The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from September 14, 2022

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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!

September 14, 2022: MARTYN WARE interview; plus, the annual show dedicated to my high school friend (and music taste influencer for a lifetime) Jim McIntyre, aka Jimmy Mack

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Back in October 2006 I dedicated my first show on the regular WFMU weekly schedule to Jim McIntyre, a/k/a Jimmy Mack, who was one of my best friends in high school. Pictured above is his Xeroxed 1977 Year In Review, which I was delighted to come across in a box of mementos several years ago. Jimmy was the person who turned me on to a TON of new music that was coming out during the mid- and late-'70s -- Cheap Trick, The Dictators, The Ramones, The Stranglers, Ultravox, and Television are just a few of the bands that I first heard of because of my friendship with Jimmy. Imagine being in your teens and having a friend turn you on to just ONE of those bands. Now increase that impact tenfold, or more, and you start to get an idea of the importance of Jimmy's friendship. OK, not every band he turned me on to was super-cool -- he gave me the first couple of Foreigner albums, for instance -- but still, Jimmy had a great ear for cool music that wasn't yet -- or, sometimes, ever -- part of the mainstream. Fortunately for me -- and for you -- that excitement and passion for discovering and sharing new music was matched by his generosity. Nearly every time I saw him he'd present me with a bag of extra (or rejected) promo records from his job at WBCN, Boston's leading rock radio station at the time. (He dropped out of high school, started volunteering on the WBCN "Listener Line," and wound up being the music director when he was barely 18 years old.) Many of the records he gave me back then are records that remain favorites of mine to this day. In the summer of 1985, Jimmy learned he had AIDS. A year later he passed away, at the age of 25. As you can see from the obituary that ran in the Boston Globe he was as generous with his time as he was with records. Regrettably I had lost contact with Jimmy by this time, and didn't hear of his passing until a few years later. When I dedicated my first weekly show on the regular WFMU schedule to Jimmy nearly 16 years ago (!). I wanted to acknowledge his impact on my life, and especially on my own musical tastes. Since then I've dedicated one of the first shows of the WFMU fall schedule to him, since even now his influence is never too far from what you hear me play on my show. Thanks for taking a moment to read about him, and thanks for listening to WFMU.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New	Approx. start time
nervous eaters	loretta   → "loretta" by "nervous eaters"	7"	rat	1976
lene lovich	new toy (extended version)   → "new toy (extended version)" by "lene lovich"	12"	stiff	1981					0:02:18 (Pop-up)
dirty angels	you got me runnin'   → "you got me runnin'" by "dirty angels"	s/t	private stock	1976					0:06:58 (Pop-up)
bay city rollers	yesterday's hero   → "yesterday's hero" by "bay city rollers"	dedication	arista	1976					0:11:17 (Pop-up)
foreigner	feels like the first time   → "feels like the first time" by "foreigner"	s/t	atlantic	1977					0:16:02 (Pop-up)
ultravox!	life at rainbow's end (for all the tax exiles on main street)   → "life at rainbow's end (for all the tax exiles on ...	s/t	island	1977					0:18:59 (Pop-up)
spitballs	batman   → "batman" by "spitballs"	s/t	beserkley	1978					0:22:32 (Pop-up)
kraftwerk	trans-europe express   → "trans-europe express" by "kraftwerk"	7"	capitol	1977					0:24:02 (Pop-up)
jeanines	after all   → "after all" by "jeanines"	7"	market square			bandcamp		*	0:36:15 (Pop-up)
miss massive snowflake	candle (blue version)   → "candle (blue version)" by "miss massive snowflake"	7"	north pole			bandcamp		*	0:37:42 (Pop-up)
pennywhistle park	like you   → "like you" by "pennywhistle park"	split 7" with crystal furs	emperial sugar			bandcamp		*	0:40:50 (Pop-up)
lifeguard	i know i know   → "i know i know" by "lifeguard"	crowd can talk	born yesterday			bandcamp		*	0:43:53 (Pop-up)
delivery	personal effects   → "personal effects" by "delivery"	7"	feel it			bandcamp		*	0:47:11 (Pop-up)
screaming females	on my radio   → "on my radio" by "screaming females"	single	don giovanni			bandcamp		*	0:50:49 (Pop-up)
the human leauge	being boiled   → "being boiled" by "the human leauge"	7"	fast	1978					1:00:02 (Pop-up)
heaven 17	let me go   → "let me go" by "heaven 17"	s/t	arista	1982					1:04:12 (Pop-up)
martyn ware	chats with efd   → "chats with efd" by "martyn ware"					Heaven 17 US tour dates, including Pawling NY on Friday, Red Bank NJ on Saturday, and NYC on Tuesday the 27th!			1:07:58 (Pop-up)
heaven 17	penthouse and pavement   → "penthouse and pavement" by "heaven 17"	s/t	arista	1982					1:21:52 (Pop-up)
heaven 17	i'm your money   → "i'm your money" by "heaven 17"	7"	bef/virgin	1981					1:28:09 (Pop-up)
martyn ware	chats with efd part 2   → "chats with efd part 2" by "martyn ware"					Martyn's autobiography comes out in the US at the end of November in hardcover and paperback Martyn's Electronically Yours podcast			1:31:36 (Pop-up)
heaven 17	the height of the fighting   → "the height of the fighting" by "heaven 17"	s/t	arista	1982					1:47:02 (Pop-up)
cameo	post mortem   → "post mortem" by "cameo"	anthology	mercury			originally released in 1977			1:49:44 (Pop-up)
neal francis	strawberry letter 23   → "strawberry letter 23" by "neal francis"	sentimental garbage	ato			bandcamp Coming out in November!		*	1:58:24 (Pop-up)
ganser	people watching (liars remix)   → "people watching (liars remix)" by "ganser"	nothing you do matters	felte			bandcamp		*	2:02:25 (Pop-up)
shan	abfahrt (radio edit)   → "abfahrt (radio edit)" by "shan"	warehouse vol. 1	running back			bandcamp		*	2:05:34 (Pop-up)
ladymonix	high notes   → "high notes" by "ladymonix"	high notes ep	frizner electric			bandcamp		*	2:09:47 (Pop-up)
lulu lewis	dyscopia   → "dyscopia" by "lulu lewis"	dyscopia	lulu lewis			playing this Saturday at Channel Music Fest in Dobbs Ferry NY, with Gibby Haynes w/ the Paul Green Rock Academy (!). the Du-Rites, and Diane and the Gentle Men! Free & outdoors! bandcamp		*	2:14:53 (Pop-up)
concrete city	brutal frankness   → "brutal frankness" by "concrete city"	brutal frankness	concrete city			bandcamp		*	2:27:57 (Pop-up)
european sun	there is no news   → "there is no news" by "european sun"	single	skep wax			bandcamp		*	2:31:16 (Pop-up)
the godfathers	straight down the line   → "straight down the line" by "the godfathers"	alpha beta gamma delta	godfathers recordings/cargo					*	2:33:13 (Pop-up)
luke haines & peter buck	psychedelic sitar casual   → "psychedelic sitar casual" by "luke haines & peter...	all the kids are super bummed out	cherry red			bandcamp		*	2:36:12 (Pop-up)
freak genes	new crime   → "new crime" by "freak genes"	hologram	feel it			bandcamp		*	2:40:14 (Pop-up)
gleaming spires	while we can   → "while we can" by "gleaming spires"	songs of the spires	omnivore			new compilation, orig early '80s		*	2:48:36 (Pop-up)
elk city	someone's party   → "someone's party" by "elk city"	above the water	magic door			bandcamp		*	2:52:44 (Pop-up)
sam kogon	find out   → "find out" by "sam kogon"	s/t ep	swap shop					*	2:56:59 (Pop-up)