The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from September 11, 2024

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Wed. Dec 25th, Noon - 3pm: The 18th Annual Holiday Music Funktacular! (More info...)

It’s the 18th year of the Evan “Funk” Davies Show Holiday Music Funktacular, and this year — for the first time ever — it will air on actual Christmas Day! Tune in for three hours of Christmas music that you won’t already be sick of hearing: old and new seasonal rock, punk, dance, glam, and power pop favorites. Even your family might enjoy it!

September 11, 2024: PETER HOLSAPPLE (from The dB's) calls in! DAVE HILL (from show business) calls in! Plus, it's the annual Jimmy Mack tribute show.

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Click for a larger image. (WBCN staff photo from the David Bieber Archives, as seen here)

In October of 2006 I dedicated my first show on the regular WFMU weekly schedule to Jim McIntyre, a/k/a Jimmy Mack, who was one of my best friends in high school. That's him kneeling just to the right of center in the photo above, wearing the AC/DC Powerage t-shirt, along with the rest of the staff of WBCN/Boston back in 1978 or so. Jimmy started working there while we were in high school, and before long his passion, dedication and enthusiasm earned him the position of Music Director at the station. Jimmy was the person who turned me on to a TON of new music that was coming out at the time -- Cheap Trick, The Dictators, The Ramones, The Stranglers, Ultravox, and Television are just a few of the bands that I first heard of because of my friendship with Jimmy. Imagine being in your teens and having a friend turn you on to just ONE of those bands. Now increase that impact tenfold, or more, and you start to get an idea of the importance of Jimmy's friendship. OK, not every band he turned me on to was super-cool -- he gave me the first couple of Foreigner albums, for instance -- but still, Jimmy had a great ear for cool music that wasn't yet -- or, sometimes, ever -- part of the mainstream. Fortunately for me -- and for you -- that excitement and passion for discovering and sharing new music was matched by his generosity. Nearly every time I saw him he'd present me with a bag of extra (or rejected) promo records from his WBCN job. Many of those records remain favorites of mine to this day. In the summer of 1985, Jimmy learned he had AIDS. A year later he passed away, at the age of 25. As you can see from the obituary that ran in the Boston Globe he was as generous with his time as he was with records. Regrettably I had lost contact with Jimmy by this time, and didn't hear of his passing until a few years later. I dedicated that first weekly show on the regular WFMU schedule to Jimmy to acknowledge his impact on my life, and especially on my own musical tastes. Since then I've dedicated one of the first shows of the WFMU fall schedule to him, since his influence is never too far from what you hear me play on my show. I'd also like to think that my own passion for sharing and championing new music on my show comes in part from his friendship. Thanks for taking a moment to read about him, and thanks for listening to WFMU.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New	Approx. start time
crane	oh dancer   → "oh dancer" by "crane"	7"	capitol uk	1977					0:00:00 (Pop-up)
babe	i'm a rock machine   → "i'm a rock machine" by "babe"	7"	ttr	1981		thanks Niels!			0:02:47 (Pop-up)
the stranglers	walk on by   → "walk on by" by "the stranglers"	7"	ua	1978					0:05:52 (Pop-up)
michael seven	held in spell by voodoo (single mix)   → "held in spell by voodoo (single mix)" by "michael...	12"	romance	1983					0:12:04 (Pop-up)
earlene bentley	don't delay   → "don't delay" by "earlene bentley"	12"	nightmare	1986					0:15:48 (Pop-up)
mo-dettes	dark park creeping   → "dark park creeping" by "mo-dettes"	7"	deram	1980					0:20:58 (Pop-up)
austin roberts	only child   → "only child" by "austin roberts"	s/t	chelsea	1972					0:23:38 (Pop-up)
psychedelic furs	fall / we love you   → "fall / we love you" by "psychedelic furs"	s/t	columbia	1980					0:26:17 (Pop-up)
the elevator operators	tuesday   → "tuesday" by "the elevator operators"	as jenny ages 7" ep	clarke			bandcamp		*	0:45:41 (Pop-up)
giuda	louder than action   → "louder than action" by "giuda"	7"	tko					*	0:48:29 (Pop-up)
dew claw	fantastic voyage   → "fantastic voyage" by "dew claw"	7"	rundel			bandcamp		*	0:51:34 (Pop-up)
ultra lights	clockin out   → "clockin out" by "ultra lights"	7"	chunklet			bandcamp		*	0:54:18 (Pop-up)
the db's	big brown eyes   → "big brown eyes" by "the db's"	stands for decibels (2024 remaster)	propeller sound recordings			see them at White Eagle Hall this Sunday!		*	0:56:56 (Pop-up)
peter holsapple	chats with efd   → "chats with efd" by "peter holsapple"					See the dB's on tour!			1:00:21 (Pop-up)
the db's	black and white   → "black and white" by "the db's"	stands for decibels (2024 remaster)	propeller sound recordings					*	1:13:09 (Pop-up)
the db's	she's not worried   → "she's not worried" by "the db's"	stands for decibels (2024 remaster)	propeller sound recordings					*	1:15:57 (Pop-up)
the db's	i'm in love   → "i'm in love" by "the db's"	stands for decibels (2024 remaster)	propeller sound recordings					*	1:19:21 (Pop-up)
the db's	world to cry   → "world to cry" by "the db's"	falling off the sky	bar/none	2012					1:22:36 (Pop-up)
valley lodge	hanging around   → "hanging around" by "valley lodge"	shadows in paradise	tee pee	2024		Dave Hill coming up!			1:25:56 (Pop-up)
dave hill	chats with efd   → "chats with efd" by "dave hill"								1:32:20 (Pop-up)
dave hill	i took your mom out for cigarettes   → "i took your mom out for cigarettes" by "dave hill"	single	dave hill			bandcamp		*	1:48:35 (Pop-up)
rixe	tir groupé   → "tir groupé" by "rixe"	tir groupé ep	la vida es un mus			bandcamp		*	1:50:51 (Pop-up)
doc burner	all by myself   → "all by myself" by "doc burner"	single	guapa vista	2023					1:53:11 (Pop-up)
john wlaysewski	running out of time   → "running out of time" by "john wlaysewski"	far from here ep	john wlaysewski			bandcamp		*	1:55:37 (Pop-up)
the living pins	love is 4   → "love is 4" by "the living pins"	let it be so ep	the living pins			bandcamp		*	2:00:00 (Pop-up)
shale	fuzzy identities   → "fuzzy identities" by "shale"	single						*	2:12:31 (Pop-up)
rinehearts	you're in a mess   → "you're in a mess" by "rinehearts"	single	cheersquad			bandcamp		*	2:15:31 (Pop-up)
ivy	all i ever wanted   → "all i ever wanted" by "ivy"	long distance	bar/none			new reissue of 2000 lp bandcamp		*	2:19:58 (Pop-up)
helen love	(the continuing adventures of) the girl about town   → "(the continuing adventures of) the girl about tow...	the bubblegum killers ep	sympathy for the record industry	2005					2:21:54 (Pop-up)
keeley	trans-europe 18 (single edit)   → "trans-europe 18 (single edit)" by "keeley"	beautiful mysterious	tiny global			bandcamp album out next month!		*	2:25:51 (Pop-up)
manager	spy balloon   → "spy balloon" by "manager"	hot-line	texacobra			will probably be on their bandcamp at some point...? Playing at Ghost Hawk Brewing in Clifton this Saturday at 4pm, with Jonny Couch!		*	2:36:54 (Pop-up)
greaser phase	i miss that rock and roll   → "i miss that rock and roll" by "greaser phase"	s/t	shambolic			speaking of Jonny Couch! bandcamp		*	2:40:02 (Pop-up)
maxim ludwig	baby i want to be your lover   → "baby i want to be your lover" by "maxim ludwig"	single	maxim ludwig					*	2:42:18 (Pop-up)
burghers orquestra	do you ever dream of me?   → "do you ever dream of me?" by "burghers orquestra"	cautionary tails	dewityourself			bandcamp		*	2:46:04 (Pop-up)
das black milk	future of food   → "future of food" by "das black milk"	bones in a daydream	stress carrier			bandcamp		*	2:49:17 (Pop-up)
warm frost	livewire   → "livewire" by "warm frost"	get cursed	warm frost			bandcamp		*	2:53:44 (Pop-up)