WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from August 12, 2020

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from August 12, 2020

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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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August 12, 2020: live from Studio E(FD): I've got the power (back)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New	Approx. start time
orchestral manoeuvres in the dark	electricity	7"	dindisc	1979					0:00:00 (Pop-up)
the undertones	here comes the summer	the very best of	ryko	1994		orig 1979			0:03:40 (Pop-up)
boytoy	postal "postal" by "boytoy"	grackle	papercup music	2016					0:05:26 (Pop-up)
the brothers johnson	strawberry letter 23	12"	a&m	1977		on red vinyl! And the inner sleeve used to smell like strawberries.			0:08:06 (Pop-up)
roosevelt grier	the mail must go through	soul classics	master classics			orig 1962			0:13:11 (Pop-up)
the swingin' neckbreakers	i'm the mailman	kick your ass	telstar	1997					0:15:45 (Pop-up)
the box tops	the letter "the letter" by "the box tops"	soul deep: the best of the box tops	arista	1996					0:19:08 (Pop-up)
hefner	a hymn for the postal service	breaking god's heart	too pure	1998					0:20:59 (Pop-up)
the new pornographers	letter from an occupant	mass romantic	mint	2000					0:25:04 (Pop-up)
dj funktual	for the funk "for the funk" by "dj funktual"								0:28:49 (Pop-up)

nectar	blister "blister" by "nectar"	single				bandcamp		*	0:39:59 (Pop-up)
powerplant	evidence "evidence" by "powerplant"	a spine / evidence	dreamland syndicate			bandcamp		*	0:41:48 (Pop-up)
the celebrators	wipeout! "wipeout!" by "the celebrators"	single	tomothy					*	0:43:41 (Pop-up)
flat worms	wet concrete "wet concrete" by "flat worms"	antarctica	god?			bandcamp		*	0:45:27 (Pop-up)
new fries	lily "lily" by "new fries"	is the idea of us	telephone explosion			bandcamp		*	0:49:05 (Pop-up)

the mango furs	cosmic caravan "cosmic caravan" by "the mango furs"	inner migrations	1146560 records dk			bandcamp		*	1:02:20 (Pop-up)
rose city band	wee hours > wildflowers	summerlong	thrill jockey			bandcamp		*	1:07:16 (Pop-up)
patti smith group	dancing barefoot	wave	arista	1979					1:18:54 (Pop-up)
york street hustle	all beak "all beak" by "york street hustle"	cruelty ep	brewerytown			bandcamp		*	1:23:06 (Pop-up)
freeez	mariposa "mariposa" by "freeez"	southern freeez/variations on a theeem	beggars arkiv			new reissue! John Rocca from Freeez will be on next week's show!		*	1:26:16 (Pop-up)

jorge velez	afternoon "afternoon" by "jorge velez"	paint box	templo			bandcamp		*	1:42:18 (Pop-up)
darian	spinz "spinz" by "darian"	surprised emoji ep	sorry records			bandcamp		*	1:46:26 (Pop-up)
move.by.u	the girl from anaheim "the girl from anaheim" by "move.by.u"	va-transgenre: a benefit compilation album for trans lifeline	hoity-toity			bandcamp		*	1:51:12 (Pop-up)
creek and kills	the parade now "the parade now" by "creek and kills"	single	creek and kills			bandcamp		*	1:55:34 (Pop-up)
richard barone	streets of new york	va-willie nile uncovered	paradiddle records					*	2:00:05 (Pop-up)

the psychedelic furs	don't believe	made of rain	cooking vinyl					*	2:13:48 (Pop-up)
looks professional	go on "go on" by "looks professional"	glowin'	exotic texan			bandcamp		*	2:17:09 (Pop-up)
the cars	shoo be doo "shoo be doo" by "the cars"	candy-o	elektra	1979					2:20:47 (Pop-up)
the cars	candy-o "candy-o" by "the cars"	candy-o	elektra	1979					2:22:33 (Pop-up)
harry harrison	the "in" sound intro	the "in" sound	us army	1967					2:25:34 (Pop-up)
the robbs	rapid transit "rapid transit" by "the robbs"	the "in" sound	us army	1967					2:27:03 (Pop-up)
harry harrison	interviews the robbs	the "in" sound	us army	1967					2:29:36 (Pop-up)
harry harrison	the "in" sound outro	the "in" sound	us army	1967					2:30:20 (Pop-up)
the speedways	this is about a girl who loves the sun	radio sounds	snap!!/hurrah! musica/alien snatch!/beluga			bandcamp		*	2:31:11 (Pop-up)

ganser	emergency equipment and exits	just look at that sky	felte			bandcamp		*	2:40:59 (Pop-up)
est x	downtown boy "downtown boy" by "est x"	strange times	est x					*	2:46:19 (Pop-up)
surfer blood	karen "karen" by "surfer blood"	carefree theater	kanine			bandcamp		*	2:49:01 (Pop-up)
vintage crop	jack's casino "jack's casino" by "vintage crop"	serve to serve again	upset! the rhythm			bandcamp		*	2:51:19 (Pop-up)
lewsberg	left turn "left turn" by "lewsberg"	in this house	12xu					*	2:53:03 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:02pm ultradamno: Evan! Funkies!
	9:02pm Scott Williams: Oooooooh, MD!
	9:04pm Rtintera: Man I was just outside thinking ‘when you go without electricity for awhile, it makes you appreciate the little things’
	9:05pm Rtintera: I kinda wished I had seen them on their last tour now.
	9:05pm admiral_crisp: recently go into OMD when they were artist of the week on wake
	9:05pm PaulRobeson1920: Warm greetings on this Summer Evening! Going to listen till I fall asleep here
	9:05pm efd: darn tootin', Rtintera (about the 'lectricity)
	9:07pm Uncle Michael: Here it comes.
	9:07pm listener 126464: Hi efd, everybody.
	9:07pm ultradamno: Electrics have been uninterrupted here, but did lose water for a day (and then under boil order for awhile) recently.
	9:08pm ultradamno: That due to a main break.
	9:10pm CC: I know that you know what to do when you want to Evan!!!...:)
	9:11pm PaulRobeson1920: The Garden is Open, ya digg
	9:12pm joe mulligan: the repetitive solo in this strawberry letter 23 never gets old to me
	9:12pm Chop Scott: Good Evening EFD!
	9:13pm Chop Scott: Brother Scott!
	9:13pm SeanG: boytoy are great
	9:14pm JM: Nothing better than finding my last 3 years worth of EFD premium CDs after a deep clean.
	9:14pm Uncle Michael: EFD. dig Shuggie's own version of Strawb Letter 23?
	9:14pm P-90: Electro-Funk Davies! It all makes sense now somehow...
	9:15pm Scott Williams: Brother Chop!
	9:15pm efd: @UM I do, but I heard the Brothers Johnson version first (as did most, I imagine) and that remains my favorite.
	9:16pm efd: @JM great find!
	9:16pm Uncle Michael: Yeah, I sure heard the Brothers first...by a long while.
	9:16pm KWilde: Rosey!
	9:17pm Ira: If only this Roosevelt Grier # was a duet w/Ray Milland.
	9:17pm P-90: Roosevelt Grier. Unbeatable.
	9:18pm efd: haha Ira, that would be perfect.
	9:18pm CC: Yeah baby!!!...:)
	9:18pm Cumbia Phil: Take that, Darth Postmaster
	9:19pm CC: I got a whole book full of forever stamps!!!...:)
	9:19pm joe mulligan: ok it took me four songs to notice.. lets keep the USPS!! they underpromise and overdeliver, which UPS and FedEx don't do.
	9:20pm ultradamno: Maybe some John The Postman now?
	9:20pm Uncle Michael: Let's hear from Jerry Reed!
	9:21pm ultradamno: Charles Bukowski spoken word?
	9:22pm efd: hands up if, when you were a youth, you thought the line was "listen Mr. Kent, you see..."
	9:22pm efd: [raises own hand]
	9:23pm CC: Nowadays you get an email or a message!!!...:)
	9:24pm Steve Mack: That Swingin' Neckbreakers track was KILLER
	9:25pm efd: @Steve those guys are (well, were) the best!
	9:25pm patrick321: Yeah I never heard that Mr. Kent thing, sorry Evan that's a first for me.
	9:26pm Sam Pocker: love the cover for "breaking god's heart"
	9:27pm Scott Williams: Man, this New Pornographers is such a thriller!
	9:27pm PaulRobeson1920: The overwhelming majority of music I hear on WFMU is for the first time... very nice
	9:28pm efd: @PaulRobeson that is wonderful to hear!
	9:28pm CC: No more letters sprayed with perfume with little funny writing in them with unusual writing utensils...sigh!!!...
	9:30pm radioronan: Always pleasantly reminded how good was Mass Romantic wehn I hear..
	9:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Good Evening ! ...always loved the expression 'bum rush'...
	9:33pm Pseu Braun: You got the Power!
	9:33pm CC: Hi Gaylord!!!... I didn't know you were filling in for Evan tonight!!...:)
	9:35pm Ken From Hyde Park: Studio E "F" D!
	9:36pm CC: Sorry Evan my ears are bad!!!...:)
	9:39pm ultradamno: Scented vinyl en.wikipedia.org...
	9:39pm CC: Just make sure to send all your letters way ahead of time!!!...:)
	9:39pm ultradamno: How did the Butthole Surfers not seize on that idea?
	9:43pm CC: I hate these places you get a bill from and that you only got five days to pay it you you're hoping that the mail will be on time?!?...:)
	9:49pm mariano: Hey efd, Crew, hump-day stalwarts.
	9:50pm WO Town Wick: I thought that the Celebrators was Pere Ubu when I first tuned in. That is a compliment. Will dig for more on them.
	9:52pm CC: I'm sure glad they still make good TV dinners!!!...:)
	9:52pm Rtintera: Love these guys. Got their stuff from Bandcamp
	9:54pm efd: well done, @Rtintera.
	9:54pm ultradamno: Tucker Carlson is a TV dinner heir.
	9:55pm efd: belated greetings to you all! I can't go back and namecheck all of you at this point, but just know that I see you and I'm happy that you're listening!
	9:57pm Kat in Chicago: Just sat down with the laptop. Was making potato salad to the postal set.
	9:59pm Kat in Chicago: Always love to hear Strawberry Letter 23.
	10:00pm Marc15: “God?” is the opening lyric to Madonna’s song “Like A Prayer”
	10:02pm Scott Williams: thanks for the lovely accolade, Evan!
	10:02pm mariano: Awrite Scott!
	10:03pm Kat in Chicago: Scott did a damn fine show today.
	10:04pm efd: I can't believe I missed the TM jingles twice!! I was in a meeting (again) for the second one.
	10:04pm mariano: Ooh nice bass line, this Mango Furs.
	10:05pm CC: I'm doing the Mango Tango all the way to bed!!!...:)
	10:05pm Kat in Chicago: The TM stuff is worth going back to the archive for.
	10:06pm efd: I bet!
	10:07pm dennis thomas: I love how every DJ on FMU has made it a point to thank the skeleton crew. The (usually) unsung heroes.
	10:10pm sufferwords: Dire Straits?...Touch of Gray? - Rose City
	10:10pm Scott Williams: Aww, thank you Kat! EFD, NO!!! The 2nd one was even expressly dedicated to you! It was some real-deal 1978 marketing consultancy poison
	10:11pm Aitch: liking this rose city band track, growing on me, so familiar
	10:11pm CC: It rhymes with Jango!!!...:)
	10:12pm Handy Haversack: efd! All the other letters! Hello! I have been monitoring the playlist and Sonny Corleone biting my fist in my eagerness to get here to listen. We had a call. Hi! Already sounds excellent!
	10:12pm efd: @Scott I'll be checking the archive for sure.
	10:12pm mariano: Handy, that's an infamnia.
	10:12pm Handy Haversack: Also, were we praising Scott W.? Because allow us to heap on extra heapings of praise!
	10:13pm Handy Haversack: Mariano, let 'em TRY to get me on the Causeway!
	10:13pm a5vzener: These wee hours and wildflowers are my COVID summer song, discovered right here on WFMU. Just brilliant.
	10:13pm efd: WE ARE ALWAYS PRAISING SCOTT WILLIAMS!
	10:14pm efd: here comes the transition into Wildflowers!
	10:15pm Handy Haversack: Picked up this album on Friday!
	10:15pm Kat in Chicago: EFD edit
	10:16pm sufferwords: ROCK!!
	10:16pm efd: ™
	10:20pm Jon: YEAH RCB!!!
	10:20pm Scott Williams: "gonna miss your baby from rolling in your arms..." I'm sure I'm not the 1st to say that.
	10:20pm patrick321: Washing dishes and really digging this rose city I know you rider thing
	10:21pm patrick321: @Scott well you were the first at 10:20 ...
	10:22pm coelacanth∅: hey efd and Funklings
	10:24pm Scott Williams: Hahaaa @patrick321 our timing was uncanny!
	10:24pm mariano: Hey coela. SM Ken had a big pic of your avatar on his show.
	10:25pm Handy Haversack: Hey, coela! Yeah, it was very exciting. Like you -- but bigger!
	10:32pm ?: Hey Evan, digging the show, danke! I also dig the cool blue tones of your playlist today. I just turned on my AC in the one room I use it. Quel relief!
	10:33pm Marie: Hey, that ? is me--hi
	10:34pm Handy Haversack: Wow. Lot. Going. On in that Freeez traaack!
	10:37pm Handy Haversack: Confidence levels are high around here, efd!
	10:37pm Kat in Chicago: Disco Dance Party! We need it now!
	10:38pm Kat in Chicago: That John Rocca interview should be cool too
	10:40pm mariano: Wait, when's the Paul Weller interview? Did I miss it?
	10:44pm Handy Haversack: You catch that, Mariano.? TOPT, this Sat.
	10:44pm efd: this Saturday, Mariano!
	10:45pm Handy Haversack: Just a warning, though, Mariano: The Groover level will be set to Boss!
	10:45pm daisy: Happy Birthday to the great Porter Wagoner...The Cold Hard Facts of Life is the greatest song of all time...
	10:51pm mariano: Thanks efd. Got it Handy, I'll dress accordingly.
	10:54pm efd: at-home dump button in effect!
	10:55pm Handy Haversack: Catlike reflexes!
	10:55pm Marc15: Thank you, Scott!
	10:58pm Handy Haversack: OH WOW! efd!
	11:01pm efd: I see you Handy :)
	11:01pm neil quarantino: Wow. I like this move.by.u!
	11:03pm Joe B: great show efd
	11:03pm Franco Twinkie: I see that some of my gangsters are in the house.
	11:03pm efd: thanks Joe!
	11:05pm Handy Haversack: Franco! You hear the new single? Thanks, efd. Being seen: makes a difference!
	11:06pm West Trenton Vinnie: Ditto, really been enjoying the show tonight, thanks efd!
	11:08pm Franco Twinkie: I did indeed,wow! Creek And Kills....KILLS!!!
	11:09pm Franco Twinkie: Kate Bell is the ultimate slayer!
	11:09pm ultradamno: Heard Willie Nelson earlier, maybe Willie DeVille next?
	11:09pm Handy Haversack: Ohhh, thanks, efd! Thanks! Franco, don't I know it!
	11:09pm Joe B: are you thinking of vagabond moon by willie nile?
	11:10pm Kat in Chicago: So that was Kate! Cool!
	11:10pm sufferwords: I had a girl from Costa Mesa
	11:12pm Ken From Hyde Park: Confound it! Every time Creek and Kills gets played, I'm not paying attention and I find out after the fact. Will circle back to the archive to remedy the situation.
	11:13pm Handy Haversack: Yeah, Kat! She is, of course, currently criticizing her own performance -- artists! Ken, contact me through my profile, and we can put something in the mail for you, even!
	11:13pm Dave Miss: I’m here in the airhorns… I’m waiting for midnight at the oasis!
	11:13pm Kat in Chicago: I kind of associate Forbert and Nile too, for some reason.
	11:14pm Franco Twinkie: I went out with a girl who was wore a Goofy costume at Disneyland for her job. She was an ex-cheerleader and a real good dancer.
	11:14pm Handy Haversack: Air horns and angels and you are invited!
	11:14pm ultradamno: Do people really send their camels to bed?
	11:15pm Kat in Chicago: I kind of figured camels go to bed when they damn well please.
	11:15pm ultradamno: Exactly, they don't have a compliant reputation
	11:17pm Kat in Chicago: Ha, I started my last two comments with the same three words.
	11:18pm mariano: Oh that was C&K, was otherwise occupied. Way to go Kate!
	11:18pm Handy Haversack: I kind of didn't even notice, Kat!
	11:19pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Handy. I shall proceed with that action plan post-haste.
	11:20pm mariano: That's not so bad, Kat. I knew someone who began every sentence with "It's like, I don't know, you know?"
	11:21pm ?: haha! NIce art!
	11:21pm ultradamno: That is grounds for saying you 'knew' someone going forward.
	11:21pm Kat in Chicago: Oh dear. Not the most confident way to preface one's remarks.
	11:22pm ?: thanks for playing!
	11:23pm ultradamno: Trump made it onto Mr. Rushmore twitter.com...
	11:24pm Stevel: Oh yeah. The only way to play these tracks.
	11:25pm Joe B: has anyone ever just played shoo be doo?
	11:25pm Stevel: Joe B: That would be one hell of a jump segue.
	11:26pm sufferwords: gotta give Ric O major props - he homaged Suicide and was always their champion - he got it and made good on his word
	11:26pm ultradamno: I liked that Looks Professional
	11:27pm Franco Twinkie: Kate, you should be marching around the house with something that resembles a crown on your head (a colander?) But I do the same shit. I know where you're coming from,babe.
	11:27pm mariano: Saigon... Shit. I was still only in Saigon.
	11:27pm efd: I'm not gonna be the one to set that precedent, Joe!
	11:30pm Handy Haversack: Mariano, never get off the boat.
	11:31pm Franco Twinkie: These guys rode the bus in L.A.? Back in olden tymes, the bus system was called The Rapid Transit District.
	11:32pm Franco Twinkie: Or RTD, your "Extra Car."
	11:36pm Scott Williams: macademia
	11:37pm Franco Twinkie: I want the one on Alien Snatch!
	11:38pm Kat in Chicago: Beluga!
	11:39pm Handy Haversack: Benny, we talked about this!
	11:39pm Joe B: first insound i've heard with a band i never heard of!
	11:39pm Franco Twinkie: The Robbs use to play at Knotts Berry Farm if I remember correctly.
	11:40pm ultradamno: To explain that to tweeterers you have to say 'they mean alien wap'
	11:41pm Franco Twinkie: Kids say the darnest things.
	11:50pm Tonald Drump: aww, it's the end
	11:53pm Hoboken Jack: Coerced out of silence by that swell new Surfer Blood tune! (Hey everybody.)
	11:54pm Stevel: Jack! Time for bed!
	11:54pm efd: hey Jack!
	11:55pm Handy Haversack: A show spangled with stars like the night sky in the best dreams -- of a place that could always have been better and more starred. Insert "clicky" at will into that paragraph. Thanks, efd! Absolutely spectacular show tonight. Kate SO appreciates your spreading the word. Seriously: thanks. Hey and good night, Jack!
	11:56pm Franco Twinkie: Great show Evan! My mania is in fifth gear tonight, so now I'm going outside to smash things with a hammer!
	11:58pm Joe B: porter wagoner birthday tribute? the cold hard endings of songs
	11:58pm Handy Haversack: Smash 'em good, Franco! Night, all!
	11:59pm Kat in Chicago: Thanks Evan! Good night, errybody.
	11:59pm mariano: Thank you efd and Scott, bye everyone!
	12:00am Joe B: thanks efd and scott
	12:00am ultradamno: I thought it was about the encounter group est
	12:00am efd: oh and another dropout just to close out the night, why not.

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