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Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments New Approx. start time
neon  don't eat bricks   Favoriting 7"  radar  1978  produced by Martin Rushent    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
weepikes  bad valentine   Favoriting we are weepikes  weepikes    from Finland  *   0:02:05 (Pop-up)
sloan  beverly terrace   Favoriting the double cross  yeproc  2011      0:05:23 (Pop-up)
the rockspurs  saturday   Favoriting s/t  djm  1978      0:08:22 (Pop-up)
the groove train  why did you do it   Favoriting 7"  polydor  1988  Martyn Ware production    0:11:21 (Pop-up)
the super disco band  disco symphony   Favoriting s/t  pi kappa  1976      0:15:08 (Pop-up)
ruckus roboticus  the phantom of the disco (unix uk remix)   Favoriting the phantom's theme ep  dance or die    check it on Soundcloud!  *   0:20:07 (Pop-up)
lynsey de paul  love bomb   Favoriting into my music: anthology 1975-1979  rpm    new 2-CD set  *   0:25:33 (Pop-up)
 
burnt ones  glitter death / web   Favoriting you'll never walk alone  burger      *   0:41:27 (Pop-up)
fancy rosy  punk police   Favoriting va-je suis punk: the very best of european punksploitation  faux 77      *   0:44:54 (Pop-up)
milky wimpshake  you are the bomb   Favoriting heart and soul in the milky way  fortuna pop      *   0:47:54 (Pop-up)
oblivians  lovin' cup   Favoriting desperation  in the red      *   0:50:12 (Pop-up)
guadalupe plata  milana   Favoriting s/t  everlasting    playing with Daddy Long Legs and The Mystery Lights next Thursday, June 20, at Cameo Gallery in Brooklyn  *   0:52:19 (Pop-up)
 
verma  cassiterite   Favoriting coltan  trouble in mind      *   1:01:27 (Pop-up)
the stranglers  adios   Favoriting giants  distiller      *   1:10:36 (Pop-up)
the pearls  shine a light   Favoriting s/t  rijapov      *   1:15:19 (Pop-up)
artful dodger  things i'd like to do again   Favoriting s/t  columbia  1975      1:18:03 (Pop-up)
xl kings  i got you   Favoriting petite large      playing at Hank's in Brooklyn this Friday  *   1:21:50 (Pop-up)
 
don cavalli  say little girl   Favoriting temperamental  a rag / because music      *   1:34:08 (Pop-up)
rodion g.a.  salt 83   Favoriting the lost tapes  strut    late '70s/early '80s Romanian band  *   1:37:08 (Pop-up)
acteurs  lowow   Favoriting s/t  public information      *   1:40:26 (Pop-up)
wax idols  stand back   Favoriting discipline + desire  slumberland      *   1:45:03 (Pop-up)
white fence  new edinburgh   Favoriting cyclops reap  castle face      *   1:48:15 (Pop-up)
giorgio  arizona man   Favoriting schlagermoroder vol 1 1966-1975  repertoire    be sure to check the archive of Liz Berg's show from this past Monday to hear her interview with Giorgio Moroder plus a whole bunch of his music!  *   1:52:32 (Pop-up)
 
omd  metroland   Favoriting english electric  bmg      *   2:07:32 (Pop-up)
mathematiques modernes  paris tokyo   Favoriting les visiteurs du soir  medical    vinyl reissue, orig 1981  *   2:15:02 (Pop-up)
mikal cronin  turn away   Favoriting mc ii  merge      *   2:19:26 (Pop-up)
the laureates  robbers   Favoriting spells  funambulist  2011      2:24:14 (Pop-up)
popstrangers  roy brown   Favoriting antipodes  carpark      *   2:28:19 (Pop-up)
magazine  touch & go   Favoriting real life  emi  2007  cd reissue bonus track; orig 1978    2:32:30 (Pop-up)
real numbers  this time he's gone too far   Favoriting only two can play  three dimensional      *   2:35:28 (Pop-up)
 
hookworms  form and function   Favoriting pearl mystic  gringo      *   2:44:19 (Pop-up)
the pastels  wrong light   Favoriting slow summits  domino    **NOT** playing locally this week, unfortunately, but the Condo Fucks will still be playing at Maxwell's this Saturday night!  *   2:50:16 (Pop-up)
the mallard  you got the critics   Favoriting           2:55:13 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:03pm
Holly in NC:

First, really? Hi Evan!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

2nd...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04pm
Stevel:

Ah, summer is upon us, as well as a nasty looking storm heading down from Chicago. Let me know if it kills me, please.

At least I'll go down with great radio as my soundtrack.
Avatar 9:07pm
Holly in NC:

Hello RRN63 & Stevel, sweltering here but no storms thank goodness. I will send good thoughts your way.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Here in NorthNewEngland (NH) we get nine months of dreary long Winter - but generally get to skip the titanic Disasters...
  9:12pm
P:

Rockspurs were power pop from New Jersey right?
Avatar 9:13pm
Holly in NC:

Groove Train is groovy... great cover!
Avatar 9:14pm
Loretta:

Hi Evan & hi to all on line.
it's so hot & steamy here on the Treasure Coast...can't wait to get back to NY next week!
Avatar 9:16pm
Cory:

sitting here in NE Indiana waiting for the storm. looking like a doozy!
Avatar 9:16pm
Holly in NC:

Rockspurs way obscure canadian band, an efd specialty ;-)
Avatar 9:21pm
Holly in NC:

@Loretta - gorgeous kitty!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:22pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

That was some mighty fine disco there. Assuming there is such a thing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23pm
efd:

oh there is! And I'll find it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23pm
efd:

hi everyone, great to see your comments so far! Stay safe/cool/warm, as appropriate!
Avatar 9:24pm
Loretta:

@Holly ~ thanks! your kitty is also very gorgeous...love the little nose!
Avatar 9:24pm
fleep:

Kitchen mirror ball set at 12 RPM. Shiny lights bouncing off the chicken tikka masala.
  9:25pm
Eddy in Australia:

Now can we have a Martin Hannett production for the trifecta?! OMD or New Order would work here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26pm
efd:

ha, good point Eddy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...oh - I get it - it's Evan *Funk* Davies...
Avatar 9:29pm
Holly in NC:

@fleep, just made paneer for tomorrow. Tonight grazing ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- hmm - plety of incense but no Indian food in the bachelorbox to get w/ it...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- yer slipped & said Deed @ 8, but yerknow it's :

7pm to 8pm Distort Jersey City with Deed Runlea

8pm to 9pm The Pounding System with Clay
Avatar 9:40pm
Holly in NC:

Stretch original is really quite amazing. I hope you like, efd!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:42pm
Stevel:

Not dead yet. Still hot. Would take death if preceded by cold.
Avatar 9:45pm
Holly in NC:

@Stevel - I so commiserate. Ice packs are your friend. Forehead, neck and back of knees.
Avatar 9:47pm
Holly in NC:

Evan, this fancy rosy is great!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48pm
efd:

pretty amazing, right?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48pm
efd:

the whole comp is pretty awesome.
Avatar 9:49pm
Holly in NC:

Best song I've heard off it, am now obsessed. Thank you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49pm
Stevel:

Oh, I'm reserving the ice for the Tecate. I'm being very manly and waiting in the garage for Armageddon to hit. There are worse ways to go.
Avatar 9:52pm
Holly in NC:

Apparently famous risqúe Fancy Rosy picture right here:

mischalke04.wordpress.com...
Avatar 9:53pm
Dave B:

giddy up!

(so that's what you sound like on the radio box!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53pm
efd:

hah! Good to see you again, Dave B!
Avatar 9:56pm
Dave B:

indeedee do efd!

old skool needs to do that more often!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:58pm
Uncle Michael:

Love the new color scheme!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:00pm
Stevel:

Temp just dropped by ten degrees. This should be good.
Avatar 10:02pm
Holly in NC:

@Stevel, I hope you have a safe place....
  10:03pm
KP:

Hey, Evan.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- still calling it the 'derecho'?...
- Seriously, safety 1st, man...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06pm
Stevel:

Thank you for asking. Basement is about 15 seconds away. Former News photog. rather see it coming.

Last year's derecho was pretty amazing. They say it went from here to NYC in three hours. Do the math.

This storm doesn't look the same.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:06pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

@Holly that kitkat is really cute.
  10:08pm
KP:

Are we on same mission of verma.
Avatar 10:10pm
Holly in NC:

She is, isn't she? Itty Bitty, found all starved & burr-covered near a dumpster about 10 yrs ago. Alpha cat and my #1 sleep buddy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11pm
efd:

har-dee-har, UM. And heighdy-ho.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13pm
Uncle Michael:

Hi Evan. I'm sorry I'm such a snotty sonuvabitch. But not very...I have you in one ear and hockey in the other.
Avatar 10:14pm
KP:

Adios to verma.
Avatar 10:16pm
Dave B:

They shoulda closed with this on the 3rd. Killer show all the same
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16pm
Uncle Michael:

verma con dios
Avatar 10:17pm
Dave B:

www.setlist.fm...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:18pm
Stevel:

Liking the new Stranglers. Not compelled to compare it to past work, but frankly, you can see the connections.
Avatar 10:19pm
Danne D:

Hi EFD :)
Hi Funk Fans :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19pm
Uncle Michael:

I guess. I really don't get how this lineup can really be called The Stranglers.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:20pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Bruins are leading the Blackhawks at this time.
  10:21pm
KP:

Oh who were artful dodger ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:21pm
efd:

well it's still 3/4ths of the original members on the album. I think they're entitled to the name. Live might be a different story since (the 74-year-old) Jet Black isn't fully participating.
Avatar 10:22pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

This has been a nice refreshing night of shows. My 7SD loyalty has at times been lost by the drifting 7pm slot. Nice to have a fresh steady lineup of Distort Jersey City and The Pounding System with Clay to create a whole new bridge to EFD. A good night.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:22pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

Holy smokes, its the dodger.
Avatar 10:23pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

My upstairs neighbors moved out so the house no longer shakes when the Bruins score, and I lose track of their progress.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23pm
Uncle Michael:

the house would be shaking now
Avatar 10:25pm
Danne D:

Wonder if EFD will give a HHDYDTYFBBL update. My team is awful and is like 9th (but at least I'm ahead of Skirkie)
  10:26pm
KP:

Danne D!
Avatar 10:26pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

Yo vermo
Tú vermas
Él/ella/Ud. verma
Ellos/ellas/Uds. verman
Nosotros vermamos
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:26pm
Uncle Michael:

wow...3-2 now
  10:27pm
KP:

Fairfax!
Avatar 10:27pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

Goggle search of "HHDYDTYFBBL" generates a not-surprisingly low count of results.
  10:28pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

Virginia for Artful Dodger (four albums actually--3 on a major one on an indie if I recall correctly)
  10:28pm
KP:

Yes Fairfax, Va.
Avatar 10:29pm
Danne D:

s'up KP

Btw, I always wonder about the radio ads (local here to NYC-area) where he says "Tell 'em Gary Stanley sent you". I mean how many people really do that?
Avatar 10:31pm
Dave B:

@Pete from Boston (and NJ)

LMGTFY....

bit.ly...
Avatar 10:31pm
Danne D:

I have to go to a graduation that evening so I can't make it :(

I'd so pwn all of WFMU at pinball too :(
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:31pm
Uncle Michael:

tied!!
Avatar 10:32pm
Dave B:

well, that failed...

:-(
Avatar 10:33pm
Danne D:

Hoping for a good 8-overtime game to come home to :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:33pm
Stevel:

Dave McG and Faye both have terrific shows.
Avatar 10:33pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

Dave, that's how I know how few results (one) said search generates, but I appreciate the gesture.
  10:33pm
KP:

Tied
  10:36pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

Nice bass line lift from Memphis Soul Stew
Avatar 10:37pm
Holly in NC:

Hi Danne! Was walking dogs when you arrived. And KP, UM, all other funk fans :-)
Avatar 10:39pm
Dave B:

^ going into "lurk" mode ^

see ya later efd and everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41pm
Uncle Michael:

hi Holly
Avatar 10:41pm
Danne D:

Hiya Holly :)
Avatar 10:42pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

I just realized this game is not on cable, and thus it is now on silently before me.
Avatar 10:43pm
Holly in NC:

Evan, so far this set is blowing my little mind
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:45pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

The game is streaming on nbcsports.msnbc.com if you don't have the NBC Sports channel on your TV system.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:47pm
Stevel:

Holly: Right with you. Great set.

Pretty sure I'd put on a few miles to see Wax Idols.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48pm
Uncle Michael:

tonight's game is on NBC proper
Avatar 10:48pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

It's also on straight-up NBC.
Avatar 10:49pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

What UM said.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:50pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Good deal. More people able to watch hockey.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:51pm
Uncle Michael:

OT
Avatar 10:51pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

OT! Cats can finally eat.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:52pm
Stevel:

Oooooh. Raining good now. Keep the tunes coming!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:55pm
efd:

As long as it's just rain and nothing more serious!
Avatar 10:56pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

Evan, really now, more serious than rain?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:57pm
Uncle Michael:

mmm...intermission gefilte fish
Avatar 10:57pm
fleep:

Synth stings going through head like little arrows
  10:57pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

Doesn't this sound like a Hollies tune? I'm stunned at how broad Giorgio Moroder can be
Avatar 10:58pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

Intermission smoked pig from earlier this evening...
Avatar 11:01pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

I can no longer hear Giorgio Moroder without thinking, "I have a song, it goes 'bew bow bow'...."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:01pm
Stevel:

Raining in sheets. Lots of electricity. Best show in town.

Bad stuff is mostly elsewhere
radar.weather.gov...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:01pm
Uncle Michael:

Replacements live dates. REPLACEMENTS LIVE DATES. IT'S THE FUCKIN' MATS!

pitchfork.com...
Avatar 11:03pm
Danne D:

Thanks Ken - I will now fully strain the patience of the Starbucks wireless here by trying to stream that
Avatar 11:03pm
Droll:

I heard that!
Avatar 11:04pm
Danne D:

LOL I think Evan is doing all these "amateur" goofs tonight to try to solidify his place on the December schedule ahead of time :D
Avatar 11:05pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

I accidentally misheard/read that the Replacements are playing. Silly me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:06pm
Uncle Michael:

The Replacements are playing.
Avatar 11:07pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

Maybe I have found my birthday plan after all -- Toronto is a doable weekend...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:07pm
Stevel:

UM: Saw that on Tommy Stinson's Twitter. Very cool. Pretty sure I've already told the story about the night I did NOT do cocaine with the Replacements.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:08pm
Uncle Michael:

I'm shooting for Chicago.
Avatar 11:08pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

That's a sort of stupidly patronizing lineup for us oldsters. Works for me, though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:08pm
Uncle Michael:

I'm not doing blow with the Mats RIGHT NOW.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09pm
Uncle Michael:

Patronize me more.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:19pm
Stevel:

I am also still not doing blow with the Mats.

Chicago is a possibility.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:21pm
Uncle Michael:

Wife's birthday weekend. I can't go.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:22pm
Stevel:

So, giving her a ticket would not be a good present? (Mine either).
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 11:22pm
Carmichael:

Hiya Evan. Been listening while doing finances. Great set, particularly Rodion. OMD and all the other bands.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:22pm
Uncle Michael:

Not so much.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:23pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...did see Mats on acid (I don't even smoke anymore) ...never one for putting powders up me nose...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:23pm
Stevel:

Toronto it is!!
  11:24pm
Holly in NC:

I'm assuming your wives have other redeeming qualitues... ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:24pm
efd:

Hey, thanks Carmichael! Hopefully no errors were caused by listening to my show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:25pm
Stevel:

RRN63: Neither was I, but they were digging in and I stood, briefly, hopefully by. Westerberg gave me his trademark 'Yeaaaahh, sure" face and turned away to business.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:25pm
Uncle Michael:

Indeed, Holly.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:26pm
Stevel:

Holly: Of course. Great tolerance of idiosyncrasies for one.
Avatar 11:27pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

GF is very interested in 2000s bands, not very interested in 1990s, 1980s. This is something of a divide between us. She would be humoring me by going to this.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:29pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Looks like Mavis Staples is on The Daily Show tonight.
  11:30pm
Holly in NC:

I still go to shows w my ex-husband & his new wife - he & I love same music, she loves him. And she's a great person. He def. traded up from me ! :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:31pm
Stevel:

Holly: Bullshit,I say! (Although peaceful co-existence is nice.)
Avatar 11:32pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

This game... my god.
  11:32pm
James Loney:

Yeah! Don't hate.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:32pm
Uncle Michael:

I know what shows to take the Mrs. to. An aging alt rocker festival ain't one of them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:38pm
Uncle Michael:

2nd OT coming
  11:43pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

what celluloid new release? I used to work there
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:46pm
efd:

it's not a Celluloid release - it's a 2-CD set on Strut of songs that were previously released on Celluloid.
Avatar 11:46pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

This is the second time this playoffs I've come in late to a game and had an equivalent number of OT periods to what I missed. Who says professional sports doesn't look out for the fan?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:48pm
efd:

Kind of like what happened to me on Monday when I put the Red Sox game on in the 6th or 7th inning.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 11:49pm
Carmichael:

Mrs. Carmichael wanted to go see Blondie last summer. I went with her because Devo was opening. It's all about the give and take.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:50pm
Stevel:

I'd call Blondie/Devo (retro even) a win-win.
  11:53pm
Holly in NC:

Best Pastels in ages
Avatar 11:54pm
Danne D:

Thanks for a great show EFD :)
Good night everyone :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:55pm
Stevel:

efd: Thanks for yet another great show. It matters.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:55pm
efd:

thanks for listening Danne, Stevel and everyone!
  Swag For Life Member 11:55pm
12539:

Fantastic show, EFD!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:56pm
Stevel:

Rain has slowed, storms are tiring. Life is good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:57pm
Uncle Michael:

Thanks for the music, EFD.
  11:58pm
Holly in NC:

Thank you, efd. Night all. Yay Stevel!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:59pm
Stevel:

Night Holly, Uncle Michael and all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:00am
Uncle Michael:

See you all later.
Avatar 12:00am
fleep:

Thanks EFD
Avatar 12:02am
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

Still watching. Still listening.
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