The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from December 11, 2013

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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!

December 11, 2013: Annual show dedicated to my high school friend Jim McIntyre, aka Jimmy Mack. Plus, a special salute.

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Back in October 2006 I dedicated my first show on the regular WFMU weekly schedule to Jim McIntyre, a/k/a Jimmy Mack, who was one of my best friends in high school. He was also 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 -- I definitely remember him giving me the first couple of Foreigner albums -- but stilll, 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 -- Jimmy's excitement, enthusiasm and passion for discovering and sharing new music was matched by his generosity. Nearly every time I saw him he'd present me with a bag of extra (or rejected) promo records from his job at WBCN, the leading rock radio station in Boston, where he started working while we were still in high school. 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 obit at left, 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. In the fall of 2006 I dedicated my first show on the regular WFMU schedule to Jimmy. I wanted to acknowledge his impact on my life, and especially on my own musical tastes. Since then I've dedicated one of the first shows of the WFMU fall schedule to him, since his influence is never too far from what you hear me play on my show. Thanks for taking a moment to read about him, and thanks for listening to WFMU.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New	Approx. start time
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the sweet	blockbuster   → "blockbuster" by "the sweet"	s/t	bell	1973					0:03:24 (Pop-up)
green leaves	yatta   → "yatta" by "green leaves"	cd single	pony canyon	2001					0:03:28 (Pop-up)
rollins band	do it   → "do it" by "rollins band"	do it 12" ep	2.13.61	1988					0:06:38 (Pop-up)
ghostface killah	run (instrumental)   → "run (instrumental)" by "ghostface killah"	cd single	def jam	2004					0:09:21 (Pop-up)
queen	don't stop me now   → "don't stop me now" by "queen"	jazz	elektra	1978					0:12:38 (Pop-up)
jon brion	showtime   → "showtime" by "jon brion"	magnolia: original motion picture score)	warner bros	2000					0:16:55 (Pop-up)
mike post	the rockford files   → "the rockford files" by "mike post"	va-super hits of the '70s vol. 17	rhino						0:20:36 (Pop-up)
trans am	enforcer   → "enforcer" by "trans am"	s/t	thrill jockey	1996					0:23:51 (Pop-up)
tom scharpling	evan "funk" davies show intros   → "evan "funk" davies show intros" by "tom scharpling"								0:28:38 (Pop-up)
terry malts	human race   → "human race" by "terry malts"	nobody realizes this is nowhere	slumberland					*	0:39:12 (Pop-up)
the night marchers	(wasting away again in) javalinaville   → "(wasting away again in) javalinaville" by "the ni...	allez! allez!	swami					*	0:42:18 (Pop-up)
the brats	be a man   → "be a man" by "the brats"	7"	hozac			vinyl reissue; orig 1974		*	0:45:35 (Pop-up)
simple circuit	get hid   → "get hid" by "simple circuit"	s/t	simple circuit					*	0:48:20 (Pop-up)
gooch palms	false identity   → "false identity" by "gooch palms"	novo's	anti fade					*	0:51:20 (Pop-up)
jonathan rado	dance away your ego   → "dance away your ego" by "jonathan rado"	law and order	woodsist					*	1:00:42 (Pop-up)
the warlocks	it's a hard fall   → "it's a hard fall" by "the warlocks"	skull worship	cargo / zap banana					*	1:03:48 (Pop-up)
psychedelic furs	sister europe   → "sister europe" by "psychedelic furs"	s/t	columbia	1980					1:07:56 (Pop-up)
doris norton	personal computer   → "personal computer" by "doris norton"	va-trevor jackson presents metal dance 2	strut					*	1:12:59 (Pop-up)
valley lodge	sweet elizabeth   → "sweet elizabeth" by "valley lodge"	use your weapons	explosive industries			Fronted by Dave Hill (not the Slade Dave Hill), who begins his new WFMU show Tuesday Jan. 7 at 9pm!		*	1:17:38 (Pop-up)
free fall	world domination   → "world domination" by "free fall"	power & volume	nuclear blast			(with a little taste of "Meriola Blues" at the beginning)		*	1:30:08 (Pop-up)
nobunny	red light love   → "red light love" by "nobunny"	secret songs: reflections from the ear mirror	goner					*	1:35:42 (Pop-up)
the last	red hair   → "red hair" by "the last"	danger	end sounds			new album from '70s Bomp band		*	1:37:50 (Pop-up)
the damned	billy bad breaks   → "billy bad breaks" by "the damned"	friday the 13th ep	nems	1981					1:39:48 (Pop-up)
the sensibles	milky way   → "milky way" by "the sensibles"	a bunch of animals	rijapov					*	1:42:56 (Pop-up)
morgan delt	black tuna gang   → "black tuna gang" by "morgan delt"	7"	trouble in mind					*	1:51:11 (Pop-up)
winston's fumbs	snow white   → "snow white" by "winston's fumbs"	va-real life permanent dreams: a cornucopia of british psychedelia 1965-70	castle						1:55:20 (Pop-up)
the attack	lady orange peel   → "lady orange peel" by "the attack"	complete recordings 1967-68	acme/lion	2005					1:57:35 (Pop-up)
la la brooks	all or nothing   → "all or nothing" by "la la brooks"	all or nothing	norton					*	2:00:03 (Pop-up)
karyn kuhl band	say goodbye   → "say goodbye" by "karyn kuhl band"	songs for the dead	karyn kuhl band					*	2:03:18 (Pop-up)
gap dream	sister ray   → "sister ray" by "gap dream"	va-white light/white heat	burger			Listen to it on Soundcloud		*	2:16:56 (Pop-up)
mick milk	down with the ship   → "down with the ship" by "mick milk"	7"	anna logue			vinyl reissue, orig early '80s		*	2:33:35 (Pop-up)
the limiñanas	bb   → "bb" by "the limiñanas"	costa blanca	trouble in mind					*	2:38:13 (Pop-up)
the jay-vons	night (was stealing from the sun)   → "night (was stealing from the sun)" by "the jay-vons"	7"	la-ti-da					*	2:43:28 (Pop-up)
cosmonauts	what me worry?   → "what me worry?" by "cosmonauts"	persona non grata	burger					*	2:50:41 (Pop-up)
the split squad	superman says   → "superman says" by "the split squad"	now hear this...	the split squad					*	2:54:23 (Pop-up)
brett smiley	va va va voom   → "va va va voom" by "brett smiley"	7"	sing sing			new vinyl reissue		*	2:56:38 (Pop-up)