅:

haha i always like to hear that album title!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:58pm
efd:

ooh, good question Marc15 - I'm not sure!
Avatar 10:58pm
Wm K Moss:

Leaning forward. Great show. Thanks. I just found WFMU this week. Enjoying this freeform format.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:59pm
efd:

hey Adam, thanks! Yeah, it was great to see Wm doing "New Rose," good call by Ken to play that today.
  11:01pm
Carmichael:

Heya Evan and funkateers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:01pm
medson:

welcome WM k moss
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:05pm
efd:

Welcome WKM! Happy to have you join our merry crowd.
  11:06pm
JakeGould:

There needs to be some song about “Instagram Boyfriends.” The poor schmoes who take the pictures of their girlfriends eating salad and shit in an Anne of Green Gables hat and such.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:06pm
Switchblade Batman:

Weekends with you is pretty great, it's something incredibly modern and also works good if you sing it sarcastically when you're on Tinder.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:07pm
Switchblade Batman:

I feel that there is one, or something to that effect @JakeGould.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:10pm
Switchblade Batman:

Fun fact though, according to copyright law it's that dumb schmo who took the picture that owns the rights to it. Copyright goes to the one who hit the shutter.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:18pm
medson:

go for protomartyr
  11:19pm
Stevel:

Ticket snakers!?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:24pm
efd:

@medson your advice was followed
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:25pm
medson:

Nice!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:25pm
medson:

Im gonna try and make that show
  11:27pm
Marie:

Nice jam
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:28pm
efd:

Jason Victor, who I just saw in Matthew Sweet's band, is playing guitar in Dream Syndicate also.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:29pm
medson:

Love the vibe on this song
  11:30pm
Stevel:

This is pretty good.
  11:30pm
Carmichael:

Sweet. Clicky star.
  11:32pm
Stevel:

Lotta sharp edges tonight. Cutting, even.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:37pm
mcgreivey:

Era Franklin wrrrox.
  11:37pm
Stevel:

All Sparks. All the time. Really.
  11:39pm
Carmichael:

First I thought Jello Biafra. The natural go to are the Mael brothers.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:39pm
mcgreivey:

Erma autocorrects to Era or Erna, apparently
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:40pm
efd:

@Stevel OK then
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:42pm
coelacanth∅:

gotta go. Thanks Evan
Really Great program!

tchau
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:42pm
Julie:

this Sparks song is great
  11:42pm
Stevel:

My wildest dreams! You'd think they might stop in Chicago.
  11:44pm
Stevel:

Still so good. Amazing.
  11:46pm
Stevel:

You have a pass, for the Sparks show!
  11:47pm
A.T.F.:

prerecord show someone presses play you see sparks problem solved....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:50pm
Whosondephone:

Thanks for making me feel less home sick Evan! Great show!
  11:51pm
Julie M:

Good night, Evan, nice show. Good night, Jimmy Mack.
  11:52pm
Tee Ess:

Dis Vertical Vice song coulda been on Warfrat Tales...
  11:53pm
Stevel:

Great evening, efd. Thank you!

Bless William and those he loved and affected.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:55pm
efd:

thanks for tuning in everyone, always appreciated. Thanks for all the positive thoughts.
  Swag For Life Member 11:56pm
12539:

Thank you, EFD!
  11:56pm
Stevel:

Fuck. Yes.
  11:56pm
Carmichael:

Motorhead? Melody? Verse, chorus?
  11:57pm
mcgreivey:

A new Sweet Apple record? Why do I even listen to the radio? Now I'll have to buy it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58pm
efd:

@mcgreivey that's why you listen!
  11:58pm
A.T.F.:

All them lemmy covers... efd see sparks...
  12:01am
mcgreivey:

@eff Dang. Huh. Yeah, I suppose you're right.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:02am
mcgreivey:

That was @efd
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