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Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments New Approx. start time
robert palmer  which of us is the fool   Favoriting pressure drop  island  1975      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
siouxsie & the banshees  spellbound   Favoriting once upon a time  pvc  1981      0:02:51 (Pop-up)
mizz  tell the truth   Favoriting s/t  casablanca  1980      0:06:07 (Pop-up)
sarcastalites  earth is for friends, space is for strangers   Favoriting space is for strangers  bullshit night    from The Netherlands  *   0:10:49 (Pop-up)
stereo mc's  step it up   Favoriting connected  gee street/island  1992      0:15:07 (Pop-up)
mission of burma  that's when i reach for my revolver   Favoriting signals, calls, and marches  matador  2008  2LP reissue, orig 1981    0:19:48 (Pop-up)
the stoat  office girl   Favoriting va-action time vision: a story of independent uk punk 1976-1979  cherry red      *   0:23:48 (Pop-up)
 
omni  supermoon   Favoriting multi-task  trouble in mind      *   0:34:26 (Pop-up)
vertical vice  myth/mystery   Favoriting promotion  vertical vice    on bandcamp  *   0:37:08 (Pop-up)
lcd soundsystem  other voices   Favoriting american dream  columbia      *   0:41:07 (Pop-up)
orchestral manoeuvres in the dark  one more time   Favoriting the punishment of luxury  white noise      *   0:47:53 (Pop-up)
charles howl  the dinner party   Favoriting my idol family  oh many records      *   0:50:52 (Pop-up)
 
dream syndicate  glide   Favoriting how did i find myself here?  anti-      *   0:59:32 (Pop-up)
laura cantrell  letter she sent   Favoriting no way there from here  thrift shop recordings  2014      1:05:27 (Pop-up)
surfer blood  summer song   Favoriting covers  joyful noise      *   1:08:26 (Pop-up)
karen mansfield  me and leslie   Favoriting thistle and boon  karen mansfield    more about the album on her web site  *   1:11:14 (Pop-up)
destroyer  tinseltown swimming in blood   Favoriting ken  merge      *   1:15:03 (Pop-up)
 
ted leo  run to the city   Favoriting the hanged man  ted leo      *   1:29:43 (Pop-up)
worriers  what we're up against   Favoriting survival pop  side one dummy      *   1:33:13 (Pop-up)
telephone lovers  take you home   Favoriting s/t  loli pop!    shoutout to Medson for this  *   1:36:27 (Pop-up)
the headboys  the shape of things to come   Favoriting 7"  rso  1979      1:39:20 (Pop-up)
sparks  so tell me mrs. lincoln aside from that how was the play?   Favoriting hippopotamus  bmg      *   1:43:09 (Pop-up)
 
kids on a crime spree  surgical lights   Favoriting our love split 10" ep with terry malts  emotional response      *   1:53:15 (Pop-up)
dead hero  otro dia   Favoriting la vida continua  sabotage records    from Bogota (the one in Colombia, not the one in NJ)
get it on bandcamp  		*   1:55:36 (Pop-up)
duds  split on both sides   Favoriting of a nature or a degree  castle face      *   1:57:44 (Pop-up)
pylon reenactment society  crazy   Favoriting part time punks session  prs      *   2:00:48 (Pop-up)
holiday ghosts  walk for hours   Favoriting s/t  pnkslm      *   2:04:18 (Pop-up)
 
the modern airline  bus trapped underground   Favoriting 7"  alien orb  2016      2:19:59 (Pop-up)
groovy movies  my heart won't let me   Favoriting s/t  hidden volume      *   2:21:26 (Pop-up)
paul mccartney  coming up   Favoriting 7"  columbia        2:23:44 (Pop-up)
chillum  celebration   Favoriting va-one way glass: dancefloor prog, brit jazz, & funky folk 1968-1975  rpm/cherry red      *   2:27:11 (Pop-up)
nervus rex  there she goes   Favoriting 7"  dreamland  1980      2:33:13 (Pop-up)
the speedlights  pawn takes king   Favoriting night driver  jigsaw    it is on le camp du band  *   2:35:58 (Pop-up)
 
the tripwires  i hear you calling   Favoriting fat city let's go 10" ep  frolic      *   2:44:17 (Pop-up)
proto idiot  proto paradox   Favoriting leisure opportunity  slovenly      *   2:46:48 (Pop-up)
moving maps  eyes to meet   Favoriting eyes to meet  moving maps      *   2:49:56 (Pop-up)
wreckless eric  i'd go the whole wide world   Favoriting the whole wide world  stiff  1979      2:52:53 (Pop-up)
the prissteens  he's luckier than you   Favoriting demos & rarities vol. 2  girlsville    bandcamp  *   2:55:51 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

  9:02pm
upstate sean:

Hey
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dale:

hello peoples.
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dale:

ooh - my wife's ears just perked up to siouxsie
  9:04pm
Mark R:

Man, so digging this Siouxsie track. Bitchin' tambourine!
  9:04pm
upstate sean:

Yeah man
  9:06pm
Mark R:

She really had a unique, wild/cool voice. Damn!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:08pm
dale:

no THAT is a daring segue!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:08pm
dale:

NOW....
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efd:

Hey everyone! It's me on my segue tightrope! :D

Thanks for tuning in tonight!
  9:11pm
Mark R:

Casablanca Records, home of disco and...Kiss!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:12pm
medson:

Hey Evan, great opening set
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:14pm
efd:

you say that now...
  9:16pm
upstate sean:

Liking
Avatar 9:16pm
fleep:

[surfacing] Smoky, ash-flecked greetings
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:17pm
dale:

my wife just got up and started dancing to stereo mc's. thanks for providing a floor show efd!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:17pm
efd:

haha, you're welcome dale.

oh jeez, fleep, stay safe out there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:18pm
Alex of Chicago:

I miss the 90's in a number of ways.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:19pm
dale:

are \you in l.a. fleep?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:21pm
coelacanth∅:

now we're talkin'
  9:23pm
Mark R:

Mission of Burma kicks ass
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:23pm
coelacanth∅:

by "in l.a., you mean "off the coast of l.a." right?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:24pm
efd:

correct, Mark R.!
  9:26pm
Mark R:

Digging the Stroat--never heard of 'em but they're pretty great, aren't they?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:27pm
coelacanth∅:

oh i thought it read "the stout"...and yes, please.
Avatar 9:27pm
fleep:

dale, the fire that is charring Rupert Murdoch's place is about four miles from here, tiny burnt pieces of very expensive real estate are falling on the ground outside
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:28pm
Alex of Chicago:

I had to check, but there is a The Sours on discogs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:30pm
coelacanth∅:

damn, i forgot to buy pickles.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:31pm
dale:

cover yourself in a wet blanket fleep. video of it looks like armegeddon
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:32pm
coelacanth∅:

- and collect the burnt expensive real estate in jars, to auction off later.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:34pm
adampsyche:

that mission of burma song is great
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:41pm
coelacanth∅:

digging this vertical vice (which i'd never heard of before)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:43pm
dale:

heading offline to get more horizontal but listening on the atwater kent. nighty night.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:47pm
medson:

I need to dig into this LCD album
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:50pm
efd:

yeah, there's some good stuff on there
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:51pm
Aitch:

Saw OMD in 1984 (Sydney), getting old. Nice set EFD, all over the shop.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:52pm
efd:

I hear you Aitch, I saw them longer ago than that in NYC! :)
Avatar 9:53pm
Sean B.:

Nice. Being the general X'er that I is = I swear the other day I was wondering amidst this fun political climate we are forced to live In when someone would spin the anthem: Burma - Revolver. Nice. Nice. Triple nice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:56pm
Aitch:

Seems quite a few of WFMU listeners are relatively senior. Not dead yet though, still doing it, still listening to all and sundry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:58pm
Alex of Chicago:

not dead yet happens to be my motive
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:59pm
Aitch:

Just give it a whirl mate
  10:02pm
JakeGould:

Late kudos to the DJ for the “Siouxsie and the Banshees!” That one track always sounds so perfectly 1980s to me. Thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:03pm
efd:

thank you kindly, JakeG!
Avatar 10:03pm
mr_mike:

Fun show efd. ha ha @dale that old radio propbly only gets am.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:03pm
medson:

My friend loved the dream syndicate show as well.
I've been missing so many shows lately.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:04pm
Aitch:

Or crusty teenage girlfriends depending on your vintage JG
  10:06pm
JakeGould:

Screw vintage. I’m classic.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:07pm
Aitch:

Nicely retorted.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Wow, the Dream Syndicate song is superb. I wonder if any mainstream station dare play it. Or it'll hang out on the fringes like WFMU.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:07pm
Alex of Chicago:

always chills with cantrell
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:09pm
efd:

for serious
  10:09pm
Ben London:

Sounding good out in Seattle tonight!
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efd:

hey, thanks Ben!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:11pm
Alex of Chicago:

heading out there next week. hoping there's a little of old seattle left.
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:11pm
Julie M:

Oh, nice! Autumn leaves must fall, indeed. Hi Evan! Hi Ben London!
  10:13pm
Ben London:

Alex- There's a little bit... I'd suggest eating at the 13 Coins while you're here. It closes on new year's day for good at the original location.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:14pm
Alex of Chicago:

thanks for the tip.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:15pm
efd:

hi Julie! Yeah, I thought that was a nice cover.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:19pm
Aitch:

This Destroyer guy, New Pornographers etc, just always nearly there, but not quite
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:19pm
Alex of Chicago:

tmi i'll also be visiting tacoma, which is sorta old seattle
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:22pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

I fully endorse that Destroyer album name.
  10:22pm
Sean d:

starred the destroyers
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:31pm
medson:

I'm very psyched for Los Straightjackets on Friday
  10:34pm
Ricky:

Hey, better late...
  10:35pm
george p:

that was a highly enjoyable ted leo track
  10:37pm
george p:

hey! this worriers track is good too! i thought they were both part of the same song cycle.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:37pm
efd:

They are very simpatico imho
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:38pm
medson:

Nice one Evan
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:39pm
Julie M:

I'm with you, Medson
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:47pm
Aitch:

Sparks are brilliant. A favourite band, still going strong
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:49pm
Aitch:

I'll be buried to #1 Song in Heaven, made a deal with the kids.
  10:54pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

wow--Jesus and Mary Chain much?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:54pm
Alex of Chicago:

i'm not much of a record collector, but i do have one that has an etching of an image on one side. at least be creative if you're not going to use it all, i guess
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:55pm
medson:

this sounds really good
Avatar ♥ 10:57pm
Listener Julian:

This song kicks ass!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:59pm
medson:

Signing off early tonight. Good night everyone
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:02pm
efd:

later medson, and hi Julian!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:03pm
efd:

and hi Michael ftLC!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:03pm
joe:

I kind of grew up in the one in NJ :) I would be hard pressed to believe that anything good like that would have come out of there
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:04pm
joe:

'ello folks
Avatar ♥ 11:13pm
Listener Julian:

Hey Evan! Liking the show tonight.
  11:25pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

Macca currently on tour in Australia
  11:30pm
Ben London:

Sounds like the same organ player from the Boston albums.
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:31pm
Julie M:

I like this set. I thought I was wrapping it up for the night, but it would be rude to walk away from the celebration...
  11:33pm
Stevel:

Great show. Worked late enough to hear the start. Now home and increasingly horizontal.
  11:34pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

Nervus Rex--and the 7 inch mix no less!
  11:35pm
Stevel:

You've captured a very odd pop vibe in this set. Not exactly sure what it is, but not troubled by my lack of understanding.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:36pm
efd:

@MftLC yeah, I just picked this up recently! Was happy to find the single to supplement the LP.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:36pm
efd:

welcome Stevel!
  11:37pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

the single is way better than the LP on this
  11:37pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

EFD--you do know Lauren is doing a Washington Squares at City Winery sometime soon
  11:43pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

Billy Ficca was the Washington Squares drummer (Bruce Paskow their guitarist, died some years ago)
  11:45pm
Ben London:

Tripwires!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:47pm
efd:

your homies!
  11:50pm
Ben London:

I really like how their sound has gotten heavier after Dan Peters from Mudhoney started playing with them
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:54pm
efd:

Wreckless, not scratchless
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:56pm
Julie M:

Oh, HECK. You've done it again, Evan. Drew me in for the whole show. Good stuff.
  11:57pm
wittsend:

push bacH
  11:58pm
Mikey_B:

Great show, EFD.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:58pm
Alex of Chicago:

Thanks again, EFD.
  11:59pm
Stevel:

Excellent work, sir.
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:59pm
12539:

Thanks, EFD.
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