WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from May 7, 2014

Listener comments!
	9:03pm P-90: greetings
	9:04pm JakeGould: Funk!
	9:05pm Ken From Hyde Park: Wednesday night? Check 70s? Check All systems are go!
	9:05pm Alex of Chicago: Hot.
	9:06pm Loretta: greetings to all tonight!
	9:06pm Thierry: Hi Evan!
	9:07pm Holly in NC: I AM SO EXCITED THAT I'M UTILIZING CAPS LOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My copies of TP are beyond dogeared, highlighted, annotated . My bibles back in the 80s. Can't begin to express their importance !!
	9:09pm Holly in NC: Oh, and hi Evan :-)
	9:09pm KP: Good evening, Evan.
	9:10pm P-90: @ Holly: O.K., I'LL USE ALL CAPS TOO. TP WAS THAT IMPORTANT BACK THEN --AND STILL!
	9:12pm P-90: And hi efd :-)
	9:13pm efd: Hi everybody! thanks for tuning in! Ira Robbins is here and we'll be coming on mic shortly!
	9:15pm Mikey Drsft Me NFL: That's the song. Tomorrow Night by the shoes. but from an album stored, far, far awy.
	9:15pm ira robbins: howdee - turn it up!!!
	9:16pm -max-: 10-4, turning it up as directed!
	9:17pm Alex of Chicago: Friday's lineup achievement unlocked.
	9:19pm joe: 'ello folks I'm all in EFD you got coasters or can I put this anywhere?
	9:21pm gloriastavers67: Helllo luvs! ~ Karen
	9:22pm P-90: "Ditto" and "Mimeo"-- NOT the same thing
	9:23pm joe: I want a back to mimeo badge
	9:24pm Frank: The gelatin printing method was called a Hectograph. Yes, I'm a nerd.
	9:26pm P-90: Note for those on board whose interests straddle the worlds of Dave Emory and efd: these copying machines were ALL against the law to own in the Soviet Union, because no unauthorized/controlled publishing was allowed
	9:28pm InBrkly: ahh rexograph. sweet memories of grade school.
	9:28pm Holly in NC: I have the 1985 2nd print edition of TP guide RIGHT HERE. Also website bookmarked on my toolbar, also right here:-) BTW, I was a total brown-nose in 1st grade, solely so I could use the ditto machine. Purple dust yes yes yes... mash up with rubber cement! ;-0
	9:29pm fleep: Gestetner.
	9:29pm InBrkly: re TP bands: I first discovered Trouser Press maybe 10 years ago searching google for Tragic Mulatto. It was the only result.
	9:31pm Ken From Hyde Park: Congratulations on being WFMU show number 55555. What is that called, a quintefecta?
	9:31pm P-90: @ fleep: Gesundheit
	9:31pm Joe B: great to hear him mention the Yardbirds - great liner notes from Mr. Robbins in the late 90s Roger the Engineer re-ish
	9:31pm InBrkly: Why didnt TP become the way better version of allmusic?
	9:33pm P-90: I remember that first Elvis Costello interview!
	9:35pm fleep: Futile debates? You've come to the right place.
	9:37pm Toddophonic: Please ask Ira if he knows what is up with Joseph Custom Tailor.
	9:38pm P-90: Lorde's passing through a stage that every artist goes through when they first become big enough to get wide coverage, and have to come to terms with the fact that they can't control what's written about them...oh well
	9:38pm joe: I was just flipping through the covers of TP and I would venture to say they probably covered more King Crimson then any other.
	9:40pm fleep: Celebrity = commodity. It's the ones who don't grasp this that have adjustment problems.
	9:40pm 12539: This has been great so far.
	9:41pm Holly in NC: Common at Noon. Just Like Darts. Never did agree with Ira much of the time..:-)
	9:43pm johnk77: samizdat
	9:45pm ira robbins: that's what makes a horse race...
	9:45pm Toddophonic: No "Hot For Teacher" by Thundertrain this set? Don't tell me you don't have that 45 Evan!
	9:45pm Robin Eisgrau: Ah, Ira Robbins and Evan "Funk" Davies -- two favorite men of mine on one of my favorite shows on my favorite radio station. Ira what's the most important album of the Trouser Press era? and please play "Starry Eyes" by The Records xo Robin
	9:45pm P-90: @ fleep; yup- she's only seventeen, she'll learn; remember John Lennon said the same thing, "they wanna put you up in a tree or on a pedestal, and then all they wanna do is throw rocks at you and try to take you down" --but that's the game
	9:46pm joe: My theory is There are those who want to make music and those that want to make it in music. The two have nothing to do with one another and are in no way mutually exclusive. Anybody can do the first one because it is completely based on personal satisfaction. The second can have many levels of achievement but it has to be understood that in some way even in the smallest sense you are at the mercy of your "audience/critic" in turn making what you create only part of the over all package.
	9:48pm efd: Todd, I have it at home!
	9:49pm efd: side note: The cover of the "Hot For Teacher" 45 was shot in a classroom of my high school.
	9:50pm joe: @Toddophonic here you go in case you have to scratch the itch right away. :) www.youtube.com...
	9:51pm Alex of Chicago: Blackout Fest achievement unlocked. Stoked.
	9:51pm li'l funk: I wore out one copy of TPRG and put a ton of miles on a second copy too. It was my favorite thing to read when I had some, oh, let's call it down time. For many years I carried around in my wallet a list of albums I thought I'd like based on TP reviews, and I'd pull it out whenever I was in a used record/tape store. I'll never forget the thrill of finding the Lightning Seeds' "Jollification" in a little shop in Lansing, Michigan-- and it's still one of my favorites. TP also led me to another of my all-time bands, EIEIO (and its offshoot Semi-Twang). Thanks, Ira!
	9:52pm P-90: @ joe: yeah, like most artists, someone like Lorde is basically a control freak, and they always have to learn this lesson that their reception by their own audience and especially by the press is just NOT something they have complete control over, it's a paradox they've got to learn to live with
	9:52pm ira robbins: gret choices -- glad to be of service
	9:53pm Holly in NC: @Ira - no disrespect intended, I searched out any/everything you & your staff wrote about, and y'all really did change my life. Differing tastes are fun.
	9:56pm joe: I love the fact that the Power Pop fest has now made it to 3 different places. Asbury Park to NYC to Brooklyn at this rate by 2016 it should be in Boston.
	9:59pm Holly in NC: Quote from random page drop (p. 261 ) "That the world at large hasn't yet recognized & lionized R. Stevie Moore is criminally neglectful of a giant talent" [iar] :-) @efd - you need some homemade chicken soup!
	10:00pm Frank: Favorite Dictators lyric: We're the members of the master race We don't judge you by your face First we check to see what you eat Then we bend down and smell your feet
	10:05pm Toddophonic: Mark Shipper put out 2 issues of Flash and one issue of a parody fanzine called Brain Damage.
	10:07pm Eddy in Australia: We got TP in Melbourne, too (later issues anyway). 'Back to Mimeo' badges for all! This is great listening, Evan. And I second the request for 'Starry Eyes.'
	10:07pm P-90: Those microfilm readers do make you dizzy- the pages "spin" by, also there's a strobing effect on your retina that gets really freaky after a few hours
	10:12pm Michael from the Left Coast: I love it a Mark Shipper reference! I'm emailing him now. Please say hi to Ira and I will listen to the rest from the archive.
	10:13pm joe: Yes Beck on 4 was jsut looking at covers on site
	10:13pm InBrkly: reminds me of my first & only wire show. 1 hour late, 20 minute set.
	10:15pm ira robbins: mark and i know each other for a long time
	10:16pm efd: Holly, very perceptive! I've been fighting a head cold, luckily I think it's on the way out.
	10:18pm Joe B: My TPRG has duct tape holding the binding together
	10:18pm Toddophonic: Mark Shipper was also first person to re-issue The Sonics! In the mid-70's!
	10:21pm joe: WoW I'm behind Humple PIe has not even ended for me yet.
	10:22pm Holly in NC: @efd - maybe also hot toddy when you get home? @Joe B - Excellent. Such a sign of love :-)
	10:23pm Drawmark: Damn this is a great show.
	10:24pm efd: Thanks Drawmark, and thanks everyone for your comments so far! Great to see the Trouser Press memories, please continue to share those and feel free to ask any questions you might have!
	10:28pm Eddy in Australia: EFD: I'd love to hear Ira's take on the relevant music from down here. I'm thinking of bands like The Riptides, first album-era Scientists, maybe the poppier end of the Birdman scene.
	10:29pm joe: Ira is there one band that you guys really had a thing for at TP but for some reason just never caught on. Kind of the TP secret band.
	10:29pm joe: even with fanatics
	10:33pm Jay: Ira your enthusiasm for and knowledge of quality rock music after all this time is amazing! You should have your own radio show (sorry Evan lol).
	10:41pm johnk77: huffingtonpost.com/binky-philips/
	10:42pm Mark Brown: Ira and Trouser Press published my first two paid music articles, and off of those two clips I got a career. Ira is a god.
	10:42pm 12539: This continues to be great so far.
	10:43pm joe: en.wikipedia.org...
	10:44pm eyenoise: Always loved those Trouser Press flex discs. I don't have my long run of TPs anymore, but I still have all the flexis!
	10:45pm joe: Here is said Trees album www.youtube.com...
	10:46pm johnk77: as a born contrarian left-handed aquarian: the fixx were great live your mileage may have varied also the fixx recorded in douglaston, queens
	10:50pm Holly in NC: I have a soft spot for the Fixx's cover of These Boots Are Made For Walking. And now I have to go listen to Red Skies, drat it!
	10:53pm Figgsrock: Ira, I'm having flashbacks to those TP nights we did at Magnetic Field.
	10:54pm johnk77: saw the fixx live hollywood park racetrack early eighties they killed it in front of 40,000 socal punters supporting the police
	10:54pm ira robbins: as ypu should, steve! time to relive the past
	10:54pm Jim Allen: I bought the Trees album precisely on account of the TP recommendation, and I love it to this day. A shame there was never a follow-up, though I've looked up Dane Conover online and I believe he has made music subsequently.
	10:59pm Carmichael: Evan!
	11:05pm Mark Josephson: Mark Josephson, ex-Rockool, ex-New Music Seminar, now Wellmont Theater, saying hello to Ira Robbins, great show and great to hear your voice, Best & Warmest Regards, Mark J
	11:06pm pacific standard simon: I can't believe that Uncle Michael, WFMU DJ & TP flexi-disc collector, isn't here.
	11:07pm ira robbins: Hey mark -- wonderful to hear from you
	11:12pm pacific standard simon: Seattle had some of the same trouble as the midwest, before the '90s.
	11:23pm Eric the Half a Bee: OMG, EFD, I haven't heard this Bonzo Dog Band piece in probably decades! Awesome! Thanks!
	11:28pm pacific standard simon: Well whose fault is THAT, boyo?
	11:32pm Camilla: Hey, Ira, I met you at Andy Shernoff's first solo gig a few years ago at a tiny club in the East Village. For the record, you published my gushing 15-year-old groupie-girl missive re: The New York Dolls in your 4th issue. At the time, I picked up TOTP at a place in Poughkeepsie called The Record Lover, owned by a lovely man, Gary Danna, who was a friend of mine. I used to help him out in the store sometimes on weekends when I was visiting upstate. Thanks for the great mag, Ira, and Happy 40th! PS: So cool that Dwight Twilley is playing for you this weekend. I am glad to hear he's still at it! I only know his first two records, but we loved them!
	11:35pm jmd: Residents b/w Cheap Trick! Terrific!
	11:36pm pacific standard simon: I used to pick up my issues of Trouser Press at Rather Ripped Records in Berkeley, along with the Krautrock zine. The Residents records would stare at us from the rack in silent reproach.
	11:37pm Drawmark: This is like being in my room in the 70s playing records on the floor and thumbing thru Trouser Press. Thanks Guys. Gonna go slather Clearasil on my face and argue with my parents now.
	11:40pm pacific standard simon: Seems reasonable, "Funk".
	11:40pm JakeGould: Trouser Press? Thhbbbt! That is for old fogies! I am totally into “Deluxe Digital Pants Press” I jack-into that e-pub every day! www.sharperimage.com...
	11:43pm fleep: I don't have any digital pants. All my pants are analog pants. I've fallen behind.
	11:44pm Jann Wenner: Shouldn't be friends with bands?! BLASPHEMY!!
	11:46pm joe: I went to see Cheap trick about 7 years ago when someone gave me free tickets. I went being a fan of the band but not a super huge fan. I walked out that night speechless and with my mouth hanging open. To this day one of the best shows I have ever seen.
	11:46pm eyenoise: Thanks for asking about the flexi discs, EFD!
	11:47pm eyenoise: www.discogs.com...
	11:49pm pacific standard simon: I confess -- the flexi-disc never convinced me to subscribe. By that time, I was never certain that TP would continue to publish another month.
	11:55pm 12539: Great talk! Thanks, Ira & Mr Funk.
	11:56pm pacific standard simon: That said, I still have my copies. Never sold, traded, gave away or cut up any of them.
	11:56pm Toddophonic: Fantastic show guys! Thanks!
	11:57pm efd: Thanks for listening and for all your comments everyone! See you at the Bell House Friday and Saturday!
	11:58pm pacific standard simon: Can't say that about my copies of Rolling Stone, Fusion or Cream.
	11:58pm ira robbins: thank u todd for hooking us up!
	12:00am joe: great job
	8:30am The Slugger: Excellent set!!!

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from May 7, 2014

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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 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!

May 7, 2014: IRA ROBBINS from Trouser Press live in studio! Plus a phone call from PEZBAND!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
dwight twilley band	twilley don't mind	twilley don't mind	arista	1977	All the bands in this opening set are playing the Brooklyn Power Pop Festival Friday May 8 and Saturday May 9 at the Bell House!		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
barreracudas	nasty boots "nasty boots" by "barreracudas"	7"	windial	2012			0:02:23 (Pop-up)
the beat	look but don't touch "look but don't touch" by "the beat"	s/t	columbia	1979			0:04:39 (Pop-up)
games	listen "listen" by "games"	s/t	hozac	2012			0:07:46 (Pop-up)
shoes	tomorrow night "tomorrow night" by "shoes"	7"	bomp	1978			0:09:57 (Pop-up)
1-800-band	diver blue "diver blue" by "1-800-band"	diver blue 12" ep	almost ready		playing live on Joe Belock's 3 Chord Monte show next Tuesday!	*	0:15:49 (Pop-up)
pezband	please be somewhere tonight	s/t	passport	1977			0:16:56 (Pop-up)

real kids	all kindsa girls "all kindsa girls" by "real kids"						0:40:59 (Pop-up)
rubber city rebels	paper dolls "paper dolls" by "rubber city rebels"				A Jack Lee composition		0:44:25 (Pop-up)
the boys	brickfield nights "brickfield nights" by "the boys"						0:46:43 (Pop-up)
the dictators	stay with me "stay with me" by "the dictators"						0:49:51 (Pop-up)

jeff beck group	plynth (water down the drain)						1:15:07 (Pop-up)
humble pie	shine on "shine on" by "humble pie"						1:17:49 (Pop-up)
rory gallagher	living like a trucker						1:20:41 (Pop-up)
mott the hoople	walkin' with a mountain						1:25:00 (Pop-up)

be bop deluxe	jet silver and the dolls of venus						1:48:42 (Pop-up)
the move	i can hear the grass grow						1:53:28 (Pop-up)
the who	under my thumb "under my thumb" by "the who"						1:55:52 (Pop-up)
pezband	love goes underground "love goes underground" by "pezband"						1:58:16 (Pop-up)

bonzo dog band	the intro and the outro						2:21:49 (Pop-up)
bonzo dog band	trouser press "trouser press" by "bonzo dog band"						2:24:19 (Pop-up)
bonzo dog band	death cab for cutie						2:26:37 (Pop-up)
the residents	it's a man's man's man's world						2:29:31 (Pop-up)
cheap trick	i know what i want "i know what i want" by "cheap trick"						2:33:27 (Pop-up)

roxy music	all i want is you "all i want is you" by "roxy music"						2:55:54 (Pop-up)
undertones	here comes the sommer "here comes the sommer" by "undertones"						2:58:40 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:03pm P-90: greetings
	9:04pm JakeGould: Funk!
	9:05pm Ken From Hyde Park: Wednesday night? Check 70s? Check All systems are go!
	9:05pm Alex of Chicago: Hot.
	9:06pm Loretta: greetings to all tonight!
	9:06pm Thierry: Hi Evan!
	9:07pm Holly in NC: I AM SO EXCITED THAT I'M UTILIZING CAPS LOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My copies of TP are beyond dogeared, highlighted, annotated . My bibles back in the 80s. Can't begin to express their importance !!
	9:09pm Holly in NC: Oh, and hi Evan :-)
	9:09pm KP: Good evening, Evan.
	9:10pm P-90: @ Holly: O.K., I'LL USE ALL CAPS TOO. TP WAS THAT IMPORTANT BACK THEN --AND STILL!
	9:12pm P-90: And hi efd :-)
	9:13pm efd: Hi everybody! thanks for tuning in! Ira Robbins is here and we'll be coming on mic shortly!
	9:15pm Mikey Drsft Me NFL: That's the song. Tomorrow Night by the shoes. but from an album stored, far, far awy.
	9:15pm ira robbins: howdee - turn it up!!!
	9:16pm -max-: 10-4, turning it up as directed!
	9:17pm Alex of Chicago: Friday's lineup achievement unlocked.
	9:19pm joe: 'ello folks I'm all in EFD you got coasters or can I put this anywhere?
	9:21pm gloriastavers67: Helllo luvs! ~ Karen
	9:22pm P-90: "Ditto" and "Mimeo"-- NOT the same thing
	9:23pm joe: I want a back to mimeo badge
	9:24pm Frank: The gelatin printing method was called a Hectograph. Yes, I'm a nerd.
	9:26pm P-90: Note for those on board whose interests straddle the worlds of Dave Emory and efd: these copying machines were ALL against the law to own in the Soviet Union, because no unauthorized/controlled publishing was allowed
	9:28pm InBrkly: ahh rexograph. sweet memories of grade school.
	9:28pm Holly in NC: I have the 1985 2nd print edition of TP guide RIGHT HERE. Also website bookmarked on my toolbar, also right here:-) BTW, I was a total brown-nose in 1st grade, solely so I could use the ditto machine. Purple dust yes yes yes... mash up with rubber cement! ;-0
	9:29pm fleep: Gestetner.
	9:29pm InBrkly: re TP bands: I first discovered Trouser Press maybe 10 years ago searching google for Tragic Mulatto. It was the only result.
	9:31pm Ken From Hyde Park: Congratulations on being WFMU show number 55555. What is that called, a quintefecta?
	9:31pm P-90: @ fleep: Gesundheit
	9:31pm Joe B: great to hear him mention the Yardbirds - great liner notes from Mr. Robbins in the late 90s Roger the Engineer re-ish
	9:31pm InBrkly: Why didnt TP become the way better version of allmusic?
	9:33pm P-90: I remember that first Elvis Costello interview!
	9:35pm fleep: Futile debates? You've come to the right place.
	9:37pm Toddophonic: Please ask Ira if he knows what is up with Joseph Custom Tailor.
	9:38pm P-90: Lorde's passing through a stage that every artist goes through when they first become big enough to get wide coverage, and have to come to terms with the fact that they can't control what's written about them...oh well
	9:38pm joe: I was just flipping through the covers of TP and I would venture to say they probably covered more King Crimson then any other.
	9:40pm fleep: Celebrity = commodity. It's the ones who don't grasp this that have adjustment problems.
	9:40pm 12539: This has been great so far.
	9:41pm Holly in NC: Common at Noon. Just Like Darts. Never did agree with Ira much of the time..:-)
	9:43pm johnk77: samizdat
	9:45pm ira robbins: that's what makes a horse race...
	9:45pm Toddophonic: No "Hot For Teacher" by Thundertrain this set? Don't tell me you don't have that 45 Evan!
	9:45pm Robin Eisgrau: Ah, Ira Robbins and Evan "Funk" Davies -- two favorite men of mine on one of my favorite shows on my favorite radio station. Ira what's the most important album of the Trouser Press era? and please play "Starry Eyes" by The Records xo Robin
	9:45pm P-90: @ fleep; yup- she's only seventeen, she'll learn; remember John Lennon said the same thing, "they wanna put you up in a tree or on a pedestal, and then all they wanna do is throw rocks at you and try to take you down" --but that's the game
	9:46pm joe: My theory is There are those who want to make music and those that want to make it in music. The two have nothing to do with one another and are in no way mutually exclusive. Anybody can do the first one because it is completely based on personal satisfaction. The second can have many levels of achievement but it has to be understood that in some way even in the smallest sense you are at the mercy of your "audience/critic" in turn making what you create only part of the over all package.
	9:48pm efd: Todd, I have it at home!
	9:49pm efd: side note: The cover of the "Hot For Teacher" 45 was shot in a classroom of my high school.
	9:50pm joe: @Toddophonic here you go in case you have to scratch the itch right away. :) www.youtube.com...
	9:51pm Alex of Chicago: Blackout Fest achievement unlocked. Stoked.
	9:51pm li'l funk: I wore out one copy of TPRG and put a ton of miles on a second copy too. It was my favorite thing to read when I had some, oh, let's call it down time. For many years I carried around in my wallet a list of albums I thought I'd like based on TP reviews, and I'd pull it out whenever I was in a used record/tape store. I'll never forget the thrill of finding the Lightning Seeds' "Jollification" in a little shop in Lansing, Michigan-- and it's still one of my favorites. TP also led me to another of my all-time bands, EIEIO (and its offshoot Semi-Twang). Thanks, Ira!
	9:52pm P-90: @ joe: yeah, like most artists, someone like Lorde is basically a control freak, and they always have to learn this lesson that their reception by their own audience and especially by the press is just NOT something they have complete control over, it's a paradox they've got to learn to live with
	9:52pm ira robbins: gret choices -- glad to be of service
	9:53pm Holly in NC: @Ira - no disrespect intended, I searched out any/everything you & your staff wrote about, and y'all really did change my life. Differing tastes are fun.
	9:56pm joe: I love the fact that the Power Pop fest has now made it to 3 different places. Asbury Park to NYC to Brooklyn at this rate by 2016 it should be in Boston.
	9:59pm Holly in NC: Quote from random page drop (p. 261 ) "That the world at large hasn't yet recognized & lionized R. Stevie Moore is criminally neglectful of a giant talent" [iar] :-) @efd - you need some homemade chicken soup!
	10:00pm Frank: Favorite Dictators lyric: We're the members of the master race We don't judge you by your face First we check to see what you eat Then we bend down and smell your feet
	10:05pm Toddophonic: Mark Shipper put out 2 issues of Flash and one issue of a parody fanzine called Brain Damage.
	10:07pm Eddy in Australia: We got TP in Melbourne, too (later issues anyway). 'Back to Mimeo' badges for all! This is great listening, Evan. And I second the request for 'Starry Eyes.'
	10:07pm P-90: Those microfilm readers do make you dizzy- the pages "spin" by, also there's a strobing effect on your retina that gets really freaky after a few hours
	10:12pm Michael from the Left Coast: I love it a Mark Shipper reference! I'm emailing him now. Please say hi to Ira and I will listen to the rest from the archive.
	10:13pm joe: Yes Beck on 4 was jsut looking at covers on site
	10:13pm InBrkly: reminds me of my first & only wire show. 1 hour late, 20 minute set.
	10:15pm ira robbins: mark and i know each other for a long time
	10:16pm efd: Holly, very perceptive! I've been fighting a head cold, luckily I think it's on the way out.
	10:18pm Joe B: My TPRG has duct tape holding the binding together
	10:18pm Toddophonic: Mark Shipper was also first person to re-issue The Sonics! In the mid-70's!
	10:21pm joe: WoW I'm behind Humple PIe has not even ended for me yet.
	10:22pm Holly in NC: @efd - maybe also hot toddy when you get home? @Joe B - Excellent. Such a sign of love :-)
	10:23pm Drawmark: Damn this is a great show.
	10:24pm efd: Thanks Drawmark, and thanks everyone for your comments so far! Great to see the Trouser Press memories, please continue to share those and feel free to ask any questions you might have!
	10:28pm Eddy in Australia: EFD: I'd love to hear Ira's take on the relevant music from down here. I'm thinking of bands like The Riptides, first album-era Scientists, maybe the poppier end of the Birdman scene.
	10:29pm joe: Ira is there one band that you guys really had a thing for at TP but for some reason just never caught on. Kind of the TP secret band.
	10:29pm joe: even with fanatics
	10:33pm Jay: Ira your enthusiasm for and knowledge of quality rock music after all this time is amazing! You should have your own radio show (sorry Evan lol).
	10:41pm johnk77: huffingtonpost.com/binky-philips/
	10:42pm Mark Brown: Ira and Trouser Press published my first two paid music articles, and off of those two clips I got a career. Ira is a god.
	10:42pm 12539: This continues to be great so far.
	10:43pm joe: en.wikipedia.org...
	10:44pm eyenoise: Always loved those Trouser Press flex discs. I don't have my long run of TPs anymore, but I still have all the flexis!
	10:45pm joe: Here is said Trees album www.youtube.com...
	10:46pm johnk77: as a born contrarian left-handed aquarian: the fixx were great live your mileage may have varied also the fixx recorded in douglaston, queens
	10:50pm Holly in NC: I have a soft spot for the Fixx's cover of These Boots Are Made For Walking. And now I have to go listen to Red Skies, drat it!
	10:53pm Figgsrock: Ira, I'm having flashbacks to those TP nights we did at Magnetic Field.
	10:54pm johnk77: saw the fixx live hollywood park racetrack early eighties they killed it in front of 40,000 socal punters supporting the police
	10:54pm ira robbins: as ypu should, steve! time to relive the past
	10:54pm Jim Allen: I bought the Trees album precisely on account of the TP recommendation, and I love it to this day. A shame there was never a follow-up, though I've looked up Dane Conover online and I believe he has made music subsequently.
	10:59pm Carmichael: Evan!
	11:05pm Mark Josephson: Mark Josephson, ex-Rockool, ex-New Music Seminar, now Wellmont Theater, saying hello to Ira Robbins, great show and great to hear your voice, Best & Warmest Regards, Mark J
	11:06pm pacific standard simon: I can't believe that Uncle Michael, WFMU DJ & TP flexi-disc collector, isn't here.
	11:07pm ira robbins: Hey mark -- wonderful to hear from you
	11:12pm pacific standard simon: Seattle had some of the same trouble as the midwest, before the '90s.
	11:23pm Eric the Half a Bee: OMG, EFD, I haven't heard this Bonzo Dog Band piece in probably decades! Awesome! Thanks!
	11:28pm pacific standard simon: Well whose fault is THAT, boyo?
	11:32pm Camilla: Hey, Ira, I met you at Andy Shernoff's first solo gig a few years ago at a tiny club in the East Village. For the record, you published my gushing 15-year-old groupie-girl missive re: The New York Dolls in your 4th issue. At the time, I picked up TOTP at a place in Poughkeepsie called The Record Lover, owned by a lovely man, Gary Danna, who was a friend of mine. I used to help him out in the store sometimes on weekends when I was visiting upstate. Thanks for the great mag, Ira, and Happy 40th! PS: So cool that Dwight Twilley is playing for you this weekend. I am glad to hear he's still at it! I only know his first two records, but we loved them!
	11:35pm jmd: Residents b/w Cheap Trick! Terrific!
	11:36pm pacific standard simon: I used to pick up my issues of Trouser Press at Rather Ripped Records in Berkeley, along with the Krautrock zine. The Residents records would stare at us from the rack in silent reproach.
	11:37pm Drawmark: This is like being in my room in the 70s playing records on the floor and thumbing thru Trouser Press. Thanks Guys. Gonna go slather Clearasil on my face and argue with my parents now.
	11:40pm pacific standard simon: Seems reasonable, "Funk".
	11:40pm JakeGould: Trouser Press? Thhbbbt! That is for old fogies! I am totally into “Deluxe Digital Pants Press” I jack-into that e-pub every day! www.sharperimage.com...
	11:43pm fleep: I don't have any digital pants. All my pants are analog pants. I've fallen behind.
	11:44pm Jann Wenner: Shouldn't be friends with bands?! BLASPHEMY!!
	11:46pm joe: I went to see Cheap trick about 7 years ago when someone gave me free tickets. I went being a fan of the band but not a super huge fan. I walked out that night speechless and with my mouth hanging open. To this day one of the best shows I have ever seen.
	11:46pm eyenoise: Thanks for asking about the flexi discs, EFD!
	11:47pm eyenoise: www.discogs.com...
	11:49pm pacific standard simon: I confess -- the flexi-disc never convinced me to subscribe. By that time, I was never certain that TP would continue to publish another month.
	11:55pm 12539: Great talk! Thanks, Ira & Mr Funk.
	11:56pm pacific standard simon: That said, I still have my copies. Never sold, traded, gave away or cut up any of them.
	11:56pm Toddophonic: Fantastic show guys! Thanks!
	11:57pm efd: Thanks for listening and for all your comments everyone! See you at the Bell House Friday and Saturday!
	11:58pm pacific standard simon: Can't say that about my copies of Rolling Stone, Fusion or Cream.
	11:58pm ira robbins: thank u todd for hooking us up!
	12:00am joe: great job
	8:30am The Slugger: Excellent set!!!

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from May 7, 2014

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