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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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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments New Approx. start time
steam machine  you make it move   Favoriting 7"  capitol  1972  $1.99, Amoeba    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
snopek  hamburger holocaust   Favoriting thinking out loud  mountain railroad  1979  $1, Amoeba    0:02:25 (Pop-up)
the difference  p.m.t. (pre menstrual tension)   Favoriting sign of the times 12" ep  sugar maple/enigma  1983  $1, Amoeba    0:07:29 (Pop-up)
the dartells  dill pickles   Favoriting hot pastrami  dot  1963  $2, 1-2-3-4 Go!    0:11:19 (Pop-up)
roxy music  trash 2   Favoriting 7"      $1.99, Amoeba    0:14:10 (Pop-up)
andre cymone  livin' in the new wave   Favoriting livin' in the new wave  columbia  1982  $5, Econo Jam (I think) Rooky Ricardo's    0:17:12 (Pop-up)
spiro t. agnew  a challenge to the hippies/"effete corps of impudent snobs"   Favoriting spiro t. agnew speaks out  rca  1970  $1.99, Rasputin's    0:21:03 (Pop-up)
the friends of distinction  new mother nature   Favoriting 7"  rca  1970  no price sticker    0:24:40 (Pop-up)
fortune  forget about tomorrow   Favoriting s/t  warner bros  1978  $1, Amoeba    0:27:26 (Pop-up)
 
fernando lamas  alfred and humbert   Favoriting co*star: the record acting game  co*star/roulette    $7.95, Rasputin's    0:46:55 (Pop-up)
shonen knife  shopping   Favoriting overdrive  good charamel      *   0:51:04 (Pop-up)
the skygreen leopards  my friends   Favoriting family crimes  woodsist      *   0:54:17 (Pop-up)
chuck prophet  tell me anything (turn to gold)   Favoriting night surfer  yep roc      *   0:56:45 (Pop-up)
literature  blasé   Favoriting chorus  slumberland      *   1:00:11 (Pop-up)
allah-las  artifact   Favoriting worship the sun  innovative leisure      *   1:02:13 (Pop-up)
 
games  little elise   Favoriting 7"  hozac      *   1:14:42 (Pop-up)
dancer  bitchin' heat   Favoriting 7"  grazer      *   1:17:38 (Pop-up)
our american cousins  pandora 99   Favoriting 7"  rockville/dutch east india  1991  $1, Amoeba    1:20:56 (Pop-up)
pere ubu  golden surf ii   Favoriting carnival of souls  fire records      *   1:25:29 (Pop-up)
chris stamey  draggin' the line   Favoriting va-more superhits of the seventies  wfmu    Michael Shelley's 2014 marathon premium  *   1:29:42 (Pop-up)
 
golden pelicans  two feathers   Favoriting s/t  total punk    $14.99, 1-2-3-4 Go!  *   1:40:12 (Pop-up)
ngozi family  i'm on my way   Favoriting day of judgement  now-again    orig mid-'70s  *   1:41:24 (Pop-up)
dan mccafferty  cinnamon girl   Favoriting 7"  mountain  1975  $1.99, Amoeba
(Nazareth's singer)  		  1:45:40 (Pop-up)
bart davenport  girl gotta way   Favoriting physical world  lovemonk  2014      1:50:15 (Pop-up)
so cow  operating at a loss   Favoriting the long con  goner    playing at Cake Shop this coming Saturday, and I've got tickets to give away in just a few minutes!  *   1:54:54 (Pop-up)
 
dead moon  time has come today   Favoriting unknown passage  m'lady's      *   2:10:23 (Pop-up)
new pornographers  hi-rise   Favoriting brill bruisers  matador      *   2:14:39 (Pop-up)
rudiger lorenz  out of the past   Favoriting invisible voices  anthology    orig 1983, new cd release  *   2:17:59 (Pop-up)
chrome  nephilims (help me)   Favoriting feel it like a scientist  king of spades      *   2:21:47 (Pop-up)
jack nitzsche  night walker   Favoriting night walker  ace      *   2:25:36 (Pop-up)
 
game theory  the young drug   Favoriting blaze of glory  omnivore    orig 1982; new reissue  *   2:33:22 (Pop-up)
the paul & john  brickland   Favoriting inner sunset  mystery lawn      *   2:35:45 (Pop-up)
sloan  what's inside   Favoriting commonwealth  yep roc      *   2:39:07 (Pop-up)
coves  honeybee   Favoriting soft friday  nettwerk      *   2:42:51 (Pop-up)
cliff hillis  turn on a dime   Favoriting song machine  tallboy records      *   2:46:10 (Pop-up)
 
disco tex and the sex-o-lettes  get dancin'   Favoriting 7"  chelsea    RIP co-writer/producer Bob Crewe    2:53:06 (Pop-up)
eleventh hour  lady marmalade   Favoriting hollywood hot  20th century  1976  song co-written & this version produced by Bob Crewe    2:56:00 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  9:03pm
montgomery:

efd makes it move
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Stevel:

Snopek! Midwest represent!
Avatar 9:06pm
Loretta:

hi Evan & all on this great evening!!
Avatar 9:07pm
Holly in NC:

Hello efd, Loretta, Steve1, montgomery, and all future listeners & lurkers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:09pm
Stevel:

Hey Holly. How's stuff?
Avatar 9:10pm
fleep:

Greetings to efd, the Funky, and the Funkless.
Avatar 9:11pm
Holly in NC:

As a perimenopausal woman, my whole life is lived in a state of p.m.t.
Also, what a weird song ;-)

@Steve1 - Don't ask. Really. This is my break from reality!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:12pm
Stevel:

I completely support reality breaks. This show has served that purpose many, many times.
  9:13pm
jon:

amazing show from beech st last week evan. good to have you back for this fine nj eve though.
Avatar 9:13pm
Holly in NC:

@efd - by "weird song" I mean I love it!
  9:15pm
JakeGould:

Cheap LP roundup?
  9:17pm
jon:

road trip roundup
Avatar 9:19pm
Holly in NC:

roxy music great b-side
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:20pm
Stevel:

We're all livin' this funky New Wave.
  9:22pm
john:

It's Ted!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:23pm
Stevel:

"...subside to a more professorial tone." Big talk for a big hack.
  9:25pm
JakeGould:

Sprio Agnew watch. www.stumptownblogger.com...
Avatar 9:26pm
Loretta:

love this one..
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:30pm
Stevel:

Ooh, post the Fortune album cover! Its cocaine-alicious!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:32pm
efd:

no time to post the cover image, but here's the tweet that has it: twitter.com...
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:33pm
Lonely Planet Boy:

Jake Gould , I had a t-shirt depicting that watch that I wore in 5th & 6th grade. My 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Forgus, sent a note to my parents saying I should be respectful and wear "button down shirts with collars".
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:33pm
Stevel:

efd: Your next task is to track down the disco mixes of Fortune's tracks. You KNOW they're out there.

The longer I look at that cover, the scarier it gets.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:34pm
Uncle Michael:

My chest hair needs blow drying.
  9:35pm
JakeGould:

@LonelyPlanetBoy, "button down shirts with collars" agh, the 1970s! I had a friend who got crap in elementary school for wearing a “Hear Comes the Judge!” sweatshirt.
  9:35pm
montgomery:

spiro was an allstar thief and a--hole culture warrior extrordinaire
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:37pm
Stevel:

Its the women's eyes. Their eyes. Not to mention the gritted teeth.
  9:41pm
JakeGould:

Also, the cocaine.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:42pm
Stevel:

Always the cocaine. They had a song called "Saddle in the Wind." I shudder to think.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:43pm
Stevel:

Does Dave the Spazz have the Agnew album for samples?
  9:44pm
herb.nyc:

Agnew- "examples of VP TWIT"
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:45pm
Stevel:

Pretty sure Snopek was from Milwaukee. Played every other week in Madison in the early 80s.
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:45pm
Lonely Planet Boy:

JG, I thought the "Judge" 45" was on the Gordy label. But It was on the Soul label, also purple.
  9:46pm
john:

Beaky's gonna be pissed.
  9:47pm
john:

Beaky called. Says "THANK you."
Avatar 9:48pm
fleep:

Acting!
  9:49pm
JakeGould:

I revisited “Here Comes the Judge” a few years back. I am deeply embarrassed at what entertained me as an elementary school student.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:52pm
Stevel:

Bravo. A THESPIAN is what you are, sir.
  9:52pm
daveB from Oakland:

Bravo, Lorenzo, Bravo EFD!!! Excellent thespianship!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:52pm
Charlie:

Why did Fernando keep stepping on your lines?
  9:53pm
john:

Oh, you scenery chewer.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:53pm
efd:

My agent is already on the phone with his agent about that very issue.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:55pm
Santos L Halper:

Evening! The Knife coming to my town soon; psyched!
Avatar 9:55pm
Holly in NC:

@JakeGould:

I recollect when Dickie Goodman was my idol, to wit:

www.youtube.com...
  9:55pm
montgomery:

sending efd and lorenzo some thespian love from new jersey
  9:57pm
montgomery:

fernando. my bad
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:58pm
efd:

As far as I know there is no Lorenzo Lamas Co*Star record.
Avatar 9:59pm
Holly in NC:

! @efd, would not expect you to play Chuck Prophet. Glad you are playing Chuck Prophet.
  10:02pm
montgomery:

it was just my imagination running away with me efd
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:03pm
efd:

@Holly, good to know I can still surprise even a longtime listener like you!
Avatar 10:04pm
Holly in NC:

I so adore the Allah-Las.
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:06pm
Lonely Planet Boy:

N.C.'s, Yep Roc.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:07pm
coelacanth:

olá Evan (fd) & Funkies.
...THAT was a great track! ..so, -60s-psych-ish.
  10:10pm
daveB from Oakland:

Ahh ... that's how i got my lamas's confused
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:10pm
coelacanth:

i obviously missed an historic event.
  10:10pm
molton boron:

the king and the chorus girl bit was epic
  10:10pm
john:

...and you're just the guy to do it!
  10:11pm
Your Next Talent Agent:

I couldn't find you a better script for $7.95. Sorry, EFD.
But stick with it, ya got promise!
  10:12pm
herb.nyc:

Ooh, Kid Congo is in PZone PLAYGROUND bk!
  10:25pm
Clay Buchholz:

Yeah.
Avatar 10:28pm
Holly in NC:

Pere Ubu phoenixing for gazillionth time!
  10:28pm
Ignore Function:

Even more rocking than normal, EFD.
  10:29pm
V Priceless:

Hey Evan! New Ubu rockin!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:29pm
Stevel:

Wow. New Ubu. Not bad, even.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:31pm
Stevel:

Michael Shelley is everywhere. He is everything.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:47pm
Fuzzy:

Good news guys -- just signed Christopher Walken to play Ben Orr in my soon-to-be-released biography about The Cars:

"Let's Go!"

See ya at the Palm D'Or!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:48pm
efd:

haha, I'm only a little disappointed because I thought you were going to say you signed him to make a Co*Star record!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:50pm
Fuzzy:

Maybe if I throw in a gold watch -- he might go for that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:52pm
Fuzzy:

Naw, for reals: I was just jamming on some old Midnight Special Cars videos on the Youtube, and Walken could totally pull it off!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:52pm
pacific standard simon:

Just tuned in -- what the hell kinda weirdo show IS this?

;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:53pm
efd:

why I think it's an excellent weirdo show!
Avatar 10:54pm
Holly in NC:

Hi @pss!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:54pm
efd:

Fuzzy, I can totally see Christopher Walken as Ben Orr!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:54pm
Fuzzy:

When You Dance, You Can Really Love! Glad I rememberered to tune in!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:54pm
pacific standard simon:

Sounds that way, yes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:55pm
pacific standard simon:

Hi Holly -- I finally got my WFMU cook book! It's so wonderful.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:55pm
Fuzzy:

Absolutely, efd -- I'm not joking!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:56pm
Fuzzy:

Richard Belzer as Ric -- what sayeth you?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:57pm
Stevel:

Belzer as Ric=Golden Globe.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:57pm
pacific standard simon:

That's good -- but Todd Rundgren did a pretty good job in The New Cars, too.
Avatar 11:00pm
Holly in NC:

@pss - Do tell! Tonight I had some super fresh & cheap bluefish, sauteed in olive oil w garlic, capers, olives, lemon & oregano, finished with gin. Yummy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:05pm
Fuzzy:

Excellent! Play it now!
Avatar 11:06pm
Callieflower:

I feel like I need to make Evan's giveaway jingle my ringtone
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:07pm
pacific standard simon:

You're hired as my personal cook when I get rich, Holly (I can't cook EVERY night!) Just had pesto and noodles tonight, but tomorrow I'm cooking lamb steaks and carrots glazed with orange and ginger.

Maria Muldaur is playing on my island in a couple of weeks!
Avatar 11:11pm
daveB from Oakland:

Time has come today!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:12pm
coelacanth:

Sweet!
Avatar 11:12pm
Holly in NC:

Yay dead moon!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:12pm
Fuzzy:

My soul's been psychodelicized!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:13pm
pacific standard simon:

Any other covers of this song besides The Ramones?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:14pm
Fuzzy:

Chambers Bros. is scarier.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:14pm
pacific standard simon:

I think Hawkwind could have totally killed with this song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:18pm
Fuzzy:

n!
Avatar 11:21pm
daveB from Oakland:

Give me an N! Give me an E! Give me a W! Give me a P! ...
Avatar 11:25pm
dB from Oakland:

"Rüdiger Lorenz ... was a German pharmacist and synthesist known for his large collection of analog synthesizers and his prolific output of albums featuring them" en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar 11:27pm
fleep:

Perhaps the pharmacizing helped with the synthesizing.
Avatar 11:28pm
dB from Oakland:

@fleep ... indeed. Ted Leo can't be the only pharmacist in the music game.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:28pm
Fuzzy:

Paging Dr. Robert...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:31pm
pacific standard simon:

Owsley "Bear" Stanley
Avatar 11:35pm
Holly in NC:

So glad Omnivore's reissuing GT.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:36pm
Santos L Halper:

Thanks for playing GT efd, and thanks to Holly for the tip a few weeks ago. It's a really nice release, and the rest will of course be even better!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:37pm
pacific standard simon:

Owsley is one of my heroes, despite his stupid ideas about diet, which have much in common with those of Hasil Adkins.
Avatar 11:44pm
daveB from Oakland:

Owsley and Adkins could've been a great collaboration (Is the Adkins diet anything like the Atkins diet? ... don't mind me, I'm just free-associating).
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:44pm
Fuzzy:

No More Hot Dogs!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:47pm
Fuzzy:

Dude made a whole album about chicken!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:48pm
pacific standard simon:

Pretty much, daveB -- all animal protein, all the time. Vegetables are poison!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:49pm
Fuzzy:

A strict diet of commodity meat.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:49pm
pacific standard simon:

cliff hillis sounds like George Harrison!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:54pm
pacific standard simon:

Never thought I'd hear that name again in this life...
  11:55pm
P-90:

Bob joins the Disco Generation. Or does the best he can with it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:57pm
Fuzzy:

Well dress me in a sleeveless down vest and call me Dorothy Hammill -- this is some different Music to watch girls by!
  11:58pm
john:

Any day that ends with Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes is almost certainly better than originally assumed.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:58pm
efd:

and the Pirates won to boot!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:58pm
pacific standard simon:

Sometimes Evan's singles collection scares me.
  11:59pm
john:

I was prepared to be too polite to mention that. But since you bring it up….Raise the jolly roger!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:00am
Fuzzy:

How 'bout them Red Sox?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:00am
pacific standard simon:

The Giants and The Pirates are going to meet in a one game wild card playoff, and we are going to come to blows.
Avatar 12:00am
Callieflower:

I like dreamin too, but I don't sing about it
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:01am
coelacanth:

Thanks, Evan!
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