WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from June 23, 2021

Listener comments!
	9:02pm ultradamno: Evan! Funkies!
	9:03pm BH: welcome back! hopefully the studio hasn't changed too much since the last time you were there
	9:03pm medson: Hi Evan and everyone
	9:04pm B R M: SO EXCITED FOR THIS!!!! ok. calming down. STILL!!!! whew. ok. AHHHHH!
	9:05pm Chop Scott: Good Wednesday Evening EFD!!
	9:05pm Stevel: Always remember the guy in a Fort Collins record store when I asked about the Sparks Indiscreet album. Me: Who are they: RSG: A couple of weird English guys. Me: What do they sound like? RSG: A couple of weird English guys. His answers were nearly correct, except that he was wrong.
	9:07pm efd: Hiiiii everyone! Delighted to be back with you tonight, and grateful to Therese for the opportunity. I hope you like Sparks!
	9:07pm prof.fuzz: Hi EFD!
	9:08pm LisaCinFL: So excited for this show, Evan!!
	9:08pm medson: I love Sparks.
	9:08pm ultradamno: That's much nicer than the response I got from the record guys when I asked about the New York Dolls when I was 15. Let's just say it wasn't entirely without homophobic epithets
	9:08pm pgalub: Yo EFD and everyone. I love this riff!
	9:09pm Hoboken Jack: EFD!!! I'm just now leisurely returning from seeing the documentary, which was terrific!
	9:09pm van chinski: Been looking forward to this, not to mention having EFD on the air
	9:10pm LisaCinFL: weird - why don't I have a pledged heart next to my name? I think I'm signed in...hmmmmm
	9:11pm medson: @lisa are you on a mobile device?
	9:12pm ultradamno: Are you sure you're signed in? Your handle isn't clickable.
	9:12pm Robm: Welcome back EFD
	9:12pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: You better have that airhorn witcha ! :D Wow this is great to have ya back. Also - wow this is great to have Sparks in depth. Better than I probly thot, candidly.
	9:14pm LisaCinFL: @medson - no. but my computer is acting weird so maybe just a glitch.
	9:15pm McGroovey: All-Sparks Radio!
	9:16pm ultradamno: Was there math?
	9:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: & now LisaCinFL is clickable - but nothing on her Profile...
	9:17pm LisaCinFL: Hmmmm....maybe I don't really exist!
	9:17pm ultradamno: That last one is, the earlier ones still aren't.
	9:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ominous !
	9:19pm LisaCinFL: Evan, I guess you are going to circle back and surprise me at the end of the show. Right? RIGHT?!?! hahaha
	9:19pm Stevel: Are there any bands with as many compelling album covers? I suggest not.
	9:19pm ultradamno: Jandek
	9:19pm Robm: Lisa i guess you are a figment of our imagination:)
	9:20pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Particularly impressive Programming ...since Sparks don't really exist either I hear :D ...
	9:20pm efd: @Lisa I was just gonna say, you might as well tell me the song since obviously it's not one of the ones I played!
	9:20pm LisaCinFL: Ha - At this point I don't even know if I am!
	9:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...in that case I'd like to imagine Lisa's profile not being disappeared to restore my faith in the database... Long Live the New Flesh otherwise...
	9:22pm Hoboken Jack: Hello Peeeeete, Medson Man, McGroove, SteveL, the clickable and the unclickable!
	9:22pm medson: Great opening set
	9:22pm LisaCinFL: Evan - well...your clues included the words "talent" and "asset" and "Einstein" but I will text you a photo now of my framed copy of the 45 I got when I was three.
	9:22pm mariano: Hi efd, everyone!
	9:23pm Hoboken Jack: Mariano!!
	9:23pm medson: Hola Jack. I see you went to Ralph’s.
	9:23pm Handy Haversack: efd! All the other letters! SPOX! SPOX SPOX! Ahhhhh, this is the greatest! Hi, everyone!
	9:24pm Robm: @Lisa why don’t you tell us who you are
	9:24pm LisaCinFL: I am just Lisa in Florida. Really!
	9:24pm LisaCinFL: I don't know why my profile stuff is missing. Evan can vouch I swear! hahahaha
	9:25pm Parq: I was introduced to Sparks by "ABC's In Concert" ca. 1973 -- the camera loved Ron's baleful stare.
	9:25pm McGroovey: Is Florida a real place? I've never been there, so I'm not sure. Like, is the fridge light REALLY off when the door is closed???
	9:25pm Robm: @Lusa okay i will take your word for it
	9:26pm Handy Haversack: ultradamno, medson, B R M, stevel, Chop Scott, Pete, Jack, Rev Rab, McGroovey, mariano, everyone! So excited to be here!
	9:26pm LisaCinFL: Thank you, Robm.
	9:26pm mariano: HoboJack, HandySack!
	9:26pm Robm: @Lisa your welcome
	9:26pm medson: Hey Handy
	9:26pm Handy Haversack: Mariano, mi amigo caro! (Caro means expensive, right?)
	9:27pm listener 126464: Jeez, it was about 2.5 hours long. Hey efd, everyone.
	9:27pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Florida Woman
	9:28pm ultradamno: Hiya Handy!
	9:29pm Will the Sound Guy: Hey efd, and all!
	9:31pm Handy Haversack: We hosted a Very Important Meeting with the other hobby I give all my time to and the Most Important volunteer group about it, and I was just as clear as I could be: You all are out of here at 9. I got something to DO! And I'm doing it! Right now! With all of you! This is the best! Hey, Will!
	9:32pm Hoboken Jack: Handy, Pawy, 126464, hello!
	9:33pm Will the Sound Guy: Hey Handy! The sparks spins really work well with that bright full moon tonight
	9:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Strangely Beatley. Dare I say ? - better than ELO in a way...
	9:34pm efd: @Lisa "Talent Is An Asset" would have been the next song I played from Kimono My House if I hadn't picked out three already!
	9:35pm Stevel: Did The Lady is Lingering chart? Sounds like a hit.
	9:35pm Handy Haversack: I wish Rev. Turnip Druid were tuned in. He'd approve wholeheartedly, even with the total lack of carrot cake up in here.
	9:36pm Hoboken Jack: I missed Chop Scott and I miss you, Chop Scott
	9:36pm BLCKDGRD: Heythanks!
	9:36pm John L: A friend of mine used to buy anything on Island records , so I have him to thank for my high school Sparks exposure. Thanks Herman!
	9:36pm Chop Scott: Hey ya Jack! Hope to see you soon.
	9:37pm LisaCinFL: My three year old self is very happy to hear that, Evan. I was super excited it was included in the film!
	9:37pm Dean: Sparks brings back such memories of freshman year in college in 1976. A friend across the hall in the dormitory used to play them a lot on his stereo.
	9:37pm B R M: 🙌
	9:38pm LisaCinFL: @efd You are making excellent choices, btw!
	9:39pm listener 126464: Hi Hoboken Jack!
	9:39pm slugluv1313: good evening EFD, Everyone! welcome back to Woof Moo studios and omg SO GRATEFUL for this SPARKS FEST!!! just got home a little while ago (why i am not signed in or anything) from a thoroughly crappy day and SPARKS is feeling soooooo good right now -- THANK YOU!! 😺😺😺
	9:40pm sufferwords: EFD- thanks for the re-primer- the doc is on first chance level- also mad psyched for the feature narrative musical too- that film will rule the world
	9:40pm Handy Haversack: slugluv, wishing you a better night than your day, friend! Good to see you!
	9:41pm B R M: @sufferwords- I am dying for it. I love Leos Carax and Sparks... coming out August 6 in the USA, will be on Amazon Prime after that. ANNETTE is going to be amazing!
	9:43pm MarktheNark: Still occasionally get "Happy Hunting Ground" stuck in my head. I listened more than I remember, given what I remember now from you playlist.
	9:43pm Hoboken Jack: Would be funny if EFD plays all Sparks for all his fill-ins till Ken finally has to have a little sit-down with him.
	9:44pm efd: @MarktheNark if I hadn't played "Happy Hunting Ground" on my show a few months ago I would have played it tonight for sure. Love that song!
	9:44pm Handy Haversack: Hoboken Jack, about not being "Toxic" enough?
	9:45pm B R M: Just think of how many records we've heard so far... seven albums, and only five years have passed in their career. Insanity.
	9:46pm mariano: Handy: Caro literally means "dear" though it's almost always used to mean "expensive." It's used poetically in the other sense though (sounds old-school, like using "dear" for "expensive" in English), unless you meant to call me your expensive friend. I mean, I do charge top dollar and I've always been up-front about it. The more common equivalent of "dear" is "querido" which means "beloved" but literally means "desired" which always made me wonder. "My desired friend."
	9:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Suddenly suspected Devo were Sparks fans - & was probly in the back of my head 40 years ago... Yerknow there's always a danger if you notably incorporate Humor - your actual Abilities may not be judged evenhandedly... & I'd probly done that with Sparks or something... &/or they didn't quite seem a 'Rawk band'. Or something.
	9:47pm Handy Haversack: Mariano, as Borges says, ambiguity is richness.
	9:48pm slugluv1313: "Talent is an asset -- and little Albert has it!" still have my Kimono My House LP! i was practically totally isolated as a kid -- did not have cool friends who introduced me to SPARKS -- think i first heard them on Scott Muni's "Things from England" segment on Friday afternoons, WNEW-FM -- and i was hooked 💜💜💜 they were on In Concert? or Don Kirchner's (sp.?) Rock Concert? -- i remember my Mom being confused! but liking them anyway
	9:49pm Hoboken Jack: Pete, it's your favorite Sparks song!!
	9:50pm medson: There is a 4 LP movie soundtrack that looks great. I keep putting it in the cart then say I don’t need it. Haha.
	9:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...or - Take 2 : ...I always liked Sparks & thot they were Kewl ...but no Distributin exposed them to me...
	9:51pm slugluv1313: thanks, Handy! SPARKS is the perfect medicine :)
	9:51pm McGroovey: @Hoboken Jack Or, say, if EFD played every version he could find of a particular teen pop song.
	9:52pm pgalub: Jack- it's OUR favorite Sparks song!
	9:52pm Billy Jam: EFD in the place to be: FMU on a Wednesday eve
	9:55pm listener 126464: Hey Billy Jam.
	9:55pm Will the Sound Guy: Whatup Billy Jam
	9:57pm Handy Haversack: Saw the first lightning bugs of the season in north Brooklyn tonight. Hey, Billy Jam!
	9:57pm Eddy in Australia: This guy is pretty good for a fill-in DJ!
	9:58pm Handy Haversack: He just might make it in this biz, Eddy!
	9:59pm efd: I see you Billy Jam!
	9:59pm LisaCinFL: LOVE LOVE LOVE this one.
	9:59pm MarktheNark: This is too much fun. Now I'll stay up too late. And be listening to Sparks with an electric toothbrush in my mouth.
	10:00pm slugluv1313: BLASTING this here Number One Song in Heaven 💜💜💜
	10:01pm Billy Jam: hey Will the Sound Guy + listener 126464 - hope you guys are good and enjoying the pleasant surprise of Evan Funk Davies on the radio -
	10:02pm Handy Haversack: SPOX!!!! Sorry, just has to be done sometimes!
	10:04pm slugluv1313: for real, the Empire State Building's lights are dancing to this -- under this gorgeous Full Moon -- THANK YOU EFD!!!
	10:06pm pgalub: The lyrics to "Number One Song In Heaven" are truly beautiful.
	10:07pm Will the Sound Guy: I don't have fire flys by me yet, but the Sparks are in the airwaves tonight!
	10:07pm B R M: Giorgio Moroder. That's it. That's the comment.
	10:08pm efd: Such a brilliant combination!
	10:08pm efd: "I've met everyone there is... now I've even met ol' Liz!"
	10:12pm medson: This body of work is mind boggling. I knew they are prolific but ya forget until you start reading about it all.
	10:12pm matt: Great show Evan! Totally in awe of Sparks, the doc was a delight. Amazing that you can be a fan for years and years and still find new cool things they did. Like I just found out a couple weeks ago about the English lyric translation they did for Lio’s “Suite Sixtine” album. Some serious bangers on there!
	10:13pm Kat in Chicago: Hello Evan and stereo lovers!
	10:13pm efd: @medson and we're only up to 1981!
	10:14pm medson: I remember Angst in my pants as a teenager and that was already their 11th album.
	10:14pm Andal: This is the Evan "Funk" Modern World
	10:15pm Hoboken Jack: Russell sounds a bit like Feargal Sharkey here
	10:15pm Andal: Years later, when Ron was remembering how they scored Giorgio Moroder, he wrote "Balls."
	10:15pm Handy Haversack: "Angst in My Pants" on the Valley Girl soundtrack was my first introduction to Sparks.
	10:17pm medson: This has great lyrics as well
	10:19pm Kat in Chicago: I first saw Sparks on the Midnight Special, doing "Talent is an Asset" I think? I remember being fascinated by the music, and concerned about the mustache
	10:19pm Eddy in Australia: As we get deeper into the Sparks discography, I have to second Steve's earlier comment about their cover art - it's consistently great
	10:19pm medson: This was the first sparks album I bought.
	10:20pm Kat in Chicago: Really fun to see the album covers together.
	10:21pm taryninstereo: Omg even with all the social media reminders I’m just now tuning in! #momlife
	10:23pm slugluv1313: hi Kat in Chicago! yes, i think that is the show i saw too -- my Mom was confused yet charmed :)
	10:23pm Handy Haversack: Hey, Kat! Hey, taryninstereo -- better late than never!
	10:24pm Kat in Chicago: Hi slugluv! The rest of my family was in bed, which was probably just as well. Hi Handy!
	10:27pm slugluv1313: @Kat in Chicago - hah! yeah my Dad and sister were asleep -- but my Mom was a night owl -- so she saw all these late night concert shows that i wanted to watch -- not always comfortable hahahaha!
	10:27pm Doug in JC: FINALLLY a chance to sit down and relax. Started at 5 AM. Evan, please, can you play some Sparks
	10:28pm Hoboken Jack: Taryn!
	10:29pm slugluv1313: hiya Doug in JC! TOTALLY! same here -- happy to sit down but still wanna get up and DANCE
	10:29pm taryninstereo: Jack! I miss going to cool places with you!
	10:30pm mariano: First Sparks song I ever heard was "Cool Places," it was all over MTV for a short while.
	10:30pm Handy Haversack: "Ooo, Jane Wiedlin!" -- Kate Hey, Doug! McGroovey is coming to Brooklyn to canoe tomorrow. Summer! Glad you have a chance to slow down tonight.
	10:30pm Hoboken Jack: Cool Places was definitely the first Sparks song I heard/saw. And it is their highest charting song in the U.S. -- No. 49.
	10:31pm Kat in Chicago: I miss going to cool places, period! They're coming back, but idk if I can stay up late enough for some of them anymore :(
	10:31pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Me in kitchen in the 80s : 'He asked her to either go out w/ him or record with him'... Sister : 'So - this was her answer ??'...
	10:31pm John L: I thought I was going to have to wait until The Sparks Brothers was steaming to see it, but it's playing a nearby (Poughkeepsie, NY) multiplex! Pleasantly surprised, and happy to learn they are holding it over for another week.
	10:31pm Doug in JC: Hey slugluv! How is everything? Handy, did you rope him in at the meetup? Serious Devo energy here
	10:31pm Hoboken Jack: Taryn, there's probably an all-ages tmbg show in our future
	10:32pm Kat in Chicago: I missed Sparks Brothers on Metrograph, boo. Gotta look for a Chicago showing.
	10:33pm slugluv1313: BRILLIANT, EFD! gosh even my goofy foot/toe is feeling so much BETTER! (yeah, that foot, that i had surgery on back in March -- been painful AF all day today) again, INFINITE GRATITUDE, EFD and SPARKS <3 <3 <3
	10:34pm B R M: I went to High School and majored in lookin real bad I got a real ugly mom and a real ugly dad Whoa oh I wish I looked a little better...
	10:35pm efd: It was great to see it in a theater; I didn't see any of the online screenings. Kat, I'll bet it's playing there someplace!
	10:35pm Fishtown Mike: Awesome show EFD! Been sitting on the patio and enjoying the trip down memory lane. My neighbor stuck his head out his back door and told me how much he loved Sparks & how great the documentary was. You've got 2/3 of this little corner in Philly rocking!
	10:37pm Kat in Chicago: Found it, Evan! Looks like I'm going to the movies this weekend.
	10:37pm Handy Haversack: Doug, no! It's a longstanding plan. Canoeing is literally* in his blood! "Literally" in his blood, not really* in his blood. Come on.
	10:37pm slugluv1313: EFD, that is so cool that you got to see it on THE BIG SCREEN still kinda leery about going to theaters but THE SPARKS BROTHERS looks so totally worth it
	10:39pm efd: @slugluv with all due respect to Sparks and The Sparks Brothers, it's probably a good movie to ease back into a theater with. There were five (5) people total at a 7pm Saturday screening in NJ.
	10:40pm efd: @Kat yay!
	10:41pm Kat in Chicago: I'm a year short of the senior discount, lol
	10:42pm John L: slugluv1313:I had some trepidation about going to a movie theater, but I'm not too worried about a crowd of Sparks fans filling my local multiplex. I know a couple of locals who said their were only 2 or 3 people in the theater.
	10:42pm slugluv1313: @efd -- okay at any other time i would hope for totally packed theaters but that is so cool (even though i am one of these geeks who loves to go to the movies in the middle of the day when the theaters are kinda empty) going to look for a theater nearby :)
	10:46pm medson: @efd So glad you’re doing this tonight. Perfect way to wrap up a great day.
	10:46pm Handy Haversack: K8 and I are trying to figure out how we just had a two-hour meeting with six other people and not a one of them mentioned how incredibly cool my "Eat Flaming Death, Fascist Media Pigs" WFMU T-shirt is. The way we figure it, some people are a little caught up in their own stuff.
	10:46pm Hoboken Jack: 4 of us in the theater for the 4:10 showing today
	10:47pm mariano: I love that tee, Handy, I have one too. I just got my Sheila B tee along with my other swag, that is one sophisticated-looking tee!
	10:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Beatletards (self) currently processing the Get Back doc of Let It Be sessions not going to Theaters but being streamed on Disney+ as three two-hour segments... Wanted the big screen & collective experience - but getting quite more footage...
	10:49pm Handy Haversack: Oooo, yeah, Mariano, the SBB shirt is a nice one! And easy to fold! (I'm looking at you, Galactic Tour jersey shirt!)
	10:49pm Kat in Chicago: I was happy when they reissued that one, Handy. I kinda outgrew the original. I just got my swag too, mariano! Was surprised to see I made it onto the Party Girls CD (with a version I don't think Ken played on-air).
	10:50pm Kat in Chicago: Handy, I hung Galactic Tour on a hanger in the closet :)
	10:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Jealous of Flaming Death T. Not meeting w/ anyone.
	10:52pm Handy Haversack: THUUUUHHH Yankees win! It's a pretty shirt, Kat. But hard to fold. For me. (K8's reaction to my going to the station to pack swag: "They're going to let YOU fold T-shirts?!")
	10:54pm Kat in Chicago: Oh, you were trying to fold it for swag shipments! I can see how that would be difficult. It's light weight fabric.
	10:56pm Mr. Pumpy: Okay. EFD...this is fucking nuts, and I love you for it! Please don't feel in any way diminished being you don't know every Sparks album. This would be a daunting task. Black Sabbath are many times more popular, however there are few that can even name more than there first six albums along with Heaven and Hell. You are killing it. Sir!
	10:56pm matt: man this song goes. another great one from this era is “Katherine Hepburn” even though it wasn’t under their name
	10:58pm Mr. Pumpy: This is the point where an extra large rocks glass, sweating, full of bourbon and ice, looks at me sarcastically and asks, "And now what?!"
	10:58pm Handy Haversack: SPOX!!!
	10:58pm Mr. Pumpy: SPawgzz
	10:59pm Handy Haversack: Mr. P, all answers are correct!
	10:59pm mariano: My Liz Berg Robot Dance Party tee has a big split in the side, I think I got it in 2012. Hey, Mr. Pumpy!
	10:59pm Mr. Pumpy: Correct, these answers are.
	10:59pm Eddy in Australia: For anyone who hasn't listened to it yet, this is great: songexploder.net...
	11:00pm Mr. Pumpy: It took a splash of ginger...and consumption. I'm sold! Second time hearing this song today. Winning!
	11:01pm slugluv1313: i already adored Siouxsie, but when i heard her version of this, her COOL went through the roof for me
	11:02pm slugluv1313: heya Mr. Pumpy!
	11:03pm Mr. Pumpy: slug! peace and love
	11:04pm slugluv1313: hi mariano! last weekend (i think?) you mentioned getting a new "office" chair -- what brand? (totally need a decent chair but could not ask then, was tied up with werk)
	11:04pm slugluv1313: peace and love to you too, Mr. Pumpy!
	11:05pm Aitch: Seems I've missed loads of Sparks, must go back later. Hey EFD and gang
	11:06pm Hoboken Jack: Hello again Pumpz
	11:07pm Mr. Pumpy: hay Jack
	11:07pm Aitch: Lil' Beethoven and Hello Young Lovers are particularly good albums
	11:07pm Mr. Pumpy: it's for horsies
	11:09pm matt: I thought for a long time “she yo yos me and I yo yo her back” was something sexual but no, they’re actually just saying yo yo to each other. Which makes it 100x funnier
	11:10pm Hoboken Jack: Was a bit shocked when reminded in the movie that Lil Beethoven came out in 2002. It still seems so... recent to me. Ah well, that's aging for ya.
	11:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Gilbert O. Sullivan meets Gilbert & Sullivan...
	11:12pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: It is of course confusing that 2001 is 20 years ago - cause so is 1981...
	11:14pm BOBNATION: I’d take it being 2001 any day over now
	11:17pm Stevel: An astounding musical arc that reminds me of the output of Bowie and Motorhead. Almost never bad, always true.
	11:18pm Stevel: That's a hilarious album cover!
	11:19pm efd: and immediately my statement about the rest of Sparks' releases coming out on the Lil' Beethoven label is disproven! Hello Young Lovers came out on In The Red.
	11:21pm Booz: This show has made my week
	11:22pm mariano: Hi slugluv! It's a brand called Noblewell. It's not some top-of-the-line Aeron or anything, it was about $130. It's a step up from the folding chair I'd been using though!
	11:23pm efd: thank you @Booz!
	11:23pm Mr. Pumpy: If one does not think this band is awesome, amazing, rad, groovy, fucking tits...at this point, check for a pulse.
	11:25pm Mr. Pumpy: Over time, many of their songs have given me, or rather scratched the same itch, which quality doom metal does. Is it simply the willingness to lean into deliberate stretches of repetition? Maybe. I think it goes deeper.
	11:26pm Stevel: I mean, the chimp as Ron Mael. I knew who Sparks were before I heard them, so I get that joke. The visual sense, from only album covers, is indelible. (That's not a word I get to use a lot.)
	11:27pm Stevel: Mr. Pumpy. That makes sense to me.
	11:27pm Mr. Pumpy: And then this happened!!! These strawberries are wild...
	11:28pm Daybreak: & The Post River Glow: Thanks EFD! This makes me realize that I didn’t know 3/4 of the Sparks that I thought I did. So much more Sparks to discover!
	11:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Point about the Writing abundantly clear !! ...Have thot that TheResidents were amazingly committed - both to their concept, & wearing those eyeballs everywhere... But I suppose Sparks didn't even have to to hold fast to their own idiom !
	11:29pm Mr. Pumpy: Rev Rab...sans costumes as well.
	11:30pm efd: @Daybreak I had a similar reaction while watching the documentary and putting this show together!
	11:30pm Mr. Pumpy: Stevel...great look at the creative arc. I like the comparisons. I think it comes from those who want to create art more than make a business decision. Thank the cosmos for them!
	11:31pm Mr. Pumpy: efd...this is amazing. thanks again! I hope you are about to stand up and pound your chest like King Kong warning invaders!
	11:32pm Stevel: I've never seen the arc, so thank you so much for this show, efd. I could not have properly dated most of their first 2/3 albums. Mr. Pumpy: Exactly. What efd shared re. the film and the bros just continuing to work. Why would you not work when you know what you want to do most?
	11:32pm efd: haha, thanks Mr. Pumpy! I'm really glad you're enjoying it.
	11:32pm Chop Scott: Sparks played an incredible set on WFMU for Brian Turner--it took 3 engineers to cover the insane load that day. One of my favorite memories of WFMU session stress!
	11:33pm efd: yes! Thank you for mentioning that, Scott! (And for your role in bringing it to the airwaves!)
	11:33pm Mr. Pumpy: Stevel, unfortunately many that make noises don't see that as the impetus behind their musings. But...we have those that do, so...score!
	11:33pm Stevel: Chop: I remember that from the radio. Very proud of WFMU that day.
	11:33pm Handy Haversack: Time for efd to sound his barbaric SPOX over the roofs of the world!
	11:34pm Mr. Pumpy: Chop Scott...when was that?
	11:34pm Stevel: Jonathan Richman also comes to mind. I'm sure there are others, but yes, they are rare.
	11:35pm slugluv1313: @mariano -- thanks! and totally understand -- Steelcase was recommended, but so not on the budget -- and ANYTHING is better than the crappy chairs i have been using!
	11:36pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Standing up to three hours of listening remarkably well. I suppose many Artists could - but - honestly who knew ??
	11:36pm Mr. Pumpy: Stevel, agreed. King Crimson also come to mind. Like them or hate them, they just kept doing things.
	11:36pm Chop Scott: wfmu.org...
	11:37pm Mr. Pumpy: Chop...danke!
	11:37pm Aitch: Thanks for link Chop Scott
	11:38pm LisaCinFL: Oh wow! Thank you for the link CS!
	11:38pm Mr. Pumpy: efd's background music need to be played through my entire wake/funeral. This is a legal and binding document. Don't fail me, friends. It could be the end tonight!
	11:39pm Handy Haversack: I gotchu, Mr. P.
	11:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: This is a great exposition. Because efd.
	11:41pm Mr. Pumpy: Handy...thank yoszidklngfh,qlA 4,` 3eq bleargh
	11:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...' Mr. Pumpy done died now he gotta transform '...
	11:42pm medson: Thanks Evan. This has been a great night of sparks music. Wanted to mention this now in case I lose this battle with my heavy eyelids
	11:43pm efd: @medson Thank you! (and you too, RevRabbit)
	11:43pm sufferwords: SoCal pride The Dickies greatly influenced as were Celebrity Skin and a lot of L.A. bands- we always knew out here
	11:45pm efd: @sufferwords you/they were all drinking the same water!
	11:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: When I lived in Santa Barbara & was just hanging in a particular cafe as an existence, shall we say - Sparks was in town & came in with their entourage of maybe six. A Lady among them said to scruffy me: 'You just looove this place - don't you dahhhrling??'...In a nice way. I think.
	11:48pm sufferwords: @efd- us locals share a sense of humor in our music
	11:48pm Mr. Pumpy: @suffer, funny you should say that because I was trying to think of another band this type of three hour run would serve, and The Dickies were one of the first bands that popped into my mind. And I'm from Jersey! Also...I'm still dying..........
	11:50pm sufferwords: Also The Quick were complex falsetto reliant and funny
	11:50pm Hoboken Jack: Steady Drip, interestingly, is Sparks' 2nd highest charting U.S. album, reaching No. 75. (Only Propaganda was higher.)
	11:51pm Mr. Pumpy: This album is insanely good. It makes their journey all the more...uh...good, and stuff.
	11:52pm radioronan: Thanks Evan..this was great..Really want to see this doc and the Carax movie. All hail the Mael!
	11:52pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi and welcome back, efd. Let us make sure Bronwyn B. is aware of this program.
	11:52pm efd: @Hoboken Jack No knock on Steady Drip but I can't help thinking that's at least partly due to changes in the music biz and the threshold needed to reach the charts theses days.
	11:52pm efd: @KenFHP Bronwyn B has been with me in spirit tonight!
	11:53pm Mr. Pumpy: efd...the album field needs updating to the drip drip drippppp
	11:54pm Mr. Pumpy: Sorry, the label. sorry
	11:56pm Hoboken Jack: Late hello HP Ken! Thank you and until next time, EFD!
	11:56pm mariano: Kat in Chicago (@10:49) - That's great that your version of Party Girls wound up on the premium, way to go! Thank you efd!
	11:56pm sufferwords: So weird- I think my favorite Sparks is the current one - truly high art that still rips- still sounds like it could all happen to me- fully relatable with a touch of Mike Kelly insanity
	11:56pm Mr. Pumpy: Thanks, efd. Killer stuff.
	11:57pm Booz: Thanks a mil EFD!
	11:57pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, efd! I am going to go drip on the lawn! I think that's right? Later on, pals!
	11:57pm Mr. Pumpy: Everyone here is cool! Goodnight. I think...
	11:57pm Kat in Chicago: This was so good!
	11:58pm slugluv1313: this SPARKS FEST has been fantastic, Evan -- thank you so very very much!
	11:58pm Stevel: Bravo! Good to hear you on Wednesday! Be well.
	11:59pm sufferwords: have a good summer EFD- later
	11:59pm Chop Scott: Bravo EFD--thanks for the program tonight!!
	12:00am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...seem a good hand @ this ! ...hope you may consider doing it regularly...
	12:01am Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Jack. I am busy again tonight. Checking in for a moment.

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from June 23, 2021

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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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Upcoming events:

Wed. Dec 4th, Noon - 3pm: Freaky Wilderness (More info...)
Brooklyn’s Freaky Wilderness includes members of Space Merchants, whose 2018 album landed in EFD’s top 10 of that year. They bring their heavy, fuzzy sound to the WFMU airwaves just days before the release of their debut album Immeasurable Heaven. They’ll preview the album in this live set ahead of the album release show on Thursday Dec. 12 at Main Drag in Brooklyn.
Wed. Dec 11th, Noon - 3pm: Manager (More info...)
Manager is a three-piece band that’s based right here in Jersey City. They recently released a new EP, HOT-LINE (Texacobra), which showcases their hard-edged percolating indie sound that may remind the listener of Echo & The Bunnymen or Yo La Tengo. Tune in to this live session and hear for yourself!

June 23, 2021: Fill-in for Therese: #SummerOfSparks

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
sparks	high c "high c" by "sparks"	s/t	bearsville	1972		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
sparks	moon over kentucky "moon over kentucky" by "sparks"	a woofer in tweeter's clothing	bearsville	1973.		0:03:16 (Pop-up)
sparks	amateur hour "amateur hour" by "sparks"	kimono my house	island	1974		0:07:10 (Pop-up)
sparks	hasta mañana monsieur "hasta mañana monsieur" by "sparks"	kimono my house	island	1974		0:10:35 (Pop-up)
sparks	barbecutie "barbecutie" by "sparks"	7"	island	1974	b-side of "This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us"	0:14:19 (Pop-up)
sparks	thanks but no thanks "thanks but no thanks" by "sparks"	propaganda	island	1974		0:17:05 (Pop-up)
sparks	don't leave me alone with her	propaganda	island	1974		0:21:27 (Pop-up)

sparks	how are you getting home "how are you getting home" by "sparks"	indiscreet	island	1975		0:31:28 (Pop-up)
sparks	the lady is lingering "the lady is lingering" by "sparks"	indiscreet	island	1975		0:33:59 (Pop-up)
sparks	screwed up "screwed up" by "sparks"	big beat	columbia	1976		0:37:41 (Pop-up)
sparks	occupation "occupation" by "sparks"	introducing	columbia	1977		0:41:44 (Pop-up)
sparks	forever young "forever young" by "sparks"	introducing	columbia	1977		0:47:09 (Pop-up)

sparks	the number one song in heaven	no.1 in heaven	elektra	1979		0:58:13 (Pop-up)
sparks	beat the clock "beat the clock" by "sparks"	no.1 in heaven	elektra	1979		1:04:45 (Pop-up)
sparks	stereo "stereo" by "sparks"	terminal jive	virgin	1980		1:09:04 (Pop-up)
sparks	funny face "funny face" by "sparks"	whomp that sucker	rca	1981		1:13:27 (Pop-up)
sparks	i predict "i predict" by "sparks"	angst in my pants	atlantic	1982		1:16:27 (Pop-up)

sparks	cool places (with jane wiedlin)	in outer space	atlantic	1983		1:29:24 (Pop-up)
sparks	i wish i looked a little better	in outer space	atlantic	1983		1:32:22 (Pop-up)
sparks	a song that sings itself "a song that sings itself" by "sparks"	pulling rabbits out of a hat	atlantic	1984		1:35:44 (Pop-up)
sparks	music that you can dance to	music that you can dance to	curb/mca	1986		1:39:44 (Pop-up)
sparks	lots of reasons "lots of reasons" by "sparks"	interior design	fine art/rhino	1988		1:44:31 (Pop-up)

sparks	when do i get to sing "my way"	gratuitous sax & senseless violins	bmg	1994		1:53:08 (Pop-up)
sparks	this town ain't big enough for both of us	plagiarism	oglio	1997		1:57:42 (Pop-up)
sparks	more than a sex machine "more than a sex machine" by "sparks"	balls	oglio	2000		2:02:13 (Pop-up)
sparks	suburban homeboy "suburban homeboy" by "sparks"	lil' beethoven	lil' beethoven	2002		2:06:23 (Pop-up)
sparks	my baby's taking me home "my baby's taking me home" by "sparks"	lil' beethoven	lil' beethoven	2002		2:09:17 (Pop-up)

sparks	perfume "perfume" by "sparks"	hello young lovers	in the red	2006		2:18:01 (Pop-up)
sparks	i can't believe that you would fall for all the crap in this song	exotic creatures of the deep	lil' beethoven	2008		2:22:45 (Pop-up)
sparks	mr. bergman, how are you? "mr. bergman, how are you?" by "sparks"	the seduction of ingmar bergman	lil' beethoven	2009		2:26:57 (Pop-up)
ffs	call girl "call girl" by "ffs"	s/t	domino	2015	collaboration with Franz Ferdinand	2:31:24 (Pop-up)

sparks	what the hell is it this time	hippopotamus	lil' beethoven	2017		2:40:10 (Pop-up)
sparks	scandinavian design "scandinavian design" by "sparks"	hippopotamus	lil' beethoven	2017		2:44:11 (Pop-up)
sparks	all that "all that" by "sparks"	a steady drip, drip, drip	bmg	2020		2:48:54 (Pop-up)
sparks	lawnmower "lawnmower" by "sparks"	a steady drip, drip, drip	bmg	2020		2:53:43 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:02pm ultradamno: Evan! Funkies!
	9:03pm BH: welcome back! hopefully the studio hasn't changed too much since the last time you were there
	9:03pm medson: Hi Evan and everyone
	9:04pm B R M: SO EXCITED FOR THIS!!!! ok. calming down. STILL!!!! whew. ok. AHHHHH!
	9:05pm Chop Scott: Good Wednesday Evening EFD!!
	9:05pm Stevel: Always remember the guy in a Fort Collins record store when I asked about the Sparks Indiscreet album. Me: Who are they: RSG: A couple of weird English guys. Me: What do they sound like? RSG: A couple of weird English guys. His answers were nearly correct, except that he was wrong.
	9:07pm efd: Hiiiii everyone! Delighted to be back with you tonight, and grateful to Therese for the opportunity. I hope you like Sparks!
	9:07pm prof.fuzz: Hi EFD!
	9:08pm LisaCinFL: So excited for this show, Evan!!
	9:08pm medson: I love Sparks.
	9:08pm ultradamno: That's much nicer than the response I got from the record guys when I asked about the New York Dolls when I was 15. Let's just say it wasn't entirely without homophobic epithets
	9:08pm pgalub: Yo EFD and everyone. I love this riff!
	9:09pm Hoboken Jack: EFD!!! I'm just now leisurely returning from seeing the documentary, which was terrific!
	9:09pm van chinski: Been looking forward to this, not to mention having EFD on the air
	9:10pm LisaCinFL: weird - why don't I have a pledged heart next to my name? I think I'm signed in...hmmmmm
	9:11pm medson: @lisa are you on a mobile device?
	9:12pm ultradamno: Are you sure you're signed in? Your handle isn't clickable.
	9:12pm Robm: Welcome back EFD
	9:12pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: You better have that airhorn witcha ! :D Wow this is great to have ya back. Also - wow this is great to have Sparks in depth. Better than I probly thot, candidly.
	9:14pm LisaCinFL: @medson - no. but my computer is acting weird so maybe just a glitch.
	9:15pm McGroovey: All-Sparks Radio!
	9:16pm ultradamno: Was there math?
	9:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: & now LisaCinFL is clickable - but nothing on her Profile...
	9:17pm LisaCinFL: Hmmmm....maybe I don't really exist!
	9:17pm ultradamno: That last one is, the earlier ones still aren't.
	9:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ominous !
	9:19pm LisaCinFL: Evan, I guess you are going to circle back and surprise me at the end of the show. Right? RIGHT?!?! hahaha
	9:19pm Stevel: Are there any bands with as many compelling album covers? I suggest not.
	9:19pm ultradamno: Jandek
	9:19pm Robm: Lisa i guess you are a figment of our imagination:)
	9:20pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Particularly impressive Programming ...since Sparks don't really exist either I hear :D ...
	9:20pm efd: @Lisa I was just gonna say, you might as well tell me the song since obviously it's not one of the ones I played!
	9:20pm LisaCinFL: Ha - At this point I don't even know if I am!
	9:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...in that case I'd like to imagine Lisa's profile not being disappeared to restore my faith in the database... Long Live the New Flesh otherwise...
	9:22pm Hoboken Jack: Hello Peeeeete, Medson Man, McGroove, SteveL, the clickable and the unclickable!
	9:22pm medson: Great opening set
	9:22pm LisaCinFL: Evan - well...your clues included the words "talent" and "asset" and "Einstein" but I will text you a photo now of my framed copy of the 45 I got when I was three.
	9:22pm mariano: Hi efd, everyone!
	9:23pm Hoboken Jack: Mariano!!
	9:23pm medson: Hola Jack. I see you went to Ralph’s.
	9:23pm Handy Haversack: efd! All the other letters! SPOX! SPOX SPOX! Ahhhhh, this is the greatest! Hi, everyone!
	9:24pm Robm: @Lisa why don’t you tell us who you are
	9:24pm LisaCinFL: I am just Lisa in Florida. Really!
	9:24pm LisaCinFL: I don't know why my profile stuff is missing. Evan can vouch I swear! hahahaha
	9:25pm Parq: I was introduced to Sparks by "ABC's In Concert" ca. 1973 -- the camera loved Ron's baleful stare.
	9:25pm McGroovey: Is Florida a real place? I've never been there, so I'm not sure. Like, is the fridge light REALLY off when the door is closed???
	9:25pm Robm: @Lusa okay i will take your word for it
	9:26pm Handy Haversack: ultradamno, medson, B R M, stevel, Chop Scott, Pete, Jack, Rev Rab, McGroovey, mariano, everyone! So excited to be here!
	9:26pm LisaCinFL: Thank you, Robm.
	9:26pm mariano: HoboJack, HandySack!
	9:26pm Robm: @Lisa your welcome
	9:26pm medson: Hey Handy
	9:26pm Handy Haversack: Mariano, mi amigo caro! (Caro means expensive, right?)
	9:27pm listener 126464: Jeez, it was about 2.5 hours long. Hey efd, everyone.
	9:27pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Florida Woman
	9:28pm ultradamno: Hiya Handy!
	9:29pm Will the Sound Guy: Hey efd, and all!
	9:31pm Handy Haversack: We hosted a Very Important Meeting with the other hobby I give all my time to and the Most Important volunteer group about it, and I was just as clear as I could be: You all are out of here at 9. I got something to DO! And I'm doing it! Right now! With all of you! This is the best! Hey, Will!
	9:32pm Hoboken Jack: Handy, Pawy, 126464, hello!
	9:33pm Will the Sound Guy: Hey Handy! The sparks spins really work well with that bright full moon tonight
	9:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Strangely Beatley. Dare I say ? - better than ELO in a way...
	9:34pm efd: @Lisa "Talent Is An Asset" would have been the next song I played from Kimono My House if I hadn't picked out three already!
	9:35pm Stevel: Did The Lady is Lingering chart? Sounds like a hit.
	9:35pm Handy Haversack: I wish Rev. Turnip Druid were tuned in. He'd approve wholeheartedly, even with the total lack of carrot cake up in here.
	9:36pm Hoboken Jack: I missed Chop Scott and I miss you, Chop Scott
	9:36pm BLCKDGRD: Heythanks!
	9:36pm John L: A friend of mine used to buy anything on Island records , so I have him to thank for my high school Sparks exposure. Thanks Herman!
	9:36pm Chop Scott: Hey ya Jack! Hope to see you soon.
	9:37pm LisaCinFL: My three year old self is very happy to hear that, Evan. I was super excited it was included in the film!
	9:37pm Dean: Sparks brings back such memories of freshman year in college in 1976. A friend across the hall in the dormitory used to play them a lot on his stereo.
	9:37pm B R M: 🙌
	9:38pm LisaCinFL: @efd You are making excellent choices, btw!
	9:39pm listener 126464: Hi Hoboken Jack!
	9:39pm slugluv1313: good evening EFD, Everyone! welcome back to Woof Moo studios and omg SO GRATEFUL for this SPARKS FEST!!! just got home a little while ago (why i am not signed in or anything) from a thoroughly crappy day and SPARKS is feeling soooooo good right now -- THANK YOU!! 😺😺😺
	9:40pm sufferwords: EFD- thanks for the re-primer- the doc is on first chance level- also mad psyched for the feature narrative musical too- that film will rule the world
	9:40pm Handy Haversack: slugluv, wishing you a better night than your day, friend! Good to see you!
	9:41pm B R M: @sufferwords- I am dying for it. I love Leos Carax and Sparks... coming out August 6 in the USA, will be on Amazon Prime after that. ANNETTE is going to be amazing!
	9:43pm MarktheNark: Still occasionally get "Happy Hunting Ground" stuck in my head. I listened more than I remember, given what I remember now from you playlist.
	9:43pm Hoboken Jack: Would be funny if EFD plays all Sparks for all his fill-ins till Ken finally has to have a little sit-down with him.
	9:44pm efd: @MarktheNark if I hadn't played "Happy Hunting Ground" on my show a few months ago I would have played it tonight for sure. Love that song!
	9:44pm Handy Haversack: Hoboken Jack, about not being "Toxic" enough?
	9:45pm B R M: Just think of how many records we've heard so far... seven albums, and only five years have passed in their career. Insanity.
	9:46pm mariano: Handy: Caro literally means "dear" though it's almost always used to mean "expensive." It's used poetically in the other sense though (sounds old-school, like using "dear" for "expensive" in English), unless you meant to call me your expensive friend. I mean, I do charge top dollar and I've always been up-front about it. The more common equivalent of "dear" is "querido" which means "beloved" but literally means "desired" which always made me wonder. "My desired friend."
	9:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Suddenly suspected Devo were Sparks fans - & was probly in the back of my head 40 years ago... Yerknow there's always a danger if you notably incorporate Humor - your actual Abilities may not be judged evenhandedly... & I'd probly done that with Sparks or something... &/or they didn't quite seem a 'Rawk band'. Or something.
	9:47pm Handy Haversack: Mariano, as Borges says, ambiguity is richness.
	9:48pm slugluv1313: "Talent is an asset -- and little Albert has it!" still have my Kimono My House LP! i was practically totally isolated as a kid -- did not have cool friends who introduced me to SPARKS -- think i first heard them on Scott Muni's "Things from England" segment on Friday afternoons, WNEW-FM -- and i was hooked 💜💜💜 they were on In Concert? or Don Kirchner's (sp.?) Rock Concert? -- i remember my Mom being confused! but liking them anyway
	9:49pm Hoboken Jack: Pete, it's your favorite Sparks song!!
	9:50pm medson: There is a 4 LP movie soundtrack that looks great. I keep putting it in the cart then say I don’t need it. Haha.
	9:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...or - Take 2 : ...I always liked Sparks & thot they were Kewl ...but no Distributin exposed them to me...
	9:51pm slugluv1313: thanks, Handy! SPARKS is the perfect medicine :)
	9:51pm McGroovey: @Hoboken Jack Or, say, if EFD played every version he could find of a particular teen pop song.
	9:52pm pgalub: Jack- it's OUR favorite Sparks song!
	9:52pm Billy Jam: EFD in the place to be: FMU on a Wednesday eve
	9:55pm listener 126464: Hey Billy Jam.
	9:55pm Will the Sound Guy: Whatup Billy Jam
	9:57pm Handy Haversack: Saw the first lightning bugs of the season in north Brooklyn tonight. Hey, Billy Jam!
	9:57pm Eddy in Australia: This guy is pretty good for a fill-in DJ!
	9:58pm Handy Haversack: He just might make it in this biz, Eddy!
	9:59pm efd: I see you Billy Jam!
	9:59pm LisaCinFL: LOVE LOVE LOVE this one.
	9:59pm MarktheNark: This is too much fun. Now I'll stay up too late. And be listening to Sparks with an electric toothbrush in my mouth.
	10:00pm slugluv1313: BLASTING this here Number One Song in Heaven 💜💜💜
	10:01pm Billy Jam: hey Will the Sound Guy + listener 126464 - hope you guys are good and enjoying the pleasant surprise of Evan Funk Davies on the radio -
	10:02pm Handy Haversack: SPOX!!!! Sorry, just has to be done sometimes!
	10:04pm slugluv1313: for real, the Empire State Building's lights are dancing to this -- under this gorgeous Full Moon -- THANK YOU EFD!!!
	10:06pm pgalub: The lyrics to "Number One Song In Heaven" are truly beautiful.
	10:07pm Will the Sound Guy: I don't have fire flys by me yet, but the Sparks are in the airwaves tonight!
	10:07pm B R M: Giorgio Moroder. That's it. That's the comment.
	10:08pm efd: Such a brilliant combination!
	10:08pm efd: "I've met everyone there is... now I've even met ol' Liz!"
	10:12pm medson: This body of work is mind boggling. I knew they are prolific but ya forget until you start reading about it all.
	10:12pm matt: Great show Evan! Totally in awe of Sparks, the doc was a delight. Amazing that you can be a fan for years and years and still find new cool things they did. Like I just found out a couple weeks ago about the English lyric translation they did for Lio’s “Suite Sixtine” album. Some serious bangers on there!
	10:13pm Kat in Chicago: Hello Evan and stereo lovers!
	10:13pm efd: @medson and we're only up to 1981!
	10:14pm medson: I remember Angst in my pants as a teenager and that was already their 11th album.
	10:14pm Andal: This is the Evan "Funk" Modern World
	10:15pm Hoboken Jack: Russell sounds a bit like Feargal Sharkey here
	10:15pm Andal: Years later, when Ron was remembering how they scored Giorgio Moroder, he wrote "Balls."
	10:15pm Handy Haversack: "Angst in My Pants" on the Valley Girl soundtrack was my first introduction to Sparks.
	10:17pm medson: This has great lyrics as well
	10:19pm Kat in Chicago: I first saw Sparks on the Midnight Special, doing "Talent is an Asset" I think? I remember being fascinated by the music, and concerned about the mustache
	10:19pm Eddy in Australia: As we get deeper into the Sparks discography, I have to second Steve's earlier comment about their cover art - it's consistently great
	10:19pm medson: This was the first sparks album I bought.
	10:20pm Kat in Chicago: Really fun to see the album covers together.
	10:21pm taryninstereo: Omg even with all the social media reminders I’m just now tuning in! #momlife
	10:23pm slugluv1313: hi Kat in Chicago! yes, i think that is the show i saw too -- my Mom was confused yet charmed :)
	10:23pm Handy Haversack: Hey, Kat! Hey, taryninstereo -- better late than never!
	10:24pm Kat in Chicago: Hi slugluv! The rest of my family was in bed, which was probably just as well. Hi Handy!
	10:27pm slugluv1313: @Kat in Chicago - hah! yeah my Dad and sister were asleep -- but my Mom was a night owl -- so she saw all these late night concert shows that i wanted to watch -- not always comfortable hahahaha!
	10:27pm Doug in JC: FINALLLY a chance to sit down and relax. Started at 5 AM. Evan, please, can you play some Sparks
	10:28pm Hoboken Jack: Taryn!
	10:29pm slugluv1313: hiya Doug in JC! TOTALLY! same here -- happy to sit down but still wanna get up and DANCE
	10:29pm taryninstereo: Jack! I miss going to cool places with you!
	10:30pm mariano: First Sparks song I ever heard was "Cool Places," it was all over MTV for a short while.
	10:30pm Handy Haversack: "Ooo, Jane Wiedlin!" -- Kate Hey, Doug! McGroovey is coming to Brooklyn to canoe tomorrow. Summer! Glad you have a chance to slow down tonight.
	10:30pm Hoboken Jack: Cool Places was definitely the first Sparks song I heard/saw. And it is their highest charting song in the U.S. -- No. 49.
	10:31pm Kat in Chicago: I miss going to cool places, period! They're coming back, but idk if I can stay up late enough for some of them anymore :(
	10:31pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Me in kitchen in the 80s : 'He asked her to either go out w/ him or record with him'... Sister : 'So - this was her answer ??'...
	10:31pm John L: I thought I was going to have to wait until The Sparks Brothers was steaming to see it, but it's playing a nearby (Poughkeepsie, NY) multiplex! Pleasantly surprised, and happy to learn they are holding it over for another week.
	10:31pm Doug in JC: Hey slugluv! How is everything? Handy, did you rope him in at the meetup? Serious Devo energy here
	10:31pm Hoboken Jack: Taryn, there's probably an all-ages tmbg show in our future
	10:32pm Kat in Chicago: I missed Sparks Brothers on Metrograph, boo. Gotta look for a Chicago showing.
	10:33pm slugluv1313: BRILLIANT, EFD! gosh even my goofy foot/toe is feeling so much BETTER! (yeah, that foot, that i had surgery on back in March -- been painful AF all day today) again, INFINITE GRATITUDE, EFD and SPARKS <3 <3 <3
	10:34pm B R M: I went to High School and majored in lookin real bad I got a real ugly mom and a real ugly dad Whoa oh I wish I looked a little better...
	10:35pm efd: It was great to see it in a theater; I didn't see any of the online screenings. Kat, I'll bet it's playing there someplace!
	10:35pm Fishtown Mike: Awesome show EFD! Been sitting on the patio and enjoying the trip down memory lane. My neighbor stuck his head out his back door and told me how much he loved Sparks & how great the documentary was. You've got 2/3 of this little corner in Philly rocking!
	10:37pm Kat in Chicago: Found it, Evan! Looks like I'm going to the movies this weekend.
	10:37pm Handy Haversack: Doug, no! It's a longstanding plan. Canoeing is literally* in his blood! "Literally" in his blood, not really* in his blood. Come on.
	10:37pm slugluv1313: EFD, that is so cool that you got to see it on THE BIG SCREEN still kinda leery about going to theaters but THE SPARKS BROTHERS looks so totally worth it
	10:39pm efd: @slugluv with all due respect to Sparks and The Sparks Brothers, it's probably a good movie to ease back into a theater with. There were five (5) people total at a 7pm Saturday screening in NJ.
	10:40pm efd: @Kat yay!
	10:41pm Kat in Chicago: I'm a year short of the senior discount, lol
	10:42pm John L: slugluv1313:I had some trepidation about going to a movie theater, but I'm not too worried about a crowd of Sparks fans filling my local multiplex. I know a couple of locals who said their were only 2 or 3 people in the theater.
	10:42pm slugluv1313: @efd -- okay at any other time i would hope for totally packed theaters but that is so cool (even though i am one of these geeks who loves to go to the movies in the middle of the day when the theaters are kinda empty) going to look for a theater nearby :)
	10:46pm medson: @efd So glad you’re doing this tonight. Perfect way to wrap up a great day.
	10:46pm Handy Haversack: K8 and I are trying to figure out how we just had a two-hour meeting with six other people and not a one of them mentioned how incredibly cool my "Eat Flaming Death, Fascist Media Pigs" WFMU T-shirt is. The way we figure it, some people are a little caught up in their own stuff.
	10:46pm Hoboken Jack: 4 of us in the theater for the 4:10 showing today
	10:47pm mariano: I love that tee, Handy, I have one too. I just got my Sheila B tee along with my other swag, that is one sophisticated-looking tee!
	10:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Beatletards (self) currently processing the Get Back doc of Let It Be sessions not going to Theaters but being streamed on Disney+ as three two-hour segments... Wanted the big screen & collective experience - but getting quite more footage...
	10:49pm Handy Haversack: Oooo, yeah, Mariano, the SBB shirt is a nice one! And easy to fold! (I'm looking at you, Galactic Tour jersey shirt!)
	10:49pm Kat in Chicago: I was happy when they reissued that one, Handy. I kinda outgrew the original. I just got my swag too, mariano! Was surprised to see I made it onto the Party Girls CD (with a version I don't think Ken played on-air).
	10:50pm Kat in Chicago: Handy, I hung Galactic Tour on a hanger in the closet :)
	10:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Jealous of Flaming Death T. Not meeting w/ anyone.
	10:52pm Handy Haversack: THUUUUHHH Yankees win! It's a pretty shirt, Kat. But hard to fold. For me. (K8's reaction to my going to the station to pack swag: "They're going to let YOU fold T-shirts?!")
	10:54pm Kat in Chicago: Oh, you were trying to fold it for swag shipments! I can see how that would be difficult. It's light weight fabric.
	10:56pm Mr. Pumpy: Okay. EFD...this is fucking nuts, and I love you for it! Please don't feel in any way diminished being you don't know every Sparks album. This would be a daunting task. Black Sabbath are many times more popular, however there are few that can even name more than there first six albums along with Heaven and Hell. You are killing it. Sir!
	10:56pm matt: man this song goes. another great one from this era is “Katherine Hepburn” even though it wasn’t under their name
	10:58pm Mr. Pumpy: This is the point where an extra large rocks glass, sweating, full of bourbon and ice, looks at me sarcastically and asks, "And now what?!"
	10:58pm Handy Haversack: SPOX!!!
	10:58pm Mr. Pumpy: SPawgzz
	10:59pm Handy Haversack: Mr. P, all answers are correct!
	10:59pm mariano: My Liz Berg Robot Dance Party tee has a big split in the side, I think I got it in 2012. Hey, Mr. Pumpy!
	10:59pm Mr. Pumpy: Correct, these answers are.
	10:59pm Eddy in Australia: For anyone who hasn't listened to it yet, this is great: songexploder.net...
	11:00pm Mr. Pumpy: It took a splash of ginger...and consumption. I'm sold! Second time hearing this song today. Winning!
	11:01pm slugluv1313: i already adored Siouxsie, but when i heard her version of this, her COOL went through the roof for me
	11:02pm slugluv1313: heya Mr. Pumpy!
	11:03pm Mr. Pumpy: slug! peace and love
	11:04pm slugluv1313: hi mariano! last weekend (i think?) you mentioned getting a new "office" chair -- what brand? (totally need a decent chair but could not ask then, was tied up with werk)
	11:04pm slugluv1313: peace and love to you too, Mr. Pumpy!
	11:05pm Aitch: Seems I've missed loads of Sparks, must go back later. Hey EFD and gang
	11:06pm Hoboken Jack: Hello again Pumpz
	11:07pm Mr. Pumpy: hay Jack
	11:07pm Aitch: Lil' Beethoven and Hello Young Lovers are particularly good albums
	11:07pm Mr. Pumpy: it's for horsies
	11:09pm matt: I thought for a long time “she yo yos me and I yo yo her back” was something sexual but no, they’re actually just saying yo yo to each other. Which makes it 100x funnier
	11:10pm Hoboken Jack: Was a bit shocked when reminded in the movie that Lil Beethoven came out in 2002. It still seems so... recent to me. Ah well, that's aging for ya.
	11:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Gilbert O. Sullivan meets Gilbert & Sullivan...
	11:12pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: It is of course confusing that 2001 is 20 years ago - cause so is 1981...
	11:14pm BOBNATION: I’d take it being 2001 any day over now
	11:17pm Stevel: An astounding musical arc that reminds me of the output of Bowie and Motorhead. Almost never bad, always true.
	11:18pm Stevel: That's a hilarious album cover!
	11:19pm efd: and immediately my statement about the rest of Sparks' releases coming out on the Lil' Beethoven label is disproven! Hello Young Lovers came out on In The Red.
	11:21pm Booz: This show has made my week
	11:22pm mariano: Hi slugluv! It's a brand called Noblewell. It's not some top-of-the-line Aeron or anything, it was about $130. It's a step up from the folding chair I'd been using though!
	11:23pm efd: thank you @Booz!
	11:23pm Mr. Pumpy: If one does not think this band is awesome, amazing, rad, groovy, fucking tits...at this point, check for a pulse.
	11:25pm Mr. Pumpy: Over time, many of their songs have given me, or rather scratched the same itch, which quality doom metal does. Is it simply the willingness to lean into deliberate stretches of repetition? Maybe. I think it goes deeper.
	11:26pm Stevel: I mean, the chimp as Ron Mael. I knew who Sparks were before I heard them, so I get that joke. The visual sense, from only album covers, is indelible. (That's not a word I get to use a lot.)
	11:27pm Stevel: Mr. Pumpy. That makes sense to me.
	11:27pm Mr. Pumpy: And then this happened!!! These strawberries are wild...
	11:28pm Daybreak: & The Post River Glow: Thanks EFD! This makes me realize that I didn’t know 3/4 of the Sparks that I thought I did. So much more Sparks to discover!
	11:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Point about the Writing abundantly clear !! ...Have thot that TheResidents were amazingly committed - both to their concept, & wearing those eyeballs everywhere... But I suppose Sparks didn't even have to to hold fast to their own idiom !
	11:29pm Mr. Pumpy: Rev Rab...sans costumes as well.
	11:30pm efd: @Daybreak I had a similar reaction while watching the documentary and putting this show together!
	11:30pm Mr. Pumpy: Stevel...great look at the creative arc. I like the comparisons. I think it comes from those who want to create art more than make a business decision. Thank the cosmos for them!
	11:31pm Mr. Pumpy: efd...this is amazing. thanks again! I hope you are about to stand up and pound your chest like King Kong warning invaders!
	11:32pm Stevel: I've never seen the arc, so thank you so much for this show, efd. I could not have properly dated most of their first 2/3 albums. Mr. Pumpy: Exactly. What efd shared re. the film and the bros just continuing to work. Why would you not work when you know what you want to do most?
	11:32pm efd: haha, thanks Mr. Pumpy! I'm really glad you're enjoying it.
	11:32pm Chop Scott: Sparks played an incredible set on WFMU for Brian Turner--it took 3 engineers to cover the insane load that day. One of my favorite memories of WFMU session stress!
	11:33pm efd: yes! Thank you for mentioning that, Scott! (And for your role in bringing it to the airwaves!)
	11:33pm Mr. Pumpy: Stevel, unfortunately many that make noises don't see that as the impetus behind their musings. But...we have those that do, so...score!
	11:33pm Stevel: Chop: I remember that from the radio. Very proud of WFMU that day.
	11:33pm Handy Haversack: Time for efd to sound his barbaric SPOX over the roofs of the world!
	11:34pm Mr. Pumpy: Chop Scott...when was that?
	11:34pm Stevel: Jonathan Richman also comes to mind. I'm sure there are others, but yes, they are rare.
	11:35pm slugluv1313: @mariano -- thanks! and totally understand -- Steelcase was recommended, but so not on the budget -- and ANYTHING is better than the crappy chairs i have been using!
	11:36pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Standing up to three hours of listening remarkably well. I suppose many Artists could - but - honestly who knew ??
	11:36pm Mr. Pumpy: Stevel, agreed. King Crimson also come to mind. Like them or hate them, they just kept doing things.
	11:36pm Chop Scott: wfmu.org...
	11:37pm Mr. Pumpy: Chop...danke!
	11:37pm Aitch: Thanks for link Chop Scott
	11:38pm LisaCinFL: Oh wow! Thank you for the link CS!
	11:38pm Mr. Pumpy: efd's background music need to be played through my entire wake/funeral. This is a legal and binding document. Don't fail me, friends. It could be the end tonight!
	11:39pm Handy Haversack: I gotchu, Mr. P.
	11:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: This is a great exposition. Because efd.
	11:41pm Mr. Pumpy: Handy...thank yoszidklngfh,qlA 4,` 3eq bleargh
	11:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...' Mr. Pumpy done died now he gotta transform '...
	11:42pm medson: Thanks Evan. This has been a great night of sparks music. Wanted to mention this now in case I lose this battle with my heavy eyelids
	11:43pm efd: @medson Thank you! (and you too, RevRabbit)
	11:43pm sufferwords: SoCal pride The Dickies greatly influenced as were Celebrity Skin and a lot of L.A. bands- we always knew out here
	11:45pm efd: @sufferwords you/they were all drinking the same water!
	11:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: When I lived in Santa Barbara & was just hanging in a particular cafe as an existence, shall we say - Sparks was in town & came in with their entourage of maybe six. A Lady among them said to scruffy me: 'You just looove this place - don't you dahhhrling??'...In a nice way. I think.
	11:48pm sufferwords: @efd- us locals share a sense of humor in our music
	11:48pm Mr. Pumpy: @suffer, funny you should say that because I was trying to think of another band this type of three hour run would serve, and The Dickies were one of the first bands that popped into my mind. And I'm from Jersey! Also...I'm still dying..........
	11:50pm sufferwords: Also The Quick were complex falsetto reliant and funny
	11:50pm Hoboken Jack: Steady Drip, interestingly, is Sparks' 2nd highest charting U.S. album, reaching No. 75. (Only Propaganda was higher.)
	11:51pm Mr. Pumpy: This album is insanely good. It makes their journey all the more...uh...good, and stuff.
	11:52pm radioronan: Thanks Evan..this was great..Really want to see this doc and the Carax movie. All hail the Mael!
	11:52pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi and welcome back, efd. Let us make sure Bronwyn B. is aware of this program.
	11:52pm efd: @Hoboken Jack No knock on Steady Drip but I can't help thinking that's at least partly due to changes in the music biz and the threshold needed to reach the charts theses days.
	11:52pm efd: @KenFHP Bronwyn B has been with me in spirit tonight!
	11:53pm Mr. Pumpy: efd...the album field needs updating to the drip drip drippppp
	11:54pm Mr. Pumpy: Sorry, the label. sorry
	11:56pm Hoboken Jack: Late hello HP Ken! Thank you and until next time, EFD!
	11:56pm mariano: Kat in Chicago (@10:49) - That's great that your version of Party Girls wound up on the premium, way to go! Thank you efd!
	11:56pm sufferwords: So weird- I think my favorite Sparks is the current one - truly high art that still rips- still sounds like it could all happen to me- fully relatable with a touch of Mike Kelly insanity
	11:56pm Mr. Pumpy: Thanks, efd. Killer stuff.
	11:57pm Booz: Thanks a mil EFD!
	11:57pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, efd! I am going to go drip on the lawn! I think that's right? Later on, pals!
	11:57pm Mr. Pumpy: Everyone here is cool! Goodnight. I think...
	11:57pm Kat in Chicago: This was so good!
	11:58pm slugluv1313: this SPARKS FEST has been fantastic, Evan -- thank you so very very much!
	11:58pm Stevel: Bravo! Good to hear you on Wednesday! Be well.
	11:59pm sufferwords: have a good summer EFD- later
	11:59pm Chop Scott: Bravo EFD--thanks for the program tonight!!
	12:00am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...seem a good hand @ this ! ...hope you may consider doing it regularly...
	12:01am Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Jack. I am busy again tonight. Checking in for a moment.

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