WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from December 8, 2021

Listener comments!
	12:00pm Handy Haversack: Stone cold today! Glad for the rescheduling! efd! All the other letters! Glad to be here with you!
	12:01pm Threemoons: BRING THE FUNK! I need it. Working past 8 tonight and I gotta stay awake.
	12:01pm Carmichael: Heya EFD and future people.
	12:01pm medson: Hey Evan and all
	12:02pm Figgsrock: I hope my daily editorial meeting at 12:30 isn't too long so I can hear the whole Doug interview.
	12:03pm efd: hi everyone, thanks for tuning in today! Doug MacMillan interview will begin at around 1pm, so you should be good @Figgsrock.
	12:04pm Figgsrock: @EFD--ah excellent! A perfect lunchtime treat.
	12:06pm Carmichael: Wow, I grew up with this song ...
	12:07pm karlward: Reporting for funk SIR
	12:08pm KWilde: I had this single as a kid. The B side has a curse word ("damn") We got a lick out of that
	12:09pm KWilde: kick (autocorrect)
	12:09pm Figgsrock: Super Hits of the 70s Vol. 2, I believe?
	12:09pm Van: I'm late, what did I miss?
	12:11pm Carmichael: Yeah baby, Elliott Easton.
	12:12pm Mister Dobalina: Me gusta esta cancion !!
	12:12pm Gurldoggie: Oooh, nice Cars deep cut.
	12:14pm Van: Eliot Easton is such a solid guitarist. That guy doesn't get enough love.
	12:14pm queems: such a good album
	12:15pm Figgsrock: Wow, O Positive! I haven't heard this song since I played it on the air in college!
	12:16pm Bob from poughkeepsie: The background singer of the Tee set sounds like Paul Macartney.
	12:17pm tim from washington: Hi efd and fellow community college rockers!
	12:18pm Threemoons: @EFD I sure do hope there is some Bowie up in your playlist today...need some Bowie magic today. LOVING the vibe right now.
	12:19pm BarbR: Yeah! O Positive! Used to go see them when I was in college!
	12:19pm Krys O.: Hallooooo!
	12:19pm Krys O.: Aw, didn't know about John Miles. :(
	12:20pm Carmichael: Produced by Alan Parsons.
	12:21pm Threemoons: Also had a surreal moment after my doc appt this AM. Had to find a UPS drop box. Forgot how cold the UWS can be. Streets virtually abandoned. Needed coffee; refuse to go to Starfucks. Found an actual old school coffee cart after a UPS delivery guy pointed me towards a UPS store (he couldn't take my package; bulk building dropoff only). Felt almost surreal using actual cash and handing it to an actual human and getting a large hot, milk no sugar. I even found a rare ledge that had not been weaponized with anti-homeless spikes to sit and drink it on. Felt almost kind of normal for about five minutes.
	12:21pm karlward: So.... this was an Alan Parsons project?
	12:21pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: And, miraculously, a yellow cab did NOT give me shit RE going back to Astoria (although he bitched about it in Hindi to his friend on his cell phone the entire ride back).
	12:22pm efd: @Carmichael and John Miles later sang a few songs on Alan Parsons Project albums
	12:22pm Carmichael: John Miles solo, although several band members played on it. That's most certainly Ian Bairnson on lead guitar.
	12:23pm Carmichael: Yep Evan, he sang on several APP albums.
	12:23pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: LOVE this version of Money Changes Everything. And yes it sure does.
	12:23pm efd: @Carmichael guitars are credited to John himself on that record
	12:24pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Was I the only person getting Yes vibes on that John Miles song?
	12:24pm Carmichael: Really? Spittin' image of Bairnson, I must say.
	12:25pm Mister Dobalina: I left my cellphone in a yellow cab the other nite, coming in from the city, going to queens. The cab driver finally picked up & insisted on $30 to come back to drop off my phone.
	12:25pm tim from washington: An Alan Parsons related casualty? How's DJ Sheila B holding up?
	12:25pm efd: @Threemoons I can see that
	12:25pm Marley P. Dogg: Hello EFD, Handy and fellow funk-o-philes
	12:26pm slugluv1313: oh wow -- Money Changes Everything (yup still have this 45 too) greetings, EFD! Everyone! working mostly away from the keyboard, but so happy to be listening here with you all! :)
	12:27pm slugluv1313: oh no! did not know about John Miles' passing, nor Tom Gray's :(
	12:27pm tim from washington: Sorry, efd. Won't happen again.
	12:27pm Handy Haversack: Classic Ken prank! Hey, Marley!
	12:28pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @Mister D - what a colossal a-hole. Sorry he held your phone hostage. The ONE time that I left something in a cab, it was ONE glove that dropped off when I went to pay the guy and I didn't notice it drop back onto the seat when I closed the door. It was about 5 AM. Next morning I called the TLC (I got my paper receipt) and lo and behold--the guy had gone home after dropping me off. He lived only a few blocks from me and later that day he actually stopped by and gave me my glove back at the start of his shift! I tipped him again.
	12:29pm tim from washington: Drummer up front is the sign of a quality band.
	12:30pm Carmichael: Think Dave Clark and Mick Fleetwood.
	12:30pm Tinley Park Randy: Shit sandwich. Ha ha!
	12:30pm Glistener MW: Evan “Shark” Davies 🦈
	12:31pm Mister Dobalina: @3Moons, happy endings are the best endings. I always feel a bit sad when I see a lonley, single glove on the streets. Good to know you were reunited.
	12:31pm Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio): Drummer up front: Aynsley Dunbar in the Flo & Eddie version of Zappa and the Mothers of Invention ca 1970-71
	12:33pm Krys O.: Angels is a great B side, efd.
	12:34pm KWilde: @efd: Angels Coming In The Holy Night had the line "You didn't give a damn" - check it out. We used to crank up the volume for that line
	12:36pm Krys O.: @Listener Jonny: Aynsley was one of my favorite parts of 200 Motels, the movie.
	12:36pm efd: ah, got it! Thanks for the tips @KWilde and @Krys!
	12:37pm tim from washington: I like the late 80s XTC vibe of The Split Squad.
	12:44pm Mister Dobalina: Excellent show at City Winery this past Sunday, Ivan Julian, Vernon Reid, Steve Wynn..
	12:46pm efd: glad to hear that, @Mister Dobalina. Sounded like it would be a great one but I was showed-out at that point.
	12:47pm Van: Love seeing some new Bandcamp links to explore
	12:47pm tim from washington: This sets has more hooks than a bass tournament at Pine Lake. Excellent selections, efd.
	12:50pm Figgsrock: It's always a good day when there's some new Ted Leo.
	12:54pm Krys O.: Navigation software company and a play on Jefferson, no doubt.
	12:59pm Handy Haversack: Slackjawed here, too, at the lengths efd goes to make this show so great! One Simple Word was the first CD I ever bought. Pretty sure it was at Wax & Facts in Atlanta.
	1:01pm efd: @Krys the Airplane part I got, wasn't sure about Jeppeson. :)
	1:01pm Power Papi: lawdy, i loooove this song
	1:02pm Figgsrock: I'd argue that the Connells singles comp (the name escapes me, but it came out like 5 years ago) stands up to any band's best of from the 1988-1998 era.
	1:04pm Handy Haversack: Hopefully it's OK to point out this message from the Connells that came in yesterday: "Time is running out! You have until 3pm EST Wed Dec 8th. "That's your cutoff to save 20% off nearly everything in the Connells bandcamp store."
	1:05pm iiibeat: Steam brain, sting ray.
	1:05pm efd: very timely, @Handy!
	1:08pm Glistener MW: as I don’t know what Doug MacMillan looks like, I’m picturing EFD interviewing George Clooney.
	1:08pm Glistener MW: My brain connected that voice with him, and now I can’t unsee it.
	1:10pm efd: @Glistener MW That's not a wholly unreasonable connection.
	1:11pm Baja Joe: The Connells on WFMU. You have my attention.
	1:13pm efd: Happy to bring them to you, @Baja Joe (and everyone else)!
	1:15pm Handy Haversack: I think it was two or three years ago that you played a Connells song and some listeners (this one included) got super excited, and you said "I need to get more Connells on the show." And look at us now!
	1:15pm Glistener MW: This is great — thanks for the Connells love, EFD! 💚 I haven’t listened to them in awhile — eager now to dig out some of the older LPs and hear the new “Steadman’s Wake”
	1:16pm efd: @Handy I'm a man of my word!
	1:16pm efd: Glad you're enjoying it, @Glistener MW!
	1:19pm Baja Joe: Buffalo Tom's "Big Red Letter Day," and The Connells', "Ring," are always on my desert island disc pick lists. First heard both these records around the same time long ago, and I can't help to think of one when I hear about the other. Both standouts.
	1:20pm tim from washington: For the longest time I thought the Connels were from New Zealand. Why? I have no idea.
	1:21pm Handy Haversack: I love this album. Fantastic, start to finish.
	1:23pm museguy: Evan "Funk" Davies as always a great show! I found it comforting to hear you say "it all might fall apart at any moment". I have been thinking the same.
	1:24pm museguy: Great interview with Doug MacMillan
	1:25pm efd: @museguy Thanks! And hopefully it won't all fall apart, but I can't help thinking that sometimes.
	1:27pm tim from washington: I was just looking at the Connells discography. They had an amazingly long run with TVT Records. That's quite remarkable for a band to stay on a big label without having Top 40 success.
	1:30pm Handy Haversack: Also grateful for the timing as I have a meeting at 2 PM. efd thinks of everything! They were pretty big among my friends in HS, and they definitely got radio play in Atlanta, but mainly on the (excellent) college stations. I once went to an outdoor show in Macon that featured the Producers, the Connells, and Drivin' N' Cryin'! That was pretty great.
	1:30pm efd: @tim yeah, six or seven albums on TVT over 10 years or so.
	1:37pm Figgsrock: EFD sneaking in a CanCon reference. Amazing.
	1:38pm efd: #onbrand
	1:39pm tim from washington: That's a cool story about going to the pressing plant.
	1:39pm WFMU listener WADE: Asheville Citizen-Times
	1:39pm iiibeat: The Daily Planet is in Buffalo.
	1:39pm tim from washington: Yeah, Adele, quit hogging up the pressing plants!
	1:40pm tim from washington: I thought The Daily Planet was in Metropolis.
	1:41pm Handy Haversack: I'd love to see the Brooklyn Bowl in Metropolis one day.
	1:42pm Mike From Brooklyn: Hello EFD & Fellow listeners! Hi Handy
	1:42pm efd: honestly was not expecting to discuss earwax during this interview
	1:43pm Handy Haversack: Hey, Mike!
	1:43pm efd: or "Cat Scratch Fever," for that matter
	1:45pm tim from washington: That's efd for you. Always steering interviews back to earwax and Nugent.
	1:45pm Handy Haversack: Gotta be ready to change the play at the line, efd! (Figured a football metaphor would be appropriately incongruous for a WFMU board.)
	1:46pm Figgsrock: Oh man, that's an amazing story. And I know Doug's pain--had a problem with that like 15 years and had to sell off tickets to two shows until ent could clear it out and I could hear again.
	1:46pm efd: Every show is basically a hail mary, so not incongruous at all Handy!
	1:47pm Glistener MW: I heard a great story once from a venue-working friend about a time that Morrissey had a hissy fit before a gig and went out back for a quick smoke, found out he was locked-out, and tried going around to the venue's front doors -- and the door staff thought he was a Morrissey impersonator making-up this story to try and get into the show for free
	1:48pm Handy Haversack: Then every hail mary is also a touchdown, efd! That is, as long as the transmitter makes sure we have immaculate reception ...
	1:49pm Handy Haversack: Can still remember cutting up the long box from the CD to make postcards ...
	1:52pm Joe M: Matt Dillon says “Get A Gun, Get A Gun.” Doug
	2:00pm Figgsrock: I thought Weird Food and Devastation was such a great European-tour inspired title.
	2:01pm Handy Haversack: We gad WRAS (Georgia State) and WREK (Ga. Tech) in Atlanta.
	2:01pm Figgsrock: Also, and I just remembered this, that the only time I've had my nails painted was when I went to Beauty Bar with Doug and Peele and a couple other folks back after an Irving Plaza show in 97 or 98.
	2:02pm efd: ha, that is a fun fact!
	2:03pm karlward: KTRU and KPFT in Houston back in the 90s!
	2:05pm Glistener MW: Peter Holsapple, solo! Gawd I'd love to see that!
	2:05pm Baja Joe: Good chat
	2:06pm Handy Haversack: I'll be at Brooklyn Bowl (Brooklyn)! Thanks, efd! And thanks, Doug! Great conversation -- lots of insight into what it means to have a constant but shifting ID as a band for this stretch of years. Really appreciated this, efd.
	2:06pm Alvy Singer: Enjoyed the interview EFD. All those guys from North Carolina are easy going and super cool people.
	2:07pm efd: @Glistener MW Not sure where you are, but he's working on setting up a series of house shows next year similar to what Steve Wynn did earlier this year, so maybe you'll have that chance.
	2:07pm efd: We're going to hear Peter's new single shortly.
	2:08pm efd: @Alvy you're so right! What a great bunch of folks!
	2:08pm Figgsrock: EFD, that was a great interview. So entertaining. And yeah, from 96 to 2001 or 2002 I hung out with those guys every time they came to NYC. I even went on roadtrip with them (and my friend Jason, who was their TVT rep) to play a brewery in Long Island. One of the sweetest bunch of guys I've ever met in 25+ years of doing this job.
	2:08pm Glistener MW: Thanks, EFD, I'll keep an eye out for those!
	2:08pm morphe': Thanks EFD !!!
	2:09pm tim from washington: Thanks efd. That was a great conversation. I've said this before but I'm so appreciative that the freeform format of WFMU allows for stretched out interviews rather than tidy, focused soundbytes. It's great for the listener, must be really great for the interviewee and I bet very satisfying for the DJ.
	2:09pm Glistener MW: And thanks for this - what a great interview
	2:09pm Handy Haversack: This song is huge in Budapest!
	2:09pm Baja Joe: So many stars
	2:09pm Vertual: Great discussion efd! Doug and a few other Connells members hung out with my then high school/community station buddies after a show in Florida when they were touring Boylan Heights. Awesome folks. We were full time modern rock 3,000 watts and played them all the time.
	2:10pm tim from washington: @Figgsrock - what's your job?
	2:13pm prof.fuzz: Howdy from Dallas! Hi EFD! Late to the party today.
	2:13pm Figgsrock: @tim I work for a company that does a morning news/entertainment service for commercial radio stations. Back then I did tons of interviews with bands for the job, now not so much.
	2:14pm Therese: Could be the really nice use of trumpet?
	2:14pm tim from washington: Oh cool. Thanks, Figgsrock.
	2:17pm efd: @Therese could be! And hello!
	2:21pm Alvy Singer: New record from Peter coning in early 2022. Right on.
	2:26pm dale: been puttering about the kitchen enjoying the music and interview efd! think i've only really heard the connells on wxpn out of philadelphia.
	2:29pm efd: Thanks @dale! I do a lot of listening while puttering myself.
	2:30pm Krys O.: Thomas Walsh of Pugwash just did a series of living room concerts here in the States. Tis the thing to do.
	2:30pm Mister Dobalina: Gonna have to clicky star fav this one.
	2:32pm Handy Haversack: Hey, prof.fuzz!
	2:34pm Wenzo Toad: good one Orvy! I concur
	2:35pm prof.fuzz: Hey Handy!
	2:36pm Wenzo Toad: all good stuff, thank you dj
	2:41pm Wenzo Toad: woah.
	2:43pm prof.fuzz: Just clicked the bandcamp link to the new Orvy EP only to see that he also released one back in July that I'd missed. Take my money Orvy and bandcamp!
	2:44pm efd: @prof.fuzz Oh yeah, he does a great cover of "Dance Dance Dance" on that one!
	2:45pm prof.fuzz: But I'm holding off on listening to it until your show is over (and my remote faculty meeting starts!)...
	2:45pm tim from washington: Is Psymon Spine the Style Council for the 20s?
	2:46pm tim from washington: @prof.fuzz - Are you going to introduce your Forest Gump inspired syllabus at the faculty meeting?
	2:47pm prof.fuzz: @Tim: I'm going to keep my camera and mic on MUTE and listen to the two new-to-me Orvy EPS at the faculty meeting. :)
	2:49pm tim from washington: Good plan, prof!
	2:52pm prof.fuzz: That's why I make the big bucks, Tim!
	2:52pm Alvy Singer: Thanks for playing screensaver EFD. This record is really good.
	2:54pm Handy Haversack: This album rocks! Thanks for today, efd. Really swoled me up with some joy, which can be in short supply sometimes. Even if it all falls apart, at least we have this! Later on, funksteins!
	2:54pm efd: @Alvy I agree!
	2:56pm morphe': Thanks EFD and all !!!!
	2:57pm Alvy Singer: ONeTwoThree includes Klaudia Schifferle of Kleenex / LiLiPUT,
	2:57pm tim from washington: Thanks, efd! Super great show today!
	2:57pm morphe': Great current photo of onetwothree[Liliput/Kleenex] https://www.brooklynvegan.com/onetwothree-ex-kleenexliliput-prep-debut-lp-stream-perfect-illusions/
	2:58pm prof.fuzz: Thanks EFD! Bye y'all!
	2:58pm Mister Dobalina: Good stuff, EFD !
	3:00pm ?: great stuff, firing on all 12 cylinders today

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from December 8, 2021

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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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Upcoming events:

Wed. Dec 18th, Noon - 3pm: Manager (More info...)
Manager is a three-piece band that’s based right here in Jersey City. They recently released a new EP, HOT-LINE (Texacobra), which showcases their hard-edged percolating indie sound that may remind the listener of Echo & The Bunnymen or Yo La Tengo. Tune in to this live session and hear for yourself!
Wed. Dec 25th, Noon - 3pm: The 18th Annual Holiday Music Funktacular! (More info...)
It’s the 18th year of the Evan “Funk” Davies Show Holiday Music Funktacular, and this year — for the first time ever — it will air on actual Christmas Day! Tune in for three hours of Christmas music that you won’t already be sick of hearing: old and new seasonal rock, punk, dance, glam, and power pop favorites. Even your family might enjoy it!

December 8, 2021: special guest DOUG MACMILLAN from The Connells!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
ace & the eights	explosion "explosion" by "ace & the eights"	7"	fit	1979			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
comateens	late night city "late night city" by "comateens"	ghosts 12"	cachalot	1981			0:02:36 (Pop-up)
the tee set	ma belle amie "ma belle amie" by "the tee set"	7"	colossus	1970			0:05:28 (Pop-up)
mathlete	asteroid police "asteroid police" by "mathlete"	the household frequencies 7" ep	ojet records	1999			0:08:45 (Pop-up)
the cars	night spots "night spots" by "the cars"	candy-o	elektra	1979			0:10:52 (Pop-up)
o positive	talk about love "talk about love" by "o positive"	cloud factory	link	1987			0:13:49 (Pop-up)
john miles	highfly "highfly" by "john miles"	rebel	london	1976	RIP John Miles		0:18:38 (Pop-up)
the brains	money changes everything	s/t	mercury	1980	belated RIP Tom Gray		0:22:20 (Pop-up)

the split squad	taxicab "taxicab" by "the split squad"	another cinderella	the split squad		bandcamp	*	0:35:55 (Pop-up)
action city	the lines you blur "the lines you blur" by "action city"	this is action city	futureman		bandcamp	*	0:38:55 (Pop-up)
arthur nasson	unglued "unglued" by "arthur nasson"	single	arthur nasson			*	0:41:53 (Pop-up)
the aerosols	the can i'm in "the can i'm in" by "the aerosols"	room for wrong	the aerosols		bandcamp	*	0:44:52 (Pop-up)
ted leo & jeppesen airplane	into the conquering sun	single	ted leo		bandcamp	*	0:48:01 (Pop-up)

the connells	slackjawed "slackjawed" by "the connells"	ring	tvt	1993			0:58:00 (Pop-up)
the connells	really great "really great" by "the connells"	steadman's wake	black park		bandcamp	*	1:01:22 (Pop-up)
doug macmillan	chat with efd, part 1						1:03:47 (Pop-up)
the connells	choose a side "choose a side" by "the connells"	boylan heights	tvt	1987	produced by Mitch Easter		1:19:11 (Pop-up)
the connells	steadman's wake "steadman's wake" by "the connells"	steadman's wake	black park			*	1:22:37 (Pop-up)
doug macmillan	chat with efd, part 2						1:26:57 (Pop-up)
the connells	burial art "burial art" by "the connells"	steadman's wake	black park		Mike Connell on lead vocals, Doug on backing vocals	*	1:44:12 (Pop-up)
the connells	get a gun "get a gun" by "the connells"	one simple word	tvt	1990			1:47:29 (Pop-up)
doug macmillan	chat with efd, part 3						1:52:16 (Pop-up)
the connells	stars "stars" by "the connells"	steadman's wake	black park			*	2:04:45 (Pop-up)
the connells	'74-'75 "'74-'75" by "the connells"	ring	tvt	1993			2:07:56 (Pop-up)

the dB's	if and when "if and when" by "the dB's"	i thought you wanted to know: 1978-1981	propeller sound recordings		alternate version	*	2:15:49 (Pop-up)
peter holsapple	cancelled "cancelled" by "peter holsapple"	single	peter holsapple		bandcamp	*	2:18:01 (Pop-up)
love, burns	dear claire "dear claire" by "love, burns"	it should have been tomorrow	jigsaw/austin town hall/calico cat		new album coming in February	*	2:22:14 (Pop-up)
guided by voices	dance of gurus "dance of gurus" by "guided by voices"	it's not them. it couldn't be them. it is them!	guided by voices inc		bandcamp	*	2:26:27 (Pop-up)
orvy	i want to be an artist "i want to be an artist" by "orvy"	semi-precious	orvy		bandcamp	*	2:28:57 (Pop-up)

curse ov dialect	cultural theft "cultural theft" by "curse ov dialect"	dark days bright nights	heavy machinery		bandcamp	*	2:37:51 (Pop-up)
psymon spine	modmed "modmed" by "psymon spine"	charismatic megafauna	northern spy	2021	bandcamp		2:41:49 (Pop-up)
nuovo testamento	the searcher "the searcher" by "nuovo testamento"	new earth	avanti		bandcamp	*	2:47:04 (Pop-up)
screensaver	body parts "body parts" by "screensaver"	expressions of interest	heavy machinery/upset! the rhythm			*	2:50:58 (Pop-up)
onetwothree	fake "fake" by "onetwothree"	s/t	kill rock stars		bandcamp	*	2:55:00 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:00pm Handy Haversack: Stone cold today! Glad for the rescheduling! efd! All the other letters! Glad to be here with you!
	12:01pm Threemoons: BRING THE FUNK! I need it. Working past 8 tonight and I gotta stay awake.
	12:01pm Carmichael: Heya EFD and future people.
	12:01pm medson: Hey Evan and all
	12:02pm Figgsrock: I hope my daily editorial meeting at 12:30 isn't too long so I can hear the whole Doug interview.
	12:03pm efd: hi everyone, thanks for tuning in today! Doug MacMillan interview will begin at around 1pm, so you should be good @Figgsrock.
	12:04pm Figgsrock: @EFD--ah excellent! A perfect lunchtime treat.
	12:06pm Carmichael: Wow, I grew up with this song ...
	12:07pm karlward: Reporting for funk SIR
	12:08pm KWilde: I had this single as a kid. The B side has a curse word ("damn") We got a lick out of that
	12:09pm KWilde: kick (autocorrect)
	12:09pm Figgsrock: Super Hits of the 70s Vol. 2, I believe?
	12:09pm Van: I'm late, what did I miss?
	12:11pm Carmichael: Yeah baby, Elliott Easton.
	12:12pm Mister Dobalina: Me gusta esta cancion !!
	12:12pm Gurldoggie: Oooh, nice Cars deep cut.
	12:14pm Van: Eliot Easton is such a solid guitarist. That guy doesn't get enough love.
	12:14pm queems: such a good album
	12:15pm Figgsrock: Wow, O Positive! I haven't heard this song since I played it on the air in college!
	12:16pm Bob from poughkeepsie: The background singer of the Tee set sounds like Paul Macartney.
	12:17pm tim from washington: Hi efd and fellow community college rockers!
	12:18pm Threemoons: @EFD I sure do hope there is some Bowie up in your playlist today...need some Bowie magic today. LOVING the vibe right now.
	12:19pm BarbR: Yeah! O Positive! Used to go see them when I was in college!
	12:19pm Krys O.: Hallooooo!
	12:19pm Krys O.: Aw, didn't know about John Miles. :(
	12:20pm Carmichael: Produced by Alan Parsons.
	12:21pm Threemoons: Also had a surreal moment after my doc appt this AM. Had to find a UPS drop box. Forgot how cold the UWS can be. Streets virtually abandoned. Needed coffee; refuse to go to Starfucks. Found an actual old school coffee cart after a UPS delivery guy pointed me towards a UPS store (he couldn't take my package; bulk building dropoff only). Felt almost surreal using actual cash and handing it to an actual human and getting a large hot, milk no sugar. I even found a rare ledge that had not been weaponized with anti-homeless spikes to sit and drink it on. Felt almost kind of normal for about five minutes.
	12:21pm karlward: So.... this was an Alan Parsons project?
	12:21pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: And, miraculously, a yellow cab did NOT give me shit RE going back to Astoria (although he bitched about it in Hindi to his friend on his cell phone the entire ride back).
	12:22pm efd: @Carmichael and John Miles later sang a few songs on Alan Parsons Project albums
	12:22pm Carmichael: John Miles solo, although several band members played on it. That's most certainly Ian Bairnson on lead guitar.
	12:23pm Carmichael: Yep Evan, he sang on several APP albums.
	12:23pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: LOVE this version of Money Changes Everything. And yes it sure does.
	12:23pm efd: @Carmichael guitars are credited to John himself on that record
	12:24pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Was I the only person getting Yes vibes on that John Miles song?
	12:24pm Carmichael: Really? Spittin' image of Bairnson, I must say.
	12:25pm Mister Dobalina: I left my cellphone in a yellow cab the other nite, coming in from the city, going to queens. The cab driver finally picked up & insisted on $30 to come back to drop off my phone.
	12:25pm tim from washington: An Alan Parsons related casualty? How's DJ Sheila B holding up?
	12:25pm efd: @Threemoons I can see that
	12:25pm Marley P. Dogg: Hello EFD, Handy and fellow funk-o-philes
	12:26pm slugluv1313: oh wow -- Money Changes Everything (yup still have this 45 too) greetings, EFD! Everyone! working mostly away from the keyboard, but so happy to be listening here with you all! :)
	12:27pm slugluv1313: oh no! did not know about John Miles' passing, nor Tom Gray's :(
	12:27pm tim from washington: Sorry, efd. Won't happen again.
	12:27pm Handy Haversack: Classic Ken prank! Hey, Marley!
	12:28pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @Mister D - what a colossal a-hole. Sorry he held your phone hostage. The ONE time that I left something in a cab, it was ONE glove that dropped off when I went to pay the guy and I didn't notice it drop back onto the seat when I closed the door. It was about 5 AM. Next morning I called the TLC (I got my paper receipt) and lo and behold--the guy had gone home after dropping me off. He lived only a few blocks from me and later that day he actually stopped by and gave me my glove back at the start of his shift! I tipped him again.
	12:29pm tim from washington: Drummer up front is the sign of a quality band.
	12:30pm Carmichael: Think Dave Clark and Mick Fleetwood.
	12:30pm Tinley Park Randy: Shit sandwich. Ha ha!
	12:30pm Glistener MW: Evan “Shark” Davies 🦈
	12:31pm Mister Dobalina: @3Moons, happy endings are the best endings. I always feel a bit sad when I see a lonley, single glove on the streets. Good to know you were reunited.
	12:31pm Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio): Drummer up front: Aynsley Dunbar in the Flo & Eddie version of Zappa and the Mothers of Invention ca 1970-71
	12:33pm Krys O.: Angels is a great B side, efd.
	12:34pm KWilde: @efd: Angels Coming In The Holy Night had the line "You didn't give a damn" - check it out. We used to crank up the volume for that line
	12:36pm Krys O.: @Listener Jonny: Aynsley was one of my favorite parts of 200 Motels, the movie.
	12:36pm efd: ah, got it! Thanks for the tips @KWilde and @Krys!
	12:37pm tim from washington: I like the late 80s XTC vibe of The Split Squad.
	12:44pm Mister Dobalina: Excellent show at City Winery this past Sunday, Ivan Julian, Vernon Reid, Steve Wynn..
	12:46pm efd: glad to hear that, @Mister Dobalina. Sounded like it would be a great one but I was showed-out at that point.
	12:47pm Van: Love seeing some new Bandcamp links to explore
	12:47pm tim from washington: This sets has more hooks than a bass tournament at Pine Lake. Excellent selections, efd.
	12:50pm Figgsrock: It's always a good day when there's some new Ted Leo.
	12:54pm Krys O.: Navigation software company and a play on Jefferson, no doubt.
	12:59pm Handy Haversack: Slackjawed here, too, at the lengths efd goes to make this show so great! One Simple Word was the first CD I ever bought. Pretty sure it was at Wax & Facts in Atlanta.
	1:01pm efd: @Krys the Airplane part I got, wasn't sure about Jeppeson. :)
	1:01pm Power Papi: lawdy, i loooove this song
	1:02pm Figgsrock: I'd argue that the Connells singles comp (the name escapes me, but it came out like 5 years ago) stands up to any band's best of from the 1988-1998 era.
	1:04pm Handy Haversack: Hopefully it's OK to point out this message from the Connells that came in yesterday: "Time is running out! You have until 3pm EST Wed Dec 8th. "That's your cutoff to save 20% off nearly everything in the Connells bandcamp store."
	1:05pm iiibeat: Steam brain, sting ray.
	1:05pm efd: very timely, @Handy!
	1:08pm Glistener MW: as I don’t know what Doug MacMillan looks like, I’m picturing EFD interviewing George Clooney.
	1:08pm Glistener MW: My brain connected that voice with him, and now I can’t unsee it.
	1:10pm efd: @Glistener MW That's not a wholly unreasonable connection.
	1:11pm Baja Joe: The Connells on WFMU. You have my attention.
	1:13pm efd: Happy to bring them to you, @Baja Joe (and everyone else)!
	1:15pm Handy Haversack: I think it was two or three years ago that you played a Connells song and some listeners (this one included) got super excited, and you said "I need to get more Connells on the show." And look at us now!
	1:15pm Glistener MW: This is great — thanks for the Connells love, EFD! 💚 I haven’t listened to them in awhile — eager now to dig out some of the older LPs and hear the new “Steadman’s Wake”
	1:16pm efd: @Handy I'm a man of my word!
	1:16pm efd: Glad you're enjoying it, @Glistener MW!
	1:19pm Baja Joe: Buffalo Tom's "Big Red Letter Day," and The Connells', "Ring," are always on my desert island disc pick lists. First heard both these records around the same time long ago, and I can't help to think of one when I hear about the other. Both standouts.
	1:20pm tim from washington: For the longest time I thought the Connels were from New Zealand. Why? I have no idea.
	1:21pm Handy Haversack: I love this album. Fantastic, start to finish.
	1:23pm museguy: Evan "Funk" Davies as always a great show! I found it comforting to hear you say "it all might fall apart at any moment". I have been thinking the same.
	1:24pm museguy: Great interview with Doug MacMillan
	1:25pm efd: @museguy Thanks! And hopefully it won't all fall apart, but I can't help thinking that sometimes.
	1:27pm tim from washington: I was just looking at the Connells discography. They had an amazingly long run with TVT Records. That's quite remarkable for a band to stay on a big label without having Top 40 success.
	1:30pm Handy Haversack: Also grateful for the timing as I have a meeting at 2 PM. efd thinks of everything! They were pretty big among my friends in HS, and they definitely got radio play in Atlanta, but mainly on the (excellent) college stations. I once went to an outdoor show in Macon that featured the Producers, the Connells, and Drivin' N' Cryin'! That was pretty great.
	1:30pm efd: @tim yeah, six or seven albums on TVT over 10 years or so.
	1:37pm Figgsrock: EFD sneaking in a CanCon reference. Amazing.
	1:38pm efd: #onbrand
	1:39pm tim from washington: That's a cool story about going to the pressing plant.
	1:39pm WFMU listener WADE: Asheville Citizen-Times
	1:39pm iiibeat: The Daily Planet is in Buffalo.
	1:39pm tim from washington: Yeah, Adele, quit hogging up the pressing plants!
	1:40pm tim from washington: I thought The Daily Planet was in Metropolis.
	1:41pm Handy Haversack: I'd love to see the Brooklyn Bowl in Metropolis one day.
	1:42pm Mike From Brooklyn: Hello EFD & Fellow listeners! Hi Handy
	1:42pm efd: honestly was not expecting to discuss earwax during this interview
	1:43pm Handy Haversack: Hey, Mike!
	1:43pm efd: or "Cat Scratch Fever," for that matter
	1:45pm tim from washington: That's efd for you. Always steering interviews back to earwax and Nugent.
	1:45pm Handy Haversack: Gotta be ready to change the play at the line, efd! (Figured a football metaphor would be appropriately incongruous for a WFMU board.)
	1:46pm Figgsrock: Oh man, that's an amazing story. And I know Doug's pain--had a problem with that like 15 years and had to sell off tickets to two shows until ent could clear it out and I could hear again.
	1:46pm efd: Every show is basically a hail mary, so not incongruous at all Handy!
	1:47pm Glistener MW: I heard a great story once from a venue-working friend about a time that Morrissey had a hissy fit before a gig and went out back for a quick smoke, found out he was locked-out, and tried going around to the venue's front doors -- and the door staff thought he was a Morrissey impersonator making-up this story to try and get into the show for free
	1:48pm Handy Haversack: Then every hail mary is also a touchdown, efd! That is, as long as the transmitter makes sure we have immaculate reception ...
	1:49pm Handy Haversack: Can still remember cutting up the long box from the CD to make postcards ...
	1:52pm Joe M: Matt Dillon says “Get A Gun, Get A Gun.” Doug
	2:00pm Figgsrock: I thought Weird Food and Devastation was such a great European-tour inspired title.
	2:01pm Handy Haversack: We gad WRAS (Georgia State) and WREK (Ga. Tech) in Atlanta.
	2:01pm Figgsrock: Also, and I just remembered this, that the only time I've had my nails painted was when I went to Beauty Bar with Doug and Peele and a couple other folks back after an Irving Plaza show in 97 or 98.
	2:02pm efd: ha, that is a fun fact!
	2:03pm karlward: KTRU and KPFT in Houston back in the 90s!
	2:05pm Glistener MW: Peter Holsapple, solo! Gawd I'd love to see that!
	2:05pm Baja Joe: Good chat
	2:06pm Handy Haversack: I'll be at Brooklyn Bowl (Brooklyn)! Thanks, efd! And thanks, Doug! Great conversation -- lots of insight into what it means to have a constant but shifting ID as a band for this stretch of years. Really appreciated this, efd.
	2:06pm Alvy Singer: Enjoyed the interview EFD. All those guys from North Carolina are easy going and super cool people.
	2:07pm efd: @Glistener MW Not sure where you are, but he's working on setting up a series of house shows next year similar to what Steve Wynn did earlier this year, so maybe you'll have that chance.
	2:07pm efd: We're going to hear Peter's new single shortly.
	2:08pm efd: @Alvy you're so right! What a great bunch of folks!
	2:08pm Figgsrock: EFD, that was a great interview. So entertaining. And yeah, from 96 to 2001 or 2002 I hung out with those guys every time they came to NYC. I even went on roadtrip with them (and my friend Jason, who was their TVT rep) to play a brewery in Long Island. One of the sweetest bunch of guys I've ever met in 25+ years of doing this job.
	2:08pm Glistener MW: Thanks, EFD, I'll keep an eye out for those!
	2:08pm morphe': Thanks EFD !!!
	2:09pm tim from washington: Thanks efd. That was a great conversation. I've said this before but I'm so appreciative that the freeform format of WFMU allows for stretched out interviews rather than tidy, focused soundbytes. It's great for the listener, must be really great for the interviewee and I bet very satisfying for the DJ.
	2:09pm Glistener MW: And thanks for this - what a great interview
	2:09pm Handy Haversack: This song is huge in Budapest!
	2:09pm Baja Joe: So many stars
	2:09pm Vertual: Great discussion efd! Doug and a few other Connells members hung out with my then high school/community station buddies after a show in Florida when they were touring Boylan Heights. Awesome folks. We were full time modern rock 3,000 watts and played them all the time.
	2:10pm tim from washington: @Figgsrock - what's your job?
	2:13pm prof.fuzz: Howdy from Dallas! Hi EFD! Late to the party today.
	2:13pm Figgsrock: @tim I work for a company that does a morning news/entertainment service for commercial radio stations. Back then I did tons of interviews with bands for the job, now not so much.
	2:14pm Therese: Could be the really nice use of trumpet?
	2:14pm tim from washington: Oh cool. Thanks, Figgsrock.
	2:17pm efd: @Therese could be! And hello!
	2:21pm Alvy Singer: New record from Peter coning in early 2022. Right on.
	2:26pm dale: been puttering about the kitchen enjoying the music and interview efd! think i've only really heard the connells on wxpn out of philadelphia.
	2:29pm efd: Thanks @dale! I do a lot of listening while puttering myself.
	2:30pm Krys O.: Thomas Walsh of Pugwash just did a series of living room concerts here in the States. Tis the thing to do.
	2:30pm Mister Dobalina: Gonna have to clicky star fav this one.
	2:32pm Handy Haversack: Hey, prof.fuzz!
	2:34pm Wenzo Toad: good one Orvy! I concur
	2:35pm prof.fuzz: Hey Handy!
	2:36pm Wenzo Toad: all good stuff, thank you dj
	2:41pm Wenzo Toad: woah.
	2:43pm prof.fuzz: Just clicked the bandcamp link to the new Orvy EP only to see that he also released one back in July that I'd missed. Take my money Orvy and bandcamp!
	2:44pm efd: @prof.fuzz Oh yeah, he does a great cover of "Dance Dance Dance" on that one!
	2:45pm prof.fuzz: But I'm holding off on listening to it until your show is over (and my remote faculty meeting starts!)...
	2:45pm tim from washington: Is Psymon Spine the Style Council for the 20s?
	2:46pm tim from washington: @prof.fuzz - Are you going to introduce your Forest Gump inspired syllabus at the faculty meeting?
	2:47pm prof.fuzz: @Tim: I'm going to keep my camera and mic on MUTE and listen to the two new-to-me Orvy EPS at the faculty meeting. :)
	2:49pm tim from washington: Good plan, prof!
	2:52pm prof.fuzz: That's why I make the big bucks, Tim!
	2:52pm Alvy Singer: Thanks for playing screensaver EFD. This record is really good.
	2:54pm Handy Haversack: This album rocks! Thanks for today, efd. Really swoled me up with some joy, which can be in short supply sometimes. Even if it all falls apart, at least we have this! Later on, funksteins!
	2:54pm efd: @Alvy I agree!
	2:56pm morphe': Thanks EFD and all !!!!
	2:57pm Alvy Singer: ONeTwoThree includes Klaudia Schifferle of Kleenex / LiLiPUT,
	2:57pm tim from washington: Thanks, efd! Super great show today!
	2:57pm morphe': Great current photo of onetwothree[Liliput/Kleenex] https://www.brooklynvegan.com/onetwothree-ex-kleenexliliput-prep-debut-lp-stream-perfect-illusions/
	2:58pm prof.fuzz: Thanks EFD! Bye y'all!
	2:58pm Mister Dobalina: Good stuff, EFD !
	3:00pm ?: great stuff, firing on all 12 cylinders today

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