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

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Favoriting December 2, 2015: Special guest Brett Milano, author of Don't All Thank Me At Once: The Lost Pop Genius of Scott Miller.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments New Approx. start time
patti smith group  dancing barefoot   Favoriting wave  arista  1979  "I always have to pinch myself to remember that Patti was a freakin' hit-making machine for a while in the 'Because The Night' days." -- Scott Miller, Music: What Happened    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
game theory  baker street (live)   Favoriting real nighttime  omnivore    bonus track on CD reissue  *   0:03:53 (Pop-up)
chris stamey  where the fun is   Favoriting 7"  car    "...not even a diamond in the rough, it's a diamond, period... the perfect combination of studio chaos and off-the-scale sophistication." -- Scott Miller, from Music: What Happened    0:08:32 (Pop-up)
the stranglers  hanging around   Favoriting iv rattus norvegicus  a&m    "Ordinarily more than one minute of instrumental improv is going to have one of two effects on a song with respect to this exercise: (1) get it axed, or (2) in the case of an exceptionally good song, get it edited. Hugh Cornwell and Dave Greenfield's splendid guitar and keyboard interplay is a rare exception..." -- Scott Miller, Music: What Happened    0:11:55 (Pop-up)
game theory  kenneth-- what's the frequency / not because you can   Favoriting lolita nation  enigma  1987      0:16:18 (Pop-up)
willie alexander & the boom boom band  hair   Favoriting s/t  mca  1978  "One star in Rolling Stone? What medication were those people not getting? The drum production is weak, but Billy Loosigian's screaming lead guitar obliterates any possible excuse for not getting this." -- Scott Miller, Music: What Happened    0:20:09 (Pop-up)
game theory  here it is tomorrow   Favoriting the big shot chronicles  enigma  1986      0:23:40 (Pop-up)
 
brett milano  chats with efd   Favoriting           0:37:58 (Pop-up)
alternate learning  what's the matter   Favoriting blaze of glory  omnivore    CD reissue bonus track    0:49:28 (Pop-up)
game theory  sleeping through heaven   Favoriting blaze of glory  omnivore        0:52:30 (Pop-up)
game theory  dripping with looks   Favoriting lolita nation  enigma  1987      0:56:40 (Pop-up)
 
game theory  chardonnay (long version)   Favoriting lolita nation  omnivore    advance bonus track from the upcoming CD reissue    1:19:18 (Pop-up)
the loud family  he do the police in different voices / sword swallower   Favoriting plants and birds and rocks and things  alias  1993      1:26:22 (Pop-up)
the loud family  way too helpful   Favoriting days for days  alias  1998      1:30:31 (Pop-up)
david bowie  win   Favoriting young americans  rca  1974  "Game to make a true Philly soul album and possibly extremely coked up, Bowie came up with such staggering lyric sets as 'Young Americans' and such gorgeous music as the slow burn of 'Win.'" -- Scott Miller, Music: What Happened    1:35:38 (Pop-up)
the loud family  not expecting both contempo and classique   Favoriting interbabe concern  alias  1996      1:39:58 (Pop-up)
game theory  don't entertain me twice   Favoriting two steps from the middle ages  enigma  1988      1:43:46 (Pop-up)
 
the minus 5  nine lives to rigel five   Favoriting unreleased  the minus 5    from a forthcoming Scott Miller tribute album    1:56:53 (Pop-up)
the loud family  cortex the killer   Favoriting days for days  alias  1998  by request for TerryBurns    2:00:49 (Pop-up)
the loud family  blackness, blackness   Favoriting atrractive nuisance  alias  2000  Twitter request from Michael    2:05:49 (Pop-up)
ted leo  timorous me   Favoriting the tyranny of distance  lookout  2001  "Soon after it came out, someone sent me this among some D.C. artists. I flipped. The vocal is a powerhouse of right-there energy... The emotional vividness of the descriptions is startling." -- Scott Miller, Music: What Happened    2:10:20 (Pop-up)
alternate learning  beach state rocking   Favoriting blaze of glory  omnivore  2014      2:14:42 (Pop-up)
game theory  if and when it falls apart   Favoriting real nighttime  omnivore    CD reissue, orig 1986  *   2:17:46 (Pop-up)
 
scott miller & aimee mann  inverness   Favoriting mp3  the loud family        2:29:25 (Pop-up)
game theory  like a girl jesus   Favoriting the big shot chronicles  enigma  1986      2:33:02 (Pop-up)
the loud family  don't respond, she can tell   Favoriting interbabe concern  alias  1996      2:35:39 (Pop-up)
mitch easter  time warping   Favoriting dynamico  electric devil  2007  "a surprising amount of modern sheen, and as much emotional complexity, more musical energy and purpose, and double the hook intensity of Let's Active..." -- Scott Miller, Music: What Happened    2:39:56 (Pop-up)
the loud family  aerodeliria   Favoriting plants and birds and rocks and things  alias  1993      2:44:55 (Pop-up)
 
game theory  throwing the election   Favoriting two steps from the middle ages  enigma  1988      2:50:30 (Pop-up)
the loud family and anton barbeau  don't bother me while i'm living forever   Favoriting what if it works?  125 records  2006      2:53:47 (Pop-up)
the loud family  motion of ariel   Favoriting attractive nuisance  alias  2000      2:59:35 (Pop-up)
game theory  last day that we're young   Favoriting lolita nation  enigma  1987      3:03:54 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04pm
Tome:

PSG !!!
  9:04pm
JakeGould:

Secondsies!
  9:05pm
JakeGould:

BAKER STREET!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05pm
Kat in Chicago:

Tuned.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
Alex of Chicago:

Fifth. Still getting used to the new WFMU homepage. It doesn't seem like that much of an improvement, honestly.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
Alex of Chicago:

But it will get better, I'm sure.
Avatar 9:15pm
Mailman Tom:

I have no idea why there was a need for a new homepage. The old one was perfectly fine!
  9:15pm
DJWubfur:

Anyone know if Scott's cover of Stamey's song 'Cara Lee' is on a record? (I've got a low-ish bitrate mp3 downloaded from the 125records website in 2008).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
chris_in_space:

Hey EFD Heads. Good to be here. Should be a GREAT show tonight!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
chris_in_space:

@MailmanTom AGREED.Really not into the new FMU home page.
Avatar 9:18pm
adrian in mpls:

i assume that at least some of rationale behind the webpage change is to make it responsive/mobile friendly
Avatar 9:21pm
Mailman Tom:

That too bad for those of us who have a desktop computer.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22pm
chris_in_space:

@adrian in mpls I don't see how the new homepage is any more mobile friendly than the old one, especially when there's a dedicated mobile app.
Avatar 9:26pm
adrian in mpls:

@chris_in_space--responsive websites are able to re-size correctly based on the device -- so they can adjust/collapse/expand information based on screen size. the old wfmu site wouldn't do that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26pm
Stevel:

Good evening. Thanks to the end of a hectic work schedule, this is the perfect night to listen. Please carry on with the rocking and such.
Avatar 9:28pm
Loretta:

greetings Evan & those of us who quietly 'tune in' on Wednesdays!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30pm
chris_in_space:

@adrian in mpls I get that, but thanks. The new homepage doesn't look so great on my iPhone. Not any better than the old one anyway, and the design is not good. Outlined sub headings with a white fill on a white background? Doesn't work for me.
Avatar 9:30pm
adrian in mpls:

that said, i don't necessarily love the mobile sort of browsing experience. I, too, like the old webpage. I'm just hip deep in managing a responsive website transition at my job. One major reason many sites have to switch over to this type of responsive site is that Google now penalizes websites that aren't mobile friendly.
  9:36pm
jon:

hi efd. thanks for kickin it off with patti smith. classic 70s
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:45pm
Kat in Chicago:

Evan, you and I must be about the same age :) Scott was born less than a month before I was.
  9:52pm
ChrisB.:

Evan, this is a real treat. All this Scott Miller on the radio. All at once!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:57pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

So good..
Avatar 9:59pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

What the hell is this? I get busy for a few weeks and the WFMU home page becomes different and foreign to me?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:00pm
efd:

hey everyone, happy to see you're enjoying the show! Please feel free to suggest Game Theory/Loud Family songs you might like to hear later - I don't want to keep Brett on the phone all night so I'm coming back after this, but I think I might keep the Scott tunes going for a while after we hang up.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:00pm
Uncle Michael:

This must be my stop.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

Rise of the Chokehold Princess.
  10:01pm
courtneynoir:

Totally ruling, EFD
  10:01pm
Sue Trowbridge:

If you want to make me tear up, "Way Too Helpful," which I think may be his most beautiful song. (This is Sue who published Brett's book, BTW.) Thanks for doing this show and helping expose more people to Scott's music.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:03pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

Just Gone.
Avatar 10:03pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

Anyway, shout-out to Brett from a former Phoenix reader. Many of his readings there provided a worthy background to my rock 'n' roll life up here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03pm
ChrisB.:

How about some Loud Family, Evan? "Don't Respond, She Can Tell." And Hi Sue!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:05pm
Kat in Chicago:

Hi Sue, I recognize your name from loudfamily.com, nice to see you here.
  10:06pm
Sue Trowbridge:

Hi Chris and Kat! Nice to see some Scott fans here tonight.
  10:07pm
TerryBurns:

"Like a Girl Jesus" and "Cortex the Killer" come to mind. Thanks, Evan and Brett.
  10:09pm
dmsacks:

Thanks for doing this show! Very exciting.
  10:10pm
TerryBurns:

Nailed it, Brett! "Any kid who loved Weezer..."
  10:16pm
Sue Trowbridge:

Here is a link to I Love You All: https://scottmiller.tilt.com/scott-miller-i-love-you-all--2
  10:20pm
TerryBurns:

Evan, thanks for honoring Brett's respectful approach to Scott's life and death and contributions in the book. I thought the same, but you articulated it. And Chardonnay!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:21pm
efd:

thanks everyone - I'll work on getting to some of your requests now. And I've got another exclusive track to share - a cover from a planned Scott Miller tribute album, so stay tune!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22pm
efd:

and Sue, thank you for everything you and Joe have done over the years to help get Scott's music out there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:25pm
Kat in Chicago:

oh my god, the genius of that bridge.
  10:27pm
Sue Trowbridge:

Thanks, Evan! BTW speaking of the Scott tribute album, Eric Matthews (ex-Cardinal) did a cover of Game Theory's "Selfish Again" that is supposed to be on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwa4SvbSqZc
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:28pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

What a loss.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:30pm
Stevel:

Nice segue.
  10:31pm
Sue Trowbridge:

My request. First time I've listened to this song since Scott died, but it plays in my head a lot
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:32pm
efd:

sorry to make you tear up, Sue, but I can't deny you your request.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:32pm
Stevel:

Bless you, Sue.
Avatar 10:33pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

Whenever The Loud Family comes up (usually here on the Evan "Funk" Davies show) I wonder why I wasn't listening to it sooner, and am thankful that I am now.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:33pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

Saw the family on this tour. Utterly great.
  10:33pm
TerryBurns:

Truly a beautiful song. Allison is lovely on this. Keyboards and vocals. Understand...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:37pm
nixxon:

Win.. nice!
  10:39pm
Sue Trowbridge:

To be honest, I don't know if Scott would have liked having a book written about him -- he was a pretty self-effacing guy -- but he would have loved the hell out of having an entire show devoted to his music (+ songs by some of his favorite artists). He was justifiably proud of his music, and he was a real perfectionist about everything he released. Incidentally, David Bowie's "The Next Day" was the last new album Scott truly loved -- we discussed it just 2 weeks before he died. He adored the fact that Bowie had just dropped it out of nowhere like that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:40pm
Stevel:

Need Young Americans in a traveling format.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:44pm
Kat in Chicago:

devastating couplet there
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:44pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

Maybe I better just sit down.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:44pm
efd:

Sue, I remember you mentioned Scott's love for The Next Day in the note you posted announcing his passing, and Brett discusses it in the book as well. I pulled that album as well earlier tonight, but had to go with "Win" in that moment.
Avatar 10:51pm
Danne D:

Hi EFD, Hi Everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:51pm
Stevel:

Previously unfamiliar with Game Theory, The Loud Family and Scott Miller, I'm enjoying this introduction. Music lives.

Greetings, Danne D!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:52pm
Kat in Chicago:

Hi Danne
Avatar 10:52pm
Danne D:

Hiya Kat.
Avatar 10:52pm
Danne D:

Nobody does a tribute show better than EFD
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:53pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

"Aerodeliria"
Avatar 10:56pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

I call bullshit. Paramus has no Denny's.
Avatar 10:58pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

I stand corrected—Denny's Childrenswear occupies a space in what remains of the Fashion Center. I think Tom and Dave are risking police involvement if they attempt a radio show in its back room.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:59pm
Kat in Chicago:

In a better world there are huge crowds singing along to choruses like this one
Avatar 10:59pm
Danne D:

Well Pete maybe you should call in Monday to get to the bottom of the mystery :)
  11:03pm
TerryBurns:

Kat, so true. We are singing along. And delighted by each song presented as s single if a swell segue. And that moment when the next song in the album that you know like your own heartbeat doesn't come up? Cool!
Avatar 11:03pm
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

EFD, you make my music world better again, but I have to call it early tonight. Please keep these good folks entertained with more of this good stuff. I am off.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:04pm
efd:

thanks much, Pete!
  11:06pm
Larry Brantley:

Cortex! They played this at my request in Athens on the last tour.
Avatar 11:06pm
tonyb:

danne:
paramus is my turf
i expect a tribute
i just want to wet my beak : )
Avatar 11:06pm
Danne D:

G'night Pete!

What's up TonyB? :)
Avatar 11:07pm
Danne D:

@TonyB you have to take that up with Tom and Dave, sir.
  11:07pm
Sue Trowbridge:

"Oh baby I guess I just am" - a lot of us thought when this song came out that they were singing, "Oh baby I've got such a stem" :)
Avatar 11:07pm
tonyb:

and i'll guarantee security.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:08pm
Kat in Chicago:

haha Sue, it does sound like that.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:08pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Another act called "The Loud Family" was a skit on Saturday Night Live in the late 70s. I forgot all about it until seeing the playlist here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09pm
ChrisB.:

The Loud Family played live on Irene Trudel's show. Should be in the archive someplace.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09pm
Kat in Chicago:

@Ken here's where all of that comes from originally www.pbs.org...
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:09pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

The Loud family were an actual family in a PBS program.
  11:11pm
Bernard Twinkie:

Genius
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:12pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Hmm, that's news to me. Time to insert on of those "The more you know ..." GIFs. Thanks for that information.
  11:12pm
$mall ¢hange:

Hey Evan plane.took forever. Prob be a bit late sorry dude on my way
  11:13pm
TerryBurns:

Ted Leo contributed beautifully to Scott tribute show.
  11:13pm
Michael A:

Thank you doing this show. And thanks to Brett for the wonderful book.
Avatar 11:14pm
Danne D:

Evil double agents messing with $¢'s travel plans again :(
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:14pm
Kat in Chicago:

An American Family was a Very Big Deal at the time, not much talked about these days though.
Avatar 11:15pm
tonyb:

$c:
NWK
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:16pm
Kat in Chicago:

The first reality series, I guess?
Avatar 11:16pm
Danne D:

@Kat - yeah it's covered extensively in the book "1973: Nervous Breakdown" - www.amazon.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:16pm
efd:

and one of the few really real reality series.
  11:17pm
Michael A:

If I might humbly suggest Motives and Irony from Loud Family. That one always eviscerates me.
Avatar 11:17pm
Danne D:

@TonyB - why is he at the Greyhound Station? Thought he'd be at EWR.
Avatar 11:18pm
Danne D:

@ChrisB haven't been able to dig that live set up in the archives...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:19pm
ChrisB.:

Scott re-recorded Beach State Rocking and a few of his other early songs with the last GT lineup for the "Tinkers to Evers to Chance" best of compilation, their last for Enigma.
Avatar 11:19pm
tonyb:

the 'dog stops in newark penn
20 min. away not bad
he might be flying
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:20pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

I guess depending on the arrival time of $mall ¢hange, we might get some extended coverage of tonight's featured artists.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:21pm
efd:

indeed, Ken.
  11:21pm
JakeGould:

Quote nice show, Evan! Working while listening.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:21pm
Kat in Chicago:

@Danne I was 13 in 1973 so I remember all of that pretty well. I didn't see An American Family, though. Don't know if my parents watched it - my mom was into "educational television" but my dad might have vetoed it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:22pm
ChrisB.:

@Danne: Pretty sure it was in 2000, during the Attractive Nuisance tour.
Avatar 11:22pm
Danne D:

@ChrisB ahhhhhhhhh - most of the archives go back to 2002.
Avatar 11:24pm
Danne D:

@ChrisB here is the show:
www.wfmu.org...

(real audio link is in the page - search Loud Family)
Avatar 11:24pm
Danne D:

(I mean the main archives btw - Irene's go back further if you go to her show page)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:25pm
ChrisB.:

@Danne Wow! Thanks!
  11:27pm
TerryBurns:

Thanks, EFD. This evening is such a grand tribute.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:30pm
efd:

thanks Terry, glad you're enjoying it.
  11:30pm
Sue Trowbridge:

The Both played a show in San Francisco shortly before Scott's death. From the book: "One project that Scott indirectly set in motion—Aimee Mann and Ted Leo’s new duo project as the Both—hit San Francisco in March of 2013, and Aimee would come to regret the jitters that kept her from inviting him to the show." I attended that show and had ask Scott if he wanted to come, but I didn't hear back.
  11:31pm
Michael A:

Oh this is a gem!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:31pm
efd:

ah, thank you for the correction Sue! I should have remembered that from the book but... well, my memory's not what it used to be.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:32pm
Santos L. Halper:

Hell and damnation, missed the S Miller show. Will savor in the archives; thanks for putting this together Evan, looks great.
  11:34pm
Sue Trowbridge:

ha, the only reason I know the book as well as I do is because I proofread it so many times!
  11:37pm
Michael A:

The only time I've ever heard this much Scott Miller on the radio is when I had a radio show in the 90's...my gosh, I love this tune.
  11:39pm
Bill Barton:

really enjoying this show. thanks a bunch!
  11:39pm
ChrisB.:

Yes! Thanks EFD!
  11:41pm
Bill Barton:

somehow Anton Barbeau wasn't aware of this. I pinged him on FB right when it started to see if he was still up (4AM in Germany). He was, and said he might listen a bit before crashing
  11:42pm
Sue Trowbridge:

Nice to hear something from "Dynamico"!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:42pm
efd:

oh cool - that reminds me I need to get to something from What If It Works
  11:43pm
KP:

Mitch Easter is dialing it up
  11:43pm
Michael A:

I don't have this album. I need this album, apparently.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:44pm
efd:

that Dynamico album is so good! Mitch played on my show around the time it came out and he was great.
  11:45pm
ChrisB.:

Is it too late for "Last Day That We're Young?"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:52pm
efd:

ChrisB, maybe If I have a little spillover time I can fit it in, but I've got a couple of others in my mental queue too
  12:00am
JakeGould:

Extra innings!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:05am
efd:

just saw $mall ¢hange walk in, so this is gonna do it. Thank you all so much for listening and all the positive feedback!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:05am
Kat in Chicago:

Thank you Evan!!!
  12:06am
Sue Trowbridge:

Thank YOU, Evan! Fantastic show, and thanks to everyone here in the chat room for the company
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:06am
Stevel:

Thanks, as always!
  12:06am
Larry Brantley:

Thanks so much! Great show,
  12:07am
Ignore Function:

Great show.
  12:08am
ChrisB.:

Nice way to go out, don't you think?
  12:09am
TerryBurns:

Didn't we know we had it all?
Avatar 12:09am
Danne D:

Thanks for a great show Evan :)
Have a good night everyone! Until next time!
  12:11am
TerryBurns:

Thank you, EFD and Brett and fellow travelers.
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