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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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Favoriting August 26, 2021: Fill-in for Pseu's Thing With A Hook: The 13th Annual Evan "Funk" Davies Show Summertime Disco/Dance Party!

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I'll admit it: in 1976 or '77, in thrall to punk rock, I sauntered into the Harvard Coop, a big department store in Harvard Square, made my way to the customized t-shirt department, and picked out a blank gold-colored shirt. I then selected the black block letters that I wanted to be heat-transferred onto that shirt:
D-I-S-C-O S-U-C-K-S.
Ultimately the shirt didn't get much use, though that was more because my Mom didn't care for the language.

Fast forward a few years and I'm in New York City in the summertime, between semesters at NYU. I still love punk and its offshoots, but listening to Ken "Spider" Webb and Ricky Ricardo and, of course the Chief Rocker Frankie Crocker on WBLS has made me realize the folly of that t-shirt. Fast forward some more and now every summer I start itching to play my favorite records from that era (give or take a few years) -- favorites I loved back then, and new favorites that I never heard back in the day.

In that spirit, I'm excited to bring you the 13th annual Evan "Funk" Davies Show Disco/Dance Party! It's three hours of classic dance and disco jams from the '70s and early '80s, plus some lost shoulda-been-hits that just might become your new faves. Hook up the disco ball, pull your rug back and turn up the volume. Everybody's dancin', everybody's on the beat, and there ain’t no stoppin' us now!

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Disco/dance disclaimer! I'm keeping the lines blurry and using "disco" and "dance" as catch-all terms for my own take on fun dance music from the mid-70s to the early '80s, expanding the boundaries (and sound) of the traditional disco era. Don't @ me!


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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
carrie  i gotta keep dancin'   Favoriting 7"  soul train  1977    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
dennis parker  like an eagle   Favoriting 7"  casablanca  1979    0:03:48 (Pop-up)
c.j. & co.  devil's gun   Favoriting 7"  westbound  1977    0:07:08 (Pop-up)
pattie brooks  got tu go disco   Favoriting 12"  casablanca  1979    0:10:17 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
silvetti 

spring rain   Favoriting

7" 

salsoul 

1977 

 

0:17:36 (Pop-up)
miquel brown  so many men, so little time   Favoriting 12"  tsr  1983    0:21:46 (Pop-up)
midnight rhythm  workin' & slavin' (i need love)   Favoriting 12" ep  atlantic  1978    0:28:02 (Pop-up)
platypus  dancing in the moonlight   Favoriting 12"  casablanca  1979    0:32:58 (Pop-up)
the quick  rhythm of the jungle   Favoriting one light in a blackout  epic  1982    0:38:12 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
kebekelektrik 

war dance   Favoriting

s/t ep 

salsoul 

1978 

 

0:41:57 (Pop-up)
double exposure  newsy neighbors   Favoriting 12"  salsoul  1978    0:45:53 (Pop-up)
b. b. & q. band  on the beat   Favoriting 7"  capitol  1981    0:50:18 (Pop-up)
central line  walking into sunshine   Favoriting 12"  mercury  1981    0:53:52 (Pop-up)
heart & soul  do the walk   Favoriting 12"  pickwick int'l  1976    1:01:00 (Pop-up)
viola wills  if you could read my mind   Favoriting 12"  ariola america  1980    1:07:19 (Pop-up)
buffalo smoke  stubborn kind of fella   Favoriting 12"  rca  1978    1:13:38 (Pop-up)
rosebud  have a cigar   Favoriting 12"  warner bros.  1977    1:18:41 (Pop-up)
the body shop  never   Favoriting 12"  buddah  1979  Co-written by Cy Coleman, Adolph Comden & Betty Green. The song (not this performance) is from Broadway musical On The Twentieth Centry.  1:23:25 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
big apple brass 

finger lickin' disco   Favoriting

12" 

tk 

1976 

 

1:29:02 (Pop-up)
dorothy moore  let the music play   Favoriting 12"  tk  1977    1:33:59 (Pop-up)
lamont dozier  boogie business   Favoriting 7"  warner bros.  1979    1:38:20 (Pop-up)
solar flare  boogie fund   Favoriting 7"  rca  1978    1:41:55 (Pop-up)
revanche  1979 it's dancing time   Favoriting music man  atlantic  1979    1:45:11 (Pop-up)
junior  mama used to say   Favoriting 7"  mercury  1981    1:53:22 (Pop-up)
donald byrd & 125th st nyc  love has come around   Favoriting love byrd  elektra  1981    1:56:54 (Pop-up)
silver convention  get up and boogie (that's right)   Favoriting 7"  midland int'l  1978    2:03:52 (Pop-up)
la flavour  mandolay   Favoriting 12"  chateau  1979    2:06:34 (Pop-up)
don downing  dream world   Favoriting doctor boogie  rs international  1978    2:12:41 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
garcia's super funk 

i didn't know you could dance   Favoriting

12" 

tk 

1978 

 

2:19:01 (Pop-up)
gary toms empire  7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (blow your whistle)   Favoriting 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 blow your whistle  pickwick int'l  1975    2:23:15 (Pop-up)
gonzalez  haven't stopped dancing yet   Favoriting haven't stopped dancin'  capitol  1978    2:27:58 (Pop-up)
the jacksons  shake your body (down to the ground)   Favoriting 12"  epic  1978    2:33:03 (Pop-up)
gino soccio  try it out   Favoriting closer  atlantic  1981    2:41:51 (Pop-up)
jimmy "bo" horne  i wanna go home with you   Favoriting dance across the floor  sunshine sound  1978    2:49:40 (Pop-up)
change  searchin'   Favoriting the glow of love  rfc/warner bros.  1980    2:52:32 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:02pm
Krys O.:

Good afternoon! Got my boogie shoes on!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:02pm
prof.fuzz:

Disco grading party in progress!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:02pm
Threemoons:

AWESOME.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02pm
luka:

funkin in broad daylight!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
HotTopicValuedCustomer:

this booty is shakin. just trying to cover up this broken heart
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
luka:

as a fellow recovering “disco sucks” person, i deeply appreciate this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
medson:

You know it’s a good time when you leave the disco and it’s daylight
  12:03pm
Kat in Chicago:

Disco, take me away!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
Will the Sound Guy:

Good Afternoon efd and all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:07pm
dreamyandseedy:

greetings! someone mentioned this special on a comment board yesterday and i am glad to be here
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:07pm
Threemoons:

I need this upbeat music today. Super sleepy today; AC barely cut it last night and I ate dinner too late. Also, I was out of cheese and onions in the house which never happens, and I made the mistake of popping over to my Trade Fair while hungry. Well, deli-counter "buffalo chicken chunks" happened. When I got home I nuked them and had the whole little tray...each one was some odd, almost marshmellowy-fluffy concoction of who knows what part of the chicken and meat glue. It was oddly satisfying. Then I had a nip of Delta 8 syrup and an hour later I attacked some cold cuts. Result: Too much food before bed and my tongue STILL feels fuzzy from the syrup. Took a super minimal amount also; gotta remember to cut it with seltzer or something. Trying to switch from Tylenol PM and similar to that; less bad for your liver for sure but must time it with meals better. And yeah the Trade Fair chicken chunk thingies are oddly delicious in a horrifying way. I mean, I have had proper chicken meatballs. This was not that. This was the equivalent of the cheapest deli chicken loaf, REGROUND with MORE fillers and air and plopped out of an extractor and baked and then rolled in batter and fried. It's without a doubt the least healthy thing I've had to eat in the last 20 years.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:08pm
olivia:

Groovin!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:09pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

The official WFMU tiki torch disco balls are lit! 🪩
Avatar 12:09pm
Anton:

Omg that timpani made me chortle!!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:11pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

<mirror ball emoji above>
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:13pm
efd:

hey everyone! Happy to have you here for the Disco/Dance Party this afternoon!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:14pm
queems:

SO PSYCHED
  12:15pm
Martin:

Party time.
  12:15pm
Danny in Poughkeepsie:

Thanks EFD. Daytime party
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:16pm
Handy Haversack:

efd! All the other letters! Nice-looking party you got going here!
Avatar 12:16pm
Mister Dobalina:

Not a bad way to kick off a Thursday afternoon.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:19pm
listener Rey:

Hey EFD! What a treat, I was not expecting this for my Thursday afternoon.
  The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:19pm
Geoffrey in Ottawa:

Man, it is hot as Hades in Ottawa today--has been all week--and this music is only making it hotter!
Avatar 12:19pm
Anton:

I quit my job to dance to this show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:20pm
melinda:

Daytime disco party, what a treat!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:22pm
Handy Haversack:

Worth it, Anton!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:22pm
LastWhiteRhino:

This show is taking me back to the Soap factory "daze" in Palisades Park.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:23pm
mrdonutsu:

Might need to duck off to the club bathroom to put a little extra "sugar" in my coffee this morning.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:23pm
happymaan:

We're loving this show, thanks EFD.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:24pm
LastWhiteRhino:

Hey Evan... do DISCO fries come with this show????
Avatar 12:25pm
Monica:

Miquel Brown = Dance Party USA National Anthem
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:25pm
melinda:

@mrdonutsu go for it, man!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:25pm
happymaan:

I've never heard of Disco Fries, I just looked the up. They sound amazing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:26pm
queems:

i want to write a disco song called "one is plenty, thanks"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:26pm
happymaan:

mine would be called "I'm too tried to dance"
Avatar 12:26pm
Anton:

I agree, Handy! I would also listen to a “one is fine” song
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:27pm
Krys O.:

Disco fries are decidedly Jersey and they remind me of college. Might have to replicate them at home.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:28pm
LastWhiteRhino:

Yup, Disco fries + Taylor ham/egg/cheese on a hard roll= Jersey Bliss !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:29pm
Faith:

In high school, I would take a double order of disco fries home from my job for dinner at least 3x a week. Usually went with mozz as my cheese, but sometimes a melted slice of plastic American cheese hits the spot.
Avatar 12:33pm
Mister Dobalina:

Don't ya'll mean.. poutine?
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:34pm
karlward:

I for one welcome our new Disco Davies
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:36pm
Threemoons:

@EFD Would I totally be out of sorts if I respectfully requested ANYTHING by Stevie Wonder, extra points for anything off of Songs in the Key of Life, and adoration if it's "Another Star??" Mucho gracias...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:36pm
eastvanhalen:

Having my first coffee, vaguely regretting that it's the wrong stimulant for the morning
  12:37pm
Joe R.:

wow, someone here will have to explain to me why a disco funk band chose the name “Platypus”
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:38pm
efd:

@Threemoons this will be small consolation, but that specific song was actually rattling around in my head last night after I'd spent the day pulling records for this show. However - ironically - I did not pull that particular record.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:38pm
efd:

@Joe R I was wondering the same thing!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:38pm
Krys O.:

Ah, the UK Quick. Nice!
Avatar 12:39pm
c2b3:

hey people!!!!!!!!!!!!! SUH?!?!?!?!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:40pm
Threemoons:

@efd understood, don't want to upset the apple cart RE plans, but happy to know that it was in both of our thoughtstreams. "Another Star" is my absolute favorite "move yo ass" song in the AM....
Avatar 12:41pm
Mister Dobalina:

I was in my prime when a lot of this music came out, mainly 'cause I had just been born...but, whatever.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:42pm
Threemoons:

@efd Please tell me there will be Donna Sumer involved at some point....
  12:42pm
Kat in Chicago:

Found a recipe for Disco Fries. Got a project for the weekend now.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:43pm
karlward:

Because they can't be fit into any of your evolutionary trees
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:47pm
Threemoons:

Real disco fries are the move. Shit, now I'm hungry again.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:51pm
steveo:

Good stuff, efd...I am boogieing down
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:52pm
Mike Sin:

FYI -- Because it's 93 degrees, and I'm boogie-ing outside, I've already popped my top off. Once I glue on my chest hair, I'll be back on the dancefloor!
Avatar 12:54pm
Anton:

Love this Timmy Thomas sample soooooo much
Avatar 12:56pm
Mister Dobalina:

The Waverly diner near W4th has the best disco fries....
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:58pm
Krys O.:

@Mister Dobalina: Thanks for bringing up the Waverly. Many fond memories of going there.
Avatar 1:00pm
Mister Dobalina:

I knew someone would say something...Cool beans, Krys.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:00pm
Will the Sound Guy:

Sweating from the heat outside and the heat of the beat on the stream....
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:00pm
Handy Haversack:

Same here, Krys. I had found the food had gone downhill steeply last time I was there. Hoping it was an aberration, but others have said the same.
  1:03pm
Kat in Chicago:

I miss the 24 hour diners of my Manhattan days!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:06pm
Ciggy:

"Looking Good" & sweating on the floor!
Or, if you're outside right now...
Avatar 1:07pm
Mister Dobalina:

eFd...spinnin' those hits !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:08pm
JPFluffhead:

YESSSS LOVE GORDO!! Heard this disco cover for the first time recently. so good!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:09pm
Krys O.:

My one and only foray to a discotheque was to New York New York disco on 52nd between 5th/6th. My BIL at the time was a member. I think I was 1978 and I was 15 going on 16.

Cool info about the clubs:
www.disco-disco.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:10pm
D Rok:

Tough choice today between sticking with efd or switching over to Ursula1000 on the Sheena stream like I usually do on Thursdays.
I feel like I've made the right call. AWESOME show so far efd!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:10pm
tim from washington:

Hi EFD. Break it down!
Avatar 1:11pm
ChukAmok:

Davies does Disco!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:11pm
efd:

@D Rok I appreciate it! Stiff competion for sure!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:11pm
Ciggy:

All I remember of The Kiev on 2nd &7th was coffee a blintz & being numb.
Avatar 1:13pm
Mu Major:

I really hope that the B-side of this was The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Or maybe Sundown
Avatar 1:13pm
ChukAmok:

Many a late night ended at Kiev.
  1:15pm
johnk77:

quoting from Allen Ginsberg:
After midnite, Second Avenue horseradish Beef
at Kiev’s wood tables
  1:16pm
Ginny:

As a teacher returning to school next week, I soooooo appreciate your "filling in" show today. Glad Pseu picked you and you are here!!!! Thanks, love it!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:17pm
efd:

@Ginny thanks so much! And thank you for being a teacher... I hope your return is as healthy and stress-free as possible.
Avatar 1:18pm
Monica:

Remember making collect calls back home to Chicago in '78 from the pizza parlor that would soon become Kiev. You know you old when...
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:19pm
Handy Haversack:

Yeah, much time at the Kiev. And the Odessa.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:20pm
chris_in_space:

Never thought I'd hear a disco version of Have a Cigar, but here we are.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:21pm
Travisano66:

The only good thing about this version of the Pink Floyd song is that it makes you hear the original in your head, and you realize how great it was.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:21pm
Ciggy:

@Krys O ~ did you ever drop in at Hoops in Mt Vernon?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:22pm
efd:

@Monica PRE-Kiev memories?? Dang that... was a long time ago!
Avatar 1:26pm
ChukAmok:

For a DJ that isn't on the weekly schedule this season this has certainly become the summer of E"F"D. Here for all of it!
Avatar 1:28pm
ChukAmok:

The Body Shop chain of skincare shops had a house band?!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:28pm
Krys O.:

Wow! I was just watching the TV commercial on YouTube for On the 20th Century: Madeline Kahn, Kevin Kline, John Cullum.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:29pm
chris_in_space:

@ChukAmok Ha, we're seeing how @efd can swiss army knife around the schedule during his summer vacaction, and I love it!
  1:30pm
BH:

Nobody expects the Disco Inquisition. (Unless they checked the schedule beforehand)
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:31pm
Krys O.:

Yup, John Cullum.

This is the commercial I saw yesterday: www.youtube.com...
Avatar 1:34pm
ChukAmok:

@chris_in_space So true!
How's it going? Any tips on finding the source of a slow leak in a 700c tube? I've tried the water bubbles already, but no luck there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:38pm
dave wuz here:

soapy water, check valve core is tight.
  1:39pm
Mike W.:

I’m not even into disco but I’m happy here, this is happymaking
Avatar 1:40pm
ChukAmok:

Thanks @dave wuz here! Valve is tight, and tried the water, but not with soap. Will give that a shot this eve.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:41pm
efd:

@Krys O that's such a weird coincidence!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:41pm
chris_in_space:

whoa @ChukAmok, did we discuss that? I can't remember. Yeah, water works. As @dave wuz here says, check valve. If it's leaking air, there will be bubbles. I'm in the process of converting all of my "serious" bikes to tubeless.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:42pm
Krys O.:

@efd: I was looking up Madeline Kahn videos and the commercial came up. The really funny thing is that Kahn appears in the commercial, but they say Judy Kaye's name instead. Kaye replaced Kahn in the show.
Avatar 1:43pm
aaronfromMI:

Chuck, does it have a presta valva?
Avatar 1:44pm
aaronfromMI:

vale* It might be the presta valve core that's leaking. Do the water trick but hold the valve under the water too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:45pm
mrdonutsu:

Meeting over. What did I miss?
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aaronfromMI:

apparently I can't type today....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:45pm
chris_in_space:

@ChukAmok what @aaronfromMI said
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:48pm
efd:

@mrdonutsu Some covers, some boogie...
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:49pm
Handy Haversack:

K8 took the dog over to a friend's since we're going upstate for her gig tomorrow and he can't stay with us. It feels so lonely in the apartment without him! The boogie, it helps fill the void!
Avatar 1:50pm
aaronfromMI:

we're getting our first dog on Saturday!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:51pm
adampsyche:

i totally forgot that this was today in the middle of the day
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:52pm
Handy Haversack:

Nice, aaronfromMI! Where in MI are you?
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:52pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

@Handy - I just checked the venue's FAQ page and it says well-behaved dogs are allowed and must be leashed.
Avatar 1:53pm
aaronfromMI:

I grew up in Jackson Michigan. I currently live in Philadelphia.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:53pm
Krys O.:

OH, YES! My college friends and I used to dance our arses off to Junior!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:54pm
chris_in_space:

Oh man, I've loved this Junior track for many years, but never knew who did it! So slammin'!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:54pm
ratso:

I asked for a disco sucks iron-on shirt from the stall in the Englishtown auction and my mom was horrified I wanted a shirt with dirty language. I ended up with a black sabbath one.
  1:54pm
Matt from OK:

Oh dang. I love doing this one at karaoke nights.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:54pm
Mike Sin:

Do any "mature" folks have any favorite discos from back in the day? I was a bit young for the prime years, but around where I lived there was a hotel called the "Fantasy Island Hotel" and the club on site was called... "Tattoo's Disco Lounge"! When I was 13 years old, I wanted to go there so badly!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:55pm
efd:

@Ratso very similar to my experience!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:55pm
Handy Haversack:

Oh, he's been there before, Ken, but he can't come where we're staying. We had to prioritize proximity to the venue and couldn't really shop around. Plus, K8 is giving his spot in the car to her bass amp. The very idea!

Cool, aaronfromMI. I know Jackson a little.
  1:55pm
Joe R.:

+1 on the Junior track, takes me back too
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:55pm
chris_in_space:

@ratso ha, sounds like my mom, who had the t-shirt transfer people CUT OFF the words "Highway to Hell" from the bottom of my AC/DC shirt design. She was still on the fence about Angus's horns.
Avatar 1:55pm
ChukAmok:

Thanks @AaronfromMI and @chris-in-space! It is a presta valve and I will submerge the whole thing this evening.
Got a double-flat last week, and...well, when it rains it pours.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:56pm
ratso:

@chris_in_space, ha, nicely played, Mom.
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ChukAmok:

Congrats on the dog!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:57pm
Krys O.:

@Mike Sin: I posted earlier about going to New York New York back in '78. There's a link to a site with deep info on that and other clubs of the day.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 2:02pm
tim from washington:

@Ratso - Better choice in the long run. One time my mom took me to the record store when I was 8th grade. She was the Mentors record in my hand as I headed for the counter. She said "NO! YOU ARE NOT KIDDING THAT RECORD!" Looking back my mom made the right call but for the wrong reasons. -hahaha
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Mister Dobalina:

Oh boy!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Clay Pigeon or S.A.M. needs to add a "That's right!" sound bite to the Wake 'n' Bake repertoire.
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ratso:

@tim from washington, indeed a better choice, and that's a pretty funny anecdote!
@Ken FHP, that would totally work!
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Ciggy:

@Mike Sin ~ There was a Beefsteak Charlie's in Scarsdale on Central Avenue back in '78 that turned into a "Disco" on a particular weeknight called, Vamps.
But it also transitioned into a "Rock Club" called, Syncopation, once featuring, Television!
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Dean from Old Bridge:

The boogie is sure to drag you down to Davies’ Jones Locker...yarrr!
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Handy Haversack:

Only two weeks and two days till the summer programming sched. changes. Seems impossible to believe. Isn't it still 2018?
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Peter:

She's terrible but I've always loved Penny McLean
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Mike Sin:

Hey, did this "mandolay" track chart? If not, how did I hear it? My cousins at the time were disco maniacs so maybe they were blasting it in their car or such... It just sounds so familiar.
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bobsmart567:

This show is FIRE
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Mike Sin:

@Krys O - Thank ye!
@Ciggy - Beefsteak Charlies cleaning up in dual markets!
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Krys O.:

Beefsteak Charlie's! LOL!
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ChukAmok:

@Handy this summer has flown by too fast in so many different ways. It's been a pretty good one though!
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Handy Haversack:

We've had some rough spots, ChukAmok. Things are a little brighter here as it winds down, though. Feeling a little better equipped to handle things. Even occasionally pretend to be grown-ups!
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Ciggy:

@Mike Sin ~ 2 corrections:
Hartsdale not Scarsdale (same thing when it's on Central Ave).
It was 1977 not 1978.
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Krys O.:

I went to a disco called Detroit a couple of times in the early 80s in my hometown of Port Chester, NY. It was a club that Twisted Sister played A LOT.
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ChukAmok:

I know, Handy. Sorry, I had forgotten about some things and that was less than empathetic of me. I was mostly thinking about meeting you and K8 at Mama Tried. Beer! Music! Friends!
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Krys O.:

I'm fond of Donnie Iris too.
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Si:

I'm pretty sure the "pride of Pittsburgh" is actually Philly Boy Roy
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Mister Dobalina:

Hit us with ther horn!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Airhorn time!
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Mister Dobalina:

*the
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Handy Haversack:

Beer! Music! Friends! have been the best parts! Don't worry, ChukAmok -- you were *not* lacking empathy. Just noticing how weird a summer it's been.

Social media ref whistle?
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Joe R.:

the social media whistle
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Handy Haversack:

Are disco whistles a thing?
  2:22pm
Kat in Chicago:

Airhorn > whistle, sorry
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Mister Dobalina:

I mainly tune to eFd fill-in's for the airhorn.
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No:

It was a good show until you started blowing that damn whistle.
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Terre T:

EFD!-U buried the lede on dat Mandolay story by mentioning da Donnie Iris connex last
😘😹
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Ciggy:

@Krys O ~ The Pretenders played their USA debut (as advertised on the radio) at Detroit in May 1980. I took my sister. She still talks about the show every holiday.
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Terre T:

BTW I have been listening but not logged into chat as I generally do, but u have FORCED me to comment:

THIS SHOW ABSOLUTELY FREAGIN RULES
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efd:

THANK YOU TT!
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suzyhotrod:

Just getting in the work car. What an audio party while I’m physically and visually about to be stuck in traffic hell. Bring it EFD! I’m ready to boogie!
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The Butterman:

Whistle is much better than that godomoddy air horn!
P-Funk shows had a ridiculous amount of audience whistleblowers. Deafening!!!!!! Great show EFD, even with my migraine.
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Handy Haversack:

I like subtle differences between song and album titles from gary toms empire.
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Mike Sin:

@Krys O, @Ciggy -- When that club "Detroit" took out ad space on WNEW-FM they used the Good Rats' track "Taking it to Detroit" as a theme song!
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Krys O.:

@Ciggy: I missed that show, but my high school friends talked about it.
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tim from washington:

That's it! I'm calling the cops. This set should be against the law it's so good!
  2:29pm
The Butterman:

I meant to write goshamoddy. I lernt dat from Rex.
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aaronfromMI:

It's comedy night at work this evening. Glad I get to listen to this before I go in at 3 and have to listen to a few hours of terrible jokes.
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Ciggy:

Tasty!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Awwwww yeah! Perfect time to jump in the car.
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efd:

@Handy and Gonzalez!
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queems:

HELL YES
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Monica:

This amazing Gonzalez track was written by singer/songwriter Gloria Jones who also wrote "Tainted Love" and who is mother of Marc Bolan's son.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

@Greg - The discomobile, you mean!
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efd:

@Monica Wow!! Thanks for that info!
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tim from washington:

MJ?
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steveo:

from now on i only want tracks subtly different names I MEAN IT
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efd:

@Monica and thank you for the fill-in opportunity back in 2006 that spawned the first-ever Disco/Dance Party show!
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steveo:

monica -- wow didn't know that!
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efd:

@tim all Js
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Krys O.:

Including Randy.
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steveo:

just scrolling the playlist up and down now because the way the background shines through the table borders is amazing

(scroll your tables down to the ground)
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Handy Haversack:

steveo, that's off of /Scroll Your Tables Down/, right?
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steveo:

hah yes of course
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Krys O.:

Gosh, should have typed, Marlon? instead.
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aaronfromMI:

alright, off to serve people beer for the evening. Hopefully it cools down outside!
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steveo:

coffee is for closers
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Krys O.:

Thanks, efd! Such a great special!
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tim from washington:

Thanks a million, efd!
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Stevel:

Great show that my teen-aged self is still embarrassed about enjoying (get over it kid!)
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oshiwoshi:

gloria jones
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efd:

goddammit, who the hell is Gloria Wilson??
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efd:

(and thanks, oshiwoshi)
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Handy Haversack:

"Gloria J Wilson APRN-CNP is a highly skilled nurse practitioner practicing at Kettering Health Medical Group Primary Care -Walden Ponds."
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Huzzah for disco nurses!
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Handy Haversack:

AND "gloria j. wilson is Co-Director/Founder of the Racial Justice Studio and Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture Education at the University of Arizona."

Busy person!
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Ciggy:

Duh, another correction. Pretenders played Detroit (Port Chester) in March AND May 1980.
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Monica:

@efd - didn't remember that - super cool! and a legacy was born:) awesome show today- have been able to procrastinate a full day's work in a mere three hours!
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Bootsie:

There it is! :-)
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efd:

@monica It's been a pleasure having you here!
@handy I don't know either of those Gloria Wilsons, hmm.
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Krys O.:

Luther!!!!
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The Butterman:

Handy, my brother threw me into Walden Pond as a kid. Can’t look at a pond or HD Thoreau now without reliving it.
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Terre T:

Man you guys are forcing me to comment:
@Handy Haversack:"Are disco whistles a thing?"
oh hell yeah- I actually have collected a few vintage faux-gem encrusted golden functional Disco whistles that also served as necklaces in da discos

@steveo:"scrolling the playlist up and down now because the way the background shines through the table borders is amazing"
I'm usually not on chat//looking at playlist BUT I just tried dat out -UR RIGHT- so sparkly + Discoleeeeshus

@MikeSIN:", I've already popped my top off. Once I glue on my chest hair, I'll be back on the dancefloor!"
😂😂😂Because you just HAD to be completely shaved for the summer right?

@Monica- Hello QUEEN! + also per informational note RE:
"This amazing Gonzalez track was written by singer/songwriter Gloria Jones who also wrote "Tainted Love" and who is mother of Marc Bolan's son."

WHAT
and double WHATWHAT!!?!?

That's fascinating- thanks!


@EFD- What a great show today ( as always) my DJ brutha!!!
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Handy Haversack:

I just asked the internet for help, efd. It rarely provides.

No wonder you were nervous on the Hudson, Butterman!

Wow, Terre T, thanks for the info! I had no idea.
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Kpx:

This show demonstrates why the funk is in your name, I think everyone has been thoroughly boogieed. Stay cool, and try to stay cool on a day like today. Bye all.
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Krys O.:

Had Gloria Jones' Windstorm on LP. She is a goddess.
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Faith:

Great show!!
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The Butterman:

Handy, I was nervous BEFORE being on the Hudson. On the Hudson I was like a experienced seaman! Don’t say a word!
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steveo:

Haha great -- and nice to to "see" you Terre!

Great show, lots of fun thanks Evan!
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dale:

thought that was luther and then i logged in and was confoosed.
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Handy Haversack:

Oh, dang! I did not realize it was so close to having boogied all the way down! Thanks, efd! Very glad to have been here!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, efd. See you next fill-in!
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Martin:

Thanks for the great show, Evan!!
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Monica:

yo, terre t:)
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eastvanhalen:

Thanks @efd for the awesome set!
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