The Evan "Funk" Davies Show | WFMU

blondie - "the attack of the giant ants" - s/t [0:00:00] blondie - "fan mail" - plastic letters [0:03:23] blondie - "will anything happen?" - parallel lines [0:06:04] blondie - "accidents never happen" - eat to the beat [0:08:43] blondie - "angels on the balcony" - autoamerican [0:12:57] blondie - "the beast" - the hunter [0:16:33] blondie - "maria" - no exit [0:21:10] blondie - "long time" - pollinator [0:26:05] blondie - "detroit 442" - plastic letters [0:42:51] blondie - "the hardest part" - eat to the beat [0:45:14] blondie - "rifle range" - s/t [0:48:35] blondie - "i know but i don't know" - parallel lines [0:52:19] blondie - "walk like me" - autoamerican [0:56:08] josh kantor - "dreaming" - live at Fenway Park, 4/7/25 [1:00:01] blondie - "dreaming" - eat to the beat [1:01:45] Set: Non-Blondie Clem performances the split squad - "now hear this" - now hear this... [1:11:02] the split squad - "what's next to the moon" - live on wfmu [The Split Squad live on my show, engineered by Mike Sin] [1:14:12] the empty hearts - "coat-tailer" - the second album [1:18:10] the empty hearts - "(i see) no way out" - s/t [1:21:18] the tearaways - "charlie, keith, and ringo" - and for our next trick [1:24:57] tony fox sales - "success" - single [1:28:39] melvins - "attitude" - everybody loves sausages [1:32:17] End of set Set: More non-Blondie Clem performances and productions speedies - "urban mania" - speedy delivery [mislabeled CD track list! Clem didn't work on this song!] [1:42:46] the colors - "have you seen her" [Clem produced and played drums] [1:46:45] speedies - "something on my mind" - speedy delivery [From 1981, Clem produced] [1:49:39] eurythmics - "caveman head" - in the garden [1:53:22] iggy pop - "the horse song" - zombie birdhouse [1:57:12] the adult net - "where were you when i needed you" - the honey tangle [2:00:06] dramarama - "don't feel like doing drugs" - hi-fi sci-fi [2:03:14] End of set clem burke - "chats with efd" - live on wfmu [Interview originally aired in August 2022] [2:15:28] blondie - "the thin line" - against the odds [1975 recording] [2:33:46] blondie - "in the flesh (extended intro" - against the odds [2:35:58] blondie - "i'm on e (take 2)" - against the odds [2:38:46] blondie - "i'll never break away from this heart of mine (pretty baby)" - against the odds [2:41:24] blondie - "union city blue (instrumental version)" - against the odds [2:44:50] blondie - "out in the streets" - against the odds [2:47:32] blondie - "poets problem" - against the odds [2:50:53] blondie - "heart of glass (disco long)" - 12" [2018 reissue] [2:52:11] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/150915

rod stewart - "every picture tells a story" - every picture tells a story [0:00:00] television - "ain't that nothin'" - adventure [0:06:20] pumpkin and the profile all-stars - "here comes that beat" - 12" [0:11:09] units - "the right man" - 12" [0:17:52] the philisteens - "turn up the music" - turn up the music 12" ep [0:21:36] magazine - "the light pours out of me" - 7" [0:25:21] o-d-ex - "my pleasure" - 7" [bandcamp] [0:35:49] frvits - "pentatonic tacos" - the great internet 7" ep [bandcamp] [0:38:15] taxi girls - "rainy" - 7" [bandcamp] [0:39:46] illuminated sidewalks - "i've heard that one before" - 7" [our own Matt Clarke on bass! bandcamp] [0:43:03] true green - "consider the priesthood" - 7" [bandcamp] [0:46:20] paint fumes - "crime of love" - 7" [bandcamp] [0:50:21] night finger - "fuzzy and wild" - single [bandcamp] [0:53:37] bruce mcculloch - "chats with efd" - live on wfmu [Go see Tales Of Bravery And Stupidity on Friday April 11 at The Armory in Somverville MA, and Saturday April 12 at The Bell House in Brooklyn! More info and ticket links on Bruce's website!] [1:03:11] cameron winter - "love takes miles" - heavy metal [bandcamp] [1:28:44] bc camplight - "the last rotation of earth" - the last rotation of earth [bandcamp Fun fact: "B.C." isn't related to British Columbia at all, it's the singer's initials: Brian Christinzio] [1:32:35] the trans-canada highwaymen - "tonight is a wonderful time to fall in love" - explosive hits, vol. 1 [April Wine song, sung by Craig Northey] [1:36:06] the fondaleros - "odd(s)" - single [bandcamp] [1:43:48] matt tecu & fernando perdomo - "low hanging fruit" - getting warmer [bandcamp] [1:48:38] leopardo - "final landslide" - side a / side b [bandcamp] [1:51:38] johnny irion & us elevator - "let me take your foto" - single [Yes, it's a Speedies cover! Pat Sansone on guitar!] [1:55:04] ultra lights - "people on the planet" - single [bandcamp] [1:58:33] wet leg - "catch these fists (radio edit)" - moisturizer [album out in July! bandcamp] [2:10:26] güner künier - "ne var" - yaramaz [bandcamp] [2:13:17] dimorphodons - "grimpen mire" - waui [bandcamp] [2:15:45] talking heads - "air" - fear of music [2:19:43] lael neale - "down on the freeway" - altogether stranger [Playing April 25 at Public records in Brooklyn; album out on May 2! bandcamp] [2:23:04] the perfect garden - "end of the perfect sunshine" - a place not far from here [1990 recordings newly released bandcamp] [2:37:17] renee maskin - "cat's out of the bag" - is it real [bandcamp] [2:42:26] silver synthetic - "right time" - rosalie [bandcamp] [2:45:02] leigh arthur - "oh i forgot" - single [bandcamp] [2:48:34] daniel takes a train - "hit parade" - single [bandcamp] [2:52:05] yachts - "i know" - missing in action: the lost tapes 1980-81 [2:55:09] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/150694

babe ruth - "the mexican" - first base first base - "i don't wanna be your dog" - s/t [0:05:27] curt gowdy - "side 2 (excerpt)" - ya gotta believe [0:07:53] "love bug" starski - "you've gotta believe" - 7" [0:12:20] jon spencer & the hitmakers - "strike 3" - spencer gets it lit [0:16:14] diamondsnake - "switch hitter" - live on WFMU [engineered by Diane Kamikaze Phil Costello - vocals, guitar Moby - guitar, some bass Dave Hill - bass, some guitar Tomato - drums] [0:18:43] ed nottle - "welcome to my world" - to baseball with love ["This one is for Billy Martin," per the liner notes] [0:22:01] del crandall / jim lonborg - "introduction / pitching mechanics" - inside baseball with the milwaukee brewers [0:24:01] the ribeye brothers - "wally pipp" - call of the scrapheap [0:28:57] pork - "grandslam baby" - 7" [0:31:04] johnny bench with the cincinnati pops - "casey at the bat" - casey at the bat [0:45:07] the airport 77s - "it it's on i'm in" - don't let go [new album coming in May!] [1:00:26] the modbeats - "fairweather friends" - 4 song ep [this song available individually on bandcamp] [1:02:10] private lives - "dealer's choice" - salt of the earth [bandcamp CanCon: ✅] [1:05:35] miranda & the beat - "can't take it" - can't take it [bandcamp] [1:08:05] roseblood - "become the night" - s/t [Kathy Foster from The Thermals, Hurry Up, etcc. bandcamp] [1:10:44] tuff sunshine - "elevator eyes" - vanity matrix [playing live on the show on Weds. May 7! bandcamp] [1:23:06] the laureates - "house of wives" - and then not even then [bandcamp] [1:26:26] meat whiplash - "here it comes" - collected/contextualized [One CD of Meat Whiplash songs from the '80s, one CD of bands covering Meat Whiplash bandcamp] [1:29:03] dan melchior und das menace - "manatee and crow" - natural anxiety [bandcamp] [1:31:43] brian bilston & the catenary wires - "alexa, what is there to know about love" - sounds made by humans [album out in May! bandcamp] [1:34:23] sparks - "do things my own way" - mad! [bandcamp album out in May!] [1:46:22] vnv nation - "silence speaks" - silence speaks [1:49:49] snapped ankles - "pay the rent" - hard times furious dancing [bandcamp] [1:54:36] the electronic circus - "direct lines" - va-bob stanley & pete wiggs present the tears of technology [this song orig 1981] [2:00:09] zabrecky - "our magic" - single [2:03:45] bliss - "rock and roll queen" - pure bliss [previously unreleased mid/late '70s recordings] [2:15:07] creem circus - "switched on" - get.switched.on [bandcamp] [2:17:11] psych-o-positive - "electric fratboy" - single [bandcamp] [2:20:56] ultra lights - "it's your funeral" - 7" [bandcamp] [2:24:59] sea fever - "loose cut" - single [Tom Chapman and Phil Cunningham from New Order, Beth Cassidy of Section 25] [2:27:30] brian d'daddario - "nothing on my mind" - till the morning [live tomorrow on Pseu's Thing With A Hook! (noon - 3pm EDT) bandcamp] [2:40:54] 31Ø8 - "rebecca" - grn [bandcamp] [2:44:19] mean magic - "broken eyes" - ii [bandcamp] [2:46:47] horsegirl - "frontrunner" - phonetics on and on [bandcamp] [2:50:05] consumables - "keys to the cell" - infinite games [bandcamp Playing live on my show April 16th!] [2:52:52] the baseball project - "the yips" - grand salami time! [2:55:45] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/150452

pakalameredith - "thank you baby" - s/t [0:00:00] sly & the family stone - "thank you (falettinme be mice elf agin)" - 7" [0:03:31] sloan - "money city maniacs" - navy blues [thanks to Mike Lupica for bringing this song back into my life] [0:08:26] the upper crust - "luncheon" - once more into the breeches [0:11:38] the db's - "white train" - like this [0:15:38] the motors - "freeze" - s/t [0:18:50] chicago - "alive again" - hot streets [0:23:45] kevin mcdonald and dave hill - "chat with efd" [get your tickets!] [0:32:59] shadowy men on a shadowy planet - "having an average weekend" - savvy show stoppers [(reissue)] [0:49:45] late cambrian - "i love my friends even though they're dumb" - live on wfmu [featuring John Wlaysewski, who's playing guitar in Kevin McDonald Superstar!] [0:52:33] Set: RIP Brian James the damned - "new rose" - damned damned damned [1:01:05] the damned - "neat neat neat" - damned damned damned [1:03:42] the damned - "don't cry wolf" - music for pleasure [1:06:33] tanz der youth - "i'm sorry, i'm sorry" - 7" [1:09:22] the lords of the new church - "question of temperature" - s/t [supergroup of sorts, with Brian James, Stiv Bator(s), Dave Tregunna, and Nick Turner] [1:12:15] the lords of the new church - "russian roulette" - s/t [1:15:02] the lords of the new church - "live for today" - 12" [1:18:43] End of set consumables - "great design" - infinite games [bandcamp] [1:28:09] dimorphodons - "every animal" - waui [bandcamp] [1:31:10] marissa paternoster - "letting go of the dream" - from her patreon [Marissa's Patreon] [1:37:00] bluchickn - "something better (ft. taxi girls)" - single [it's our friend Manon from Blue Oil! bandcamp] [1:40:09] miss georgia peach - "dusty" - class out the ass [going out to my cat Dusty, who's just turned (or maybe is about to turn) 18 years old! bandcamp] [1:42:49] peter holsapple - "that kind of guy" - the face of 68 [1:53:50] jane's addiction - "had a dad" - nothing's shocking [get ready for Lolllapalooza talk!] [1:57:42] tom beaujour & rich bienstock - "chat with efd" [2:03:22] siouxsie & the banshees - "cities in dust" - tinderbox [2:19:50] lush - "superblast!" - spooky [2:23:55] dinosaur jr - "i live for that look" - green mind [2:27:00] rich bienstock & tom beaujour - "chat with efd, part 2" [2:28:43] sonic youth - "100%" - dirty [2:58:23] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/150230