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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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October 13, 2009: dedicated to Jim McIntyre, aka Jimmy Mack: a big part of why you listen to my show.
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[photo: Jim McIntyre with his Mom at WBCN]
Three years ago I did my first WFMU show as part of the regular weekly schedule. I dedicated that show to my high school friend Jim McIntyre, who was also known as Jimmy Mack. Jim's passion for music - and radio, for that matter - was overpowering. He started working at Boston's WBCN, one of the top rock stations in the country, while still in high school and eventually became a key part of their Music department. He was as generous with his opinions on new bands he loved (Cheap Trick! The Dictators! The Motors! Ultravox! The Stranglers!) as he was with extra promo records that BCN had received, and I was a grateful and fortunate recipient of both.
By the age of 20, Jimmy was the Music Director at WBCN. Six years later, he was gone - the first AIDS victim who'd gone to my high school (but sadly not the last). But his influence during those formative high school years has stayed with me to this day, and the bands he introduced me to remain among my all-time favorites.
As I wrote three years ago, there have been countless times that I've wished Jim was still here so I could tell him about a great new record I'd heard, or he could tell me about his new favorites. I'm thankful that I can go on the radio every week and share my favorites with you - and if you like what you hear, take a moment to say "thanks" to Jimmy Mack for shaping my musical taste for a lifetime.
Not entirely coincidentally, this Sunday, Oct 18, is the 23rd (I think) 22nd annual Jimmy Mack March To Defeat AIDS, organized by the Martin Luther King Action Project at my old high school, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional HS in Sudbury Mass. (See more info here and here.)
I hope you'll consider making a donation to support this cause; checks (made out to MLKAP: Jimmy Mack March) can be mailed to:
MLKAP Jimmy Mack March
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
390 Lincoln Rd.
Sudbury, MA 01776
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Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | New | Approx. start time | |||
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This opening set is made up entirely of bands that I learned about from Jim, records that he gave me -- or both, in most cases. |
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cheap trick | elo kiddies | s/t | epic | 1977 | 0:02:52 (Pop-up) | |||||
nervous eaters | loretta | 7" | rat | 1976 | 0:03:53 (Pop-up) | |||||
ramones | commando | leave home | sire | 1977 | 0:05:52 (Pop-up) | |||||
kraftwerk | trans europe express | capitol | 1977 | 0:07:55 (Pop-up) | ||||||
stranglers | (get a) grip (on yourself) | iv rattus norvegicus | a&m | 1977 | 0:13:33 (Pop-up) | |||||
the motors | forget about you | approved by the motors | virgin | 1978 | 0:17:39 (Pop-up) | |||||
pastiche | flash of the moment | 7" | euphoria | 1976 | 0:20:18 (Pop-up) | |||||
ultravox! | my sex | s/t | island | 1976 | 0:24:11 (Pop-up) | |||||
foreigner | hot blooded | 7" | 1978 | hey, it's the mono version at least! | 0:37:27 (Pop-up) | |||||
turbo fruits | want some mo' | echo kid | fat possum | * | 0:40:12 (Pop-up) | |||||
soul junk | (gimel) the teeth | 1960 | sounds familyre | * | 0:43:13 (Pop-up) | |||||
sheetah et les weismuller | quand | hola ye-yeah | screaming apple | * | 0:45:27 (Pop-up) | |||||
buzzer | teacher's pet | 7" | tic tac totally | * | 0:49:18 (Pop-up) | |||||
titan | space chemo | s/t | nuevos ricos | * | 1:01:19 (Pop-up) | |||||
fresh & onlys | grey-eyed girl / no second guessing | grey-eyed girls | woodsist | check the archive of their live appearance earlier today on Jason Sigal's show! | * | 1:08:12 (Pop-up) | ||||
raveonettes | bang | in and out of control | vice | * | 1:10:11 (Pop-up) | |||||
real people | window pane (radio mix) | 7" | relativity | 1992 | clear vinyl! | 1:13:05 (Pop-up) | ||||
krysmopompas | gesa | 7" | avant! | * | 1:16:41 (Pop-up) | |||||
dennis diken with bell sound | i've been away | late music | cryptovision | * | 1:24:53 (Pop-up) | |||||
photo booth | pretty baby | 7" | raw deluxe | * | 1:28:32 (Pop-up) | |||||
valley lodge | baby, it's a shame | semester at sea | explosive industries | http://myspace.com/valleylodge or http://valleylodge.com | * | 1:31:09 (Pop-up) | ||||
bare wires | loner | artificial clouds | tic tac totally | * | 1:34:35 (Pop-up) | |||||
naked heroes | 99 diamond | 99 diamond | powerload | * | 1:44:07 (Pop-up) | |||||
the gentrys | spread it on thick | 7" | polydor | 1:47:59 (Pop-up) | ||||||
mos def | auditorium | the ecstatic | downtown | * | 1:50:33 (Pop-up) | |||||
family 5 | bring deinen korper auf die party | va-d-funk: funk, disco & boogie grooves from germany 1972-2002 | marina | 1:55:04 (Pop-up) | ||||||
pens | horsies | hey friend! what you doing | de stijl | * | 1:59:48 (Pop-up) | |||||
the heavy | sixteen | the house that dirt built | counter | * | 2:06:55 (Pop-up) | |||||
bernard "pretty" purdie | soul clappin' | soul drums | sony | cd reissue, produced by our own Noah; orig 1967 | * | 2:10:37 (Pop-up) | ||||
patrick cowley & jorge socarras | i never want to fall in love | catholic | macro | orig late 70s | * | 2:13:17 (Pop-up) | ||||
39 clocks | dns | pain it dark | bureau b | * | 2:15:46 (Pop-up) | |||||
key wilde & mr clarke | favorite names | va-greasy kid stuff 3 | condidential | hey, there's a Greasy Kid Stuff dance party this Sunday at Maxwell's! Noon-3pm, see http://maxwellsnj.com for more info | * | 2:19:15 (Pop-up) | ||||
the splinters | sorry | 7" | double negative | * | 2:28:06 (Pop-up) | |||||
echobelly | great things | on | rhythm king | 1995 | 2:30:31 (Pop-up) | |||||
the ettes | i can't be true | do you want power | take root | * | 2:33:42 (Pop-up) | |||||
pantherman | pantherman | va-clap your hands and stamp your feet | excelsior | 2009 | 2:36:12 (Pop-up) | |||||
sic alps | l mansion | 7" | slumberland | * | 2:39:27 (Pop-up) | |||||
24 carat black | the best of good love gone | gone: the promises of yesterday | numero | orig 1973 | * | 2:46:00 (Pop-up) | ||||
the snip | el boom | va-jazz & milk breaks 2 | jazz & milk | * | 2:51:19 (Pop-up) |
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Listener comments!
G:
dave:
thanks.
Laurie:
Amanda:
(And happy WFMU-nniversary, EFD!)
efd:
Jessica:
This is not the first show started off with 'Elo Kiddies,. in my experience. But that experience is just mine: I hit "play", on iTunes, marvelled at that awesome start, then went "hm" as the reset of the set was Cheap Triick on shuffle.
/blonde
bjrn:
efd:
Spoony:
Mike Sin:
efd:
seang:
Andy Zax:
Pete in LA:
Spoony:
osvi:
Mad Dog:
Butthead:
Jessica:
It helps if [you're 11, and] skating at the latenight rink one suburb up the highway where everyone thinks you're exotic. And you're high on oregano.
Jessica:
efd:
Mad Dog, I appreciate the comment and the sentiment behind it, but not really feeling Mr. Cohen just now.
Dromedary:
G:
AZ:
OMG!:
dave:
Pete:
Listener Pete here. I saw the Fresh & Onlys in Chicago a few weeks ago and they told me they will have a 2-CD record out on In The Red in January. They have over 90 songs to record! Pretty Amazing!
john:
efd:
John - Go Angels indeed.
A:
dave:
dustin:
Michael from the Left Coast:
dustin:
A:
A:
Michael from the Left Coast:
efd:
A:
Joshua K:
john:
Joshua K:
rockin robin:
efd:
Josh, thanks for tweeting!
bennyb:
Sybil:
Wonderful sets tonight efd (mos def!),
I've been replacing blown fuses here. (Not your fault: I was using a space heater and popping corn at the same time. Which is apparently a no-no for my apartment's 1920s wiring...)
efd:
Laurie:
efd:
W:
Joe B:
W:
efd:
Joe, maybe you can pick up a third copy at the record fair!
Joe B:
wow:
Joshua K:
Joe:
Joshua K:
grape:
Jon McIntyre:
It's good to get a little taste of what my brother was up to way back then. Thanks.
Kathleen Moore:
Steven Gallanter: