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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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September 18, 2013: we don't want raincoats
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Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | New | Approx. start time |
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king harvest |
roosevelt and ira lee
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dancing in the moonlight | perception | 1972 | 0:00:00 (Pop‑up) | ||
primal scream |
tenement kid
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more light | first international | * | 0:04:55 (Pop‑up) | ||
killing joke |
chop-chop
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revelations | eg | 1982 | 0:09:34 (Pop‑up) | ||
xtc |
life begins at the hop
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drums & wires | virgin | 1979 | 0:13:49 (Pop‑up) | ||
the cosmonauts |
sweet talk
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7" | volar | playing live on the show on Oct. 9, along with Gap Dream! Catch them on the Burger Caravan Of Stars Tour at Bowery Ballroom on Saturday Oct. 5! | * | 0:17:33 (Pop‑up) | |
the night marchers |
tropical depression
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allez! allez! | swami | * | 0:20:43 (Pop‑up) | ||
lesley gore |
no matter what you do
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va-hearing is believing: the jack nitzsche story | ace | 2005 | 0:24:30 (Pop‑up) | ||
the baskerviles |
where did my summer go?
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twilight | secret crush | 2007 | 0:27:08 (Pop‑up) | ||
starbreaker |
the sound of summer
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7" | chrysalis | 1977 | puting this away for the season after tonight. :( | 0:31:11 (Pop‑up) | |
lloyd cole |
women's studies
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standards | tapete | * | 0:43:36 (Pop‑up) | ||
robert pollard |
her eyes that play tricks on the camera
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honey locust honky tonk | guided by voices inc. | * | 0:48:31 (Pop‑up) | ||
rich crook |
tinker toy
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tonight, alright 7" ep | ptrash | * | 0:50:05 (Pop‑up) | ||
true hearts |
i need you all the time
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s/t | kool kat musik | CD reissue; orig 1980 | * | 0:53:48 (Pop‑up) | |
sparks |
at home, at work, at play
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two hands one mouth: live in europe | lil beethoven | * | 0:58:27 (Pop‑up) | ||
don cavalli |
say little girl
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temperamental | a rag / because music | * | 1:10:04 (Pop‑up) | ||
jonathan rado |
hand in mine
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law and order | woodsist | * | 1:12:39 (Pop‑up) | ||
philisteens |
walkin a thin line
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12" | rfa | 1983 | 1:16:13 (Pop‑up) | ||
glitz |
sugar
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it'z glitz | white zoio | * | 1:19:45 (Pop‑up) | ||
free fall |
midnight vulture
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power & volume | nuclear blast | * | 1:26:56 (Pop‑up) | ||
ac/dc |
if you want blood (you've got it)
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highway to hell | epic | 2002 | CD reissue, orig 1979. Call it an obvious segue - I don't care. | 1:33:35 (Pop‑up) | |
barrence whitfield & the savages |
blackjack
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dig thy savage soul | bloodshot | * | 1:37:54 (Pop‑up) | ||
the wrong words |
the other end of the line
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everything is free | trouble in mind | Last week's live guests! See them this Saturday at Shea Stadium with the Beets and Lame Drivers, and Sunday at Cake Shop with the Young Sinclairs! | * | 1:39:39 (Pop‑up) | |
the upper crust |
matron
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cream of the crust | redeye | 2006 | playing this Saturday night at Bowery Electric! Early show! | 1:43:30 (Pop‑up) | |
obits |
spun out
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bed & bugs | sub pop | playing live this Saturday on the Cherry Blossom Clinic! | * | 1:53:41 (Pop‑up) | |
jeffery novak |
baron in the trees
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baron in the trees | in the red | * | 1:57:06 (Pop‑up) | ||
the penetrators |
shopping bag
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kings of basement rock | slovenly | orig 1988; new vinyl reissue | * | 1:59:41 (Pop‑up) | |
superchunk |
trees of barcelona
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i hate music | merge | * | 2:01:49 (Pop‑up) | ||
the blank tapes |
don't ever get old
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vacation | antenna farm | playing one week from tonight at Le Poisson Rouge, and I've got a pair of tickets for that show coming right up! | * | 2:04:58 (Pop‑up) | |
tv ghost |
siren
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disconnect | in the red | * | 2:16:11 (Pop‑up) | ||
white hills |
forever in space (enlightened)
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so you are...so you'll be | thrill jockey | * | 2:22:59 (Pop‑up) | ||
omd |
atomic ranch
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english electric | bmg | giving myself an opportunity to plug the show from a couple of weeks ago when PAUL HUMPHREYS from OMD was in the studio with me for THE WHOLE SHOW! Check the archive if you missed it. | * | 2:30:31 (Pop‑up) | |
john foxx & the bellbury circle |
the right path
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empty avenues | ghost box | * | 2:32:26 (Pop‑up) | ||
chromatics |
looking for love
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va-after dark 2 | italians do it better | 2:36:27 (Pop‑up) | |||
dark day |
hands in the dark
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hands in the dark 12" | dark entries | orig 1979; vinyl reissue | * | 2:41:45 (Pop‑up) | |
shadowy men on a shadowy planet |
having an average weekend
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savvy show stoppers | mammoth cave | vinyl reissue. They're doing shows in Toronto in December and everyone should go!! | 2:44:20 (Pop‑up) | ||
terry malts |
i was not there
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nobody realizes this is nowhere | slumberland | * | 2:46:33 (Pop‑up) | ||
the mantles |
bad design
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long enough to leave | slumberland | * | 2:49:20 (Pop‑up) | ||
persian claws |
you're gonna leave
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s/t | musica para locos | * | 2:52:23 (Pop‑up) | ||
miss cathy brasher |
i'll remember jimmy
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va-looking good: 75 femme mod soul nuggets | rpm | new 3CD set | * | 2:54:02 (Pop‑up) | |
Listener comments! | |
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![]() Are we dancin' in the harvest moonlight? |
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![]() No, but the harvest loon might. |
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Wed. 9/18/13 9:10pm
Loretta:
good evening Evan & fellow listeners! great moon tonight ~ love it.. |
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![]() KJ lost it around this time. Bad distortion pedal. |
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![]() But then they found it again! |
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![]() I know where you're coming from, though, I kind of dropped out for a few years myself. |
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![]() Watching KJ on the Whats This For tour on crutches in a NUTTY mob is a good memory. |
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![]() You on crutches, not them, I presume. |
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Wed. 9/18/13 9:25pm
Holly in NC:
Hello efd, UM, Loretta, Ken & Barkevious! The 2 dogs I'm with were just dancing & barking in the moonlight (& howling alone w emergency vehicles) ;-) @efd, finally received your premium, but haven't yet had a chance to listen. Excited! |
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![]() jesus, where have I been for the past 25 minutes? |
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![]() No, they were fully ambulatory. I was not. Well out of control. |
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![]() This is some fine Gore right here. |
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Wed. 9/18/13 9:26pm
Holly in NC:
I LOVE this Lesley Gore song, always have. |
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![]() Hiya Holly |
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Wed. 9/18/13 9:32pm
12539:
One last time! | |
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Wed. 9/18/13 9:32pm
Holly in NC:
I know these seagulls... |
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![]() I'm sure none of you saw this coming. :P |
Wed. 9/18/13 9:33pm
Richard from Venezuela:
Greetings Evan and all the listeners. | |
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![]() Not very Moodyesque....very. |
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![]() That Baskervilles was ace. |
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![]() this song is one of the only good things about summer |
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Wed. 9/18/13 9:34pm
Pine:
Volume always goes up when its time for the funk! |
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Wed. 9/18/13 9:37pm
Loretta:
hello Holly.... love that Leslie Gore song too! |
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Wed. 9/18/13 9:38pm
Michael K.:
' twould not be Summer without Starbreaker ! |
Wed. 9/18/13 9:38pm
Kathy:
ok so I am about to be homeless and just want to know how to pick up FMU while nomadic as opposed to having a home.... | |
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Wed. 9/18/13 9:39pm
Pine:
Hah we used to sneak into the Irish Butlins, "Get the Guards!" |
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Wed. 9/18/13 9:43pm
Holly in NC:
@Kathy - if you can finagle a smart phone w unlimited data plan, you're all set! Credo works for me. But I'm peeved that wfmu app upgrade is for iphone only BECAUSE AS AN ANDROID USER I STILL CAN'T ACCESS STREAM ARCHIVES, SUCH AS, OH, SAY, UNCLE MICHAEL'S... |
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![]() @Kathy - get an FM radio and head towards Jersey City. |
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![]() aaahhh... home from work and ready to shirk! Hiya, loonies! |
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![]() Android update is coming, Holly! |
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![]() Lloyd Cole is pretty tremendous. Lyrics worth hearing. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions? |
Wed. 9/18/13 9:50pm
john:
New Lloyd elpee is getting great reviews (and I'm a proud kickstarter backer), return to the sound of early '90s solo material, but I actually like Broken Record from a couple years ago better. Well worth checking out, as was the one before that, Antidepressant. | |
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Wed. 9/18/13 9:51pm
Holly in NC:
@efd - looking forward! Sorry to whine, I am truly constantly in a state of shock & awe re wfmu's awesome technology. |
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![]() Thank you, Evan, for the heads-up about your Richie Teeter memorial show -- I listened and enjoyed, particularly Andy Shernoff's comments. |
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![]() hi EFD ,, hi folks great tunes as always and a great crisp cool clear evening and a Full Moon ! |
Wed. 9/18/13 9:57pm
Kathy:
I have these romantic visions of living out of my car but the winter makes it SO less so. I just know that if I can listen to this station while down & stinky I will be just fine.... so ludite- ish, technology escapes me!! I will have no choice but to catch up! | |
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![]() Thanks PSS, I'm happy to hear you enjoyed that show. Greetings Tome, Stevel, steve, Holly, Kathy (good luck to you!), Loretta, Mike, Michael, and Uncle Michael, Pine, Barkevious, Ken, anyone I missed, and any and all lurkers! |
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![]() This Sparks tune sounds very strange without a thundering band behind the Bros. |
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Wed. 9/18/13 10:01pm
Danne D:
Hey there EFD, hey there everyone |
Wed. 9/18/13 10:02pm
SeanG:
This show looks killer--gotta go stack some zzzzs but will check out the archives. | |
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![]() The thing is, I can still hear the band in my head. |
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![]() If I go see them, I'm sure I'll rush home afterward and play all the records. |
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![]() EFD! So glad you are a Sparks fan--Cheers! |
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![]() lockin' up. catch ya in the car. night all! |
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![]() A whole new level of whining will commence if the new android app fails to function on Kindle Fire HD, as the old one did. |
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Wed. 9/18/13 10:13pm
Danne D:
This is very good :) |
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Wed. 9/18/13 10:14pm
Holly in NC:
Hello & greetings, Danne! |
![]() Droids run on different devices. That makes app development & functionality a challenge. | |
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![]() Hey Scott, thanks for checking in! You too Danne and LPB. Drive safely, Mike E.! |
![]() Sugar = sweet!! | |
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![]() Ah poop, the Mets beat the Giants. |
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![]() this is suh-weet! |
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![]() OHMYGOD SO GOOD!!!!!!!! |
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![]() faux and not-faux! |
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![]() AC\DC were a great pop band. |
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![]() if only I had my Rhino Bucket CDs with me. |
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![]() I'm glad you don't care. Hey everyone. |
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![]() hey Alex! |
Wed. 9/18/13 10:42pm
will:
Evan, you are the Power Pop Punisher! | |
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Wed. 9/18/13 10:43pm
Droll:
I need to get over this mental hurdle that "The Wrong Words" are not Colin Moulding solo albums! |
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![]() I GOT TICKETS!!! www.flickr.com... |
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![]() man, I wish I was giving those tickets away! |
Wed. 9/18/13 10:55pm
JTE:
Hey Evan, my favorite DJ show on WFMU - and that's saying alot!@!@! | |
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![]() wow, thanks JTE! That really IS saying a lot! |
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![]() Geez, Simon...those tickets are a little pricey. |
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![]() Shopping Bag. Song of the century. |
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![]() I know -- crazy prices, huh? Good thing I was making as much as $3.35 an hour in those days! |
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![]() Think about it...concert tickets for two-hours' wages. And today? |
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![]() You're gonna make me cry. |
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![]() ...ooo - been sleepy sleepy - loved that set tho' !... |
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Wed. 9/18/13 11:13pm
Pine:
WFMU my constant companion for late night last minute coding |
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![]() Your delight in speaking French is palpable, Evan. |
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![]() Cara Mia...you spoke FRENCH! |
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![]() ...The Addams Family never misses efd... |
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![]() Coding made me a WFMU supporter. You know how it is. |
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![]() Since I glommed onto a Give the Drummer Radio time slot, I've barely had time to tweak php for my blog. WFMU has ruined me as a coder. Then again...I was already pretty lame at it. |
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![]() White Hills always makes me think of Hawkwind. |
Wed. 9/18/13 11:25pm
Carmichael:
Dude, you played Barrance Whitfield! But you know that. | |
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![]() ...hidden tracks & tricks - very 90s ??... ...Sounds like 'Be Your Dog' in Space - must be - yes! White Hills... |
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![]() I have efd to blame for Free Fall, White Hills and maybe even for Endless Boogie. |
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![]() a little late but id like to acknowledge the genius of Shopping Bag |
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![]() I see the resemblance. |
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![]() White HILLS yea yea yea !!! |
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![]() Space is the place. |
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![]() If I had a radio show, I would take great delight in annoying the listeners with those Bob Calvert "poetry" tracks on the Hawkwind records. |
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![]() How about some "Uncle Ray" from Moody Blues records? |
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![]() ...I have a benfactor to blame for taking me to a White Hills show in Amherst, MA that Thurston Moore put on w/ Tall Firs & Cave of Time & Awesome Color - that was *great*... |
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![]() Bet there's at least a 1 hour show in mashing up all the rock album "poetry". Jim Morrison alone.... |
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![]() I saw the Midge Ure Ultravox but not the John Foxx Ultravox. |
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![]() ...plus there's some Julian Cope connection w/ White Hills...sooo... |
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![]() Jim was already mashed. |
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![]() Sour mashed. |
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![]() Same here, UM (re Ultravox). |
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![]() - quite likely...Dickie Peterson of Blue Cheer:'Sometimes Jim would dance *by himself* w/ the whiskey bottle'... |
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![]() I'm one of those "The Doors was a comedy act" people. |
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![]() efd, I saw Ultravox open for someone...XTC or the Buzzcocks...can't remember. |
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![]() - I'm one of those freakin' love The Doors people. ...Do I still have Ultravox's 1st album somewhere - or did I lose that along the way??...been thinking about it... |
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![]() I saw them at Hurrah, a great small club in NYC in the late '70s and early '80s. I remember boldly asking Billy Currie if he was mad about how successful Gary Numan was getting. |
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![]() and? |
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![]() He wasn't. |
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![]() Whew. |
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![]() A crow and a baby. |
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![]() ...Caw Wah? |
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![]() Kids in the Hall! He he.... |
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Wed. 9/18/13 11:45pm
Holly in NC:
I'm crushing your head!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xoxoxoxoxox |
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Wed. 9/18/13 11:45pm
Danne D:
Shadowy men on a shadowy planet :) |
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Wed. 9/18/13 11:45pm
Danne D:
AKA The Kids in the Hall theme :) |
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![]() I copped a feel of the singer for Eddie & The Hot Rods -- what can I say? I was young and drunk and foolish. |
Wed. 9/18/13 11:45pm
trish:
..triggering an 'it's over!!??' here | |
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![]() Bring out the Chicken Lady! |
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![]() ...distinct of course from Shadowy Men *from* a Shadowy Planet... |
Wed. 9/18/13 11:46pm
trish:
'yeah, queue the next episode..' | |
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![]() hmm, guess i never knew the actual title if the kith theme song until now |
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![]() Toronto? |
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![]() I am delighted to see how many Kids In The Hall fans are listening! |
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![]() NM. |
Wed. 9/18/13 11:48pm
trish:
I noticed them listed as playing somewhere in Toronto recently. Shadowy Men.. that is. | |
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![]() efd: This is a Dave you know you know. |
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![]() some arbitrary thing still reminds me of a line from kids in the hall nearly 7 days a week |
Wed. 9/18/13 11:50pm
trish:
sheesh, it's tomorrow at the Dakota. (Thanks Evan) | |
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Wed. 9/18/13 11:52pm
Holly in NC:
I have tons of kids in the hall episodes I recorded onto vhs back in the day, I really need to find a player. And a TV, for that matter. |
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Wed. 9/18/13 11:54pm
Holly in NC:
I can't wait til all the Persian Claws lps are sold so they'll finally release a digital download. ... |
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![]() One or two Kids : www.youtube.com... ...besides - they're Into the Doors... |
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Wed. 9/18/13 11:56pm
Holly in NC:
@RRN63 - +1000 |
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Wed. 9/18/13 11:57pm
12539:
Thanks, Mr Funk. | |
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![]() Thanks, efd. Good stuff! |
Wed. 9/18/13 11:58pm
trish:
'it's over!!??' | |
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![]() Loves this Program. Yars I does. |
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Wed. 9/18/13 11:59pm
Danne D:
Good night funk Fans :) Thanks EFD! :) |
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Thu. 9/19/13 12:00am
Holly in NC:
Thank you, Evan |
Thu. 9/19/13 12:00am
trish:
I saw them in Hamilton at Hamilton Place a'ways back when. Great live | |
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