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Favoriting February 1, 2023: STEVE MACK and RAYMOND GORMAN of THAT PETROL EMOTION!

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
 
RIP Tom Verlaine
television  torn curtain   Favoriting marquee moon  elektra      0:03:14 (Pop-up)
television  ain't that nothin'   Favoriting adventure  elektra  1978  Yes, I know Ken played this three hours ago.
No, I don't care.
 
0:06:41 (Pop-up)
tom verlaine  postcard from waterloo   Favoriting words from the front  warner bros.  1982    0:11:24 (Pop-up)
 
 
that petrol emotion  can't stop   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    originally on Manic Pop Thrill, 1986  0:19:02 (Pop-up)
 
A conversation with STEVE MACK and RAYMOND GORMAN of THAT PETROL EMOTION
Check out the new seven CD box set Every Beginning Has A Future out now on Edsel/Demon.
raymond gorman and steve mack  chat with efd, part 1   Favoriting         0:21:53 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  keen   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    first single, released in July 1985  0:35:10 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  mouth crazy   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    originally on Manic Pop Thrill, 1986  0:38:34 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  zig zag wanderer   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    Captain Beefheart cover; included on the b-side of the 12" of "Keen," 1985  0:41:31 (Pop-up)
steve mack and raymond gorman  chat with efd, part 2   Favoriting         0:43:46 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  it's a good thing   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    originally on Manic Pop Thrill, 1986  0:58:03 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  big decision   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    originally on Babble, 1987  1:00:49 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  genius move   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    originally a non-LP single, 1987  1:03:20 (Pop-up)
raymond gorman and steve mack  chat with efd, part 3   Favoriting         1:07:55 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  swamp   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    originally on Babble, 1987  1:21:36 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  candy love satellite   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    originally on End Of The Millennium Psychosis Blues, 1988  1:24:52 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  groove check   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    originally on End Of The Millennium Psychosis Blues, 1988  1:27:18 (Pop-up)
steve mack and raymond gorman  chat with efd, part 4   Favoriting         1:32:02 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  hey venus   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    originally on Chemicrazy, 1990  1:42:42 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  abandon (boy's own mix)   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    Remix by Andrew Weatherall and Terry Farley. CD single, 1990 (original version is on Chemicrazy)  1:46:04 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  sensitize   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    originally on Chemicrazy, 1990  1:52:18 (Pop-up)
raymond gorman and steve mack  chat with efd, part 5   Favoriting         1:56:28 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  non-alignment pact   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    Pere Ubu cover; from the single "Natural Kind Of Joy," 1986  2:13:12 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  me and baby brother   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    War cover; from Live 33RPM EP, 1987  2:15:57 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  fun time   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    Iggy Pop cover; from the "Catch A Fire" EP, 1993  2:19:04 (Pop-up)
steve mack and raymond gorman  chat with efd, part 6   Favoriting         2:21:44 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  detonate my dreams   Favoriting every beginning has a future      originally on Fireproof, 1993  2:34:27 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  shangri-la   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    originally on Fireproof, 1993  2:39:09 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  sweet shiver burn   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    originally on Final Flame (Fire, Detonation & Sublime Chaos) (recorded in 1994, first released in 2000)  2:43:21 (Pop-up)
that petrol emotion  scum surfin'   Favoriting every beginning has a future  edsel    originally on Final Flame (Fire, Detonation & Sublime Chaos) (recorded in 1994, first released in 2000)  2:48:36 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

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McGroovey:

Well
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prof.fuzz:

greetings from the icy cold back side of dallas!
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Bryant in TO:

Hey, Evan and fellow Funksters
  12:04pm
Kat in Chicago:

Looking forward to your Verlaine selections, efd
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:05pm
pgalub:

Hey efd and everyone! TV Forever!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 12:05pm
Carmichael:

There is a tear in the fabric of the curtain of the universe.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:05pm
efd:

↳ Kat in Chicago @12:04
well they're going to be scant on account of all the That Petrol Emotion talk/music previously planned
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
Figgsrock:

Hello all. I've spent the morning listening to the latest Dylan box to prep for today's box set interview.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
Handy Haversack:

efd! All the other letters!
Avatar 12:08pm
Mister Dobalina:

I wasn't up 3 hours ago, glad to hear now.
  12:08pm
Glistener MW:

R.I.P. T.V.!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:08pm
Magenta:

RIP Tom Verlaine. Loving this set. Hi everyone!
  12:08pm
Kat in Chicago:

No worries, looking forward to getting Petrol Emotional as well!
Avatar 12:08pm
eileen_tooth:

Hi
  Swag For Life Member 12:09pm
hilaryprudy:

Verlaine's vocals to me are similar in tone to early Patti Smith...
Avatar 12:09pm
eileen_tooth:

EFD, I hear you like Poker Face. That show is good!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:10pm
Rich in Washington:

I have a soft spot for Adventure as it's the first Television album I ever owned. I found it when I was a teenager in a cut-out bin on 8-track. I didn't know what to make of it at the time but it grew on me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:10pm
listener james from westwood:

Afternoon, efd and all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:10pm
efd:

↳ eileen_tooth @12:09
I've only watched the first episode so far but I'm on board!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:10pm
listener james from westwood:

↳ hilaryprudy @12:09
Seconded!
  12:12pm
Ochre Ogre:

Hi Evan!
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eileen_tooth:

↳ efd @12:10
Well you gotta watch the other episodes cuz they’re even better than the first!
Avatar 12:13pm
eileen_tooth:

↳ efd @12:10
And an episode has the singer from the mountain goats in it!
  12:13pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ hilaryprudy @12:09
Tom and Patti were pals early on.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:14pm
courtneynoir:

It's good to hear all the solo Verlaine going around lately
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:14pm
efd:

↳ eileen_tooth @12:13
I heard about that! And John Hodgman! I'll get to them.
  The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:14pm
SeaCreature:

While I’ve loved the endless live material we’ve been treated to in recent days, I do prefer a locked in, well constructed record.
  12:15pm
clearfluidz666:

EFD… Enjoying the Tom Verlaine tribute. Eons ago, I had the pleasure of recording/mixing the four song demo that got TV it’s record deal. Produced by Blue Oyster Cult’s Alan Lanier, the demo tunes were Torn Curtain, Guiding Light, I Don’t Care and Mi Amore… Craig Bishop
  Swag For Life Member 12:16pm
hilaryprudy:

ogre: yep...
  12:16pm
KWilde:

As a teen I saw Television open for Peter Gabriel in Houston. Had never heard of them. Immediately became a fan
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:16pm
Karl Ward:

TV forever, the right kind of TV
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eileen_tooth:

↳ efd @12:14
🙌🏻🥰
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Frank In Queens:

Hey efd!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:19pm
prof.fuzz:

mmmm... snacks!
  12:19pm
Kat in Chicago:

I could hear Ain’t That Nothin on every show for the rest of the week and I’d be fine with that
  12:19pm
Ochre Ogre:

efd- 'Ain't nothin' to play it again, it's Freeform!
  12:19pm
Cletus:

A slight pause in the Verlaine state funeral lol
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:20pm
prof.fuzz:

yo karl!
  12:20pm
Kat in Chicago:

Definitely has been an outpouring of WFMU love at his passing
  12:20pm
Hugo (NL):

Saw my petriol emotion playing atp in 2009. That was a Great show!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 12:21pm
winston legthigh:

hey efd, lizners.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:22pm
Hoboken Jack:

Hello EFD, McGroove, Prof, PEEEETE, Handy, That Petrol Bagpipe, Karl, Frank, all! Without That Petrol Emotion, there would be no... The Bedazzler!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 12:22pm
Carmichael:

Morph & Niall should be here!
  12:23pm
Kat in Chicago:

Haha Hoboken Jack!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:24pm
Handy Haversack:

Afternoon, Jack!

We are all -- the Bedazzler!
  12:25pm
Cletus:

@Kat, Verlaine is hard to underestimate for people in this demimonde
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:27pm
Yvang:

Hi Efd and Efders! That Petrol Emotion such a fan I am.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:27pm
efd:

My mind is still a little bit blown by the fact that the singer for Stag was the singer for That Petrol Emotion.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:27pm
efd:

oh, and let me officially say Welcome to Wednesday afternoon, everyone! Very happy you're here for today's show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:27pm
Figgsrock:

↳ efd @12:27
It is amazing.
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Carmichael:

Seems Raymond is from the North?
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:28pm
Jack McGuire:

Steller Gary Panter artwork on Chemicrazy cover.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:29pm
efd:

↳ Carmichael @12:28
The band minus Steve is originally from Derry, Northern Ireland, but they've been living in London for decades now (again, minus Steve)
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 12:29pm
Carmichael:

↳ Carmichael @12:28
I recognize the accent.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:30pm
Chris Hiatt:

A subsidiary of, a subsidiary of, a subsidiary of...
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:33pm
Jack McGuire:

Stellar.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:37pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ Song: "keen" by "that petrol emotion"
now that he mentioned it, i can totally hear steve wynn in this tune.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:37pm
efd:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:37
haha, I was literally just typing that exact thing!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:38pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ efd @12:37
great minds...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:38pm
efd:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:38
... and also ours!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:39pm
pgalub:

Is this Steve Mack on vox? Interesting.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:39pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ efd @12:38
absolute truth!
  12:40pm
morphe':

Are TPE touring? Or re-releasing stuff?
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Carmichael:

↳ morphe' @12:40
New box set. morphe'!
  12:42pm
morphe':

↳ Carmichael @12:40
Thanks .. just saw it under my nose...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:42pm
Rich in Washington:

↳ Song: "zig zag wanderer" by "that petrol emotion"
Wowee zowee! What a stellar cover!
Avatar 12:43pm
Michael Shelley:

↳ Song: "zig zag wanderer" by "that petrol emotion"
!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:43pm
pgalub:

Their influences are so interesting.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:44pm
Figgsrock:

I can say that the width and breath of covers on this set is stunning.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:44pm
efd:

↳ pgalub @12:43
yeah, it was fascinating to check out the different covers on this box. We get into that more later on.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:45pm
McGroovey:

↳ Michael Shelley @12:43
This is great, huh?

I remember when the first That Petrol Emotion album came out, I listened to it once and didn't like it, and I never paid attention to them again.

But now I live the sound of all this. 35 years later.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 12:45pm
nycmusicnerd:

Greetings fellow nerds. Send me prayers and good vibes as I am in tax hell at the moment
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:46pm
efd:

↳ nycmusicnerd @12:45
ohhh nooo, @nycmn! Sending you strength for the next two months and 15 days!
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nycmusicnerd:

↳ efd @12:46
Thanks efd
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:50pm
efd:

I need to follow up with Steve and ask if he was DJing with *cassettes* ?!?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:51pm
efd:

↳ efd @12:50
I was going to ask him when he told that story but didn't want to interrupt the flow
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nycmusicnerd:

That's a great story.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:53pm
efd:

Steve shared the amazing story of finding his biological father on my show a few years ago, for later listening: wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:53pm
Steve from TPE/Stag:

The cassettes were mostly mix tapes, synthesizing my entire record collection (and all my friends'), so they were DJ-friendly. ;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:54pm
efd:

↳ Steve from TPE/Stag @12:53
a-HA!! hi Steve!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:55pm
Figgsrock:

Welcome Steve!
  1:00pm
morphe':

must away ... thanks efd and all !!!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:01pm
Jack McGuire:

Undeniable groove on Good Thing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:01pm
Figgsrock:

OH DAMN--nailing that post EFD!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:02pm
Hughie Considine:

I have to say that I love their killer pop confections more than the bashers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:02pm
efd:

↳ Figgsrock @1:01
/bows
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efd:

↳ Hughie Considine @1:02
There's so much to love across the board! I couldn't even play all the songs I wanted to during this interview.
  1:04pm
Danny in Poughkeepsie:

Thanks efd for bringing TPE to us today!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:05pm
efd:

↳ Danny in Poughkeepsie @1:04
oh it is 100% my pleasure!
  1:05pm
Kenny rotten:

Genius Move! Wow I love these guys. Thanks Petrol!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:05pm
Hughie Considine:

↳ efd @1:03
Indeed there is. I was mad for them and saw them play a few times in NYC. Loving the interview!
  1:06pm
Borg9:

I saw TPE at Glastonbury in '87.
Pyramid. This is bringing it all back.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:06pm
McGroovey:

↳ Song: "genius move" by "that petrol emotion"
Now I remember what I didn't like about the first TPE album: those '80s gated-reverb drums

(Not your fault, Steve. I know, it was the '80s.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:06pm
Figgsrock:

↳ Song: "genius move" by "that petrol emotion"
This was one of the songs I didn't know until this set. What a gem.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:07pm
Steve from TPE:

↳ McGroovey @1:06
Nope, you're right McGroovey - the albums don't start sounding good until Chemicrazy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:08pm
McGroovey:

↳ McGroovey @1:06
Actually, it wasn't "those" drums; it was "the" drum: the snare. It have me a HEADACHE! I'm getting one NOW!

I love the song, though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:09pm
McGroovey:

↳ McGroovey @1:08
*gave
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slocker:

This is such a great conversation! xo Really enjoying it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:11pm
efd:

↳ slocker @1:11
<3 <3 <3
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:14pm
Hughie Considine:

Sooo many bands should have taken a break rather than split.
  1:14pm
Kat in Chicago:

These guys definitely deserved more attention and appreciation than they got. These tracks have held up really well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:15pm
efd:

I'm calling the NME right now. I can see the headline: "Mack's 'Big Decision': I don't like it!"
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:17pm
Handy Haversack:

I think I had only one TPE album in HS, which I think I bought after hearing them on the I'm Your Fan Leonard Cohen tribute album. Did not survive the dark years, though.
Avatar 1:18pm
Desko2000:

I think there was some sort of perception of "sincerity" or maybe just a "not as flippant" vibe about TPE that the Poppies etc had that seemed a bit more in tune with the UK music press etc.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:23pm
efd:

↳ Desko2000 @1:18
Steve's comments at the end of that segment are kind of along those same lines... they weren't playing the same games as other bands that were getting more press.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:26pm
Figgsrock:

I know this is off topic of (sort of) but EFD, any news on the Stag front out of this interview? Or if Steve is still lurking and he can share...?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:26pm
love2laf:

Must take a moment to say, that as always, efd interviews are so very good. Love how you really listen to the answers to your questions. Much better than those who can't wait to jump in with the next question on their list. Loving the music as well. Both are so good, I'd rather by listening than chatting. Thank you all for this very special event.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:27pm
Handy Haversack:

Oh, extremely off-topic, but will we see you at Union Pool on 3/17, efd? It takes a lot to get me to go out on St. Patrick's Day, but Eyelids will do it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:27pm
efd:

↳ Figgsrock @1:26
We didn't discuss anything Stag-related, but maybe Steve will have something to say?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:28pm
Steve from TPE:

↳ efd @1:23
TBH, TPE just weren't into "playing the game" with the press, which everyone else was more than willing to play.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:28pm
efd:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:27
I'm planning on it, unless something marathon-related interferes with that plan. (and ditto about going out on St. Patrick's Day.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:29pm
Steve from TPE:

↳ efd @1:27
Stag are currently woodshedding new material - new single out later this year to coincide with our annual Summer Stag Party!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:29pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ efd @1:28
Fantastic! I'd been chomping at the bit waiting for those tix to go on sale.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:29pm
efd:

↳ love2laf @1:26
Thanks so much for those comments, @love2laf. I really try to make these more like conversations than "interviews," I'm glad that comes through.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:29pm
efd:

↳ Steve from TPE @1:29
Wooo!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:30pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:29
Let us hope the tickets don't require a phone app.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:30pm
Figgsrock:

↳ Song: "groove check" by "that petrol emotion"
This was the first TPE song I ever heard. We had it in heavy for a long time at my college station.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:31pm
prof.fuzz:

i'm still feeling the steve wynn love with the album title (end of the millennium psychosis blues)...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:31pm
Figgsrock:

↳ efd @1:29
I second EFD's woo! Looking forward to it Steve.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:31pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @1:30
Union Pool is keeping it real -- so far!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:31pm
McGroovey:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:27
Yeah, I never do St Patrick's Day.

I heard my Irish(-American) father and grandfather say, separately, more than once, "those f***ing idiots! Going out and drinking green beer and getting drunk and puking in the street don't make you f***ing Irish! I'm staying home and listening to the f***ing radio!"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:31pm
Alan in Marblehead:

Flashbacks to WLIR
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Carmichael:

↳ McGroovey @1:31
Patty's Day is for rookies and noobs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:32pm
McGroovey:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:31
And I'll be at Union Pool. I never miss Eyelids.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:33pm
efd:

↳ Alan in Marblehead @1:31
I see you've updated your screen name to be more location-specific!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:33pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:31
(Actually, it uses Dice, which *is* app based but also sends a list to the venue, and they can just check you off against the list. What's hilarious is watching people struggle to find the Dice app on their phones and then the bardcode reader struggle to read it while K8 and I breeze past with just giving our names and seeing them checked off.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:33pm
Steve from TPE:

Groovecheck was sampled by the Ultramagnetic MCs. One of my proudest moments.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:33pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ McGroovey @1:32
Excellent, McGroove!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:34pm
efd:

↳ Steve from TPE @1:33
that's a feather in your cap for sure!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 1:34pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:33
Oh, cool. No facial recognition cameras required!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:35pm
Alan in Marblehead:

↳ efd @1:33
Yessir! A lovely town if you ever make it up this way.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:36pm
efd:

↳ Alan in Marblehead @1:35
I've been there, but not in decades. There used to be a chocolate shop there that my family would visit around the holidays, probably around the time that That Petrol Emotion were playing!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 1:40pm
Carmichael:

I fly the Tricolour every Easter. My neighbors haven't a clue.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:41pm
Alan in Marblehead:

↳ efd @1:36
Happy to say Stowaway Sweets is still there. And importantly - so is the Riptide - best dive bar on the North Shore.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "hey venus" by "that petrol emotion"
This one is top-notch.
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Barney Grubbs:

my folks took us to visit my mom's cousins in Glenullin in farm country east of Derry in 1975. Not a lot of memories because I was only 3, but there was a wedding for a cousin who had just been released from Long Kesh & apparently we had a rifle pointed in the car window by a 17-year old solder. I supposedly said "Why is he pointing a gun at us?" and my dear old Aunt Kathleen said, "All the better to shoot you with my dear." Heady times.
  1:44pm
Kat in Chicago:

Ooh I forgot how good this is
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Chris Hiatt:

↳ Song: "hey venus" by "that petrol emotion"
This is great. Getting a little bit of a Squeeze vibe here, though maybe a bit more of an edge.
  1:45pm
Matt:

This song is pretty cool, doing my homework isn’t as bad with these tunes lol
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Figgsrock:

↳ Song: "hey venus" by "that petrol emotion"
I was doing a.m. drive two days a week when this song came out, and playing it during the 6a.m. hour was better than any caffeine!
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McGroovey:

↳ Song: "hey venus" by "that petrol emotion"
I love the sound of this one No bad snare; great garagey guitar sound! And if course a great song.

I have to check out this album.
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Carmichael:

I'm from Wexford, but I have cousins in Belfast. Some funny stories out of visiting them ...
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efd:

↳ Song: "abandon (boy's own mix)" by "that petrol emotion"
This remix is also representing all of the other great remixes on the box set that I wasn't able to fit in today!
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love2laf:

Imagine growing up in that way and being told you are too political when you want to talk about it. Mind-boggling. Go start something controversial like slagging the Beatles instead. Yikes.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ love2laf @1:50
We don't have to imagine it. We see it every day right here in the states, where a minority is kept under siege by a heavily armed occupying force and dismissed as "angry" or "political" if they want to draw attention to it. Memphis. Los Angeles. New York. Minneapolis. Everywhere.
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Jack McGuire:

Sensitize is the greatest.
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Handy Haversack:

I am thinking Chemicrazy was the album I had as these tracks sound most familiar.
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efd:

↳ Jack McGuire @1:54
Some of Steve's finest singing, imho
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Carmichael:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:53
We haven't got to the point where the army is patrolling the street and there are checkpoints every 1000 yards or so.
  1:56pm
Kat in Chicago:

I am in serious danger of purchasing this box set
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Handy Haversack:

True. But: You should see some of the neighborhoods here, Carmichael! It's not far off.
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love2laf:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:53
I try to have hope that there are people who are listening now. Like here and now. I hope for those of us who listen and hear.
  1:58pm
Matt:

↳ Kat in Chicago @1:56
Physical stuff is so cool. Love collecting magazines and CDs and all that stuff. Resisting the urge to buy some stuff is hard lol
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efd:

↳ Kat in Chicago @1:56
dooo eeeet!
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Jack McGuire:

EFD:I concur. Terrific voice, great performance.
  1:58pm
Kat in Chicago:

Although trying not to acquire additional physical media before I have to move it 750 miles at the end of April… maybe once that’s done haha
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efd:

↳ Kat in Chicago @1:58
oh, whoa, I missed this news (if you mentioned it before) -- where are you off to?
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efd:

↳ Kat in Chicago @1:58
also, this is a pretty compact box set :)
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efd:

check out Raymond's current band The Everlasting Yeah on Bandcamp later:
theeverlastingyeah1.bandcamp.com...

It's the last lineup of TPE except for Steve.
  2:07pm
Kat in Chicago:

@efd Philly! Might see you at a NYC show sometime. Definitely the next Record Fair.
  2:07pm
Susan See:

It’s so good to hear all of these songs again! So many natural hits. I remember them all!
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Alvy Singer:

@efd--These guys have infectious personalities. :)
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efd:

↳ Kat in Chicago @2:07
oh cool! You might see us at a Philly show too, it's sometimes easier for us to go there than parts of Brooklyn and Queens.
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efd:

↳ Alvy Singer @2:09
It's true! You can see why it's such a lengthy interview!
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efd:

@Figgsrock Here you go...
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efd:

↳ Susan See @2:07
Glad you're enjoying it Susan!
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Alvy Singer:

↳ efd @2:09
Exactly. I would love to go record shopping with them.
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Figgsrock:

OMG--now I need to find them covering the Commodores.
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Figgsrock:

↳ efd @2:10
Thank you! And if only this link still worked: www.clashcity.com...
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Jack McGuire:

↳ Kat in Chicago @2:07
Kat, Welcome to our fair city in advance. Go Birds!
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herb.nyc:

Great interview. Informative. Funny. Gossipy. Wait, pere ubu Tenement record is twin tone? (Sorry, I’m reading beautiful article about Robert Forster and go-betweens, Australian website. Multi tasking)
  2:14pm
Kat in Chicago:

@efd cool! I just bought a ticket for Le Tigre in Philly:)
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "non-alignment pact" by "that petrol emotion"
I remember the brief but undeniable Terminal Tower Pere Ubu revival -- Julian Cope also covered this one around the same time.
  2:15pm
Kat in Chicago:

Excellent cover here
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Figgsrock:

↳ Song: "me and baby brother" by "that petrol emotion"
When I first heard this on the box set I said out loud to myself, "I've made a very wise investment."
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efd:

(you'll hear that live version of "Sweet Shiver Burn" in a little while)
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SamTheRam:

Appreciate the wide scope of topics covered so far in the interview. Thank You Evan
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efd:

↳ SamTheRam @2:27
thanks Sam!
  2:29pm
Hugo (NL):

15 dates in the Netherlands are you kidding me?! Sneek?! Wow. I got to know them after that i guess. Incredible
  2:29pm
Kat in Chicago:

@Jack McGuire Thank you so much!
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efd:

↳ Hugo (NL) @2:29
you could have been one of those nice people in that gymnasium!
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McGroovey:

↳ Song: "chat with efd, part 6" by "steve mack and raymond...
He's talking about TPE so much in terms of disappointment with not having hits, and wiring snot what people (like The Music Press) think about that. That seems like such a UK way of thinking about being in a band.

F--- what people think, if you have a way to play together and make music.

And I would say, if you guys live close enough to play together once in a while, go ahead and get together and do it now.

~[signed, A Guy Who Still Makes Music Without Being Able to Make Money Doing It]
  2:35pm
Andres:

I gotta go but it has been an incredibly open and honest conversation with the Petrols. Thanks for the interview and look back at their music, efd!
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McGroovey:

Great interview, EFD.
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Figgsrock:

This was a great interview EFD. I loved how open they were about everything.
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prof.fuzz:

another great conversation. thanks efd!
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McGroovey:

↳ McGroovey @2:35
'wiring snot' was supposed to be "worrying about"

But, thinking about it, wiring snot is a great song title.
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efd:

↳ McGroovey @2:35
as noted above, the four members who live in London are in fact still doing it as The Everlasting Yeah: theeverlastingyeah1.bandcamp.com...
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Alvy Singer:

Excellent interview EFD. That one is going to be hard to top. Thank you.
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McGroovey:

↳ efd @2:37
I missed that detail. Cool!
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Yvang:

Great interview of a great band!
  2:38pm
Kenny rotten:

Thanks for that. TPE were a great band!
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efd:

↳ McGroovey @2:37
and of course Steve is still doing it in Stag: themightystag.bandcamp.com
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Figgsrock:

↳ efd @2:37
Adding that to my Bandcamp Friday list!
  2:39pm
Hugo (NL):

Haha well i should have! Tnx for this show Evan
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McGroovey:

↳ Figgsrock @2:39
Ditto
  2:40pm
Kat in Chicago:

Super show, Evan!
  2:41pm
Hugo (NL):

There was some gymnasium in the middle of nowhere in Friesland where Metallica played, very early in their carreer. For about the same amount of people i think. Could that have been the same place?
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efd:

Appreciate all the kind comments, thanks everyone! One reason I treasure the opportunity to do a show on WFMU every week is that I can do shows like these about a band I love that maybe not enough people know about or appreciate.
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Handy Haversack:

had to dip out for a meeting at 2 -- too hard to process two conversations at once! But thanks for the interview, efd! And the tunes! Great stuff.
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efd:

a typo I just made while entering the next track prompted me to wonder if there's ever been a TPE tribute band called This Petrol Emotion...?
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McGroovey:

↳ efd @2:43
Yeah, I'm going to try to dig into the TPE catalog. I can't afford the box set now, though that would be the ideal way to do it, obviously!
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McGroovey:

↳ efd @2:45
I'd try out for that band!
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Carmichael:

↳ efd @2:43
Hopefully the Petrol diaspora was tipped off to this. T'would be excellent free advertising for FMU!
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Jack McGuire:

Sweet Shiver Burn is another great TPE track.
  2:47pm
Kat in Chicago:

Beautiful song
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efd:

it continues to be ridiculous that Chemicrazy wasn't a massive album.
  2:49pm
Susan See:

@Figgsrock. I opened that link and got all excited - like Christmas morning - then saw what you meant. Megaupload is gone. Sad. Sad like the demise of what.CD.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ efd @2:48
It certainly got some airplay on WRAS -- I figure that's how my cohort found about it.
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Joe Belock:

↳ efd @2:45
or Chemicrazies
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Figgsrock:

↳ Susan See @2:49
Yeah, such a bummer!
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efd:

↳ Joe Belock @2:50
ha!
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slocker:

I never knew TPE could rock so aggressively.
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efd:

↳ Joe Belock @2:50
Manic Pop Shills
  2:52pm
salvo:

hello i'm from italy
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love2laf:

Just me or levels going down and up, and channel cutting out for anyone else.
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McGroovey:

↳ slocker @2:51
Yeah, I'm headbanging here myself!
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efd:

↳ salvo @2:52
Welcome salvo!
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efd:

Not noticing that on my end
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Jack McGuire:

Great show EFD.
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efd:

↳ slocker @2:51
They could do it all!
  2:54pm
salvo:

tank's efd
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks again, efd! Extremely tempting box set!
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McGroovey:

↳ efd @2:51
This Petrol Commotion

(So no one actually confuses it with the real TPE)
  2:54pm
milknpie:

↳ Song: "scum surfin'" by "that petrol emotion"
digging this one.
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love2laf:

Loved, loved, loved the show today. Thank you efd, and to Steve Mack and Raymond Gorman for being so open about everything they shared. Fabulous time today listening.
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herb.nyc:

↳ McGroovey @2:54
That Petrol Emoticon. (I had to chk- Tenement on rough trade, as band said. Not twin tone, as I thought. Got confused bec westerberg was in pere ubu. Sorry
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prof.fuzz:

so. damn. good.
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McGroovey:

↳ herb.nyc @2:56
This Petrol Emoticon

That's it!
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brycepunk1:

This was a great show today. Really enjoyed listening. Thank you!!
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pollypinocle:

Fantastic show, Evan! Thank you!
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McGroovey:

↳ McGroovey @2:57
This Petrol EmotiCON

(With that capitalization)
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Alvy Singer:

Thank you Evan. Excellent show today.
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herb.nyc:

↳ McGroovey @2:57
The The Petrol Emoticon (bk to Robert Forster, article in Sydney Morning Herald)
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Joe B:

thanks efd!
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Yvang:

Thank you Evan! Great job!
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efd:

thanks everyone!
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DjLorraine:

TYEFD
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Jenn in the BX:

↳ Song: "groove check" by "that petrol emotion"
I had completely forgotten about this song until right now and I remember all the words! Used to play this on my college radio show, a lot.
  10:05am
clarke:

archived and APPROVED!! wiring snot! had a lunch thang, missed this shew.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

How great is this seriously.
~ TY Always DJ efd ~
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