The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from September 12, 2018

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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!

September 12, 2018: A new WFMU schedule begins, so it's time for the annual show in memory of my high school friend Jim McIntyre, aka Jimmy Mack, who helped to make this radio show what it is today.

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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. Pictured above is his Xeroxed 1977 Year In Review, which I was delighted to come across in a box of mementos a few years ago. Jimmy was the person who turned me on to a TON of new music that was coming out during the mid- and late-'70s -- 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 -- he gave me the first couple of Foreigner albums, for instance -- but still, 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 -- that excitement 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 WBCN job. (He dropped out of high school, started volunteering on the WBCN "Listener Line," and wound up being the music director when he was barely 18 years old.) Many of the records he gave me back then records remain favorites of mine to this day. 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 obituary that ran in the Boston Globe 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 weekly 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
dirty angels	kiss tomorrow goodbye   → "kiss tomorrow goodbye" by "dirty angels"	s/t	private stock	1976					0:00:00 (Pop-up)
the real kids	all kindsa girls   → "all kindsa girls" by "the real kids"	s/t	norton			new reissue of debut LP!		*	0:03:37 (Pop-up)
lene lovich	home   → "home" by "lene lovich"	stateless	stiff/epic	1979					0:06:48 (Pop-up)
michael fremer	rock & roll commissioner   → "rock & roll commissioner" by "michael fremer"	i can take a joke	kant-tel records	1976		`			0:10:25 (Pop-up)
kraftwerk	trans europe express   → "trans europe express" by "kraftwerk"	7"	capitol	1977					0:11:02 (Pop-up)
the motors	airport   → "airport" by "the motors"	approved by the motors	virgin	1978					0:14:36 (Pop-up)
foreigner	feels like the first time   → "feels like the first time" by "foreigner"	s/t	atlantic	1977					0:18:51 (Pop-up)
the stranglers	down in the sewer   → "down in the sewer" by "the stranglers"	iv rattus norvegicus	a&m	1977					0:22:25 (Pop-up)
midnight snaxxx	faded pictures   → "faded pictures" by "midnight snaxxx"	7"	bachelor					*	0:40:23 (Pop-up)
stiff love	attitudes   → "attitudes" by "stiff love"	7"	feel it					*	0:43:00 (Pop-up)
brad marino	on the brink   → "on the brink" by "brad marino"	four track attack 7" ep	beluga					*	0:45:29 (Pop-up)
iv	magnesium   → "magnesium" by "iv"	7" ep	total punk					*	0:48:09 (Pop-up)
the blind owls	alright   → "alright" by "the blind owls"	four 7" ep	hidden volume					*	0:49:54 (Pop-up)
music city	pretty feelings   → "pretty feelings" by "music city"	7"	static shock					*	0:57:05 (Pop-up)
bodega	name escape   → "name escape" by "bodega"	endless scroll	what's yr rupture?					*	1:01:27 (Pop-up)
ultravox!	life at rainbow's end   → "life at rainbow's end" by "ultravox!"	s/t	island	1977					1:04:42 (Pop-up)
the lemon twigs	never in my arms, always in my heart   → "never in my arms, always in my heart" by "the lem...	go to school	4ad					*	1:08:23 (Pop-up)
creamer	drugs no more   → "drugs no more" by "creamer"	digital single	creamer					*	1:11:23 (Pop-up)
flasher	material   → "material" by "flasher"	constant image	domino					*	1:22:18 (Pop-up)
ethers	empty hours   → "empty hours" by "ethers"	s/t	trouble in mind					*	1:25:47 (Pop-up)
soft science	enough   → "enough" by "soft science"	maps	test pattern					*	1:29:15 (Pop-up)
eternal summers	motionless   → "motionless" by "eternal summers"	every day it feels like i'm dying	nevado					*	1:32:46 (Pop-up)
the go! team	mayday   → "mayday" by "the go! team"	semicircle	memphis industries	2018					1:35:59 (Pop-up)
handsome jack	getting stronger   → "getting stronger" by "handsome jack"	everything's gonna be alright	alive					*	1:48:15 (Pop-up)
eternal summers	famous last words   → "famous last words" by "eternal summers"	every day it feels like i'm dying	nevado			the old "I thought I already took that CD out of the CD player" trick		*	1:51:47 (Pop-up)
mick's jaguar	hellride   → "hellride" by "mick's jaguar"	fame and fortune	riding easy					*	1:55:43 (Pop-up)
tracker	steppin' over the line   → "steppin' over the line" by "tracker"	s/t	elektra	1982					1:59:16 (Pop-up)
rebecca closure	40,000   → "40,000" by "rebecca closure"	40,000 12"	mottomotto					*	2:03:25 (Pop-up)
eyelids	23 (years)   → "23 (years)" by "eyelids"	maybe more	jealous butcher					*	2:19:05 (Pop-up)
the oysters	mine caroline   → "mine caroline" by "the oysters"	7"	taang!						2:23:46 (Pop-up)
the fox sisters	uum uum uum   → "uum uum uum" by "the fox sisters"	7"	dive					*	2:26:16 (Pop-up)
howlin' jaws	i'm mad   → "i'm mad" by "howlin' jaws"	burning house	bellevue					*	2:30:05 (Pop-up)
the piggies	blues is killing me   → "blues is killing me" by "the piggies"	digital single	the piggies	2018		Piggies playing Friday night at Otto's Shrunken Head! Find this song on bandcamp			2:34:12 (Pop-up)
zerodent	stay in   → "stay in" by "zerodent"	landscapes of merriment	alien snatch					*	2:37:40 (Pop-up)
illuminati hotties	(you're better) than ever   → "(you're better) than ever" by "illuminati hotties"	kiss tr frenemies	tiny engines					*	2:44:39 (Pop-up)
jenn champion	owner of a lonely heart   → "owner of a lonely heart" by "jenn champion"	digital single	hardly art						2:46:54 (Pop-up)
pepper kings	despised transport   → "despised transport" by "pepper kings"	s/t	fuzzy warbles					*	2:50:24 (Pop-up)
addison love	anything's right   → "anything's right" by "addison love"	thoughts on lunch?	big stir					*	2:52:53 (Pop-up)
peter holsapple	yelling at clouds   → "yelling at clouds" by "peter holsapple"	game day	omnivore					*	2:55:54 (Pop-up)