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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
king harvest  roosevelt and ira lee   Favoriting dancing in the moonlight  perception  1972      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
primal scream  tenement kid   Favoriting more light  first international      *   0:04:55 (Pop-up)
killing joke  chop-chop   Favoriting revelations  eg  1982      0:09:34 (Pop-up)
xtc  life begins at the hop   Favoriting drums & wires  virgin  1979      0:13:49 (Pop-up)
the cosmonauts  sweet talk   Favoriting 7"  volar    playing live on the show on Oct. 9, along with Gap Dream! Catch them on the Burger Caravan Of Stars Tour at Bowery Ballroom on Saturday Oct. 5!  *   0:17:33 (Pop-up)
the night marchers  tropical depression   Favoriting allez! allez!  swami      *   0:20:43 (Pop-up)
lesley gore  no matter what you do   Favoriting va-hearing is believing: the jack nitzsche story  ace  2005      0:24:30 (Pop-up)
the baskerviles  where did my summer go?   Favoriting twilight  secret crush  2007      0:27:08 (Pop-up)
starbreaker  the sound of summer   Favoriting 7"  chrysalis  1977  puting this away for the season after tonight. :(    0:31:11 (Pop-up)
 
lloyd cole  women's studies   Favoriting standards  tapete      *   0:43:36 (Pop-up)
robert pollard  her eyes that play tricks on the camera   Favoriting honey locust honky tonk  guided by voices inc.      *   0:48:31 (Pop-up)
rich crook  tinker toy   Favoriting tonight, alright 7" ep  ptrash      *   0:50:05 (Pop-up)
true hearts  i need you all the time   Favoriting s/t  kool kat musik    CD reissue; orig 1980  *   0:53:48 (Pop-up)
sparks  at home, at work, at play   Favoriting two hands one mouth: live in europe  lil beethoven      *   0:58:27 (Pop-up)
 
don cavalli  say little girl   Favoriting temperamental  a rag / because music      *   1:10:04 (Pop-up)
jonathan rado  hand in mine   Favoriting law and order  woodsist      *   1:12:39 (Pop-up)
philisteens  walkin a thin line   Favoriting 12"  rfa  1983      1:16:13 (Pop-up)
glitz  sugar   Favoriting it'z glitz  white zoio      *   1:19:45 (Pop-up)
 
free fall  midnight vulture   Favoriting power & volume  nuclear blast      *   1:26:56 (Pop-up)
ac/dc  if you want blood (you've got it)   Favoriting highway to hell  epic  2002  CD reissue, orig 1979. Call it an obvious segue - I don't care.    1:33:35 (Pop-up)
barrence whitfield & the savages  blackjack   Favoriting dig thy savage soul  bloodshot      *   1:37:54 (Pop-up)
the wrong words  the other end of the line   Favoriting everything is free  trouble in mind    Last week's live guests! See them this Saturday at Shea Stadium with the Beets and Lame Drivers, and Sunday at Cake Shop with the Young Sinclairs!  *   1:39:39 (Pop-up)
the upper crust  matron   Favoriting cream of the crust  redeye  2006  playing this Saturday night at Bowery Electric! Early show!    1:43:30 (Pop-up)
 
obits  spun out   Favoriting bed & bugs  sub pop    playing live this Saturday on the Cherry Blossom Clinic!  *   1:53:41 (Pop-up)
jeffery novak  baron in the trees   Favoriting baron in the trees  in the red      *   1:57:06 (Pop-up)
the penetrators  shopping bag   Favoriting kings of basement rock  slovenly    orig 1988; new vinyl reissue  *   1:59:41 (Pop-up)
superchunk  trees of barcelona   Favoriting i hate music  merge      *   2:01:49 (Pop-up)
the blank tapes  don't ever get old   Favoriting vacation  antenna farm    playing one week from tonight at Le Poisson Rouge, and I've got a pair of tickets for that show coming right up!  *   2:04:58 (Pop-up)
 
tv ghost  siren   Favoriting disconnect  in the red      *   2:16:11 (Pop-up)
white hills  forever in space (enlightened)   Favoriting so you are...so you'll be  thrill jockey      *   2:22:59 (Pop-up)
omd  atomic ranch   Favoriting english electric  bmg    giving myself an opportunity to plug the show from a couple of weeks ago when PAUL HUMPHREYS from OMD was in the studio with me for THE WHOLE SHOW! Check the archive if you missed it.  *   2:30:31 (Pop-up)
john foxx & the bellbury circle  the right path   Favoriting empty avenues  ghost box      *   2:32:26 (Pop-up)
chromatics  looking for love   Favoriting va-after dark 2  italians do it better        2:36:27 (Pop-up)
dark day  hands in the dark   Favoriting hands in the dark 12"  dark entries    orig 1979; vinyl reissue  *   2:41:45 (Pop-up)
shadowy men on a shadowy planet  having an average weekend   Favoriting savvy show stoppers  mammoth cave    vinyl reissue. They're doing shows in Toronto in December and everyone should go!!    2:44:20 (Pop-up)
terry malts  i was not there   Favoriting nobody realizes this is nowhere  slumberland      *   2:46:33 (Pop-up)
the mantles  bad design   Favoriting long enough to leave  slumberland      *   2:49:20 (Pop-up)
persian claws  you're gonna leave   Favoriting s/t  musica para locos      *   2:52:23 (Pop-up)
miss cathy brasher  i'll remember jimmy   Favoriting va-looking good: 75 femme mod soul nuggets  rpm    new 3CD set  *   2:54:02 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04pm
Uncle Michael:

Are we dancin' in the harvest moonlight?
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:05pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

No, but the harvest loon might.
Avatar 9:10pm
Loretta:

good evening Evan & fellow listeners! great moon tonight ~ love it..
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

KJ lost it around this time. Bad distortion pedal.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
efd:

But then they found it again!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13pm
efd:

I know where you're coming from, though, I kind of dropped out for a few years myself.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

Watching KJ on the Whats This For tour on crutches in a NUTTY mob is a good memory.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24pm
efd:

You on crutches, not them, I presume.
Avatar 9:25pm
Holly in NC:

Hello efd, UM, Loretta, Ken & Barkevious!
The 2 dogs I'm with were just dancing & barking in the moonlight (& howling alone w emergency vehicles) ;-)

@efd, finally received your premium, but haven't yet had a chance to listen. Excited!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25pm
Mike East:

jesus, where have I been for the past 25 minutes?
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:26pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

No, they were fully ambulatory. I was not. Well out of control.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26pm
Uncle Michael:

This is some fine Gore right here.
Avatar 9:26pm
Holly in NC:

I LOVE this Lesley Gore song, always have.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27pm
Uncle Michael:

Hiya Holly
  Swag For Life Member 9:32pm
12539:

One last time!
Avatar 9:32pm
Holly in NC:

I know these seagulls...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32pm
efd:

I'm sure none of you saw this coming. :P
  9:33pm
Richard from Venezuela:

Greetings Evan and all the listeners.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33pm
Uncle Michael:

Not very Moodyesque....very.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:33pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

That Baskervilles was ace.
Avatar 9:33pm
steve:

this song is one of the only good things about summer
Avatar 9:34pm
Pine:

Volume always goes up when its time for the funk!
Avatar 9:37pm
Loretta:

hello Holly.... love that Leslie Gore song too!
Avatar 9:38pm
Michael K.:

' twould not be Summer without Starbreaker !
  9:38pm
Kathy:

ok so I am about to be homeless and just want to know how to pick up FMU while nomadic as opposed to having a home....
Avatar 9:39pm
Pine:

Hah we used to sneak into the Irish Butlins, "Get the Guards!"
Avatar 9:43pm
Holly in NC:

@Kathy - if you can finagle a smart phone w unlimited data plan, you're all set! Credo works for me. But I'm peeved that wfmu app upgrade is for iphone only BECAUSE AS AN ANDROID USER I STILL CAN'T ACCESS STREAM ARCHIVES, SUCH AS, OH, SAY, UNCLE MICHAEL'S...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
Mike East:

@Kathy - get an FM radio and head towards Jersey City.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
pacific standard simon:

aaahhh... home from work and ready to shirk! Hiya, loonies!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44pm
efd:

Android update is coming, Holly!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48pm
Stevel:

Lloyd Cole is pretty tremendous. Lyrics worth hearing.

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions?
  9:50pm
john:

New Lloyd elpee is getting great reviews (and I'm a proud kickstarter backer), return to the sound of early '90s solo material, but I actually like Broken Record from a couple years ago better. Well worth checking out, as was the one before that, Antidepressant.
Avatar 9:51pm
Holly in NC:

@efd - looking forward! Sorry to whine, I am truly constantly in a state of shock & awe re wfmu's awesome technology.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52pm
pacific standard simon:

Thank you, Evan, for the heads-up about your Richie Teeter memorial show -- I listened and enjoyed, particularly Andy Shernoff's comments.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53pm
Tome:

hi EFD ,, hi folks great tunes as always and a great crisp cool clear evening and a Full Moon !
  9:57pm
Kathy:

I have these romantic visions of living out of my car but the winter makes it SO less so. I just know that if I can listen to this station while down & stinky I will be just fine.... so ludite- ish, technology escapes me!! I will have no choice but to catch up!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:58pm
efd:

Thanks PSS, I'm happy to hear you enjoyed that show.

Greetings Tome, Stevel, steve, Holly, Kathy (good luck to you!), Loretta, Mike, Michael, and Uncle Michael, Pine, Barkevious, Ken, anyone I missed, and any and all lurkers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
pacific standard simon:

This Sparks tune sounds very strange without a thundering band behind the Bros.
Avatar 10:01pm
Danne D:

Hey there EFD, hey there everyone
  10:02pm
SeanG:

This show looks killer--gotta go stack some zzzzs but will check out the archives.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:02pm
pacific standard simon:

The thing is, I can still hear the band in my head.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06pm
pacific standard simon:

If I go see them, I'm sure I'll rush home afterward and play all the records.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08pm
Chop Scott:

EFD! So glad you are a Sparks fan--Cheers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09pm
Mike East:

lockin' up. catch ya in the car. night all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11pm
pacific standard simon:

A whole new level of whining will commence if the new android app fails to function on Kindle Fire HD, as the old one did.
Avatar 10:13pm
Danne D:

This is very good :)
Avatar 10:14pm
Holly in NC:

Hello & greetings, Danne!
  Swag For Life Member 10:14pm
Lonely Planet Boy:

Droids run on different devices. That makes app development & functionality a challenge.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17pm
efd:

Hey Scott, thanks for checking in! You too Danne and LPB. Drive safely, Mike E.!
  Swag For Life Member 10:23pm
Lonely Planet Boy:

Sugar = sweet!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23pm
pacific standard simon:

Ah poop, the Mets beat the Giants.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:30pm
Uncle Michael:

this is suh-weet!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:30pm
efd:

OHMYGOD SO GOOD!!!!!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:35pm
Uncle Michael:

faux and not-faux!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:35pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

AC\DC were a great pop band.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36pm
efd:

if only I had my Rhino Bucket CDs with me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36pm
Alex of Chicago:

I'm glad you don't care. Hey everyone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41pm
efd:

hey Alex!
  10:42pm
will:

Evan, you are the Power Pop Punisher!
Avatar 10:43pm
Droll:

I need to get over this mental hurdle that "The Wrong Words" are not Colin Moulding solo albums!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48pm
pacific standard simon:

I GOT TICKETS!!! www.flickr.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:55pm
efd:

man, I wish I was giving those tickets away!
  10:55pm
JTE:

Hey Evan, my favorite DJ show on WFMU - and that's saying alot!@!@!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:00pm
efd:

wow, thanks JTE! That really IS saying a lot!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:00pm
Uncle Michael:

Geez, Simon...those tickets are a little pricey.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:02pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

Shopping Bag. Song of the century.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:04pm
pacific standard simon:

I know -- crazy prices, huh? Good thing I was making as much as $3.35 an hour in those days!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:05pm
Uncle Michael:

Think about it...concert tickets for two-hours' wages. And today?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:07pm
pacific standard simon:

You're gonna make me cry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...ooo - been sleepy sleepy - loved that set tho' !...
Avatar 11:13pm
Pine:

WFMU my constant companion for late night last minute coding
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:16pm
pacific standard simon:

Your delight in speaking French is palpable, Evan.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:18pm
Uncle Michael:

Cara Mia...you spoke FRENCH!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:19pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...The Addams Family never misses efd...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:19pm
Alex of Chicago:

Coding made me a WFMU supporter. You know how it is.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:24pm
Uncle Michael:

Since I glommed onto a Give the Drummer Radio time slot, I've barely had time to tweak php for my blog. WFMU has ruined me as a coder. Then again...I was already pretty lame at it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:24pm
Uncle Michael:

White Hills always makes me think of Hawkwind.
  11:25pm
Carmichael:

Dude, you played Barrance Whitfield! But you know that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:25pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...hidden tracks & tricks - very 90s ??...
...Sounds like 'Be Your Dog' in Space - must be - yes! White Hills...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:26pm
Uncle Michael:

I have efd to blame for Free Fall, White Hills and maybe even for Endless Boogie.
Avatar 11:26pm
steve:

a little late but id like to acknowledge the genius of Shopping Bag
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:26pm
pacific standard simon:

I see the resemblance.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:27pm
Tome:

White HILLS yea yea yea !!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:29pm
Uncle Michael:

Space is the place.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:32pm
pacific standard simon:

If I had a radio show, I would take great delight in annoying the listeners with those Bob Calvert "poetry" tracks on the Hawkwind records.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:32pm
Uncle Michael:

How about some "Uncle Ray" from Moody Blues records?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:33pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I have a benfactor to blame for taking me to a White Hills show in Amherst, MA that Thurston Moore put on w/ Tall Firs & Cave of Time & Awesome Color - that was *great*...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:34pm
pacific standard simon:

Bet there's at least a 1 hour show in mashing up all the rock album "poetry". Jim Morrison alone....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:35pm
Uncle Michael:

I saw the Midge Ure Ultravox but not the John Foxx Ultravox.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:35pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...plus there's some Julian Cope connection w/ White Hills...sooo...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:36pm
Uncle Michael:

Jim was already mashed.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:36pm
pacific standard simon:

Sour mashed.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:37pm
efd:

Same here, UM (re Ultravox).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:37pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- quite likely...Dickie Peterson of Blue Cheer:'Sometimes Jim would dance *by himself* w/ the whiskey bottle'...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:37pm
Uncle Michael:

I'm one of those "The Doors was a comedy act" people.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:39pm
Uncle Michael:

efd, I saw Ultravox open for someone...XTC or the Buzzcocks...can't remember.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:39pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- I'm one of those freakin' love The Doors people.
...Do I still have Ultravox's 1st album somewhere - or did I lose that along the way??...been thinking about it...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:41pm
efd:

I saw them at Hurrah, a great small club in NYC in the late '70s and early '80s. I remember boldly asking Billy Currie if he was mad about how successful Gary Numan was getting.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:41pm
Uncle Michael:

and?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:42pm
efd:

He wasn't.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:43pm
Uncle Michael:

Whew.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:43pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

A crow and a baby.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:44pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Caw Wah?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:45pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Kids in the Hall! He he....
Avatar 11:45pm
Holly in NC:

I'm crushing your head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xoxoxoxoxox
Avatar 11:45pm
Danne D:

Shadowy men on a shadowy planet :)
Avatar 11:45pm
Danne D:

AKA The Kids in the Hall theme :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:45pm
pacific standard simon:

I copped a feel of the singer for Eddie & The Hot Rods -- what can I say? I was young and drunk and foolish.
  11:45pm
trish:

..triggering an 'it's over!!??' here
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:46pm
Fuzzy:

Bring out the Chicken Lady!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:46pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...distinct of course from Shadowy Men *from* a Shadowy Planet...
  11:46pm
trish:

'yeah, queue the next episode..'
Avatar 11:47pm
steve:

hmm, guess i never knew the actual title if the kith theme song until now
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:47pm
Alex of Chicago:

Toronto?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:47pm
efd:

I am delighted to see how many Kids In The Hall fans are listening!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:48pm
Alex of Chicago:

NM.
  11:48pm
trish:

I noticed them listed as playing somewhere in Toronto recently. Shadowy Men.. that is.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:49pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

efd: This is a Dave you know you know.
Avatar 11:49pm
steve:

some arbitrary thing still reminds me of a line from kids in the hall nearly 7 days a week
  11:50pm
trish:

sheesh, it's tomorrow at the Dakota.
(Thanks Evan)
Avatar 11:52pm
Holly in NC:

I have tons of kids in the hall episodes I recorded onto vhs back in the day, I really need to find a player. And a TV, for that matter.
Avatar 11:54pm
Holly in NC:

I can't wait til all the Persian Claws lps are sold so they'll finally release a digital download. ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:55pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

One or two Kids :
www.youtube.com...
...besides - they're Into the Doors...
Avatar 11:56pm
Holly in NC:

@RRN63 -
+1000
  Swag For Life Member 11:57pm
12539:

Thanks, Mr Funk.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:57pm
Uncle Michael:

Thanks, efd. Good stuff!
  11:58pm
trish:

'it's over!!??'
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:59pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Loves this Program. Yars I does.
Avatar 11:59pm
Danne D:

Good night funk Fans :)
Thanks EFD! :)
Avatar 12:00am
Holly in NC:

Thank you, Evan
  12:00am
trish:

I saw them in Hamilton at Hamilton Place a'ways back when. Great live
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