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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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Favoriting October 14, 2020: live from Studio E(FD), the Annual Punk/Post-punk/Power Pop/New Wave (W)NYU Throwback Show! part of our HELLRAISER FUNDRAISER!

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It's my second show of this year's WFMU's HELLRAISER fundraiser, and once again it's time for me to attempt to recapture my misspent youth and present a reasonable facsimile of my college radio days across the river on WNYU’s New Afternoon Show 40 (!!!) years ago. Future classics and songs that might never have been heard again until now, all presented in a Top 40 style just like I used to do on WNYU's New Afternoon Show* a long long time ago. You'll hear some of your old favorites and some others that'll become new faves instantly!

And while you're listening please take a moment to show your appreciation for WFMU and my show by making a pledge! If you've already pledged, THANK YOU! Your support is greatly appreciated.

Stay tuned for more special shows this month, and of course please take a moment to Like The Evan "Funk" Davies Show on Facebook and follow me on Twitter! Thank you.!


*I really do recommend reading this article to get a better understanding of the inspiration for tonight's show.

Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
gang of four  damaged goods   Favoriting 7"  fast  1978     
tenpole tudor  sea of thunder   Favoriting 7"  stiff  1981    0:03:58 (Pop-up)
the go-gos  we got the beat   Favoriting 7"  stiff  1980    0:06:26 (Pop-up)
lords of the new church  russian roulette   Favoriting s/t  irs  1980    0:09:09 (Pop-up)
the english beat  i'm your flag   Favoriting wha'ppen?  sire  1981    0:12:45 (Pop-up)
the headboys  the shape of things to come   Favoriting 7"  rso  1979    0:15:32 (Pop-up)
splodgenessabounds  simon templar   Favoriting 7"  deram  1980    0:19:29 (Pop-up)
the professionals  the magnificent   Favoriting i didn't see it coming  virgin  1981    0:21:48 (Pop-up)
shambeko! say wah!  remember   Favoriting 7"  eternal  1982    0:25:31 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
human league 

non-stop   Favoriting

 

 

 

 

0:28:08 (Pop-up)
a flock of seagulls  talking   Favoriting 7"  cocteau  1982    0:32:49 (Pop-up)
bill nelson  banal   Favoriting 7"  mercury  1981    0:36:52 (Pop-up)
holly & the italians  youth coup   Favoriting 7"  virgin  1981    0:40:55 (Pop-up)
kleenex  ain't you   Favoriting 7"  rough trade  1978    0:43:11 (Pop-up)
the method actors  do the method   Favoriting 7"  armageddon  1980    0:47:01 (Pop-up)
naughty sweeties  alice   Favoriting chinatown  dauntless  1980    0:51:32 (Pop-up)
999  don't you know i need you   Favoriting concrete  albion  1981  produced by Vic Maile, whose music will be featured on the show two weeks from tonight!  0:55:55 (Pop-up)
secret affair  do you know   Favoriting business as usual  arista      1:01:54 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
4" be 2" 

all of the lads   Favoriting

12" 

 

 

 

1:02:18 (Pop-up)
the fleshtones  theme from the vindicators   Favoriting up-front ep  irs  1980    1:09:15 (Pop-up)
fingerprintz  wet job   Favoriting the very dab  virgin      1:11:27 (Pop-up)
afraid of mice  i'm on fire   Favoriting 7"  charisma  1981    1:15:06 (Pop-up)
the bureau  let him have it   Favoriting 7"  wea  1981    1:18:22 (Pop-up)
clapham south escalators  leave me alone   Favoriting 7'  upright  1981    1:21:30 (Pop-up)
dynamic hepnotics  hepnobeat!   Favoriting 7"  statik  1981    1:25:19 (Pop-up)
positive noise  charm   Favoriting 7"  statik  1981    1:28:07 (Pop-up)
john cale  mercenaries (ready for war)   Favoriting 7"  spy  1980    1:31:33 (Pop-up)
bram tchaikovsky  i'm the one that's leaving   Favoriting strange man, changed man  polydor  1979    1:36:45 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
pigbag 

papa's got a brand new pigbag   Favoriting

7" 

y 

 

 

1:39:25 (Pop-up)
the cyclones  you're so cool   Favoriting 7"  little ricky  1981    1:45:36 (Pop-up)
richard strange  international language   Favoriting 7"  cherry red  1979    1:48:15 (Pop-up)
the stranglers  duchess   Favoriting 7"  ua  1979    1:51:38 (Pop-up)
the cage feat. nona hendryx  do what you wanna do   Favoriting 12"  wea  1982    1:54:17 (Pop-up)
heaven 17  the height of the fighting   Favoriting s/t  arista  1982    2:01:53 (Pop-up)
the wanderers  ready to snap   Favoriting only lovers left alive  polydor  1981    2:04:35 (Pop-up)
the individuals  our world   Favoriting 7"  plexus  1982    2:09:10 (Pop-up)
new math  they walk among you   Favoriting they walk among you 12" ep  415  1980    2:12:02 (Pop-up)
mood six  just like a dream   Favoriting va-a splash of colour  1981  wea    2:15:50 (Pop-up)
polyrock  romantic me   Favoriting 7"  rca  1980    2:20:34 (Pop-up)
the chords  something's missing   Favoriting so far away  polydor  1980    2:23:14 (Pop-up)
xtc  fly on the wall   Favoriting english settlement  virgin  1982    2:26:04 (Pop-up)
the heat  instant love   Favoriting 7"  hot stuff  1979  A-side of the single I featured this morning on my weekly Pop Roxx segment for WFMU's morning show  2:29:50 (Pop-up)
svt  heart of stone   Favoriting va-declaration of independents  ambition  1980    2:33:49 (Pop-up)
pylon  m train   Favoriting 7"        2:36:33 (Pop-up)
tubeway army  do you need the service   Favoriting 7"  beggars banquet  1979    2:39:52 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
spandau ballet 

age of blows   Favoriting

s/t 

chrysalis 

 

 

2:43:34 (Pop-up)
simple minds  the american   Favoriting 7"  virgin  1981    2:48:49 (Pop-up)
rudi  crimson   Favoriting 7"  jamming  1982    2:51:32 (Pop-up)
wire  dot dash   Favoriting 7"  harvest  1978    2:54:32 (Pop-up)
apb  shoot you down   Favoriting 7"  oily      2:57:23 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
Aitch:

We can all get funked
  9:01pm
wfmu listener phillip:

Mister "Funk!"
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
Handy Haversack:

Well, I'm already there!

efd! All the other letters! Thrilled to be here!
  9:02pm
PatrickMC:

starting off right (left)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
ultradamno:

Evan! Funkies!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
brycepunk1:

I love this song! Great opener!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
mariano:

Hey efd, Crew, everyone.
  The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
Eddy in Australia:

That artwork! Great work, Swivs.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
brycepunk1:

Evan, so happy to be here again for the fist 90 minutes of your show... then bed cause work. But damn man, thank you for so much awesome music over the years!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
medson:

Love this track and GO4
  9:05pm
P-90:

Tenpole!
  9:05pm
PatrickMC:

eddie tenpole lives
  9:05pm
Sam Pocker:

(waves)
  9:06pm
P-90:

Ted ain’t dead
  9:07pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

Still can't figure out why Tenpole Tudor didn't make more of an impact in the states
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08pm
efd:

hey everyone! Great to have you here, thanks for tuning in! It's gonna be tough to comment tonight with the short songs and short sets, but I'll jump in when I can! Enjoy the show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08pm
mariano:

Go-Go's!!!
  9:08pm
PatrickMC:

the original 7" WGTB. nice
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:08pm
Handy Haversack:

Kate singing along, Mariano!
  9:08pm
Figgsrock:

Oh man, the original single version of “We Got the Beat!” Good call EFD.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:09pm
luka:

i never get to listen to this show live! how exciting.
  9:09pm
BH:

"We got the wheat!" - anonymous talent show participant in farm country Midwest circa 1982
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09pm
Gaylord Fields:

Hi, efd! This is perhaps my favorite annual WFMU tradition! And yeah, Swivs has really outdone himself!
  The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
Eddy in Australia:

Second from left: it's Stephen King!
  9:10pm
PatrickMC:

RIP Stiv
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
Steve from Dunwoody:

@Eddy You are the one after 909.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
Handy Haversack:

Kate also wants me to point out that she was clapping her hands and shouting, "Yay efd!"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
medson:

This is exactly the show I need after the day I had today. ;)
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
Kat in Chicago:

OMG LMFAO @ eFD'S
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
listener 126464:

Hi efd! Saw 3 out of 4 of these opening bands. Don't recall seeing Go-gos
  The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
Eddy in Australia:

@Steve Touche!
  9:14pm
PatrickMC:

wow! tasty choice from a great, underrated sophomore effort by the Beat
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
mariano:

Go Kate! Love this Beat song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
efd:

I am already SUPER STRESSED OUT from doing this show from home!!
  9:15pm
PatrickMC:

Saxa!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15pm
Krull Sagan:

Hey E “F” D & magickal ones! Needing this show right now
Mariano, saw your horrifying visage for a grand total of 0.5 seconds during last night’s annual watching
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

Wha'ppen was always my fave Beat reckit.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
van chinski:

This is all very, very necessary.
  9:16pm
Nick:

Thanks for this! I am an original WNYU New Afternoon Show listener. The show was One of the best things that happened in high school!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
Handy Haversack:

Sounds fantastic, efd, and your mic break was sharp!

Hey, Krull! Happy Wednesday!
  9:17pm
PatrickMC:

Haven't heard this song since probably the New Afternoon Show. headboys?
  Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
Julie M:

Hi Evan, enjoying the show. Don't be stressed out, I know, I just KNOW your listeners forgive you for any glitches, perceived or not
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
Krull Sagan:

Handy, sounds like you have a party on your hands!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
Gaylord Fields:

I wonder if The (English) Beat were managed by Mike LaFontaine.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
Kat in Chicago:

I remember nothing of The Headboys but this is a kick-ass track.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
Handy Haversack:

Ha, Krull, I'm sort of the "every day is Saturday to a dog" of people. But Wednesday nights are precious to us, listening-wise.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

This is a Ruts-Babylon's Burnin kinda show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19pm
mariano:

Always happy to oblige, Krull ;)
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:19pm
Handy Haversack:

Ha, Kat! Kate and I just said the same thing!

Also: hi, Kat!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:19pm
Kat in Chicago:

Hi Handy! Hi Kate! Hi errybody!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
Krull Sagan:

Handy, that sounds about as close to enlightenment as I can imagine
  9:20pm
PatrickMC:

I'm holding out hope for a Department S appearance
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21pm
ultradamno:

Splodge!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22pm
ultradamno:

Any Newtown Neurotics on tap?
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:23pm
Handy Haversack:

I have a good role model, Krull.
  9:23pm
CC:

Is this where we come to listen to songs that are socially profound???...:)
  9:23pm
Nick:

Waiting for” Hypno-Beat “ with the Station ID during the music break
  9:23pm
wfmu listener phillip:

that song by the head boys is to be a dis intro song. anyone remember Bob westphal on WFDU?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24pm
efd:

wow Nick, you *ARE* an original New Afternoon Show listener! You're gonna make me go across the hall and get that record, aren't you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24pm
ultradamno:

@CC Well, we did kick off with GoF...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24pm
Gaylord Fields:

Good heavens, this never fails to take me back to my college days and the New Afternoon Show! I half-expect efd to break in with an underwriting announcement for 99 Records.
Avatar 9:24pm
kwhitehead:

Nostalgia machine in full motion.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:25pm
Handy Haversack:

efd, listener morphe' is likely in bed now since he's in Spain at this point, but he mentioned today that he found WFMU while scanning for your NYU show in I think he said '80.
  9:26pm
CC:

Nostalgia is relative... it all depends on how old you are!!!...:)
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:27pm
listener 126464:

dance party!
  9:27pm
PatrickMC:

Who'll be delivering the "weather fortune"? (Ding-dong!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27pm
Gaylord Fields:

Ah, the good ol' days when bands like Wah! and Spizz would change their name to some variant after every release.
  9:28pm
?:

Headboys, YES!
  9:30pm
wfmu listener phillip:

EXCUSE ME! mister "funk" I was a listener to WNYU's "new afternoon show" since 1985.
  9:30pm
Chris:

First time I heard the Professionals was when my local public station, WAIF, was having a fund drive back in '82. I taped most of the show and wore that cassette out.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33pm
patrick321:

Listening to the chorus of "Remember" we renamed it "Green Amber" because it sounded like that, tho we have no idea if that's a thing or what it might mean.
  9:33pm
CC:

Sometimes it helps to get reved up over nothing!!!...:)
  9:33pm
John:

Hey Evan!

It is the New Afternoon Show all over again, in all the best ways. For a couple years there I could only hear it on vacations from college, so a random Wednesday in October would have been a special event indeed. Not unlike this!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:34pm
Handy Haversack:

"You think we should go with Flock of Budgies?"

"I think it should go up his arse!"
  9:34pm
DThomas:

Fun show tonight. Thanks Evan.
  9:34pm
cvh:

90.1fm seems to have gone silent :(
  9:34pm
Nick:

Listener Philip, not to flex on you but I have cassette recordings I made of the show in 1981.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35pm
Tommy in Neversink:

90.1 just went down
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35pm
ultradamno:

Fun fact: a group of seagulls is a colony, not a flock. www.reference.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36pm
patrick321:

I did not get to the laptop soon enough to say kudos/thx for starting with the great 7" of damaged goods.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36pm
Tommy in Neversink:

90.1 is back
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36pm
efd:

thx for the 90.1 reports, passing them along to the authorities
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36pm
Steve from Dunwoody:

Frequently modulating, indeed.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37pm
mariano:

Really like this Seagulls, never heard it before.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:37pm
Handy Haversack:

91.1 and 91.9 both strong in north Brooklyn.
  9:38pm
CC:

Ultradamno... I think they are only a flock when they are flying together??....:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38pm
Tommy in Neversink:

Killer show !
  9:38pm
cvh:

like Tommy in Neversink said, it seems 90.1 fm is back again.... it was a very short outage!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38pm
mariano:

Web stream is like that of a young thoroughbred's urinary tract.
  9:39pm
cvh:

@mariano -- hahahahahah!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:39pm
Kat in Chicago:

Digging the Bill Nelson
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:40pm
Handy Haversack:

It notes in the form that the stream is on Lasix!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:41pm
ultradamno:

I believe a collection of albums by the band Budgie is a flock though.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
luka:

yoof coo
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
Chop Scott:

Good Wednesday Evening EFD! Finally have the editing headphones off my head.
  9:44pm
PatrickMC:

Kleenex!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:45pm
van chinski:

This is so good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:45pm
diciassette:

"and then there are those who are BORN Italian"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:46pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

Dern right I wanna buy a bridge.
  9:46pm
JOYofit:

fuckin love this band
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:46pm
Krull Sagan:

Mariano, new meaning to “taking the piss”
Avatar 9:48pm
kwhitehead:

Do the Method! Blazing.
  9:48pm
PatrickMC:

Athens calling
  9:48pm
wfmu listener phillip:

are we going to hear any "sugarcubes" or "bark psychosis" how about "palvo" or "dub narcotic sound system" or "Tricky" or "steinsky vs mass media"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48pm
ultradamno:

I guess changing their name to Puffs was out of the question.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:49pm
Kat in Chicago:

Method Actors pre-clicky-starred
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49pm
ultradamno:

I'm for Sugarcubes...
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:50pm
Handy Haversack:

This is so good. Athens made growing up in Georgia tolerable.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:50pm
efd:

@phillip you're about 5-6 years outside of the zone for this show :)
  9:50pm
wfmu listener phillip:

birthday by the sugar cubes. or the "coldsweat" remix please. mister FUNK
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:51pm
Kat in Chicago:

I came thisclose to going to UGA in '77
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:51pm
mariano:

Such a great song, "Do the Method."
  9:51pm
PatrickMC:

need Pylon
  9:51pm
phat:

I love new wave.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53pm
ultradamno:

How about KUKL?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55pm
diciassette:

I second the Pylon motion!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:56pm
Kat in Chicago:

I don't remember that Naughty Sweeties either, but it was pretty great
  9:57pm
PatrickMC:

Nick cash lives
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:58pm
Bootsie:

I don't remember hearing that in the '80s, either, but I guess I heard you play it before because I already clicky-starred it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59pm
ultradamno:

It's funny you're playing a track from this album, I just dug out my cassette copy of it recently. Great stuff twitter.com...
  10:00pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

anyone ever see Secret Affair live? Were they good? I never saw them
  The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
Eddy in Australia:

Pylon and Mo-dettes just around the corner ...
  10:02pm
John:

Thought I was the only one who loved this Secret Affair record! That whole third album was fantastic.
  10:03pm
PatrickMC:

Jimmy Lydon & the lads yea!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:03pm
Hoboken Jack:

Hello EFD, skeleton, Gaylord, Medson Man, Handy, 126464, is that Marisha?!, one and all!!
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spodiodi:

aloha, EFD and everyone! i heard the eFD'S are rocking tonight :)
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:04pm
listener 126464:

Think it's gonna be Jo Boxers followed by Dislocation Dance.
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medson:

Good evening Hoboken Jack.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:05pm
listener 126464:

Cheers Jack!
  10:05pm
PatrickMC:

Monochrome Set sooooon
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08pm
van chinski:

omg
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:08pm
Handy Haversack:

Hey there, Jack! Do you have plans 4-7:30 PM any day soon? I know what I'm doing!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:09pm
Kat in Chicago:

Way to go, Evan!
  10:09pm
D:

Are you Weemes? How’s Pablo Dugan?
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:09pm
Handy Haversack:

Splicin'!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:10pm
listener 126464:

Power Stance!
  10:11pm
Weems:

Damn funk, needed more advance notice !
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:11pm
Handy Haversack:

@efd: Kate insists I tell you how adorable you are since no one else is stepping up to say it.
  10:11pm
VespaJack:

I loved NAS on WNYU. When I first came to NYC in 1980 I couldn't get FMU but could listen to you. I loved it. Mary Wing was spinning some '80's this afternoon. Very great.
  10:11pm
PatrickMC:

Where is Naomi. Loved Pablo's show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11pm
Ike:

At some point they rolled the end of it back from 7:30 to 7:00 but I hardly ever listen anyway because neither their FM signal (in southern Brooklyn) nor their stream works very well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12pm
patrick321:

Really enjoying this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12pm
Ike:

("It" being the New Afternoon Show, of course.)
  10:12pm
Nick:

Is that another original NAS DJ posting!?
  10:12pm
PatrickMC:

now we're gettin into it. fingerprintz
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13pm
efd:

sorry Weems, give me your cell number and I'll text you next year!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14pm
patrick321:

@listener 126etc thumbs up for Dislocation Dance
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:14pm
listener 126464:

The Fleshtones latest record is out on the Yep Roc label 10/24.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:15pm
Kat in Chicago:

@Ike I'm surprised their stream is as bad as it is. I try to catch Beats in Space live on Tuesdays once in a while but it isn't always working when I do.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:17pm
Kat in Chicago:

It is pretty amazing that the "New" Afternoon Show still exists.
  10:17pm
AS from MP:

just prior to corona shutdown, late Feb or early March driving home one evening here in north Jersey tuned into 89.1 I was listening to a great set, and then this exuberant and youthful DJ came on to back announce, the one and only Evan Funk Davies - circa '81 or '82? I wish I could recall some selections, they were pretty damn good
  10:18pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

I forgot about this Afraid of Mice record--it's really good
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HesperusWrecked:

"Funk—Where rhythm is life and life is rhythm, man!"
  10:19pm
Weems:

Tuned in for Secret Affair and the WNYU promo! Too tired though. Will catch the on demand version in hopes of hearing
Dexys, Bureau, The Gas, Chords,
  10:20pm
PatrickMC:

Time for Searchin' For The Young Soul Rebels
  10:20pm
Weems:

And there it is! Thanks!
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Gaylord Fields:

@listener 126464: The next time I see the Fleshtones perform (fingers crossed), I will have seen them play in six different decades!
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patrick321:

Dexy's Dance Stance/Burn It Down — single or LP version?
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efd:

Weems, I've got a couple of promos of yours here, will play one of 'em in a little bit
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Jeezy:

Wow. Each track is a revelation. Yet another EFD show of pure genius!
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herb.nyc:

Just tuned in. I passed by Weinstein Hall earlier today. I shoulda stopped by wnyu; I was at its loeb ctr site once. Ahhh the good old days (they were terrible!).
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Eddy in Australia:

Clapham South Escalators should be followed by Up the Junction by Squeeze!
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dave miss:

Great show EFD!
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listener 126464:

Let's hope that happens Gaylord.
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listener 126464:

Thanks again for that burner efd.
  10:26pm
PatrickMC:

Hypno!
  10:26pm
PatrickMC:

Positive Noise must follow. Must
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Aitch:

dynamic hepnotics used to play at a bar i worked in 1983, Riptides too EFD. You'd have got a mongrel
  10:28pm
Nick:

Yes!
  10:28pm
D:

Sound of the crowd. Fuel to the fire. Poppas got a bran new pig bag
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mariano:

Hepnobeat's got almost a New Orleans second-line beat.
  10:29pm
Elvin:

So funny that PatrickMC suggested Positive Noise, I was also thinking of them. And how about Manicured Noise.
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Bootsie:

OH wow, I thought that was Oingo Boingo
  10:29pm
PatrickMC:

Nice! now i'm back in '81!
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Kat in Chicago:

Accurate, mariano. I was thinking that would be right at home on the Sheena's stream.
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listener 126464:

wavelengths
  10:31pm
PatrickMC:

what a trip this show is
  10:32pm
D:

Has Timmy Summer’s throat healed up
  10:32pm
PatrickMC:

I feel the same as when i listen to Cousin Brucie on Sat night on WABC
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Julie M:

Aw, thanks, efd.
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efd:

hey folks! A reminder that our HELLRAISER fundraiser is in progress, and I'd love to see some pledges roll in during the show tonight! I'm at 50% of my goal, can you get me to 65% by the end of the show? Use the banner at the top left, or just click this link: pledge.wfmu.org...
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efd:

and many thanks to everyone who's already pledged!
  10:34pm
Elvin:

I was in school in Philly in the late 70s/early 80s listening to WKDU from Drexel University. Does anyone else remember them?
  10:34pm
sufferwords:

“elect black communist surgeons in case you need one” John Cale
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patrick321:

Dougie Bowne, later of Lounge Lizards, on drums in this John Cale.
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efd:

here comes the SCREEEEEEAAAAMMMMM!!
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Barkevious Shabazz:

Elvis-Cathy Cummings, Lloyd Forcellini,
  10:35pm
PatrickMC:

fantastic record, haven't heard in 40 years.
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efd:

@patrick per the sleeve it's Robert Medici on drums here
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Barkevious Shabazz:

Elvin.
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Julie M:

I'm ready for WAR! Target visibility ZerOOOOOOO!
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patrick321:

You're right Evan I see different personnel on the 7"
  10:37pm
D:

I always am Forst a NYY fan and always disliked Bean town. But I have matured. Thanks to you. Mission of Burma. Louis Miami and the cosmetics. J.Goles best love band ever thanks E
  10:41pm
PatrickMC:

Y Records
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van chinski:

Was hoping to hear Pigbag tonight.
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Rtintera:

Where can I get the positive noise stuff?
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Bootsie:

This is so great but I'm not gonna last...
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listener 126464:

Last I heard it's still played at MSG during commercial breaks at NY Ranger games.
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Handy Haversack:

@Rtintera: www.discogs.com...
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Ike:

@Elvin, I almost always listen(ed) to WKDU whenever driving through Philly. Best station there as far as I could tell from my dial scans.
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Rtintera:

@handy thanks
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HesperusWrecked:

My family thought I lost it when I stood up during a World Cup broadcast and yelled "Pigbag!!!"
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Barkevious Shabazz:

Dag, you cut off Fascist Groove Thang.
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Handy Haversack:

I would be complete if anyone ever told me I was their funky favorite of the week!
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Bootsie:

I so, so, SO wish there was an NYU (and FDU!) archive somewhere...
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patrick321:

Donna Esposito!
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efd:

sharp ears, barkevious! We may hear it later (though I was leaning toward "At The Height Of The Fighting")
  10:48pm
D:

I have all those shoes from 89.1 on cassettes. Just Sayin
  10:48pm
PatrickMC:

forgot about this one
  10:49pm
PatrickMC:

Feelin like some Individuals
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Stevel:

efd: Betting you approve the drumming on You're So Cool. Sounds like fun to play, and I really can't play drums.
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listener 126464:

with you on that PatrickMC
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Frank Verplanck:

I remember listening to a young EFD on WNYU over my Kenwood receiver on my Cerwin Vega speakers that I bought at Crazy Eddie. My salad days, too!
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Julie M:

Ah, yes. Stranglers. And Crazy Eddie.
  10:54pm
PatrickMC:

RIP Dave Greenfield
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Frank Verplanck:

What ever became of your stablemate over there, Hugh, with the deep voice?
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kwhitehead:

RIP Dave Greenfield. I loved his baroque stylings.
  10:55pm
Weems:

Geez I haven’t heard the Sizzling Hot Summer Oldies promo in...39 years. Precursor to Mod Monday!
  10:56pm
PatrickMC:

nona. very cool. Had to be this or Bustin Out
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Bootsie:

@D very cool! I have some bits 'n' pieces. Also from LIR
  10:57pm
Dana from Hoboken:

Tnaks for Richard Strange. Been on my actual jukebox for years. No one plays it except me. But I remember well when I grabbed the 2nd copy from WUSB 'cause it was so damn cool!
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Stevel:

Such a fascinating time in rock and roll. The gates were wide open for artistic and commercial experimentation. Weirdos threatened to become rock stars.
  11:01pm
sufferwords:

Someone told me that stimulants were popular amongst the wild set during this era- I was there but curiously can’t remember anything
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listener 126464:

Funky Zoo!
  11:02pm
Weems:

Didn’t Nona do a concert at Loeb?
You could play the original track on the disco show
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efd:

man, I don't remember Nona Hendryx playing Loeb but it's certainly possible!
  11:05pm
PatrickMC:

Heaven17 should have been bigger than Human League, Depeche Mode, Ultravox, Spandau ...
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Bootsie:

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3
  11:07pm
PatrickMC:

Best show i saw at Loeb was a double dose of Boston garage -- Neats/Lyres
  11:07pm
Bill K:

Stiv!!!!
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efd:

honestly surprised that in 7 months of doing shows from home that's the first time I lifted the tonearm off a record that was playing on the air.
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mariano:

Remember Stiv's performance in John Waters' "Polyester"? He and his punk friends go trick-or-treating at Divine's mother's house and when she tells them to buzz off he says "No treats means DEATH!"
  11:11pm
PatrickMC:

sweet. Individuals are another band that should have broke big on the college radio/club circuit.
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mariano:

Here, very much in the spirit of the show, watch with the volume down: www.youtube.com...
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Julie M:

Hee. I thought the tone arm thing was an internet glitch. You could have got away with it.
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Aitch:

He's crazy in the coconut.
  11:13pm
PatrickMC:

Oh wow, what was this, the Rochester scene?
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Bootsie:

YES I LOVE this New Math track!
  11:14pm
Alex:

New math!!!!!
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Eddy in Australia:

Evan, do you have a second turntable at home now?
  11:14pm
Keith:

I never figured out how to spell "Djolution" and still don't know how.
  11:14pm
Alex:

This show is the best! Thanks Evan for a walk through my youth!
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efd:

@Eddy NO I DO NOT!
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ultradamno:

Stiv was tough but fair on the treats issue.
  11:16pm
Weems:

My homies! Do you have their Powe pop 45’s?
Die Trying/Cant Get Off the Ground
Older Women
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efd:

I don't! Will have to add to the wish list!
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Eddy in Australia:

That's what I thought (ref. annual Disco/Dance show), in which case how is the magic being done?!
  11:18pm
D:

Pablo. Killed it with Goo Goo Muck. By the Cramps and Gary Nueman Down in the Park. Classic
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efd:

@Eddy it's being done magically. ;)
  11:19pm
John:

Splash of Colour! Unsurprisingly, I was the only one in my immediate circles who bought into the 1981 psych revival.
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Aitch:

Has a very big clock
  11:22pm
PatrickMC:

This song always cracked me up
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efd:

little known fact: this song was inspired by Flavor Flav.
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efd:

*little known because it's patently false.
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winofigments:

Love that Polyrock album. Philip Glass is on it.
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mariano:

The video for "Romantic Me" blew my mind when I was 10 or so. I read that the main guy from Polyrock, Billy Robertson, lived in Red Hook and was a regular at Sunny's till he passed away in 2018. I wonder if I ever crossed paths with him completely unaware of who he was.
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efd:

@winofigments he co-produced it too
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winofigments:

yes and less involved by the second album
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Scrappy:

Love the Jamminess of The Chords
  11:27pm
Mike Sin:

Those late-‘70s mods loved dramatic anthems.
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Stevel:

mariano: THe vid in question. I've marked it for later.

www.youtube.com...
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ultradamno:

I have that Polyrock record, didn't realize that about Glass. I know Eno worked with Urban Verbs though www.youtube.com...
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Ciggy:

Wow. I missed my WNYU-FM Afternoon Favorites. Love The Fleshtones, Theme from the Vidicators. Only one missing is the Simple Minds, "Theme for Great Cities"
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winofigments:

Oh man this was Rutgers 1981/2 for me. English Settlement. One of XTC's best.
  11:28pm
PatrickMC:

Or Simple Minds' 'I Travel"
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Julie M:

I make my exit from the comment board with appreciation for the Flavor Flav joke. But will listen for a little while, because it's been a great show and I'm really keen to know what's next. Thanks, Evan!
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efd:

Thanks for listening, Julie!
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Gaylord Fields:

@Mike Sin: So I gather that you don't think it's necessarily Time for Action, etc.
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mariano:

Thanks Stevel!
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Eddy in Australia:

@Mariano I lived nearby and used to see Billy from Polyrock, dapper in a suit, at Bait & Tackle on Van Brunt.
  The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:34pm
Eddy in Australia:

@Mariano And I think he played a show at the record shop in the old 360 space?
  11:35pm
PatrickMC:

Jack Casady! I saw SVT on a triple bill at the Palladium: The Jam/SVT/Dwight Twilley
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listener 126464:

SVT played at the dirt club.
  11:36pm
PatrickMC:

@listener 126464 Where was the dirt club?
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Handy Haversack:

Great show tonight, efd! What a fun ride! Thanks for all!
  11:36pm
Elle Tor's Husband:

Was wondering if SVT would make the cut! Great band. Brian Marnell was killer live. He colluded take a lead out around the moon and bring it back again. Ended up with Jim Carroll before ODing
  11:37pm
Elle Tor's Husband:

Colluded?
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Ciggy:

@listener Philip ~ I remember Bob Westphall for FDU. And the late Jim Reiken & Big Al.
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listener 126464:

P123- Bloomfield NJ
  11:38pm
PatrickMC:

Go4/Pylon were a deadly 1-2 punch live
  11:39pm
D:

PYLON. This is your sound
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mariano:

Oh wow, Eddy, that's cool. Wish I'd known!
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Bootsie:

@Ciggy Defective Jukebox and Big Al were my faves. I SO miss "old pal Jim!!"
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Eddy in Australia:

@Mariano As you said, you probably rubbed shoulders with him without realising it!
  11:42pm
Somm Ben:

Giving thanks to the Tubeway
  11:42pm
Mike Sin:

Maybe Tomorrow, Gaylord, Maybe Tomorrow.
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Handy Haversack:

Gotta crash out -- thanks, efd!

Be well, all.
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Bootsie:

I think I'll need to listen to this entire show again tomorrow!
  11:45pm
Ignore Function:

Fun show. How close is this to what you would have actually played on college radio?
  11:45pm
PatrickMC:

thanks for the great trip tonight, efd, and for taking some requests!
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patrick321:

Mike Sin and Gaylord I was just typing Maybe Tomorrow after reading the anthem comment.
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Kat in Chicago:

Oh hell yes The American, forgot about this one.
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efd:

@Ignore Function it's a pretty accurate reproduction! Some of the same actual records, too!
  11:50pm
PatrickMC:

Another forgotten track. Every time i go to switch off, i stop
  11:50pm
Ignore Function:

Awesome.
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mariano:

'Night Handy!
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Kat in Chicago:

I danced to this one A LOT
  11:51pm
PJ:

What happened to Simple Minds? they were good up through Sparkle in the Rain.
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patrick321:

@efd Thanks I really enjoyed this. I was at Wash Sq 78-81 and am sure I heard your show many times without recalling it as such. 40 years. Keep 'em coming.
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efd:

thanks so much for listening, patrick!
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Eddy in Australia:

@EFD I think this is my favourite annual show, along with the kindasorta related Jimmy Mack tribute. Great listening. Thanks. Pledge coming ...
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Gaylord Fields:

Tjanks efd, for bringing me back to those halcyon days of sleeping between classes at Loeb and seeing Mykel Board at the NYU Bursar's Office.
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listener 126464:

Thanks efd and skeletors!
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ultradamno:

These guys were big time.
  11:54pm
tracy in LA:

wow....just caught the tail end...but will catch the other end soon. what fun
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radioronan:

First time I've been able to listen to this annual show in real time not on archive. Still just as great ! Thanks end. Thanks skeleton crew!
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spodiodi:

thanks, EFD! thanks, Skelllies! goodnight all
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Ciggy:

Loscalzo, EFD, Tim Sommer & Friday nights with Philip Smart!
  11:55pm
Jim Allen:

Thanks for everything EFD, I look forward to this show every year!
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efd:

thanks so much for listening and for the kind comments everyone! This was fun, kind of pleased with myself that I was able to pull it off from home!
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Bootsie:

Yay, glad you got APB in there! I saw them in a little club in Banksville, NY back in the day...
  11:59pm
Stashu really:

I love this song thanks to you efd!!!!
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Aitch:

A+ EFD
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Bootsie:

Awesome show, thanks EFD!! G'night, all!
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Ciggy:

Saw APB at The Ritz circa '81. Had this song on the Library Bar jukebox. The kids hated it. Well, ignored it.
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Bootsie:

@Ciggy damn kids!
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Scott Williams:

what a great closer for a great show, thanks Evan!
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mariano:

Thank you!!!!!!
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Hoboken Jack:

Thanks EFD and Scott!!!
  12:01am
Elvin:

An amazing trip down memory lane, thanks!
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winofigments:

Thanks EFD
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DouglasInDallas:

This APB is my jam (that consistently gets stolen by other DJs here)
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DouglasInDallas:

APB: "I would like to shoot Madonna..."
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Cal Zone!:

Sorry I missed! Listening now!
  10:05am
Jerry Todd:

The Cyclones!! Been searching for this track for years.
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