WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from July 31, 2013

Listener comments!
	9:12pm Stevel: Apparently, we're in for a sweaty, summer-night jam.
	9:12pm Mike East: Now it's time for the funk!
	9:14pm Stevel: Ma duca tha saduca.
	9:14pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - hey!
	9:19pm Barkevious Shabazz: The Shabazzes are on their way to Toronto tomorrow with "100% Cancon" for the road sountrack.
	9:19pm efd: Hey everyone! Had some heavy jams to get out of my system in the early going here... a tribute set to the late Faye Hunter (Let's Active, etc.) is coming up in about 10 minutes.
	9:21pm Droll: I forgot Mark Bell was in dust -- great playing, great sounding reissue!
	9:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - 1st we bang our heads - then we bow our heads ...it's another day...
	9:21pm efd: strong contender for reissue of the year!
	9:25pm Droll: EFD, I'm still waiting for you to play this during a H&M...
	9:26pm efd: I keep trying to get someone to sing it! I want to play drums on it, not sing.
	9:27pm drewo: Listening live out in the desert. Love the Aphrodite's Child! Sadly parted with that record long ago. Great to hear it again.
	9:35pm Holly in NC: Hi efd & fellow funk fans! here for real 11ish - need to finish up current job & then go give a cat an insulin shot. LOVE this aphrodite's child cut.
	9:36pm john: Hey Evan! Come on, sing and play drums. Channel your inner Phil Collins.
	9:37pm PB: Levon Helm.
	9:41pm Holly in NC: Karen Carpenter.
	9:42pm john: Holly FTW!
	9:44pm PB: Grant Hart.
	9:44pm Loretta: Hi Evan!! just got back & missed 'Medusa the Seducer'!! omg, it's been over 40 years since I've heard that one... will have to wait for the archive ;(. thanks so much Evan, you rock!
	9:50pm PB: Speaking of Grant Hart, he has a brand new CD, just released.
	9:52pm Patro: I saw Let's Active at the Pyramid Club around '83 or '84. They had a song where they screamed whenever the word 'stuff' was sung.
	9:53pm Holly in NC: efd, can't wait to visit archives to listen to Faye Hunter tribute. I've been pulling out & looking at my Let's Active vinyl all week (if I'd ever stop doing stupid things like totalling cars I'd have fixed my turntable ages ago..)
	9:59pm efd: Hi Holly - hope all goes well with that diabetic kitty. Loretta, sorry you missed it! It's the archives for you for sure! Hi Patro, PB, john, drewo and everyone - thanks for tuning in tonight.
	10:02pm Dave B: EFD - I listen, albeit silently of late!
	10:03pm Holly in NC: Did NOT know Faye H. played flute on Sneakers lp. Nice.
	10:08pm Uncle Michael: Greetings.
	10:12pm Dave B: where silently means I'm cranking the inter webs radio for the neighbors, and doing stuff other than typing (as I am now) Funk on EFD!
	10:14pm efd: thanks for checking in, Dave B! Greetings backatcha, UM!
	10:16pm Uncle Michael: I'm here to see how many more Red Sox fans I can piss off tonight.
	10:18pm Uncle Michael: One little joke about Pedroia needing to find a safer place to sit...I tell ya...
	10:18pm kevin g: I absolutely love those first two Let's Active records. I was gutted when I first saw this story pop up. So sad.
	10:22pm efd: I missed the original joke I guess, but there's no need to repeat it. ;)
	10:26pm Uncle Michael: I assume you saw Dustin taking phone shrapnel from Ortiz' recent outburst.
	10:27pm efd: I did, yes.
	10:33pm Minnesota Jeff: This song is real nice.
	10:33pm Uncle Michael: I find this kind of relaxed pop very relaxing. I think the artist I listened to in the early '90s most in this vein was Tommy Keene.
	10:38pm Barkevious Shabazz: Christ, a donkey sanctuary. What a sweetheart.
	10:43pm trish: Thank you for sharing that tribute, Evan.
	10:47pm efd: You're welcome, Trish. It was something I had to do.
	10:54pm Stevel: Wonderful reminder to not assume everyone else is OK. If you're not sure, take a chance. Ask, and listen. You don't have to have all of the answers.
	10:55pm Uncle Michael: My wife was her mother's caregiver to the end. I know how hard that can be.
	10:57pm Stevel: Uncle Michael: So many issues, so much work. Its easy to neglect your own health, physical and mental.
	10:59pm Uncle Michael: It took a real toll, physically and emotionally. She was a hero.
	11:04pm some other guy: Google says "far away from town" = "långt bort från stan"
	11:04pm Stevel: No doubt. Years back, my Dad (who since passed quickly and quietly) made me promise NOT to take him into our home if that day ever came. His grandmother came to their home for her last year or two and he never forgot the toll it took on both of his parents.
	11:06pm Barkevious Shabazz: I was asked today what my entrance song would be if I were a baseball player. And my immediate response was "Headknocker" by Foreigner. I stand by it.
	11:07pm Uncle Michael: Mine would be Hikky Burr by Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby.
	11:10pm Stevel: With my lack of sporting history and prowess, mine would be "You Can't Always Get What You Want."
	11:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I would not expect a band named 'menswear' to make me think of the MC5 - glad they do!
	11:19pm Holly in NC: Back! Catching up - SUPERB Let's Active video here: www.youtube.com... If I didn't dislike Metallica the people so much, I'd totally enter to "Am I Evil". Totally. Dude.
	11:24pm kevin g: I actually just discovered that Faye Hunter and Mitch Easter appear in this video for the Cosmopolitan's "(How To Keep Your) Husband Happy" www.youtube.com... Never even knew there was a video for the song.
	11:25pm Droll: Holly, Rickenbackers and puppies and big poofy hair!!!
	11:27pm efd: @keving, yes, well, ahem, that would be Your DJ on drums in that video.
	11:29pm Holly in NC: @keving - THAT is amazing.. wait - wha? efd, seriously? Whoa..... @Droll :-)
	11:30pm Barkevious Shabazz: Saw that cosmos video about 6 mos ago because I luv the song. Need to revisit.
	11:32pm Uncle Michael: blogfiles.wfmu.org... check it.
	11:32pm efd: long story short - my NYU friend Mike Dugan made the video with Mitch and Faye in early 1981 (pre-MTV, I might add). I helped him out, which is how I first met Faye AND how I wound up playing drums with the Cosmops for a good chunk of 1981 -- including an appearance on the Uncle Floyd show, which was later added to Mike's original video.
	11:34pm Stevel: Nice. Pre-MTV FTW! (as well as impressive drum nerdyness.)
	11:36pm efd: I should point out that Mitch Easter played drums on that recording, not me.
	11:37pm kevin g: @EFD Wow! Super cool! Tonight is full of little discoveries for me, it would seem. I really love that video.
	11:39pm Droll: EFD, If you spent '81 playing new wave, when were you in the mixed-gender AC/DC tribute band? Any videos of that?
	11:39pm Uncle Michael: An old acquaintance of mine is the drummer with The Jayhawks. He doesn't play on the hit...but he plays on the video for the hit. He joined the band between the recording of the album and the video shoot.
	11:45pm Holly in NC: efd, my head is truly exploded. Is this you in this photo? www.riffraf.net...
	11:47pm Peteski: Oh boy.
	11:48pm trish: @efd Heh!
	11:48pm Droll: Holly, That drummer is leftie, Evan's a rightie. I wonder who that is...
	11:51pm efd: that's Will Rigby from the dB's!
	11:52pm Holly in NC: efd, I really like Transistors, but I thought you were going to stay in 80s mode & play Translator! Oh, do play Translator! Will Rigby. Wow.
	11:54pm efd: bad request timing, Holly! :D
	11:54pm Stevel: Other Transistors. Late 70's pop-punk from Denver. scarletdukes.com... ...and Translator. Oooohh!
	11:55pm Papilicious: Yeah!
	11:55pm efd: Droll, I was in the AC/DC cover band around 2000-2003ish. No video that I know of, unfortunately.
	11:56pm Uncle Michael: Fine show, Evan...thanks for feeding my ears.
	11:57pm efd: Thanks Michael, thanks everyone for listening tonight!
	11:57pm Stevel: Holly: WHo loves ya? www.youtube.com...
	11:58pm 12539: Thanks, efd. Good show, good tribute.
	11:58pm Stevel: Great show, right to the end!
	11:58pm Holly in NC: Thank YOU, efd
	11:59pm Holly in NC: You do, Steve1, you do! xo

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from July 31, 2013

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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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July 31, 2013: including ~~a set~~ two sets in memory of Faye Hunter.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
wildmarken	långt bort från stan	s/t	emi sweden	1976			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
silence	mother's game "mother's game" by "silence"	va-lovin' fire: 20 obscure gems from the uk and europe	psychic circle	2007	orig 1971		0:04:29 (Pop-up)
ray owen's moon	talk to me "talk to me" by "ray owen's moon"	va-lovin' fire: 20 obscure gems from the uk and europe	psychic circle	2007	oops		0:06:50 (Pop-up)
teenage lust & the lustettes	medusa the seducer	unreleased demo	no label	1973			0:11:36 (Pop-up)
dust	chasin' ladies "chasin' ladies" by "dust"	hard attack/dust	legacy	2013	cd reissue; orig 1971		0:15:39 (Pop-up)
steeplechase	wrought iron man "wrought iron man" by "steeplechase"	lady bright	polydor	1970			0:19:16 (Pop-up)
aphrodite's child	the four horsemen	666	vertigo	1972			0:23:26 (Pop-up)

in memory of Faye Hunter "in memory of Faye Hunter"
let's active	ornamental "ornamental" by "let's active"	cypress	irs	1984			0:41:16 (Pop-up)
let's active	room with a view "room with a view" by "let's active"	afoot	irs	1983			0:44:26 (Pop-up)
let's active	i won't let it 'appen again	live at the 9:30 Club, 2-9-85	no label	1985	Slade cover. Mitch on guitar / Faye on vocals / Tim Lee on bass & vocals / Jay Peck on drums. Thanks to Tim Lee for the file.		0:48:06 (Pop-up)
chris stamey	winter of love "winter of love" by "chris stamey"	it's a miserable life	db	1983	Faye Hunter, vocals		0:51:11 (Pop-up)
chris stamey	on the radio (for ray davies)	fireworks	rna/rhino	1991	Faye Hunter, backing vocals		0:56:37 (Pop-up)
sneakers	mark peril theme "mark peril theme" by "sneakers"	nonsequitur of silence	collector's choice	2006	Faye Hunter, flute		1:01:15 (Pop-up)

faye hunter	blinded "blinded" by "faye hunter"	va-the water music compilation album	water				1:06:39 (Pop-up)
let's active	co-star "co-star" by "let's active"	cypress	irs	1984	co-written by Faye		1:10:04 (Pop-up)
let's active	every word means no "every word means no" by "let's active"	afoot	irs	1983			1:13:03 (Pop-up)
timber	the crankcase "the crankcase" by "timber"	va-new york eye and ear control	matador	1990	Rick Brown - drums, vocal / Mark Howell - guitar, lead vocal / Faye Hunter - bass, vocal.		1:15:57 (Pop-up)
tim lee	what time will tell "what time will tell" by "tim lee"	what time will tell	coyote	1988	duet with Faye Hunter		1:18:36 (Pop-up)
let's active	blue line "blue line" by "let's active"	cypress	irs	1984	originally by The Outskirts		1:22:25 (Pop-up)
karen haglof	lincoln letters "lincoln letters" by "karen haglof"	upcoming release	no label	2013	produced by Steve Almaas; Faye Hunter, lead vocal		1:25:33 (Pop-up)
the big believe	let's pretend we're spies	upcoming release	loud reminders	2013	Faye Hunter, duet vocals. Single out next month, with proceeds benefiting a donkey sanctuary near Faye's home in North Carolina that she volunteered at regularly		1:29:41 (Pop-up)

don cavalli	birthday suit "birthday suit" by "don cavalli"	temperamental	a rag / because music			*	1:40:13 (Pop-up)
harvey scales	the funky yolk "the funky yolk" by "harvey scales"	love-itis	magic touch		new CD collection	*	1:43:05 (Pop-up)
soda fraise	ca baigne dans l'huile	7"	sing sing		new vinyl reissue, orig 1980	*	1:47:47 (Pop-up)
jacuzzi boys	double vision "double vision" by "jacuzzi boys"	7"	hardly art			*	1:50:54 (Pop-up)
persian claws	ghostified "ghostified" by "persian claws"	s/t	musica para locos			*	1:53:57 (Pop-up)
audacity	bottle it up "bottle it up" by "audacity"	split 7" with big eyes	volar			*	1:56:23 (Pop-up)

burnt ones	cloak "cloak" by "burnt ones"	you'll never walk alone	burger			*	2:10:30 (Pop-up)
men's club	comin' "comin'" by "men's club"	comin' to take you away	bar/none	1996	with future members of Hot Lunch and Blank Stares (thanks to Joe Belock for cluing me in)!		2:15:09 (Pop-up)
valley lodge	baby it's a shame "baby it's a shame" by "valley lodge"	semester at sea	explosive industries	2009	playing Friday night at Mercury Lounge!		2:19:04 (Pop-up)
the jook	king capp "king capp" by "the jook"	jook rule	sing sing		orig 1973; new 2-LP collection	*	2:22:12 (Pop-up)
five blind boys of mississippi	our father	va-slow rockers: sinners crossroads 2013 premium	no label				2:25:15 (Pop-up)
gnod/white hills	drop out "drop out" by "gnod/white hills"	drop out with white hills ii	rocket recordings			*	2:28:01 (Pop-up)

transistors	method actor "method actor" by "transistors"	is this anything?	arch hill			*	2:50:06 (Pop-up)
dead ghosts	can't get no "can't get no" by "dead ghosts"	can't get no	burger			*	2:52:47 (Pop-up)
the thermals	faces stay with me "faces stay with me" by "the thermals"	desperate ground	saddle creek			*	2:55:27 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:12pm Stevel: Apparently, we're in for a sweaty, summer-night jam.
	9:12pm Mike East: Now it's time for the funk!
	9:14pm Stevel: Ma duca tha saduca.
	9:14pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - hey!
	9:19pm Barkevious Shabazz: The Shabazzes are on their way to Toronto tomorrow with "100% Cancon" for the road sountrack.
	9:19pm efd: Hey everyone! Had some heavy jams to get out of my system in the early going here... a tribute set to the late Faye Hunter (Let's Active, etc.) is coming up in about 10 minutes.
	9:21pm Droll: I forgot Mark Bell was in dust -- great playing, great sounding reissue!
	9:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - 1st we bang our heads - then we bow our heads ...it's another day...
	9:21pm efd: strong contender for reissue of the year!
	9:25pm Droll: EFD, I'm still waiting for you to play this during a H&M...
	9:26pm efd: I keep trying to get someone to sing it! I want to play drums on it, not sing.
	9:27pm drewo: Listening live out in the desert. Love the Aphrodite's Child! Sadly parted with that record long ago. Great to hear it again.
	9:35pm Holly in NC: Hi efd & fellow funk fans! here for real 11ish - need to finish up current job & then go give a cat an insulin shot. LOVE this aphrodite's child cut.
	9:36pm john: Hey Evan! Come on, sing and play drums. Channel your inner Phil Collins.
	9:37pm PB: Levon Helm.
	9:41pm Holly in NC: Karen Carpenter.
	9:42pm john: Holly FTW!
	9:44pm PB: Grant Hart.
	9:44pm Loretta: Hi Evan!! just got back & missed 'Medusa the Seducer'!! omg, it's been over 40 years since I've heard that one... will have to wait for the archive ;(. thanks so much Evan, you rock!
	9:50pm PB: Speaking of Grant Hart, he has a brand new CD, just released.
	9:52pm Patro: I saw Let's Active at the Pyramid Club around '83 or '84. They had a song where they screamed whenever the word 'stuff' was sung.
	9:53pm Holly in NC: efd, can't wait to visit archives to listen to Faye Hunter tribute. I've been pulling out & looking at my Let's Active vinyl all week (if I'd ever stop doing stupid things like totalling cars I'd have fixed my turntable ages ago..)
	9:59pm efd: Hi Holly - hope all goes well with that diabetic kitty. Loretta, sorry you missed it! It's the archives for you for sure! Hi Patro, PB, john, drewo and everyone - thanks for tuning in tonight.
	10:02pm Dave B: EFD - I listen, albeit silently of late!
	10:03pm Holly in NC: Did NOT know Faye H. played flute on Sneakers lp. Nice.
	10:08pm Uncle Michael: Greetings.
	10:12pm Dave B: where silently means I'm cranking the inter webs radio for the neighbors, and doing stuff other than typing (as I am now) Funk on EFD!
	10:14pm efd: thanks for checking in, Dave B! Greetings backatcha, UM!
	10:16pm Uncle Michael: I'm here to see how many more Red Sox fans I can piss off tonight.
	10:18pm Uncle Michael: One little joke about Pedroia needing to find a safer place to sit...I tell ya...
	10:18pm kevin g: I absolutely love those first two Let's Active records. I was gutted when I first saw this story pop up. So sad.
	10:22pm efd: I missed the original joke I guess, but there's no need to repeat it. ;)
	10:26pm Uncle Michael: I assume you saw Dustin taking phone shrapnel from Ortiz' recent outburst.
	10:27pm efd: I did, yes.
	10:33pm Minnesota Jeff: This song is real nice.
	10:33pm Uncle Michael: I find this kind of relaxed pop very relaxing. I think the artist I listened to in the early '90s most in this vein was Tommy Keene.
	10:38pm Barkevious Shabazz: Christ, a donkey sanctuary. What a sweetheart.
	10:43pm trish: Thank you for sharing that tribute, Evan.
	10:47pm efd: You're welcome, Trish. It was something I had to do.
	10:54pm Stevel: Wonderful reminder to not assume everyone else is OK. If you're not sure, take a chance. Ask, and listen. You don't have to have all of the answers.
	10:55pm Uncle Michael: My wife was her mother's caregiver to the end. I know how hard that can be.
	10:57pm Stevel: Uncle Michael: So many issues, so much work. Its easy to neglect your own health, physical and mental.
	10:59pm Uncle Michael: It took a real toll, physically and emotionally. She was a hero.
	11:04pm some other guy: Google says "far away from town" = "långt bort från stan"
	11:04pm Stevel: No doubt. Years back, my Dad (who since passed quickly and quietly) made me promise NOT to take him into our home if that day ever came. His grandmother came to their home for her last year or two and he never forgot the toll it took on both of his parents.
	11:06pm Barkevious Shabazz: I was asked today what my entrance song would be if I were a baseball player. And my immediate response was "Headknocker" by Foreigner. I stand by it.
	11:07pm Uncle Michael: Mine would be Hikky Burr by Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby.
	11:10pm Stevel: With my lack of sporting history and prowess, mine would be "You Can't Always Get What You Want."
	11:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I would not expect a band named 'menswear' to make me think of the MC5 - glad they do!
	11:19pm Holly in NC: Back! Catching up - SUPERB Let's Active video here: www.youtube.com... If I didn't dislike Metallica the people so much, I'd totally enter to "Am I Evil". Totally. Dude.
	11:24pm kevin g: I actually just discovered that Faye Hunter and Mitch Easter appear in this video for the Cosmopolitan's "(How To Keep Your) Husband Happy" www.youtube.com... Never even knew there was a video for the song.
	11:25pm Droll: Holly, Rickenbackers and puppies and big poofy hair!!!
	11:27pm efd: @keving, yes, well, ahem, that would be Your DJ on drums in that video.
	11:29pm Holly in NC: @keving - THAT is amazing.. wait - wha? efd, seriously? Whoa..... @Droll :-)
	11:30pm Barkevious Shabazz: Saw that cosmos video about 6 mos ago because I luv the song. Need to revisit.
	11:32pm Uncle Michael: blogfiles.wfmu.org... check it.
	11:32pm efd: long story short - my NYU friend Mike Dugan made the video with Mitch and Faye in early 1981 (pre-MTV, I might add). I helped him out, which is how I first met Faye AND how I wound up playing drums with the Cosmops for a good chunk of 1981 -- including an appearance on the Uncle Floyd show, which was later added to Mike's original video.
	11:34pm Stevel: Nice. Pre-MTV FTW! (as well as impressive drum nerdyness.)
	11:36pm efd: I should point out that Mitch Easter played drums on that recording, not me.
	11:37pm kevin g: @EFD Wow! Super cool! Tonight is full of little discoveries for me, it would seem. I really love that video.
	11:39pm Droll: EFD, If you spent '81 playing new wave, when were you in the mixed-gender AC/DC tribute band? Any videos of that?
	11:39pm Uncle Michael: An old acquaintance of mine is the drummer with The Jayhawks. He doesn't play on the hit...but he plays on the video for the hit. He joined the band between the recording of the album and the video shoot.
	11:45pm Holly in NC: efd, my head is truly exploded. Is this you in this photo? www.riffraf.net...
	11:47pm Peteski: Oh boy.
	11:48pm trish: @efd Heh!
	11:48pm Droll: Holly, That drummer is leftie, Evan's a rightie. I wonder who that is...
	11:51pm efd: that's Will Rigby from the dB's!
	11:52pm Holly in NC: efd, I really like Transistors, but I thought you were going to stay in 80s mode & play Translator! Oh, do play Translator! Will Rigby. Wow.
	11:54pm efd: bad request timing, Holly! :D
	11:54pm Stevel: Other Transistors. Late 70's pop-punk from Denver. scarletdukes.com... ...and Translator. Oooohh!
	11:55pm Papilicious: Yeah!
	11:55pm efd: Droll, I was in the AC/DC cover band around 2000-2003ish. No video that I know of, unfortunately.
	11:56pm Uncle Michael: Fine show, Evan...thanks for feeding my ears.
	11:57pm efd: Thanks Michael, thanks everyone for listening tonight!
	11:57pm Stevel: Holly: WHo loves ya? www.youtube.com...
	11:58pm 12539: Thanks, efd. Good show, good tribute.
	11:58pm Stevel: Great show, right to the end!
	11:58pm Holly in NC: Thank YOU, efd
	11:59pm Holly in NC: You do, Steve1, you do! xo

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from July 31, 2013

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