WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from April 17, 2019

Listener comments!
	♥ 9:09pm efd: first!! ...oh, wait
	♥ 9:10pm loveless: I was waiting, I hate being first. Hey EFD!
	♥ 9:13pm efd: hi loveless! I think this might be the first time I've seen you sent you sent that awesome patch, so thank you for that!
	♥ 9:14pm Aitch: and the Sexolettes? Makes me miss Blowfly
	♥ 9:16pm loveless: Glad you liked it. It was a small gesture to say thanks.
	♥ 9:18pm TheNewLexGofer: Didn't Joey "The Lips" Fagan from the movie "The Commitments" play with Joe Tex?
	♥ 9:19pm Kat in Chicago: Hi EFD and Funksters. This is quite an opening set!
	♥ 9:20pm efd: thanks! (I think?)
	♥ 9:22pm Kat in Chicago: Definitely into it. I've been tuning in later in the shows, but I started with the seventies tonight!
	♥ 9:24pm efd: nice! The opening set is definitely the stretch-out set.
	♥ 9:25pm TheNewLexGofer: Said he did, when he was forming the band. Gotta go. 4 a.m. comes awful early...
	♥ 9:26pm Kat in Chicago: 4 am, yowtch
	♥ 9:26pm efd: oh my! Later, NewLex
	9:28pm JP: 14977 !
	♥ 9:28pm TheNewLexGofer: "Work is the curse of the drinking class." Lenin, in reverse...
	♥ 9:28pm Aitch: Peed skills
	♥ 9:28pm loveless: Hummmmmm. What’s the date on the Stranglers?
	9:28pm JP: Stranglers were always from another time!
	♥ 9:29pm efd: oh! haha, fixed the Stranglers year.
	♥ 9:30pm efd: Evan "Fatfingers" Davies
	♥ 9:31pm TheNewLexGofer: WAITAMINUTE!! I'm gonna hear this before i hit the sack! Black Oak Arkansas!
	♥ 9:32pm Kat in Chicago: Go, Jim Dandy!
	9:33pm Joey joe joe: This Taxman cover sounds like the Captain. Beefheart.
	♥ 9:34pm TheNewLexGofer: I'm SO glad you remembered it, efd!
	♥ 9:37pm Ken From Hyde Park: Wait!!! Don't lock that door behind you!
	♥ 9:39pm Kat in Chicago: I still have a really great CoCoComa T-shirt. Not sure it fits though.
	♥ 9:41pm TheNewLexGofer: Sorry, all. Marx, not Lenin. NyTol.
	9:42pm JIMD2019: So.. what’s yr record bag doing after the show ? ;-)
	9:44pm Frank77: Hey Evan, great show as always, what's the name of that funky tune you always play on the breaks?
	♥ 9:47pm efd: thanks Frank! It's "Saturday Night Fever" by the Lordz of Brooklyn, which includes a sample from "American Woman."
	♥ 9:49pm Julie M: Hi Evan, listening remote from VT this week. I caught last week's show too late, but I saw what you did there with one song in particular (if you remember). I'm really liking the comfort of your show tonight.
	9:50pm Frank77: Thanks Evan, such groovy tune.
	♥ 9:50pm efd: ahahaha, I was a little surprised that didn't prompt a comment from you at the time! Enjoy Vermont!
	♥ 9:52pm Julie M: Thanks, efd, sometimes it's about the little musical nods.
	♥ 9:53pm Kat in Chicago: Oh this Sir Babygirl song is so good.
	9:58pm devlawn: all these artist names are so formal.
	♥ 9:59pm efd: ha, hadn't made that connection!
	♥ 10:01pm Kat in Chicago: formal and gender-mixed-up. I like this Mr. Airplane Man too!
	10:14pm tak: wawawa wawow
	10:17pm tak: crazy stereo. mixer was having FUN
	10:27pm Bill W: def saw the Washington Squares circa '83 at Irving Plaza; they accompanied Allen Ginsberg on "Birdbrain."
	♥ 10:30pm Kat in Chicago: I'd love to hear that Cerrone
	♥ 10:31pm efd: That makes total sense
	♥ 10:32pm efd: it's actually the next track on the CD so I think I'll just let it play through!
	♥ 10:33pm Kat in Chicago: do eet
	♥ 10:33pm Bootsie: Love, love, LOVE this Don Ray track... yesss!
	♥ 10:34pm Bootsie: I'm bummed I can't make that Cerrone gig
	♥ 10:35pm efd: ME TOO
	♥ 10:36pm Kat in Chicago: I was almost gonna be in town that night. Had some plans to come in for the record fair but it didn't work out.
	10:39pm steveL: Has anyone ever put together a disco-sex copulation, er, compilation?
	♥ 10:40pm Kat in Chicago: haha, if not, someone should
	♥ 10:47pm Phillippe Bastille: Hi EFD and friends! I'm still awake!
	♥ 10:48pm efd: Hi Phillippe, maybe I should send you over to Cerrone's place to wake him up! :)
	♥ 10:49pm Kat in Chicago: Bonsoir, Phillippe
	10:52pm terrapin: Hey Evan, love your show.. But, the "German" Monks were Americans .. And, for my money, they were the "Punky" Monks ..
	♥ 10:52pm Phillippe Bastille: EFD: Gimme cab fare and i'm on it!
	♥ 10:54pm efd: @terrapin true, but they were based in Germany at the time so that's what I was thinking of. And if you haven't heard the '70s Monks with the Strawbs connection check them out!
	♥ 10:57pm Phillippe Bastille: Comment vas-tu, Kat?
	♥ 11:02pm Kat in Chicago: Ça va bien! (and that's about the extent of my French, haha)
	♥ 11:03pm Phillippe Bastille: Most of mine is Google translate lol. Had my last French class 45 years ago.
	11:04pm steveL: Just turned this up!
	♥ 11:05pm Kat in Chicago: I've been doing a few morning minutes of Duolingo daily since my last visit to Montreal, in hopes I'll be slightly less lost next time
	♥ 11:09pm Phillippe Bastille: Haven't been to Montreal, but what worked well for me when my wife and I went to France, if there was a dual option on languages, we always did both. Got the English menu and French menu and ordered off the French one, for example. You make a little effort and it goes a long way.
	♥ 11:12pm Kat in Chicago: People in Montreal generally switch to English with no problem, but the more French I can at least recognize, the better.
	11:13pm steveL: Philippe: Nice travel tip!
	11:17pm medson: Good evening Evan and everyone.
	11:18pm herb.nyc: Cute- Evan said the Pristeens were a "late 90s, early 80s band." Wha? That they "played brownies and elsewhere". Uh, elsewhere wasn't around then.
	11:20pm Ben London: This is a stone cold jam!!’
	♥ 11:21pm efd: Let the record show that Mr. London is referring to that Bret Sommer song, and indeed it is.
	11:23pm katharsis: Hellos. Like this one
	11:31pm farmerrye from Santa Cruz california: Hey Evan how in the hell do you find the track called nature by the band modern nature ??!!!? I can't find it anywhere. Pls help thanks in advance
	♥ 11:33pm Alex of Chicago: ❤️❤️
	♥ 11:38pm Kat in Chicago: I'm gonna assume Modern Nature's "Supernature" isn't a Cerrone cover?
	♥ 11:38pm efd: ha, no it is not!
	11:38pm farmerrye from Santa Cruz california: Got it thanks boss
	♥ 11:39pm Kat in Chicago: "modern nature band" worked for me, if anyone else is struggling with that
	11:40pm medson: This imperial wax sounds really good.
	11:41pm steveL: medson: You said it! That bass sound!
	11:41pm farmer rye from Santa Cruz california: Thanks again for the music !
	♥ 11:41pm efd: yeah they're not messing around!
	♥ 11:42pm Phillippe Bastille: love this imperial wax!
	♥ 11:42pm efd: thanks for listening farmer!
	11:50pm jeff holland: all of the songs, so different! so good! joyyy
	♥ 11:52pm Phillippe Bastille: Great show tonight, EFD. Happy trails, everyone!
	♥ 11:53pm Kat in Chicago: what Phillippe said!
	♥ 11:54pm efd: thank you all!

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from April 17, 2019

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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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April 17, 2019: Even more LA record store finds! Plus mini-In Memoriams marking the recent passings of Rick Rivets, Tom Goodkind, and Raymond Donnez (Don Ray)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
peter noone	should i "should i" by "peter noone"	7"	rak	1972			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
jo allen & the shapes	cryin' over you	7"	415	1980			0:02:53 (Pop-up)
cococoma	(tryin' to) read my mind	s/t	goner	2007			0:05:55 (Pop-up)
grand theft	pushing and pulling "pushing and pulling" by "grand theft"	have you seen this band?	polydor	1978			0:08:10 (Pop-up)
joe tex	how do you spell relief "how do you spell relief" by "joe tex"	he who is without funk cast the first stone	dial	1978			0:11:58 (Pop-up)
renegade soundwave	probably a robbery	12"	enigma/mute	1990			0:15:53 (Pop-up)
street corner symphony	funk machine	7"	abc	1976			0:21:49 (Pop-up)
the stranglers	choosy susie "choosy susie" by "the stranglers"	7"	ua	1977			0:25:20 (Pop-up)
black oak arkansas	taxman "taxman" by "black oak arkansas"	7"	atco	1975			0:28:29 (Pop-up)

the morning line	antennas "antennas" by "the morning line"	north	kool kat musik			*	0:41:14 (Pop-up)
wreckless eric	creepy people (in the middle of the night)	transience	southern domestic			*	0:45:09 (Pop-up)
dom mariani	too late "too late" by "dom mariani"	shell collection: outtakes and rarities 1988-2006	off the hip	2008	Shoes cover!		0:49:56 (Pop-up)
sir babygirl	cheerleader "cheerleader" by "sir babygirl"	crush on me	father/daughter			*	0:52:22 (Pop-up)
mr. airplane man	worry "worry" by "mr. airplane man"	advance single				*	0:56:28 (Pop-up)

In memory of Rick Rivets "In memory of Rick Rivets"
the corpse grinders	mental moron "mental moron" by "the corpse grinders"				Rick Rivets on guitar, the late Stuboy Wilder on vocals		1:11:21 (Pop-up)
the brats	quaalude queen "quaalude queen" by "the brats"	7"	hozac	2013	Rick Rivets on guitar; 2013 reissue		1:13:22 (Pop-up)

In memory of Tom Goodkind "In memory of Tom Goodkind"
u.s. ape	ignorance is bliss "ignorance is bliss" by "u.s. ape"	7"	us ape	1979	Tom Goodkind on bass and lead vocals		1:19:20 (Pop-up)
the washington squares	join together	fair and square	gold castle	1989	Tom Goodkind on vocals, bass, and banjo		1:22:56 (Pop-up)

In memory of Raymond Donnez, aka Don Ray
don ray	got to have loving "got to have loving" by "don ray"	va-the best of cerrone productions	because music				1:30:09 (Pop-up)
cerrone	love in c minor (part 1) "love in c minor (part 1)" by "cerrone"	va-the best of cerrone productions			Don Ray on keyboards. And Cerrone is appearing next Wednesday night at Le Poisson Rouge!		1:34:26 (Pop-up)

freak genes	get ready to go "get ready to go" by "freak genes"	iii	drunken sailor			*	1:46:37 (Pop-up)
entracte twist	hors service "hors service" by "entracte twist"	s/t	rput			*	1:51:28 (Pop-up)
wild tone	pillows "pillows" by "wild tone"	wild tone cs	helta skelta			*	1:56:00 (Pop-up)
steve adamyk band	take you to the top	paradise	dirtnap			*	2:00:12 (Pop-up)
the prissteens	staten island queen	almost 24	girlsville		orig late '90s, new collection of demos etc.	*	2:03:03 (Pop-up)

modern nature	nature "nature" by "modern nature"	nature ep	bella union			*	2:13:06 (Pop-up)
bert sommer	she knows me better "she knows me better" by "bert sommer"	s/t	buddah	1971			2:16:57 (Pop-up)
st. jimi sebastian cricket club	i still get the calls	single	beluga			*	2:19:48 (Pop-up)
anton barbeau	sunshine superman "sunshine superman" by "anton barbeau"	va-the three seasons: the spring, summer, and autumn of love	fruits de mer			*	2:23:17 (Pop-up)
the reds, pinks & purples	boys in the gang	digital single	the reds, pinks & purples		on bandcamp	*	2:26:55 (Pop-up)

imperial wax	the art of projection	gastwerk saboteurs	saustex			*	2:38:14 (Pop-up)
the cowboys	red-headed girlfriend	the bottom of a rotten flower	feel it			*	2:42:00 (Pop-up)
the piggies	jungleman "jungleman" by "the piggies"	something to chew on	sparkle time		our own Matt Fiveash on bass!	*	2:44:04 (Pop-up)
dmz	mighty idy "mighty idy" by "dmz"	s/t	sire	1978			2:47:05 (Pop-up)
ganser	pastel "pastel" by "ganser"	digital single	no trend		Bandcamp it	*	2:20:15 (Pop-up)
cleargreen	gone "gone" by "cleargreen"	single	cleargreen			*	2:52:32 (Pop-up)
tallies	have you "have you" by "tallies"	s/t	kanine			*	2:56:31 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 9:09pm efd: first!! ...oh, wait
	♥ 9:10pm loveless: I was waiting, I hate being first. Hey EFD!
	♥ 9:13pm efd: hi loveless! I think this might be the first time I've seen you sent you sent that awesome patch, so thank you for that!
	♥ 9:14pm Aitch: and the Sexolettes? Makes me miss Blowfly
	♥ 9:16pm loveless: Glad you liked it. It was a small gesture to say thanks.
	♥ 9:18pm TheNewLexGofer: Didn't Joey "The Lips" Fagan from the movie "The Commitments" play with Joe Tex?
	♥ 9:19pm Kat in Chicago: Hi EFD and Funksters. This is quite an opening set!
	♥ 9:20pm efd: thanks! (I think?)
	♥ 9:22pm Kat in Chicago: Definitely into it. I've been tuning in later in the shows, but I started with the seventies tonight!
	♥ 9:24pm efd: nice! The opening set is definitely the stretch-out set.
	♥ 9:25pm TheNewLexGofer: Said he did, when he was forming the band. Gotta go. 4 a.m. comes awful early...
	♥ 9:26pm Kat in Chicago: 4 am, yowtch
	♥ 9:26pm efd: oh my! Later, NewLex
	9:28pm JP: 14977 !
	♥ 9:28pm TheNewLexGofer: "Work is the curse of the drinking class." Lenin, in reverse...
	♥ 9:28pm Aitch: Peed skills
	♥ 9:28pm loveless: Hummmmmm. What’s the date on the Stranglers?
	9:28pm JP: Stranglers were always from another time!
	♥ 9:29pm efd: oh! haha, fixed the Stranglers year.
	♥ 9:30pm efd: Evan "Fatfingers" Davies
	♥ 9:31pm TheNewLexGofer: WAITAMINUTE!! I'm gonna hear this before i hit the sack! Black Oak Arkansas!
	♥ 9:32pm Kat in Chicago: Go, Jim Dandy!
	9:33pm Joey joe joe: This Taxman cover sounds like the Captain. Beefheart.
	♥ 9:34pm TheNewLexGofer: I'm SO glad you remembered it, efd!
	♥ 9:37pm Ken From Hyde Park: Wait!!! Don't lock that door behind you!
	♥ 9:39pm Kat in Chicago: I still have a really great CoCoComa T-shirt. Not sure it fits though.
	♥ 9:41pm TheNewLexGofer: Sorry, all. Marx, not Lenin. NyTol.
	9:42pm JIMD2019: So.. what’s yr record bag doing after the show ? ;-)
	9:44pm Frank77: Hey Evan, great show as always, what's the name of that funky tune you always play on the breaks?
	♥ 9:47pm efd: thanks Frank! It's "Saturday Night Fever" by the Lordz of Brooklyn, which includes a sample from "American Woman."
	♥ 9:49pm Julie M: Hi Evan, listening remote from VT this week. I caught last week's show too late, but I saw what you did there with one song in particular (if you remember). I'm really liking the comfort of your show tonight.
	9:50pm Frank77: Thanks Evan, such groovy tune.
	♥ 9:50pm efd: ahahaha, I was a little surprised that didn't prompt a comment from you at the time! Enjoy Vermont!
	♥ 9:52pm Julie M: Thanks, efd, sometimes it's about the little musical nods.
	♥ 9:53pm Kat in Chicago: Oh this Sir Babygirl song is so good.
	9:58pm devlawn: all these artist names are so formal.
	♥ 9:59pm efd: ha, hadn't made that connection!
	♥ 10:01pm Kat in Chicago: formal and gender-mixed-up. I like this Mr. Airplane Man too!
	10:14pm tak: wawawa wawow
	10:17pm tak: crazy stereo. mixer was having FUN
	10:27pm Bill W: def saw the Washington Squares circa '83 at Irving Plaza; they accompanied Allen Ginsberg on "Birdbrain."
	♥ 10:30pm Kat in Chicago: I'd love to hear that Cerrone
	♥ 10:31pm efd: That makes total sense
	♥ 10:32pm efd: it's actually the next track on the CD so I think I'll just let it play through!
	♥ 10:33pm Kat in Chicago: do eet
	♥ 10:33pm Bootsie: Love, love, LOVE this Don Ray track... yesss!
	♥ 10:34pm Bootsie: I'm bummed I can't make that Cerrone gig
	♥ 10:35pm efd: ME TOO
	♥ 10:36pm Kat in Chicago: I was almost gonna be in town that night. Had some plans to come in for the record fair but it didn't work out.
	10:39pm steveL: Has anyone ever put together a disco-sex copulation, er, compilation?
	♥ 10:40pm Kat in Chicago: haha, if not, someone should
	♥ 10:47pm Phillippe Bastille: Hi EFD and friends! I'm still awake!
	♥ 10:48pm efd: Hi Phillippe, maybe I should send you over to Cerrone's place to wake him up! :)
	♥ 10:49pm Kat in Chicago: Bonsoir, Phillippe
	10:52pm terrapin: Hey Evan, love your show.. But, the "German" Monks were Americans .. And, for my money, they were the "Punky" Monks ..
	♥ 10:52pm Phillippe Bastille: EFD: Gimme cab fare and i'm on it!
	♥ 10:54pm efd: @terrapin true, but they were based in Germany at the time so that's what I was thinking of. And if you haven't heard the '70s Monks with the Strawbs connection check them out!
	♥ 10:57pm Phillippe Bastille: Comment vas-tu, Kat?
	♥ 11:02pm Kat in Chicago: Ça va bien! (and that's about the extent of my French, haha)
	♥ 11:03pm Phillippe Bastille: Most of mine is Google translate lol. Had my last French class 45 years ago.
	11:04pm steveL: Just turned this up!
	♥ 11:05pm Kat in Chicago: I've been doing a few morning minutes of Duolingo daily since my last visit to Montreal, in hopes I'll be slightly less lost next time
	♥ 11:09pm Phillippe Bastille: Haven't been to Montreal, but what worked well for me when my wife and I went to France, if there was a dual option on languages, we always did both. Got the English menu and French menu and ordered off the French one, for example. You make a little effort and it goes a long way.
	♥ 11:12pm Kat in Chicago: People in Montreal generally switch to English with no problem, but the more French I can at least recognize, the better.
	11:13pm steveL: Philippe: Nice travel tip!
	11:17pm medson: Good evening Evan and everyone.
	11:18pm herb.nyc: Cute- Evan said the Pristeens were a "late 90s, early 80s band." Wha? That they "played brownies and elsewhere". Uh, elsewhere wasn't around then.
	11:20pm Ben London: This is a stone cold jam!!’
	♥ 11:21pm efd: Let the record show that Mr. London is referring to that Bret Sommer song, and indeed it is.
	11:23pm katharsis: Hellos. Like this one
	11:31pm farmerrye from Santa Cruz california: Hey Evan how in the hell do you find the track called nature by the band modern nature ??!!!? I can't find it anywhere. Pls help thanks in advance
	♥ 11:33pm Alex of Chicago: ❤️❤️
	♥ 11:38pm Kat in Chicago: I'm gonna assume Modern Nature's "Supernature" isn't a Cerrone cover?
	♥ 11:38pm efd: ha, no it is not!
	11:38pm farmerrye from Santa Cruz california: Got it thanks boss
	♥ 11:39pm Kat in Chicago: "modern nature band" worked for me, if anyone else is struggling with that
	11:40pm medson: This imperial wax sounds really good.
	11:41pm steveL: medson: You said it! That bass sound!
	11:41pm farmer rye from Santa Cruz california: Thanks again for the music !
	♥ 11:41pm efd: yeah they're not messing around!
	♥ 11:42pm Phillippe Bastille: love this imperial wax!
	♥ 11:42pm efd: thanks for listening farmer!
	11:50pm jeff holland: all of the songs, so different! so good! joyyy
	♥ 11:52pm Phillippe Bastille: Great show tonight, EFD. Happy trails, everyone!
	♥ 11:53pm Kat in Chicago: what Phillippe said!
	♥ 11:54pm efd: thank you all!

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from April 17, 2019

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