WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from June 29, 2022

Listener comments!
	12:01pm the bunk: good morning Mr Funk. signed: me
	12:01pm Will the Sound Guy: Hello efd and all!!!
	12:01pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Heyo! Love me some Joan Armatrading.
	12:01pm YETI BOB: love this song
	12:01pm Mike From Brooklyn: Hello EFD & Listeners! I'll be listening but won't be able to comment much.
	12:01pm Krys O.: Yay, Joan! Good afternoon!
	12:02pm PuraVida: Good morning EFD, everyone...
	12:02pm pgalub: Hey efd and everyone! Joan!!!
	12:02pm Figgsrock: Hello all. Glad to catch today's show live after missing last week's while record shopping in Philly.
	12:02pm Andres: Good aft, efd and all! I’m disappointed whenever July 1st doesn’t fall on a Wednesday to get the efd Canada day treatment! :)
	12:02pm love2laf: Time to EFD this Wednesday afternoon, allo everyone.
	12:02pm WoodsOfNH (now Maine): I was told that this would be an all-Foghat show.
	12:02pm Krys O.: Had the pleasure of seeing Joan at Radio City Music Hall.
	12:02pm tim from washington: efd! Bringing some sanity back to the airwaves again - hahaha.
	12:03pm PuraVida: @Krys O. NICE!
	12:03pm Roberto: Joan's Track Record might have been my most-played cassette of 1987.
	12:04pm Kat in Chicago: Ooh nice opening pick efd. Good sub for the set of “I Am Woman” covers you had to ditch bc Michele beat you to it.
	12:04pm Lixiviated Life: Hello Mr. Davies. Go ahead, we're listening.
	12:04pm prof.fuzz: Hi EFD! mike! tim!
	12:05pm Yvang: Hi EDF and all! Joan Armatrading is great and underrated!
	12:05pm Rich in Washington: Oh wow. I don't think I've ever heard this single version of Say When before!
	12:07pm efd: needless to say (presumably), this opening set is unrelated to today's guest! We'll get that started around 12:30 or so.
	12:07pm Yvang: Joan A and Lene L have both worked with Thomas Dolby.
	12:08pm prof.fuzz: i used to have a huge crush on lene lovich... thanks creem mag.
	12:09pm efd: @prof I once spent the afternoon with her at a Paterson Silk store in Hempstead NY
	12:09pm Rich in Washington: Me too, prof. My teenage New Wave crush progression went something like Lene Lovich>Nina Hagen>Lydia Lunch
	12:10pm prof.fuzz: @Rich: then i landed on Poison Ivy and that was the end of it...
	12:10pm tim from washington: prof! Have you gandered at the revamped Creem? I haven't but it looks solid based on who's featured.
	12:10pm HyperDose: Bangers, efd!
	12:11pm Will the Sound Guy: I agree 🔥
	12:11pm Rich in Washington: Yep. Same, prof.
	12:11pm prof.fuzz: @Tim: I get Creem's IG feed, but haven't dropped any coin for the new mag (yet).
	12:12pm Lixiviated Life: Mr. Davies, I just want to say that you're playing all my favorites so far. Sincerely, Lix
	12:13pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: BUSH TETRAS F YEAH
	12:15pm Lixiviated Life: I had no idea that garbage people like me. It's nice to know. Thank you garbage people, I like you too.
	12:16pm tim from washington: I haven't stepped into a 7-11 in decades but I should to see if their carrying the new Creem - hahaha.
	12:16pm prof.fuzz: this song is a real self-esteem lifter, if you parse it like that Lix.
	12:16pm prof.fuzz: i should at least spring for a new Creem Boy Howdy t-shirt, for old times' sake.
	12:17pm adampsyche: good song
	12:17pm tim from washington: I LOVED Grand Royal magazine. I'd love to see that magazine reprinted - adds and all.
	12:17pm Kat in Chicago: Luscious Jackson ❤️
	12:17pm Jason from Houston: Heyyyyyy there! Checking in for this LJ!
	12:17pm courtneynoir: blast from high school past
	12:18pm Hoboken Jack: Hi EFD, Brooklyn Mike, Will, Krys, HyperD, PEEEEETE, all!
	12:18pm Artie: Loving the Luscious
	12:18pm prof.fuzz: Hi Jack!
	12:19pm persimmon: I thought I was streaming the Brian lehr show for a second
	12:20pm slugluv1313: greetings, EFD, Funksters! totally digging!!! gotta be heading out shortly, but will be lurking/listening 😺😺
	12:20pm Jason from Houston: Eeeeeeek! Another hot one.
	12:21pm Figgsrock: Oh man, I haven't heard this version of "Playhouse" in a loonnng time.
	12:22pm Figgsrock: This opening set is fantastic EFD.
	12:23pm prof.fuzz: @Figgs: YUP!
	12:24pm slugluv1313: LOVE this Ann Peebles version -- and Graham Parker's -- but HATE Paul Young's 🤮🤮🤮
	12:24pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Loving this female-centric set.
	12:24pm Will the Sound Guy: Hi Hoboken Jack!!!
	12:24pm Hoboken Jack: Love me some Worriers
	12:25pm efd: @slugluv spoiler: We'll be hearing some Graham Parker later.
	12:26pm mndave: Worriers are in their golden state.
	12:26pm mrdonutsu: Vic!
	12:28pm efd: @mrdonutsu This LP was produced by Nigel Gray, but I like the way you think!
	12:28pm tim from washington: Girlschool is a total Snake Davies jam!
	12:28pm Figgsrock: Have we wandered into the Metal District?
	12:29pm prof.fuzz: @Figgs: Welcome to the Boss Metal Zone
	12:29pm efd: and now I'm going to "well actually" myself and let you know that the song "Screaming Blue Murder" was actuall produced by Chris Tsangarides.
	12:29pm Figgsrock: Dammit, this L7 started just as I have to head up my editorial meeting!
	12:29pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Oh man this is one of the best L7 tunes!
	12:30pm Kat in Chicago: Oh hell yes L7
	12:31pm tim from washington: @Figgstock - Just tell them you'll be late because you got lost...........IN THE METAL DISTRICT!
	12:31pm Jessie: Anyone now how Handy Haversack is feeling? Haven't seen him around on the boards today.
	12:32pm tim from washington: L7 is totallly badass.
	12:32pm WoodsOfNH (now Maine): @Jessie: I think him & K8 headed upstate yesterday.
	12:32pm Rich in Washington: I had a funny loud guitar, distortion box, overblown amp dream this morning.
	12:33pm prof.fuzz: every day is a great day to tune into WFMU!
	12:33pm SWK: Illusion Michael
	12:34pm prof.fuzz: @Rich: a good dream!
	12:34pm slugluv1313: @EFD -- YAY Graham Parker!!! thank you!!!
	12:36pm McGroovey: I saw L7 open for somebody somewhere in the early nineties. Webster Hall? Irving Plaza? The Ritz? I'm hoping I'll remember who they were opening for before I hit "Post comment!"... Hmmm ... Sugar? Hmmm no.... I liked L7 ok, but they weren't who I was there to see... My cousin was friends with one of them, but my cousin wasn't there... Yeah, more and more, the nineties are too remote to remember.
	12:37pm McGroovey: No. My cousin was friends with someone in the Lunachicks. I get the two bands confused. And I saw both live under similar circumstances, around the same time. Whatever.
	12:39pm slugluv1313: met Lene Lovich & her band when i was at Douglass/Rutgers (i was volunteering with the concert committee that presented the show) -- so sweet & intelligent & beautiful
	12:39pm JetBoy of Brooklyn: EFD - you got it. As always, happy to be listening and appreciate that FMU always reflects on the world.
	12:40pm slugluv1313: omg i still have my old Boy Howdy! t-shirt
	12:40pm Kat in Chicago: Happy to hear Le Tigre too. On my recent NYC jaunt, I spent longer than necessary browsing in Other People’s Clothes in Ridgewood because they were playing “This Island” in its entirety.
	12:41pm tim from washington: I distinctly remember Arista records' red tape cases in the 80s. I can think of many Arista sartists I have other than Lou Reed records.
	12:41pm admiral crisp: Evan, I appreciate the oasis from the “current world events” you provide
	12:43pm tim from washington: Were Crazy Elephant on Bell?
	12:44pm Hoboken Jack: Beginning with 10 awesome female artists is without doubt a nod to current events.
	12:44pm Mister Dobalina: Rip, rockin' & rollin' ... solid deal!
	12:44pm slugluv1313: SUZI!!! 🖤🖤🖤
	12:45pm HyperDose: I can get down with this :)
	12:47pm MitchellC: Crazy Elephant were on Bell. Their hit "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" was written by Ritchie Cordell and Joey Levine.
	12:47pm efd: Hey Mitchell, thanks for joining!
	12:48pm Mike J: EFD - got my Bush Tetras box set as part of my SFL delivery. Awesome set - thanks for putting them on my radar.
	12:48pm Jessie: @WoodsOfNH--Thanks for the update on those guys.
	12:48pm MitchellC: Sure! Thanks for hosting!
	12:48pm listener 126464: @slugluv1313 - was the LL Rutgers show at New Brunswick student center(?) in about '79? Hi efd, everyone!
	12:49pm Marie: love this--just tuning in. My ears perked up like a dog's to that opening melody
	12:49pm listener 126464: Hi Hoboken Jack!
	12:50pm SWK: Disco beats do make me feel better about alien invasion though
	12:53pm tim from washington: Tycoon is a band name that has confidence!
	12:53pm efd: I just had to play Tycoon after Mitchell mentioned them in his opening Author's Note.
	12:54pm MelaniR: Hi MitchellC! Hi Hoboken Jack! Hi efd!
	12:54pm MitchellC: Originally, Tycoon were going to be named Cash. I'd have mentioned that in the book, but didn't see a reason to bring up Tycoon in any context.
	12:55pm tim from washington: Oh yeah! I've got the Twilley records in my collection too. Hey MitchellC! Thanks for answering my Crazy Elephant question. Right from the source!
	12:55pm efd: Hi @MelaniR! I enjoyed seeing your name pop up in the book a few times!
	12:56pm MelaniR: I remember that about Tycoon/Cash, Mitchell! Still love Twilley and this song!
	12:56pm MitchellC: Hey Melani! Thanks for checkin in!
	12:57pm tim from washington: Not too chilly for Twilley on efd's show!
	12:57pm MelaniR: Yes, efd; Mitchell and I worked there together for many years; very good years for music.
	12:59pm full metal monkey: Hello EFD and everyone
	1:00pm prof.fuzz: Hey full metal monkey!
	1:01pm slugluv1313: @listener 126464 -- yup! the concert committee was "Rambling Rose Productions" -- we had Gang of Four (when Hugo & a friend of mine met & fell totally head over heels with each other ❤️❤️❤️), Iggy (he and his band were the BEST! total sweethearts, they loved the food some of us cooked -- "usually we just get stale cold cuts!" etc.), The Roches, The Ramones (also total dolls -- Joey's girlfriend was wiping down the tables in the dressing room/green room -- i freaked, told her, "noooo!. that's our job!" & she was like, "ah, no big deal!"), many many others i am spacing out on right now
	1:01pm full metal monkey: @prof.fuzz. How are you
	1:05pm prof.fuzz: @fmm: doing alright. recording session this weekend.
	1:06pm tim from washington: Oh yeah, I forgot Kinks and Patti Smith were on Arista.
	1:06pm Jessie: @MitchellC--The Bells and Street Hassle are personal favorites of mine by Lou Reed. Did you like either one of those albums?
	1:06pm efd: LARRY UTTAL ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!
	1:07pm listener 126464: @slugluv1313 - Nice! I was at the LL show and B-52's show and 1 other I can't remember.
	1:07pm slugluv1313: YES! i remember Patti talking about being on Arista in an interview!
	1:07pm karlward: Alex Chilton achievement unlocked
	1:08pm full metal monkey: @prof.fuzz that’s great. I’m assuming that the pics of the pedal board you posted on Instagram is the board your using in studio
	1:12pm MitchellC: Jessie, those are two of my favorite Lou Reed albums. The first time I met Lou Reed was was we were putting together the publicity material for Street Hassle, and his Bottom Line shows around that time were amazing.
	1:12pm slugluv1313: omg yes! the B-52s! also so sweet, i remember they were talking with us, how some of them had never been this far north before -- Kate was friends with an apartment-mate's girlfriend -- iirc, she was staying with her in the apartment upstairs from us
	1:14pm MelaniR: I remember Lou Reed coming in to the office; I was very intimidated. You were amazing with him, Mitchell.
	1:15pm slim: Like a canned heat with a beach boys vibe
	1:15pm MitchellC: Yeah, Lou could be scary!
	1:16pm prof.fuzz: @FMM: yup, plus an extra pedal on the side for one song. we're recording those two new songs we played at wonderville for an upcoming single release.
	1:16pm Jessie: MitchellC--Those were the shows that formed the Take No Prisoners album correct?
	1:16pm Carmichael: Heya Evan. GTO was one of my 1st 45s bought as a kid.
	1:16pm mrdonutsu: This was one of my dad's "Get the party started" go-to cuts.
	1:16pm tim from washington: Mitch Ryder! Some Michigan folk music right here.
	1:17pm mrdonutsu: MC5 totally clipped his moves.
	1:18pm MitchellC: Jessie, yep!
	1:19pm Hoboken Jack: Hi Melani and 126464! Mitchell, I am really enjoying the interview -- by the time I was in my teens and paying attention to labels, Arista was indeed pretty mainstream, so this "pre-history" is very interesting to me!
	1:21pm efd: @Hoboken Jack I swear we'll get around to talking about Arista soon! I've got one more Bell Records song I need to play, though...
	1:22pm karlward: [Todd-o-phonic Todd rushes to the radio to turn it up past safe hearing levels]
	1:22pm mrdonutsu: Nothing better than a shimmyshuffledown.
	1:23pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: [Todd-o-Phonic Todd isn't the only one blasting this]
	1:23pm full metal monkey: @hobokenjack. Hello
	1:23pm MelaniR: I'm back at Max's Kansas City with The Sweet!
	1:23pm Lawrence: Love this set, Evan! Right up my alley!
	1:23pm Marie: super fun tune
	1:24pm tim from washington: efd - Do a gonzo Todd-O-Phonic talkover shout out to this The Sweet song!
	1:24pm full metal monkey: @prof.fuzz. That’s great. Looking forward to hearing the new records. One of those new songs you played that night reall stuck to me.
	1:24pm efd: @MelaniR omg, I'm so jealous that you got to see them there!!
	1:24pm slugluv1313: yes, loving the music, the stories -- fascinating!
	1:24pm Hopalong Lightnin': Oh. Sup, gang? (Willy)
	1:25pm morphe': Back from the wee visit to town.... Do not tell Willy he has a wee Willy !!! Hurts the psyche and the performance ..
	1:32pm MelaniR: efd: actually I didn't! but I always associate The Sweet with the jukebox at Max's! I did see many other greats, though, there. It's one of my all-time favorite clubs.
	1:34pm efd: @Melani Ah, that makes sense!
	1:34pm efd: I never thought the day would come when I'd play Barry Manilow on my show, but here we are!
	1:35pm MelaniR: efd: I'll lose all credibility here but I don't care! I really had fun seeing Barry on Broadway (closest I'll get to a Vegas show)!
	1:35pm slugluv1313: iirc -- wasn't Barry Manilow wearing a Screw t-shirt on the back cover of his first LP?
	1:35pm Figgsrock: As a child of the 70s that owns more than one Barry Manilow album, this is an excellent deep cut choice EFD.
	1:35pm tim from washington: I thought this was the first Elton John record that was talked about - hahaha! efd - Just consider it Freeform radio at it's finest.
	1:36pm Joe R.: Manilow sounds close to early Billy Joel here (seems obvious in hindsight)
	1:36pm efd: @Melani I'm sure he puts on a great show!
	1:37pm SWK: Flash Gordon levels of ahh ahhhhh
	1:37pm Hopalong Lightnin': Just read in Sinead O'Connor's autobiography that her sister LOVED Manilow and that it was the household counterpoint to her own punk taste
	1:37pm morphe': Love(ed) Max's Kansas City - except for the night with the dumbass fist fight (1979?) with some dumb ass aggressive guys from some suburban nightmare... How does one spell mullet??
	1:38pm Jessie: @MitchellC--Did you work on any of Iggy Pop's Arista releases?
	1:38pm greg g: Great show and conversation Mr Funk Davies!!!
	1:38pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Loving the show! Need to jump off soon to run a meeting alas, but I'll be back....
	1:39pm MelaniR: And, seeing The Bay City Rollers with all the screaming fans took me back to when I saw The Beatles at Shea Stadium (well, on a smaller level, of course). We screamed through those shows, too. Regrets, I have a few...
	1:40pm the bunk: why does melani not sound like a name dropper but morphe does? real question here.
	1:40pm egould: The concept of the band may be a little silly; but ‘Saturday Night’ is a decent bit of power pop.
	1:41pm morphe': Melanie - for later .. Je N'e Regret Rien https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsz7IuZ3paM
	1:41pm greg g: Ok, its not T. Rex, but that Bay City Rollers track is a complete rocker!
	1:44pm MelaniR: morphe': I realize even if I didn't scream throughout The Beatles, everyone around me was screaming, so I wouldn't have heard anything anyway. It was fun watching the show on VHS/DVD many years later...
	1:44pm slugluv1313: PATTI 🖤🖤🖤
	1:44pm disco_nap_: Mark talked about "Free Money" with his guest on Monday!
	1:44pm herb.nyc: Tuned in as the Boy City Rollers played, yeah! (Oops, I mocked them bk In the day)
	1:48pm Stevel: It is unnerving how Gil Scott-Heron remains "so damned relevant."
	1:49pm the bunk: wow. didn't mean to bring the discussion to a screeching halt.
	1:49pm MitchellC: I didn't work with Iggy, except for writing his Arista bio.
	1:49pm efd: @Stevel I was just typing the same thing! This song is nearly 50 years old and could have been written yesterday.
	1:50pm slugluv1313: and GSH -- he and Patti, two artists who helped me survive my teenage years (and two artists who were musical guests on the original SNL -- which i highly doubt would happen nowadays)
	1:50pm Ciggy: Winter in America- If Clay could play his flute like that
	1:51pm efd: @slugluv and... Arista released the one and to date only SNL soundtrack album, back in 1976!
	1:51pm Carmichael: Funky Flute
	1:51pm slugluv1313: @Stevel, EFD -- same here -- Whitey on the Moon 🤬🤬🤬
	1:52pm slugluv1313: @EFD -- yow, an SNL soundtrack? HOW did i miss this?!?
	1:53pm Stevel: Feeling a bit old, pissed off, and motivated not to knuckle under to knuckle-draggers. slug: Would it have blown GSH's mind to do a billionaires in space update? Glad he missed that one.
	1:53pm MelaniR: Hey Ed just back from his rehearsal. He said he's diggin Gil and the vibe of the chat.
	1:53pm disco_nap_: 😭😭😭
	1:53pm efd: @Melani ah thanks, and thanks to Ed! I'm going to listen to his show with Mitch later in the week... didn't want to listen to it before I did my own show! :)
	1:55pm efd: All- Here's a link to Mitchell's appearance on Atlantic Tunnel (Sundays at 2pm on the Rock 'n' Soul stream) a couple of weeks ago: wfmu.org...
	1:55pm tim from washington: Oh yeah, Barry Manillow playing in the Baths is totally similar to Lou Reed's extra-curricular activities.
	1:56pm MelaniR: efd: Ed says Thanx!
	1:56pm slugluv1313: @Stevel -- i miss him so much -- there may still be a mural of GSH on Avenue C (at East 10th Street, i think?) -- saw him only once, at Marcus Garvey Park
	1:59pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: I hung out in Leshko's (or the other restaurant) at Tompkins Square Park once with the Lunachicks. I gave one of them a cigarette and she appreciated that. My friend used to make really bad quality VHS videos of bands at CBGBs back in 92 or 93....his name was Pincus.
	2:04pm tim from washington: The Kinks Arista records are fantastic. Speaking of which I really need to pick up the ones I don't have from the cheap been before they gets priced at $40.
	2:05pm Carmichael: What as great threesome of albums: Soap Opera, Schoolboys in Disgrace and Sleepwalker.
	2:05pm tim from washington: cheap been = cheap bins
	2:06pm MelaniR: From Ed: So exciting that Arista was able to give The Kinks the long-overdue American success they so deserved.
	2:06pm Carmichael: BTW, their Low Budget song A Gallon of Gas would fit in well today.
	2:07pm morphe': Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: other restaurant = Odessa or 7th/2nd ave was Kiev..
	2:08pm Figgsrock: Oh wow, I haven't heard this General Johnson song in forrrrever. Great choice EFD.
	2:08pm MitchellC: I wish I'd been at Arista when General Johnson was on the label. Would've loved to meet him.
	2:09pm Jessie: @Carmichael--Yeah, I really liked the Arista period for the Kinks too. Check out this you tube video of the Kinks on Granada TV doing the songs from Soap Opera.www.youtube.com...
	2:11pm MelaniR: I was there in late 1976, Mitchell, but I don't remember if I did meet him. I did meet Chevy Chase a few years later...LOL
	2:12pm karlward: Street Hassle is so damn great
	2:12pm tim from washington: I really want this to be a Bad Company cover - hahaha!
	2:12pm MitchellC: I worked with Chevy in the Arista studio to do a bunch of station ID's and a radio spot. Let's just say he lived up his reputation.
	2:13pm MelaniR: Chevy definitely did, but he took his own car (limo) to the morning show we did (I think The Today Show) and had it with him all day so after we were done for the day, he sent me home to Queens in it!
	2:14pm slugluv1313: LOU 🖤🖤🖤 another Savior from my teenage years. . . and to this very day
	2:14pm prof.fuzz: love the guitar tone on 'shooting star'...
	2:14pm morphe': Must do some kitchen work... Thanks efd and all .... !!!!!!!!!!! listening with kitchen fingers !!!!!
	2:16pm slugluv1313: @MelaniR -- you have the best coolest stories!!!
	2:16pm listener 126464: It's OK to like Nick Lowe.
	2:16pm McGroovey: Speedy. Hold on tight.
	2:17pm Stevel: Nick Lowe might be a bit under sung as a rock and roll survivor, having hit it very hard in the early years (but no where nearly as hard as Dave Edmunds.)
	2:18pm slugluv1313: @listener126464 -- i still have that badge somewhere! when were you at Rutgers? (or Cook? Livingston?)
	2:18pm Figgsrock: I wondered if we'd get some Raydio today!
	2:18pm efd: we didn't really discuss the (short-lived) Arista-Stiff tie-up, but there are some good stories in the book about it.
	2:19pm SWK: This chorus is fantastic
	2:20pm Carmichael: My friend had this Raydio album propped up on his credenza. I would always look at the artwork and instinctively ask, "How is that Raydio album?" It got annoying after a while.
	2:21pm efd: I was trying to figure out why that version of "I Knew The Bride" already had 5 clicky-stars and it's because I played it when I had Richard Balls on my show in 2015!
	2:23pm steveo: I knew the bride when she used to play bassoon
	2:25pm MelaniR: slugluv1313: I was definitely lucky enough to work with some great and interesting artists during career in music PR.
	2:29pm efd: y'all have no idea how excited I am to have even this brief discussion about Private Stock and Larry Uttal on my show!
	2:29pm listener 126464: @sluguv1313 - Didn't attend, friends of friends did, 77-80.
	2:32pm prof.fuzz: great interview!
	2:32pm MelaniR: Great Interview and music selection!
	2:32pm Jessie: @efd--Just a really wonderful interview. Good work and thank you.
	2:33pm efd: jeez, I have enough trouble with the 12"s that play at 45, now I got tripped up by a 7" that plays at 33!
	2:33pm MelaniR: Ed says this is his favorite Graham Parker song!
	2:33pm tim from washington: Wow! Excellent interview and musical accompaniment! Thanks efd and MitchellC! Listening to music fans talk about music is the best.
	2:33pm Figgsrock: This was an excellent mix of chat and music EFD and Mitchell. It's the book next on my list to buy and will be reading it over the holiday weekend.
	2:34pm prof.fuzz: doh! i was wearing a really red t-shirt yesterday with a pic of their "Despise the Moral Majority" 7" on it. 33 1/3 on the label.
	2:34pm MitchellC: efd: Thanks again! You picked great songs to illustrate our talk. Best, mc
	2:34pm slugluv1313: ah! was wondering if you were going to play Mercury Poisoning 💙💙💙
	2:34pm efd: @Mitchell Thanks so much!
	2:34pm listener 126464: Thank you efd and Mitchell, great stuff!
	2:35pm drr: I got here in time to hear how to pronounce "Uttal", but I didn't hear anybody pronounce "Arista"! That was the whole point of the show, I thought! (Maybe I heard it and didn't notice.)
	2:35pm tim from washington: Where should I start with Graham Parker?
	2:35pm love2laf: Thank you for this, what a perfect way to get out of my head and into the world and sounds and memories of music. Fantastic interview & music.
	2:35pm efd: I think I have enough Arista releases left to just keep going until 3!
	2:35pm Figgsrock: OH HELL YEAH, some APP.
	2:35pm efd: @drr We said "Arista" a lot!
	2:35pm Carmichael: YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	2:36pm efd: hint: it's not the way Nick Lowe says it.
	2:36pm tim from washington: Where's Sheila B?!?!
	2:36pm yerfriendpaul: Hey EFD, everyone!
	2:37pm greg g: Kudos Misters Funk Davies & Mitchell Cohen! Gonna check out the book and learn more about Private Stock records! Glad Ive got some spare time this summer
	2:37pm Carmichael: That's Lenny Zakatek on lead vocals, formerly of Gonzalez.
	2:37pm drr: efd: I know, I'll have to catch it in the archives, I was out. (Is it like AIR-iss-ta?)
	2:37pm slugluv1313: @listener126464 -- ah, okay! was at Douglass Fall '77 to Spring '81 the older i get, the more i wonder how many FMUers i have crossed paths with over the years 😺😺
	2:37pm PuraVida: Hey EFD, all. Made it just in time for the home stretch.
	2:38pm efd: oh wow, thank you Carmichael! Someday I should do a show featuring all the singers on Alan Parsons records
	2:38pm Carmichael: There were many, EFD!
	2:39pm drr: I tuned in in time to hear somebody announcing "Nick Lowe's Led Zeppelin", which I was pretty excited about, but it didn't sound like Bonzo on the traps.
	2:39pm Mike Sin: A hell of an interview EFD! I’m in for the book now.
	2:40pm slugluv1313: fantastic, EFD and Mitchell -- have got to read your book! infinite thanks to you both 😺😺
	2:40pm tim from washington: Wow! Quazar is new to me. This rips!
	2:41pm MelaniR: How I loved working with Alan Parsons. Led me to meeting Colin Blunstone years later. He and his partner/manager, Eric Woolfson, are wonderful people. RIP Eric. Did see Alan at an Arista reunion about four years ago.
	2:41pm SteveS: Greetings from Wisconsin! Great show with MitchellC. In addition to writing this great book he has an encyclopedic knowledge of the music biz. Thanks EFD.
	2:41pm PuraVida: This was produced by Glen Goins of P-Funk, released on P-Vine Records www.discogs.com...
	2:42pm efd: @PuraVida not just produced, it's his group! Sadly he died very young, soon after the record came out, from Hodgkins' lymphoma.
	2:43pm Carmichael: @Melani, you know Alan is recovering from spinal surgery? It went well and he should be his old, very tall self again soon but he had to cancel a few tour stops.
	2:43pm PuraVida: Series: Arista Funk On P-Vine
	2:44pm efd: @SteveS Thanks for tuning in!
	2:44pm The Butterman: Oh shit! Shakedown? What is happening?
	2:44pm PuraVida: That's so sad EFD. That was some DEEP funk!
	2:44pm Steve from Dunwoody: I'm on a low budget.
	2:44pm karlward: I was just trying to remember the name of this song so I could listen to it last night.
	2:44pm Figgsrock: Disco Dead! Lowell George's contribution to Dead history!
	2:45pm queems: this one is such a banger
	2:45pm listener 126464: @slugluv1313 - Cheers!
	2:45pm PuraVida: Today is the anniversary of Lowell's passing...
	2:46pm PuraVida: Lowell George (April 13, 1945 – June 29, 1979)
	2:46pm bradford: don't tell me this town ain't got no heart
	2:46pm steveo: I had this album; probably got it from a record club; dead studio albums are curious, eh?
	2:47pm MelaniR: Carmichael: I did not know that. Thank you for letting me know. He is extremely tall as was Eric. I'll have to catch his next tour; one of my fondest memories working with him. I believe I brought back from London (to NY) masters to one of his albums. I was on vacation in London and on my way back.
	2:48pm Figgsrock: Lowell's Thanks I'll Eat it Here was an album I played a lot in college.
	2:48pm radioronan: Thanks EFD & Mitchell. And MelaniR on the commentboard for the stories. As a former BMG employee I will definitely be picking up the book!
	2:48pm yerfriendpaul: When I went to see Mavis Staples perform at the Dirt Farm Festival, the Midnight Ramble Band (later in the night) featured Phil Lesh's son as a guest and they played Shakedown Street. I loved it
	2:48pm steveo: that was my favorite part
	2:49pm abbazabba: Neat, I'm a longtime dead fan and had no idea that Lowell George was involved in that album!
	2:49pm Corey: Skip made it math rock for a sec
	2:49pm Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio): Shakedown Street dance mix!
	2:49pm Andrew_in_WI: How many WFMU djs play the Dead? I mean besides Jarnow
	2:50pm Figgsrock: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I almost spit out my drink EFD.
	2:50pm karlward: "Shakedown Street" reminds me of something James Murphy said about Zevon's "Nighttime in the Switching Yard," something to the effect of "it was a rock band imagining what disco sounds like"
	2:50pm bradford: the skip was a nice touch...
	2:50pm MelaniR: radioronan - always enjoy participating and seeing what everyone has to say. efd: I was one of the few folks at Arista who was NOT a Deadhead. But, I loved working with them because the management was great and the press loved them.
	2:51pm nardo: you do a disco show so not much of a stretch really
	2:51pm Carmichael: @melani, I remember him telling me about a meeting with Clive and Eric. It became elevated, and Clive stood up, followed by Alan and Eric. 3 very tall angry men sorting it out ...
	2:51pm MelaniR: Ed is asking if anyone ever heard Barry Manilow's version of "Ships" written by Ian Hunter! And, released as a single on Arista.
	2:52pm Will the Sound Guy: Thank you Rebecca for all your archival works!!!
	2:53pm dvs: Enjoyed the interview
	2:53pm MelaniR: Carmichael! I don't remember that story. Alan and Eric were much taller than Clive. I mean Clive was very passionate about his artists and what he wanted. I think Arista did right by the Alan Parsons Project.
	2:53pm Will the Sound Guy: Thank you efd, awesome show!!!
	2:54pm Kamp Climax: What is the bed music?
	2:55pm Carmichael: Agreed, Melani.
	2:55pm steveo: American Woman
	2:55pm vinylmonkee: Killer show EFD! Thanks
	2:56pm tim from washington: Thanks again for the excellent radio today, efd.
	2:56pm karlward: I hope Sheila B is on this comment board, if I remember correctly she is the world champion Alan Parsons fan
	2:56pm MelaniR: Oh how I loved Haircut 100! They were so young. They were shocked how hot it was in NY in the summer - they still wore their 'jumpers' (sweaters). I thought they were going to pass out. Also got to work with Nick Heyward after Haircut 100 on one of Nick's solo albums.
	2:58pm Danny in Poughkeepsie: Thanks efd. Another fantastic show!!
	2:59pm Will the Sound Guy: 💥🔥🔥🔥💥
	2:59pm morphe': Thanks efd and all !!
	2:59pm Patrick S.: Scott should open with LOVE PLUS ONE.
	2:59pm drr: Thanks, efd!
	2:59pm listener 126464: Gaylord's show from 2/27/22 featured a lot of Haircut 100.
	3:00pm slugluv1313: fantastic selections, interview, EFD -- thank you so much for being part of solution 😺😺 for real, i feel like my batteries are recharged -- & ready to face the insanity that is happening
	11:56am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ efd ~

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from June 29, 2022

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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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Upcoming events:

Wed. Nov 6th, Noon - 3pm: The Metal District III: Kicked Out Of The Hellraiser! (More info...)
EFD’s hair-metal-loving cousin Evan “Snake” Davies was dying to return to the airwaves in October after a four-year absence. However, this request was vetoed over concerns that his appearance might have had a deleterious effect on our Hellraiser efforts. He’s back today, though, spinning his favorite ‘80s (mostly) hard rock and hair metal just for you. Don’t (or maybe do) miss it!

June 29, 2022: MITCHELL COHEN interview. But first, an opening set of non-male voices.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
joan armatrading	show some emotion	show some emotion	a&m	1977		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
lene lovich	say when "say when" by "lene lovich"	12"	stiff/epic	1979		0:03:24 (Pop-up)
le tigre	yr critique "yr critique" by "le tigre"	from the desk of mr. lady	mr. lady			0:06:43 (Pop-up)
bush tetras	too many creeps "too many creeps" by "bush tetras"	rhythm and paranoia: the best of	wharf cat			0:08:55 (Pop-up)
wimps	garbage people "garbage people" by "wimps"	garbage people	kill rock stars	2018		0:12:37 (Pop-up)
luscious jackson	citysong (ny state of the world)	cd single	grand royal/capitol	1994		0:15:01 (Pop-up)
ann peebles	i'm gonna tear your playhouse down	va-i'm a good woman 2	harmless			0:18:55 (Pop-up)
worriers	relentless noise "relentless noise" by "worriers"	you or someone you know	6131	2020		0:21:24 (Pop-up)
girlschool	screaming blue murder "screaming blue murder" by "girlschool"	screaming blue murder	mercury	1982		0:26:41 (Pop-up)
l7	shove "shove" by "l7"	smell the magic	sub pop	1990		0:28:07 (Pop-up)

Interview with MITCHELL COHEN "Interview with MITCHELL COHEN"
brownsville station	let your yeah be yeah	7"	big tree	1973	distributed by Bell Records	0:39:28 (Pop-up)
suzi quatro	can the can "can the can" by "suzi quatro"	single	bell records	1973		0:42:27 (Pop-up)
gene page	close encounters of the third kind	single	arista	1977		0:45:57 (Pop-up)
tycoon	out in the cold "out in the cold" by "tycoon"	s/t	arista	1978		0:50:33 (Pop-up)
dwight twilley band	looking for the magic	twilley don't mind	arista	1977		0:53:16 (Pop-up)
mitchell cohen	chats with efd, part 1				Get the book from Trouser Press Books or at Amazon	0:56:26 (Pop-up)
the box tops	cry like a baby "cry like a baby" by "the box tops"	7"	mala	1968	a Bell Records subsidiary, along with the Amy label	1:09:35 (Pop-up)
ronny & the daytonas	g.t.o. "g.t.o." by "ronny & the daytonas"		mala	1964		1:12:08 (Pop-up)
mitch ryder & the detroit wheels	jenny take a ride!	single	new voice	1965	One of Bob Crewe's labels, distributed by Bell	1:15:03 (Pop-up)
betty harris	ride your pony "ride your pony" by "betty harris"	single	sansu	1968	label founded by Alan Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn, distributed by Bell	1:17:59 (Pop-up)
the sweet	little willy "little willy" by "the sweet"	s/t	bell	1973		1:20:56 (Pop-up)
mitchell cohen	chats with efd, part 2					1:24:03 (Pop-up)
barry manilow	oh my lady "oh my lady" by "barry manilow"	manilow	bell/arista	1973		1:32:56 (Pop-up)
bay city rollers	saturday night "saturday night" by "bay city rollers"	7"	arista	1975		1:36:23 (Pop-up)
the alpha band	adrenalin "adrenalin" by "the alpha band"	spark in the dark	arista	1977		1:39:16 (Pop-up)
patti smith	free money "free money" by "patti smith"	horses	arista	1975		1:42:14 (Pop-up)
gil scott-heron, brian jackson and the midnight band	winter in america	the first minute of a new day	arista	1975		1:45:57 (Pop-up)
mitchell cohen	chats with efd, part 3					1:52:00 (Pop-up)
the kinks	sleepwalker "sleepwalker" by "the kinks"	sleepwalker	arista	1977		2:01:33 (Pop-up)
general johnson	don't walk away "don't walk away" by "general johnson"	7"	arista	1976		2:05:08 (Pop-up)
gilda radner, chevy chase, garrett morris	emily litella/news for the hard of hearing	nbc's saturday night live	arista	1976		2:08:41 (Pop-up)
lou reed	shooting star "shooting star" by "lou reed"	street hassle	arista	1978		2:10:29 (Pop-up)
nick lowe's last chicken in the shop	i knew the bride	va-stiffs live	stiff/arista	1978		2:14:28 (Pop-up)
raydio	is this a love thing "is this a love thing" by "raydio"	7"	arista	1978		2:16:54 (Pop-up)
mitchell cohen	chats with efd, part 4				Reminder: you can order Mitchell's book from the publisher, Trouser Press Books, or on Amazon.	2:20:31 (Pop-up)
graham parker	mercury poisoning "mercury poisoning" by "graham parker"	7"	arista	1979		2:31:23 (Pop-up)
alan parsons	i wouldn't want to be like you	7"	arista	1977		2:35:08 (Pop-up)
quazar	funk with a big foot "funk with a big foot" by "quazar"	s/t	arista	1978		2:37:36 (Pop-up)
the grateful dead	shakedown street	shakedown street	arista	1978		2:43:46 (Pop-up)

haircut 100	boy meets girl "boy meets girl" by "haircut 100"					2:54:25 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:01pm the bunk: good morning Mr Funk. signed: me
	12:01pm Will the Sound Guy: Hello efd and all!!!
	12:01pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Heyo! Love me some Joan Armatrading.
	12:01pm YETI BOB: love this song
	12:01pm Mike From Brooklyn: Hello EFD & Listeners! I'll be listening but won't be able to comment much.
	12:01pm Krys O.: Yay, Joan! Good afternoon!
	12:02pm PuraVida: Good morning EFD, everyone...
	12:02pm pgalub: Hey efd and everyone! Joan!!!
	12:02pm Figgsrock: Hello all. Glad to catch today's show live after missing last week's while record shopping in Philly.
	12:02pm Andres: Good aft, efd and all! I’m disappointed whenever July 1st doesn’t fall on a Wednesday to get the efd Canada day treatment! :)
	12:02pm love2laf: Time to EFD this Wednesday afternoon, allo everyone.
	12:02pm WoodsOfNH (now Maine): I was told that this would be an all-Foghat show.
	12:02pm Krys O.: Had the pleasure of seeing Joan at Radio City Music Hall.
	12:02pm tim from washington: efd! Bringing some sanity back to the airwaves again - hahaha.
	12:03pm PuraVida: @Krys O. NICE!
	12:03pm Roberto: Joan's Track Record might have been my most-played cassette of 1987.
	12:04pm Kat in Chicago: Ooh nice opening pick efd. Good sub for the set of “I Am Woman” covers you had to ditch bc Michele beat you to it.
	12:04pm Lixiviated Life: Hello Mr. Davies. Go ahead, we're listening.
	12:04pm prof.fuzz: Hi EFD! mike! tim!
	12:05pm Yvang: Hi EDF and all! Joan Armatrading is great and underrated!
	12:05pm Rich in Washington: Oh wow. I don't think I've ever heard this single version of Say When before!
	12:07pm efd: needless to say (presumably), this opening set is unrelated to today's guest! We'll get that started around 12:30 or so.
	12:07pm Yvang: Joan A and Lene L have both worked with Thomas Dolby.
	12:08pm prof.fuzz: i used to have a huge crush on lene lovich... thanks creem mag.
	12:09pm efd: @prof I once spent the afternoon with her at a Paterson Silk store in Hempstead NY
	12:09pm Rich in Washington: Me too, prof. My teenage New Wave crush progression went something like Lene Lovich>Nina Hagen>Lydia Lunch
	12:10pm prof.fuzz: @Rich: then i landed on Poison Ivy and that was the end of it...
	12:10pm tim from washington: prof! Have you gandered at the revamped Creem? I haven't but it looks solid based on who's featured.
	12:10pm HyperDose: Bangers, efd!
	12:11pm Will the Sound Guy: I agree 🔥
	12:11pm Rich in Washington: Yep. Same, prof.
	12:11pm prof.fuzz: @Tim: I get Creem's IG feed, but haven't dropped any coin for the new mag (yet).
	12:12pm Lixiviated Life: Mr. Davies, I just want to say that you're playing all my favorites so far. Sincerely, Lix
	12:13pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: BUSH TETRAS F YEAH
	12:15pm Lixiviated Life: I had no idea that garbage people like me. It's nice to know. Thank you garbage people, I like you too.
	12:16pm tim from washington: I haven't stepped into a 7-11 in decades but I should to see if their carrying the new Creem - hahaha.
	12:16pm prof.fuzz: this song is a real self-esteem lifter, if you parse it like that Lix.
	12:16pm prof.fuzz: i should at least spring for a new Creem Boy Howdy t-shirt, for old times' sake.
	12:17pm adampsyche: good song
	12:17pm tim from washington: I LOVED Grand Royal magazine. I'd love to see that magazine reprinted - adds and all.
	12:17pm Kat in Chicago: Luscious Jackson ❤️
	12:17pm Jason from Houston: Heyyyyyy there! Checking in for this LJ!
	12:17pm courtneynoir: blast from high school past
	12:18pm Hoboken Jack: Hi EFD, Brooklyn Mike, Will, Krys, HyperD, PEEEEETE, all!
	12:18pm Artie: Loving the Luscious
	12:18pm prof.fuzz: Hi Jack!
	12:19pm persimmon: I thought I was streaming the Brian lehr show for a second
	12:20pm slugluv1313: greetings, EFD, Funksters! totally digging!!! gotta be heading out shortly, but will be lurking/listening 😺😺
	12:20pm Jason from Houston: Eeeeeeek! Another hot one.
	12:21pm Figgsrock: Oh man, I haven't heard this version of "Playhouse" in a loonnng time.
	12:22pm Figgsrock: This opening set is fantastic EFD.
	12:23pm prof.fuzz: @Figgs: YUP!
	12:24pm slugluv1313: LOVE this Ann Peebles version -- and Graham Parker's -- but HATE Paul Young's 🤮🤮🤮
	12:24pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Loving this female-centric set.
	12:24pm Will the Sound Guy: Hi Hoboken Jack!!!
	12:24pm Hoboken Jack: Love me some Worriers
	12:25pm efd: @slugluv spoiler: We'll be hearing some Graham Parker later.
	12:26pm mndave: Worriers are in their golden state.
	12:26pm mrdonutsu: Vic!
	12:28pm efd: @mrdonutsu This LP was produced by Nigel Gray, but I like the way you think!
	12:28pm tim from washington: Girlschool is a total Snake Davies jam!
	12:28pm Figgsrock: Have we wandered into the Metal District?
	12:29pm prof.fuzz: @Figgs: Welcome to the Boss Metal Zone
	12:29pm efd: and now I'm going to "well actually" myself and let you know that the song "Screaming Blue Murder" was actuall produced by Chris Tsangarides.
	12:29pm Figgsrock: Dammit, this L7 started just as I have to head up my editorial meeting!
	12:29pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Oh man this is one of the best L7 tunes!
	12:30pm Kat in Chicago: Oh hell yes L7
	12:31pm tim from washington: @Figgstock - Just tell them you'll be late because you got lost...........IN THE METAL DISTRICT!
	12:31pm Jessie: Anyone now how Handy Haversack is feeling? Haven't seen him around on the boards today.
	12:32pm tim from washington: L7 is totallly badass.
	12:32pm WoodsOfNH (now Maine): @Jessie: I think him & K8 headed upstate yesterday.
	12:32pm Rich in Washington: I had a funny loud guitar, distortion box, overblown amp dream this morning.
	12:33pm prof.fuzz: every day is a great day to tune into WFMU!
	12:33pm SWK: Illusion Michael
	12:34pm prof.fuzz: @Rich: a good dream!
	12:34pm slugluv1313: @EFD -- YAY Graham Parker!!! thank you!!!
	12:36pm McGroovey: I saw L7 open for somebody somewhere in the early nineties. Webster Hall? Irving Plaza? The Ritz? I'm hoping I'll remember who they were opening for before I hit "Post comment!"... Hmmm ... Sugar? Hmmm no.... I liked L7 ok, but they weren't who I was there to see... My cousin was friends with one of them, but my cousin wasn't there... Yeah, more and more, the nineties are too remote to remember.
	12:37pm McGroovey: No. My cousin was friends with someone in the Lunachicks. I get the two bands confused. And I saw both live under similar circumstances, around the same time. Whatever.
	12:39pm slugluv1313: met Lene Lovich & her band when i was at Douglass/Rutgers (i was volunteering with the concert committee that presented the show) -- so sweet & intelligent & beautiful
	12:39pm JetBoy of Brooklyn: EFD - you got it. As always, happy to be listening and appreciate that FMU always reflects on the world.
	12:40pm slugluv1313: omg i still have my old Boy Howdy! t-shirt
	12:40pm Kat in Chicago: Happy to hear Le Tigre too. On my recent NYC jaunt, I spent longer than necessary browsing in Other People’s Clothes in Ridgewood because they were playing “This Island” in its entirety.
	12:41pm tim from washington: I distinctly remember Arista records' red tape cases in the 80s. I can think of many Arista sartists I have other than Lou Reed records.
	12:41pm admiral crisp: Evan, I appreciate the oasis from the “current world events” you provide
	12:43pm tim from washington: Were Crazy Elephant on Bell?
	12:44pm Hoboken Jack: Beginning with 10 awesome female artists is without doubt a nod to current events.
	12:44pm Mister Dobalina: Rip, rockin' & rollin' ... solid deal!
	12:44pm slugluv1313: SUZI!!! 🖤🖤🖤
	12:45pm HyperDose: I can get down with this :)
	12:47pm MitchellC: Crazy Elephant were on Bell. Their hit "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" was written by Ritchie Cordell and Joey Levine.
	12:47pm efd: Hey Mitchell, thanks for joining!
	12:48pm Mike J: EFD - got my Bush Tetras box set as part of my SFL delivery. Awesome set - thanks for putting them on my radar.
	12:48pm Jessie: @WoodsOfNH--Thanks for the update on those guys.
	12:48pm MitchellC: Sure! Thanks for hosting!
	12:48pm listener 126464: @slugluv1313 - was the LL Rutgers show at New Brunswick student center(?) in about '79? Hi efd, everyone!
	12:49pm Marie: love this--just tuning in. My ears perked up like a dog's to that opening melody
	12:49pm listener 126464: Hi Hoboken Jack!
	12:50pm SWK: Disco beats do make me feel better about alien invasion though
	12:53pm tim from washington: Tycoon is a band name that has confidence!
	12:53pm efd: I just had to play Tycoon after Mitchell mentioned them in his opening Author's Note.
	12:54pm MelaniR: Hi MitchellC! Hi Hoboken Jack! Hi efd!
	12:54pm MitchellC: Originally, Tycoon were going to be named Cash. I'd have mentioned that in the book, but didn't see a reason to bring up Tycoon in any context.
	12:55pm tim from washington: Oh yeah! I've got the Twilley records in my collection too. Hey MitchellC! Thanks for answering my Crazy Elephant question. Right from the source!
	12:55pm efd: Hi @MelaniR! I enjoyed seeing your name pop up in the book a few times!
	12:56pm MelaniR: I remember that about Tycoon/Cash, Mitchell! Still love Twilley and this song!
	12:56pm MitchellC: Hey Melani! Thanks for checkin in!
	12:57pm tim from washington: Not too chilly for Twilley on efd's show!
	12:57pm MelaniR: Yes, efd; Mitchell and I worked there together for many years; very good years for music.
	12:59pm full metal monkey: Hello EFD and everyone
	1:00pm prof.fuzz: Hey full metal monkey!
	1:01pm slugluv1313: @listener 126464 -- yup! the concert committee was "Rambling Rose Productions" -- we had Gang of Four (when Hugo & a friend of mine met & fell totally head over heels with each other ❤️❤️❤️), Iggy (he and his band were the BEST! total sweethearts, they loved the food some of us cooked -- "usually we just get stale cold cuts!" etc.), The Roches, The Ramones (also total dolls -- Joey's girlfriend was wiping down the tables in the dressing room/green room -- i freaked, told her, "noooo!. that's our job!" & she was like, "ah, no big deal!"), many many others i am spacing out on right now
	1:01pm full metal monkey: @prof.fuzz. How are you
	1:05pm prof.fuzz: @fmm: doing alright. recording session this weekend.
	1:06pm tim from washington: Oh yeah, I forgot Kinks and Patti Smith were on Arista.
	1:06pm Jessie: @MitchellC--The Bells and Street Hassle are personal favorites of mine by Lou Reed. Did you like either one of those albums?
	1:06pm efd: LARRY UTTAL ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!
	1:07pm listener 126464: @slugluv1313 - Nice! I was at the LL show and B-52's show and 1 other I can't remember.
	1:07pm slugluv1313: YES! i remember Patti talking about being on Arista in an interview!
	1:07pm karlward: Alex Chilton achievement unlocked
	1:08pm full metal monkey: @prof.fuzz that’s great. I’m assuming that the pics of the pedal board you posted on Instagram is the board your using in studio
	1:12pm MitchellC: Jessie, those are two of my favorite Lou Reed albums. The first time I met Lou Reed was was we were putting together the publicity material for Street Hassle, and his Bottom Line shows around that time were amazing.
	1:12pm slugluv1313: omg yes! the B-52s! also so sweet, i remember they were talking with us, how some of them had never been this far north before -- Kate was friends with an apartment-mate's girlfriend -- iirc, she was staying with her in the apartment upstairs from us
	1:14pm MelaniR: I remember Lou Reed coming in to the office; I was very intimidated. You were amazing with him, Mitchell.
	1:15pm slim: Like a canned heat with a beach boys vibe
	1:15pm MitchellC: Yeah, Lou could be scary!
	1:16pm prof.fuzz: @FMM: yup, plus an extra pedal on the side for one song. we're recording those two new songs we played at wonderville for an upcoming single release.
	1:16pm Jessie: MitchellC--Those were the shows that formed the Take No Prisoners album correct?
	1:16pm Carmichael: Heya Evan. GTO was one of my 1st 45s bought as a kid.
	1:16pm mrdonutsu: This was one of my dad's "Get the party started" go-to cuts.
	1:16pm tim from washington: Mitch Ryder! Some Michigan folk music right here.
	1:17pm mrdonutsu: MC5 totally clipped his moves.
	1:18pm MitchellC: Jessie, yep!
	1:19pm Hoboken Jack: Hi Melani and 126464! Mitchell, I am really enjoying the interview -- by the time I was in my teens and paying attention to labels, Arista was indeed pretty mainstream, so this "pre-history" is very interesting to me!
	1:21pm efd: @Hoboken Jack I swear we'll get around to talking about Arista soon! I've got one more Bell Records song I need to play, though...
	1:22pm karlward: [Todd-o-phonic Todd rushes to the radio to turn it up past safe hearing levels]
	1:22pm mrdonutsu: Nothing better than a shimmyshuffledown.
	1:23pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: [Todd-o-Phonic Todd isn't the only one blasting this]
	1:23pm full metal monkey: @hobokenjack. Hello
	1:23pm MelaniR: I'm back at Max's Kansas City with The Sweet!
	1:23pm Lawrence: Love this set, Evan! Right up my alley!
	1:23pm Marie: super fun tune
	1:24pm tim from washington: efd - Do a gonzo Todd-O-Phonic talkover shout out to this The Sweet song!
	1:24pm full metal monkey: @prof.fuzz. That’s great. Looking forward to hearing the new records. One of those new songs you played that night reall stuck to me.
	1:24pm efd: @MelaniR omg, I'm so jealous that you got to see them there!!
	1:24pm slugluv1313: yes, loving the music, the stories -- fascinating!
	1:24pm Hopalong Lightnin': Oh. Sup, gang? (Willy)
	1:25pm morphe': Back from the wee visit to town.... Do not tell Willy he has a wee Willy !!! Hurts the psyche and the performance ..
	1:32pm MelaniR: efd: actually I didn't! but I always associate The Sweet with the jukebox at Max's! I did see many other greats, though, there. It's one of my all-time favorite clubs.
	1:34pm efd: @Melani Ah, that makes sense!
	1:34pm efd: I never thought the day would come when I'd play Barry Manilow on my show, but here we are!
	1:35pm MelaniR: efd: I'll lose all credibility here but I don't care! I really had fun seeing Barry on Broadway (closest I'll get to a Vegas show)!
	1:35pm slugluv1313: iirc -- wasn't Barry Manilow wearing a Screw t-shirt on the back cover of his first LP?
	1:35pm Figgsrock: As a child of the 70s that owns more than one Barry Manilow album, this is an excellent deep cut choice EFD.
	1:35pm tim from washington: I thought this was the first Elton John record that was talked about - hahaha! efd - Just consider it Freeform radio at it's finest.
	1:36pm Joe R.: Manilow sounds close to early Billy Joel here (seems obvious in hindsight)
	1:36pm efd: @Melani I'm sure he puts on a great show!
	1:37pm SWK: Flash Gordon levels of ahh ahhhhh
	1:37pm Hopalong Lightnin': Just read in Sinead O'Connor's autobiography that her sister LOVED Manilow and that it was the household counterpoint to her own punk taste
	1:37pm morphe': Love(ed) Max's Kansas City - except for the night with the dumbass fist fight (1979?) with some dumb ass aggressive guys from some suburban nightmare... How does one spell mullet??
	1:38pm Jessie: @MitchellC--Did you work on any of Iggy Pop's Arista releases?
	1:38pm greg g: Great show and conversation Mr Funk Davies!!!
	1:38pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Loving the show! Need to jump off soon to run a meeting alas, but I'll be back....
	1:39pm MelaniR: And, seeing The Bay City Rollers with all the screaming fans took me back to when I saw The Beatles at Shea Stadium (well, on a smaller level, of course). We screamed through those shows, too. Regrets, I have a few...
	1:40pm the bunk: why does melani not sound like a name dropper but morphe does? real question here.
	1:40pm egould: The concept of the band may be a little silly; but ‘Saturday Night’ is a decent bit of power pop.
	1:41pm morphe': Melanie - for later .. Je N'e Regret Rien https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsz7IuZ3paM
	1:41pm greg g: Ok, its not T. Rex, but that Bay City Rollers track is a complete rocker!
	1:44pm MelaniR: morphe': I realize even if I didn't scream throughout The Beatles, everyone around me was screaming, so I wouldn't have heard anything anyway. It was fun watching the show on VHS/DVD many years later...
	1:44pm slugluv1313: PATTI 🖤🖤🖤
	1:44pm disco_nap_: Mark talked about "Free Money" with his guest on Monday!
	1:44pm herb.nyc: Tuned in as the Boy City Rollers played, yeah! (Oops, I mocked them bk In the day)
	1:48pm Stevel: It is unnerving how Gil Scott-Heron remains "so damned relevant."
	1:49pm the bunk: wow. didn't mean to bring the discussion to a screeching halt.
	1:49pm MitchellC: I didn't work with Iggy, except for writing his Arista bio.
	1:49pm efd: @Stevel I was just typing the same thing! This song is nearly 50 years old and could have been written yesterday.
	1:50pm slugluv1313: and GSH -- he and Patti, two artists who helped me survive my teenage years (and two artists who were musical guests on the original SNL -- which i highly doubt would happen nowadays)
	1:50pm Ciggy: Winter in America- If Clay could play his flute like that
	1:51pm efd: @slugluv and... Arista released the one and to date only SNL soundtrack album, back in 1976!
	1:51pm Carmichael: Funky Flute
	1:51pm slugluv1313: @Stevel, EFD -- same here -- Whitey on the Moon 🤬🤬🤬
	1:52pm slugluv1313: @EFD -- yow, an SNL soundtrack? HOW did i miss this?!?
	1:53pm Stevel: Feeling a bit old, pissed off, and motivated not to knuckle under to knuckle-draggers. slug: Would it have blown GSH's mind to do a billionaires in space update? Glad he missed that one.
	1:53pm MelaniR: Hey Ed just back from his rehearsal. He said he's diggin Gil and the vibe of the chat.
	1:53pm disco_nap_: 😭😭😭
	1:53pm efd: @Melani ah thanks, and thanks to Ed! I'm going to listen to his show with Mitch later in the week... didn't want to listen to it before I did my own show! :)
	1:55pm efd: All- Here's a link to Mitchell's appearance on Atlantic Tunnel (Sundays at 2pm on the Rock 'n' Soul stream) a couple of weeks ago: wfmu.org...
	1:55pm tim from washington: Oh yeah, Barry Manillow playing in the Baths is totally similar to Lou Reed's extra-curricular activities.
	1:56pm MelaniR: efd: Ed says Thanx!
	1:56pm slugluv1313: @Stevel -- i miss him so much -- there may still be a mural of GSH on Avenue C (at East 10th Street, i think?) -- saw him only once, at Marcus Garvey Park
	1:59pm Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: I hung out in Leshko's (or the other restaurant) at Tompkins Square Park once with the Lunachicks. I gave one of them a cigarette and she appreciated that. My friend used to make really bad quality VHS videos of bands at CBGBs back in 92 or 93....his name was Pincus.
	2:04pm tim from washington: The Kinks Arista records are fantastic. Speaking of which I really need to pick up the ones I don't have from the cheap been before they gets priced at $40.
	2:05pm Carmichael: What as great threesome of albums: Soap Opera, Schoolboys in Disgrace and Sleepwalker.
	2:05pm tim from washington: cheap been = cheap bins
	2:06pm MelaniR: From Ed: So exciting that Arista was able to give The Kinks the long-overdue American success they so deserved.
	2:06pm Carmichael: BTW, their Low Budget song A Gallon of Gas would fit in well today.
	2:07pm morphe': Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: other restaurant = Odessa or 7th/2nd ave was Kiev..
	2:08pm Figgsrock: Oh wow, I haven't heard this General Johnson song in forrrrever. Great choice EFD.
	2:08pm MitchellC: I wish I'd been at Arista when General Johnson was on the label. Would've loved to meet him.
	2:09pm Jessie: @Carmichael--Yeah, I really liked the Arista period for the Kinks too. Check out this you tube video of the Kinks on Granada TV doing the songs from Soap Opera.www.youtube.com...
	2:11pm MelaniR: I was there in late 1976, Mitchell, but I don't remember if I did meet him. I did meet Chevy Chase a few years later...LOL
	2:12pm karlward: Street Hassle is so damn great
	2:12pm tim from washington: I really want this to be a Bad Company cover - hahaha!
	2:12pm MitchellC: I worked with Chevy in the Arista studio to do a bunch of station ID's and a radio spot. Let's just say he lived up his reputation.
	2:13pm MelaniR: Chevy definitely did, but he took his own car (limo) to the morning show we did (I think The Today Show) and had it with him all day so after we were done for the day, he sent me home to Queens in it!
	2:14pm slugluv1313: LOU 🖤🖤🖤 another Savior from my teenage years. . . and to this very day
	2:14pm prof.fuzz: love the guitar tone on 'shooting star'...
	2:14pm morphe': Must do some kitchen work... Thanks efd and all .... !!!!!!!!!!! listening with kitchen fingers !!!!!
	2:16pm slugluv1313: @MelaniR -- you have the best coolest stories!!!
	2:16pm listener 126464: It's OK to like Nick Lowe.
	2:16pm McGroovey: Speedy. Hold on tight.
	2:17pm Stevel: Nick Lowe might be a bit under sung as a rock and roll survivor, having hit it very hard in the early years (but no where nearly as hard as Dave Edmunds.)
	2:18pm slugluv1313: @listener126464 -- i still have that badge somewhere! when were you at Rutgers? (or Cook? Livingston?)
	2:18pm Figgsrock: I wondered if we'd get some Raydio today!
	2:18pm efd: we didn't really discuss the (short-lived) Arista-Stiff tie-up, but there are some good stories in the book about it.
	2:19pm SWK: This chorus is fantastic
	2:20pm Carmichael: My friend had this Raydio album propped up on his credenza. I would always look at the artwork and instinctively ask, "How is that Raydio album?" It got annoying after a while.
	2:21pm efd: I was trying to figure out why that version of "I Knew The Bride" already had 5 clicky-stars and it's because I played it when I had Richard Balls on my show in 2015!
	2:23pm steveo: I knew the bride when she used to play bassoon
	2:25pm MelaniR: slugluv1313: I was definitely lucky enough to work with some great and interesting artists during career in music PR.
	2:29pm efd: y'all have no idea how excited I am to have even this brief discussion about Private Stock and Larry Uttal on my show!
	2:29pm listener 126464: @sluguv1313 - Didn't attend, friends of friends did, 77-80.
	2:32pm prof.fuzz: great interview!
	2:32pm MelaniR: Great Interview and music selection!
	2:32pm Jessie: @efd--Just a really wonderful interview. Good work and thank you.
	2:33pm efd: jeez, I have enough trouble with the 12"s that play at 45, now I got tripped up by a 7" that plays at 33!
	2:33pm MelaniR: Ed says this is his favorite Graham Parker song!
	2:33pm tim from washington: Wow! Excellent interview and musical accompaniment! Thanks efd and MitchellC! Listening to music fans talk about music is the best.
	2:33pm Figgsrock: This was an excellent mix of chat and music EFD and Mitchell. It's the book next on my list to buy and will be reading it over the holiday weekend.
	2:34pm prof.fuzz: doh! i was wearing a really red t-shirt yesterday with a pic of their "Despise the Moral Majority" 7" on it. 33 1/3 on the label.
	2:34pm MitchellC: efd: Thanks again! You picked great songs to illustrate our talk. Best, mc
	2:34pm slugluv1313: ah! was wondering if you were going to play Mercury Poisoning 💙💙💙
	2:34pm efd: @Mitchell Thanks so much!
	2:34pm listener 126464: Thank you efd and Mitchell, great stuff!
	2:35pm drr: I got here in time to hear how to pronounce "Uttal", but I didn't hear anybody pronounce "Arista"! That was the whole point of the show, I thought! (Maybe I heard it and didn't notice.)
	2:35pm tim from washington: Where should I start with Graham Parker?
	2:35pm love2laf: Thank you for this, what a perfect way to get out of my head and into the world and sounds and memories of music. Fantastic interview & music.
	2:35pm efd: I think I have enough Arista releases left to just keep going until 3!
	2:35pm Figgsrock: OH HELL YEAH, some APP.
	2:35pm efd: @drr We said "Arista" a lot!
	2:35pm Carmichael: YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	2:36pm efd: hint: it's not the way Nick Lowe says it.
	2:36pm tim from washington: Where's Sheila B?!?!
	2:36pm yerfriendpaul: Hey EFD, everyone!
	2:37pm greg g: Kudos Misters Funk Davies & Mitchell Cohen! Gonna check out the book and learn more about Private Stock records! Glad Ive got some spare time this summer
	2:37pm Carmichael: That's Lenny Zakatek on lead vocals, formerly of Gonzalez.
	2:37pm drr: efd: I know, I'll have to catch it in the archives, I was out. (Is it like AIR-iss-ta?)
	2:37pm slugluv1313: @listener126464 -- ah, okay! was at Douglass Fall '77 to Spring '81 the older i get, the more i wonder how many FMUers i have crossed paths with over the years 😺😺
	2:37pm PuraVida: Hey EFD, all. Made it just in time for the home stretch.
	2:38pm efd: oh wow, thank you Carmichael! Someday I should do a show featuring all the singers on Alan Parsons records
	2:38pm Carmichael: There were many, EFD!
	2:39pm drr: I tuned in in time to hear somebody announcing "Nick Lowe's Led Zeppelin", which I was pretty excited about, but it didn't sound like Bonzo on the traps.
	2:39pm Mike Sin: A hell of an interview EFD! I’m in for the book now.
	2:40pm slugluv1313: fantastic, EFD and Mitchell -- have got to read your book! infinite thanks to you both 😺😺
	2:40pm tim from washington: Wow! Quazar is new to me. This rips!
	2:41pm MelaniR: How I loved working with Alan Parsons. Led me to meeting Colin Blunstone years later. He and his partner/manager, Eric Woolfson, are wonderful people. RIP Eric. Did see Alan at an Arista reunion about four years ago.
	2:41pm SteveS: Greetings from Wisconsin! Great show with MitchellC. In addition to writing this great book he has an encyclopedic knowledge of the music biz. Thanks EFD.
	2:41pm PuraVida: This was produced by Glen Goins of P-Funk, released on P-Vine Records www.discogs.com...
	2:42pm efd: @PuraVida not just produced, it's his group! Sadly he died very young, soon after the record came out, from Hodgkins' lymphoma.
	2:43pm Carmichael: @Melani, you know Alan is recovering from spinal surgery? It went well and he should be his old, very tall self again soon but he had to cancel a few tour stops.
	2:43pm PuraVida: Series: Arista Funk On P-Vine
	2:44pm efd: @SteveS Thanks for tuning in!
	2:44pm The Butterman: Oh shit! Shakedown? What is happening?
	2:44pm PuraVida: That's so sad EFD. That was some DEEP funk!
	2:44pm Steve from Dunwoody: I'm on a low budget.
	2:44pm karlward: I was just trying to remember the name of this song so I could listen to it last night.
	2:44pm Figgsrock: Disco Dead! Lowell George's contribution to Dead history!
	2:45pm queems: this one is such a banger
	2:45pm listener 126464: @slugluv1313 - Cheers!
	2:45pm PuraVida: Today is the anniversary of Lowell's passing...
	2:46pm PuraVida: Lowell George (April 13, 1945 – June 29, 1979)
	2:46pm bradford: don't tell me this town ain't got no heart
	2:46pm steveo: I had this album; probably got it from a record club; dead studio albums are curious, eh?
	2:47pm MelaniR: Carmichael: I did not know that. Thank you for letting me know. He is extremely tall as was Eric. I'll have to catch his next tour; one of my fondest memories working with him. I believe I brought back from London (to NY) masters to one of his albums. I was on vacation in London and on my way back.
	2:48pm Figgsrock: Lowell's Thanks I'll Eat it Here was an album I played a lot in college.
	2:48pm radioronan: Thanks EFD & Mitchell. And MelaniR on the commentboard for the stories. As a former BMG employee I will definitely be picking up the book!
	2:48pm yerfriendpaul: When I went to see Mavis Staples perform at the Dirt Farm Festival, the Midnight Ramble Band (later in the night) featured Phil Lesh's son as a guest and they played Shakedown Street. I loved it
	2:48pm steveo: that was my favorite part
	2:49pm abbazabba: Neat, I'm a longtime dead fan and had no idea that Lowell George was involved in that album!
	2:49pm Corey: Skip made it math rock for a sec
	2:49pm Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio): Shakedown Street dance mix!
	2:49pm Andrew_in_WI: How many WFMU djs play the Dead? I mean besides Jarnow
	2:50pm Figgsrock: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I almost spit out my drink EFD.
	2:50pm karlward: "Shakedown Street" reminds me of something James Murphy said about Zevon's "Nighttime in the Switching Yard," something to the effect of "it was a rock band imagining what disco sounds like"
	2:50pm bradford: the skip was a nice touch...
	2:50pm MelaniR: radioronan - always enjoy participating and seeing what everyone has to say. efd: I was one of the few folks at Arista who was NOT a Deadhead. But, I loved working with them because the management was great and the press loved them.
	2:51pm nardo: you do a disco show so not much of a stretch really
	2:51pm Carmichael: @melani, I remember him telling me about a meeting with Clive and Eric. It became elevated, and Clive stood up, followed by Alan and Eric. 3 very tall angry men sorting it out ...
	2:51pm MelaniR: Ed is asking if anyone ever heard Barry Manilow's version of "Ships" written by Ian Hunter! And, released as a single on Arista.
	2:52pm Will the Sound Guy: Thank you Rebecca for all your archival works!!!
	2:53pm dvs: Enjoyed the interview
	2:53pm MelaniR: Carmichael! I don't remember that story. Alan and Eric were much taller than Clive. I mean Clive was very passionate about his artists and what he wanted. I think Arista did right by the Alan Parsons Project.
	2:53pm Will the Sound Guy: Thank you efd, awesome show!!!
	2:54pm Kamp Climax: What is the bed music?
	2:55pm Carmichael: Agreed, Melani.
	2:55pm steveo: American Woman
	2:55pm vinylmonkee: Killer show EFD! Thanks
	2:56pm tim from washington: Thanks again for the excellent radio today, efd.
	2:56pm karlward: I hope Sheila B is on this comment board, if I remember correctly she is the world champion Alan Parsons fan
	2:56pm MelaniR: Oh how I loved Haircut 100! They were so young. They were shocked how hot it was in NY in the summer - they still wore their 'jumpers' (sweaters). I thought they were going to pass out. Also got to work with Nick Heyward after Haircut 100 on one of Nick's solo albums.
	2:58pm Danny in Poughkeepsie: Thanks efd. Another fantastic show!!
	2:59pm Will the Sound Guy: 💥🔥🔥🔥💥
	2:59pm morphe': Thanks efd and all !!
	2:59pm Patrick S.: Scott should open with LOVE PLUS ONE.
	2:59pm drr: Thanks, efd!
	2:59pm listener 126464: Gaylord's show from 2/27/22 featured a lot of Haircut 100.
	3:00pm slugluv1313: fantastic selections, interview, EFD -- thank you so much for being part of solution 😺😺 for real, i feel like my batteries are recharged -- & ready to face the insanity that is happening
	11:56am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ efd ~

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