The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from March 25, 2015

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Wed. Dec 4th, 9pm - Midnight: Chandra (More info...)

In 1980, at the age of 12, New Yorker Chandra Oppenheim was fronting her own eponymous band, who may well be the only group to debut at the Mudd Club and later appear on the Captain Kangaroo show. They also released the acclaimed Transportation EP, which had a deluxe reissue in late 2018 by the Toronto-based Telephone Explosion label. In the past several years Chandra put together a new band made up of Toronto musicians, and they recently released a live single on Third Man. You can hear Chandra play live right here on WFMU Wednesday night, December 4, and then catch them the next night at The Broadway in Brooklyn with Future Punx and Famous Logs In History (and WFMU's own Tom Dash spinning the tunes between bands)!

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
thundermug	let's live together	ta-daa!!	mercury	1975			0:00:00 (Pop‑up)
the hardy boys	love train	wheels	rca	1970			0:02:50 (Pop‑up)
echo & the bunnymen	read it in books	7"	zoo	1979			0:05:19 (Pop‑up)
jimmy lewis & the checkers	rockin' right	yeah, right	bomp!	1980			0:08:13 (Pop‑up)
blue rondo a la turk	klacto vee sedstein	12"	diable-noir	1982			0:11:10 (Pop‑up)
the hitmen	don't speak with the enemy	torn together	columbia	1981			0:15:46 (Pop‑up)
love and tears	needles and pins	7"	polydor	1972			0:19:29 (Pop‑up)
tommy james	devil gate drive	in touch	fantasy	1976			0:23:05 (Pop‑up)
lionel newman & his orchestra	evan's theme	7"	abc paramount				0:26:45 (Pop‑up)
jon spencer blues explosion	funeral	freedom tower: no wave dance party 2015	mom + pop			*	0:44:11 (Pop‑up)
red mass	white nights	7"	zaxxon			*	0:46:16 (Pop‑up)
the band in heaven	the boys of summer of sam	7"	hozac			*	0:50:32 (Pop‑up)
cold coffee	on a rock	laundromat	summersteps			*	0:53:39 (Pop‑up)
male gaze	the shining path	gale maze	castle face			*	0:56:33 (Pop‑up)
young guv	crawling back to you	ripe 4 luv	slumberland			*	1:07:20 (Pop‑up)
nic hessler	hearts, repeating	soft connections	captured tracks			*	1:10:48 (Pop‑up)
sparks	get in the swing	indiscreet	island	1975			1:14:48 (Pop‑up)
stag	she+me	temporary machines cd ep	themightystag.com			*	1:18:51 (Pop‑up)
the orange peels	embers	begin the begone	mystery lawn music			*	1:21:40 (Pop‑up)
kdh	beloved devotion	piedmont rose	kdh			*	1:33:12 (Pop‑up)
sneakers	condition red	s/t 10" ep	omnivore	2014	vinyl reissue		1:37:46 (Pop‑up)
lazy lions	suzannah rachel	when dreaming lets you down	lazy lions			*	1:39:59 (Pop‑up)
talbot adams	green girl	7"	market square			*	1:42:59 (Pop‑up)
yo la tengo	smart window	extra painful	matador			*	1:45:56 (Pop‑up)
sarah bethe nelson	start somewhere	fast-moving clouds	burger			*	1:56:04 (Pop‑up)
chastity belt	drone	time to go home	hardly art			*	2:00:04 (Pop‑up)
the ravyns	don't leave me this way	s/t	rdm	1984			2:04:38 (Pop‑up)
the insomniacs	mr. yesterday	7"	hidden volume			*	2:08:59 (Pop‑up)
ruby the hatchet	vast acid	valley of the snake	tee pee			*	2:21:29 (Pop‑up)
reject 707	brain killer	ro maron: collected	musique pour danse		new 2CD set, orig 1988	*	2:26:33 (Pop‑up)
modern rocketry	homosexuality	s/t	megatone	1985			2:32:27 (Pop‑up)
moon duo	slow down low	shadow of the sun	sacred bones			*	2:38:19 (Pop‑up)
dick diver	waste the alphabet	melbourne, florida	trouble in mind			*	2:43:41 (Pop‑up)
the hangabouts	i'll get over it	illustrated bird	futureman	2014			2:45:55 (Pop‑up)
belle & sebastian	the party line	girls in peacetime want to dance	matador			*	2:48:55 (Pop‑up)

Listener comments!
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:04pm Holly in NC: Good evening!
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:05pm Loretta: hi Evan, hi Hollly!
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:06pm JakeGould: HellO!
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 9:06pm Stevel: "Chug a lug now baby" Not sure I trust those Hardy Boys.
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 9:07pm Stevel: ...although, I am curious about who was playing bass on the HB track. Lotsa notes.
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - wow - doesn't sound like Ian McCullough @ all!...
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:08pm BadGuyZero: Hiya!
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:09pm MattBelow: Ahoy Evan and all!
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:10pm JakeGould: @RevRabbit: It’s a Julian Cope collab from the early, early days, “Echo & the Bunnymen's debut single "The Pictures on My Wall" was released on Bill Drummond & David Balfe's Zoo Records in May 1979, the B-side being the McCulloch/Cope collaboration "Read It in Books" (also recorded by The Teardrop Explodes approximately six months later as the B-side of their final Zoo Records single "Treason"). McCulloch has subsequently denied that Cope had any involvement with the writing of this song on more than one occasion.”
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:10pm efd: BGZ!! Great to see you up and commenting!
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:10pm efd: and of course a very good evening to everyone else! Nice to see all of you!
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:10pm Holly in NC: 'Crocodiles' was 1 of the 1st "cool" lps I ever acquired, based solely on a good review in Rolling Stone (!) My much older sister had to go to New Haven to procure for me, quite a big deal.
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:11pm will: I love that band Thundermug! Evan, how do you do that?
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:12pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - yeah but I mean his voice ; maybe Ian McCulloch didn't sound like himself yet (even when spelled right)...
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 9:13pm fleep: Ah Ah Ah, y'all.
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:15pm JakeGould: @RevRabNov63: True. The voice is odd. But hey.
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:17pm will: Something winningly Spandau about Blue Rondo.
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:18pm Jen: The EFD Show is such a fave!
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:19pm JakeGould: Blue Rondo a la Jerk: An a-hole who likes Dave Brubeck.
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:22pm Figgsrock: EFD, you were right on that Jimmy Lewis. Excellent track.
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 9:23pm Stevel: Love the Needles and Pins cover, as I love most covers of that song.
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:24pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Steve Marriott??
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:28pm Holly in NC: Tommy James' autobiography "Me, the Mob & the Music" is quite a fun read.
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:28pm efd: agreed, Holly! I really enjoyed it. Great interview with Dave The Spazz too.
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 9:33pm Stevel: Thanks for that reminder, Holly and efd. Just reserved Me, the Mob & the Music at my library. Yay, WFMU book club! (I've yet to start the Stiff Records book, but it is near at hand.)
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:34pm P-90: "Evan'sTheme"! I actually remember that one. Yeah, Dave the Spazz's interview with Tommy James was primo, I was just recently thinking I should go back and revisit it in the archives. Highly recommended if anyone missed it the first time!
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 9:34pm Stevel: efd: We'd understand if you put on a long cut or two in order to sneak downstairs for a peek at JSBE.
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:37pm Holly in NC: Or just play "Afro"....
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:43pm BadGuyZero: Doesn't look like Steve Marriott was in Love & Tears. www.discogs.com...
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:43pm Figgsrock: EFD, I found something that might help with Jimmy Lewis: powerpopcriminals.blogspot.com...
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - yeah prob. not SteveM - but sounding like him is high praise!
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:48pm Holly in NC: @Figgsrock -beat me by a minute, good find! PPC is an amazing resource, Angelo is astonishing. Also: badcatrecords.com...
	Wed. 3/25/15 9:52pm efd: thanks for the links Holly & Figgsrock!
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:06pm Uncle Michael: Hey, man...you got to be in Studio A on Friday!
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:06pm Uncle Michael: And thank you for that!
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:09pm efd: good point, UM! It was nice to stretch out!
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:09pm Holly in NC: REALLY like this Young Guv album.
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:13pm Uncle Michael: This track has a "Sentimental Lady" acoustic guitar thing going on at the beginning. It fooled me.
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:13pm efd: same, Holly!
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:16pm efd: and something else too, UM, that I can't put my finger on right now -- but when I figure it out you will hear the segue!
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:16pm Mike Sin: Well, I am completely enjoying this Nic Hessler... when it first started I was reminded of the Shoes.
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:17pm Uncle Michael: I swear, I thought we were about to hear the dulcet tones of Bob Welch.
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:17pm efd: that Nic Hessler was a great new bin discovery for me tonight.
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:21pm DaveHill: listening in my underpants. need everyone to be cool with that.
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:22pm JakeGould: @DaveHill: We’re all listening in YOUR underpants. That was one of the premiums.
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:22pm DaveHill: thanks, @jakegould!
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:22pm fleep: How we all fit in his underpants, I'll never know.
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:23pm Danne D: Hi EFD :) Hi Everyone :) Hi Holly :) whoa Dave Hill is here?
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:23pm efd: in his underpants!
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:25pm Danne D: @EFD aren't we all, though?
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:27pm Holly in NC: Hi Danne :-)
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:29pm Ignore Function: Is somebody from The Mummies in The Orange Peels?
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:30pm DaveHill: Evan is back announcing. Evan taught me how to back announce. Cool to hear the master at work.
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:31pm Ignore Function: Wikipedia says yes.
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:32pm coelacanth: howdy Evan and Funkies
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:32pm Uncle Michael: Dave, think of back announcing as calling back in twenty minutes.
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:33pm JakeGould: Jimmy Carter says yes. youtu.be...
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:33pm coelacanth: where the hell isWOAH!...never mind.
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:34pm coelacanth: back announcing is The Way.
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:37pm fleep: But ... last cut and backwards, or first cut and forwards?
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:38pm Holly in NC: LAST CUT BACKWARDS I HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THIS
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:39pm JakeGould: FEELINGS!
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:39pm Stevel: Last cut backwards is helpful when dealing with listeners distracted by the intake of various stimulants. (Nothing more than feelings.)
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:40pm Ike: YES, @Holly! I'm a backwards-back-announcing partisan. Always back-announce starting with the LAST track and GO BACK FROM THERE. That way if somebody tunes in part of the way through and is operating heavy machinery, having sex, or doing something else precluding checking the playlist, they can count back and figure out which track was which.
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:40pm coelacanth: last cut; back. anything else is a severe ass pain for folks who want to note a song and are listening the old-fashioned way.
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:41pm Stevel: I hardly ever check the playlist during sex.
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:41pm Danne D: My exception regarding the last cut back rule is Steinski - he did it forward but it was so beautifully done it worked :)
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:41pm JakeGould: “…listening the old-fashioned way.” On a crystal radio?
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:42pm BadGuyZero: I had to go walk around per doctor's order. But I'm back!
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:42pm coelacanth: no,a cup to the door of the studio.
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:43pm Uncle Michael: Hey, BGZ! How ya feeling?
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:43pm Danne D: BGZ :)
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:44pm Ike: (I just added the "having sex" part to get more attention.)
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:44pm Holly in NC: @BGZ, so glad you're here tonight! How are you feeling?
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:45pm concerned citizen: wha happened?
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:45pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - a wealth of PowerPop tonight ! Happiness.
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:46pm BadGuyZero: @Uncle Michael: Sore. I do have staples in my stomach and it makes me look like a complete badass. But not as badass as Dave Hill.
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...?! ! ! : wellness to you BGZ.
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:47pm Uncle Michael: Glad to hear they have you stapled together, at least. Get less sore!
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:48pm BadGuyZero: For those who don't know...my gallbladder burst Monday morning. It felt like I was simultaneously being stabbed and set on fire.
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:48pm Holly in NC: I wouldn't make love with someone who'd mind if we counted back to figure out a cool song. But I mean really, ideally love = vinyl. Or waves.
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:53pm coelacanth: wait! excuse me; i know you're just about to climax, but i need to count back as the dj goes over his set.
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:54pm Danne D: Ira just so awesome and down to earth. Holy Shit, BGZ! Man, feel better soon. And here I thought you had just eaten some staples.
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:54pm coelacanth: BadGuyZ that sucks! They yank it out?
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:55pm JakeGould: @BadGuyZero: Geez! Hang in there, BGZ. Thoughts and good vibes.
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:56pm coelacanth: yeah either way, speedy recovery to you.
	Wed. 3/25/15 10:56pm Ignore Function: Glad you are recovering, BGZ. Also glad to meet you last week, even if for five seconds.
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 10:58pm fleep: 700,000 gall bladders are removed surgically in the US every year, but usually it is laparoscopic. I am so glad to hear you are recovering, BGZ.
	Wed. 3/25/15 11:01pm BadGuyZero: They had to old-school slice me open to get mine out, hence the staples. The surgeon said it was turning gangrenous before it burst. He said he's never seen a gallbladder in as bad of shape as mine.
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 11:02pm Danne D: And sorry I missed you during the marathon BGZ :(
	Wed. 3/25/15 11:02pm efd: Congrats on the exceptional gall bladder!
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 11:03pm Danne D: So BGZ is now GBZ?
	Wed. 3/25/15 11:04pm coelacanth: Funny Danne!
	Wed. 3/25/15 11:05pm marteen: excellent as always, Mr. EFD. eagerly awaiting your dj premium.
	Wed. 3/25/15 11:07pm BadGuyZero: That Sarah Bethe Nelson track sounded like an outtake from Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk."
	Wed. 3/25/15 11:14pm JakeGould: Can BGZ’s exceptional gall bladder be adopted by a listener?
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 11:18pm Danne D: www.thestonenyc.com... sez 3/31
	Wed. 3/25/15 11:18pm JakeGould: “From March 31 until April 5, I will be in residence at The Stone in NYC, presenting many of my old and new projects in which I play drums – from free improvisation to mixtures of the composed and improvised.” www.lukasligeti.com
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 11:18pm Danne D: Um but he's resident there 3/31 to 4/5 Evan
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 11:20pm Danne D: April part of Lukas Ligeti sched: www.thestonenyc.com...
	Wed. 3/25/15 11:21pm Tommy: Thanks for introducing me to Chastity Belt ,I'm checking them out on youtube now..I love them
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 11:26pm Uncle Michael: Going to listen to the last part of the show with the lights out. Thanks for the music, EFD. Night all.
	Wed. 3/25/15 11:29pm efd: night UM! Thanks for listening, enjoy the dark.
	Wed. 3/25/15 11:30pm coelacanth: ciao Uncle M i'm out too. Thanks Evan gnight ere body
	Wed. 3/25/15 11:33pm efd: later c!
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 11:40pm Ike: That was pretty bold for 1985, no? I wonder if it had distribution problems, etc.
	Wed. 3/25/15 11:41pm efd: They were on the same label as Sylvester, so I don't think they would have had a lot of trouble reaching an audience.
	Wed. 3/25/15 11:44pm JakeGould: www.discogs.com...
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 11:44pm Ike: Cool. Great record.
	Wed. 3/25/15 11:45pm efd: that's another one I found last month. Didn't know it, but between the cover art and the label I figured it was worth a shot.
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 11:45pm Ken From Hyde Park: Just catching up on the comments. Get well soon, BGZ.
	Wed. 3/25/15 11:52pm Holly in NC: THIS is Belle & Sebastian?
	Wed. 3/25/15 11:52pm efd: It is!
	Wed. 3/25/15 11:57pm P-90: That B
	🎃 Wed. 3/25/15 11:59pm Danne D: Thanks for a great show EFD :) Have a good night everyone :) Bye Holly :)
	Tue. 3/31/15 2:54am Hemi-V8: Little info to Love and tears can be found here. German band from Göttingen. http://www.fin-band.com/PresseNEW0.htm
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