WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from August 28, 2024

Listener comments!
	12:00pm bradford: Hey there efd & all!
	12:00pm full metal monkey: Hello WFMU’ers
	12:00pm clarke: dynOmite!!!!
	12:01pm Cheryl The Nerd: Greetings fellow nerds...
	12:01pm Figgsrock: Hello EFD and all.
	12:01pm clarke: is snake home? can he come out to play?
	12:01pm Spikey BXL: Hello efd! Let's ave it, music is my 2nd fave 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 export product.
	12:02pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ Song: "bad bad boy" by "nazareth" I could be hallucinating...but this sounds like Quiet Riot's "Bang Your Head" was borrowed from this.
	12:02pm clarke: hear-lucinaing??
	12:03pm clarke: -t
	12:03pm Black Cat: Dan McCafferty for life.
	12:03pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ clarke @12:02 Something like that.
	12:03pm tim: ↳ Song: "bad bad boy" by "nazareth" Hey efd! Perfect joyriding music here in my Camaro Iroc-Z!
	12:03pm tim: Hey everyone!
	12:03pm clarke: ↳ tim @12:03 flol!
	12:04pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ tim @12:03 As long as you're not joyriding in the FuZZZmobile.
	12:04pm LesleyK: Hi EFD, excited about the Scottish music. One of my favorite countries.
	12:04pm clarke: that thang pops wheelies!!
	12:05pm tim: ↳ Cheryl The Nerd @12:04 How'd you know? Er, uh, I mean, yes Cheryl as long as I'm not joyriding in the FuZZZmobile. (phew...almost got busted there!)
	12:06pm efd: hey everyone! Thanks for tuning in today... the Grant McPhee interview will start in a little less than an hour; please enjoy some other Scottish music for a bit in the meantime!
	12:06pm chris_in_space: Stoked for this show! @efd's author interviews are legendary! Hi everyone!
	12:06pm clarke: ↳ tim @12:05 FuZZZ will never know...
	12:07pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ tim @12:05 Wanna take a wild guess how we knew, taco breath?
	12:07pm Ken From Hyde Park: Songs from North Kilttown up soon!
	12:08pm clarke: k-k-k-ken
	12:08pm common: efd. everyone.
	12:08pm tim: ↳ Cheryl The Nerd @12:07 Damn! It's always a dead giveaway.
	12:09pm Eddy in Australia: Hanging out for the interview with Grant McPhee. Hope I can stay awake long enough. (That’s a reference to the time difference, not a reflection on the DJ!)
	12:09pm tim: ↳ Song: "what is there to smile about" by "close lobsters" Until 2 seconds ago, I thought Close Lobsters were a Boston band.
	12:09pm clarke: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:09 whoah son!! how the hell ere ye??
	12:09pm Eddy in Australia: Clarke!
	12:10pm Michael C St Lou: 😭engledink still has me crying, all day probs
	12:10pm clarke: how ya doin???!!??
	12:10pm tim: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:09 Is it around midnight in OZ, Eddy?
	12:10pm Eddy in Australia: Better, thanks.
	12:11pm clarke: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:10 good mate!! dimmies!!
	12:11pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ tim @12:10 I wish! It’s 2:00am.
	12:11pm efd: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:11 whoa! Thanks for listening live!
	12:12pm clarke: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:11 that's what time i usually wake up!!
	12:12pm katie: I've been so excited for this show but now a damn back to school meeting has been called. Thanks Evan and I'll be listening on the archive ASAP!!!!
	12:12pm clarke: (lately)
	12:12pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ clarke @12:12 I was beginning to think you never sleep!
	12:13pm clarke: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:12 me, too!
	12:14pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, clarke!
	12:14pm clarke: Hoodoo's playing here on saturday!
	12:14pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ efd @12:11 As I mentioned in separate correspondence, big fan of GM and Scottish post-punk. I only wish the interview started earlier!
	12:15pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ clarke @12:14 Ooh, that’ll be good. You going? Venue?
	12:16pm clarke: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:15 it's at house of blues; therefore, if either dave or brad puts me on the list, i'll go.
	12:18pm Michael C St Lou: ↳ Song: "dead pop stars" by "altered images" ❤
	12:18pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ Song: "dead pop stars" by "altered images" Clare, my teenage crush. Still a doll, actually.
	12:18pm clarke: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:18 yer still a teenager!
	12:19pm Brian C.: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:18 I think she was everyone's crush!
	12:19pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Song: "dead pop stars" by "altered images" hey, efd & the funky bunch. wow, this altered images 7" sounds great this afternoon.
	12:19pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ Brian C. @12:19 Touché!
	12:19pm Gregosaurus: ↳ Song: "dead pop stars" by "altered images" And I thought all they did was Happy Birthday.
	12:20pm efd: ↳ Gregosaurus @12:19 oh you are missing out!
	12:21pm clarke: great set, mate!
	12:21pm HesperusWrecked: ↳ Song: "dead pop stars" by "altered images" I think they were so much better when they left the Siouxsie influence behind and embraced the pop.
	12:22pm Gregosaurus: ↳ efd @12:20 I guess!
	12:22pm clarke: practically a Single File going on, here...
	12:22pm zachary: Hello Evan! At first, I didn't believe this was you, Evan. Great opening to the show. Hello listeners.
	12:23pm efd: ↳ zachary @12:22 who else would it be?!
	12:23pm clarke: believe.
	12:23pm 20oz pint: Guess the next tune.... BMX bandits ?
	12:23pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ Gregosaurus @12:19 @EFD Digging deep with the Delmontes! Impressive.
	12:24pm clarke: ↳ efd @12:23 could be Ira... but he's in.. scotland!!
	12:25pm efd: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:23 I had to choose from my TWO Delmontes singles!
	12:25pm clarke: favorite child.
	12:25pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ efd @12:25 Nice! I only have one.
	12:25pm Van: Howdy EFD and gang!
	12:26pm zachary: ↳ efd @12:23 A fill-in! I was thinking to myself, "Who's in for Evan Funk Davies today." Turns out it was you this whole time!
	12:27pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Song: "after dark" by "flowers" YES!
	12:27pm Ajay / Krommenie (NL): Scotland rules!!! Flowers rule!!!
	12:28pm tim: ↳ Song: "after dark" by "flowers" Wow! I always passed over the Mutant Pop coomp because I have a lot of it on other records. I really like the Flowers song.
	12:28pm love2laf: Looking forward to the conversation with Grant McPhee, efd you always listen so well and never step on the answers to interrupt, best interviewer / conversationalist. Loving all the Scottish music, even though CanCon may be absent from the show today, cause we're polite that way <3
	12:29pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ tim @12:28 I have this on Earcom 1 (1979), which I really recommend. www.discogs.com...
	12:29pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ love2laf @12:28 Maybe we'll get some extra CanCon next week to compensate.
	12:29pm clarke: ↳ tim @12:28 plus they didn't have 8-tracks for the camaro!
	12:30pm tim: ↳ love2laf @12:28 I thought you all you guys are Scottish anyways. ;)
	12:30pm Tinley Park Randy: Mutant Pop comp!
	12:31pm clarke: do some jumping jacks, Eddy!!
	12:31pm Listener John from NJ: ↳ Song: "after dark" by "flowers" I used to hear this excellent song all the time. I forgot it entirely! Sad.
	12:31pm tim: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @12:29 Cool! Thanks!
	12:31pm love2laf: ↳ tim @12:30 We do have our share of Scottish decedents, but so many other immigrants as well. I have friends who've worn kilts to their weddings, much Scottish love.
	12:32pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ clarke @12:31 No need, that Flowers song got me going!
	12:32pm listener 126464: Wicked set, efd!
	12:33pm Curious Tom: Man of Moon are a fantastic Scottish band working now. They're from Edinburgh, but no-one's perfect.
	12:33pm Chris in Kensington Bklyn: Greetings, y'all.
	12:33pm tim: ↳ love2laf @12:31 Yeah, I was just goofin'. :). Canada is really quite diverse.
	12:34pm clarke: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:32 splash cold water!
	12:34pm Gregosaurus: ↳ Song: "make me stay" by "the green telescope" That's a great compilation.
	12:34pm clarke: Pastels, right hear, mate!! thass m'music!!
	12:35pm love2laf: ↳ tim @12:33 goofin' is strongly encouraged. That and pizza!
	12:36pm clarke: ↳ love2laf @12:35 he's a professional goofer.
	12:38pm clarke: a member of the PGA!!
	12:40pm Hoboken Jack: Hello EFD, Clarke, Spikey, Nerd Cheryl, Tim, Figgsrock Lesley, HP Ken, Bryan, love2laf, 126464, all! Here's my review of McPhee's Big Gold Dream, one of his two Scottish music docs. I remember Gaylord was at the screening! saltinwound.com...
	12:40pm tim: ↳ clarke @12:38 That's good I've graduated from NCAA - No Class At All.
	12:40pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ Hoboken Jack @12:40 Hey Jack!
	12:41pm clarke: ↳ Hoboken Jack @12:40 O Switzerland!!
	12:41pm clarke: ↳ tim @12:40 you still have a degree from there.
	12:41pm tim: ↳ Hoboken Jack @12:40 Hey Jack!
	12:43pm clarke: ↳ Song: "connection" by "constant smiles" diggin'!!
	12:43pm Bob: My roommate bought Fingerprintz "Dancing With Myself" accidently meaning to buy Billy Idol "Dancing With Myself"(many years before B Idol became a parody of himself(that stupid lip curl!)) Fingerprintz cover was really goofy with them dancing with a vacuum cleaner. We panned the album (12"). About 1981-82?
	12:44pm tim from washington: ↳ Song: "i am" by "peace de resistance" Whoa! This could be on Scary Monsters.
	12:45pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Song: "i am" by "peace de resistance" Doesn't this sound like a slowed-down "Do the Du"?
	12:45pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: ↳ Hoboken Jack @12:40 Good afternoon HJ!
	12:45pm efd: ↳ Bob @12:43 TIL that that's a vacuum cleaner on the cover of "Dancing With Myself."
	12:46pm tim: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @12:45 I can hear that. Also, slowdown bassline from "Why Can't I Touch It".
	12:46pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Hoboken Jack @12:40 Hey, there, Jack!
	12:47pm clarke: eddy you fall asleep??
	12:47pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ tim @12:46 yeah, and an undercurrent of "Fashion," which makes your Scary Monsters take right on.
	12:48pm love2laf: ↳ Hoboken Jack @12:40 Good to see you Jack, you're in time to here the conversation with Grant McPhee.
	12:48pm tim: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @12:47 Yup! That's the song I was trying to think of.
	12:49pm clarke: ↳ tim @12:48 camaro tuneage!!
	12:49pm HesperusWrecked: ↳ Song: "the optimistic wrench" by "uv-tv" Misread this as ‘the optimistic wench’
	12:51pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ clarke @12:47 Still here! Just slipped away to catch up on email and stuff.
	12:52pm clarke: a bit of the old ultra-violence, eh!
	12:54pm clarke: evan, is that Constant Smiles the one with chris church in it?? always liked him!
	12:56pm Hoboken Jack: ↳ Jeff formerly from Rahway @12:45 Hey there Jeff!!
	12:58pm zachary: Good afternoon Hoboken Jack. I hope you are well!
	12:58pm Hoboken Jack: ↳ clarke @12:41 They're neutral!
	12:58pm clarke: ↳ Hoboken Jack @12:58 they are.
	12:59pm Hoboken Jack: ↳ zachary @12:58 Hello from Jack to Zach
	12:59pm clarke: i'm gonna need a bit more cowbell.
	1:00pm Carmichael: Just in time! Heya Evan, thanks for setting this interview up, as well as the music. Right in my wheelhouse.
	1:00pm clarke: ahoy captain!
	1:00pm tim: ↳ Song: "new gold dream (81-82-83-84)" by "simple minds" I always liked the album cover for this record. Though very leery of buying it. Sounds pretty good to me now though.
	1:01pm Carmichael: ↳ clarke @1:00 Permission to come aboard ...
	1:01pm clarke: i've got a fever...
	1:01pm Gregosaurus: ↳ tim @1:00 Tremendous album, if I say so myself.
	1:02pm clarke: .. and the only cure is more cowbell!
	1:02pm tim: ↳ Gregosaurus @1:01 Good to know!
	1:03pm tim: ↳ clarke @1:02 Only The Cure has more cowbells? What kind of jive is that?
	1:03pm efd: ↳ Gregosaurus @1:01 I'd forgotten my copy is on translucent gold vinyl!
	1:03pm clarke: The Cure should have had an album out last year. what kind of jive is THAT?!?
	1:04pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ efd @1:03 Back when coloured vinyl was the exception, not the rule!
	1:05pm clarke: ha ha
	1:06pm Michael C St Lou: ↳ Song: "on our honeymoon" by "the wake" great bass lick
	1:06pm clarke: i wouldn't mind hearing this on 33rpm
	1:06pm clarke: (if it was a 45)
	1:07pm LesleyK: ↳ Song: "i can't stand my baby" by "the rezillos" Rezilllos.. yeah!!!
	1:07pm Carmichael: ↳ clarke @1:06 They're singing like they're on 78
	1:07pm prof.fuzz: howdy y'all. it's time for my short lunch and EFD break!
	1:08pm clarke: FuZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
	1:08pm clarke: pasta salad??
	1:08pm prof.fuzz: ↳ clarke @1:08 yes sir!
	1:09pm clarke: ↳ Carmichael @1:07 stars on 78!
	1:09pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ prof.fuzz @1:07 Howdy, FuZZ! Pay no attention to Tim's taco breath. He absolutely was NOT joyriding in the FuZZmobile. Wasn't even thinking about it.
	1:10pm clarke: or using that long skateboard.
	1:12pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Cheryl The Nerd @1:09 tim is the most trustworthy person sleeping in the back of my van that i know.
	1:12pm clarke: then you aren't aware of his harem.
	1:12pm Carmichael: I loved Josef K! Still do, I suppose ...
	1:13pm prof.fuzz: ↳ clarke @1:12 are the members thereof more trustworthy than tim?
	1:13pm clarke: that is unknown at this time.
	1:13pm clarke: i suspect YES.
	1:14pm prof.fuzz: since i'm coming in late, pardon the dumb question if it's already been addressed: is this interview live or pre-recorded?
	1:14pm clarke: pre
	1:14pm Spikey BXL: Reminder: clicky star this episode now
	1:16pm Hoboken Jack: ↳ prof.fuzz @1:07 Good day Prof!
	1:16pm listener 126464: ↳ Hoboken Jack @12:40 Cheers, Jack!
	1:16pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Hoboken Jack @1:16 so far so good, but it's still early, jack!
	1:17pm clarke: tim also borrowed your copy of Doc At The Radar Station.
	1:17pm love2laf: ↳ prof.fuzz @1:14 Pre-recorded Prof FUUUUUUZZZZ.
	1:17pm Frank Zaatar: Around that time I remember talking to a couple of young punks from Edinburgh, who were raving about a band called Orange Juice. I asked, "What do they sound like?" "They sound like the Budds." "The Budds?" "You know--Eight Miles High, Mr.r Tambourine Man...?"
	1:17pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Song: "upside down" by "jesus & mary chain" woot! i picked up this album last time we were in houston. it was stamped as a promo copy. yeehaw!
	1:18pm Matt en Queens: I always like Eugenius
	1:19pm clarke: now i'm blushing!
	1:21pm tim: Hey prof! Whatever Cheryl and clarke wrote about me may or may not be true. I have a hard time figuring it out myself.
	1:21pm clarke: OJ did it!
	1:22pm tim: ↳ Song: "simply thrilled honey" by "orange juice" Ah! Quite nice.
	1:23pm tim: ↳ Song: "meat whiplash" by "fire engines" Really cool! Was Josef K Glaswegian?
	1:23pm clarke: tv voice
	1:24pm prof.fuzz: ↳ tim @1:21 when in doubt, select C as your answer.
	1:26pm tim: ↳ prof.fuzz @1:24 Got it! Do you students know that tip?
	1:26pm Feldy: Digging this Scottish deep-dive, Evan! Thank you, Grant
	1:27pm prof.fuzz: ↳ tim @1:26 yes. i told them it works especially well for spanish quizzes.
	1:28pm clarke: si!
	1:29pm efd: ↳ Feldy @1:26 thanks Feldy!
	1:38pm Carmichael: Glasgow is the proper place in Scotland for punk to emerge. Edinburgh is a bit more cosmopolitan.
	1:40pm efd: ↳ Carmichael @1:38 foreshadowing! (a little bit)
	1:42pm Carmichael: This is Meat Whiplash's ONLY record? whoa ...
	1:42pm tim: I'm going to request that my local library purchase Postcards if they don't have it already. This is a great conversation.
	1:45pm Stephen Slaybaugh: ↳ Song: "truck train tractor" by "the pastels" Hell yeah!
	1:47pm egould: Pre-ordered 'Postcards From Scotland'. Thanks efd and thank you Grant.
	1:47pm clarke: ↳ Song: "truck train tractor" by "the pastels" i suspect that EFD and i share the same fave pastels song (or either he picked my fave)
	1:50pm prof.fuzz: gotta go teach. will hit the archive later. thanks for the quality programming EFD!
	1:52pm efd: ↳ prof.fuzz @1:50 thanks for educating the yoots!
	1:55pm clarke: incestrous scenes is hardly unique, tho.
	1:56pm clarke: -are
	1:57pm tim: I need to split too. I'm definitely catching the rest of the interview in the Archives. Thanks, efd! Excellent interview!
	1:57pm clarke: back to the camaro, robin!
	1:59pm LesleyK: Lots of great music still coming out of Glasgow. I was just back over there for a couple weeks in June.
	2:01pm egould: ↳ Song: "the adam faith experience" by "jesse garon & the ... Jingle jangle!
	2:02pm efd: ↳ LesleyK @1:59 Scotland was already on my short list of places to go, and now I'm even more eager!
	2:02pm clarke: for those who don't know: jesse garon was elvis' still-born brother's name.
	2:02pm LesleyK: ↳ efd @2:02 I got plenty of tips for ya if you go!
	2:03pm tim: ↳ tim @1:57 Nevermind, I'm back!
	2:03pm LesleyK: ↳ tim @2:03 Hi!
	2:03pm clarke: the camaro wouldn't start, huh?
	2:03pm Carmichael: Spent a good amount of time in Edinburgh, but I've never been to Glasgow.
	2:03pm efd: ↳ LesleyK @2:02 I'll be in touch whenever that happens!
	2:04pm tim: ↳ LesleyK @1:59 I like the current Scottish bands you hipped some of the Rock'n'Sould DJs to!
	2:04pm LesleyK: ↳ efd @2:02 @efd...I think you may like the newish band called Brenda..have you heard them?
	2:04pm efd: ↳ Carmichael @2:03 yeah, the one time I was in Scotland (1988!) all I did in Glasgow was change trains from London to Edinburgh.
	2:05pm LesleyK: ↳ tim @2:04 Thanks! I'll be featuring a couple more soon..late Sept I'll be doing another guest spot:)
	2:06pm Carmichael: ↳ efd @2:04 Ha, then you kinda get a sense of how Glaswegians feel about their place in the world!
	2:06pm efd: ↳ LesleyK @2:04 I haven't! Will make a note to check them out!
	2:06pm Feldy: I'm proud to have had a Scottish grandmother and really want to go (even more now)
	2:06pm efd: ↳ Carmichael @2:06 heh, fair enough!
	2:07pm tim: ↳ LesleyK @2:05 Nice! I'm looking forward to it!
	2:07pm LesleyK: ↳ efd @2:06 brendamega.bandcamp.com...
	2:08pm Spikey BXL: It's slightly cooling down here, going to skip for an evening stroll and re-visit later. Great episode efd - thanks a lot!!!
	2:08pm clarke: ↳ LesleyK @2:07 cool! i liked Sure As, but didn't know they had a full album
	2:09pm tim: ↳ Song: "whiplash" by "bmx bandits" I never listened to BMX Bandits while they were around. I really dug that song.
	2:10pm LesleyK: ↳ tim @2:09 Same here!
	2:10pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:09 i thought they were the most hit and miss of the bands we're hearing today
	2:14pm LesleyK: ↳ clarke @2:08 Yeah good stuff. I played the first 2 songs on some shows I filled in for fairly recently on RnS stream. I picked up the vinyl in Glasgow but nice it's on Bandcamp too:)
	2:15pm clarke: ↳ LesleyK @2:14 hells yeh!
	2:21pm clarke: ↳ Song: "mother universe (7" version)" by "the soup dragons" and, this is what i mean by "miss" in my book. ha ha.
	2:21pm Carmichael: ↳ Song: "mother universe (7" version)" by "the soup dragons" Yes! I was willing you to play the Soup Dragons!
	2:22pm tim: ↳ clarke @2:10 For some reason I had in my brain that BMX Bandits sounded like this style of Soup Dragons.
	2:22pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ Song: "mother universe (7" version)" by "the soup dragons" Like me some Soup Dragons!
	2:22pm clarke: ↳ Carmichael @2:21 i have (recently) heard some soup dragons that i like.
	2:22pm tim: ↳ clarke @2:21 Oh got it.
	2:22pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:22 some of it DOES!
	2:23pm egould: MDMA ruined the jangle scene, man...
	2:23pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:22 you are exactly correct! or were.
	2:23pm efd: ↳ Carmichael @2:21 haha, not a hard decision!
	2:23pm clarke: ↳ egould @2:23 totally AGREE!
	2:24pm tim: efd - Does the book go into the indie dance music? I'd like to learn if US hip hop was an influence.
	2:24pm SeaCreature: This makes me fondly remember my time in Scotland in the late 80s (though the sun didn’t come out once). My sister in law had all these records
	2:26pm clarke: ↳ Song: "everything flows" by "teenage fanclub" life-changing tune!
	2:27pm efd: ↳ tim @2:24 yep, and we discuss that a bit in the next segment. I think the influence was more house/acid house music heard in clubs as opposed to US hip hop.
	2:28pm common: ↳ clarke @2:26 agreed
	2:28pm efd: ↳ SeaCreature @2:24 I hope she (or someone you know) still has them!
	2:28pm tim: ↳ Song: "everything flows" by "teenage fanclub" Aw, man. This is one of my all time favorite records! 10 years ago I lost a ton of records. This was one of them. I haven't been able to find a replacement since.
	2:29pm clarke: right when airlines allowed you to play cd's during take-off, i put this cd on - and had some kind of epiphany!
	2:29pm Carmichael: ↳ Song: "everything flows" by "teenage fanclub" This sounds almost American in its jangly folky rhythm.
	2:29pm tim: ↳ efd @2:27 Cool! I'm all ears!
	2:29pm egould: ↳ Song: "everything flows" by "teenage fanclub" I was in love with this band from the first time I put this in the CD player. I still remember where and when.
	2:30pm tim: ↳ Song: "everything flows" by "teenage fanclub" Can you push up the levels, efd? ;)
	2:30pm clarke: the dilanium crystals will give no more!
	2:31pm egould: ↳ clarke @2:30 Heh, Scotty.
	2:31pm clarke: scotch.
	2:32pm egould: ↳ clarke @2:31 Yes please. A double.
	2:32pm clarke: wow, that sounded so fresh. been a while.
	2:33pm tadpoles: Another great FMU interview thanks EFD. I like the way you interspersed it with the music. Cheers
	2:33pm tim: One thing I really love about A Catholic Education is that the vocals are sparse. Just the perfect amount vocals for me. Sing a little bit and let the instruments do the rest.
	2:33pm clarke: agree with both above comments
	2:34pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:33 but, also, maybe vocals a little too buried at times?? not on that song, but in general.
	2:35pm Steve Harsh: EFD this is such a great interview
	2:36pm Carmichael: The kids' TV show the Clangers provided the name Soup Dragons. Maybe that had to do with negative press.
	2:37pm tim: ↳ clarke @2:34 Sure. I agree.
	2:38pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:37 also, did you have A Cath Ed on vinyl?? i searched EVERYwhere for that, at the time. no go.
	2:39pm drr: ↳ clarke @2:38 I don't think it was easy to get on CD, even.
	2:39pm efd: ↳ clarke @2:38 I know this wasn't directed at me, but fyi I played Sherri's copy, which has a Pier Platters sticker on the front! :)
	2:39pm clarke: ↳ drr @2:39 true - i found it in san fran
	2:40pm clarke: ↳ efd @2:39 ah, i didn't try there! ha ha ha
	2:40pm efd: ↳ Steve Harsh @2:35 appreciate that, Steve!
	2:40pm clarke: ↳ efd @2:39 which is odd because i worked at Water Music around that time! dang
	2:41pm tim: ↳ clarke @2:38 Yep, on Matador when it came out in the US. I got it at a huge Anglophile record store in Grand Rapids called Vinyl Solution. I got MBV and Wedding Present records there before they had US distribution.
	2:41pm clarke: (i didn't 'work' there - was recording, there)
	2:41pm egould: ↳ drr @2:39 There was a record store in Bloomington, IN that would always get UK/Australian imports. Especially after the owner/buyer figured out that me and Chris would pretty much buy it no questions asked.
	2:42pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:41 i remember Vinyl Solution! wow.
	2:42pm Jeremy: Thanks EFD and Grant for this great interview! In a reversal of the cliche, I loved the films, now I'm sure I'll love the book.
	2:43pm clarke: ↳ Song: "chat with efd part 5" by "grant mcphee" fantastique!!!
	2:43pm LesleyK: Enjoyed the interview!
	2:43pm clarke: real good stuff, ya'll!!!
	2:43pm Stephen Slaybaugh: Great stuff!
	2:43pm egould: Thanks, efd. That was some pretty good talking about music.
	2:45pm tim: ↳ clarke @2:42 Oh cool! That store was HUGE in molding my music interests. Herm, one of the owners of Vinyl, now runs Vertigo Music in GR. Also a great record store. Herm has rememberd me since 1986 when I was a kid riding my bike to the store. I talked to him in the Spring. He still remembers me close to 40 years later. I found that very touching.
	2:45pm listener 126464: Fantastic show and interview, efd. Thank you, Grant.
	2:46pm tim: Thanks for the interview, efd! I love the conversations with authors on your show. I always read the books.
	2:46pm clarke: ↳ Song: "think with your heart" by "michael shelley" good tune!! also, (unconsciously) rips an Incredible Casuals song: Be Here Now.
	2:46pm efd: ↳ egould @2:43 that was a LOT of talking about music! Thanks for sticking with it!
	2:46pm Jeremy: I've visited Glasgow several times over the decades, and was so pleased to see how involved in the scene Stephen Pastel remains. In the nineties he ran the record dept at John Smiths, and for many years has run Monorail records, one of the best record shops I have ever visited!
	2:46pm Ajay: that was sweet! Really enjoyed that. The book is fab by the way.
	2:47pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:45 didn't know you'd grown up in GR - thought you had moved there, later
	2:47pm drr: It seems impossible to me now, but I knew Michael Shelley first as a musician. It was a while before I tuned in the show. I was pleasantly surprised.
	2:47pm Carmichael: Brilliant, Evan! Thanks a bunch.
	2:47pm Matt Alston: Great show Mr Funk D!!!! I’m for sure going to find his book.
	2:48pm Stephen Slaybaugh: I'd highly recommend Grant's films as well if you haven't seen them.
	2:48pm Roberto: ↳ Song: "think with your heart" by "michael shelley" "What'd your brain ever do for you anyhow?" Yeah, that tracks.
	2:48pm Carmichael: ↳ Song: "think with your heart" by "michael shelley" Talk about jangly!
	2:48pm tim: ↳ clarke @2:47 Nope. Grew up in GR. Moved to Kalamazoo for college and stayed there until 2006.
	2:48pm StuartR: ↳ Song: "think with your heart" by "michael shelley" #1 hit, for sure
	2:49pm efd: ↳ Stephen Slaybaugh @2:48 yes! I was able to watch Teenage Superstars on Amazon Prime, Big Gold Dream doesn't seem to be readily available to stream.
	2:49pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:48 noice!!
	2:49pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ Roberto @2:48 I've spent way too much time thinking with my heart. That's what gets me into trouble.
	2:49pm egould: ↳ Song: "think with your heart" by "michael shelley" Where's the sax solo?
	2:49pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ egould @2:49 :D
	2:50pm Roberto: ↳ Cheryl The Nerd @2:49 Most brains don't fare much better!
	2:50pm efd: ↳ egould @2:49 quiet you!
	2:50pm Stephen Slaybaugh: ↳ efd @2:49 You can watch Big Gold Dream on YT: https://youtu.be/cm4NBW0xaHs?si=eadpUEXpdvCWco2I
	2:51pm Jeremy: Not too surprising Michael Shelley's name came up, as Michael recorded some music in Glasgow in the late 90s. I know Chris from Belle & Sebastian is on some tracks, and he also plays on Michael's daughter Juniper's LP!
	2:52pm efd: ↳ Stephen Slaybaugh @2:50 aha! Thanks!
	2:55pm clarke: great show master davies!!
	2:55pm common: good stuff, efd
	2:55pm Cheryl The Nerd: Thanks efd!
	2:55pm tim: ↳ Song: "sad banger" by "hifi sean & david mcalmont" I bet this is what Style Council would sound like if they made a new record.
	2:56pm Hoboken Jack: Thanks so much, EFD!!
	2:56pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:55 the new Weller album will do!
	2:56pm Ajay: so many other great scottish bands....Stretch Heads, Long Fin Killie, Nyah Fearties, Dawson, Whirling Pig Dervish, Archbishop Kebab, Dog Faced Hermans, etc etc
	2:57pm clarke: ↳ Song: "buttermilk" by "eugenius" yes!
	2:57pm efd: don't forget, Steve Wynn guest DJs the whole damn show next week!
	2:57pm Matt en Queens: Great song here!
	2:57pm clarke: ↳ efd @2:57 oh YEAH!
	2:57pm efd: ↳ Ajay @2:56 some of whom will be in Grant's next book!
	2:58pm Various Julius: ↳ Song: "buttermilk" by "eugenius" Saw these guys open for Urge Overkill a couple times in the early 90s. Good band.
	2:58pm efd: ↳ Various Julius @2:58 wow!
	2:58pm Figgsrock: ↳ Song: "buttermilk" by "eugenius" Oh man I loved playing this song on the air in...1993? 94?
	2:58pm clarke: ↳ Various Julius @2:58 yeah, that was a good show to see!
	2:58pm tim: ↳ efd @2:57 Holy moly!!!!! efd is the leading the DJ MVP race for sure. Thanks for the great show!
	2:58pm Various Julius: Blue Above the Rooftops era
	2:59pm clarke: great show!! thanks!
	3:00pm LesleyK: Thanks, cool show efd!
	3:00pm bradford: Thanks, efd!

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from August 28, 2024

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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 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!

August 28, 2024: GRANT MCPHEE, author of Postcards from Scotland: Scottish Independent Music 1983-95

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Grant McPhee has established himself as bit of an authority on the Scottish post-punk and indie scenes by way of his documentary films Big Gold Dreams (2015) and Teenage Superstars (2017), as well as co-writing the book Hungry Beat: The Scottish Pop Underground Movement (77-84) in 2022. Grant and I will talk about his new book, which is an oral history that recounts the radical transformation of Scotland’s independent music scene from 1983-1995. The book comes out in the US next month via Omnibus Press.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
some assorted Scottish music to begin the show...
nazareth	bad bad boy "bad bad boy" by "nazareth"	greatest hits	a&m	1975
fingerprintz	dancing with myself "dancing with myself" by "fingerprintz"	7"	virgin uk	1979			0:03:40 (Pop-up)
close lobsters	what is there to smile about	what is there to smile about ep	enigma	1988			0:06:27 (Pop-up)
strawberry switchblade	go away "go away" by "strawberry switchblade"	s/t	korova	1985			0:09:35 (Pop-up)
drinking electricity	news peak "news peak" by "drinking electricity"	overload	survival	1983			0:12:38 (Pop-up)
altered images	dead pop stars "dead pop stars" by "altered images"	7"	epic	1981			0:16:18 (Pop-up)
melody dog	cassie "cassie" by "melody dog"	7"	seminal twang	1992	courtesy of the DJ Superpong collection		0:19:19 (Pop-up)
delmontes	so it's not to be "so it's not to be" by "delmontes"	7"	rational	1981			0:21:00 (Pop-up)
the green telescope	make me stay "make me stay" by "the green telescope"	va-children of nuggets	rhino				0:23:19 (Pop-up)
flowers	after dark "after dark" by "flowers"	va-fast product: mutant pop	fast/pvc	1980			0:26:16 (Pop-up)


constant smiles	connection "connection" by "constant smiles"	single	living waters			*	0:38:53 (Pop-up)
peace de resistance	i am "i am" by "peace de resistance"	lullaby for the debris	peace de		bandcamp	*	0:43:09 (Pop-up)
uv-tv	the optimistic wrench "the optimistic wrench" by "uv-tv"	single	paper cup		forthcoming EP! bandcamp	*	0:48:28 (Pop-up)
dew claw	mouse trap "mouse trap" by "dew claw"	7"	dromedary		playing this weekend at the big DromFest show at (and around) the Avalon Ballroom in Catskill NY! bandcamp	*	0:51:26 (Pop-up)

Interview with Grant McPhee "Interview with Grant McPhee"
simple minds	new gold dream (81-82-83-84)	new gold dream (81-82-83-84)	a&m	1982			0:58:56 (Pop-up)
the wake	on our honeymoon "on our honeymoon" by "the wake"	testament (best of)	factory benelux		Gerard (aka "Caesar") from Altered Images; this song from 1982. Bobby Gillespie was also in this band for a time.		1:03:13 (Pop-up)
the rezillos	i can't stand my baby	can't stand the rezillos	sire	1978			1:05:35 (Pop-up)
grant mcphee	chat with efd part 1						1:07:35 (Pop-up)
jesus & mary chain	upside down "upside down" by "jesus & mary chain"	barbed wire kisses	blanco y negro / warner bros.				1:16:53 (Pop-up)
orange juice	simply thrilled honey	7"	postcard				1:19:52 (Pop-up)
fire engines	meat whiplash "meat whiplash" by "fire engines"	hungry beat	acute		CD collection, this song orig 1981		1:22:08 (Pop-up)
grant mcphee	chat with efd part 2						1:26:03 (Pop-up)
meat whiplash	don't slip up "don't slip up" by "meat whiplash"	va-creation records: international guardians of rock and roll	sony uk				1:39:04 (Pop-up)
shop assistants	all day long "all day long" by "shop assistants"	s/t	blue guitar / chrysalis				1:42:17 (Pop-up)
the pastels	truck train tractor "truck train tractor" by "the pastels"	truckload of trouble	paperhouse				1:44:11 (Pop-up)
grant mcphee	chat with efd part 3						1:48:30 (Pop-up)
the vaselines	slushy "slushy" by "the vaselines"	enter the vaselines	sub pop				1:57:53 (Pop-up)
jesse garon & the desperadoes	the adam faith experience	va-big gold dreams: a story of scottish independent music 1977-1989	cherry red				2:00:04 (Pop-up)
rote kapelle	you don't know "you don't know" by "rote kapelle"	va-make more noise! women in independent music uk 1977-1987	cherry red				2:02:47 (Pop-up)
bmx bandits	whiplash "whiplash" by "bmx bandits"	c86	click				2:06:01 (Pop-up)
grant mcphee	chat with efd part 4						2:09:15 (Pop-up)
the soup dragons	mother universe (7" version)	12"	raw tv / big life				2:20:12 (Pop-up)
primal scream	treasure trip "treasure trip" by "primal scream"	sonic flower groove	elevation				2:23:24 (Pop-up)
teenage fanclub	everything flows "everything flows" by "teenage fanclub"	a catholic education	paperhouse				2:26:30 (Pop-up)
grant mcphee	chat with efd part 5						2:31:47 (Pop-up)


michael shelley	think with your heart	half empty	big deal	1997	released as a single on Francis MacDonald's Shoeshine label		2:45:36 (Pop-up)
bmx bandits	time to get away "time to get away" by "bmx bandits"	dreamers on the run	tapete		bandcamp	*	2:49:31 (Pop-up)
hifi sean & david mcalmont	sad banger	daylight	plastique		bandcamp HiFi Sean = Sean Dickson from the Soup Dragons	*	2:53:33 (Pop-up)
eugenius	buttermilk "buttermilk" by "eugenius"	oomalama	fire/atlantic				2:56:18 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:00pm bradford: Hey there efd & all!
	12:00pm full metal monkey: Hello WFMU’ers
	12:00pm clarke: dynOmite!!!!
	12:01pm Cheryl The Nerd: Greetings fellow nerds...
	12:01pm Figgsrock: Hello EFD and all.
	12:01pm clarke: is snake home? can he come out to play?
	12:01pm Spikey BXL: Hello efd! Let's ave it, music is my 2nd fave 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 export product.
	12:02pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ Song: "bad bad boy" by "nazareth" I could be hallucinating...but this sounds like Quiet Riot's "Bang Your Head" was borrowed from this.
	12:02pm clarke: hear-lucinaing??
	12:03pm clarke: -t
	12:03pm Black Cat: Dan McCafferty for life.
	12:03pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ clarke @12:02 Something like that.
	12:03pm tim: ↳ Song: "bad bad boy" by "nazareth" Hey efd! Perfect joyriding music here in my Camaro Iroc-Z!
	12:03pm tim: Hey everyone!
	12:03pm clarke: ↳ tim @12:03 flol!
	12:04pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ tim @12:03 As long as you're not joyriding in the FuZZZmobile.
	12:04pm LesleyK: Hi EFD, excited about the Scottish music. One of my favorite countries.
	12:04pm clarke: that thang pops wheelies!!
	12:05pm tim: ↳ Cheryl The Nerd @12:04 How'd you know? Er, uh, I mean, yes Cheryl as long as I'm not joyriding in the FuZZZmobile. (phew...almost got busted there!)
	12:06pm efd: hey everyone! Thanks for tuning in today... the Grant McPhee interview will start in a little less than an hour; please enjoy some other Scottish music for a bit in the meantime!
	12:06pm chris_in_space: Stoked for this show! @efd's author interviews are legendary! Hi everyone!
	12:06pm clarke: ↳ tim @12:05 FuZZZ will never know...
	12:07pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ tim @12:05 Wanna take a wild guess how we knew, taco breath?
	12:07pm Ken From Hyde Park: Songs from North Kilttown up soon!
	12:08pm clarke: k-k-k-ken
	12:08pm common: efd. everyone.
	12:08pm tim: ↳ Cheryl The Nerd @12:07 Damn! It's always a dead giveaway.
	12:09pm Eddy in Australia: Hanging out for the interview with Grant McPhee. Hope I can stay awake long enough. (That’s a reference to the time difference, not a reflection on the DJ!)
	12:09pm tim: ↳ Song: "what is there to smile about" by "close lobsters" Until 2 seconds ago, I thought Close Lobsters were a Boston band.
	12:09pm clarke: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:09 whoah son!! how the hell ere ye??
	12:09pm Eddy in Australia: Clarke!
	12:10pm Michael C St Lou: 😭engledink still has me crying, all day probs
	12:10pm clarke: how ya doin???!!??
	12:10pm tim: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:09 Is it around midnight in OZ, Eddy?
	12:10pm Eddy in Australia: Better, thanks.
	12:11pm clarke: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:10 good mate!! dimmies!!
	12:11pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ tim @12:10 I wish! It’s 2:00am.
	12:11pm efd: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:11 whoa! Thanks for listening live!
	12:12pm clarke: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:11 that's what time i usually wake up!!
	12:12pm katie: I've been so excited for this show but now a damn back to school meeting has been called. Thanks Evan and I'll be listening on the archive ASAP!!!!
	12:12pm clarke: (lately)
	12:12pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ clarke @12:12 I was beginning to think you never sleep!
	12:13pm clarke: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:12 me, too!
	12:14pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, clarke!
	12:14pm clarke: Hoodoo's playing here on saturday!
	12:14pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ efd @12:11 As I mentioned in separate correspondence, big fan of GM and Scottish post-punk. I only wish the interview started earlier!
	12:15pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ clarke @12:14 Ooh, that’ll be good. You going? Venue?
	12:16pm clarke: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:15 it's at house of blues; therefore, if either dave or brad puts me on the list, i'll go.
	12:18pm Michael C St Lou: ↳ Song: "dead pop stars" by "altered images" ❤
	12:18pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ Song: "dead pop stars" by "altered images" Clare, my teenage crush. Still a doll, actually.
	12:18pm clarke: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:18 yer still a teenager!
	12:19pm Brian C.: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:18 I think she was everyone's crush!
	12:19pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Song: "dead pop stars" by "altered images" hey, efd & the funky bunch. wow, this altered images 7" sounds great this afternoon.
	12:19pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ Brian C. @12:19 Touché!
	12:19pm Gregosaurus: ↳ Song: "dead pop stars" by "altered images" And I thought all they did was Happy Birthday.
	12:20pm efd: ↳ Gregosaurus @12:19 oh you are missing out!
	12:21pm clarke: great set, mate!
	12:21pm HesperusWrecked: ↳ Song: "dead pop stars" by "altered images" I think they were so much better when they left the Siouxsie influence behind and embraced the pop.
	12:22pm Gregosaurus: ↳ efd @12:20 I guess!
	12:22pm clarke: practically a Single File going on, here...
	12:22pm zachary: Hello Evan! At first, I didn't believe this was you, Evan. Great opening to the show. Hello listeners.
	12:23pm efd: ↳ zachary @12:22 who else would it be?!
	12:23pm clarke: believe.
	12:23pm 20oz pint: Guess the next tune.... BMX bandits ?
	12:23pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ Gregosaurus @12:19 @EFD Digging deep with the Delmontes! Impressive.
	12:24pm clarke: ↳ efd @12:23 could be Ira... but he's in.. scotland!!
	12:25pm efd: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:23 I had to choose from my TWO Delmontes singles!
	12:25pm clarke: favorite child.
	12:25pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ efd @12:25 Nice! I only have one.
	12:25pm Van: Howdy EFD and gang!
	12:26pm zachary: ↳ efd @12:23 A fill-in! I was thinking to myself, "Who's in for Evan Funk Davies today." Turns out it was you this whole time!
	12:27pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Song: "after dark" by "flowers" YES!
	12:27pm Ajay / Krommenie (NL): Scotland rules!!! Flowers rule!!!
	12:28pm tim: ↳ Song: "after dark" by "flowers" Wow! I always passed over the Mutant Pop coomp because I have a lot of it on other records. I really like the Flowers song.
	12:28pm love2laf: Looking forward to the conversation with Grant McPhee, efd you always listen so well and never step on the answers to interrupt, best interviewer / conversationalist. Loving all the Scottish music, even though CanCon may be absent from the show today, cause we're polite that way <3
	12:29pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ tim @12:28 I have this on Earcom 1 (1979), which I really recommend. www.discogs.com...
	12:29pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ love2laf @12:28 Maybe we'll get some extra CanCon next week to compensate.
	12:29pm clarke: ↳ tim @12:28 plus they didn't have 8-tracks for the camaro!
	12:30pm tim: ↳ love2laf @12:28 I thought you all you guys are Scottish anyways. ;)
	12:30pm Tinley Park Randy: Mutant Pop comp!
	12:31pm clarke: do some jumping jacks, Eddy!!
	12:31pm Listener John from NJ: ↳ Song: "after dark" by "flowers" I used to hear this excellent song all the time. I forgot it entirely! Sad.
	12:31pm tim: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @12:29 Cool! Thanks!
	12:31pm love2laf: ↳ tim @12:30 We do have our share of Scottish decedents, but so many other immigrants as well. I have friends who've worn kilts to their weddings, much Scottish love.
	12:32pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ clarke @12:31 No need, that Flowers song got me going!
	12:32pm listener 126464: Wicked set, efd!
	12:33pm Curious Tom: Man of Moon are a fantastic Scottish band working now. They're from Edinburgh, but no-one's perfect.
	12:33pm Chris in Kensington Bklyn: Greetings, y'all.
	12:33pm tim: ↳ love2laf @12:31 Yeah, I was just goofin'. :). Canada is really quite diverse.
	12:34pm clarke: ↳ Eddy in Australia @12:32 splash cold water!
	12:34pm Gregosaurus: ↳ Song: "make me stay" by "the green telescope" That's a great compilation.
	12:34pm clarke: Pastels, right hear, mate!! thass m'music!!
	12:35pm love2laf: ↳ tim @12:33 goofin' is strongly encouraged. That and pizza!
	12:36pm clarke: ↳ love2laf @12:35 he's a professional goofer.
	12:38pm clarke: a member of the PGA!!
	12:40pm Hoboken Jack: Hello EFD, Clarke, Spikey, Nerd Cheryl, Tim, Figgsrock Lesley, HP Ken, Bryan, love2laf, 126464, all! Here's my review of McPhee's Big Gold Dream, one of his two Scottish music docs. I remember Gaylord was at the screening! saltinwound.com...
	12:40pm tim: ↳ clarke @12:38 That's good I've graduated from NCAA - No Class At All.
	12:40pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ Hoboken Jack @12:40 Hey Jack!
	12:41pm clarke: ↳ Hoboken Jack @12:40 O Switzerland!!
	12:41pm clarke: ↳ tim @12:40 you still have a degree from there.
	12:41pm tim: ↳ Hoboken Jack @12:40 Hey Jack!
	12:43pm clarke: ↳ Song: "connection" by "constant smiles" diggin'!!
	12:43pm Bob: My roommate bought Fingerprintz "Dancing With Myself" accidently meaning to buy Billy Idol "Dancing With Myself"(many years before B Idol became a parody of himself(that stupid lip curl!)) Fingerprintz cover was really goofy with them dancing with a vacuum cleaner. We panned the album (12"). About 1981-82?
	12:44pm tim from washington: ↳ Song: "i am" by "peace de resistance" Whoa! This could be on Scary Monsters.
	12:45pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Song: "i am" by "peace de resistance" Doesn't this sound like a slowed-down "Do the Du"?
	12:45pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: ↳ Hoboken Jack @12:40 Good afternoon HJ!
	12:45pm efd: ↳ Bob @12:43 TIL that that's a vacuum cleaner on the cover of "Dancing With Myself."
	12:46pm tim: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @12:45 I can hear that. Also, slowdown bassline from "Why Can't I Touch It".
	12:46pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Hoboken Jack @12:40 Hey, there, Jack!
	12:47pm clarke: eddy you fall asleep??
	12:47pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ tim @12:46 yeah, and an undercurrent of "Fashion," which makes your Scary Monsters take right on.
	12:48pm love2laf: ↳ Hoboken Jack @12:40 Good to see you Jack, you're in time to here the conversation with Grant McPhee.
	12:48pm tim: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @12:47 Yup! That's the song I was trying to think of.
	12:49pm clarke: ↳ tim @12:48 camaro tuneage!!
	12:49pm HesperusWrecked: ↳ Song: "the optimistic wrench" by "uv-tv" Misread this as ‘the optimistic wench’
	12:51pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ clarke @12:47 Still here! Just slipped away to catch up on email and stuff.
	12:52pm clarke: a bit of the old ultra-violence, eh!
	12:54pm clarke: evan, is that Constant Smiles the one with chris church in it?? always liked him!
	12:56pm Hoboken Jack: ↳ Jeff formerly from Rahway @12:45 Hey there Jeff!!
	12:58pm zachary: Good afternoon Hoboken Jack. I hope you are well!
	12:58pm Hoboken Jack: ↳ clarke @12:41 They're neutral!
	12:58pm clarke: ↳ Hoboken Jack @12:58 they are.
	12:59pm Hoboken Jack: ↳ zachary @12:58 Hello from Jack to Zach
	12:59pm clarke: i'm gonna need a bit more cowbell.
	1:00pm Carmichael: Just in time! Heya Evan, thanks for setting this interview up, as well as the music. Right in my wheelhouse.
	1:00pm clarke: ahoy captain!
	1:00pm tim: ↳ Song: "new gold dream (81-82-83-84)" by "simple minds" I always liked the album cover for this record. Though very leery of buying it. Sounds pretty good to me now though.
	1:01pm Carmichael: ↳ clarke @1:00 Permission to come aboard ...
	1:01pm clarke: i've got a fever...
	1:01pm Gregosaurus: ↳ tim @1:00 Tremendous album, if I say so myself.
	1:02pm clarke: .. and the only cure is more cowbell!
	1:02pm tim: ↳ Gregosaurus @1:01 Good to know!
	1:03pm tim: ↳ clarke @1:02 Only The Cure has more cowbells? What kind of jive is that?
	1:03pm efd: ↳ Gregosaurus @1:01 I'd forgotten my copy is on translucent gold vinyl!
	1:03pm clarke: The Cure should have had an album out last year. what kind of jive is THAT?!?
	1:04pm Eddy in Australia: ↳ efd @1:03 Back when coloured vinyl was the exception, not the rule!
	1:05pm clarke: ha ha
	1:06pm Michael C St Lou: ↳ Song: "on our honeymoon" by "the wake" great bass lick
	1:06pm clarke: i wouldn't mind hearing this on 33rpm
	1:06pm clarke: (if it was a 45)
	1:07pm LesleyK: ↳ Song: "i can't stand my baby" by "the rezillos" Rezilllos.. yeah!!!
	1:07pm Carmichael: ↳ clarke @1:06 They're singing like they're on 78
	1:07pm prof.fuzz: howdy y'all. it's time for my short lunch and EFD break!
	1:08pm clarke: FuZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
	1:08pm clarke: pasta salad??
	1:08pm prof.fuzz: ↳ clarke @1:08 yes sir!
	1:09pm clarke: ↳ Carmichael @1:07 stars on 78!
	1:09pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ prof.fuzz @1:07 Howdy, FuZZ! Pay no attention to Tim's taco breath. He absolutely was NOT joyriding in the FuZZmobile. Wasn't even thinking about it.
	1:10pm clarke: or using that long skateboard.
	1:12pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Cheryl The Nerd @1:09 tim is the most trustworthy person sleeping in the back of my van that i know.
	1:12pm clarke: then you aren't aware of his harem.
	1:12pm Carmichael: I loved Josef K! Still do, I suppose ...
	1:13pm prof.fuzz: ↳ clarke @1:12 are the members thereof more trustworthy than tim?
	1:13pm clarke: that is unknown at this time.
	1:13pm clarke: i suspect YES.
	1:14pm prof.fuzz: since i'm coming in late, pardon the dumb question if it's already been addressed: is this interview live or pre-recorded?
	1:14pm clarke: pre
	1:14pm Spikey BXL: Reminder: clicky star this episode now
	1:16pm Hoboken Jack: ↳ prof.fuzz @1:07 Good day Prof!
	1:16pm listener 126464: ↳ Hoboken Jack @12:40 Cheers, Jack!
	1:16pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Hoboken Jack @1:16 so far so good, but it's still early, jack!
	1:17pm clarke: tim also borrowed your copy of Doc At The Radar Station.
	1:17pm love2laf: ↳ prof.fuzz @1:14 Pre-recorded Prof FUUUUUUZZZZ.
	1:17pm Frank Zaatar: Around that time I remember talking to a couple of young punks from Edinburgh, who were raving about a band called Orange Juice. I asked, "What do they sound like?" "They sound like the Budds." "The Budds?" "You know--Eight Miles High, Mr.r Tambourine Man...?"
	1:17pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Song: "upside down" by "jesus & mary chain" woot! i picked up this album last time we were in houston. it was stamped as a promo copy. yeehaw!
	1:18pm Matt en Queens: I always like Eugenius
	1:19pm clarke: now i'm blushing!
	1:21pm tim: Hey prof! Whatever Cheryl and clarke wrote about me may or may not be true. I have a hard time figuring it out myself.
	1:21pm clarke: OJ did it!
	1:22pm tim: ↳ Song: "simply thrilled honey" by "orange juice" Ah! Quite nice.
	1:23pm tim: ↳ Song: "meat whiplash" by "fire engines" Really cool! Was Josef K Glaswegian?
	1:23pm clarke: tv voice
	1:24pm prof.fuzz: ↳ tim @1:21 when in doubt, select C as your answer.
	1:26pm tim: ↳ prof.fuzz @1:24 Got it! Do you students know that tip?
	1:26pm Feldy: Digging this Scottish deep-dive, Evan! Thank you, Grant
	1:27pm prof.fuzz: ↳ tim @1:26 yes. i told them it works especially well for spanish quizzes.
	1:28pm clarke: si!
	1:29pm efd: ↳ Feldy @1:26 thanks Feldy!
	1:38pm Carmichael: Glasgow is the proper place in Scotland for punk to emerge. Edinburgh is a bit more cosmopolitan.
	1:40pm efd: ↳ Carmichael @1:38 foreshadowing! (a little bit)
	1:42pm Carmichael: This is Meat Whiplash's ONLY record? whoa ...
	1:42pm tim: I'm going to request that my local library purchase Postcards if they don't have it already. This is a great conversation.
	1:45pm Stephen Slaybaugh: ↳ Song: "truck train tractor" by "the pastels" Hell yeah!
	1:47pm egould: Pre-ordered 'Postcards From Scotland'. Thanks efd and thank you Grant.
	1:47pm clarke: ↳ Song: "truck train tractor" by "the pastels" i suspect that EFD and i share the same fave pastels song (or either he picked my fave)
	1:50pm prof.fuzz: gotta go teach. will hit the archive later. thanks for the quality programming EFD!
	1:52pm efd: ↳ prof.fuzz @1:50 thanks for educating the yoots!
	1:55pm clarke: incestrous scenes is hardly unique, tho.
	1:56pm clarke: -are
	1:57pm tim: I need to split too. I'm definitely catching the rest of the interview in the Archives. Thanks, efd! Excellent interview!
	1:57pm clarke: back to the camaro, robin!
	1:59pm LesleyK: Lots of great music still coming out of Glasgow. I was just back over there for a couple weeks in June.
	2:01pm egould: ↳ Song: "the adam faith experience" by "jesse garon & the ... Jingle jangle!
	2:02pm efd: ↳ LesleyK @1:59 Scotland was already on my short list of places to go, and now I'm even more eager!
	2:02pm clarke: for those who don't know: jesse garon was elvis' still-born brother's name.
	2:02pm LesleyK: ↳ efd @2:02 I got plenty of tips for ya if you go!
	2:03pm tim: ↳ tim @1:57 Nevermind, I'm back!
	2:03pm LesleyK: ↳ tim @2:03 Hi!
	2:03pm clarke: the camaro wouldn't start, huh?
	2:03pm Carmichael: Spent a good amount of time in Edinburgh, but I've never been to Glasgow.
	2:03pm efd: ↳ LesleyK @2:02 I'll be in touch whenever that happens!
	2:04pm tim: ↳ LesleyK @1:59 I like the current Scottish bands you hipped some of the Rock'n'Sould DJs to!
	2:04pm LesleyK: ↳ efd @2:02 @efd...I think you may like the newish band called Brenda..have you heard them?
	2:04pm efd: ↳ Carmichael @2:03 yeah, the one time I was in Scotland (1988!) all I did in Glasgow was change trains from London to Edinburgh.
	2:05pm LesleyK: ↳ tim @2:04 Thanks! I'll be featuring a couple more soon..late Sept I'll be doing another guest spot:)
	2:06pm Carmichael: ↳ efd @2:04 Ha, then you kinda get a sense of how Glaswegians feel about their place in the world!
	2:06pm efd: ↳ LesleyK @2:04 I haven't! Will make a note to check them out!
	2:06pm Feldy: I'm proud to have had a Scottish grandmother and really want to go (even more now)
	2:06pm efd: ↳ Carmichael @2:06 heh, fair enough!
	2:07pm tim: ↳ LesleyK @2:05 Nice! I'm looking forward to it!
	2:07pm LesleyK: ↳ efd @2:06 brendamega.bandcamp.com...
	2:08pm Spikey BXL: It's slightly cooling down here, going to skip for an evening stroll and re-visit later. Great episode efd - thanks a lot!!!
	2:08pm clarke: ↳ LesleyK @2:07 cool! i liked Sure As, but didn't know they had a full album
	2:09pm tim: ↳ Song: "whiplash" by "bmx bandits" I never listened to BMX Bandits while they were around. I really dug that song.
	2:10pm LesleyK: ↳ tim @2:09 Same here!
	2:10pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:09 i thought they were the most hit and miss of the bands we're hearing today
	2:14pm LesleyK: ↳ clarke @2:08 Yeah good stuff. I played the first 2 songs on some shows I filled in for fairly recently on RnS stream. I picked up the vinyl in Glasgow but nice it's on Bandcamp too:)
	2:15pm clarke: ↳ LesleyK @2:14 hells yeh!
	2:21pm clarke: ↳ Song: "mother universe (7" version)" by "the soup dragons" and, this is what i mean by "miss" in my book. ha ha.
	2:21pm Carmichael: ↳ Song: "mother universe (7" version)" by "the soup dragons" Yes! I was willing you to play the Soup Dragons!
	2:22pm tim: ↳ clarke @2:10 For some reason I had in my brain that BMX Bandits sounded like this style of Soup Dragons.
	2:22pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ Song: "mother universe (7" version)" by "the soup dragons" Like me some Soup Dragons!
	2:22pm clarke: ↳ Carmichael @2:21 i have (recently) heard some soup dragons that i like.
	2:22pm tim: ↳ clarke @2:21 Oh got it.
	2:22pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:22 some of it DOES!
	2:23pm egould: MDMA ruined the jangle scene, man...
	2:23pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:22 you are exactly correct! or were.
	2:23pm efd: ↳ Carmichael @2:21 haha, not a hard decision!
	2:23pm clarke: ↳ egould @2:23 totally AGREE!
	2:24pm tim: efd - Does the book go into the indie dance music? I'd like to learn if US hip hop was an influence.
	2:24pm SeaCreature: This makes me fondly remember my time in Scotland in the late 80s (though the sun didn’t come out once). My sister in law had all these records
	2:26pm clarke: ↳ Song: "everything flows" by "teenage fanclub" life-changing tune!
	2:27pm efd: ↳ tim @2:24 yep, and we discuss that a bit in the next segment. I think the influence was more house/acid house music heard in clubs as opposed to US hip hop.
	2:28pm common: ↳ clarke @2:26 agreed
	2:28pm efd: ↳ SeaCreature @2:24 I hope she (or someone you know) still has them!
	2:28pm tim: ↳ Song: "everything flows" by "teenage fanclub" Aw, man. This is one of my all time favorite records! 10 years ago I lost a ton of records. This was one of them. I haven't been able to find a replacement since.
	2:29pm clarke: right when airlines allowed you to play cd's during take-off, i put this cd on - and had some kind of epiphany!
	2:29pm Carmichael: ↳ Song: "everything flows" by "teenage fanclub" This sounds almost American in its jangly folky rhythm.
	2:29pm tim: ↳ efd @2:27 Cool! I'm all ears!
	2:29pm egould: ↳ Song: "everything flows" by "teenage fanclub" I was in love with this band from the first time I put this in the CD player. I still remember where and when.
	2:30pm tim: ↳ Song: "everything flows" by "teenage fanclub" Can you push up the levels, efd? ;)
	2:30pm clarke: the dilanium crystals will give no more!
	2:31pm egould: ↳ clarke @2:30 Heh, Scotty.
	2:31pm clarke: scotch.
	2:32pm egould: ↳ clarke @2:31 Yes please. A double.
	2:32pm clarke: wow, that sounded so fresh. been a while.
	2:33pm tadpoles: Another great FMU interview thanks EFD. I like the way you interspersed it with the music. Cheers
	2:33pm tim: One thing I really love about A Catholic Education is that the vocals are sparse. Just the perfect amount vocals for me. Sing a little bit and let the instruments do the rest.
	2:33pm clarke: agree with both above comments
	2:34pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:33 but, also, maybe vocals a little too buried at times?? not on that song, but in general.
	2:35pm Steve Harsh: EFD this is such a great interview
	2:36pm Carmichael: The kids' TV show the Clangers provided the name Soup Dragons. Maybe that had to do with negative press.
	2:37pm tim: ↳ clarke @2:34 Sure. I agree.
	2:38pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:37 also, did you have A Cath Ed on vinyl?? i searched EVERYwhere for that, at the time. no go.
	2:39pm drr: ↳ clarke @2:38 I don't think it was easy to get on CD, even.
	2:39pm efd: ↳ clarke @2:38 I know this wasn't directed at me, but fyi I played Sherri's copy, which has a Pier Platters sticker on the front! :)
	2:39pm clarke: ↳ drr @2:39 true - i found it in san fran
	2:40pm clarke: ↳ efd @2:39 ah, i didn't try there! ha ha ha
	2:40pm efd: ↳ Steve Harsh @2:35 appreciate that, Steve!
	2:40pm clarke: ↳ efd @2:39 which is odd because i worked at Water Music around that time! dang
	2:41pm tim: ↳ clarke @2:38 Yep, on Matador when it came out in the US. I got it at a huge Anglophile record store in Grand Rapids called Vinyl Solution. I got MBV and Wedding Present records there before they had US distribution.
	2:41pm clarke: (i didn't 'work' there - was recording, there)
	2:41pm egould: ↳ drr @2:39 There was a record store in Bloomington, IN that would always get UK/Australian imports. Especially after the owner/buyer figured out that me and Chris would pretty much buy it no questions asked.
	2:42pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:41 i remember Vinyl Solution! wow.
	2:42pm Jeremy: Thanks EFD and Grant for this great interview! In a reversal of the cliche, I loved the films, now I'm sure I'll love the book.
	2:43pm clarke: ↳ Song: "chat with efd part 5" by "grant mcphee" fantastique!!!
	2:43pm LesleyK: Enjoyed the interview!
	2:43pm clarke: real good stuff, ya'll!!!
	2:43pm Stephen Slaybaugh: Great stuff!
	2:43pm egould: Thanks, efd. That was some pretty good talking about music.
	2:45pm tim: ↳ clarke @2:42 Oh cool! That store was HUGE in molding my music interests. Herm, one of the owners of Vinyl, now runs Vertigo Music in GR. Also a great record store. Herm has rememberd me since 1986 when I was a kid riding my bike to the store. I talked to him in the Spring. He still remembers me close to 40 years later. I found that very touching.
	2:45pm listener 126464: Fantastic show and interview, efd. Thank you, Grant.
	2:46pm tim: Thanks for the interview, efd! I love the conversations with authors on your show. I always read the books.
	2:46pm clarke: ↳ Song: "think with your heart" by "michael shelley" good tune!! also, (unconsciously) rips an Incredible Casuals song: Be Here Now.
	2:46pm efd: ↳ egould @2:43 that was a LOT of talking about music! Thanks for sticking with it!
	2:46pm Jeremy: I've visited Glasgow several times over the decades, and was so pleased to see how involved in the scene Stephen Pastel remains. In the nineties he ran the record dept at John Smiths, and for many years has run Monorail records, one of the best record shops I have ever visited!
	2:46pm Ajay: that was sweet! Really enjoyed that. The book is fab by the way.
	2:47pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:45 didn't know you'd grown up in GR - thought you had moved there, later
	2:47pm drr: It seems impossible to me now, but I knew Michael Shelley first as a musician. It was a while before I tuned in the show. I was pleasantly surprised.
	2:47pm Carmichael: Brilliant, Evan! Thanks a bunch.
	2:47pm Matt Alston: Great show Mr Funk D!!!! I’m for sure going to find his book.
	2:48pm Stephen Slaybaugh: I'd highly recommend Grant's films as well if you haven't seen them.
	2:48pm Roberto: ↳ Song: "think with your heart" by "michael shelley" "What'd your brain ever do for you anyhow?" Yeah, that tracks.
	2:48pm Carmichael: ↳ Song: "think with your heart" by "michael shelley" Talk about jangly!
	2:48pm tim: ↳ clarke @2:47 Nope. Grew up in GR. Moved to Kalamazoo for college and stayed there until 2006.
	2:48pm StuartR: ↳ Song: "think with your heart" by "michael shelley" #1 hit, for sure
	2:49pm efd: ↳ Stephen Slaybaugh @2:48 yes! I was able to watch Teenage Superstars on Amazon Prime, Big Gold Dream doesn't seem to be readily available to stream.
	2:49pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:48 noice!!
	2:49pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ Roberto @2:48 I've spent way too much time thinking with my heart. That's what gets me into trouble.
	2:49pm egould: ↳ Song: "think with your heart" by "michael shelley" Where's the sax solo?
	2:49pm Cheryl The Nerd: ↳ egould @2:49 :D
	2:50pm Roberto: ↳ Cheryl The Nerd @2:49 Most brains don't fare much better!
	2:50pm efd: ↳ egould @2:49 quiet you!
	2:50pm Stephen Slaybaugh: ↳ efd @2:49 You can watch Big Gold Dream on YT: https://youtu.be/cm4NBW0xaHs?si=eadpUEXpdvCWco2I
	2:51pm Jeremy: Not too surprising Michael Shelley's name came up, as Michael recorded some music in Glasgow in the late 90s. I know Chris from Belle & Sebastian is on some tracks, and he also plays on Michael's daughter Juniper's LP!
	2:52pm efd: ↳ Stephen Slaybaugh @2:50 aha! Thanks!
	2:55pm clarke: great show master davies!!
	2:55pm common: good stuff, efd
	2:55pm Cheryl The Nerd: Thanks efd!
	2:55pm tim: ↳ Song: "sad banger" by "hifi sean & david mcalmont" I bet this is what Style Council would sound like if they made a new record.
	2:56pm Hoboken Jack: Thanks so much, EFD!!
	2:56pm clarke: ↳ tim @2:55 the new Weller album will do!
	2:56pm Ajay: so many other great scottish bands....Stretch Heads, Long Fin Killie, Nyah Fearties, Dawson, Whirling Pig Dervish, Archbishop Kebab, Dog Faced Hermans, etc etc
	2:57pm clarke: ↳ Song: "buttermilk" by "eugenius" yes!
	2:57pm efd: don't forget, Steve Wynn guest DJs the whole damn show next week!
	2:57pm Matt en Queens: Great song here!
	2:57pm clarke: ↳ efd @2:57 oh YEAH!
	2:57pm efd: ↳ Ajay @2:56 some of whom will be in Grant's next book!
	2:58pm Various Julius: ↳ Song: "buttermilk" by "eugenius" Saw these guys open for Urge Overkill a couple times in the early 90s. Good band.
	2:58pm efd: ↳ Various Julius @2:58 wow!
	2:58pm Figgsrock: ↳ Song: "buttermilk" by "eugenius" Oh man I loved playing this song on the air in...1993? 94?
	2:58pm clarke: ↳ Various Julius @2:58 yeah, that was a good show to see!
	2:58pm tim: ↳ efd @2:57 Holy moly!!!!! efd is the leading the DJ MVP race for sure. Thanks for the great show!
	2:58pm Various Julius: Blue Above the Rooftops era
	2:59pm clarke: great show!! thanks!
	3:00pm LesleyK: Thanks, cool show efd!
	3:00pm bradford: Thanks, efd!

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