WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from December 6, 2017

Listener comments!
	9:02pm upstate sean: Hey
	9:03pm dale: hello peoples.
	9:04pm dale: ooh - my wife's ears just perked up to siouxsie
	9:04pm Mark R: Man, so digging this Siouxsie track. Bitchin' tambourine!
	9:04pm upstate sean: Yeah man
	9:06pm Mark R: She really had a unique, wild/cool voice. Damn!
	9:08pm dale: no THAT is a daring segue!
	9:08pm dale: NOW....
	9:11pm efd: Hey everyone! It's me on my segue tightrope! :D Thanks for tuning in tonight!
	9:11pm Mark R: Casablanca Records, home of disco and...Kiss!
	9:12pm medson: Hey Evan, great opening set
	9:14pm efd: you say that now...
	9:16pm upstate sean: Liking
	9:16pm fleep: [surfacing] Smoky, ash-flecked greetings
	9:17pm dale: my wife just got up and started dancing to stereo mc's. thanks for providing a floor show efd!
	9:17pm efd: haha, you're welcome dale. oh jeez, fleep, stay safe out there.
	9:18pm Alex of Chicago: I miss the 90's in a number of ways.
	9:19pm dale: are \you in l.a. fleep?
	9:21pm coelacanth∅: now we're talkin'
	9:23pm Mark R: Mission of Burma kicks ass
	9:23pm coelacanth∅: by "in l.a., you mean "off the coast of l.a." right?
	9:24pm efd: correct, Mark R.!
	9:26pm Mark R: Digging the Stroat--never heard of 'em but they're pretty great, aren't they?
	9:27pm coelacanth∅: oh i thought it read "the stout"...and yes, please.
	9:27pm fleep: dale, the fire that is charring Rupert Murdoch's place is about four miles from here, tiny burnt pieces of very expensive real estate are falling on the ground outside
	9:28pm Alex of Chicago: I had to check, but there is a The Sours on discogs.
	9:30pm coelacanth∅: damn, i forgot to buy pickles.
	9:31pm dale: cover yourself in a wet blanket fleep. video of it looks like armegeddon
	9:32pm coelacanth∅: - and collect the burnt expensive real estate in jars, to auction off later.
	9:34pm adampsyche: that mission of burma song is great
	9:41pm coelacanth∅: digging this vertical vice (which i'd never heard of before)
	9:43pm dale: heading offline to get more horizontal but listening on the atwater kent. nighty night.
	9:47pm medson: I need to dig into this LCD album
	9:50pm efd: yeah, there's some good stuff on there
	9:51pm Aitch: Saw OMD in 1984 (Sydney), getting old. Nice set EFD, all over the shop.
	9:52pm efd: I hear you Aitch, I saw them longer ago than that in NYC! :)
	9:53pm Sean B.: Nice. Being the general X'er that I is = I swear the other day I was wondering amidst this fun political climate we are forced to live In when someone would spin the anthem: Burma - Revolver. Nice. Nice. Triple nice.
	9:56pm Aitch: Seems quite a few of WFMU listeners are relatively senior. Not dead yet though, still doing it, still listening to all and sundry.
	9:58pm Alex of Chicago: not dead yet happens to be my motive
	9:59pm Aitch: Just give it a whirl mate
	10:02pm JakeGould: Late kudos to the DJ for the “Siouxsie and the Banshees!” That one track always sounds so perfectly 1980s to me. Thanks!
	10:03pm efd: thank you kindly, JakeG!
	10:03pm mr_mike: Fun show efd. ha ha @dale that old radio propbly only gets am.
	10:03pm medson: My friend loved the dream syndicate show as well. I've been missing so many shows lately.
	10:04pm Aitch: Or crusty teenage girlfriends depending on your vintage JG
	10:06pm JakeGould: Screw vintage. I’m classic.
	10:07pm Aitch: Nicely retorted.
	10:07pm Ken From Hyde Park: Wow, the Dream Syndicate song is superb. I wonder if any mainstream station dare play it. Or it'll hang out on the fringes like WFMU.
	10:07pm Alex of Chicago: always chills with cantrell
	10:09pm efd: for serious
	10:09pm Ben London: Sounding good out in Seattle tonight!
	10:10pm efd: hey, thanks Ben!
	10:11pm Alex of Chicago: heading out there next week. hoping there's a little of old seattle left.
	10:11pm Julie M: Oh, nice! Autumn leaves must fall, indeed. Hi Evan! Hi Ben London!
	10:13pm Ben London: Alex- There's a little bit... I'd suggest eating at the 13 Coins while you're here. It closes on new year's day for good at the original location.
	10:14pm Alex of Chicago: thanks for the tip.
	10:15pm efd: hi Julie! Yeah, I thought that was a nice cover.
	10:19pm Aitch: This Destroyer guy, New Pornographers etc, just always nearly there, but not quite
	10:19pm Alex of Chicago: tmi i'll also be visiting tacoma, which is sorta old seattle
	10:22pm Ken From Hyde Park: I fully endorse that Destroyer album name.
	10:22pm Sean d: starred the destroyers
	10:31pm medson: I'm very psyched for Los Straightjackets on Friday
	10:34pm Ricky: Hey, better late...
	10:35pm george p: that was a highly enjoyable ted leo track
	10:37pm george p: hey! this worriers track is good too! i thought they were both part of the same song cycle.
	10:37pm efd: They are very simpatico imho
	10:38pm medson: Nice one Evan
	10:39pm Julie M: I'm with you, Medson
	10:47pm Aitch: Sparks are brilliant. A favourite band, still going strong
	10:49pm Aitch: I'll be buried to #1 Song in Heaven, made a deal with the kids.
	10:54pm Michael from the Left Coast: wow--Jesus and Mary Chain much?
	10:54pm Alex of Chicago: i'm not much of a record collector, but i do have one that has an etching of an image on one side. at least be creative if you're not going to use it all, i guess
	10:55pm medson: this sounds really good
	10:57pm Listener Julian: This song kicks ass!
	10:59pm medson: Signing off early tonight. Good night everyone
	11:02pm efd: later medson, and hi Julian!
	11:03pm efd: and hi Michael ftLC!
	11:03pm joe: I kind of grew up in the one in NJ :) I would be hard pressed to believe that anything good like that would have come out of there
	11:04pm joe: 'ello folks
	11:13pm Listener Julian: Hey Evan! Liking the show tonight.
	11:25pm Michael from the Left Coast: Macca currently on tour in Australia
	11:30pm Ben London: Sounds like the same organ player from the Boston albums.
	11:31pm Julie M: I like this set. I thought I was wrapping it up for the night, but it would be rude to walk away from the celebration...
	11:33pm Stevel: Great show. Worked late enough to hear the start. Now home and increasingly horizontal.
	11:34pm Michael from the Left Coast: Nervus Rex--and the 7 inch mix no less!
	11:35pm Stevel: You've captured a very odd pop vibe in this set. Not exactly sure what it is, but not troubled by my lack of understanding.
	11:36pm efd: @MftLC yeah, I just picked this up recently! Was happy to find the single to supplement the LP.
	11:36pm efd: welcome Stevel!
	11:37pm Michael from the Left Coast: the single is way better than the LP on this
	11:37pm Michael from the Left Coast: EFD--you do know Lauren is doing a Washington Squares at City Winery sometime soon
	11:43pm Michael from the Left Coast: Billy Ficca was the Washington Squares drummer (Bruce Paskow their guitarist, died some years ago)
	11:45pm Ben London: Tripwires!
	11:47pm efd: your homies!
	11:50pm Ben London: I really like how their sound has gotten heavier after Dan Peters from Mudhoney started playing with them
	11:54pm efd: Wreckless, not scratchless
	11:56pm Julie M: Oh, HECK. You've done it again, Evan. Drew me in for the whole show. Good stuff.
	11:57pm wittsend: push bacH
	11:58pm Mikey_B: Great show, EFD.
	11:58pm Alex of Chicago: Thanks again, EFD.
	11:59pm Stevel: Excellent work, sir.
	11:59pm 12539: Thanks, EFD.

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from December 6, 2017

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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
robert palmer	which of us is the fool	pressure drop	island	1975			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
siouxsie & the banshees	spellbound	once upon a time	pvc	1981			0:02:51 (Pop-up)
mizz	tell the truth "tell the truth" by "mizz"	s/t	casablanca	1980			0:06:07 (Pop-up)
sarcastalites	earth is for friends, space is for strangers	space is for strangers	bullshit night		from The Netherlands	*	0:10:49 (Pop-up)
stereo mc's	step it up "step it up" by "stereo mc's"	connected	gee street/island	1992			0:15:07 (Pop-up)
mission of burma	that's when i reach for my revolver	signals, calls, and marches	matador	2008	2LP reissue, orig 1981		0:19:48 (Pop-up)
the stoat	office girl "office girl" by "the stoat"	va-action time vision: a story of independent uk punk 1976-1979	cherry red			*	0:23:48 (Pop-up)

omni	supermoon "supermoon" by "omni"	multi-task	trouble in mind			*	0:34:26 (Pop-up)
vertical vice	myth/mystery "myth/mystery" by "vertical vice"	promotion	vertical vice		on bandcamp	*	0:37:08 (Pop-up)
lcd soundsystem	other voices "other voices" by "lcd soundsystem"	american dream	columbia			*	0:41:07 (Pop-up)
orchestral manoeuvres in the dark	one more time	the punishment of luxury	white noise			*	0:47:53 (Pop-up)
charles howl	the dinner party "the dinner party" by "charles howl"	my idol family	oh many records			*	0:50:52 (Pop-up)

dream syndicate	glide "glide" by "dream syndicate"	how did i find myself here?	anti-			*	0:59:32 (Pop-up)
laura cantrell	letter she sent "letter she sent" by "laura cantrell"	no way there from here	thrift shop recordings	2014			1:05:27 (Pop-up)
surfer blood	summer song "summer song" by "surfer blood"	covers	joyful noise			*	1:08:26 (Pop-up)
karen mansfield	me and leslie "me and leslie" by "karen mansfield"	thistle and boon	karen mansfield		more about the album on her web site	*	1:11:14 (Pop-up)
destroyer	tinseltown swimming in blood	ken	merge			*	1:15:03 (Pop-up)

ted leo	run to the city "run to the city" by "ted leo"	the hanged man	ted leo			*	1:29:43 (Pop-up)
worriers	what we're up against "what we're up against" by "worriers"	survival pop	side one dummy			*	1:33:13 (Pop-up)
telephone lovers	take you home "take you home" by "telephone lovers"	s/t	loli pop!		shoutout to Medson for this	*	1:36:27 (Pop-up)
the headboys	the shape of things to come	7"	rso	1979			1:39:20 (Pop-up)
sparks	so tell me mrs. lincoln aside from that how was the play?	hippopotamus	bmg			*	1:43:09 (Pop-up)

kids on a crime spree	surgical lights	our love split 10" ep with terry malts	emotional response			*	1:53:15 (Pop-up)
dead hero	otro dia "otro dia" by "dead hero"	la vida continua	sabotage records		from Bogota (the one in Colombia, not the one in NJ) get it on bandcamp	*	1:55:36 (Pop-up)
duds	split on both sides "split on both sides" by "duds"	of a nature or a degree	castle face			*	1:57:44 (Pop-up)
pylon reenactment society	crazy "crazy" by "pylon reenactment society"	part time punks session	prs			*	2:00:48 (Pop-up)
holiday ghosts	walk for hours "walk for hours" by "holiday ghosts"	s/t	pnkslm			*	2:04:18 (Pop-up)

the modern airline	bus trapped underground	7"	alien orb	2016			2:19:59 (Pop-up)
groovy movies	my heart won't let me	s/t	hidden volume			*	2:21:26 (Pop-up)
paul mccartney	coming up "coming up" by "paul mccartney"	7"	columbia				2:23:44 (Pop-up)
chillum	celebration "celebration" by "chillum"	va-one way glass: dancefloor prog, brit jazz, & funky folk 1968-1975	rpm/cherry red			*	2:27:11 (Pop-up)
nervus rex	there she goes "there she goes" by "nervus rex"	7"	dreamland	1980			2:33:13 (Pop-up)
the speedlights	pawn takes king "pawn takes king" by "the speedlights"	night driver	jigsaw		it is on le camp du band	*	2:35:58 (Pop-up)

the tripwires	i hear you calling "i hear you calling" by "the tripwires"	fat city let's go 10" ep	frolic			*	2:44:17 (Pop-up)
proto idiot	proto paradox "proto paradox" by "proto idiot"	leisure opportunity	slovenly			*	2:46:48 (Pop-up)
moving maps	eyes to meet "eyes to meet" by "moving maps"	eyes to meet	moving maps			*	2:49:56 (Pop-up)
wreckless eric	i'd go the whole wide world	the whole wide world	stiff	1979			2:52:53 (Pop-up)
the prissteens	he's luckier than you	demos & rarities vol. 2	girlsville		bandcamp	*	2:55:51 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:02pm upstate sean: Hey
	9:03pm dale: hello peoples.
	9:04pm dale: ooh - my wife's ears just perked up to siouxsie
	9:04pm Mark R: Man, so digging this Siouxsie track. Bitchin' tambourine!
	9:04pm upstate sean: Yeah man
	9:06pm Mark R: She really had a unique, wild/cool voice. Damn!
	9:08pm dale: no THAT is a daring segue!
	9:08pm dale: NOW....
	9:11pm efd: Hey everyone! It's me on my segue tightrope! :D Thanks for tuning in tonight!
	9:11pm Mark R: Casablanca Records, home of disco and...Kiss!
	9:12pm medson: Hey Evan, great opening set
	9:14pm efd: you say that now...
	9:16pm upstate sean: Liking
	9:16pm fleep: [surfacing] Smoky, ash-flecked greetings
	9:17pm dale: my wife just got up and started dancing to stereo mc's. thanks for providing a floor show efd!
	9:17pm efd: haha, you're welcome dale. oh jeez, fleep, stay safe out there.
	9:18pm Alex of Chicago: I miss the 90's in a number of ways.
	9:19pm dale: are \you in l.a. fleep?
	9:21pm coelacanth∅: now we're talkin'
	9:23pm Mark R: Mission of Burma kicks ass
	9:23pm coelacanth∅: by "in l.a., you mean "off the coast of l.a." right?
	9:24pm efd: correct, Mark R.!
	9:26pm Mark R: Digging the Stroat--never heard of 'em but they're pretty great, aren't they?
	9:27pm coelacanth∅: oh i thought it read "the stout"...and yes, please.
	9:27pm fleep: dale, the fire that is charring Rupert Murdoch's place is about four miles from here, tiny burnt pieces of very expensive real estate are falling on the ground outside
	9:28pm Alex of Chicago: I had to check, but there is a The Sours on discogs.
	9:30pm coelacanth∅: damn, i forgot to buy pickles.
	9:31pm dale: cover yourself in a wet blanket fleep. video of it looks like armegeddon
	9:32pm coelacanth∅: - and collect the burnt expensive real estate in jars, to auction off later.
	9:34pm adampsyche: that mission of burma song is great
	9:41pm coelacanth∅: digging this vertical vice (which i'd never heard of before)
	9:43pm dale: heading offline to get more horizontal but listening on the atwater kent. nighty night.
	9:47pm medson: I need to dig into this LCD album
	9:50pm efd: yeah, there's some good stuff on there
	9:51pm Aitch: Saw OMD in 1984 (Sydney), getting old. Nice set EFD, all over the shop.
	9:52pm efd: I hear you Aitch, I saw them longer ago than that in NYC! :)
	9:53pm Sean B.: Nice. Being the general X'er that I is = I swear the other day I was wondering amidst this fun political climate we are forced to live In when someone would spin the anthem: Burma - Revolver. Nice. Nice. Triple nice.
	9:56pm Aitch: Seems quite a few of WFMU listeners are relatively senior. Not dead yet though, still doing it, still listening to all and sundry.
	9:58pm Alex of Chicago: not dead yet happens to be my motive
	9:59pm Aitch: Just give it a whirl mate
	10:02pm JakeGould: Late kudos to the DJ for the “Siouxsie and the Banshees!” That one track always sounds so perfectly 1980s to me. Thanks!
	10:03pm efd: thank you kindly, JakeG!
	10:03pm mr_mike: Fun show efd. ha ha @dale that old radio propbly only gets am.
	10:03pm medson: My friend loved the dream syndicate show as well. I've been missing so many shows lately.
	10:04pm Aitch: Or crusty teenage girlfriends depending on your vintage JG
	10:06pm JakeGould: Screw vintage. I’m classic.
	10:07pm Aitch: Nicely retorted.
	10:07pm Ken From Hyde Park: Wow, the Dream Syndicate song is superb. I wonder if any mainstream station dare play it. Or it'll hang out on the fringes like WFMU.
	10:07pm Alex of Chicago: always chills with cantrell
	10:09pm efd: for serious
	10:09pm Ben London: Sounding good out in Seattle tonight!
	10:10pm efd: hey, thanks Ben!
	10:11pm Alex of Chicago: heading out there next week. hoping there's a little of old seattle left.
	10:11pm Julie M: Oh, nice! Autumn leaves must fall, indeed. Hi Evan! Hi Ben London!
	10:13pm Ben London: Alex- There's a little bit... I'd suggest eating at the 13 Coins while you're here. It closes on new year's day for good at the original location.
	10:14pm Alex of Chicago: thanks for the tip.
	10:15pm efd: hi Julie! Yeah, I thought that was a nice cover.
	10:19pm Aitch: This Destroyer guy, New Pornographers etc, just always nearly there, but not quite
	10:19pm Alex of Chicago: tmi i'll also be visiting tacoma, which is sorta old seattle
	10:22pm Ken From Hyde Park: I fully endorse that Destroyer album name.
	10:22pm Sean d: starred the destroyers
	10:31pm medson: I'm very psyched for Los Straightjackets on Friday
	10:34pm Ricky: Hey, better late...
	10:35pm george p: that was a highly enjoyable ted leo track
	10:37pm george p: hey! this worriers track is good too! i thought they were both part of the same song cycle.
	10:37pm efd: They are very simpatico imho
	10:38pm medson: Nice one Evan
	10:39pm Julie M: I'm with you, Medson
	10:47pm Aitch: Sparks are brilliant. A favourite band, still going strong
	10:49pm Aitch: I'll be buried to #1 Song in Heaven, made a deal with the kids.
	10:54pm Michael from the Left Coast: wow--Jesus and Mary Chain much?
	10:54pm Alex of Chicago: i'm not much of a record collector, but i do have one that has an etching of an image on one side. at least be creative if you're not going to use it all, i guess
	10:55pm medson: this sounds really good
	10:57pm Listener Julian: This song kicks ass!
	10:59pm medson: Signing off early tonight. Good night everyone
	11:02pm efd: later medson, and hi Julian!
	11:03pm efd: and hi Michael ftLC!
	11:03pm joe: I kind of grew up in the one in NJ :) I would be hard pressed to believe that anything good like that would have come out of there
	11:04pm joe: 'ello folks
	11:13pm Listener Julian: Hey Evan! Liking the show tonight.
	11:25pm Michael from the Left Coast: Macca currently on tour in Australia
	11:30pm Ben London: Sounds like the same organ player from the Boston albums.
	11:31pm Julie M: I like this set. I thought I was wrapping it up for the night, but it would be rude to walk away from the celebration...
	11:33pm Stevel: Great show. Worked late enough to hear the start. Now home and increasingly horizontal.
	11:34pm Michael from the Left Coast: Nervus Rex--and the 7 inch mix no less!
	11:35pm Stevel: You've captured a very odd pop vibe in this set. Not exactly sure what it is, but not troubled by my lack of understanding.
	11:36pm efd: @MftLC yeah, I just picked this up recently! Was happy to find the single to supplement the LP.
	11:36pm efd: welcome Stevel!
	11:37pm Michael from the Left Coast: the single is way better than the LP on this
	11:37pm Michael from the Left Coast: EFD--you do know Lauren is doing a Washington Squares at City Winery sometime soon
	11:43pm Michael from the Left Coast: Billy Ficca was the Washington Squares drummer (Bruce Paskow their guitarist, died some years ago)
	11:45pm Ben London: Tripwires!
	11:47pm efd: your homies!
	11:50pm Ben London: I really like how their sound has gotten heavier after Dan Peters from Mudhoney started playing with them
	11:54pm efd: Wreckless, not scratchless
	11:56pm Julie M: Oh, HECK. You've done it again, Evan. Drew me in for the whole show. Good stuff.
	11:57pm wittsend: push bacH
	11:58pm Mikey_B: Great show, EFD.
	11:58pm Alex of Chicago: Thanks again, EFD.
	11:59pm Stevel: Excellent work, sir.
	11:59pm 12539: Thanks, EFD.

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from December 6, 2017

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