WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from December 9, 2020

Listener comments!
	9:03pm Handy Haversack: efd! All the other letters! Let us rock and, you know, maybe roll! Very, VERY glad to be here.
	9:04pm ultradamno: Evan! Funkies!
	9:04pm Listener07928: Hello fellow listeners ready to be funked tonight
	9:04pm javakid: bring the little weird EFD
	9:05pm listener07928: @efd ready for that interview
	9:06pm Ken From Hyde Park: Now that Andy Breckman has me thinking about words, I guess "efd" is not in alphabetical order, but the letters are cozily next to each other on the keyboard.
	9:08pm javakid: there may be more cowbell than usual tonight :::not a complaint:::
	9:09pm ultradamno: Dr. Love can make all the promises he likes but we're not getting that cure before the UK and Europe.
	9:10pm listener 126464: How many people on the right side like to drink TA-QUEEEE-LA?! (cowbell)
	9:10pm Listener07928: @Javakid there is no such thing as too much cowbell.
	9:11pm prof.fuzz: MD or PhD???
	9:11pm Barkevious Shabazz: The pop gun was the likely high point of Love Gun. Or Christene Sixteen.
	9:12pm Figgsrock: Just started Doug's book this week and it's pretty fantastic. Lots of amazing details in there.
	9:13pm pgalub: Hey efd and everyone! 🎸
	9:13pm ultradamno: Got my Kiss records out?
	9:13pm luka: last time i saw Anthrax they played this Cheap Trick tune.
	9:14pm Terre T: @efd-- Smokin start w/ da Starz. And I've always loved "Dr. Love" :)
	9:16pm efd: hey everyone! Thanks for tuning in tonight... as usual the shows where I have all the songs planned out somehow feel the most stressful! Will check back in when I can, the interview will start around the bottom of the hour - stay tuned!
	9:16pm listener 126464: anyone want to split an 8-pak?
	9:16pm ultradamno: I saw Anthrax once, they did some stuff with a native headdress that wouldn't play nowadays.
	9:16pm Christo: This is one of those great rock songs iconic!
	9:16pm Will: It's the soundtrack to to the movie that wasn't "Dazed and Confused" -- darker, less southern.
	9:16pm Ben London: I’m searching for my feather roach clip and 6 pack of Michelob I stashed somewhere!
	9:17pm Listener07928: @Terre T one of my favorite kiss songs is beth.
	9:17pm ultradamno: In fact, Starz is only band played so far I have seen live, regrettably.
	9:17pm luka: @ultradamno no doubt. it was from a good place, but it was still misguided. great band, though.
	9:18pm listener 126464: Sounding great from Studio E
	9:18pm javakid: @ultradamno I'm 0 for 4 unless you include Frehley's Comet
	9:18pm Christo: ✌️
	9:19pm ultradamno: Seems like there was a thing with that stuff in the nineties through the 00s festival stuff, Juliette & The Licks went through a headdress phase.
	9:20pm ultradamno: Starz is the only one i HAVEN'T seen, I meant.
	9:21pm sufferwords: Give a thousand Monkey’s a typewriter and they’ll write Strutter
	9:21pm luka: @ultradamno for Anthrax, it was even earlier. ‘87. but “Indians” is a positive song overall. it was just dressed up unfortunately.
	9:21pm West Trenton Vinnie: just tuning in, strutter...
	9:21pm luka: good lord “strutter” still goes hard.
	9:22pm ultradamno: I think it was early 90s when I saw them, Monsters of Rock or some thing with Slayer, Megadeth and Alice In Chains
	9:22pm phat: The only time I ever made it into Billboard was when a band of mine won a KISS cover contest to celebrate the release of that tribute album that came out. We did Strutter. I played in 3 bands that. All kind of the same bassline.
	9:23pm efd: was tempted to play "Strutter '78" from Double Platinum, but had to stick with the OG
	9:23pm efd: @phat, that is awesome!
	9:23pm Tome: loved Toys but listened more to Rocks I liked even better !<>!
	9:23pm TonyR: My yoof!!! (Where did you go?)
	9:24pm Ben London: You can’t fuck with the Aerosmith harmonies.
	9:24pm Figgsrock: I saw Anthrax in 93 at The Grand (one of the first shows with John Bush) and our table was right next to Gene Simmons.
	9:24pm Tome: gimme back my records lol ,, great stuff !<>!
	9:24pm efd: @Ben very true!
	9:24pm ultradamno: 1991 Clash of the Titans, Deer Creek, specifically en.wikipedia.org...
	9:26pm Tome: ,,, would have skipped * Destroyer * too !<>!
	9:26pm TonyR: "Big Eyes" didn't sound as "Big" as I remember it. I see now why the labels brickwall old recordings when they remaster. (Still a crime against art, but I think an argument can be made).
	9:26pm ultradamno: Cheap Trick stub twitter.com...
	9:26pm luka: that was the tour where Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax would always rotate order, but AIC opened every gig.
	9:26pm Ben London: Someone bought a chorus pedal.
	9:26pm slugluv1313: ok EFD you have officially transported me back to (suburban NJ) high school
	9:27pm WashingtonvilleGuy: Practicing my golf putt in the garage and enjoying this very rocking set... Thanks again Evan Funk.
	9:27pm TonyR: Starz? Who dat?
	9:27pm ultradamno: Slayer played last when I saw them and I can't imagine how any of them could have followed them. Brutal.
	9:28pm efd: @slugluv ...sorry?
	9:28pm slugluv1313: HELLO TERRE T. !!! yes i love me some STARZ too
	9:28pm TonyR: Summer of 1978: Foghat, Cheap Trick and the Sweet. 1 Phillly show, 3 monsters.
	9:29pm Ben London: This Starz song sound like every band from Cleveland when I was growing up.
	9:29pm efd: @slugluv (to be clear, my last comment should read as an uncertain apology, not that I didn't understand your comment!)
	9:29pm Tome: Ram Jam Portrait of The Artist As a Young Ram ,,, that one always stuck with me too back in like 78 !<>!
	9:29pm listener07928: @slugluv1313 back when there was two or 3 good rock stations in NYC, and WDHA here in jersey!!!
	9:29pm efd: @Ben that sounds like a compliment to me!
	9:30pm phat: How in the hell have I never heard Starz?
	9:30pm ultradamno: I always thought the Magna cigarettes logo bore more than a passing similarity to the Starz logo twitter.com...
	9:30pm TonyR: Now you have. Happy? ;)
	9:31pm Ben London: Yes. Are you into Artful Dodger? Could have been the same band.
	9:31pm slugluv1313: @EFD -- no, it is an EXCELLENT thing -- stuff like this kept me alive & kicking back then :) (sorry, not signed in, kinda wonky commenting on this phone, got cut off before i could say THANK YOU!!!)
	9:31pm Tome: Cleveland DeadBoys someone just played them other night ...
	9:32pm efd: @slugluv no worries! I realized after I posted that it might not be obvious I was making a leetle joke. @Ben yes, and agree!
	9:32pm TonyR: I guess the author will make his case for Starz when he interviews.
	9:33pm Ben London: Now that I’m older I wonder how much payola Kid Leo got to slap in these songs on WMMS.
	9:33pm johnk77: https://concerts.fandom.com/wiki/Cheap_Trick_Concerts_1970s great list confirmed that long john baldry supported cheap trick 1979 i was tour-managing baldry & his band cheap trick almost always delivered the goods live they did have roadies singing harmony from backstage at times:>
	9:33pm Ben London: *Play these songs.
	9:33pm slugluv1313: @listener07928 -- yes exactly! & most did not have regimented programming :)
	9:35pm listener07928: @slugluv 1313 WPLJ played some great music before they went all top40
	9:35pm Handy Haversack: Oh, I'm staying tuned! Hey, slugluv!
	9:36pm ultradamno: Graham Parker definitely opened for them when I saw them that year and were SLAUGHTERED by the audience, which still perplexes me...I think Roadmaster played too.
	9:37pm Listener07928: @Handy this is going to be good tonight
	9:37pm javakid: @07928 speaking of PLJ and this show www.nydailynews.com...
	9:38pm slugluv1313: somewhere i still have a letter from a KISS fan club (not sure if it was The KISS Army) -- they were based in Jersey City! & sent me a photo (maybe from 1973?) of the first time Gene Simmons blew fire on stage
	9:39pm Listener07928: @javakid interesting about carol
	9:40pm luka: idk a thing about starz, so this is fascinating.
	9:41pm slugluv1313: GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR WERE/ARE FREAKING AWESOME!!! saw them a buncha times back then, the "ex" was a huge fan
	9:41pm phat: @luka same!
	9:41pm phat: I'm already enjoying this interview immensely.
	9:43pm ultradamno: In spite of the resistance, they put on a great show, for sure.
	9:43pm slugluv1313: i never got the STARZ album but i still have a buncha their 45s -- some on colored vinyl, iirc -- fantastic fun band!!!
	9:43pm Chop Scott: Thanks for this EFD!!
	9:44pm ultradamno: I don't know how Starz didn't break out either. I mean they titled an album Attention Shoppers!, what more could they have done?
	9:45pm efd: @Chop Scott it's my absolute pleasure!
	9:45pm Handy Haversack: It worked for K-Mart after all, ultradamno ... right?
	9:46pm ultradamno: Exactly...maybe if they had attached blue lights to the albums. A missed opportunity
	9:46pm slugluv1313: heya Handy! gotta get back to work here -- but will be listening -- fascinating interview!
	9:48pm phat: "Rock Six Times" from the "Violation" album almost sounds like satire. I love it.
	9:52pm slugluv1313: @listener07928 -- yes! i started with WPIX-FM (more "hot 100" than "top 40") maybe 1970? 1971? then meandered up the radio dial (hah remember those!) to WNEW-FM -- totally "free form" back then :)
	9:53pm luka: “surrender” is in a galaxy all it’s own lyrically. nothing like it, not even close. i’m not sure if it’s good or bad! it just is.
	9:53pm mariano: Hey efd, Crew, everyone.
	9:53pm TomDash: This interview is GREAT! I recall a year or 2 ago when Doug was living in my neighborhood, ran into him at a local bar right after he left his most recent job to work on the book...got my copy last week can't wait to read it!
	9:53pm luka: and i’m glad it exists.
	9:54pm West Trenton Vinnie: remembering "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"...
	9:54pm TomDash: gotcha jumo, but will dig into the archive. Thanks efd and Doug!
	9:54pm TomDash: "gotta jump" - ha damn autocorrect!
	9:55pm listener07928: @slugluv1313 loved listening to scott muni with his deep voice, oh Richard neer does a sports show on WFAN on sat mornings
	9:55pm efd: I was thinking maybe jumo wrestling... ?? haha
	9:55pm West Trenton Vinnie: Scalper hocking tickets to the Cheap Trick show in the bleachers at a local high school...
	9:55pm Somm Ben: This track always reminds of some of Kurt Cobain's melodies for some reason
	9:56pm luka: now i’m thinking about that Albini mix of In Color.
	9:56pm slugluv1313: omg now i am having flashbacks of seeing Cheap Trick at The Palladium with the "ex" -- The Cars opened! damn i have GOT to check out this book - THANK YOU EFD!!!
	9:56pm Aitch: Enjoying this EFD
	9:57pm Tome: a KiSS gem for sure plaster Caster !<>!
	9:57pm slugluv1313: @luka re: Surrender -- absolutely!!!
	9:58pm listener07928: Ok guy’s going to bed will catch this on the archives
	9:58pm Doug Brod: Lemonheads do a pretty good version of this.
	9:58pm Handy Haversack: Yo, Mariano!
	9:58pm ultradamno: This song is too subtle, I'm not sure what he's getting at...
	9:59pm efd: Doug! Glad you're able to check in!
	10:00pm spodiodi: greetings, EFD and everyone!
	10:00pm Doug Brod: This is Starz's "Surrender."
	10:00pm mariano: Hey, Handy!
	10:00pm Pete Everett: Wow, Starz! My first ever concert was Aerosmith, Jeff Beck, Rick Derringer, and Starz in the Kingdome in Seattle!
	10:01pm slugluv1313: @listener07928 -- and of course, Allison Steele, The Night Bird :) have a good night!
	10:01pm Pete Everett: Wow, Starz! My first ever concert was Aerosmith, Jeff Beck, Rick Derringer, and Starz in the Kingdome in Seattle!
	10:01pm Handy Haversack: Hi, Doug Brod -- thanks for your time and attention to this fascinating interview! spodi!
	10:02pm ultradamno: Not seven, ever! What are you, a maniac?
	10:02pm phat: Holy crap. The author is here. I love WFMU.
	10:02pm slugluv1313: hiya mariano!
	10:03pm efd: I know this isn't the song Starz was singing about, but with all due respect I think we've heard "Walk This Way" enough by this point.
	10:03pm luka: this aerosmith song is a hair-raiser. but the best of this era for me is “sick as a dog”.
	10:04pm phat: @efd good call. And Mama Kin still kicks my ass.
	10:04pm phat: @luka love "Sick as a Dog" so much.
	10:05pm spodiodi: hey Handy!
	10:06pm Doug Brod: Sometimes Aerosmith could be so damn funky.
	10:06pm luka: @phat i really don’t think they recorded a better song than that.
	10:07pm phat: @luka agreed. One of my old bands worked on a cover but never finished it. Wish we had. That would have gone well next to the Sun Ra we did. Lol.
	10:08pm slugluv1313: yup! perfect soundtrack for 1970s suburban NJ underage drinking :)
	10:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Bawstin band? I beg your pardon - Sunapee, New Hampshuh! My older brother tells of seeing Aerosmith at the junior high we both went to where they probly made $200 ...& thinking - this is just typical Rawk'n' Roll ...& then thinking - yeah - but they're goood @ it...
	10:09pm McGroovey: I remember when the Starcastle/Starz tour passed through Syracuse and/or Rochester. Not sure what year that was. I liked them both, and in my teenage memory they're the same band, though I have records by both and I know they're not. I grew up midway between Rochester and Syracuse, and we listened to the rock stations from Rochester (WCMF and WSAY-AM) and Utica (WOUR). eventually there was a Syracuse rock station, WAQX. WCMF and WOUR playlists included rock (what we'd now call classic rock) and new wave and a little punk. WSAY tended more toward metal, in the seventies sense (Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep). Kiss would have been on the AM pop stations, not the rock stations.
	10:12pm CC: Getting the right booking agent makes all the difference!!!...:)
	10:16pm Doug Brod: I misspoke. It's Plastic Penny!
	10:16pm mariano: Hey slugluv, spodi!
	10:17pm efd: Story of my life, Doug!
	10:17pm efd: also sorry to steal your playlist's thunder by playing this one!
	10:18pm Doug Brod: I love that you're playing this.
	10:18pm ultradamno: Well, if that kind of thing was good enough for The Cramps
	10:19pm Handy Haversack: Mariano, while listening tonight, I'm editing an article by my friend Santiago, an Italian/Austrian/Swiss/Catalan of Argentinean parentage, on Maradona and the necessity of socialism. It's fun! Also: REPENT!
	10:19pm slugluv1313: @RRN63 -- ah yes & of course Tyler spent many years growing up in YONKERS! iirc his Dad still gave piano lessons there for many years :)
	10:19pm phat: Hot damn.
	10:19pm efd: in a funny coincidence, last week I started my show with a song by Matthew Fisher, who played keyboards with Procol Harum
	10:21pm efd: I'm not going to play "10538 Overture" though, much as I love that song. We don't have all night!
	10:21pm Kelly Jones: Great Interview EFD, enjoying the show AS ALWAYS. Fuckin' Procol Harum... who knew... amazing song dude.
	10:22pm phat: I love Procul Harem. I need more of them in my life. Also, this could be "post rock."
	10:22pm efd: thank you Kelly!
	10:22pm Kelly Jones: I like the idea of the Spotify playlist to go with... kinda friggin' cool!
	10:22pm phat: I always spell that wrong.
	10:22pm CC: Community!!!...:)
	10:23pm Stevel: Well, a bit similar...
	10:23pm spodiodi: hey, mariano!
	10:23pm Doug Brod: I see what you did there.
	10:23pm ?: How can Cheap Trick be so awesome and spooky at the same time?
	10:24pm Phillippe Bastille: Howdy!
	10:24pm ultradamno: Spooky and awesome frequently go hand in hand
	10:24pm spodiodi: it's all in the sweaters, ?
	10:24pm efd: I'm not too proud to pass up a segue on a silver platter like that one!
	10:24pm Tank Top: Wow this is Cheap Trick?
	10:25pm Roberto: Cheap Trick might have ripped this from Procol Harum, but Procol Harum ripped it from J.S. Bach.
	10:25pm CC: Why do you think John Lennon asked them to sing harmonies on Double Fantasy!?!...:)
	10:26pm McGroovey: Yeah, Cheap Trick took (borrowed, OK) a lot from The Move and The Nazz. The bass sound on Heaven Tonight is very Move-y.
	10:26pm Kelly Jones: The shit you learn if you live long enough and are paying close attention. Very cool influence string.
	10:26pm ultradamno: Bach, that hack.
	10:26pm efd: @McGroovey not to mention they also straight-up covered The Move!
	10:27pm Stevel: Roberto: That’s kinda the heart of things. Layering on, borrowing, still have to bring it together
	10:27pm ultradamno: Great artists steal, as the saying goes.
	10:27pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Reminds me of Alice...
	10:28pm Doug Brod: Another fun A/B comparison: CT's Baby Loves to Rock and the Yardbirds' Psycho Daisies
	10:28pm Doug Brod: I want to start a band just so I can cover this song.
	10:29pm Ben London: Is this Piper? :)
	10:29pm Somm Ben: Doug - Your book's thesis is well proven by how these bands are tying into so many other groups
	10:29pm javakid: EFD a lot of the same care and curation as the Vic Maile show a little while back. Thank you for the time you are taking to entertain us.
	10:29pm phat: @Doug Brod I'm in
	10:29pm Handy Haversack: Roberto, doesn't the piano player in The Commitments accuse Procul Harum of the same thing? Also: "Poxiest lyrics ever written!"!
	10:29pm pgalub: Got my BACH records out! (for later) Ooh yeah love this Paul Stanley tune! Great stuff efd!
	10:29pm efd: Am I crazy thinking that this song sounds a lot like Toto's "I'll Supply The Love"?
	10:29pm Kelly Jones: Everyone knows I have a thing for KISS. Kinda like Ken Freedman's thing for Hall & Oates. It's unspoken...but it's there... and no amount of musical slut shaming can change it.
	10:30pm McGroovey: Well, yeah, and a couple of the Cheap Trick guys were in one of the last live incarnations of the Nazz. Or ... Yeah, Rick Nielsen was, and then Thom Mooney followed Rick into one of those pre-Cheap Trick bands. There's a Nazz bootleg that has a live version of Open My Eyes with Rick Nielsen, and a studio recording of a Rick Nielsen song.
	10:30pm ultradamno: Obvious ones: The Fall's Elves and The Stooges' I Wanna Be Your Dog, The Cramps' reference above was mostly to What's Behind The Mask and Dale Hawkins' Tornado
	10:30pm West Trenton Vinnie: this show's over the top, the depth of my psyche that's being probed is unsanctioned and inappropriate
	10:30pm efd: @Ben there are Piper connections with these bands, though!
	10:30pm Doug Brod: The drummer on this song drummed for Piper: Richie Fontana
	10:30pm Ben London: Really could be a raspberries song if Eric CArmen was singing.
	10:31pm slugluv1313: PIPER!!! :)
	10:31pm Somm Ben: @efd - agreed on Piper connect
	10:31pm efd: there it is, thank you Doug!
	10:31pm Doug Brod: Yer welcome
	10:31pm efd: this is one of my all-time favorite KISS songs.
	10:32pm ultradamno: Detective seems like another that fits in there, don't they? Piper made me think of them, anyway.
	10:32pm Ben London: It’s like steely Dan meets kiss
	10:32pm ?: can anyone remind me what fuze cover song they were talking about?
	10:32pm johnk77: procol harum very popular in the american midwest starting in the late 60s
	10:32pm Doug Brod: This is when they wanted to be Exile.
	10:33pm Somm Ben: We are listening to this set in a 50s wood-paneled kitchen in Jersey City - slight fire hazard because this set is straight fire
	10:33pm CC: World party, Oasis and Elo do a pretty good job as well... got to go eat something now...cheerz!!!...:)
	10:33pm Figgsrock: @efd, this track reminds me a of mix CD Wurster gave me and the Figgs guys when we crashed at his place while on tour. He called it, You Wanted the Best But You Got KISS. This was the best song on it.
	10:34pm ultradamno: Maybe not, Detective dressed better than any of these bands
	10:34pm phat: Disco KISS is awesome. I don't care what anybody else says. This is actually great.
	10:34pm John in Long Branch: i stumbled into my man cave tonight already thinking guilty thoughts about how I didnt need this next beer when i opened the door to 'Heaven tonight" by Cheap trick and I sank into my comfy chair and laughed aloud with joy! thanks!!
	10:34pm Roberto: Yeah, Whiter Shade of Pale was an even more obvious rip from Bach. I'm okay with it.
	10:35pm Roberto: Speaking of which, was anyone else on the 7SD Zoom call this evening? There was an attempted Whiter Shade sing-along.
	10:36pm Handy Haversack: We opted out, Roberto.
	10:37pm ultradamno: Just Shoes, no The, I hear they're touchy about that.
	10:37pm efd: *not the solo album, a Desmond Child and Rouge album
	10:37pm mariano: Handy (10:19): Wow, sounds really interesting. And repent? Pazuzu don't sin.
	10:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Kiss was a Show - so why not. Outside writing got Aerosmith hits but diminished them don't you think ?
	10:40pm Handy Haversack: It made more sense during the Procul Harum song, Mariano.
	10:40pm Aitch: That Scat Bros is nasty
	10:40pm javakid: Skatt Bros - except for everyone on this board
	10:41pm ultradamno: I'm afraid to google Scat Brothers
	10:41pm phat: This interview is amazing.
	10:42pm efd: SPELL IT PROPERLY, PEOPLE! S-K-A-T-T!
	10:42pm efd: have a little respect
	10:42pm phat: Oh no!
	10:43pm Stevel: Drat! GO Scott!
	10:43pm Handy Haversack: What a cliffhanger!
	10:43pm Phillippe Bastille: Scott to the rescue
	10:43pm pgalub: The chorus of Cheap Trick's tune "I Can't Take It" is a little reminiscent of "Sure Know Something". (And Bach of course)
	10:43pm Kelly Jones: Oh Thank God...I thought that drop out was my new AV system which I have yet to master....
	10:43pm efd: I'm re-playing the end of this segment
	10:43pm efd: apologies for any duplication
	10:46pm Aitch: Skatt Bros and used-bin seem to go together. Huuuge in the clubs in Sydney at the time
	10:46pm Stevel: You're quick!
	10:46pm phat: This show has made my week.
	10:46pm Doug Brod: This might be the first time this song has ever been played on the radio...ever.
	10:46pm efd: I didn't want to miss out on a second of the Skatt Bros discussion!
	10:47pm mariano: Oh, sorry, Handy. Divided attention tonight. SUBDIVISIONS.
	10:47pm efd: I played "Life At The Outpost" a couple years ago after I found this record
	10:48pm Doug Brod: The guitarist, David Andez, also played/sang background with the Village People.
	10:49pm phat: This is a strange record.
	10:49pm efd: @Aitch you've gotta keep an eye out for that rare second Skatt Bros. album down there!
	10:50pm Doug Brod: I found an amazing cover of Life at the Outpost by some Aussie TV presenter named Ray Burgess. The video's on youtube and it's insane.
	10:50pm Handy Haversack: While I'm busy being deliciously clever, Mariano, Kate's swotting away making you a gift. SUBDIVISIONS.
	10:52pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Wow I didn’t know of Starz and they’re great!
	10:52pm Aitch: I'll brief my trader friends Evan. Ray Burgess was a (creepy) presenter on an after-school TV show in Oz, first time I saw KISS, mid 70s
	10:52pm Ben London: This one has Queen written all over it!
	10:52pm phat: The Skatt Bros wiki is entertaining.
	10:53pm efd: @Sweet Corn Lizzie Mission accomplished!
	10:53pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Roberto I sang it!
	10:53pm phat: I wondered if you'd play Brandy
	10:54pm Handy Haversack: Argh. Damn, sometimes one just misses karaoke.
	10:54pm Kat in Chicago: I am definitely wondering where this one fits in.
	10:54pm efd: NO SPOILERS PHAT! 😀
	10:54pm drowsy: I am ready for the brandy explainer..
	10:54pm Kelly Jones: Evan... if I kick it, play this at my funeral. Glen Jones gave me this 45 record and it's a long standing favorite.
	10:54pm mariano: Aww, really? Thanks Kate!
	10:54pm Ben London: I’m surprised Urge Overkill didn’t cover this one.
	10:54pm efd: all shall be revealed in the fourth and final segment of our interview!
	10:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @slugluv way back : Yeah I read Tyler's autobio - enjoyed - writes of spending summers up here in NH & winters in NYC. 'Seasons of Wither' very much a being in North New England too long song...
	10:55pm Kelly Jones: OMG @ Ben London... that would be pretty f-ing great!
	10:55pm Figgsrock: I love how this song ties in. Had no idea until I read the book.
	10:56pm Roberto: Oh hey Sweet Corn. I was busy wrangling a chingadero.
	10:56pm phat: Now I can't wait to read this book.
	10:56pm efd: I have been mad at myself since recording this interview for saying "up front masculine" instead of "up front heterosexual" or something. Bad phrasing on my part.
	10:57pm Handy Haversack: Heard, efd.
	10:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...too late for Brian Epstein...
	10:58pm Stevel: Brandy-band!
	10:58pm Roberto: As if anyone never needed a reason to play Brandy.
	10:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Punky's Whips...
	10:58pm ultradamno: There's a lot performative masculinity, but then a lot of what Kiss was grows out of glam too.
	10:58pm phat: I only just learned about this connection reading wiki. I love the unknown stories of rock n roll. I didn't know Starz at all!
	10:59pm phat: KISS and Aerosmith were pretty camp.
	10:59pm Kat in Chicago: I barely knew Starz. I am very happy to have finally heard "Rock Six Times."
	11:02pm Doug Brod: Why am I screaming?
	11:02pm efd: you're passionate!
	11:03pm Handy Haversack: The Darkness has a guitar lightning bolt defeating a space crab. I'd say it's fairly theatrical!
	11:03pm efd: (also I didn't think you were screaming)
	11:03pm Kelly Jones: Evan... masculine is masculine, regardless of who you're attracted to. Hot Case In Point: Rob Halford. That is some hot shit, either way! It's all good bro!
	11:04pm mariano: Isn't that the best way to defeat a space crab though?
	11:04pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Good Journalism & Interviewing.
	11:05pm Handy Haversack: It is ... ze oldest remedy.
	11:05pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Careful there Roberto! We always sing “Brandy’s just too dumb to understand” and some people are surprised those aren’t the real words. Great show!
	11:05pm ultradamno: I would get that even with Sun Ra, there are people who like to dismiss as a guy who rode a gimmick.
	11:05pm Figgsrock: This was a great conversation EFD and Doug!
	11:06pm ultradamno: The Residents and Devo too.
	11:06pm Handy Haversack: Great interview, efd! Much new to think about. Though ... I just don't think I'll ever like Aerosmith. Many thanks, Doug! Very cool and generous of you!
	11:06pm Doug Brod: Thanks, Steve! Miss seeing you on the train!
	11:07pm Figgsrock: Yeah Doug, the Jay St platform isn't the same!
	11:07pm Doug Brod: Thanks, Handy and everyone else. This was fun!
	11:07pm ultradamno: Handy, give up, join us. Aerosmith were great. And they would fight on stage, which is my favorite thing...
	11:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: My older brother (again) tells of walking around with a Kiss record & getting harassed for liking 'fags' in makeup & all this - & a bit later those same rednecks are of course in the Kiss army with the beltbuckles & so forth...
	11:08pm Chop Scott: Bravo EFD!! Great deep connection threads Doug-- thank you!
	11:08pm Stevel: Steven Tyler is a lot of things (very short, for one) but FFFUUUUCCKKK!!
	11:08pm efd: Thanks so much for hanging out on the playlist, Doug! Great to have you here. And congrats again on the book!
	11:08pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Aerosmith has some great songs. I think my problem is with Steve Tyler and his scary giant mouth.
	11:09pm efd: I mentioned "Strutter" was a hell of an opening track for a debut album, but "ELO Kiddies" is also right up there.
	11:09pm Aitch: Looks like it should have a hook in it.
	11:09pm Handy Haversack: Legit, Lizzie. Legit. The opening of this song had me and Kate trying to figure out if the phone was really ringing. (We still have a landline -- and a rotary!)
	11:10pm Ben London: It's amazing how good Robin Zander and Steven Tyler still sing these days.
	11:10pm McGroovey: I put the book on my Christmas list. And I need to pull out my Starz records tomorrow.
	11:10pm efd: @Handy I've had that happen to me with this song for 43 years now. You'd think I'd learn.
	11:10pm Doug Brod: Thanks, EFD. It was a pleasure. So glad to find kindred spirits. A friend had the best description of the book: "The ultimate mid-life crisis stocking stuffer!"
	11:10pm ultradamno: His tendency to kind of scat and all of the scarves was annoying, but they were a fierce rock band in the 70s. AC/DC was better but still...
	11:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Loves HulloKiddies. They do remind me of Alice! ...& I like to think of cats & make it Hello Kitties...
	11:11pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Aitch I literally LOL
	11:11pm SeanG: glad I tuned in! ELO KIDDIES ELO KIDDIES
	11:11pm ultradamno: Scat singing, I'm referring to, to be clear.
	11:11pm Stevel: Yes to the scatting, and yet... www.youtube.com... I was there, shooting the race. Fantastic few moments.
	11:12pm McGroovey: You can't (or shouldn't) listened to AC/DC all the time. Sometimes you have to listen to the Carpenters.
	11:12pm drowsy: Live KISS is best KISS
	11:12pm Handy Haversack: Ha, efd, you're the best! Maybe Julianna Hatfield will do an album of Aerosmith covers -- it could be redemptive for me! DAMN, that "Elo Kiddies"!
	11:13pm ultradamno: The Carpenters were my first ever show...
	11:13pm mariano: A rotary landline? Whoa, easy there, Hollywood ;)
	11:13pm Stevel: Never a Kiss fan, but I always wanted to see their show. Back in the day I heard it cost ONE MILLION DOLLARS! OK, I've grown to like DRC, especially live.
	11:14pm phat: That KISS reunion tour in the 90s was one the most amazing shows I've ever seen.
	11:14pm ultradamno: When I saw them The Plasmatics opened. And they had a tank drum riser thing, it was kind of hilarious
	11:15pm Handy Haversack: Don't make me dial you up, Pazuzu! If I dialed you, you'd think a brain tumor was a birthday present. SUBDIVISIONS.
	11:15pm phat: Frehley shooting a rocket from his guitar! Fergodssake.
	11:15pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: I swear I remember a song “Bedpan Hunting” about preying on rich old women that Elo Kiddies made me think of but I find nothing on the internets!
	11:15pm ultradamno: Kiss had the tank, not Plasmatics. Who did their usual chainsaw schtick and whatnot
	11:15pm slugluv1313: oh yes! even back then, i would sing this as Hello Kitties :) Doug, EFD -- thanks so much!
	11:15pm Tome: first Live still my fave ie,, Nothin' to Lose* ,, just love Peter Criss on that one too *
	11:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Plasmatics open for Kiss - memorable.
	11:16pm McGroovey: Detroit Rock City was my favorite song when I was 12. Then my friends told me Kiss want cool, so I had to switch to Pink Floyd. But Ummagumma, not Dark Side of the Moon.
	11:16pm McGroovey: *Wasn't cool
	11:17pm ultradamno: That was 83, stub twitter.com...
	11:18pm phat: Oh, yes. I know this Cherry Baby song. No idea how. Is it on a power pop comp somewhere?
	11:18pm McGroovey: Cherry Baby: I love this song. It screams "COVER ME!"
	11:18pm ultradamno: I think it's the closest they got to a hit.
	11:18pm McGroovey: Power pop with a cowbell
	11:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...cover with whipped cream?
	11:19pm drowsy: KISS wasn't cool or uncool - KISS had the girls in my grade school as fans, so the boys had to get up to speed. This was the Dynasty year, so maybe that was special.
	11:19pm Doug Brod: Peaked at No. 33 on Billboard's top singles.
	11:19pm ultradamno: Cherry Baby was probably The Runaways' Cherry Bomb and he just wasn't seeing it.
	11:20pm McGroovey: With whipped cream, or just plain whipped.
	11:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: They were the bedazzlers.
	11:22pm mariano: Handy: I know it isn't, but it seems kind of strange that you can call a smartphone with a rotary.
	11:22pm Tome: bit.ly... < good deal good selection yes
	11:23pm Handy Haversack: Wait ... I thought ... I'm the Bedazzler?! Mariano, sometimes we even get transduced text messages on it! O brave new world!
	11:23pm phat: Totally. Adding Starz makes it a different kind of book.
	11:23pm phat: Fantastic
	11:23pm prof.fuzz: Great interview.
	11:23pm xtrakrispy: Sheer Mag’s (outta Philly) logo, is very reminiscent of the Starz logo. Coincidence?
	11:24pm efd: all this talk of Bedazzler makes me wonder if y'all realize that two members of Stag were on the playlist earlier...?!
	11:25pm ultradamno: It's weird there's a Starz anthology without that logo on it. It's like putting out a Boston greatest hits record with the band name in comic sans
	11:26pm Stevel: efd: go ooonnnnnn.... (Not a shock)
	11:27pm Stevel: This song is hilarious!
	11:27pm pgalub: This is pretty great!
	11:28pm Kat in Chicago: Undeniably clever!
	11:28pm prof.fuzz: Hey alexa! click that bandcamp link.
	11:29pm Joe B: wow, don't hear too many screaming trees covers!
	11:29pm Handy Haversack: Alexa, note prof.fuzz's levity for later disproportionate response.
	11:30pm Kat in Chicago: No you don't, Joe B! I didn't recognize it at first.
	11:30pm prof.fuzz: Story of my life, Handy.
	11:31pm Handy Haversack: We're all prey to the system, prof.fuzz.
	11:34pm prof.fuzz: Opening guitar tones = click the bandcamp link
	11:35pm Handy Haversack: Picked up Wax Chattels on Friday -- I'd meant to for a while! Last Bandcamp Friday (? maybe not?) was a time for some wishlist cleaning.
	11:35pm Handy Haversack: @prof.fuzz: "guitarless guitar music"!
	11:36pm prof.fuzz: the best kind
	11:36pm phat: Damn, this Wax Chattels
	11:37pm Stevel: Wax Chattles are making me nervous in a good way.
	11:37pm led zeppelin sucks: this WFMU app first dent on my new iPad
	11:38pm Scott Williams: Wax Chattels has been in my record cart for a freakin month and a half, what the hell am I waiting for??? Great intense stuff
	11:41pm spodiodi: red hot set, efd
	11:43pm phat: Just bought the Wax Chattels vinyl.
	11:44pm Be Now Homeboy: EFD !!! Slaying it!
	11:45pm Handy Haversack: Oh holy crap, I finally got that shipping notice today, too!
	11:47pm Kat in Chicago: I appreciate The Cool Greenhouse for being the first band that I have ever heard make a Horse ebooks reference in their lyrics.
	11:47pm prof.fuzz: Sweet! Our friend from Knoxville, Tim Lee's old band The Windbreakers have a track on that comp.
	11:48pm drowsy: Mmmm, jangly
	11:51pm Kat in Chicago: Bless the Pylon Reenacters
	11:52pm slugluv1313: fantastic show and interview -- thanks so much, EFD and Doug!!!
	11:52pm Handy Haversack: That was great! With Vanessa Briscoe Hay!
	11:53pm phat: That Cyclones track is so great
	11:54pm efd: Strum and Thrum might be my compilation of the year on the strength of that song alone!
	11:54pm Aitch: Pick at erection?
	11:54pm drowsy: this is band of horses meets belle and seb meets pet shop boys in a good way.
	11:55pm efd: @Aitch I didn't hear anything about a mongrel
	11:55pm slugluv1313: hiya Kat in Chicago! looks like ActBlue has a buncha job openings again -- a lot are remote, & iirc, no restrictions as to where you live :)
	11:55pm Handy Haversack: Damn. I don't want it to end! What a great show, efd -- in every phase! Thanks so much. You have introduced us to so much great music. Deeply appreciated. Thanks, Scott! Be well, all. Pig gets erection? Pink insurrection?
	11:55pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks for the fun ride tonight, efd.
	11:56pm Kat in Chicago: Hi slugluv, and thanks for that - noted!
	11:56pm Mike Sin: That interview with Doug definitely has me snagging his book.
	11:56pm Aitch: I thought better left EFD
	11:57pm spodiodi: thanks, EFD! great interview and show! thanks, Scott! see you all
	11:58pm efd: thanks for listening, everyone!
	11:58pm Kat in Chicago: Another excellent show. I might have to check out that book myself, not to mention that Starz album
	11:59pm notsafe4windows: gnight, yall

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from December 9, 2020

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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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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!

December 9, 2020: live from Studio E(FD), with DOUG BROD, author of the new book They Just Seem A Little Weird: How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
starz	sing it shout it "sing it shout it" by "starz"	violation	capitol	1977			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
kiss	calling dr. love "calling dr. love" by "kiss"	rock and roll over	casablanca	1976			0:05:01 (Pop-up)
cheap trick	big eyes "big eyes" by "cheap trick"	in color	epic	1977			0:08:42 (Pop-up)
aerosmith	sweet emotion "sweet emotion" by "aerosmith"	toys in the attic	columbia	1975			0:12:03 (Pop-up)
kiss	strutter "strutter" by "kiss"	s/t	casablanca	1974			0:16:08 (Pop-up)
aerosmith	rats in the cellar "rats in the cellar" by "aerosmith"	rocks	columbia	1976			0:19:19 (Pop-up)
starz	waitin' on you "waitin' on you" by "starz"	attention shoppers!	capitol	1978			0:23:55 (Pop-up)
cheap trick	i know what i want "i know what i want" by "cheap trick"	dream police	epic	1979			0:26:53 (Pop-up)

doug brod	interview with efd part 1				Get They Just Seem a Little Weird: How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll at Indiebound or wherever you get books!		0:35:48 (Pop-up)
cheap trick	surrender "surrender" by "cheap trick"	heaven tonight	epic	1978			0:49:22 (Pop-up)
kiss	plaster caster "plaster caster" by "kiss"	love gun	casablanca	1977			0:53:30 (Pop-up)
starz	rock six times "rock six times" by "starz"	violation	capitol	1977			0:58:50 (Pop-up)
aerosmith	mama kin "mama kin" by "aerosmith"	s/t	columbia	1973			1:00:02 (Pop-up)
doug brod	interview with efd part 2				Check out the Spotify playlist Doug put together as a companion to the book! (Not right now, though)		1:04:14 (Pop-up)
procol harum	repent walpurgis "repent walpurgis" by "procol harum"	s/t	regal zonophone	1967			1:14:52 (Pop-up)
cheap trick	heaven tonight "heaven tonight" by "cheap trick"	heaven tonight	epic	1978			1:19:51 (Pop-up)
paul stanley	wouldn't you like to know me	s/t	casablanca	1978			1:25:02 (Pop-up)
kiss	sure know something "sure know something" by "kiss"	7"	casablanca	1979			1:28:10 (Pop-up)
doug brod	interview with efd part 3						1:31:31 (Pop-up)
skatt bros.	strange spirits "strange spirits" by "skatt bros."	strange spirits	casablanca	1979	written by Pieter Sweval, who was also in Starz		1:42:39 (Pop-up)
starz	monkey business "monkey business" by "starz"	s/t	capitol	1976			1:47:17 (Pop-up)
looking glass	brandy "brandy" by "looking glass"	s/t	epic	1972	if you're wondering why I'm playing this song stay tuned...		1:50:45 (Pop-up)
doug brod	interview with efd part 4						1:54:12 (Pop-up)
aerosmith	draw the line "draw the line" by "aerosmith"	draw the line	columbia	1977			2:02:49 (Pop-up)
cheap trick	elo kiddies "elo kiddies" by "cheap trick"	s/t	epic	1977			2:08:05 (Pop-up)
kiss	detroit rock city "detroit rock city" by "kiss"	alive ii	casablanca				2:08:59 (Pop-up)
starz	cherry baby "cherry baby" by "starz"	violation	capitol	1977			2:13:35 (Pop-up)

the cool greenhouse	alexa! "alexa!" by "the cool greenhouse"	single	melodic		bandcamp	*	2:21:32 (Pop-up)
the reds, pinks & purples	bed of roses	single	the reds, pinks & purples		bandcamp	*	2:25:23 (Pop-up)
interesting times gang	do you remember	hits, different	interesting times gang		bandcamp	*	2:27:49 (Pop-up)
wax chattels	an eye "an eye" by "wax chattels"	clot	captured tracks		bandcamp	*	2:31:01 (Pop-up)
the spits	lose my mind "lose my mind" by "the spits"	vi	thriftstore		bandcamp	*	2:35:42 (Pop-up)

cyclones	i'm in heaven "i'm in heaven" by "cyclones"	va-strum and thrum: the american jangle underground 1983-1987	captured tracks		bandcamp	*	2:43:47 (Pop-up)
pylon reenactment society	compression	single	pylon reenactment society		bandcamp	*	2:45:59 (Pop-up)
firestations	greenmount (sunken version)	automatic tendencies	lost map		bandcamp	*	2:49:03 (Pop-up)
anzahlung	standing still "standing still" by "anzahlung"	i've lost my footing on the world	cupboard music		bandcamp	*	2:53:45 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:03pm Handy Haversack: efd! All the other letters! Let us rock and, you know, maybe roll! Very, VERY glad to be here.
	9:04pm ultradamno: Evan! Funkies!
	9:04pm Listener07928: Hello fellow listeners ready to be funked tonight
	9:04pm javakid: bring the little weird EFD
	9:05pm listener07928: @efd ready for that interview
	9:06pm Ken From Hyde Park: Now that Andy Breckman has me thinking about words, I guess "efd" is not in alphabetical order, but the letters are cozily next to each other on the keyboard.
	9:08pm javakid: there may be more cowbell than usual tonight :::not a complaint:::
	9:09pm ultradamno: Dr. Love can make all the promises he likes but we're not getting that cure before the UK and Europe.
	9:10pm listener 126464: How many people on the right side like to drink TA-QUEEEE-LA?! (cowbell)
	9:10pm Listener07928: @Javakid there is no such thing as too much cowbell.
	9:11pm prof.fuzz: MD or PhD???
	9:11pm Barkevious Shabazz: The pop gun was the likely high point of Love Gun. Or Christene Sixteen.
	9:12pm Figgsrock: Just started Doug's book this week and it's pretty fantastic. Lots of amazing details in there.
	9:13pm pgalub: Hey efd and everyone! 🎸
	9:13pm ultradamno: Got my Kiss records out?
	9:13pm luka: last time i saw Anthrax they played this Cheap Trick tune.
	9:14pm Terre T: @efd-- Smokin start w/ da Starz. And I've always loved "Dr. Love" :)
	9:16pm efd: hey everyone! Thanks for tuning in tonight... as usual the shows where I have all the songs planned out somehow feel the most stressful! Will check back in when I can, the interview will start around the bottom of the hour - stay tuned!
	9:16pm listener 126464: anyone want to split an 8-pak?
	9:16pm ultradamno: I saw Anthrax once, they did some stuff with a native headdress that wouldn't play nowadays.
	9:16pm Christo: This is one of those great rock songs iconic!
	9:16pm Will: It's the soundtrack to to the movie that wasn't "Dazed and Confused" -- darker, less southern.
	9:16pm Ben London: I’m searching for my feather roach clip and 6 pack of Michelob I stashed somewhere!
	9:17pm Listener07928: @Terre T one of my favorite kiss songs is beth.
	9:17pm ultradamno: In fact, Starz is only band played so far I have seen live, regrettably.
	9:17pm luka: @ultradamno no doubt. it was from a good place, but it was still misguided. great band, though.
	9:18pm listener 126464: Sounding great from Studio E
	9:18pm javakid: @ultradamno I'm 0 for 4 unless you include Frehley's Comet
	9:18pm Christo: ✌️
	9:19pm ultradamno: Seems like there was a thing with that stuff in the nineties through the 00s festival stuff, Juliette & The Licks went through a headdress phase.
	9:20pm ultradamno: Starz is the only one i HAVEN'T seen, I meant.
	9:21pm sufferwords: Give a thousand Monkey’s a typewriter and they’ll write Strutter
	9:21pm luka: @ultradamno for Anthrax, it was even earlier. ‘87. but “Indians” is a positive song overall. it was just dressed up unfortunately.
	9:21pm West Trenton Vinnie: just tuning in, strutter...
	9:21pm luka: good lord “strutter” still goes hard.
	9:22pm ultradamno: I think it was early 90s when I saw them, Monsters of Rock or some thing with Slayer, Megadeth and Alice In Chains
	9:22pm phat: The only time I ever made it into Billboard was when a band of mine won a KISS cover contest to celebrate the release of that tribute album that came out. We did Strutter. I played in 3 bands that. All kind of the same bassline.
	9:23pm efd: was tempted to play "Strutter '78" from Double Platinum, but had to stick with the OG
	9:23pm efd: @phat, that is awesome!
	9:23pm Tome: loved Toys but listened more to Rocks I liked even better !<>!
	9:23pm TonyR: My yoof!!! (Where did you go?)
	9:24pm Ben London: You can’t fuck with the Aerosmith harmonies.
	9:24pm Figgsrock: I saw Anthrax in 93 at The Grand (one of the first shows with John Bush) and our table was right next to Gene Simmons.
	9:24pm Tome: gimme back my records lol ,, great stuff !<>!
	9:24pm efd: @Ben very true!
	9:24pm ultradamno: 1991 Clash of the Titans, Deer Creek, specifically en.wikipedia.org...
	9:26pm Tome: ,,, would have skipped * Destroyer * too !<>!
	9:26pm TonyR: "Big Eyes" didn't sound as "Big" as I remember it. I see now why the labels brickwall old recordings when they remaster. (Still a crime against art, but I think an argument can be made).
	9:26pm ultradamno: Cheap Trick stub twitter.com...
	9:26pm luka: that was the tour where Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax would always rotate order, but AIC opened every gig.
	9:26pm Ben London: Someone bought a chorus pedal.
	9:26pm slugluv1313: ok EFD you have officially transported me back to (suburban NJ) high school
	9:27pm WashingtonvilleGuy: Practicing my golf putt in the garage and enjoying this very rocking set... Thanks again Evan Funk.
	9:27pm TonyR: Starz? Who dat?
	9:27pm ultradamno: Slayer played last when I saw them and I can't imagine how any of them could have followed them. Brutal.
	9:28pm efd: @slugluv ...sorry?
	9:28pm slugluv1313: HELLO TERRE T. !!! yes i love me some STARZ too
	9:28pm TonyR: Summer of 1978: Foghat, Cheap Trick and the Sweet. 1 Phillly show, 3 monsters.
	9:29pm Ben London: This Starz song sound like every band from Cleveland when I was growing up.
	9:29pm efd: @slugluv (to be clear, my last comment should read as an uncertain apology, not that I didn't understand your comment!)
	9:29pm Tome: Ram Jam Portrait of The Artist As a Young Ram ,,, that one always stuck with me too back in like 78 !<>!
	9:29pm listener07928: @slugluv1313 back when there was two or 3 good rock stations in NYC, and WDHA here in jersey!!!
	9:29pm efd: @Ben that sounds like a compliment to me!
	9:30pm phat: How in the hell have I never heard Starz?
	9:30pm ultradamno: I always thought the Magna cigarettes logo bore more than a passing similarity to the Starz logo twitter.com...
	9:30pm TonyR: Now you have. Happy? ;)
	9:31pm Ben London: Yes. Are you into Artful Dodger? Could have been the same band.
	9:31pm slugluv1313: @EFD -- no, it is an EXCELLENT thing -- stuff like this kept me alive & kicking back then :) (sorry, not signed in, kinda wonky commenting on this phone, got cut off before i could say THANK YOU!!!)
	9:31pm Tome: Cleveland DeadBoys someone just played them other night ...
	9:32pm efd: @slugluv no worries! I realized after I posted that it might not be obvious I was making a leetle joke. @Ben yes, and agree!
	9:32pm TonyR: I guess the author will make his case for Starz when he interviews.
	9:33pm Ben London: Now that I’m older I wonder how much payola Kid Leo got to slap in these songs on WMMS.
	9:33pm johnk77: https://concerts.fandom.com/wiki/Cheap_Trick_Concerts_1970s great list confirmed that long john baldry supported cheap trick 1979 i was tour-managing baldry & his band cheap trick almost always delivered the goods live they did have roadies singing harmony from backstage at times:>
	9:33pm Ben London: *Play these songs.
	9:33pm slugluv1313: @listener07928 -- yes exactly! & most did not have regimented programming :)
	9:35pm listener07928: @slugluv 1313 WPLJ played some great music before they went all top40
	9:35pm Handy Haversack: Oh, I'm staying tuned! Hey, slugluv!
	9:36pm ultradamno: Graham Parker definitely opened for them when I saw them that year and were SLAUGHTERED by the audience, which still perplexes me...I think Roadmaster played too.
	9:37pm Listener07928: @Handy this is going to be good tonight
	9:37pm javakid: @07928 speaking of PLJ and this show www.nydailynews.com...
	9:38pm slugluv1313: somewhere i still have a letter from a KISS fan club (not sure if it was The KISS Army) -- they were based in Jersey City! & sent me a photo (maybe from 1973?) of the first time Gene Simmons blew fire on stage
	9:39pm Listener07928: @javakid interesting about carol
	9:40pm luka: idk a thing about starz, so this is fascinating.
	9:41pm slugluv1313: GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR WERE/ARE FREAKING AWESOME!!! saw them a buncha times back then, the "ex" was a huge fan
	9:41pm phat: @luka same!
	9:41pm phat: I'm already enjoying this interview immensely.
	9:43pm ultradamno: In spite of the resistance, they put on a great show, for sure.
	9:43pm slugluv1313: i never got the STARZ album but i still have a buncha their 45s -- some on colored vinyl, iirc -- fantastic fun band!!!
	9:43pm Chop Scott: Thanks for this EFD!!
	9:44pm ultradamno: I don't know how Starz didn't break out either. I mean they titled an album Attention Shoppers!, what more could they have done?
	9:45pm efd: @Chop Scott it's my absolute pleasure!
	9:45pm Handy Haversack: It worked for K-Mart after all, ultradamno ... right?
	9:46pm ultradamno: Exactly...maybe if they had attached blue lights to the albums. A missed opportunity
	9:46pm slugluv1313: heya Handy! gotta get back to work here -- but will be listening -- fascinating interview!
	9:48pm phat: "Rock Six Times" from the "Violation" album almost sounds like satire. I love it.
	9:52pm slugluv1313: @listener07928 -- yes! i started with WPIX-FM (more "hot 100" than "top 40") maybe 1970? 1971? then meandered up the radio dial (hah remember those!) to WNEW-FM -- totally "free form" back then :)
	9:53pm luka: “surrender” is in a galaxy all it’s own lyrically. nothing like it, not even close. i’m not sure if it’s good or bad! it just is.
	9:53pm mariano: Hey efd, Crew, everyone.
	9:53pm TomDash: This interview is GREAT! I recall a year or 2 ago when Doug was living in my neighborhood, ran into him at a local bar right after he left his most recent job to work on the book...got my copy last week can't wait to read it!
	9:53pm luka: and i’m glad it exists.
	9:54pm West Trenton Vinnie: remembering "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"...
	9:54pm TomDash: gotcha jumo, but will dig into the archive. Thanks efd and Doug!
	9:54pm TomDash: "gotta jump" - ha damn autocorrect!
	9:55pm listener07928: @slugluv1313 loved listening to scott muni with his deep voice, oh Richard neer does a sports show on WFAN on sat mornings
	9:55pm efd: I was thinking maybe jumo wrestling... ?? haha
	9:55pm West Trenton Vinnie: Scalper hocking tickets to the Cheap Trick show in the bleachers at a local high school...
	9:55pm Somm Ben: This track always reminds of some of Kurt Cobain's melodies for some reason
	9:56pm luka: now i’m thinking about that Albini mix of In Color.
	9:56pm slugluv1313: omg now i am having flashbacks of seeing Cheap Trick at The Palladium with the "ex" -- The Cars opened! damn i have GOT to check out this book - THANK YOU EFD!!!
	9:56pm Aitch: Enjoying this EFD
	9:57pm Tome: a KiSS gem for sure plaster Caster !<>!
	9:57pm slugluv1313: @luka re: Surrender -- absolutely!!!
	9:58pm listener07928: Ok guy’s going to bed will catch this on the archives
	9:58pm Doug Brod: Lemonheads do a pretty good version of this.
	9:58pm Handy Haversack: Yo, Mariano!
	9:58pm ultradamno: This song is too subtle, I'm not sure what he's getting at...
	9:59pm efd: Doug! Glad you're able to check in!
	10:00pm spodiodi: greetings, EFD and everyone!
	10:00pm Doug Brod: This is Starz's "Surrender."
	10:00pm mariano: Hey, Handy!
	10:00pm Pete Everett: Wow, Starz! My first ever concert was Aerosmith, Jeff Beck, Rick Derringer, and Starz in the Kingdome in Seattle!
	10:01pm slugluv1313: @listener07928 -- and of course, Allison Steele, The Night Bird :) have a good night!
	10:01pm Pete Everett: Wow, Starz! My first ever concert was Aerosmith, Jeff Beck, Rick Derringer, and Starz in the Kingdome in Seattle!
	10:01pm Handy Haversack: Hi, Doug Brod -- thanks for your time and attention to this fascinating interview! spodi!
	10:02pm ultradamno: Not seven, ever! What are you, a maniac?
	10:02pm phat: Holy crap. The author is here. I love WFMU.
	10:02pm slugluv1313: hiya mariano!
	10:03pm efd: I know this isn't the song Starz was singing about, but with all due respect I think we've heard "Walk This Way" enough by this point.
	10:03pm luka: this aerosmith song is a hair-raiser. but the best of this era for me is “sick as a dog”.
	10:04pm phat: @efd good call. And Mama Kin still kicks my ass.
	10:04pm phat: @luka love "Sick as a Dog" so much.
	10:05pm spodiodi: hey Handy!
	10:06pm Doug Brod: Sometimes Aerosmith could be so damn funky.
	10:06pm luka: @phat i really don’t think they recorded a better song than that.
	10:07pm phat: @luka agreed. One of my old bands worked on a cover but never finished it. Wish we had. That would have gone well next to the Sun Ra we did. Lol.
	10:08pm slugluv1313: yup! perfect soundtrack for 1970s suburban NJ underage drinking :)
	10:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Bawstin band? I beg your pardon - Sunapee, New Hampshuh! My older brother tells of seeing Aerosmith at the junior high we both went to where they probly made $200 ...& thinking - this is just typical Rawk'n' Roll ...& then thinking - yeah - but they're goood @ it...
	10:09pm McGroovey: I remember when the Starcastle/Starz tour passed through Syracuse and/or Rochester. Not sure what year that was. I liked them both, and in my teenage memory they're the same band, though I have records by both and I know they're not. I grew up midway between Rochester and Syracuse, and we listened to the rock stations from Rochester (WCMF and WSAY-AM) and Utica (WOUR). eventually there was a Syracuse rock station, WAQX. WCMF and WOUR playlists included rock (what we'd now call classic rock) and new wave and a little punk. WSAY tended more toward metal, in the seventies sense (Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep). Kiss would have been on the AM pop stations, not the rock stations.
	10:12pm CC: Getting the right booking agent makes all the difference!!!...:)
	10:16pm Doug Brod: I misspoke. It's Plastic Penny!
	10:16pm mariano: Hey slugluv, spodi!
	10:17pm efd: Story of my life, Doug!
	10:17pm efd: also sorry to steal your playlist's thunder by playing this one!
	10:18pm Doug Brod: I love that you're playing this.
	10:18pm ultradamno: Well, if that kind of thing was good enough for The Cramps
	10:19pm Handy Haversack: Mariano, while listening tonight, I'm editing an article by my friend Santiago, an Italian/Austrian/Swiss/Catalan of Argentinean parentage, on Maradona and the necessity of socialism. It's fun! Also: REPENT!
	10:19pm slugluv1313: @RRN63 -- ah yes & of course Tyler spent many years growing up in YONKERS! iirc his Dad still gave piano lessons there for many years :)
	10:19pm phat: Hot damn.
	10:19pm efd: in a funny coincidence, last week I started my show with a song by Matthew Fisher, who played keyboards with Procol Harum
	10:21pm efd: I'm not going to play "10538 Overture" though, much as I love that song. We don't have all night!
	10:21pm Kelly Jones: Great Interview EFD, enjoying the show AS ALWAYS. Fuckin' Procol Harum... who knew... amazing song dude.
	10:22pm phat: I love Procul Harem. I need more of them in my life. Also, this could be "post rock."
	10:22pm efd: thank you Kelly!
	10:22pm Kelly Jones: I like the idea of the Spotify playlist to go with... kinda friggin' cool!
	10:22pm phat: I always spell that wrong.
	10:22pm CC: Community!!!...:)
	10:23pm Stevel: Well, a bit similar...
	10:23pm spodiodi: hey, mariano!
	10:23pm Doug Brod: I see what you did there.
	10:23pm ?: How can Cheap Trick be so awesome and spooky at the same time?
	10:24pm Phillippe Bastille: Howdy!
	10:24pm ultradamno: Spooky and awesome frequently go hand in hand
	10:24pm spodiodi: it's all in the sweaters, ?
	10:24pm efd: I'm not too proud to pass up a segue on a silver platter like that one!
	10:24pm Tank Top: Wow this is Cheap Trick?
	10:25pm Roberto: Cheap Trick might have ripped this from Procol Harum, but Procol Harum ripped it from J.S. Bach.
	10:25pm CC: Why do you think John Lennon asked them to sing harmonies on Double Fantasy!?!...:)
	10:26pm McGroovey: Yeah, Cheap Trick took (borrowed, OK) a lot from The Move and The Nazz. The bass sound on Heaven Tonight is very Move-y.
	10:26pm Kelly Jones: The shit you learn if you live long enough and are paying close attention. Very cool influence string.
	10:26pm ultradamno: Bach, that hack.
	10:26pm efd: @McGroovey not to mention they also straight-up covered The Move!
	10:27pm Stevel: Roberto: That’s kinda the heart of things. Layering on, borrowing, still have to bring it together
	10:27pm ultradamno: Great artists steal, as the saying goes.
	10:27pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Reminds me of Alice...
	10:28pm Doug Brod: Another fun A/B comparison: CT's Baby Loves to Rock and the Yardbirds' Psycho Daisies
	10:28pm Doug Brod: I want to start a band just so I can cover this song.
	10:29pm Ben London: Is this Piper? :)
	10:29pm Somm Ben: Doug - Your book's thesis is well proven by how these bands are tying into so many other groups
	10:29pm javakid: EFD a lot of the same care and curation as the Vic Maile show a little while back. Thank you for the time you are taking to entertain us.
	10:29pm phat: @Doug Brod I'm in
	10:29pm Handy Haversack: Roberto, doesn't the piano player in The Commitments accuse Procul Harum of the same thing? Also: "Poxiest lyrics ever written!"!
	10:29pm pgalub: Got my BACH records out! (for later) Ooh yeah love this Paul Stanley tune! Great stuff efd!
	10:29pm efd: Am I crazy thinking that this song sounds a lot like Toto's "I'll Supply The Love"?
	10:29pm Kelly Jones: Everyone knows I have a thing for KISS. Kinda like Ken Freedman's thing for Hall & Oates. It's unspoken...but it's there... and no amount of musical slut shaming can change it.
	10:30pm McGroovey: Well, yeah, and a couple of the Cheap Trick guys were in one of the last live incarnations of the Nazz. Or ... Yeah, Rick Nielsen was, and then Thom Mooney followed Rick into one of those pre-Cheap Trick bands. There's a Nazz bootleg that has a live version of Open My Eyes with Rick Nielsen, and a studio recording of a Rick Nielsen song.
	10:30pm ultradamno: Obvious ones: The Fall's Elves and The Stooges' I Wanna Be Your Dog, The Cramps' reference above was mostly to What's Behind The Mask and Dale Hawkins' Tornado
	10:30pm West Trenton Vinnie: this show's over the top, the depth of my psyche that's being probed is unsanctioned and inappropriate
	10:30pm efd: @Ben there are Piper connections with these bands, though!
	10:30pm Doug Brod: The drummer on this song drummed for Piper: Richie Fontana
	10:30pm Ben London: Really could be a raspberries song if Eric CArmen was singing.
	10:31pm slugluv1313: PIPER!!! :)
	10:31pm Somm Ben: @efd - agreed on Piper connect
	10:31pm efd: there it is, thank you Doug!
	10:31pm Doug Brod: Yer welcome
	10:31pm efd: this is one of my all-time favorite KISS songs.
	10:32pm ultradamno: Detective seems like another that fits in there, don't they? Piper made me think of them, anyway.
	10:32pm Ben London: It’s like steely Dan meets kiss
	10:32pm ?: can anyone remind me what fuze cover song they were talking about?
	10:32pm johnk77: procol harum very popular in the american midwest starting in the late 60s
	10:32pm Doug Brod: This is when they wanted to be Exile.
	10:33pm Somm Ben: We are listening to this set in a 50s wood-paneled kitchen in Jersey City - slight fire hazard because this set is straight fire
	10:33pm CC: World party, Oasis and Elo do a pretty good job as well... got to go eat something now...cheerz!!!...:)
	10:33pm Figgsrock: @efd, this track reminds me a of mix CD Wurster gave me and the Figgs guys when we crashed at his place while on tour. He called it, You Wanted the Best But You Got KISS. This was the best song on it.
	10:34pm ultradamno: Maybe not, Detective dressed better than any of these bands
	10:34pm phat: Disco KISS is awesome. I don't care what anybody else says. This is actually great.
	10:34pm John in Long Branch: i stumbled into my man cave tonight already thinking guilty thoughts about how I didnt need this next beer when i opened the door to 'Heaven tonight" by Cheap trick and I sank into my comfy chair and laughed aloud with joy! thanks!!
	10:34pm Roberto: Yeah, Whiter Shade of Pale was an even more obvious rip from Bach. I'm okay with it.
	10:35pm Roberto: Speaking of which, was anyone else on the 7SD Zoom call this evening? There was an attempted Whiter Shade sing-along.
	10:36pm Handy Haversack: We opted out, Roberto.
	10:37pm ultradamno: Just Shoes, no The, I hear they're touchy about that.
	10:37pm efd: *not the solo album, a Desmond Child and Rouge album
	10:37pm mariano: Handy (10:19): Wow, sounds really interesting. And repent? Pazuzu don't sin.
	10:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Kiss was a Show - so why not. Outside writing got Aerosmith hits but diminished them don't you think ?
	10:40pm Handy Haversack: It made more sense during the Procul Harum song, Mariano.
	10:40pm Aitch: That Scat Bros is nasty
	10:40pm javakid: Skatt Bros - except for everyone on this board
	10:41pm ultradamno: I'm afraid to google Scat Brothers
	10:41pm phat: This interview is amazing.
	10:42pm efd: SPELL IT PROPERLY, PEOPLE! S-K-A-T-T!
	10:42pm efd: have a little respect
	10:42pm phat: Oh no!
	10:43pm Stevel: Drat! GO Scott!
	10:43pm Handy Haversack: What a cliffhanger!
	10:43pm Phillippe Bastille: Scott to the rescue
	10:43pm pgalub: The chorus of Cheap Trick's tune "I Can't Take It" is a little reminiscent of "Sure Know Something". (And Bach of course)
	10:43pm Kelly Jones: Oh Thank God...I thought that drop out was my new AV system which I have yet to master....
	10:43pm efd: I'm re-playing the end of this segment
	10:43pm efd: apologies for any duplication
	10:46pm Aitch: Skatt Bros and used-bin seem to go together. Huuuge in the clubs in Sydney at the time
	10:46pm Stevel: You're quick!
	10:46pm phat: This show has made my week.
	10:46pm Doug Brod: This might be the first time this song has ever been played on the radio...ever.
	10:46pm efd: I didn't want to miss out on a second of the Skatt Bros discussion!
	10:47pm mariano: Oh, sorry, Handy. Divided attention tonight. SUBDIVISIONS.
	10:47pm efd: I played "Life At The Outpost" a couple years ago after I found this record
	10:48pm Doug Brod: The guitarist, David Andez, also played/sang background with the Village People.
	10:49pm phat: This is a strange record.
	10:49pm efd: @Aitch you've gotta keep an eye out for that rare second Skatt Bros. album down there!
	10:50pm Doug Brod: I found an amazing cover of Life at the Outpost by some Aussie TV presenter named Ray Burgess. The video's on youtube and it's insane.
	10:50pm Handy Haversack: While I'm busy being deliciously clever, Mariano, Kate's swotting away making you a gift. SUBDIVISIONS.
	10:52pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Wow I didn’t know of Starz and they’re great!
	10:52pm Aitch: I'll brief my trader friends Evan. Ray Burgess was a (creepy) presenter on an after-school TV show in Oz, first time I saw KISS, mid 70s
	10:52pm Ben London: This one has Queen written all over it!
	10:52pm phat: The Skatt Bros wiki is entertaining.
	10:53pm efd: @Sweet Corn Lizzie Mission accomplished!
	10:53pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Roberto I sang it!
	10:53pm phat: I wondered if you'd play Brandy
	10:54pm Handy Haversack: Argh. Damn, sometimes one just misses karaoke.
	10:54pm Kat in Chicago: I am definitely wondering where this one fits in.
	10:54pm efd: NO SPOILERS PHAT! 😀
	10:54pm drowsy: I am ready for the brandy explainer..
	10:54pm Kelly Jones: Evan... if I kick it, play this at my funeral. Glen Jones gave me this 45 record and it's a long standing favorite.
	10:54pm mariano: Aww, really? Thanks Kate!
	10:54pm Ben London: I’m surprised Urge Overkill didn’t cover this one.
	10:54pm efd: all shall be revealed in the fourth and final segment of our interview!
	10:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @slugluv way back : Yeah I read Tyler's autobio - enjoyed - writes of spending summers up here in NH & winters in NYC. 'Seasons of Wither' very much a being in North New England too long song...
	10:55pm Kelly Jones: OMG @ Ben London... that would be pretty f-ing great!
	10:55pm Figgsrock: I love how this song ties in. Had no idea until I read the book.
	10:56pm Roberto: Oh hey Sweet Corn. I was busy wrangling a chingadero.
	10:56pm phat: Now I can't wait to read this book.
	10:56pm efd: I have been mad at myself since recording this interview for saying "up front masculine" instead of "up front heterosexual" or something. Bad phrasing on my part.
	10:57pm Handy Haversack: Heard, efd.
	10:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...too late for Brian Epstein...
	10:58pm Stevel: Brandy-band!
	10:58pm Roberto: As if anyone never needed a reason to play Brandy.
	10:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Punky's Whips...
	10:58pm ultradamno: There's a lot performative masculinity, but then a lot of what Kiss was grows out of glam too.
	10:58pm phat: I only just learned about this connection reading wiki. I love the unknown stories of rock n roll. I didn't know Starz at all!
	10:59pm phat: KISS and Aerosmith were pretty camp.
	10:59pm Kat in Chicago: I barely knew Starz. I am very happy to have finally heard "Rock Six Times."
	11:02pm Doug Brod: Why am I screaming?
	11:02pm efd: you're passionate!
	11:03pm Handy Haversack: The Darkness has a guitar lightning bolt defeating a space crab. I'd say it's fairly theatrical!
	11:03pm efd: (also I didn't think you were screaming)
	11:03pm Kelly Jones: Evan... masculine is masculine, regardless of who you're attracted to. Hot Case In Point: Rob Halford. That is some hot shit, either way! It's all good bro!
	11:04pm mariano: Isn't that the best way to defeat a space crab though?
	11:04pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Good Journalism & Interviewing.
	11:05pm Handy Haversack: It is ... ze oldest remedy.
	11:05pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Careful there Roberto! We always sing “Brandy’s just too dumb to understand” and some people are surprised those aren’t the real words. Great show!
	11:05pm ultradamno: I would get that even with Sun Ra, there are people who like to dismiss as a guy who rode a gimmick.
	11:05pm Figgsrock: This was a great conversation EFD and Doug!
	11:06pm ultradamno: The Residents and Devo too.
	11:06pm Handy Haversack: Great interview, efd! Much new to think about. Though ... I just don't think I'll ever like Aerosmith. Many thanks, Doug! Very cool and generous of you!
	11:06pm Doug Brod: Thanks, Steve! Miss seeing you on the train!
	11:07pm Figgsrock: Yeah Doug, the Jay St platform isn't the same!
	11:07pm Doug Brod: Thanks, Handy and everyone else. This was fun!
	11:07pm ultradamno: Handy, give up, join us. Aerosmith were great. And they would fight on stage, which is my favorite thing...
	11:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: My older brother (again) tells of walking around with a Kiss record & getting harassed for liking 'fags' in makeup & all this - & a bit later those same rednecks are of course in the Kiss army with the beltbuckles & so forth...
	11:08pm Chop Scott: Bravo EFD!! Great deep connection threads Doug-- thank you!
	11:08pm Stevel: Steven Tyler is a lot of things (very short, for one) but FFFUUUUCCKKK!!
	11:08pm efd: Thanks so much for hanging out on the playlist, Doug! Great to have you here. And congrats again on the book!
	11:08pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Aerosmith has some great songs. I think my problem is with Steve Tyler and his scary giant mouth.
	11:09pm efd: I mentioned "Strutter" was a hell of an opening track for a debut album, but "ELO Kiddies" is also right up there.
	11:09pm Aitch: Looks like it should have a hook in it.
	11:09pm Handy Haversack: Legit, Lizzie. Legit. The opening of this song had me and Kate trying to figure out if the phone was really ringing. (We still have a landline -- and a rotary!)
	11:10pm Ben London: It's amazing how good Robin Zander and Steven Tyler still sing these days.
	11:10pm McGroovey: I put the book on my Christmas list. And I need to pull out my Starz records tomorrow.
	11:10pm efd: @Handy I've had that happen to me with this song for 43 years now. You'd think I'd learn.
	11:10pm Doug Brod: Thanks, EFD. It was a pleasure. So glad to find kindred spirits. A friend had the best description of the book: "The ultimate mid-life crisis stocking stuffer!"
	11:10pm ultradamno: His tendency to kind of scat and all of the scarves was annoying, but they were a fierce rock band in the 70s. AC/DC was better but still...
	11:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Loves HulloKiddies. They do remind me of Alice! ...& I like to think of cats & make it Hello Kitties...
	11:11pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Aitch I literally LOL
	11:11pm SeanG: glad I tuned in! ELO KIDDIES ELO KIDDIES
	11:11pm ultradamno: Scat singing, I'm referring to, to be clear.
	11:11pm Stevel: Yes to the scatting, and yet... www.youtube.com... I was there, shooting the race. Fantastic few moments.
	11:12pm McGroovey: You can't (or shouldn't) listened to AC/DC all the time. Sometimes you have to listen to the Carpenters.
	11:12pm drowsy: Live KISS is best KISS
	11:12pm Handy Haversack: Ha, efd, you're the best! Maybe Julianna Hatfield will do an album of Aerosmith covers -- it could be redemptive for me! DAMN, that "Elo Kiddies"!
	11:13pm ultradamno: The Carpenters were my first ever show...
	11:13pm mariano: A rotary landline? Whoa, easy there, Hollywood ;)
	11:13pm Stevel: Never a Kiss fan, but I always wanted to see their show. Back in the day I heard it cost ONE MILLION DOLLARS! OK, I've grown to like DRC, especially live.
	11:14pm phat: That KISS reunion tour in the 90s was one the most amazing shows I've ever seen.
	11:14pm ultradamno: When I saw them The Plasmatics opened. And they had a tank drum riser thing, it was kind of hilarious
	11:15pm Handy Haversack: Don't make me dial you up, Pazuzu! If I dialed you, you'd think a brain tumor was a birthday present. SUBDIVISIONS.
	11:15pm phat: Frehley shooting a rocket from his guitar! Fergodssake.
	11:15pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: I swear I remember a song “Bedpan Hunting” about preying on rich old women that Elo Kiddies made me think of but I find nothing on the internets!
	11:15pm ultradamno: Kiss had the tank, not Plasmatics. Who did their usual chainsaw schtick and whatnot
	11:15pm slugluv1313: oh yes! even back then, i would sing this as Hello Kitties :) Doug, EFD -- thanks so much!
	11:15pm Tome: first Live still my fave ie,, Nothin' to Lose* ,, just love Peter Criss on that one too *
	11:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Plasmatics open for Kiss - memorable.
	11:16pm McGroovey: Detroit Rock City was my favorite song when I was 12. Then my friends told me Kiss want cool, so I had to switch to Pink Floyd. But Ummagumma, not Dark Side of the Moon.
	11:16pm McGroovey: *Wasn't cool
	11:17pm ultradamno: That was 83, stub twitter.com...
	11:18pm phat: Oh, yes. I know this Cherry Baby song. No idea how. Is it on a power pop comp somewhere?
	11:18pm McGroovey: Cherry Baby: I love this song. It screams "COVER ME!"
	11:18pm ultradamno: I think it's the closest they got to a hit.
	11:18pm McGroovey: Power pop with a cowbell
	11:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...cover with whipped cream?
	11:19pm drowsy: KISS wasn't cool or uncool - KISS had the girls in my grade school as fans, so the boys had to get up to speed. This was the Dynasty year, so maybe that was special.
	11:19pm Doug Brod: Peaked at No. 33 on Billboard's top singles.
	11:19pm ultradamno: Cherry Baby was probably The Runaways' Cherry Bomb and he just wasn't seeing it.
	11:20pm McGroovey: With whipped cream, or just plain whipped.
	11:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: They were the bedazzlers.
	11:22pm mariano: Handy: I know it isn't, but it seems kind of strange that you can call a smartphone with a rotary.
	11:22pm Tome: bit.ly... < good deal good selection yes
	11:23pm Handy Haversack: Wait ... I thought ... I'm the Bedazzler?! Mariano, sometimes we even get transduced text messages on it! O brave new world!
	11:23pm phat: Totally. Adding Starz makes it a different kind of book.
	11:23pm phat: Fantastic
	11:23pm prof.fuzz: Great interview.
	11:23pm xtrakrispy: Sheer Mag’s (outta Philly) logo, is very reminiscent of the Starz logo. Coincidence?
	11:24pm efd: all this talk of Bedazzler makes me wonder if y'all realize that two members of Stag were on the playlist earlier...?!
	11:25pm ultradamno: It's weird there's a Starz anthology without that logo on it. It's like putting out a Boston greatest hits record with the band name in comic sans
	11:26pm Stevel: efd: go ooonnnnnn.... (Not a shock)
	11:27pm Stevel: This song is hilarious!
	11:27pm pgalub: This is pretty great!
	11:28pm Kat in Chicago: Undeniably clever!
	11:28pm prof.fuzz: Hey alexa! click that bandcamp link.
	11:29pm Joe B: wow, don't hear too many screaming trees covers!
	11:29pm Handy Haversack: Alexa, note prof.fuzz's levity for later disproportionate response.
	11:30pm Kat in Chicago: No you don't, Joe B! I didn't recognize it at first.
	11:30pm prof.fuzz: Story of my life, Handy.
	11:31pm Handy Haversack: We're all prey to the system, prof.fuzz.
	11:34pm prof.fuzz: Opening guitar tones = click the bandcamp link
	11:35pm Handy Haversack: Picked up Wax Chattels on Friday -- I'd meant to for a while! Last Bandcamp Friday (? maybe not?) was a time for some wishlist cleaning.
	11:35pm Handy Haversack: @prof.fuzz: "guitarless guitar music"!
	11:36pm prof.fuzz: the best kind
	11:36pm phat: Damn, this Wax Chattels
	11:37pm Stevel: Wax Chattles are making me nervous in a good way.
	11:37pm led zeppelin sucks: this WFMU app first dent on my new iPad
	11:38pm Scott Williams: Wax Chattels has been in my record cart for a freakin month and a half, what the hell am I waiting for??? Great intense stuff
	11:41pm spodiodi: red hot set, efd
	11:43pm phat: Just bought the Wax Chattels vinyl.
	11:44pm Be Now Homeboy: EFD !!! Slaying it!
	11:45pm Handy Haversack: Oh holy crap, I finally got that shipping notice today, too!
	11:47pm Kat in Chicago: I appreciate The Cool Greenhouse for being the first band that I have ever heard make a Horse ebooks reference in their lyrics.
	11:47pm prof.fuzz: Sweet! Our friend from Knoxville, Tim Lee's old band The Windbreakers have a track on that comp.
	11:48pm drowsy: Mmmm, jangly
	11:51pm Kat in Chicago: Bless the Pylon Reenacters
	11:52pm slugluv1313: fantastic show and interview -- thanks so much, EFD and Doug!!!
	11:52pm Handy Haversack: That was great! With Vanessa Briscoe Hay!
	11:53pm phat: That Cyclones track is so great
	11:54pm efd: Strum and Thrum might be my compilation of the year on the strength of that song alone!
	11:54pm Aitch: Pick at erection?
	11:54pm drowsy: this is band of horses meets belle and seb meets pet shop boys in a good way.
	11:55pm efd: @Aitch I didn't hear anything about a mongrel
	11:55pm slugluv1313: hiya Kat in Chicago! looks like ActBlue has a buncha job openings again -- a lot are remote, & iirc, no restrictions as to where you live :)
	11:55pm Handy Haversack: Damn. I don't want it to end! What a great show, efd -- in every phase! Thanks so much. You have introduced us to so much great music. Deeply appreciated. Thanks, Scott! Be well, all. Pig gets erection? Pink insurrection?
	11:55pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks for the fun ride tonight, efd.
	11:56pm Kat in Chicago: Hi slugluv, and thanks for that - noted!
	11:56pm Mike Sin: That interview with Doug definitely has me snagging his book.
	11:56pm Aitch: I thought better left EFD
	11:57pm spodiodi: thanks, EFD! great interview and show! thanks, Scott! see you all
	11:58pm efd: thanks for listening, everyone!
	11:58pm Kat in Chicago: Another excellent show. I might have to check out that book myself, not to mention that Starz album
	11:59pm notsafe4windows: gnight, yall

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from December 9, 2020

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