WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from October 22, 2007

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from October 22, 2007

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.

Upcoming events:

Wed. Dec 18th, Noon - 3pm: Manager (More info...)

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

October 22, 2007: including a brief tribute to Paul Raven of Killing Joke and other bands.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
burton cummings	my own way to rock	7"	portrait	1977	of Guess Who fame		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
the spread eagles	up too high (much too high)	7"	boom chick			*	0:02:50 (Pop-up)
the tactics	standing by the window	va-tales from the australian underground	feel presents		singles 1976-1989		0:05:46 (Pop-up)
the bizarros	young girls at market	s/t		1979			0:08:25 (Pop-up)
sixteens	crystalline saturate "crystalline saturate" by "sixteens"	into the gold wave of future non rip-off	hungry eye			*	0:11:28 (Pop-up)
yo la tengo	stockholm syndrome "stockholm syndrome" by "yo la tengo"	i can hear the heart beating as one	matador	1997			0:17:49 (Pop-up)
joy division	means to an end "means to an end" by "joy division"	heart & soul box set	rhino		tomorrow is your last chance to see Control at the Film Forum BULLETIN: Listener Herb reports that actor Sam Riley, who portrays Ian Curtis, will be at the 7pm screening at Film Forum tomorrow night for a Q+A.		0:20:27 (Pop-up)
howling hex	martyr lectures comedian	XI	drag city			*	0:23:11 (Pop-up)
standells	dirty water "dirty water" by "standells"	dirty water	sundazed		Go Sox!!		0:25:04 (Pop-up)

the poems	so soon "so soon" by "the poems"	young america	minty fresh			*	0:35:52 (Pop-up)
kahimi karie	good morning world "good morning world" by "kahimi karie"	s/t	minty fresh	1998			0:39:23 (Pop-up)
child bite	gudavia "gudavia" by "child bite"	gold thriller	joyful noise			*	0:42:43 (Pop-up)
silver hawk	all i can do "all i can do" by "silver hawk"	va-cicadelic 60s vol 1					0:46:19 (Pop-up)
the mantles	walk with me "walk with me" by "the mantles"	7" ep	dulc-i-tone		myspace.com/mantles	*	0:50:12 (Pop-up)

young marble giants	n.i.t.a. "n.i.t.a." by "young marble giants"	colossal youth & collected works	domino			*	0:58:33 (Pop-up)
blank dogs	housefly "housefly" by "blank dogs"	7"	hozac			*	1:01:51 (Pop-up)
weather prophets	i almost prayed "i almost prayed" by "weather prophets"		creation	1986			1:04:41 (Pop-up)

fiery furnaces	the philadelphia grand jury	widow city	thrill jockey			*	1:17:46 (Pop-up)
heroes & villains	strawman (in the woodchipper)	play themes from the dark pink circus	x!			*	1:25:12 (Pop-up)
the kills	cat claw "cat claw" by "the kills"	keep on your mean side	rough trade	2003			1:29:41 (Pop-up)
sick e's	why am i still... "why am i still..." by "sick e's"	whispers 7" ep	going underground			*	1:33:43 (Pop-up)

the slow poisoner	flaming creatures (of rock and roll)	roadside altar	roctopus!			*	1:44:05 (Pop-up)
aesop rock	none shall pass "none shall pass" by "aesop rock"	none shall pass	definitive jux			*	1:46:53 (Pop-up)
we are wolves	coconut night "coconut night" by "we are wolves"	total magique	dare to care			*	1:50:36 (Pop-up)
david bowie	golden years "golden years" by "david bowie"	station to station	rca	1976			1:54:21 (Pop-up)

electric six	down at mcdonnelzzz "down at mcdonnelzzz" by "electric six"	i shall exterminate everything around me that restricts me from being the master	metropolis			*	2:04:18 (Pop-up)
dr. delay	yesterday's children - sailing / thunder and roses - dear dream maker	rem sleep	self-released			*	2:08:54 (Pop-up)
the hardtimes	goodbye "goodbye" by "the hardtimes"	blew mind		1968			2:13:04 (Pop-up)

killing joke	wardance (live) "wardance (live)" by "killing joke"	ha	editions eg	1982	RIP bass player Paul Raven, who died of a heart attack over the weekend at age 46. Obits here and here.		2:20:28 (Pop-up)
killing joke	money is not our god	extremities dirt and various repressed emotions	noise int'l / bmg	1990			2:24:05 (Pop-up)
killing joke	eighties "eighties" by "killing joke"	night time	eg	1985			2:29:01 (Pop-up)
killing joke	pssyche (live) "pssyche (live)" by "killing joke"	ha	editions eg	1982			2:32:42 (Pop-up)

bliss	move it (to another side) "move it (to another side)" by "bliss"	7"	kay-dee			*	2:43:44 (Pop-up)
ansley gordon	she gives me good loving	va-mix a fix: uk floor fillers vol 2	psychic circle			*	2:46:58 (Pop-up)
the creteens	we need a change "we need a change" by "the creteens"	cocksucker 7"	boom chick			*	2:50:16 (Pop-up)
mannequin men	boys (they don't mind)	fresh rot	flameshovel			*	2:51:40 (Pop-up)
the records	affection rejected "affection rejected" by "the records"	s/t	virgin	1979			2:54:55 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	11:27pm EL: Here we go Boston— HERE WE GO!
	11:44pm Yank's fan: If everyone loves Boston and the Red Sox so much then what are you doing down here in the Tri-State area for? ;)
	11:48pm A. Booklyn: Re. "Control," isn't it amazing that someone with such a mundane life and milieu like Ian Curtis was able to produce such incredible, timeless music? I mean, based on the movie, his life was mostly just an ordinary domestic melodrama. Anyone else relying on such thin gruel for inspiration, as Ian did, would not have come up with a whole lot. And the guys in Joy Division, whose less than insightful comments on their historic band I've followed for years, were not the sharpest tacks--but it seems they all went beyond the moment and whatever limitations they may have had. That's the real story there, it seems to me (unless I'm missing a large part of puzzle--and it is a puzzle). A. Booklyn
	11:49pm EL: It's Red Sox NATION.
	12:07am A. Booklyn: EFD--You are so right: their music was glaringly simple; that's how they cut to the bone. (What is a scalpel after all but a thin piece of metal and a handle.) The lyrics, are less simple, owing to Ian's literary pretensions/influences. He was a brilliant allegorist; there is a lot going on there. Joy Division is as good as they ever were (and they were the best)--their power hasn't dulled a bit in all these years. How is that possible!? Who else can you say that about?
	12:15am craig keller: Hi Evan -- Just a small correction.. sorry if it seems nitpicky. 'Election' is not Japanese... it's a Hong Kong film..
	12:16am craig keller: (PS - I also bring it up because today I subjected myself to 'The Cannonball Run' for the first time, in which Jackie Chan plays "a Japanese man," despite speaking Mandarin throughout, to a man who actually is speaking Japanese to him... apparently it's "all the same" though, for auteur Hal Needham!)
	12:29am efd: Thanks for the correction, Craig, I appreciate it. As for your quibbles with "Cannonball Run," take those up with Tom Scharpling! @A. Booklyn, thanks for your comments on Control! @EL, thanks for having my back. :)
	12:53am craig keller: Funny you mention that. I took the 'Cannonball Run' viewing-tip from that episode of The Best Show a few weeks ago -- the "best-movie-lines-ever" follow-up installment. I don't mean to write the thing off completely -- the whole picture plays like a(n?) hallucination, and I suppose there's something to be said for this. The sheer audacity of each scene is jaw-dropping, to the degree that its tastelessness goes so far south on the sensibility-globe that it ends up reappearing from the polar north and turns into "all up-side". I think. If that makes sense. The line that convinced me to check it out btw (per Tom's mention) -- which is even crazier in the context of the scene itself: a completely earnest moment, Burt Reynolds and Farah Fawcett in their underwear, reclining in the back of an ambulance. Tender repose. Fawcett: "I'm surprised things ended up like this... just me and you [or words to that effect]. I thought I was in for a gang-bang." Reynolds [and, again, I can't emphasize how -tenderly- the thing is played]: "Gang-bang? We're racers... not rapists." I concur with Mr. Tom too about the greatness of 'Clifford.' And I'd make the case for Tom Green's 'Freddy Got Fingered,' too, which is truly a Great Film. PS - Thanks for introducing me to, yes, The Slow Poisoner (first time a couple weeks back). And The Holy Kiss. And Pinnacle. And The Howling Hex. And the amazing Pastiche. -- all in the scope of one show!!! craig.
	12:55am slugluv1313: i have got to get on Film Forum mailing list again -- TOTALLY missed out on "CONTROL" . . . and the recent "Lost/In Memoriam" too . . . did you know that "Stand Tall" by Burton Cummings was the first release on Portrait records? (yep, i was a record-collector-GEEK even back then so i just HAD to run out and buy the 45 for that reason) goodness i just found out in the past few days that Lady Jaye and Lucky Dube are no more -- now Paul Raven too???
	12:58am slugluv1313: to craig keller: glad to hear that you dig PASTICHE!!!!!!!!
	1:16am efd: @sluglove - yes, sad but true re Paul Raven. See http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/killing_joke/news/10500 and http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003661390 for details. @Craig - thanks for the thanks! great to know i turned you on to those bands (especially Pastiche!)
	3:33pm Jodi B.: I am in LA and saw "Control" on Friday, it was lovely to look at, but godamn that Ian Curtis is just not a very sympathetic character, don't you jsut wann shake him?

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

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
burton cummings	my own way to rock	7"	portrait	1977	of Guess Who fame		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
the spread eagles	up too high (much too high)	7"	boom chick			*	0:02:50 (Pop-up)
the tactics	standing by the window	va-tales from the australian underground	feel presents		singles 1976-1989		0:05:46 (Pop-up)
the bizarros	young girls at market	s/t		1979			0:08:25 (Pop-up)
sixteens	crystalline saturate "crystalline saturate" by "sixteens"	into the gold wave of future non rip-off	hungry eye			*	0:11:28 (Pop-up)
yo la tengo	stockholm syndrome "stockholm syndrome" by "yo la tengo"	i can hear the heart beating as one	matador	1997			0:17:49 (Pop-up)
joy division	means to an end "means to an end" by "joy division"	heart & soul box set	rhino		tomorrow is your last chance to see Control at the Film Forum BULLETIN: Listener Herb reports that actor Sam Riley, who portrays Ian Curtis, will be at the 7pm screening at Film Forum tomorrow night for a Q+A.		0:20:27 (Pop-up)
howling hex	martyr lectures comedian	XI	drag city			*	0:23:11 (Pop-up)
standells	dirty water "dirty water" by "standells"	dirty water	sundazed		Go Sox!!		0:25:04 (Pop-up)

the poems	so soon "so soon" by "the poems"	young america	minty fresh			*	0:35:52 (Pop-up)
kahimi karie	good morning world "good morning world" by "kahimi karie"	s/t	minty fresh	1998			0:39:23 (Pop-up)
child bite	gudavia "gudavia" by "child bite"	gold thriller	joyful noise			*	0:42:43 (Pop-up)
silver hawk	all i can do "all i can do" by "silver hawk"	va-cicadelic 60s vol 1					0:46:19 (Pop-up)
the mantles	walk with me "walk with me" by "the mantles"	7" ep	dulc-i-tone		myspace.com/mantles	*	0:50:12 (Pop-up)

young marble giants	n.i.t.a. "n.i.t.a." by "young marble giants"	colossal youth & collected works	domino			*	0:58:33 (Pop-up)
blank dogs	housefly "housefly" by "blank dogs"	7"	hozac			*	1:01:51 (Pop-up)
weather prophets	i almost prayed "i almost prayed" by "weather prophets"		creation	1986			1:04:41 (Pop-up)

fiery furnaces	the philadelphia grand jury	widow city	thrill jockey			*	1:17:46 (Pop-up)
heroes & villains	strawman (in the woodchipper)	play themes from the dark pink circus	x!			*	1:25:12 (Pop-up)
the kills	cat claw "cat claw" by "the kills"	keep on your mean side	rough trade	2003			1:29:41 (Pop-up)
sick e's	why am i still... "why am i still..." by "sick e's"	whispers 7" ep	going underground			*	1:33:43 (Pop-up)

the slow poisoner	flaming creatures (of rock and roll)	roadside altar	roctopus!			*	1:44:05 (Pop-up)
aesop rock	none shall pass "none shall pass" by "aesop rock"	none shall pass	definitive jux			*	1:46:53 (Pop-up)
we are wolves	coconut night "coconut night" by "we are wolves"	total magique	dare to care			*	1:50:36 (Pop-up)
david bowie	golden years "golden years" by "david bowie"	station to station	rca	1976			1:54:21 (Pop-up)

electric six	down at mcdonnelzzz "down at mcdonnelzzz" by "electric six"	i shall exterminate everything around me that restricts me from being the master	metropolis			*	2:04:18 (Pop-up)
dr. delay	yesterday's children - sailing / thunder and roses - dear dream maker	rem sleep	self-released			*	2:08:54 (Pop-up)
the hardtimes	goodbye "goodbye" by "the hardtimes"	blew mind		1968			2:13:04 (Pop-up)

killing joke	wardance (live) "wardance (live)" by "killing joke"	ha	editions eg	1982	RIP bass player Paul Raven, who died of a heart attack over the weekend at age 46. Obits here and here.		2:20:28 (Pop-up)
killing joke	money is not our god	extremities dirt and various repressed emotions	noise int'l / bmg	1990			2:24:05 (Pop-up)
killing joke	eighties "eighties" by "killing joke"	night time	eg	1985			2:29:01 (Pop-up)
killing joke	pssyche (live) "pssyche (live)" by "killing joke"	ha	editions eg	1982			2:32:42 (Pop-up)

bliss	move it (to another side) "move it (to another side)" by "bliss"	7"	kay-dee			*	2:43:44 (Pop-up)
ansley gordon	she gives me good loving	va-mix a fix: uk floor fillers vol 2	psychic circle			*	2:46:58 (Pop-up)
the creteens	we need a change "we need a change" by "the creteens"	cocksucker 7"	boom chick			*	2:50:16 (Pop-up)
mannequin men	boys (they don't mind)	fresh rot	flameshovel			*	2:51:40 (Pop-up)
the records	affection rejected "affection rejected" by "the records"	s/t	virgin	1979			2:54:55 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	11:27pm EL: Here we go Boston— HERE WE GO!
	11:44pm Yank's fan: If everyone loves Boston and the Red Sox so much then what are you doing down here in the Tri-State area for? ;)
	11:48pm A. Booklyn: Re. "Control," isn't it amazing that someone with such a mundane life and milieu like Ian Curtis was able to produce such incredible, timeless music? I mean, based on the movie, his life was mostly just an ordinary domestic melodrama. Anyone else relying on such thin gruel for inspiration, as Ian did, would not have come up with a whole lot. And the guys in Joy Division, whose less than insightful comments on their historic band I've followed for years, were not the sharpest tacks--but it seems they all went beyond the moment and whatever limitations they may have had. That's the real story there, it seems to me (unless I'm missing a large part of puzzle--and it is a puzzle). A. Booklyn
	11:49pm EL: It's Red Sox NATION.
	12:07am A. Booklyn: EFD--You are so right: their music was glaringly simple; that's how they cut to the bone. (What is a scalpel after all but a thin piece of metal and a handle.) The lyrics, are less simple, owing to Ian's literary pretensions/influences. He was a brilliant allegorist; there is a lot going on there. Joy Division is as good as they ever were (and they were the best)--their power hasn't dulled a bit in all these years. How is that possible!? Who else can you say that about?
	12:15am craig keller: Hi Evan -- Just a small correction.. sorry if it seems nitpicky. 'Election' is not Japanese... it's a Hong Kong film..
	12:16am craig keller: (PS - I also bring it up because today I subjected myself to 'The Cannonball Run' for the first time, in which Jackie Chan plays "a Japanese man," despite speaking Mandarin throughout, to a man who actually is speaking Japanese to him... apparently it's "all the same" though, for auteur Hal Needham!)
	12:29am efd: Thanks for the correction, Craig, I appreciate it. As for your quibbles with "Cannonball Run," take those up with Tom Scharpling! @A. Booklyn, thanks for your comments on Control! @EL, thanks for having my back. :)
	12:53am craig keller: Funny you mention that. I took the 'Cannonball Run' viewing-tip from that episode of The Best Show a few weeks ago -- the "best-movie-lines-ever" follow-up installment. I don't mean to write the thing off completely -- the whole picture plays like a(n?) hallucination, and I suppose there's something to be said for this. The sheer audacity of each scene is jaw-dropping, to the degree that its tastelessness goes so far south on the sensibility-globe that it ends up reappearing from the polar north and turns into "all up-side". I think. If that makes sense. The line that convinced me to check it out btw (per Tom's mention) -- which is even crazier in the context of the scene itself: a completely earnest moment, Burt Reynolds and Farah Fawcett in their underwear, reclining in the back of an ambulance. Tender repose. Fawcett: "I'm surprised things ended up like this... just me and you [or words to that effect]. I thought I was in for a gang-bang." Reynolds [and, again, I can't emphasize how -tenderly- the thing is played]: "Gang-bang? We're racers... not rapists." I concur with Mr. Tom too about the greatness of 'Clifford.' And I'd make the case for Tom Green's 'Freddy Got Fingered,' too, which is truly a Great Film. PS - Thanks for introducing me to, yes, The Slow Poisoner (first time a couple weeks back). And The Holy Kiss. And Pinnacle. And The Howling Hex. And the amazing Pastiche. -- all in the scope of one show!!! craig.
	12:55am slugluv1313: i have got to get on Film Forum mailing list again -- TOTALLY missed out on "CONTROL" . . . and the recent "Lost/In Memoriam" too . . . did you know that "Stand Tall" by Burton Cummings was the first release on Portrait records? (yep, i was a record-collector-GEEK even back then so i just HAD to run out and buy the 45 for that reason) goodness i just found out in the past few days that Lady Jaye and Lucky Dube are no more -- now Paul Raven too???
	12:58am slugluv1313: to craig keller: glad to hear that you dig PASTICHE!!!!!!!!
	1:16am efd: @sluglove - yes, sad but true re Paul Raven. See http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/killing_joke/news/10500 and http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003661390 for details. @Craig - thanks for the thanks! great to know i turned you on to those bands (especially Pastiche!)
	3:33pm Jodi B.: I am in LA and saw "Control" on Friday, it was lovely to look at, but godamn that Ian Curtis is just not a very sympathetic character, don't you jsut wann shake him?

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