WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from April 11, 2018

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from April 11, 2018

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...)

April 11, 2018

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
dragon	reach the top "reach the top" by "dragon"	are you old enough	portrait	1978			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
the electric light orchestra	birmingham blues	out of the blue	jet	1977			0:03:48 (Pop-up)
the spectres	stories "stories" by "the spectres"	7"	demon	1980			0:08:18 (Pop-up)
the carpettes	friday night : saturday morning	fight amongst yourselves	beggars banquet	1980			0:10:59 (Pop-up)
blood brothers	goodbye "goodbye" by "blood brothers"	honey & blood	jive	1988			0:14:51 (Pop-up)
the elevators	johnny train your mind	frontline	arista	1980			0:19:13 (Pop-up)
robin lane	true confessions "true confessions" by "robin lane"	heart connecton 12" ep	recon	1984			0:22:21 (Pop-up)
chris stamey	in the dark "in the dark" by "chris stamey"	it's alright	a&m/coyote	1987	He'll be calling in to next week's show to talk about his new book A Spy In The House Of Loud!		0:26:35 (Pop-up)

slut magic	tuesday "tuesday" by "slut magic"	in my mouth	laruicci records			*	0:38:54 (Pop-up)
white hills & der blutharsch and the infinite church of the leading hand	desire	desire ep	van			*	0:41:44 (Pop-up)
helta skelta	b88 "b88" by "helta skelta"	nightclubbin' ep	helta skelta records			*	0:46:34 (Pop-up)
the myrmidons	christine "christine" by "the myrmidons"	va-our voltage	girlsville			*	0:47:59 (Pop-up)
dark blue	fight to love "fight to love" by "dark blue"	7"	12xu			*	0:50:58 (Pop-up)

velveteen rabbit	mind numbing entertainment	7"	hozac			*	1:02:21 (Pop-up)
habibi	gypsy love "gypsy love" by "habibi"	cardamom garden double 7"	modern sky usa			*	1:06:14 (Pop-up)
helter skelter	goodbye baby "goodbye baby" by "helter skelter"	i need you 7" ep	just add water		orig 1971, new reissue	*	1:08:47 (Pop-up)
honey radar	knocked out/psychic cruise	psychic cruise 7" ep	chunklet			*	1:10:53 (Pop-up)
shark toys	three dogs "three dogs" by "shark toys"	labyrinths	in the red			*	1:13:41 (Pop-up)

les sans culottes	chuchotements chinois	she is tossed by the waves but doesn't sink	disque escargo-go			*	1:22:27 (Pop-up)
hot soul singers	hlala nami "hlala nami" by "hot soul singers"	va-gumba fire: bubblegum soul and synth boogie in 1980s south africa	soundway			*	1:26:08 (Pop-up)
the leopards	mah mah chicken pot pie	va-fool's paradise favorites	jazzman			*	1:30:42 (Pop-up)
dick stusso	modern music "modern music" by "dick stusso"	in heaven	hardly art			*	1:32:35 (Pop-up)
the men	in my arms "in my arms" by "the men"	drift	sacred bones			*	1:37:15 (Pop-up)

sloan	year zero "year zero" by "sloan"	sloan 12	yep roc			*	1:50:30 (Pop-up)
karen mansfield	me and leslie "me and leslie" by "karen mansfield"	thistle and boon	karen mansfield			*	1:53:42 (Pop-up)
landlines	junkyard "junkyard" by "landlines"	s/t	landlines			*	1:57:33 (Pop-up)
runner & the thermodynamics	powerlines	cd ep	self-released	2003			2:01:08 (Pop-up)
marshall crenshaw	usual thing "usual thing" by "marshall crenshaw"	thank you, rock fans!!	warner bros		recorded live in San Francisco in June 1982	*	2:05:35 (Pop-up)

ty segall	5 ft. tall "5 ft. tall" by "ty segall"	freedom's goblin	drag city			*	2:19:06 (Pop-up)
charnel ground	the high place "the high place" by "charnel ground"	s/t	12xu		Kid Millions/Chris Brokaw/James McNew Here is the GoFundMe page for Kid Millions, set up by Thrill Jockey.	*	2:23:47 (Pop-up)
orchestral manoeuvres in the dark	joan of arc	architecture & morality	dindisc	1981			2:34:01 (Pop-up)
mikey young	lord barrel "lord barrel" by "mikey young"	your move vol. 1	moniker		of Eddy Current Suppression Ring and Total Control	*	2:37:05 (Pop-up)

wax idols	scream "scream" by "wax idols"	happy ending	etruscan gold			*	2:47:40 (Pop-up)
the damned	sonar deceit "sonar deceit" by "the damned"	evil spirits	spinefarm			*	2:51:32 (Pop-up)
frankie cosmos	being alive "being alive" by "frankie cosmos"	vessel	sub pop			*	2:55:26 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	9:03pm Anthony: EFD!!
	9:05pm efd: Anthony!
	9:06pm Eddy in Australia: Hey to Evan and everyone about to hit the board. And the lurkers - lurkers don't get enough love
	9:08pm listener 126464: we lurk while you work
	9:08pm Anthony: best ELO album ever
	9:09pm JakeGould: EFD!
	9:10pm Eddy in Australia: @listener 126464: I don't lurk and I don't work!
	9:15pm efd: hi Jake, Eddy, 126464 and a shout-out to all the lurkers!
	9:19pm fleep: On behalf of lurkers everywhere, you folks are just too kind. What kind, I'm not sure.
	9:24pm Fuzzy: Uncloaking to say howdy -- I'm listening all the time!
	9:24pm adampsyche: eeee effffff deeeee
	9:30pm melinda: hi all
	9:37pm Mister Dobalina: I'm on this one tonight.
	9:38pm medson: Good Evening
	9:43pm Eddy in Australia: @Evan: No big deal but you played Reach The Top off the Are You Old Enough album. Dragon were a NZ band that moved, like many others before and after, to Australia. Huge in the '70s and '80s. I'm sure some version still exists but only one original member survives (and he's not the singer).
	9:45pm efd: whoops, did I transpose the song and album when I backannounced? I have it listed the right way in the playlist. Did not realize they were from NZ originally!
	9:46pm Eddy in Australia: P.S. You'd love a lot of Dragon's records. I think their very early NZ stuff might even have been a bit weird/hippyish, before they became a pop band in Australia.
	9:48pm Eddy in Australia: @Evan: As it happens, the song Are You Old Enough is pure pop, although a bit pervy! Hey, Helta Skelta!!!
	9:51pm brycepunk1: Evan, a pleasure to catch your show again. Digging this "the myrmidons" track.
	9:54pm Alex of Chicago: nice version of christine
	9:54pm Stevel: Loving the lurking.
	9:57pm melinda: Digging this set.
	9:58pm Stevel: Love Deep Blue. My wife says the vocalist sounds a bit like Ian Anderson. She's not wrong.
	9:58pm DJ Pat K: Great set tonight!
	9:59pm Ciggy: Fight. Austin vs Red Sox
	10:04pm efd: who's fighting who now?
	10:06pm Alex of Chicago: you know who
	10:06pm herb.nyc: Dumb q: is Hozac short for Horizontal Action? I heard tom scharpling say that, but, a joke?
	10:07pm Ciggy: Austin HBP. Benches cleared. Big scrum from the pitchers mound towards the Red Sox dugout. Looked worse than it was.
	10:07pm efd: oh, wow!
	10:08pm egould310: Hey Evan. I’m an Evan too. Great show. Good tunes. Thanks dude.
	10:08pm efd: @herb it does, and it's not such a dumb question because I didn't make that connection until relatively recently. (Horizontal Action was (is?) a fanzine run by the same dude who runs HoZac records)
	10:09pm egould310: Haha! I was just listening to Habibi at work, just before tuning into this show. Nice!
	10:09pm Alex of Chicago: yes. hozac == horizontal action the zine
	10:10pm Eddy in Australia: Whoa, Habibi have gotten really good! (Or at least much better than early releases.)
	10:11pm Stevel: Hozac! The more you know!
	10:12pm Alex of Chicago: horizontal action was a garage punk zine that mixed music stuff with crappy porn (ironically, maybe). they became a label and ditched the porn
	10:12pm Eddy in Australia: @Evan: I see what you did there! (Thanks for the shout-out, by the way.)
	10:15pm efd: if I were really clever I'd have played them back to back!
	10:17pm Eddy in Australia: I thought of that but figured you were avoiding the obvious. Or something.
	10:19pm Stevel: There are no accidents. Only unexpected opportunities.
	10:21pm JakeGould: Oh man… Thanks for the “Christine” cover and the “Habibi.” big thumbs up emoji
	10:21pm herb.nyc: Thx on Hozac; unaware of zine. I'll bet in years to come, someone will be inspired by Hozac and start a label called Chaoz.
	10:26pm listener 126464: Habibi opening for Real Estate spring tour including stop at White Eagle Hall
	10:27pm JakeGould: @listner18097121802980192: WOOO!!
	10:28pm egould310: Habibi will upstage Real Estate.
	10:29pm Eddy in Australia: What Stevel said (a while ago). Hey Steve!
	10:30pm listener 126464: Sure thanks Jake. Thanks efd Honey Radar needs more airplay
	10:32pm listener 126464: we's having a wing ding?
	10:33pm Alex of Chicago: this is a jam
	10:38pm billyiswilliam (Montreal): Loving this production
	10:39pm Marley Dogg: Wow haven’t heard The Men in forever
	10:47pm Alex of Chicago: when i said, "this is a jam," turns out i was actually listening to some song that came up after siouxsie's christine on youtube. for the record.
	10:53pm efd: haha, that's big of you to share that!
	10:54pm Scraps deSelby: Ah, Sloan. Still good, though fifteen or twenty years ago they were great
	11:01pm herb.nyc: Mon amie, emmanuelle, says Les Sans C title means "Chinese whisperings".
	11:03pm efd: ah, merci herb!
	11:09pm Tommy in Neversink: I guessed that was Marshal C....before I looked
	11:12pm herb.nyc: Wait, sports fans, Emma now tells me "Chinese Whispers". Next thing you know she'll say it's a cat song, "Chinese whiskers". To be contin...
	11:15pm herb.nyc: Ah, I bought used copy of Running Thermodynamics after Evan played that song, a year or 2 ago. Nothing matched "powerlines".
	11:28pm Stevel: Charnel Ground is trending a bit lately. Pretty sharp.
	11:31pm efd: they've got a pretty good pedigree
	11:48pm Eddy in Australia: If you're a cover credit nerd (like me and Evan!), you'll notice that Mikey Young also masters about every second indie record in Australia.
	11:48pm Guido from Cologne: Good morning from Europe! :-)
	11:52pm efd: good morning Guido!
	3:26pm mwpinansky: Whoa! Thanks for digging up the old Runner & The Thermodynamics chestnut. (my old band). The EP/demo version no less!

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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
dragon	reach the top "reach the top" by "dragon"	are you old enough	portrait	1978			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
the electric light orchestra	birmingham blues	out of the blue	jet	1977			0:03:48 (Pop-up)
the spectres	stories "stories" by "the spectres"	7"	demon	1980			0:08:18 (Pop-up)
the carpettes	friday night : saturday morning	fight amongst yourselves	beggars banquet	1980			0:10:59 (Pop-up)
blood brothers	goodbye "goodbye" by "blood brothers"	honey & blood	jive	1988			0:14:51 (Pop-up)
the elevators	johnny train your mind	frontline	arista	1980			0:19:13 (Pop-up)
robin lane	true confessions "true confessions" by "robin lane"	heart connecton 12" ep	recon	1984			0:22:21 (Pop-up)
chris stamey	in the dark "in the dark" by "chris stamey"	it's alright	a&m/coyote	1987	He'll be calling in to next week's show to talk about his new book A Spy In The House Of Loud!		0:26:35 (Pop-up)

slut magic	tuesday "tuesday" by "slut magic"	in my mouth	laruicci records			*	0:38:54 (Pop-up)
white hills & der blutharsch and the infinite church of the leading hand	desire	desire ep	van			*	0:41:44 (Pop-up)
helta skelta	b88 "b88" by "helta skelta"	nightclubbin' ep	helta skelta records			*	0:46:34 (Pop-up)
the myrmidons	christine "christine" by "the myrmidons"	va-our voltage	girlsville			*	0:47:59 (Pop-up)
dark blue	fight to love "fight to love" by "dark blue"	7"	12xu			*	0:50:58 (Pop-up)

velveteen rabbit	mind numbing entertainment	7"	hozac			*	1:02:21 (Pop-up)
habibi	gypsy love "gypsy love" by "habibi"	cardamom garden double 7"	modern sky usa			*	1:06:14 (Pop-up)
helter skelter	goodbye baby "goodbye baby" by "helter skelter"	i need you 7" ep	just add water		orig 1971, new reissue	*	1:08:47 (Pop-up)
honey radar	knocked out/psychic cruise	psychic cruise 7" ep	chunklet			*	1:10:53 (Pop-up)
shark toys	three dogs "three dogs" by "shark toys"	labyrinths	in the red			*	1:13:41 (Pop-up)

les sans culottes	chuchotements chinois	she is tossed by the waves but doesn't sink	disque escargo-go			*	1:22:27 (Pop-up)
hot soul singers	hlala nami "hlala nami" by "hot soul singers"	va-gumba fire: bubblegum soul and synth boogie in 1980s south africa	soundway			*	1:26:08 (Pop-up)
the leopards	mah mah chicken pot pie	va-fool's paradise favorites	jazzman			*	1:30:42 (Pop-up)
dick stusso	modern music "modern music" by "dick stusso"	in heaven	hardly art			*	1:32:35 (Pop-up)
the men	in my arms "in my arms" by "the men"	drift	sacred bones			*	1:37:15 (Pop-up)

sloan	year zero "year zero" by "sloan"	sloan 12	yep roc			*	1:50:30 (Pop-up)
karen mansfield	me and leslie "me and leslie" by "karen mansfield"	thistle and boon	karen mansfield			*	1:53:42 (Pop-up)
landlines	junkyard "junkyard" by "landlines"	s/t	landlines			*	1:57:33 (Pop-up)
runner & the thermodynamics	powerlines	cd ep	self-released	2003			2:01:08 (Pop-up)
marshall crenshaw	usual thing "usual thing" by "marshall crenshaw"	thank you, rock fans!!	warner bros		recorded live in San Francisco in June 1982	*	2:05:35 (Pop-up)

ty segall	5 ft. tall "5 ft. tall" by "ty segall"	freedom's goblin	drag city			*	2:19:06 (Pop-up)
charnel ground	the high place "the high place" by "charnel ground"	s/t	12xu		Kid Millions/Chris Brokaw/James McNew Here is the GoFundMe page for Kid Millions, set up by Thrill Jockey.	*	2:23:47 (Pop-up)
orchestral manoeuvres in the dark	joan of arc	architecture & morality	dindisc	1981			2:34:01 (Pop-up)
mikey young	lord barrel "lord barrel" by "mikey young"	your move vol. 1	moniker		of Eddy Current Suppression Ring and Total Control	*	2:37:05 (Pop-up)

wax idols	scream "scream" by "wax idols"	happy ending	etruscan gold			*	2:47:40 (Pop-up)
the damned	sonar deceit "sonar deceit" by "the damned"	evil spirits	spinefarm			*	2:51:32 (Pop-up)
frankie cosmos	being alive "being alive" by "frankie cosmos"	vessel	sub pop			*	2:55:26 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:03pm Anthony: EFD!!
	9:05pm efd: Anthony!
	9:06pm Eddy in Australia: Hey to Evan and everyone about to hit the board. And the lurkers - lurkers don't get enough love
	9:08pm listener 126464: we lurk while you work
	9:08pm Anthony: best ELO album ever
	9:09pm JakeGould: EFD!
	9:10pm Eddy in Australia: @listener 126464: I don't lurk and I don't work!
	9:15pm efd: hi Jake, Eddy, 126464 and a shout-out to all the lurkers!
	9:19pm fleep: On behalf of lurkers everywhere, you folks are just too kind. What kind, I'm not sure.
	9:24pm Fuzzy: Uncloaking to say howdy -- I'm listening all the time!
	9:24pm adampsyche: eeee effffff deeeee
	9:30pm melinda: hi all
	9:37pm Mister Dobalina: I'm on this one tonight.
	9:38pm medson: Good Evening
	9:43pm Eddy in Australia: @Evan: No big deal but you played Reach The Top off the Are You Old Enough album. Dragon were a NZ band that moved, like many others before and after, to Australia. Huge in the '70s and '80s. I'm sure some version still exists but only one original member survives (and he's not the singer).
	9:45pm efd: whoops, did I transpose the song and album when I backannounced? I have it listed the right way in the playlist. Did not realize they were from NZ originally!
	9:46pm Eddy in Australia: P.S. You'd love a lot of Dragon's records. I think their very early NZ stuff might even have been a bit weird/hippyish, before they became a pop band in Australia.
	9:48pm Eddy in Australia: @Evan: As it happens, the song Are You Old Enough is pure pop, although a bit pervy! Hey, Helta Skelta!!!
	9:51pm brycepunk1: Evan, a pleasure to catch your show again. Digging this "the myrmidons" track.
	9:54pm Alex of Chicago: nice version of christine
	9:54pm Stevel: Loving the lurking.
	9:57pm melinda: Digging this set.
	9:58pm Stevel: Love Deep Blue. My wife says the vocalist sounds a bit like Ian Anderson. She's not wrong.
	9:58pm DJ Pat K: Great set tonight!
	9:59pm Ciggy: Fight. Austin vs Red Sox
	10:04pm efd: who's fighting who now?
	10:06pm Alex of Chicago: you know who
	10:06pm herb.nyc: Dumb q: is Hozac short for Horizontal Action? I heard tom scharpling say that, but, a joke?
	10:07pm Ciggy: Austin HBP. Benches cleared. Big scrum from the pitchers mound towards the Red Sox dugout. Looked worse than it was.
	10:07pm efd: oh, wow!
	10:08pm egould310: Hey Evan. I’m an Evan too. Great show. Good tunes. Thanks dude.
	10:08pm efd: @herb it does, and it's not such a dumb question because I didn't make that connection until relatively recently. (Horizontal Action was (is?) a fanzine run by the same dude who runs HoZac records)
	10:09pm egould310: Haha! I was just listening to Habibi at work, just before tuning into this show. Nice!
	10:09pm Alex of Chicago: yes. hozac == horizontal action the zine
	10:10pm Eddy in Australia: Whoa, Habibi have gotten really good! (Or at least much better than early releases.)
	10:11pm Stevel: Hozac! The more you know!
	10:12pm Alex of Chicago: horizontal action was a garage punk zine that mixed music stuff with crappy porn (ironically, maybe). they became a label and ditched the porn
	10:12pm Eddy in Australia: @Evan: I see what you did there! (Thanks for the shout-out, by the way.)
	10:15pm efd: if I were really clever I'd have played them back to back!
	10:17pm Eddy in Australia: I thought of that but figured you were avoiding the obvious. Or something.
	10:19pm Stevel: There are no accidents. Only unexpected opportunities.
	10:21pm JakeGould: Oh man… Thanks for the “Christine” cover and the “Habibi.” big thumbs up emoji
	10:21pm herb.nyc: Thx on Hozac; unaware of zine. I'll bet in years to come, someone will be inspired by Hozac and start a label called Chaoz.
	10:26pm listener 126464: Habibi opening for Real Estate spring tour including stop at White Eagle Hall
	10:27pm JakeGould: @listner18097121802980192: WOOO!!
	10:28pm egould310: Habibi will upstage Real Estate.
	10:29pm Eddy in Australia: What Stevel said (a while ago). Hey Steve!
	10:30pm listener 126464: Sure thanks Jake. Thanks efd Honey Radar needs more airplay
	10:32pm listener 126464: we's having a wing ding?
	10:33pm Alex of Chicago: this is a jam
	10:38pm billyiswilliam (Montreal): Loving this production
	10:39pm Marley Dogg: Wow haven’t heard The Men in forever
	10:47pm Alex of Chicago: when i said, "this is a jam," turns out i was actually listening to some song that came up after siouxsie's christine on youtube. for the record.
	10:53pm efd: haha, that's big of you to share that!
	10:54pm Scraps deSelby: Ah, Sloan. Still good, though fifteen or twenty years ago they were great
	11:01pm herb.nyc: Mon amie, emmanuelle, says Les Sans C title means "Chinese whisperings".
	11:03pm efd: ah, merci herb!
	11:09pm Tommy in Neversink: I guessed that was Marshal C....before I looked
	11:12pm herb.nyc: Wait, sports fans, Emma now tells me "Chinese Whispers". Next thing you know she'll say it's a cat song, "Chinese whiskers". To be contin...
	11:15pm herb.nyc: Ah, I bought used copy of Running Thermodynamics after Evan played that song, a year or 2 ago. Nothing matched "powerlines".
	11:28pm Stevel: Charnel Ground is trending a bit lately. Pretty sharp.
	11:31pm efd: they've got a pretty good pedigree
	11:48pm Eddy in Australia: If you're a cover credit nerd (like me and Evan!), you'll notice that Mikey Young also masters about every second indie record in Australia.
	11:48pm Guido from Cologne: Good morning from Europe! :-)
	11:52pm efd: good morning Guido!
	3:26pm mwpinansky: Whoa! Thanks for digging up the old Runner & The Thermodynamics chestnut. (my old band). The EP/demo version no less!

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