WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from February 1, 2023

Listener comments!
	12:04pm McGroovey: Well
	12:04pm prof.fuzz: greetings from the icy cold back side of dallas!
	12:04pm Bryant in TO: Hey, Evan and fellow Funksters
	12:04pm Kat in Chicago: Looking forward to your Verlaine selections, efd
	12:05pm pgalub: Hey efd and everyone! TV Forever!
	12:05pm Carmichael: There is a tear in the fabric of the curtain of the universe.
	12:05pm efd: ↳ Kat in Chicago @12:04 well they're going to be scant on account of all the That Petrol Emotion talk/music previously planned
	12:06pm Figgsrock: Hello all. I've spent the morning listening to the latest Dylan box to prep for today's box set interview.
	12:06pm Handy Haversack: efd! All the other letters!
	12:08pm Mister Dobalina: I wasn't up 3 hours ago, glad to hear now.
	12:08pm Glistener MW: R.I.P. T.V.!
	12:08pm Magenta: RIP Tom Verlaine. Loving this set. Hi everyone!
	12:08pm Kat in Chicago: No worries, looking forward to getting Petrol Emotional as well!
	12:08pm eileen_tooth: Hi
	12:09pm hilaryprudy: Verlaine's vocals to me are similar in tone to early Patti Smith...
	12:09pm eileen_tooth: EFD, I hear you like Poker Face. That show is good!
	12:10pm Rich in Washington: I have a soft spot for Adventure as it's the first Television album I ever owned. I found it when I was a teenager in a cut-out bin on 8-track. I didn't know what to make of it at the time but it grew on me.
	12:10pm listener james from westwood: Afternoon, efd and all!
	12:10pm efd: ↳ eileen_tooth @12:09 I've only watched the first episode so far but I'm on board!
	12:10pm listener james from westwood: ↳ hilaryprudy @12:09 Seconded!
	12:12pm Ochre Ogre: Hi Evan!
	12:12pm eileen_tooth: ↳ efd @12:10 Well you gotta watch the other episodes cuz they’re even better than the first!
	12:13pm eileen_tooth: ↳ efd @12:10 And an episode has the singer from the mountain goats in it!
	12:13pm Ochre Ogre: ↳ hilaryprudy @12:09 Tom and Patti were pals early on.
	12:14pm courtneynoir: It's good to hear all the solo Verlaine going around lately
	12:14pm efd: ↳ eileen_tooth @12:13 I heard about that! And John Hodgman! I'll get to them.
	12:14pm SeaCreature: While I’ve loved the endless live material we’ve been treated to in recent days, I do prefer a locked in, well constructed record.
	12:15pm clearfluidz666: EFD… Enjoying the Tom Verlaine tribute. Eons ago, I had the pleasure of recording/mixing the four song demo that got TV it’s record deal. Produced by Blue Oyster Cult’s Alan Lanier, the demo tunes were Torn Curtain, Guiding Light, I Don’t Care and Mi Amore… Craig Bishop
	12:16pm hilaryprudy: ogre: yep...
	12:16pm KWilde: As a teen I saw Television open for Peter Gabriel in Houston. Had never heard of them. Immediately became a fan
	12:16pm Karl Ward: TV forever, the right kind of TV
	12:16pm eileen_tooth: ↳ efd @12:14 🙌🏻🥰
	12:17pm Frank In Queens: Hey efd!
	12:19pm prof.fuzz: mmmm... snacks!
	12:19pm Kat in Chicago: I could hear Ain’t That Nothin on every show for the rest of the week and I’d be fine with that
	12:19pm Ochre Ogre: efd- 'Ain't nothin' to play it again, it's Freeform!
	12:19pm Cletus: A slight pause in the Verlaine state funeral lol
	12:20pm prof.fuzz: yo karl!
	12:20pm Kat in Chicago: Definitely has been an outpouring of WFMU love at his passing
	12:20pm Hugo (NL): Saw my petriol emotion playing atp in 2009. That was a Great show!
	12:21pm winston legthigh: hey efd, lizners.
	12:22pm Hoboken Jack: Hello EFD, McGroove, Prof, PEEEETE, Handy, That Petrol Bagpipe, Karl, Frank, all! Without That Petrol Emotion, there would be no... The Bedazzler!
	12:22pm Carmichael: Morph & Niall should be here!
	12:23pm Kat in Chicago: Haha Hoboken Jack!
	12:24pm Handy Haversack: Afternoon, Jack! We are all -- the Bedazzler!
	12:25pm Cletus: @Kat, Verlaine is hard to underestimate for people in this demimonde
	12:27pm Yvang: Hi Efd and Efders! That Petrol Emotion such a fan I am.
	12:27pm efd: My mind is still a little bit blown by the fact that the singer for Stag was the singer for That Petrol Emotion.
	12:27pm efd: oh, and let me officially say Welcome to Wednesday afternoon, everyone! Very happy you're here for today's show!
	12:27pm Figgsrock: ↳ efd @12:27 It is amazing.
	12:28pm Carmichael: Seems Raymond is from the North?
	12:28pm Jack McGuire: Steller Gary Panter artwork on Chemicrazy cover.
	12:29pm efd: ↳ Carmichael @12:28 The band minus Steve is originally from Derry, Northern Ireland, but they've been living in London for decades now (again, minus Steve)
	12:29pm Carmichael: ↳ Carmichael @12:28 I recognize the accent.
	12:30pm Chris Hiatt: A subsidiary of, a subsidiary of, a subsidiary of...
	12:33pm Jack McGuire: Stellar.
	12:37pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Song: "keen" by "that petrol emotion" now that he mentioned it, i can totally hear steve wynn in this tune.
	12:37pm efd: ↳ prof.fuzz @12:37 haha, I was literally just typing that exact thing!
	12:38pm prof.fuzz: ↳ efd @12:37 great minds...
	12:38pm efd: ↳ prof.fuzz @12:38 ... and also ours!
	12:39pm pgalub: Is this Steve Mack on vox? Interesting.
	12:39pm prof.fuzz: ↳ efd @12:38 absolute truth!
	12:40pm morphe': Are TPE touring? Or re-releasing stuff?
	12:40pm Carmichael: ↳ morphe' @12:40 New box set. morphe'!
	12:42pm morphe': ↳ Carmichael @12:40 Thanks .. just saw it under my nose...
	12:42pm Rich in Washington: ↳ Song: "zig zag wanderer" by "that petrol emotion" Wowee zowee! What a stellar cover!
	12:43pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Song: "zig zag wanderer" by "that petrol emotion" !
	12:43pm pgalub: Their influences are so interesting.
	12:44pm Figgsrock: I can say that the width and breath of covers on this set is stunning.
	12:44pm efd: ↳ pgalub @12:43 yeah, it was fascinating to check out the different covers on this box. We get into that more later on.
	12:45pm McGroovey: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:43 This is great, huh? I remember when the first That Petrol Emotion album came out, I listened to it once and didn't like it, and I never paid attention to them again. But now I live the sound of all this. 35 years later.
	12:45pm nycmusicnerd: Greetings fellow nerds. Send me prayers and good vibes as I am in tax hell at the moment
	12:46pm efd: ↳ nycmusicnerd @12:45 ohhh nooo, @nycmn! Sending you strength for the next two months and 15 days!
	12:46pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ efd @12:46 Thanks efd
	12:50pm efd: I need to follow up with Steve and ask if he was DJing with cassettes ?!?!
	12:51pm efd: ↳ efd @12:50 I was going to ask him when he told that story but didn't want to interrupt the flow
	12:51pm nycmusicnerd: That's a great story.
	12:53pm efd: Steve shared the amazing story of finding his biological father on my show a few years ago, for later listening: wfmu.org...
	12:53pm Steve from TPE/Stag: The cassettes were mostly mix tapes, synthesizing my entire record collection (and all my friends'), so they were DJ-friendly. ;)
	12:54pm efd: ↳ Steve from TPE/Stag @12:53 a-HA!! hi Steve!
	12:55pm Figgsrock: Welcome Steve!
	1:00pm morphe': must away ... thanks efd and all !!!
	1:01pm Jack McGuire: Undeniable groove on Good Thing.
	1:01pm Figgsrock: OH DAMN--nailing that post EFD!
	1:02pm Hughie Considine: I have to say that I love their killer pop confections more than the bashers.
	1:02pm efd: ↳ Figgsrock @1:01 /bows
	1:03pm efd: ↳ Hughie Considine @1:02 There's so much to love across the board! I couldn't even play all the songs I wanted to during this interview.
	1:04pm Danny in Poughkeepsie: Thanks efd for bringing TPE to us today!!!
	1:05pm efd: ↳ Danny in Poughkeepsie @1:04 oh it is 100% my pleasure!
	1:05pm Kenny rotten: Genius Move! Wow I love these guys. Thanks Petrol!
	1:05pm Hughie Considine: ↳ efd @1:03 Indeed there is. I was mad for them and saw them play a few times in NYC. Loving the interview!
	1:06pm Borg9: I saw TPE at Glastonbury in '87. Pyramid. This is bringing it all back.
	1:06pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "genius move" by "that petrol emotion" Now I remember what I didn't like about the first TPE album: those '80s gated-reverb drums (Not your fault, Steve. I know, it was the '80s.)
	1:06pm Figgsrock: ↳ Song: "genius move" by "that petrol emotion" This was one of the songs I didn't know until this set. What a gem.
	1:07pm Steve from TPE: ↳ McGroovey @1:06 Nope, you're right McGroovey - the albums don't start sounding good until Chemicrazy.
	1:08pm McGroovey: ↳ McGroovey @1:06 Actually, it wasn't "those" drums; it was "the" drum: the snare. It have me a HEADACHE! I'm getting one NOW! I love the song, though.
	1:09pm McGroovey: ↳ McGroovey @1:08 *gave
	1:11pm slocker: This is such a great conversation! xo Really enjoying it.
	1:11pm efd: ↳ slocker @1:11 <3 <3 <3
	1:14pm Hughie Considine: Sooo many bands should have taken a break rather than split.
	1:14pm Kat in Chicago: These guys definitely deserved more attention and appreciation than they got. These tracks have held up really well.
	1:15pm efd: I'm calling the NME right now. I can see the headline: "Mack's 'Big Decision': I don't like it!"
	1:17pm Handy Haversack: I think I had only one TPE album in HS, which I think I bought after hearing them on the I'm Your Fan Leonard Cohen tribute album. Did not survive the dark years, though.
	1:18pm Desko2000: I think there was some sort of perception of "sincerity" or maybe just a "not as flippant" vibe about TPE that the Poppies etc had that seemed a bit more in tune with the UK music press etc.
	1:23pm efd: ↳ Desko2000 @1:18 Steve's comments at the end of that segment are kind of along those same lines... they weren't playing the same games as other bands that were getting more press.
	1:26pm Figgsrock: I know this is off topic of (sort of) but EFD, any news on the Stag front out of this interview? Or if Steve is still lurking and he can share...?
	1:26pm love2laf: Must take a moment to say, that as always, efd interviews are so very good. Love how you really listen to the answers to your questions. Much better than those who can't wait to jump in with the next question on their list. Loving the music as well. Both are so good, I'd rather by listening than chatting. Thank you all for this very special event.
	1:27pm Handy Haversack: Oh, extremely off-topic, but will we see you at Union Pool on 3/17, efd? It takes a lot to get me to go out on St. Patrick's Day, but Eyelids will do it!
	1:27pm efd: ↳ Figgsrock @1:26 We didn't discuss anything Stag-related, but maybe Steve will have something to say?
	1:28pm Steve from TPE: ↳ efd @1:23 TBH, TPE just weren't into "playing the game" with the press, which everyone else was more than willing to play.
	1:28pm efd: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:27 I'm planning on it, unless something marathon-related interferes with that plan. (and ditto about going out on St. Patrick's Day.)
	1:29pm Steve from TPE: ↳ efd @1:27 Stag are currently woodshedding new material - new single out later this year to coincide with our annual Summer Stag Party!
	1:29pm Handy Haversack: ↳ efd @1:28 Fantastic! I'd been chomping at the bit waiting for those tix to go on sale.
	1:29pm efd: ↳ love2laf @1:26 Thanks so much for those comments, @love2laf. I really try to make these more like conversations than "interviews," I'm glad that comes through.
	1:29pm efd: ↳ Steve from TPE @1:29 Wooo!
	1:30pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:29 Let us hope the tickets don't require a phone app.
	1:30pm Figgsrock: ↳ Song: "groove check" by "that petrol emotion" This was the first TPE song I ever heard. We had it in heavy for a long time at my college station.
	1:31pm prof.fuzz: i'm still feeling the steve wynn love with the album title (end of the millennium psychosis blues)...
	1:31pm Figgsrock: ↳ efd @1:29 I second EFD's woo! Looking forward to it Steve.
	1:31pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @1:30 Union Pool is keeping it real -- so far!
	1:31pm McGroovey: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:27 Yeah, I never do St Patrick's Day. I heard my Irish(-American) father and grandfather say, separately, more than once, "those f*ing idiots! Going out and drinking green beer and getting drunk and puking in the street don't make you fing Irish! I'm staying home and listening to the f**ing radio!"
	1:31pm Alan in Marblehead: Flashbacks to WLIR
	1:32pm Carmichael: ↳ McGroovey @1:31 Patty's Day is for rookies and noobs.
	1:32pm McGroovey: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:31 And I'll be at Union Pool. I never miss Eyelids.
	1:33pm efd: ↳ Alan in Marblehead @1:31 I see you've updated your screen name to be more location-specific!
	1:33pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:31 (Actually, it uses Dice, which is app based but also sends a list to the venue, and they can just check you off against the list. What's hilarious is watching people struggle to find the Dice app on their phones and then the bardcode reader struggle to read it while K8 and I breeze past with just giving our names and seeing them checked off.)
	1:33pm Steve from TPE: Groovecheck was sampled by the Ultramagnetic MCs. One of my proudest moments.
	1:33pm Handy Haversack: ↳ McGroovey @1:32 Excellent, McGroove!
	1:34pm efd: ↳ Steve from TPE @1:33 that's a feather in your cap for sure!
	1:34pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:33 Oh, cool. No facial recognition cameras required!
	1:35pm Alan in Marblehead: ↳ efd @1:33 Yessir! A lovely town if you ever make it up this way.
	1:36pm efd: ↳ Alan in Marblehead @1:35 I've been there, but not in decades. There used to be a chocolate shop there that my family would visit around the holidays, probably around the time that That Petrol Emotion were playing!
	1:40pm Carmichael: I fly the Tricolour every Easter. My neighbors haven't a clue.
	1:41pm Alan in Marblehead: ↳ efd @1:36 Happy to say Stowaway Sweets is still there. And importantly - so is the Riptide - best dive bar on the North Shore.
	1:44pm Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "hey venus" by "that petrol emotion" This one is top-notch.
	1:44pm Barney Grubbs: my folks took us to visit my mom's cousins in Glenullin in farm country east of Derry in 1975. Not a lot of memories because I was only 3, but there was a wedding for a cousin who had just been released from Long Kesh & apparently we had a rifle pointed in the car window by a 17-year old solder. I supposedly said "Why is he pointing a gun at us?" and my dear old Aunt Kathleen said, "All the better to shoot you with my dear." Heady times.
	1:44pm Kat in Chicago: Ooh I forgot how good this is
	1:44pm Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "hey venus" by "that petrol emotion" This is great. Getting a little bit of a Squeeze vibe here, though maybe a bit more of an edge.
	1:45pm Matt: This song is pretty cool, doing my homework isn’t as bad with these tunes lol
	1:45pm Figgsrock: ↳ Song: "hey venus" by "that petrol emotion" I was doing a.m. drive two days a week when this song came out, and playing it during the 6a.m. hour was better than any caffeine!
	1:46pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "hey venus" by "that petrol emotion" I love the sound of this one No bad snare; great garagey guitar sound! And if course a great song. I have to check out this album.
	1:49pm Carmichael: I'm from Wexford, but I have cousins in Belfast. Some funny stories out of visiting them ...
	1:49pm efd: ↳ Song: "abandon (boy's own mix)" by "that petrol emotion" This remix is also representing all of the other great remixes on the box set that I wasn't able to fit in today!
	1:50pm love2laf: Imagine growing up in that way and being told you are too political when you want to talk about it. Mind-boggling. Go start something controversial like slagging the Beatles instead. Yikes.
	1:53pm Handy Haversack: ↳ love2laf @1:50 We don't have to imagine it. We see it every day right here in the states, where a minority is kept under siege by a heavily armed occupying force and dismissed as "angry" or "political" if they want to draw attention to it. Memphis. Los Angeles. New York. Minneapolis. Everywhere.
	1:54pm Jack McGuire: Sensitize is the greatest.
	1:54pm Handy Haversack: I am thinking Chemicrazy was the album I had as these tracks sound most familiar.
	1:55pm efd: ↳ Jack McGuire @1:54 Some of Steve's finest singing, imho
	1:56pm Carmichael: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:53 We haven't got to the point where the army is patrolling the street and there are checkpoints every 1000 yards or so.
	1:56pm Kat in Chicago: I am in serious danger of purchasing this box set
	1:57pm Handy Haversack: True. But: You should see some of the neighborhoods here, Carmichael! It's not far off.
	1:58pm love2laf: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:53 I try to have hope that there are people who are listening now. Like here and now. I hope for those of us who listen and hear.
	1:58pm Matt: ↳ Kat in Chicago @1:56 Physical stuff is so cool. Love collecting magazines and CDs and all that stuff. Resisting the urge to buy some stuff is hard lol
	1:58pm efd: ↳ Kat in Chicago @1:56 dooo eeeet!
	1:58pm Jack McGuire: EFD:I concur. Terrific voice, great performance.
	1:58pm Kat in Chicago: Although trying not to acquire additional physical media before I have to move it 750 miles at the end of April… maybe once that’s done haha
	1:59pm efd: ↳ Kat in Chicago @1:58 oh, whoa, I missed this news (if you mentioned it before) -- where are you off to?
	2:00pm efd: ↳ Kat in Chicago @1:58 also, this is a pretty compact box set :)
	2:06pm efd: check out Raymond's current band The Everlasting Yeah on Bandcamp later: theeverlastingyeah1.bandcamp.com... It's the last lineup of TPE except for Steve.
	2:07pm Kat in Chicago: @efd Philly! Might see you at a NYC show sometime. Definitely the next Record Fair.
	2:07pm Susan See: It’s so good to hear all of these songs again! So many natural hits. I remember them all!
	2:09pm Alvy Singer: @efd--These guys have infectious personalities. :)
	2:09pm efd: ↳ Kat in Chicago @2:07 oh cool! You might see us at a Philly show too, it's sometimes easier for us to go there than parts of Brooklyn and Queens.
	2:09pm efd: ↳ Alvy Singer @2:09 It's true! You can see why it's such a lengthy interview!
	2:10pm efd: @Figgsrock Here you go...
	2:10pm efd: ↳ Susan See @2:07 Glad you're enjoying it Susan!
	2:10pm Alvy Singer: ↳ efd @2:09 Exactly. I would love to go record shopping with them.
	2:11pm Figgsrock: OMG--now I need to find them covering the Commodores.
	2:14pm Figgsrock: ↳ efd @2:10 Thank you! And if only this link still worked: www.clashcity.com...
	2:14pm Jack McGuire: ↳ Kat in Chicago @2:07 Kat, Welcome to our fair city in advance. Go Birds!
	2:14pm herb.nyc: Great interview. Informative. Funny. Gossipy. Wait, pere ubu Tenement record is twin tone? (Sorry, I’m reading beautiful article about Robert Forster and go-betweens, Australian website. Multi tasking)
	2:14pm Kat in Chicago: @efd cool! I just bought a ticket for Le Tigre in Philly:)
	2:15pm Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "non-alignment pact" by "that petrol emotion" I remember the brief but undeniable Terminal Tower Pere Ubu revival -- Julian Cope also covered this one around the same time.
	2:15pm Kat in Chicago: Excellent cover here
	2:17pm Figgsrock: ↳ Song: "me and baby brother" by "that petrol emotion" When I first heard this on the box set I said out loud to myself, "I've made a very wise investment."
	2:24pm efd: (you'll hear that live version of "Sweet Shiver Burn" in a little while)
	2:27pm SamTheRam: Appreciate the wide scope of topics covered so far in the interview. Thank You Evan
	2:28pm efd: ↳ SamTheRam @2:27 thanks Sam!
	2:29pm Hugo (NL): 15 dates in the Netherlands are you kidding me?! Sneek?! Wow. I got to know them after that i guess. Incredible
	2:29pm Kat in Chicago: @Jack McGuire Thank you so much!
	2:30pm efd: ↳ Hugo (NL) @2:29 you could have been one of those nice people in that gymnasium!
	2:35pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "chat with efd, part 6" by "steve mack and raymond... He's talking about TPE so much in terms of disappointment with not having hits, and wiring snot what people (like The Music Press) think about that. That seems like such a UK way of thinking about being in a band. F--- what people think, if you have a way to play together and make music. And I would say, if you guys live close enough to play together once in a while, go ahead and get together and do it now. ~[signed, A Guy Who Still Makes Music Without Being Able to Make Money Doing It]
	2:35pm Andres: I gotta go but it has been an incredibly open and honest conversation with the Petrols. Thanks for the interview and look back at their music, efd!
	2:35pm McGroovey: Great interview, EFD.
	2:36pm Figgsrock: This was a great interview EFD. I loved how open they were about everything.
	2:36pm prof.fuzz: another great conversation. thanks efd!
	2:37pm McGroovey: ↳ McGroovey @2:35 'wiring snot' was supposed to be "worrying about" But, thinking about it, wiring snot is a great song title.
	2:37pm efd: ↳ McGroovey @2:35 as noted above, the four members who live in London are in fact still doing it as The Everlasting Yeah: theeverlastingyeah1.bandcamp.com...
	2:37pm Alvy Singer: Excellent interview EFD. That one is going to be hard to top. Thank you.
	2:37pm McGroovey: ↳ efd @2:37 I missed that detail. Cool!
	2:37pm Yvang: Great interview of a great band!
	2:38pm Kenny rotten: Thanks for that. TPE were a great band!
	2:38pm efd: ↳ McGroovey @2:37 and of course Steve is still doing it in Stag: themightystag.bandcamp.com
	2:39pm Figgsrock: ↳ efd @2:37 Adding that to my Bandcamp Friday list!
	2:39pm Hugo (NL): Haha well i should have! Tnx for this show Evan
	2:40pm McGroovey: ↳ Figgsrock @2:39 Ditto
	2:40pm Kat in Chicago: Super show, Evan!
	2:41pm Hugo (NL): There was some gymnasium in the middle of nowhere in Friesland where Metallica played, very early in their carreer. For about the same amount of people i think. Could that have been the same place?
	2:43pm efd: Appreciate all the kind comments, thanks everyone! One reason I treasure the opportunity to do a show on WFMU every week is that I can do shows like these about a band I love that maybe not enough people know about or appreciate.
	2:44pm Handy Haversack: had to dip out for a meeting at 2 -- too hard to process two conversations at once! But thanks for the interview, efd! And the tunes! Great stuff.
	2:45pm efd: a typo I just made while entering the next track prompted me to wonder if there's ever been a TPE tribute band called This Petrol Emotion...?
	2:45pm McGroovey: ↳ efd @2:43 Yeah, I'm going to try to dig into the TPE catalog. I can't afford the box set now, though that would be the ideal way to do it, obviously!
	2:46pm McGroovey: ↳ efd @2:45 I'd try out for that band!
	2:46pm Carmichael: ↳ efd @2:43 Hopefully the Petrol diaspora was tipped off to this. T'would be excellent free advertising for FMU!
	2:47pm Jack McGuire: Sweet Shiver Burn is another great TPE track.
	2:47pm Kat in Chicago: Beautiful song
	2:48pm efd: it continues to be ridiculous that Chemicrazy wasn't a massive album.
	2:49pm Susan See: @Figgsrock. I opened that link and got all excited - like Christmas morning - then saw what you meant. Megaupload is gone. Sad. Sad like the demise of what.CD.
	2:49pm Handy Haversack: ↳ efd @2:48 It certainly got some airplay on WRAS -- I figure that's how my cohort found about it.
	2:50pm Joe Belock: ↳ efd @2:45 or Chemicrazies
	2:50pm Figgsrock: ↳ Susan See @2:49 Yeah, such a bummer!
	2:50pm efd: ↳ Joe Belock @2:50 ha!
	2:51pm slocker: I never knew TPE could rock so aggressively.
	2:51pm efd: ↳ Joe Belock @2:50 Manic Pop Shills
	2:52pm salvo: hello i'm from italy
	2:52pm love2laf: Just me or levels going down and up, and channel cutting out for anyone else.
	2:53pm McGroovey: ↳ slocker @2:51 Yeah, I'm headbanging here myself!
	2:53pm efd: ↳ salvo @2:52 Welcome salvo!
	2:53pm efd: Not noticing that on my end
	2:54pm Jack McGuire: Great show EFD.
	2:54pm efd: ↳ slocker @2:51 They could do it all!
	2:54pm salvo: tank's efd
	2:54pm Handy Haversack: Thanks again, efd! Extremely tempting box set!
	2:54pm McGroovey: ↳ efd @2:51 This Petrol Commotion (So no one actually confuses it with the real TPE)
	2:54pm milknpie: ↳ Song: "scum surfin'" by "that petrol emotion" digging this one.
	2:55pm love2laf: Loved, loved, loved the show today. Thank you efd, and to Steve Mack and Raymond Gorman for being so open about everything they shared. Fabulous time today listening.
	2:56pm herb.nyc: ↳ McGroovey @2:54 That Petrol Emoticon. (I had to chk- Tenement on rough trade, as band said. Not twin tone, as I thought. Got confused bec westerberg was in pere ubu. Sorry
	2:56pm prof.fuzz: so. damn. good.
	2:57pm McGroovey: ↳ herb.nyc @2:56 This Petrol Emoticon That's it!
	2:58pm brycepunk1: This was a great show today. Really enjoyed listening. Thank you!!
	2:58pm pollypinocle: Fantastic show, Evan! Thank you!
	2:58pm McGroovey: ↳ McGroovey @2:57 This Petrol EmotiCON (With that capitalization)
	2:58pm Alvy Singer: Thank you Evan. Excellent show today.
	2:58pm herb.nyc: ↳ McGroovey @2:57 The The Petrol Emoticon (bk to Robert Forster, article in Sydney Morning Herald)
	2:59pm Joe B: thanks efd!
	2:59pm Yvang: Thank you Evan! Great job!
	3:00pm efd: thanks everyone!
	3:01pm DjLorraine: TYEFD
	4:10pm Jenn in the BX: ↳ Song: "groove check" by "that petrol emotion" I had completely forgotten about this song until right now and I remember all the words! Used to play this on my college radio show, a lot.
	10:05am clarke: archived and APPROVED!! wiring snot! had a lunch thang, missed this shew.
	11:58am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: How great is this seriously. ~ TY Always DJ efd ~

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from February 1, 2023

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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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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!

February 1, 2023: STEVE MACK and RAYMOND GORMAN of THAT PETROL EMOTION!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
RIP Tom Verlaine "RIP Tom Verlaine"
television	torn curtain "torn curtain" by "television"	marquee moon	elektra			0:03:14 (Pop-up)
television	ain't that nothin' "ain't that nothin'" by "television"	adventure	elektra	1978	Yes, I know Ken played this three hours ago. No, I don't care.	0:06:41 (Pop-up)
tom verlaine	postcard from waterloo	words from the front	warner bros.	1982		0:11:24 (Pop-up)


that petrol emotion	can't stop "can't stop" by "that petrol emotion"	every beginning has a future	edsel		originally on Manic Pop Thrill, 1986	0:19:02 (Pop-up)
A conversation with STEVE MACK and RAYMOND GORMAN of THAT PETROL EMOTION Check out the new seven CD box set Every Beginning Has A Future out now on Edsel/Demon.
raymond gorman and steve mack	chat with efd, part 1					0:21:53 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	keen "keen" by "that petrol emotion"	every beginning has a future	edsel		first single, released in July 1985	0:35:10 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	mouth crazy "mouth crazy" by "that petrol emotion"	every beginning has a future	edsel		originally on Manic Pop Thrill, 1986	0:38:34 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	zig zag wanderer	every beginning has a future	edsel		Captain Beefheart cover; included on the b-side of the 12" of "Keen," 1985	0:41:31 (Pop-up)
steve mack and raymond gorman	chat with efd, part 2					0:43:46 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	it's a good thing	every beginning has a future	edsel		originally on Manic Pop Thrill, 1986	0:58:03 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	big decision "big decision" by "that petrol emotion"	every beginning has a future	edsel		originally on Babble, 1987	1:00:49 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	genius move "genius move" by "that petrol emotion"	every beginning has a future	edsel		originally a non-LP single, 1987	1:03:20 (Pop-up)
raymond gorman and steve mack	chat with efd, part 3					1:07:55 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	swamp "swamp" by "that petrol emotion"	every beginning has a future	edsel		originally on Babble, 1987	1:21:36 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	candy love satellite	every beginning has a future	edsel		originally on End Of The Millennium Psychosis Blues, 1988	1:24:52 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	groove check "groove check" by "that petrol emotion"	every beginning has a future	edsel		originally on End Of The Millennium Psychosis Blues, 1988	1:27:18 (Pop-up)
steve mack and raymond gorman	chat with efd, part 4					1:32:02 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	hey venus "hey venus" by "that petrol emotion"	every beginning has a future	edsel		originally on Chemicrazy, 1990	1:42:42 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	abandon (boy's own mix)	every beginning has a future	edsel		Remix by Andrew Weatherall and Terry Farley. CD single, 1990 (original version is on Chemicrazy)	1:46:04 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	sensitize "sensitize" by "that petrol emotion"	every beginning has a future	edsel		originally on Chemicrazy, 1990	1:52:18 (Pop-up)
raymond gorman and steve mack	chat with efd, part 5					1:56:28 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	non-alignment pact	every beginning has a future	edsel		Pere Ubu cover; from the single "Natural Kind Of Joy," 1986	2:13:12 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	me and baby brother	every beginning has a future	edsel		War cover; from Live 33RPM EP, 1987	2:15:57 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	fun time "fun time" by "that petrol emotion"	every beginning has a future	edsel		Iggy Pop cover; from the "Catch A Fire" EP, 1993	2:19:04 (Pop-up)
steve mack and raymond gorman	chat with efd, part 6					2:21:44 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	detonate my dreams	every beginning has a future			originally on Fireproof, 1993	2:34:27 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	shangri-la "shangri-la" by "that petrol emotion"	every beginning has a future	edsel		originally on Fireproof, 1993	2:39:09 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	sweet shiver burn	every beginning has a future	edsel		originally on Final Flame (Fire, Detonation & Sublime Chaos) (recorded in 1994, first released in 2000)	2:43:21 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion	scum surfin' "scum surfin'" by "that petrol emotion"	every beginning has a future	edsel		originally on Final Flame (Fire, Detonation & Sublime Chaos) (recorded in 1994, first released in 2000)	2:48:36 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:04pm McGroovey: Well
	12:04pm prof.fuzz: greetings from the icy cold back side of dallas!
	12:04pm Bryant in TO: Hey, Evan and fellow Funksters
	12:04pm Kat in Chicago: Looking forward to your Verlaine selections, efd
	12:05pm pgalub: Hey efd and everyone! TV Forever!
	12:05pm Carmichael: There is a tear in the fabric of the curtain of the universe.
	12:05pm efd: ↳ Kat in Chicago @12:04 well they're going to be scant on account of all the That Petrol Emotion talk/music previously planned
	12:06pm Figgsrock: Hello all. I've spent the morning listening to the latest Dylan box to prep for today's box set interview.
	12:06pm Handy Haversack: efd! All the other letters!
	12:08pm Mister Dobalina: I wasn't up 3 hours ago, glad to hear now.
	12:08pm Glistener MW: R.I.P. T.V.!
	12:08pm Magenta: RIP Tom Verlaine. Loving this set. Hi everyone!
	12:08pm Kat in Chicago: No worries, looking forward to getting Petrol Emotional as well!
	12:08pm eileen_tooth: Hi
	12:09pm hilaryprudy: Verlaine's vocals to me are similar in tone to early Patti Smith...
	12:09pm eileen_tooth: EFD, I hear you like Poker Face. That show is good!
	12:10pm Rich in Washington: I have a soft spot for Adventure as it's the first Television album I ever owned. I found it when I was a teenager in a cut-out bin on 8-track. I didn't know what to make of it at the time but it grew on me.
	12:10pm listener james from westwood: Afternoon, efd and all!
	12:10pm efd: ↳ eileen_tooth @12:09 I've only watched the first episode so far but I'm on board!
	12:10pm listener james from westwood: ↳ hilaryprudy @12:09 Seconded!
	12:12pm Ochre Ogre: Hi Evan!
	12:12pm eileen_tooth: ↳ efd @12:10 Well you gotta watch the other episodes cuz they’re even better than the first!
	12:13pm eileen_tooth: ↳ efd @12:10 And an episode has the singer from the mountain goats in it!
	12:13pm Ochre Ogre: ↳ hilaryprudy @12:09 Tom and Patti were pals early on.
	12:14pm courtneynoir: It's good to hear all the solo Verlaine going around lately
	12:14pm efd: ↳ eileen_tooth @12:13 I heard about that! And John Hodgman! I'll get to them.
	12:14pm SeaCreature: While I’ve loved the endless live material we’ve been treated to in recent days, I do prefer a locked in, well constructed record.
	12:15pm clearfluidz666: EFD… Enjoying the Tom Verlaine tribute. Eons ago, I had the pleasure of recording/mixing the four song demo that got TV it’s record deal. Produced by Blue Oyster Cult’s Alan Lanier, the demo tunes were Torn Curtain, Guiding Light, I Don’t Care and Mi Amore… Craig Bishop
	12:16pm hilaryprudy: ogre: yep...
	12:16pm KWilde: As a teen I saw Television open for Peter Gabriel in Houston. Had never heard of them. Immediately became a fan
	12:16pm Karl Ward: TV forever, the right kind of TV
	12:16pm eileen_tooth: ↳ efd @12:14 🙌🏻🥰
	12:17pm Frank In Queens: Hey efd!
	12:19pm prof.fuzz: mmmm... snacks!
	12:19pm Kat in Chicago: I could hear Ain’t That Nothin on every show for the rest of the week and I’d be fine with that
	12:19pm Ochre Ogre: efd- 'Ain't nothin' to play it again, it's Freeform!
	12:19pm Cletus: A slight pause in the Verlaine state funeral lol
	12:20pm prof.fuzz: yo karl!
	12:20pm Kat in Chicago: Definitely has been an outpouring of WFMU love at his passing
	12:20pm Hugo (NL): Saw my petriol emotion playing atp in 2009. That was a Great show!
	12:21pm winston legthigh: hey efd, lizners.
	12:22pm Hoboken Jack: Hello EFD, McGroove, Prof, PEEEETE, Handy, That Petrol Bagpipe, Karl, Frank, all! Without That Petrol Emotion, there would be no... The Bedazzler!
	12:22pm Carmichael: Morph & Niall should be here!
	12:23pm Kat in Chicago: Haha Hoboken Jack!
	12:24pm Handy Haversack: Afternoon, Jack! We are all -- the Bedazzler!
	12:25pm Cletus: @Kat, Verlaine is hard to underestimate for people in this demimonde
	12:27pm Yvang: Hi Efd and Efders! That Petrol Emotion such a fan I am.
	12:27pm efd: My mind is still a little bit blown by the fact that the singer for Stag was the singer for That Petrol Emotion.
	12:27pm efd: oh, and let me officially say Welcome to Wednesday afternoon, everyone! Very happy you're here for today's show!
	12:27pm Figgsrock: ↳ efd @12:27 It is amazing.
	12:28pm Carmichael: Seems Raymond is from the North?
	12:28pm Jack McGuire: Steller Gary Panter artwork on Chemicrazy cover.
	12:29pm efd: ↳ Carmichael @12:28 The band minus Steve is originally from Derry, Northern Ireland, but they've been living in London for decades now (again, minus Steve)
	12:29pm Carmichael: ↳ Carmichael @12:28 I recognize the accent.
	12:30pm Chris Hiatt: A subsidiary of, a subsidiary of, a subsidiary of...
	12:33pm Jack McGuire: Stellar.
	12:37pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Song: "keen" by "that petrol emotion" now that he mentioned it, i can totally hear steve wynn in this tune.
	12:37pm efd: ↳ prof.fuzz @12:37 haha, I was literally just typing that exact thing!
	12:38pm prof.fuzz: ↳ efd @12:37 great minds...
	12:38pm efd: ↳ prof.fuzz @12:38 ... and also ours!
	12:39pm pgalub: Is this Steve Mack on vox? Interesting.
	12:39pm prof.fuzz: ↳ efd @12:38 absolute truth!
	12:40pm morphe': Are TPE touring? Or re-releasing stuff?
	12:40pm Carmichael: ↳ morphe' @12:40 New box set. morphe'!
	12:42pm morphe': ↳ Carmichael @12:40 Thanks .. just saw it under my nose...
	12:42pm Rich in Washington: ↳ Song: "zig zag wanderer" by "that petrol emotion" Wowee zowee! What a stellar cover!
	12:43pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Song: "zig zag wanderer" by "that petrol emotion" !
	12:43pm pgalub: Their influences are so interesting.
	12:44pm Figgsrock: I can say that the width and breath of covers on this set is stunning.
	12:44pm efd: ↳ pgalub @12:43 yeah, it was fascinating to check out the different covers on this box. We get into that more later on.
	12:45pm McGroovey: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:43 This is great, huh? I remember when the first That Petrol Emotion album came out, I listened to it once and didn't like it, and I never paid attention to them again. But now I live the sound of all this. 35 years later.
	12:45pm nycmusicnerd: Greetings fellow nerds. Send me prayers and good vibes as I am in tax hell at the moment
	12:46pm efd: ↳ nycmusicnerd @12:45 ohhh nooo, @nycmn! Sending you strength for the next two months and 15 days!
	12:46pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ efd @12:46 Thanks efd
	12:50pm efd: I need to follow up with Steve and ask if he was DJing with cassettes ?!?!
	12:51pm efd: ↳ efd @12:50 I was going to ask him when he told that story but didn't want to interrupt the flow
	12:51pm nycmusicnerd: That's a great story.
	12:53pm efd: Steve shared the amazing story of finding his biological father on my show a few years ago, for later listening: wfmu.org...
	12:53pm Steve from TPE/Stag: The cassettes were mostly mix tapes, synthesizing my entire record collection (and all my friends'), so they were DJ-friendly. ;)
	12:54pm efd: ↳ Steve from TPE/Stag @12:53 a-HA!! hi Steve!
	12:55pm Figgsrock: Welcome Steve!
	1:00pm morphe': must away ... thanks efd and all !!!
	1:01pm Jack McGuire: Undeniable groove on Good Thing.
	1:01pm Figgsrock: OH DAMN--nailing that post EFD!
	1:02pm Hughie Considine: I have to say that I love their killer pop confections more than the bashers.
	1:02pm efd: ↳ Figgsrock @1:01 /bows
	1:03pm efd: ↳ Hughie Considine @1:02 There's so much to love across the board! I couldn't even play all the songs I wanted to during this interview.
	1:04pm Danny in Poughkeepsie: Thanks efd for bringing TPE to us today!!!
	1:05pm efd: ↳ Danny in Poughkeepsie @1:04 oh it is 100% my pleasure!
	1:05pm Kenny rotten: Genius Move! Wow I love these guys. Thanks Petrol!
	1:05pm Hughie Considine: ↳ efd @1:03 Indeed there is. I was mad for them and saw them play a few times in NYC. Loving the interview!
	1:06pm Borg9: I saw TPE at Glastonbury in '87. Pyramid. This is bringing it all back.
	1:06pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "genius move" by "that petrol emotion" Now I remember what I didn't like about the first TPE album: those '80s gated-reverb drums (Not your fault, Steve. I know, it was the '80s.)
	1:06pm Figgsrock: ↳ Song: "genius move" by "that petrol emotion" This was one of the songs I didn't know until this set. What a gem.
	1:07pm Steve from TPE: ↳ McGroovey @1:06 Nope, you're right McGroovey - the albums don't start sounding good until Chemicrazy.
	1:08pm McGroovey: ↳ McGroovey @1:06 Actually, it wasn't "those" drums; it was "the" drum: the snare. It have me a HEADACHE! I'm getting one NOW! I love the song, though.
	1:09pm McGroovey: ↳ McGroovey @1:08 *gave
	1:11pm slocker: This is such a great conversation! xo Really enjoying it.
	1:11pm efd: ↳ slocker @1:11 <3 <3 <3
	1:14pm Hughie Considine: Sooo many bands should have taken a break rather than split.
	1:14pm Kat in Chicago: These guys definitely deserved more attention and appreciation than they got. These tracks have held up really well.
	1:15pm efd: I'm calling the NME right now. I can see the headline: "Mack's 'Big Decision': I don't like it!"
	1:17pm Handy Haversack: I think I had only one TPE album in HS, which I think I bought after hearing them on the I'm Your Fan Leonard Cohen tribute album. Did not survive the dark years, though.
	1:18pm Desko2000: I think there was some sort of perception of "sincerity" or maybe just a "not as flippant" vibe about TPE that the Poppies etc had that seemed a bit more in tune with the UK music press etc.
	1:23pm efd: ↳ Desko2000 @1:18 Steve's comments at the end of that segment are kind of along those same lines... they weren't playing the same games as other bands that were getting more press.
	1:26pm Figgsrock: I know this is off topic of (sort of) but EFD, any news on the Stag front out of this interview? Or if Steve is still lurking and he can share...?
	1:26pm love2laf: Must take a moment to say, that as always, efd interviews are so very good. Love how you really listen to the answers to your questions. Much better than those who can't wait to jump in with the next question on their list. Loving the music as well. Both are so good, I'd rather by listening than chatting. Thank you all for this very special event.
	1:27pm Handy Haversack: Oh, extremely off-topic, but will we see you at Union Pool on 3/17, efd? It takes a lot to get me to go out on St. Patrick's Day, but Eyelids will do it!
	1:27pm efd: ↳ Figgsrock @1:26 We didn't discuss anything Stag-related, but maybe Steve will have something to say?
	1:28pm Steve from TPE: ↳ efd @1:23 TBH, TPE just weren't into "playing the game" with the press, which everyone else was more than willing to play.
	1:28pm efd: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:27 I'm planning on it, unless something marathon-related interferes with that plan. (and ditto about going out on St. Patrick's Day.)
	1:29pm Steve from TPE: ↳ efd @1:27 Stag are currently woodshedding new material - new single out later this year to coincide with our annual Summer Stag Party!
	1:29pm Handy Haversack: ↳ efd @1:28 Fantastic! I'd been chomping at the bit waiting for those tix to go on sale.
	1:29pm efd: ↳ love2laf @1:26 Thanks so much for those comments, @love2laf. I really try to make these more like conversations than "interviews," I'm glad that comes through.
	1:29pm efd: ↳ Steve from TPE @1:29 Wooo!
	1:30pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:29 Let us hope the tickets don't require a phone app.
	1:30pm Figgsrock: ↳ Song: "groove check" by "that petrol emotion" This was the first TPE song I ever heard. We had it in heavy for a long time at my college station.
	1:31pm prof.fuzz: i'm still feeling the steve wynn love with the album title (end of the millennium psychosis blues)...
	1:31pm Figgsrock: ↳ efd @1:29 I second EFD's woo! Looking forward to it Steve.
	1:31pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @1:30 Union Pool is keeping it real -- so far!
	1:31pm McGroovey: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:27 Yeah, I never do St Patrick's Day. I heard my Irish(-American) father and grandfather say, separately, more than once, "those f*ing idiots! Going out and drinking green beer and getting drunk and puking in the street don't make you fing Irish! I'm staying home and listening to the f**ing radio!"
	1:31pm Alan in Marblehead: Flashbacks to WLIR
	1:32pm Carmichael: ↳ McGroovey @1:31 Patty's Day is for rookies and noobs.
	1:32pm McGroovey: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:31 And I'll be at Union Pool. I never miss Eyelids.
	1:33pm efd: ↳ Alan in Marblehead @1:31 I see you've updated your screen name to be more location-specific!
	1:33pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:31 (Actually, it uses Dice, which is app based but also sends a list to the venue, and they can just check you off against the list. What's hilarious is watching people struggle to find the Dice app on their phones and then the bardcode reader struggle to read it while K8 and I breeze past with just giving our names and seeing them checked off.)
	1:33pm Steve from TPE: Groovecheck was sampled by the Ultramagnetic MCs. One of my proudest moments.
	1:33pm Handy Haversack: ↳ McGroovey @1:32 Excellent, McGroove!
	1:34pm efd: ↳ Steve from TPE @1:33 that's a feather in your cap for sure!
	1:34pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:33 Oh, cool. No facial recognition cameras required!
	1:35pm Alan in Marblehead: ↳ efd @1:33 Yessir! A lovely town if you ever make it up this way.
	1:36pm efd: ↳ Alan in Marblehead @1:35 I've been there, but not in decades. There used to be a chocolate shop there that my family would visit around the holidays, probably around the time that That Petrol Emotion were playing!
	1:40pm Carmichael: I fly the Tricolour every Easter. My neighbors haven't a clue.
	1:41pm Alan in Marblehead: ↳ efd @1:36 Happy to say Stowaway Sweets is still there. And importantly - so is the Riptide - best dive bar on the North Shore.
	1:44pm Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "hey venus" by "that petrol emotion" This one is top-notch.
	1:44pm Barney Grubbs: my folks took us to visit my mom's cousins in Glenullin in farm country east of Derry in 1975. Not a lot of memories because I was only 3, but there was a wedding for a cousin who had just been released from Long Kesh & apparently we had a rifle pointed in the car window by a 17-year old solder. I supposedly said "Why is he pointing a gun at us?" and my dear old Aunt Kathleen said, "All the better to shoot you with my dear." Heady times.
	1:44pm Kat in Chicago: Ooh I forgot how good this is
	1:44pm Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "hey venus" by "that petrol emotion" This is great. Getting a little bit of a Squeeze vibe here, though maybe a bit more of an edge.
	1:45pm Matt: This song is pretty cool, doing my homework isn’t as bad with these tunes lol
	1:45pm Figgsrock: ↳ Song: "hey venus" by "that petrol emotion" I was doing a.m. drive two days a week when this song came out, and playing it during the 6a.m. hour was better than any caffeine!
	1:46pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "hey venus" by "that petrol emotion" I love the sound of this one No bad snare; great garagey guitar sound! And if course a great song. I have to check out this album.
	1:49pm Carmichael: I'm from Wexford, but I have cousins in Belfast. Some funny stories out of visiting them ...
	1:49pm efd: ↳ Song: "abandon (boy's own mix)" by "that petrol emotion" This remix is also representing all of the other great remixes on the box set that I wasn't able to fit in today!
	1:50pm love2laf: Imagine growing up in that way and being told you are too political when you want to talk about it. Mind-boggling. Go start something controversial like slagging the Beatles instead. Yikes.
	1:53pm Handy Haversack: ↳ love2laf @1:50 We don't have to imagine it. We see it every day right here in the states, where a minority is kept under siege by a heavily armed occupying force and dismissed as "angry" or "political" if they want to draw attention to it. Memphis. Los Angeles. New York. Minneapolis. Everywhere.
	1:54pm Jack McGuire: Sensitize is the greatest.
	1:54pm Handy Haversack: I am thinking Chemicrazy was the album I had as these tracks sound most familiar.
	1:55pm efd: ↳ Jack McGuire @1:54 Some of Steve's finest singing, imho
	1:56pm Carmichael: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:53 We haven't got to the point where the army is patrolling the street and there are checkpoints every 1000 yards or so.
	1:56pm Kat in Chicago: I am in serious danger of purchasing this box set
	1:57pm Handy Haversack: True. But: You should see some of the neighborhoods here, Carmichael! It's not far off.
	1:58pm love2laf: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:53 I try to have hope that there are people who are listening now. Like here and now. I hope for those of us who listen and hear.
	1:58pm Matt: ↳ Kat in Chicago @1:56 Physical stuff is so cool. Love collecting magazines and CDs and all that stuff. Resisting the urge to buy some stuff is hard lol
	1:58pm efd: ↳ Kat in Chicago @1:56 dooo eeeet!
	1:58pm Jack McGuire: EFD:I concur. Terrific voice, great performance.
	1:58pm Kat in Chicago: Although trying not to acquire additional physical media before I have to move it 750 miles at the end of April… maybe once that’s done haha
	1:59pm efd: ↳ Kat in Chicago @1:58 oh, whoa, I missed this news (if you mentioned it before) -- where are you off to?
	2:00pm efd: ↳ Kat in Chicago @1:58 also, this is a pretty compact box set :)
	2:06pm efd: check out Raymond's current band The Everlasting Yeah on Bandcamp later: theeverlastingyeah1.bandcamp.com... It's the last lineup of TPE except for Steve.
	2:07pm Kat in Chicago: @efd Philly! Might see you at a NYC show sometime. Definitely the next Record Fair.
	2:07pm Susan See: It’s so good to hear all of these songs again! So many natural hits. I remember them all!
	2:09pm Alvy Singer: @efd--These guys have infectious personalities. :)
	2:09pm efd: ↳ Kat in Chicago @2:07 oh cool! You might see us at a Philly show too, it's sometimes easier for us to go there than parts of Brooklyn and Queens.
	2:09pm efd: ↳ Alvy Singer @2:09 It's true! You can see why it's such a lengthy interview!
	2:10pm efd: @Figgsrock Here you go...
	2:10pm efd: ↳ Susan See @2:07 Glad you're enjoying it Susan!
	2:10pm Alvy Singer: ↳ efd @2:09 Exactly. I would love to go record shopping with them.
	2:11pm Figgsrock: OMG--now I need to find them covering the Commodores.
	2:14pm Figgsrock: ↳ efd @2:10 Thank you! And if only this link still worked: www.clashcity.com...
	2:14pm Jack McGuire: ↳ Kat in Chicago @2:07 Kat, Welcome to our fair city in advance. Go Birds!
	2:14pm herb.nyc: Great interview. Informative. Funny. Gossipy. Wait, pere ubu Tenement record is twin tone? (Sorry, I’m reading beautiful article about Robert Forster and go-betweens, Australian website. Multi tasking)
	2:14pm Kat in Chicago: @efd cool! I just bought a ticket for Le Tigre in Philly:)
	2:15pm Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "non-alignment pact" by "that petrol emotion" I remember the brief but undeniable Terminal Tower Pere Ubu revival -- Julian Cope also covered this one around the same time.
	2:15pm Kat in Chicago: Excellent cover here
	2:17pm Figgsrock: ↳ Song: "me and baby brother" by "that petrol emotion" When I first heard this on the box set I said out loud to myself, "I've made a very wise investment."
	2:24pm efd: (you'll hear that live version of "Sweet Shiver Burn" in a little while)
	2:27pm SamTheRam: Appreciate the wide scope of topics covered so far in the interview. Thank You Evan
	2:28pm efd: ↳ SamTheRam @2:27 thanks Sam!
	2:29pm Hugo (NL): 15 dates in the Netherlands are you kidding me?! Sneek?! Wow. I got to know them after that i guess. Incredible
	2:29pm Kat in Chicago: @Jack McGuire Thank you so much!
	2:30pm efd: ↳ Hugo (NL) @2:29 you could have been one of those nice people in that gymnasium!
	2:35pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "chat with efd, part 6" by "steve mack and raymond... He's talking about TPE so much in terms of disappointment with not having hits, and wiring snot what people (like The Music Press) think about that. That seems like such a UK way of thinking about being in a band. F--- what people think, if you have a way to play together and make music. And I would say, if you guys live close enough to play together once in a while, go ahead and get together and do it now. ~[signed, A Guy Who Still Makes Music Without Being Able to Make Money Doing It]
	2:35pm Andres: I gotta go but it has been an incredibly open and honest conversation with the Petrols. Thanks for the interview and look back at their music, efd!
	2:35pm McGroovey: Great interview, EFD.
	2:36pm Figgsrock: This was a great interview EFD. I loved how open they were about everything.
	2:36pm prof.fuzz: another great conversation. thanks efd!
	2:37pm McGroovey: ↳ McGroovey @2:35 'wiring snot' was supposed to be "worrying about" But, thinking about it, wiring snot is a great song title.
	2:37pm efd: ↳ McGroovey @2:35 as noted above, the four members who live in London are in fact still doing it as The Everlasting Yeah: theeverlastingyeah1.bandcamp.com...
	2:37pm Alvy Singer: Excellent interview EFD. That one is going to be hard to top. Thank you.
	2:37pm McGroovey: ↳ efd @2:37 I missed that detail. Cool!
	2:37pm Yvang: Great interview of a great band!
	2:38pm Kenny rotten: Thanks for that. TPE were a great band!
	2:38pm efd: ↳ McGroovey @2:37 and of course Steve is still doing it in Stag: themightystag.bandcamp.com
	2:39pm Figgsrock: ↳ efd @2:37 Adding that to my Bandcamp Friday list!
	2:39pm Hugo (NL): Haha well i should have! Tnx for this show Evan
	2:40pm McGroovey: ↳ Figgsrock @2:39 Ditto
	2:40pm Kat in Chicago: Super show, Evan!
	2:41pm Hugo (NL): There was some gymnasium in the middle of nowhere in Friesland where Metallica played, very early in their carreer. For about the same amount of people i think. Could that have been the same place?
	2:43pm efd: Appreciate all the kind comments, thanks everyone! One reason I treasure the opportunity to do a show on WFMU every week is that I can do shows like these about a band I love that maybe not enough people know about or appreciate.
	2:44pm Handy Haversack: had to dip out for a meeting at 2 -- too hard to process two conversations at once! But thanks for the interview, efd! And the tunes! Great stuff.
	2:45pm efd: a typo I just made while entering the next track prompted me to wonder if there's ever been a TPE tribute band called This Petrol Emotion...?
	2:45pm McGroovey: ↳ efd @2:43 Yeah, I'm going to try to dig into the TPE catalog. I can't afford the box set now, though that would be the ideal way to do it, obviously!
	2:46pm McGroovey: ↳ efd @2:45 I'd try out for that band!
	2:46pm Carmichael: ↳ efd @2:43 Hopefully the Petrol diaspora was tipped off to this. T'would be excellent free advertising for FMU!
	2:47pm Jack McGuire: Sweet Shiver Burn is another great TPE track.
	2:47pm Kat in Chicago: Beautiful song
	2:48pm efd: it continues to be ridiculous that Chemicrazy wasn't a massive album.
	2:49pm Susan See: @Figgsrock. I opened that link and got all excited - like Christmas morning - then saw what you meant. Megaupload is gone. Sad. Sad like the demise of what.CD.
	2:49pm Handy Haversack: ↳ efd @2:48 It certainly got some airplay on WRAS -- I figure that's how my cohort found about it.
	2:50pm Joe Belock: ↳ efd @2:45 or Chemicrazies
	2:50pm Figgsrock: ↳ Susan See @2:49 Yeah, such a bummer!
	2:50pm efd: ↳ Joe Belock @2:50 ha!
	2:51pm slocker: I never knew TPE could rock so aggressively.
	2:51pm efd: ↳ Joe Belock @2:50 Manic Pop Shills
	2:52pm salvo: hello i'm from italy
	2:52pm love2laf: Just me or levels going down and up, and channel cutting out for anyone else.
	2:53pm McGroovey: ↳ slocker @2:51 Yeah, I'm headbanging here myself!
	2:53pm efd: ↳ salvo @2:52 Welcome salvo!
	2:53pm efd: Not noticing that on my end
	2:54pm Jack McGuire: Great show EFD.
	2:54pm efd: ↳ slocker @2:51 They could do it all!
	2:54pm salvo: tank's efd
	2:54pm Handy Haversack: Thanks again, efd! Extremely tempting box set!
	2:54pm McGroovey: ↳ efd @2:51 This Petrol Commotion (So no one actually confuses it with the real TPE)
	2:54pm milknpie: ↳ Song: "scum surfin'" by "that petrol emotion" digging this one.
	2:55pm love2laf: Loved, loved, loved the show today. Thank you efd, and to Steve Mack and Raymond Gorman for being so open about everything they shared. Fabulous time today listening.
	2:56pm herb.nyc: ↳ McGroovey @2:54 That Petrol Emoticon. (I had to chk- Tenement on rough trade, as band said. Not twin tone, as I thought. Got confused bec westerberg was in pere ubu. Sorry
	2:56pm prof.fuzz: so. damn. good.
	2:57pm McGroovey: ↳ herb.nyc @2:56 This Petrol Emoticon That's it!
	2:58pm brycepunk1: This was a great show today. Really enjoyed listening. Thank you!!
	2:58pm pollypinocle: Fantastic show, Evan! Thank you!
	2:58pm McGroovey: ↳ McGroovey @2:57 This Petrol EmotiCON (With that capitalization)
	2:58pm Alvy Singer: Thank you Evan. Excellent show today.
	2:58pm herb.nyc: ↳ McGroovey @2:57 The The Petrol Emoticon (bk to Robert Forster, article in Sydney Morning Herald)
	2:59pm Joe B: thanks efd!
	2:59pm Yvang: Thank you Evan! Great job!
	3:00pm efd: thanks everyone!
	3:01pm DjLorraine: TYEFD
	4:10pm Jenn in the BX: ↳ Song: "groove check" by "that petrol emotion" I had completely forgotten about this song until right now and I remember all the words! Used to play this on my college radio show, a lot.
	10:05am clarke: archived and APPROVED!! wiring snot! had a lunch thang, missed this shew.
	11:58am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: How great is this seriously. ~ TY Always DJ efd ~

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