WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from August 26, 2020

Listener comments!
	9:02pm Handy Haversack: efdance! Let's boogie, everyone!
	9:02pm Yes: :)
	9:02pm Ken From Hyde Park: Whee! Disco dance party!
	9:02pm spodiodi: EFDisco!
	9:03pm Colleen: looking forward to this!!!
	9:03pm spodiodi: dat background!
	9:03pm Colleen: Hey Handy!!
	9:03pm Jason from Houston: Like a different world over here. Hahaha...
	9:04pm hendrix wolfbat: Woot yay hooray. Is Sherri locker in the house with you. This is a righteous start to your pandemic disco party.
	9:04pm medson: Thankfully it’s cooled off a bit here in NJ. I was dreading wearing all the polyester tonight.
	9:04pm StringOFperils: Wow! Break out the polyester!
	9:05pm Handy Haversack: Colleen!!! May I have this dance?
	9:05pm Pauly from Clifton: Hi EFD, Scott, Dancers!
	9:05pm mariano: Hey efd, Crew, folks.
	9:05pm sam_pocker: (laces up shoes) (buttons up shirt) (perfects hair in mirror) (checks moves in front of mirror)
	9:06pm loveless: "The DJ is really HOT". Truth!
	9:06pm Kat in Chicago: I've been waiting for this show all dang day.
	9:07pm Polly Onymous: bustin out my dancin spandex togs - TY EFD
	9:07pm Handy Haversack: Kat, Kate's been planning her week around it!
	9:07pm spodiodi: Evan, i love your D-I-S-C-O S-U-C-K-S story! especially the Mom part :) mine was the same (though i never had THAT shirt)
	9:08pm Kat in Chicago: Not dressed for the occasion, but my black techno t-shirt and Gap shorts ensemble is gonna have to do. Hot and humid in the Chi.
	9:08pm Handy Haversack: This is a Parisian night suit!
	9:08pm Kat in Chicago: I'm having a pretty good hair day though
	9:09pm Uncle Michael: It took me forever to find my Qiana shirt and Italian snaggletooth.
	9:09pm PaulRobeson1920: Warm Summmer Greetings Ya’ll! The pigeon sent me
	9:09pm Kat in Chicago: Handy, cheers to Kate! I didn't have that much to plan around, haha.
	9:11pm spodiodi: Handy, i keep meaning to ask you to wish Kate a happy (late now) bday when i finally sawr you. please say "happy (late) bday!" for me. tyvm
	9:12pm medson: It’s going to take a few more songs for me to feel stable wearing the platforms.
	9:12pm spodiodi: struts around squinting and shaking head
	9:13pm P-90: Been looking forward to this for weeks!
	9:13pm Handy Haversack: spod: sweet giggles and a "thanks from me!" She wants me to let you know she had a wonderful bday. Thanks, friend. That's really sweet of you! Bend your knees, medson!
	9:14pm spodiodi: excellent, Handy :)
	9:14pm efd: Me too, P-90! Warm disco greetings to all, thanks for tuning in for this grand experiment in doing what is usually a three-turntable show from a one-turntable home studio!
	9:15pm Kat in Chicago: I'm gonna assume there is some digital content here, but I'm about as un-purist re format as they come.
	9:16pm Kat in Chicago: I do a whole frickin show on Traktor :)
	9:16pm spodiodi: that alllmost sounded like an airhorn 8^)
	9:17pm Uncle Michael: Can I whine about struggling to read the comments? No? Well, ok then.
	9:18pm spodiodi: aloha, UM -- i was thinking the same, and trying out some alternate text color here to offer... but i came up with nothing. the BG makes it tough no matter what i'd tried
	9:18pm spodiodi: considered darkening the bg and offering it as well
	9:19pm medson: Thanks Evan
	9:19pm spodiodi: the white is better, EFD -- thanks
	9:19pm sam_pocker: store.heykcsb.com...
	9:19pm Handy Haversack: Fantastic Voyage isn't digital so much as post-format entirely!
	9:19pm efd: sorry, forgot to switch from the default colors! Hopefully better now?
	9:19pm Uncle Michael: White is MUCH better. Thank you, Evan!
	9:19pm spodiodi: lime green was my best find, but it's kinda played-out, eh
	9:19pm Kat in Chicago: improved!
	9:21pm ultradamno: Starting to seem like a very white supremacist group tonight (taken out of context, anyway)
	9:21pm Kat in Chicago: the KC merch selection boggles the mind, thanks for the link sam_pocker
	9:22pm Kat in Chicago: @ultradamno we'll just say "higher contrast"
	9:22pm sam_pocker: yw Kat... be sure to check out the golf umbrella.. only bryan ferry sells a better one!
	9:23pm P-90: I still dimly remember watching the American Bandstand dancers getting down to KC.
	9:23pm slocker: So busy dancing!
	9:23pm Kat in Chicago: oh no, don't tell me that Bryan Ferry has a pile o'crap like this cringes
	9:23pm spodiodi: a text shadow would help (tacky as it may be) maybe something like like BODY, TD, TH, .everything, P { color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif; text-shadow: 2px 2px #ff0000; } (where text-shadow line is new)
	9:24pm Uncle Michael: Who wants to partner with me for the Soul Train line?
	9:24pm Kat in Chicago: Evan's tryna DJ, not code! haha
	9:24pm Judy: Hmm, Evan, I don’t remember that shirt—- Nice show.
	9:24pm efd: not sure the WFMU playlist system supports that degree of customization, spodi!
	9:24pm Kat in Chicago: you're not wrong though, spodi
	9:25pm spodiodi: i was hoping Kenzo would appear ;) i hear ya, Kat. zipping it. i love it as-is. and it sounds perfect
	9:25pm Jason from Houston: _(･＿．)/ヾ(^ ^ゞヾ(^ ^ゞノ(ﾉ･ｪ･)ﾉ
	9:25pm Uncle Michael: You CAN use alternate CSS, but it's another level.
	9:25pm efd: haha, @Judy, that's because I didn't wear it very much after the first time!
	9:26pm Handy Haversack: The only cascading style here is on the floor, spod!
	9:26pm spodiodi: makes sense, EFD (as was my suspicion) all perfect. thanks for thee partay!
	9:26pm Uncle Michael: Soul Train line = inline style!
	9:27pm spodiodi: if i drink any more, i hope there's no new cascade coming from my gaping maw later
	9:27pm spodiodi: gets in line yeah!
	9:28pm Kat in Chicago: Years back I used to go dance on a public access show called 'Chic-A-Go-Go" and we used to do the "L Train Line"
	9:28pm spodiodi: lol UM yeah
	9:28pm Handy Haversack: Ha, awesome, Kat!
	9:28pm spodiodi: Kat, that's rad :D
	9:28pm Kat in Chicago: or the El Train Line, I should say. L Train Line would be for trendy Brooklynites
	9:29pm spodiodi: i watched a lot of soul train
	9:29pm spodiodi: we nicknamed a girl in my class Nicoooooooooole Train!
	9:29pm P-90: Great pick!
	9:30pm spodiodi: (aloha, if you're out there, Nicole (nee?) S.)
	9:30pm Kat in Chicago: I'm stealing Nicole Train the next time I need an alias
	9:31pm spodiodi: we had a perverted barber who always had it on in his shop too. so much soul train
	9:32pm winofigments: Lovin' this show Evan. My guido friends used to call me an imposter cugino, because I was a rocker but secretly liked disco too. Ah ah ay ay Let's All Chant.
	9:32pm spodiodi: stylist*
	9:33pm spodiodi: shutting it back on up peace sign
	9:33pm PaulRobeson1920: Heck yea!
	9:33pm Handy Haversack: Let it fly, spod!
	9:33pm slugluv1313: greetings, EFD and Disco Skeletons and everyone! Get Down Tonight, now i REALLY feel like i am back in high school! college too -- i was at Douglass/Rutgers, where i was the lone "punk" in the midst of Disco and Bruce-Springsteen-Land . . . & i can totally relate, never had the "DISCO SUCKS!" t-shirt (& i think much of my "negativity" stemmed from sheer overkill; nothing BUT BRUCE and DISCO where i was) -- but i grew to really love and appreciate this music once i had some distance :)
	9:34pm Kat in Chicago: Let's All Chant still slaps
	9:34pm Uncle Michael: I hope Evan let's his inner Monty Rock III out tonight.
	9:34pm Luisa24: I especially love the 70's sound! Don't walk away, reminds me of car radio music driving cross country in the middle of the night as a kid with my parents.
	9:35pm Kat in Chicago: hi slugluv! I was also in college at the intersection of disco, Bruce and punk/new wave. I liked some of all of it.
	9:36pm spodiodi: that sounds like a good memory, Luisa24
	9:37pm spodiodi: many of my best memories are driving with my mom (who gave me the radio addict gene)
	9:37pm Kat in Chicago: it certainly does. I don't regret much about choosing to be a non-driver, but I do miss late night rides with the radio on.
	9:37pm spodiodi: *listening to the radio in the car
	9:39pm Luisa24: Yep, very Cool
	9:42pm slugluv1313: DAMN i miss my platform shoes! and all my 70s clothes :) for real, i never grew much after 8th grade -- SO much of my stuff still fit me well into the 90s, early 2000s -- but eventually they all wore out :( (my Depression Era/Fresh Off The Boat parents saved EVERYTHING and made sure my younger sister and i took good care of our clothes b/c they would NOT buy us new stuff)
	9:44pm Aitch: That Studio 54 and CBGB existed simultaneously says a lot about NYC. Doublethink required.
	9:45pm Julie M: The Seventies was a unique decade, I don't think there's much contention there.
	9:45pm slugluv1313: i may have mentioned this before -- is it just me, or doesn't The Mary Jane Girls' "In My House" kinda sound like "Great Expectations"??
	9:46pm Weems: South Shore Commission’s 3rd hit! Now we gettin down!
	9:46pm efd: @Aitch it's a big town!
	9:46pm efd: ahh, welcome Weems!
	9:46pm Scott Williams: Who's up for a midnight screening of "Can't Stop The Music"?!
	9:47pm Kat in Chicago: I'm in, Scott!
	9:48pm sam_pocker: sort of dancing while working on a design project.. kind of perfect
	9:48pm Aitch: Thank God it's Friday was quite something.
	9:51pm Kat in Chicago: I didn't fully grasp the magnificence of "Love Has Come Around" at the time, I admit.
	9:52pm spodiodi: me too, Scott \m/illiams! (i have no idea what it is, but i'm in)
	9:52pm Luisa24: But people are still making new punk music, but is anyone still making disco? EDM doesn't count
	9:52pm spodiodi: Luisa, heck yes. just lookk through WFMU playlist archives and sort by year!
	9:53pm spodiodi: 2020 has been an increddible year for new music of all genres
	9:53pm Luisa24: @spodiod really? classic disco sound?
	9:54pm Jason from Houston: (ﾉ･ｪ･)ﾉ ♫ ♫ ♫
	9:54pm Will: Putting the Davies into funk!
	9:55pm Kat in Chicago: People are still making disco, it's more of an underground/niche thing now. "Classic disco sound is" harder to come by because technology is different and people don't have the big budgets to work with. But it lives.
	9:55pm winofigments: @Luisa, I'm surprised to hear that too. Good news. The last sort of disco I remember was the early 90s and Deee-Lite.
	9:55pm spodiodi: sorry, Luisa. i misunderstood you! i thought you were saying there was no new punk
	9:56pm winofigments: Disco Punk!
	9:56pm Kat in Chicago: Duane definitely plays some newer disco-ish stuff at times on the Duane Train.
	9:59pm Luisa24: TONS of new punk!!! :)
	10:01pm slugluv1313: DJ $mall ¢hange too!
	10:02pm Kat in Chicago: true, slugluv. There's new everything, new Fairport Convention-style folk even, you just gotta find it. but chances are, whatever you're looking for, someone on 'FMU plays it
	10:03pm Kat in Chicago: (unless it's awful corporate crap)
	10:05pm Gaylord Fields: I’m enjoying the neo-disco/new punk discussion here! Plus ça change...
	10:05pm slugluv1313: @ Aitch -- YES! a truly amazing wonderful time to be in & around NYC :) never went to Studio 54, but was at CB's (and Max's and Studio 10 and TR3 and Danceteria and Peppermint Lounge and Mudd Club) a lot
	10:06pm Kat in Chicago: ...plus c'est la même chose (yes I looked it up, I haven't gotten that far in Duolingo yet) Hi Gaylord!
	10:07pm Kat in Chicago: o to be in your platform shoes, slugluv.
	10:07pm slugluv1313: @ Kat in Chicago -- YES! what i have loved about FMU for decades, 99% of the time i am hearing stuff totally brand new to my ears :)
	10:07pm Polly Onymous: searchin - linchpin of disco
	10:08pm Kat in Chicago: it still gives me the feels
	10:08pm slugluv1313: WOW efd you are really hitting ALL the right grooves :)
	10:08pm efd: IT'S SO GOOD!!
	10:08pm Gaylord Fields: Always a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Kat!
	10:11pm slugluv1313: Dancing' The Night Away, Searchn' -- other tunes too, often did not know who the artists were but these were like the soundtrack of my last year in college
	10:12pm Kat in Chicago: yeah I didn't know the name Luther Vandross for a while but I knew the voice that always moved me
	10:14pm Jason from Houston: \|┐☉_☉\|┘ \|┐☉_☉\|┘ ♡ ♡ ♡
	10:15pm Polly Onymous: and then there's always born to be alive! live it!
	10:15pm Jason from Houston: ꒰⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ꒱˖♡
	10:15pm Scott Williams: Man, Searchin' - whew! Go, Luther V
	10:16pm Scott Williams: @efd, I am trying to pack swag here, you're not helping!
	10:16pm Gaylord Fields: @slugluv1313: When were you at Douglas, and was that anything we ever discussed before? (I didn't attend Rutgers myself; I was a college classmate of our show host, though I didn't know him then.) Asking for a "friend."
	10:16pm slugluv1313: @ Kat in Chicago -- yes! always hearing stuff blasting out of boom boxes, fell in love with so many songs that way :)
	10:16pm Chop Scott: EFD! I remember the Chicago regional DJ clown Steve Dahl who cranked up the Disco Sucks mantra and held a Disco Demolition event burning records in Comiskey Park. He got a lot of press.
	10:16pm swivs: Now THAT's a baritone that'll peel the paint off a car.
	10:17pm Kat in Chicago: Steve Dahl has a lot to answer for. He's still unapologetic.
	10:17pm slugluv1313: @ Gaylord -- was at Douglass from Fall 1977 to May 1981 :)
	10:18pm Jason from Houston: Thank you folks for the swag that arrived last week. That Double Dip shirt is total fire.
	10:18pm Gaylord Fields: OK, then just one year overlap with my sig. other (1980–84) — thanks!
	10:19pm efd: greetings Chop Scott! Scott W, just pack in time with the music! You'll be done in no time!
	10:20pm Kat in Chicago: Joe McG asked me about a prize warehouse substitution on the 14th, so I have hopes for swag arrival soon.
	10:20pm john_NN_nn_n: this track!!!
	10:20pm Kat in Chicago: I can't even imagine what it's like to get swag out without the volunteers.
	10:21pm BennettCap: Great fucking song.
	10:22pm efd: @john_NN_nn_n and Bennett, glad you guys are digging this one! Just picked up this LP a couple of weekends ago in Albany - new to me!
	10:22pm Kat in Chicago: Miichele with two i's (and one L). new to me too.
	10:23pm john_NN_nn_n: it's deadly
	10:23pm efd: oh whoops, one of those i's is a mistake!
	10:24pm Kat in Chicago: aw it should have been two i's! you just improved it
	10:25pm Kat in Chicago: miichele ma belle
	10:25pm slugluv1313: @ Gaylord -- ah! small world! i was living off campus by my third year
	10:27pm kevlicki: Checking in on the comments board from my smartphone while listening from the Walkman I’m testing rn. Sadly the cassette doesnt play, but most importantly, maybe, 90.1 comes in loud and clear!
	10:28pm Gaylord Fields: @slugluv1313: It certainly is! And I concur with everything you say about punk vs. disco in the late '70s — it was worse than Beatles vs. Stones! And then some musicians much smarter than us decided to Romeo & Juliet that ish, and we were all the better for that mixed-genre baby.
	10:29pm john_NN_nn_n: 3 decks!!!
	10:29pm 23 Wolves: I had no idea Lime and Katmandu were related, makes sense seeing as they both RULE!
	10:30pm Brendan: @Evan, If you’ve enjoyed playing these tunes half as much as we have enjoyed listening to them, then we will have enjoyed them twice as much as you.
	10:30pm slugluv1313: @ Gaylord -- yes! i mean, growing up, Bruce Springsteen was kinda "local boy makes it big!" -- and i liked him a lot, but at Rutgers is was pure OVERKILL! especially by the fraternity houses -- i grew to totally hate him!
	10:30pm kevlicki: Anyone have cassette deck or 2020 Walkman recommendations ?
	10:30pm Sharon: Disco fabulous! Thank you!
	10:31pm Kat in Chicago: Disco whistle is appropriate airhorn substitute
	10:32pm winofigments: Sounds like crickets in heat
	10:32pm Weems: Thanks for the Futures! It IS a fave. Any 70s Philly is killer. This has been covered numerous times down south, beach classic now
	10:33pm Kat in Chicago: I listened to a lot of Springsteen in college. I listened to a lot of Patti Smith too. Still have the Patti records, but parted ways with the Springsteen decades ago.
	10:33pm Tome: !<>! Everybody Dance !<>! Clap Your Hands !<>! Clap Your Hands !<>!
	10:33pm slugluv1313: OMG DOUBLE DUTCH BUS!!!!!!! still have this 12" too :)
	10:33pm BennettCap: Shazam couldn't identify "Nice and Slow" (1979).
	10:33pm efd: @winofigments I was thinking it was sounding a little cricket-y there at the end!
	10:34pm Luisa24: I want my swag!!! Especially cuz my ex got his months ago AND was even able to exchange a tee for a different size...LOL..I'll be patient.
	10:34pm Tome: <scrolling up hope I didn't miss Sylvester! >
	10:34pm slugluv1313: "Watch The Closing Doors," "Mama Used to Say," etc. etc. etc.
	10:35pm Kat in Chicago: kevlicki, I got a Sony single-well deck of early 80s vintage with soft touch controls from a local dealer a couple of years ago for $80, and I'm delighted with it. not sure where you are but if you can find someone who refurbs old decks that might go well
	10:36pm Scott Williams: Kat, I have excellent news: if your surname starts with S and your apt # is 2, your swag is IN THE PILE I'm moving out tonight. Luisa24, email me offlist scott at wfmu dot org and I'll see what's holding up your swag
	10:36pm Kat in Chicago: Scott: f'n A YES, thank you!!!
	10:38pm slugluv1313: @ Kat -- yes!! still love Patti Smith too -- since high school :) my first live music concert was her "early" show at Princeton University -- 1976 i think?
	10:38pm Luisa24: Scott Williams!! Aww that's really nice!!! I'm excited I am expecting some good stuff. I'll email you. THANK YOU!!!
	10:39pm Yes: digging this JAM
	10:39pm Kat in Chicago: omg slugluv, "Watch the Closing Doors" was big in Chicago and I loved it even more when I lived in Manhattan for a while in the 90s. I had a mixtape put out by a local label a couple of years ago and that track figured prominently. OMG you saw Patti in '76. I hope when I die I get to time travel to the places you went and the shows that you saw.
	10:39pm john_NN_nn_n: finally got some real headphones on. so this is vinyl, EFD?
	10:40pm sam_pocker: last show i saw in march before lockdown was patti
	10:40pm Ken From Hyde Park: Took the motorcycle into town to pick up a few groceries. It is so nice and cool out tonight. Going to spin up the road and back in the starlight for a little. Back soon!
	10:41pm john_NN_nn_n: ooh lift it up DJ
	10:42pm Ciggy: Just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in! Disco Balls, baby!
	10:42pm slugluv1313: awww Kat that is so sweet -- thank-you! "Watch the Closing Doors" was the coolest, i LOVED that there was this song about the #1 subway :)
	10:44pm slugluv1313: and STILL trying to dig into the far reaches of my brain for another song that i heard outta boom boxes all the time back then (and did not know the artist until years later) -- kinda reggae/disco groove, and i believe the singer was from Jamaica -- but not even recalling the melody right now :(
	10:46pm Kat in Chicago: nice, sam. I don't remember the last live show I saw. it was probably something local and/or experimental. I had tickets for Stereolab and Caribou at lockdown time, got my money back for Stereolab but not for Caribou (blaming the promoter for that one)
	10:47pm efd: @slugluv was it "I'll Do Anything For You" by Denroy Morgan?
	10:51pm efd: @john_NN_nn_n Not sure now which song you were asking about, but probably not; this Southroad Connection is the first vinyl record in this set. (ssshh!)
	10:51pm Kat in Chicago: I remember I'll Do Anything For You. Never knew the artist!
	10:52pm efd: (I'm listing the songs in the playlist based on the release format)
	10:53pm Polly Onymous: Disco - now, more than ever!!
	10:53pm slugluv1313: @ EFD -- YES!!!!!!! damn you are amazing, THANK YOU!
	10:55pm slugluv1313: @ Kat -- right??? it was another one of those incredible songs i heard constantly!
	10:59pm Jason from Houston: (ﾉ･ｪ･)ﾉ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪
	11:00pm john_NN_nn_n: work it out work it out efd
	11:02pm Kat in Chicago: ah, one of the tracks that marked my debut into early 80s Chicago clubland
	11:03pm Kat in Chicago: we looked up to NYC so very much, but if you'd told me I'd be living there a decade later I would have said "yeah right"
	11:03pm spodiodi: jacksons had me on the ground, for sure
	11:03pm spodiodi: go efd!
	11:03pm Alex of Chicago: grooves in late, but cool
	11:04pm Kat in Chicago: hi Alex! don't forget to hit the archive later. classy selections tonight.
	11:05pm Alex of Chicago: will do!
	11:07pm efd: it took all of my willpower to not interrupt the flow of music to come on mic and tell you all that DONNIE FREEKIN IRIS sings backup on this La Flavour song!!
	11:08pm Kat in Chicago: LESS CORONAVIRUS, MORE DONNIE IRIS! hey, someone had to say it.
	11:09pm spodiodi: heck yes, Kat
	11:10pm winofigments: Donnie Freekin' Corona Iris
	11:10pm efd: I can't believe it
	11:10pm spodiodi: figments :D
	11:11pm Kat in Chicago: how do you even know that, Evan
	11:12pm efd: I was just looking at it on discogs! My mind is blown!
	11:12pm Kat in Chicago: amazing
	11:19pm john_NN_nn_n: this is a great track
	11:19pm Kat in Chicago: I had to look "Mandolay" up. I love the cover art, woman wearing giant studio cans eating ice cream from the bottom of a waffle cone.
	11:21pm spodiodi: whoa, Kat -- that's cool
	11:22pm spodiodi: (me too - i have a sub-folder called "album art" in my Pictures dir that i use for avatars)
	11:23pm Kat in Chicago: the cans crack me up, we had some in the WLUW studio that were similar. they are heavy!
	11:23pm Ken From Hyde Park: Yay, back in time for more disco. Fortunately, didn't come across any deer or other night critters out there.
	11:23pm spodiodi: i read "i love cover art" without the "the" before i made that last comment, Kat :D whoops
	11:24pm Kat in Chicago: I love a lot of cover art, that's fair, spodi. welcome back KFHP, glad no critters were harmed
	11:25pm spodiodi: glad you're back intact, KenFHP
	11:25pm Kat in Chicago: the Sheena's shows have some stunning retro cover art on their playlists. Friendly Persuasion for starters.
	11:26pm spodiodi: i hear that
	11:29pm Kat in Chicago: KFHP, I should say that I am glad you were not harmed as well :)
	11:29pm spodiodi: lol, and i the critters
	11:30pm spodiodi: unless they were coming right for you
	11:30pm Kat in Chicago: Ohio guys making italo disco
	11:31pm efd: so weird. I can't wait to read this page later: www.laflavour.com...
	11:31pm spodiodi: youtu.be...
	11:31pm johnzor: Id like to request more errors please, I like it when my dj is a real human and not a robot and a real dj not just a radio personality otherwise Id listen to Entercom or clearchannel YO
	11:31pm Weems: Great show as always Funk! Just reading September 76 issue of Discothekin’ magazine, and you didn’t play anything from the NY Top 50! Keep shopping!
	11:31pm spodiodi: thanks for the link, EFD!
	11:33pm efd: always shopping, Weems! Take a pic of that list and send it to me!
	11:33pm Kat in Chicago: Evan. One word. PUPPETS.
	11:33pm spodiodi: slugluv @ 1033 : nice :D love that
	11:37pm Gaylord Fields: @weems: Thanks for honoring my request of "The Bulrushes" by the Bongos in 1981.
	11:37pm spodiodi: wow. i forgot all about this donna washington, EFD! nice
	11:37pm Kat in Chicago: (Evan: in re LaFlavour)
	11:38pm efd: oh I figured, Kat!
	11:38pm Kat in Chicago: PUPPET SHOW AND LA FLAVOUR
	11:40pm efd: oh good lord
	11:40pm spodiodi: i was 11 in 1982, and not alone among my peers, when i thought she was singing "do you wanna hump"
	11:40pm Kat in Chicago: Amii with two i's, I know this much is true
	11:41pm efd: YES spodi, I had the same reaction when I was listening to that record over the weekend!
	11:41pm Stevel: spodiodi:: Thee are no mistakes.
	11:41pm spodiodi: haha nice, EFD :D
	11:41pm efd: I hope @slugluv is still listening
	11:41pm spodiodi: kinda heard it that way tonight, Stevel :D
	11:42pm Stevel: Amii Stewart almost connects with Adam Ant. Percussion on steroids (generally enjoyable.)
	11:44pm Kat in Chicago: oh I hope slugluv is still tuned too
	11:45pm Stevel: Dirty DJ story: KIMN, Denver, early 70s. Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James just finishing up a set. "Hey, [something something] ...that's a song about a girl names Crystal with a boyfriend named Persuasion. [and out]
	11:45pm Kat in Chicago: groans
	11:46pm Stevel: ...I think my mom was in the car, so I pretended not to be listening as she was dropping me off at the mall. Really.
	11:46pm efd: oh boy
	11:47pm Stevel: He might have omitted the boyfriend's name. Regardless. It was 'Crystal' clear. (Showing my way out.)
	11:47pm slugluv1313: THANK YOU EFD!
	11:47pm winofigments: Wow, forgot about this tune "I'll Do Anything For You." Takes me back to a section of life long gone.
	11:48pm slugluv1313: on every boom box in New Brunswick and NYC :) yup! still listening, just got home
	11:48pm efd: ahhhh, glad you're still here slugluv! I needed to work my way over to this one!
	11:48pm Kat in Chicago: I'm really happy slugluv recalled this and Evan knew what she was talking about, I'd forgotten this track too
	11:49pm Stevel: If Denroy Morgan ripped off the Sir Duke Riff, its OK by me.
	11:49pm slugluv1313: right?? not really "nostalgic" (as things were far from perfect back then too) but i sooo miss those days
	11:49pm spodiodi: hah!
	11:50pm john_NN_nn_n: bring it back
	11:50pm john_NN_nn_n: there we go
	11:50pm spodiodi: clarity - check. mistake - check. \m/ and another favorite
	11:50pm john_NN_nn_n: \o/ efd
	11:51pm Kat in Chicago: things are always far from perfect imo, but it's great to recapture those feelings.
	11:52pm ignatatus666: The only superstar DJs I know are DJ Guy Kellen 303 Jesse Doris and Evan Funk Davies Ok All my superstars on the WofMoo! We used to go to the How club on St.Marks That where we learned about this music and how to not be a wall flower. We also went to the World occasionally
	11:53pm Stevel: Its been interesting, as you mention making mistakes and such. People seem to be adjusting to the home environments (and the sparsely populated Skeleton scene.) They feel different, yet more comfortable, perhaps more in the groove. Granted, my great fondness for Pseu's show is hearing her talk around technical difficulties. Its quite liberating.
	11:53pm spodiodi: yeah it is, Kat. can't stop smiling
	11:54pm Kat in Chicago: ok SOS Band is almost too much emotions. I'm glad I heard it recently and got through that.
	11:55pm slugluv1313: @ Kat in Chicago -- right? i remember as if it was yesterday, the dude who used to walk up and down the street where i lived in New Brunswick, blasting this on his boom box, "Just The Two of Us," etc.
	11:55pm Kat in Chicago: agreed on Pseu's show Stevel
	11:55pm sam_pocker: Great show this year Evan!! had so much fun listening while working. Thank you!!
	11:56pm Ken From Hyde Park: It may let up a little, but it doesn't stop. Doug Shulkind spins more disco this Friday 3 - 7 PM ET. Thanks, efd. Well done!
	11:56pm Kat in Chicago: I had a law firm messenger job in the early 80s and I used to walk with the world's smallest/cheapest boombox playing WBMX and WGCI
	11:56pm pussycat: Evan...I had incredible sex during your show...thanks...
	11:57pm efd: Thank you Sam and all! I wasn't sure if I'd be able to pull this off from home when it first became clear I wouldn't be doing this show at the station last year, glad it worked out!
	11:57pm spodiodi: many thanks, E.F.D.! great show! :)
	11:57pm slugluv1313: awww man this S.O.S Band!
	11:57pm Terre T: EFD-Yr DISCO DANCE PARTYis a must -totally enjoyable virtually dancing with everybody
	11:58pm Kat in Chicago: Thanks for the reminder KFHP! Sheena's Aloha Fridays into the Drummer dance party is pretty sweet
	11:58pm efd: HOLY CRAP IT'S TERRE T!!!!!!
	11:58pm spodiodi: ^
	11:58pm Kat in Chicago: WHAT. TERRE T! Miss you!
	11:59pm slugluv1313: THANK-YOU, Evan and Skeletons (Scott?) and everyone here in WFMU comments land -- this has been such an amazing blast!!!
	11:59pm john_NN_nn_n: amazing set!!! thanks efd
	11:59pm Scott Williams: holy crap indeed, What's up Terre!?
	11:59pm Ken From Hyde Park: Terre T! ♥
	12:00am john_NN_nn_n: and thanks skel crew
	12:00am Kat in Chicago: @ignatatus666 Polyglot is a hidden gem
	12:00am spodiodi: yeah, thanks everyone too! esp. Scott Williams!
	12:00am slugluv1313: TERRE T.!!!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE to you!!!!!!!!
	12:00am Kat in Chicago: THANKS EFD! THANKS SCOTT!
	12:00am spodiodi: man do i want to say something
	2:32pm dave wuz here: week old disco party - still pretty tasty

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from August 26, 2020

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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!

August 26, 2020: live from Studio E(FD): The 12th Annual Evan "Funk" Davies Show Summertime Disco/Dance Party!

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I'll admit it: in 1976 or '77, in thrall to punk rock, I sauntered into the Harvard Coop, a big department store in Harvard Square, made my way to the customized t-shirt department, and picked out a blank gold-colored shirt. I then selected the black block letters that I wanted to be heat-transferred onto that shirt:
D-I-S-C-O S-U-C-K-S.
Ultimately the shirt didn't get much use, though that was more because my Mom didn't care for the language.

Fast forward a few years and I'm in New York City in the summertime, between semesters at NYU. I still love punk and its offshoots, but listening to Ken "Spider" Webb and Ricky Ricardo and, of course the Chief Rocker Frankie Crocker on WBLS has made me realize the folly of that t-shirt. And now every summer I start itching to play my favorite records from that era (give or take a few years) -- favorites I loved back then, and new favorites that I never heard back in the day.

In that spirit, I'm excited to bring you the 12th annual Evan "Funk" Davies Show Disco and/or Dance Party! It's three hours of classic dance and disco jams from the '70s and early '80s, plus some lost shoulda-been-hits that just might become your new faves. Hook up the disco ball, pull your rug back and turn up the volume. It's the original socially distant dance party! Everybody's dancin', everybody's on the beat, and there ain’t no stoppin' us now!

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Disco/dance disclaimer! I'm keeping the lines blurry and using "disco" and "dance" as catch-all terms for my own take on fun dance music from the mid-70s to the early '80s, expanding the boundaries (and sound) of the traditional disco era. Don't @ me!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
ednah holt & starluv	people come dance	12"	west end	1979
lakeside	fantastic voyage "fantastic voyage" by "lakeside"	fantastic voyage	solar	1980	0:05:45 (Pop-up)
suzy q	get on up (short version) "get on up (short version)" by "suzy q"	12"	rfc/atlantic	1981	0:11:28 (Pop-up)
kc & the sunshine band	get down tonight	s/t	tk	1975	0:15:31 (Pop-up)
gary's gang	keep on dancin' "keep on dancin'" by "gary's gang"	keep on dancin'	sam/columbia	1979	0:20:26 (Pop-up)
general johnson	don't walk away "don't walk away" by "general johnson"	7"	arista	1976	0:26:59 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: silvetti	spring rain "spring rain" by "silvetti"	7"	salsoul		0:30:31 (Pop-up)
first choice	great expectations "great expectations" by "first choice"	12"	gold mind	1979	0:33:54 (Pop-up)
south shore commission	train called freedom (disco version)	7"	scepter	1976	0:38:53 (Pop-up)
donald byrd & 125th st nyc	love has come around	love byrd	elektra	1981	0:44:04 (Pop-up)
mantus	love is a natural thing "love is a natural thing" by "mantus"	12"	smi	1980	0:50:12 (Pop-up)
voggue	dancin' the night away "dancin' the night away" by "voggue"	s/t	atlantic	1981	0:56:37 (Pop-up)
change	searchin' "searchin'" by "change"	the glow of love	warner bros/rfc	1980	1:02:41 (Pop-up)
the futures	party time man "party time man" by "the futures"	12"	phila int'l	1978	1:10:27 (Pop-up)
michele freeman	nice and slow "nice and slow" by "michele freeman"	s/t	polydor	1979	1:15:36 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: kat mandu	the break "the break" by "kat mandu"	12"	tk	1979	1:23:27 (Pop-up)
frankie smith	double dutch bus "double dutch bus" by "frankie smith"	12"	pbi	1981	1:31:30 (Pop-up)
the players association	goin' to the disco	born to dance	vanguard	1977	1:39:23 (Pop-up)
southroad connection	you like it we love it	12"	mahogany	1977	1:43:29 (Pop-up)
the jacksons	shake your body down to the ground	12"	epic	1978	1:51:16 (Pop-up)
nyc peech boys	don't make me wait	life is something special	island	1983	1:59:27 (Pop-up)
la flavour	mandolay "mandolay" by "la flavour"	mandolay	sweet city	1980	2:05:26 (Pop-up)
dorothy moore	let the music play "let the music play" by "dorothy moore"	12"	tk/malaco	1977	2:12:01 (Pop-up)
teddy pendergrass	i don't love you anymore	s/t	phila int'l	1977	2:17:29 (Pop-up)
phyllis nelson	don't stop the train	12"	tropique	1981	2:21:28 (Pop-up)
kano	i'm ready "i'm ready" by "kano"	12"	emergency	1980	2:28:10 (Pop-up)
donna washington	do you wanna, huh?	12"	capitol	1982	2:34:15 (Pop-up)
amii stewart	knock on wood "knock on wood" by "amii stewart"	12"	ariola america	1979	2:37:59 (Pop-up)
denroy morgan	i'll do anything for you	i'll do anything for you	becket	1981	2:42:43 (Pop-up)
jimmy "bo" horne	i wanna go home with you	dance across the floor	sunshine sound	1978	2:49:22 (Pop-up)
s.o.s. band	just be good to me "just be good to me" by "s.o.s. band"	7"	tabu	1983	2:51:36 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:02pm Handy Haversack: efdance! Let's boogie, everyone!
	9:02pm Yes: :)
	9:02pm Ken From Hyde Park: Whee! Disco dance party!
	9:02pm spodiodi: EFDisco!
	9:03pm Colleen: looking forward to this!!!
	9:03pm spodiodi: dat background!
	9:03pm Colleen: Hey Handy!!
	9:03pm Jason from Houston: Like a different world over here. Hahaha...
	9:04pm hendrix wolfbat: Woot yay hooray. Is Sherri locker in the house with you. This is a righteous start to your pandemic disco party.
	9:04pm medson: Thankfully it’s cooled off a bit here in NJ. I was dreading wearing all the polyester tonight.
	9:04pm StringOFperils: Wow! Break out the polyester!
	9:05pm Handy Haversack: Colleen!!! May I have this dance?
	9:05pm Pauly from Clifton: Hi EFD, Scott, Dancers!
	9:05pm mariano: Hey efd, Crew, folks.
	9:05pm sam_pocker: (laces up shoes) (buttons up shirt) (perfects hair in mirror) (checks moves in front of mirror)
	9:06pm loveless: "The DJ is really HOT". Truth!
	9:06pm Kat in Chicago: I've been waiting for this show all dang day.
	9:07pm Polly Onymous: bustin out my dancin spandex togs - TY EFD
	9:07pm Handy Haversack: Kat, Kate's been planning her week around it!
	9:07pm spodiodi: Evan, i love your D-I-S-C-O S-U-C-K-S story! especially the Mom part :) mine was the same (though i never had THAT shirt)
	9:08pm Kat in Chicago: Not dressed for the occasion, but my black techno t-shirt and Gap shorts ensemble is gonna have to do. Hot and humid in the Chi.
	9:08pm Handy Haversack: This is a Parisian night suit!
	9:08pm Kat in Chicago: I'm having a pretty good hair day though
	9:09pm Uncle Michael: It took me forever to find my Qiana shirt and Italian snaggletooth.
	9:09pm PaulRobeson1920: Warm Summmer Greetings Ya’ll! The pigeon sent me
	9:09pm Kat in Chicago: Handy, cheers to Kate! I didn't have that much to plan around, haha.
	9:11pm spodiodi: Handy, i keep meaning to ask you to wish Kate a happy (late now) bday when i finally sawr you. please say "happy (late) bday!" for me. tyvm
	9:12pm medson: It’s going to take a few more songs for me to feel stable wearing the platforms.
	9:12pm spodiodi: struts around squinting and shaking head
	9:13pm P-90: Been looking forward to this for weeks!
	9:13pm Handy Haversack: spod: sweet giggles and a "thanks from me!" She wants me to let you know she had a wonderful bday. Thanks, friend. That's really sweet of you! Bend your knees, medson!
	9:14pm spodiodi: excellent, Handy :)
	9:14pm efd: Me too, P-90! Warm disco greetings to all, thanks for tuning in for this grand experiment in doing what is usually a three-turntable show from a one-turntable home studio!
	9:15pm Kat in Chicago: I'm gonna assume there is some digital content here, but I'm about as un-purist re format as they come.
	9:16pm Kat in Chicago: I do a whole frickin show on Traktor :)
	9:16pm spodiodi: that alllmost sounded like an airhorn 8^)
	9:17pm Uncle Michael: Can I whine about struggling to read the comments? No? Well, ok then.
	9:18pm spodiodi: aloha, UM -- i was thinking the same, and trying out some alternate text color here to offer... but i came up with nothing. the BG makes it tough no matter what i'd tried
	9:18pm spodiodi: considered darkening the bg and offering it as well
	9:19pm medson: Thanks Evan
	9:19pm spodiodi: the white is better, EFD -- thanks
	9:19pm sam_pocker: store.heykcsb.com...
	9:19pm Handy Haversack: Fantastic Voyage isn't digital so much as post-format entirely!
	9:19pm efd: sorry, forgot to switch from the default colors! Hopefully better now?
	9:19pm Uncle Michael: White is MUCH better. Thank you, Evan!
	9:19pm spodiodi: lime green was my best find, but it's kinda played-out, eh
	9:19pm Kat in Chicago: improved!
	9:21pm ultradamno: Starting to seem like a very white supremacist group tonight (taken out of context, anyway)
	9:21pm Kat in Chicago: the KC merch selection boggles the mind, thanks for the link sam_pocker
	9:22pm Kat in Chicago: @ultradamno we'll just say "higher contrast"
	9:22pm sam_pocker: yw Kat... be sure to check out the golf umbrella.. only bryan ferry sells a better one!
	9:23pm P-90: I still dimly remember watching the American Bandstand dancers getting down to KC.
	9:23pm slocker: So busy dancing!
	9:23pm Kat in Chicago: oh no, don't tell me that Bryan Ferry has a pile o'crap like this cringes
	9:23pm spodiodi: a text shadow would help (tacky as it may be) maybe something like like BODY, TD, TH, .everything, P { color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif; text-shadow: 2px 2px #ff0000; } (where text-shadow line is new)
	9:24pm Uncle Michael: Who wants to partner with me for the Soul Train line?
	9:24pm Kat in Chicago: Evan's tryna DJ, not code! haha
	9:24pm Judy: Hmm, Evan, I don’t remember that shirt—- Nice show.
	9:24pm efd: not sure the WFMU playlist system supports that degree of customization, spodi!
	9:24pm Kat in Chicago: you're not wrong though, spodi
	9:25pm spodiodi: i was hoping Kenzo would appear ;) i hear ya, Kat. zipping it. i love it as-is. and it sounds perfect
	9:25pm Jason from Houston: _(･＿．)/ヾ(^ ^ゞヾ(^ ^ゞノ(ﾉ･ｪ･)ﾉ
	9:25pm Uncle Michael: You CAN use alternate CSS, but it's another level.
	9:25pm efd: haha, @Judy, that's because I didn't wear it very much after the first time!
	9:26pm Handy Haversack: The only cascading style here is on the floor, spod!
	9:26pm spodiodi: makes sense, EFD (as was my suspicion) all perfect. thanks for thee partay!
	9:26pm Uncle Michael: Soul Train line = inline style!
	9:27pm spodiodi: if i drink any more, i hope there's no new cascade coming from my gaping maw later
	9:27pm spodiodi: gets in line yeah!
	9:28pm Kat in Chicago: Years back I used to go dance on a public access show called 'Chic-A-Go-Go" and we used to do the "L Train Line"
	9:28pm spodiodi: lol UM yeah
	9:28pm Handy Haversack: Ha, awesome, Kat!
	9:28pm spodiodi: Kat, that's rad :D
	9:28pm Kat in Chicago: or the El Train Line, I should say. L Train Line would be for trendy Brooklynites
	9:29pm spodiodi: i watched a lot of soul train
	9:29pm spodiodi: we nicknamed a girl in my class Nicoooooooooole Train!
	9:29pm P-90: Great pick!
	9:30pm spodiodi: (aloha, if you're out there, Nicole (nee?) S.)
	9:30pm Kat in Chicago: I'm stealing Nicole Train the next time I need an alias
	9:31pm spodiodi: we had a perverted barber who always had it on in his shop too. so much soul train
	9:32pm winofigments: Lovin' this show Evan. My guido friends used to call me an imposter cugino, because I was a rocker but secretly liked disco too. Ah ah ay ay Let's All Chant.
	9:32pm spodiodi: stylist*
	9:33pm spodiodi: shutting it back on up peace sign
	9:33pm PaulRobeson1920: Heck yea!
	9:33pm Handy Haversack: Let it fly, spod!
	9:33pm slugluv1313: greetings, EFD and Disco Skeletons and everyone! Get Down Tonight, now i REALLY feel like i am back in high school! college too -- i was at Douglass/Rutgers, where i was the lone "punk" in the midst of Disco and Bruce-Springsteen-Land . . . & i can totally relate, never had the "DISCO SUCKS!" t-shirt (& i think much of my "negativity" stemmed from sheer overkill; nothing BUT BRUCE and DISCO where i was) -- but i grew to really love and appreciate this music once i had some distance :)
	9:34pm Kat in Chicago: Let's All Chant still slaps
	9:34pm Uncle Michael: I hope Evan let's his inner Monty Rock III out tonight.
	9:34pm Luisa24: I especially love the 70's sound! Don't walk away, reminds me of car radio music driving cross country in the middle of the night as a kid with my parents.
	9:35pm Kat in Chicago: hi slugluv! I was also in college at the intersection of disco, Bruce and punk/new wave. I liked some of all of it.
	9:36pm spodiodi: that sounds like a good memory, Luisa24
	9:37pm spodiodi: many of my best memories are driving with my mom (who gave me the radio addict gene)
	9:37pm Kat in Chicago: it certainly does. I don't regret much about choosing to be a non-driver, but I do miss late night rides with the radio on.
	9:37pm spodiodi: *listening to the radio in the car
	9:39pm Luisa24: Yep, very Cool
	9:42pm slugluv1313: DAMN i miss my platform shoes! and all my 70s clothes :) for real, i never grew much after 8th grade -- SO much of my stuff still fit me well into the 90s, early 2000s -- but eventually they all wore out :( (my Depression Era/Fresh Off The Boat parents saved EVERYTHING and made sure my younger sister and i took good care of our clothes b/c they would NOT buy us new stuff)
	9:44pm Aitch: That Studio 54 and CBGB existed simultaneously says a lot about NYC. Doublethink required.
	9:45pm Julie M: The Seventies was a unique decade, I don't think there's much contention there.
	9:45pm slugluv1313: i may have mentioned this before -- is it just me, or doesn't The Mary Jane Girls' "In My House" kinda sound like "Great Expectations"??
	9:46pm Weems: South Shore Commission’s 3rd hit! Now we gettin down!
	9:46pm efd: @Aitch it's a big town!
	9:46pm efd: ahh, welcome Weems!
	9:46pm Scott Williams: Who's up for a midnight screening of "Can't Stop The Music"?!
	9:47pm Kat in Chicago: I'm in, Scott!
	9:48pm sam_pocker: sort of dancing while working on a design project.. kind of perfect
	9:48pm Aitch: Thank God it's Friday was quite something.
	9:51pm Kat in Chicago: I didn't fully grasp the magnificence of "Love Has Come Around" at the time, I admit.
	9:52pm spodiodi: me too, Scott \m/illiams! (i have no idea what it is, but i'm in)
	9:52pm Luisa24: But people are still making new punk music, but is anyone still making disco? EDM doesn't count
	9:52pm spodiodi: Luisa, heck yes. just lookk through WFMU playlist archives and sort by year!
	9:53pm spodiodi: 2020 has been an increddible year for new music of all genres
	9:53pm Luisa24: @spodiod really? classic disco sound?
	9:54pm Jason from Houston: (ﾉ･ｪ･)ﾉ ♫ ♫ ♫
	9:54pm Will: Putting the Davies into funk!
	9:55pm Kat in Chicago: People are still making disco, it's more of an underground/niche thing now. "Classic disco sound is" harder to come by because technology is different and people don't have the big budgets to work with. But it lives.
	9:55pm winofigments: @Luisa, I'm surprised to hear that too. Good news. The last sort of disco I remember was the early 90s and Deee-Lite.
	9:55pm spodiodi: sorry, Luisa. i misunderstood you! i thought you were saying there was no new punk
	9:56pm winofigments: Disco Punk!
	9:56pm Kat in Chicago: Duane definitely plays some newer disco-ish stuff at times on the Duane Train.
	9:59pm Luisa24: TONS of new punk!!! :)
	10:01pm slugluv1313: DJ $mall ¢hange too!
	10:02pm Kat in Chicago: true, slugluv. There's new everything, new Fairport Convention-style folk even, you just gotta find it. but chances are, whatever you're looking for, someone on 'FMU plays it
	10:03pm Kat in Chicago: (unless it's awful corporate crap)
	10:05pm Gaylord Fields: I’m enjoying the neo-disco/new punk discussion here! Plus ça change...
	10:05pm slugluv1313: @ Aitch -- YES! a truly amazing wonderful time to be in & around NYC :) never went to Studio 54, but was at CB's (and Max's and Studio 10 and TR3 and Danceteria and Peppermint Lounge and Mudd Club) a lot
	10:06pm Kat in Chicago: ...plus c'est la même chose (yes I looked it up, I haven't gotten that far in Duolingo yet) Hi Gaylord!
	10:07pm Kat in Chicago: o to be in your platform shoes, slugluv.
	10:07pm slugluv1313: @ Kat in Chicago -- YES! what i have loved about FMU for decades, 99% of the time i am hearing stuff totally brand new to my ears :)
	10:07pm Polly Onymous: searchin - linchpin of disco
	10:08pm Kat in Chicago: it still gives me the feels
	10:08pm slugluv1313: WOW efd you are really hitting ALL the right grooves :)
	10:08pm efd: IT'S SO GOOD!!
	10:08pm Gaylord Fields: Always a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Kat!
	10:11pm slugluv1313: Dancing' The Night Away, Searchn' -- other tunes too, often did not know who the artists were but these were like the soundtrack of my last year in college
	10:12pm Kat in Chicago: yeah I didn't know the name Luther Vandross for a while but I knew the voice that always moved me
	10:14pm Jason from Houston: \|┐☉_☉\|┘ \|┐☉_☉\|┘ ♡ ♡ ♡
	10:15pm Polly Onymous: and then there's always born to be alive! live it!
	10:15pm Jason from Houston: ꒰⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ꒱˖♡
	10:15pm Scott Williams: Man, Searchin' - whew! Go, Luther V
	10:16pm Scott Williams: @efd, I am trying to pack swag here, you're not helping!
	10:16pm Gaylord Fields: @slugluv1313: When were you at Douglas, and was that anything we ever discussed before? (I didn't attend Rutgers myself; I was a college classmate of our show host, though I didn't know him then.) Asking for a "friend."
	10:16pm slugluv1313: @ Kat in Chicago -- yes! always hearing stuff blasting out of boom boxes, fell in love with so many songs that way :)
	10:16pm Chop Scott: EFD! I remember the Chicago regional DJ clown Steve Dahl who cranked up the Disco Sucks mantra and held a Disco Demolition event burning records in Comiskey Park. He got a lot of press.
	10:16pm swivs: Now THAT's a baritone that'll peel the paint off a car.
	10:17pm Kat in Chicago: Steve Dahl has a lot to answer for. He's still unapologetic.
	10:17pm slugluv1313: @ Gaylord -- was at Douglass from Fall 1977 to May 1981 :)
	10:18pm Jason from Houston: Thank you folks for the swag that arrived last week. That Double Dip shirt is total fire.
	10:18pm Gaylord Fields: OK, then just one year overlap with my sig. other (1980–84) — thanks!
	10:19pm efd: greetings Chop Scott! Scott W, just pack in time with the music! You'll be done in no time!
	10:20pm Kat in Chicago: Joe McG asked me about a prize warehouse substitution on the 14th, so I have hopes for swag arrival soon.
	10:20pm john_NN_nn_n: this track!!!
	10:20pm Kat in Chicago: I can't even imagine what it's like to get swag out without the volunteers.
	10:21pm BennettCap: Great fucking song.
	10:22pm efd: @john_NN_nn_n and Bennett, glad you guys are digging this one! Just picked up this LP a couple of weekends ago in Albany - new to me!
	10:22pm Kat in Chicago: Miichele with two i's (and one L). new to me too.
	10:23pm john_NN_nn_n: it's deadly
	10:23pm efd: oh whoops, one of those i's is a mistake!
	10:24pm Kat in Chicago: aw it should have been two i's! you just improved it
	10:25pm Kat in Chicago: miichele ma belle
	10:25pm slugluv1313: @ Gaylord -- ah! small world! i was living off campus by my third year
	10:27pm kevlicki: Checking in on the comments board from my smartphone while listening from the Walkman I’m testing rn. Sadly the cassette doesnt play, but most importantly, maybe, 90.1 comes in loud and clear!
	10:28pm Gaylord Fields: @slugluv1313: It certainly is! And I concur with everything you say about punk vs. disco in the late '70s — it was worse than Beatles vs. Stones! And then some musicians much smarter than us decided to Romeo & Juliet that ish, and we were all the better for that mixed-genre baby.
	10:29pm john_NN_nn_n: 3 decks!!!
	10:29pm 23 Wolves: I had no idea Lime and Katmandu were related, makes sense seeing as they both RULE!
	10:30pm Brendan: @Evan, If you’ve enjoyed playing these tunes half as much as we have enjoyed listening to them, then we will have enjoyed them twice as much as you.
	10:30pm slugluv1313: @ Gaylord -- yes! i mean, growing up, Bruce Springsteen was kinda "local boy makes it big!" -- and i liked him a lot, but at Rutgers is was pure OVERKILL! especially by the fraternity houses -- i grew to totally hate him!
	10:30pm kevlicki: Anyone have cassette deck or 2020 Walkman recommendations ?
	10:30pm Sharon: Disco fabulous! Thank you!
	10:31pm Kat in Chicago: Disco whistle is appropriate airhorn substitute
	10:32pm winofigments: Sounds like crickets in heat
	10:32pm Weems: Thanks for the Futures! It IS a fave. Any 70s Philly is killer. This has been covered numerous times down south, beach classic now
	10:33pm Kat in Chicago: I listened to a lot of Springsteen in college. I listened to a lot of Patti Smith too. Still have the Patti records, but parted ways with the Springsteen decades ago.
	10:33pm Tome: !<>! Everybody Dance !<>! Clap Your Hands !<>! Clap Your Hands !<>!
	10:33pm slugluv1313: OMG DOUBLE DUTCH BUS!!!!!!! still have this 12" too :)
	10:33pm BennettCap: Shazam couldn't identify "Nice and Slow" (1979).
	10:33pm efd: @winofigments I was thinking it was sounding a little cricket-y there at the end!
	10:34pm Luisa24: I want my swag!!! Especially cuz my ex got his months ago AND was even able to exchange a tee for a different size...LOL..I'll be patient.
	10:34pm Tome: <scrolling up hope I didn't miss Sylvester! >
	10:34pm slugluv1313: "Watch The Closing Doors," "Mama Used to Say," etc. etc. etc.
	10:35pm Kat in Chicago: kevlicki, I got a Sony single-well deck of early 80s vintage with soft touch controls from a local dealer a couple of years ago for $80, and I'm delighted with it. not sure where you are but if you can find someone who refurbs old decks that might go well
	10:36pm Scott Williams: Kat, I have excellent news: if your surname starts with S and your apt # is 2, your swag is IN THE PILE I'm moving out tonight. Luisa24, email me offlist scott at wfmu dot org and I'll see what's holding up your swag
	10:36pm Kat in Chicago: Scott: f'n A YES, thank you!!!
	10:38pm slugluv1313: @ Kat -- yes!! still love Patti Smith too -- since high school :) my first live music concert was her "early" show at Princeton University -- 1976 i think?
	10:38pm Luisa24: Scott Williams!! Aww that's really nice!!! I'm excited I am expecting some good stuff. I'll email you. THANK YOU!!!
	10:39pm Yes: digging this JAM
	10:39pm Kat in Chicago: omg slugluv, "Watch the Closing Doors" was big in Chicago and I loved it even more when I lived in Manhattan for a while in the 90s. I had a mixtape put out by a local label a couple of years ago and that track figured prominently. OMG you saw Patti in '76. I hope when I die I get to time travel to the places you went and the shows that you saw.
	10:39pm john_NN_nn_n: finally got some real headphones on. so this is vinyl, EFD?
	10:40pm sam_pocker: last show i saw in march before lockdown was patti
	10:40pm Ken From Hyde Park: Took the motorcycle into town to pick up a few groceries. It is so nice and cool out tonight. Going to spin up the road and back in the starlight for a little. Back soon!
	10:41pm john_NN_nn_n: ooh lift it up DJ
	10:42pm Ciggy: Just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in! Disco Balls, baby!
	10:42pm slugluv1313: awww Kat that is so sweet -- thank-you! "Watch the Closing Doors" was the coolest, i LOVED that there was this song about the #1 subway :)
	10:44pm slugluv1313: and STILL trying to dig into the far reaches of my brain for another song that i heard outta boom boxes all the time back then (and did not know the artist until years later) -- kinda reggae/disco groove, and i believe the singer was from Jamaica -- but not even recalling the melody right now :(
	10:46pm Kat in Chicago: nice, sam. I don't remember the last live show I saw. it was probably something local and/or experimental. I had tickets for Stereolab and Caribou at lockdown time, got my money back for Stereolab but not for Caribou (blaming the promoter for that one)
	10:47pm efd: @slugluv was it "I'll Do Anything For You" by Denroy Morgan?
	10:51pm efd: @john_NN_nn_n Not sure now which song you were asking about, but probably not; this Southroad Connection is the first vinyl record in this set. (ssshh!)
	10:51pm Kat in Chicago: I remember I'll Do Anything For You. Never knew the artist!
	10:52pm efd: (I'm listing the songs in the playlist based on the release format)
	10:53pm Polly Onymous: Disco - now, more than ever!!
	10:53pm slugluv1313: @ EFD -- YES!!!!!!! damn you are amazing, THANK YOU!
	10:55pm slugluv1313: @ Kat -- right??? it was another one of those incredible songs i heard constantly!
	10:59pm Jason from Houston: (ﾉ･ｪ･)ﾉ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪
	11:00pm john_NN_nn_n: work it out work it out efd
	11:02pm Kat in Chicago: ah, one of the tracks that marked my debut into early 80s Chicago clubland
	11:03pm Kat in Chicago: we looked up to NYC so very much, but if you'd told me I'd be living there a decade later I would have said "yeah right"
	11:03pm spodiodi: jacksons had me on the ground, for sure
	11:03pm spodiodi: go efd!
	11:03pm Alex of Chicago: grooves in late, but cool
	11:04pm Kat in Chicago: hi Alex! don't forget to hit the archive later. classy selections tonight.
	11:05pm Alex of Chicago: will do!
	11:07pm efd: it took all of my willpower to not interrupt the flow of music to come on mic and tell you all that DONNIE FREEKIN IRIS sings backup on this La Flavour song!!
	11:08pm Kat in Chicago: LESS CORONAVIRUS, MORE DONNIE IRIS! hey, someone had to say it.
	11:09pm spodiodi: heck yes, Kat
	11:10pm winofigments: Donnie Freekin' Corona Iris
	11:10pm efd: I can't believe it
	11:10pm spodiodi: figments :D
	11:11pm Kat in Chicago: how do you even know that, Evan
	11:12pm efd: I was just looking at it on discogs! My mind is blown!
	11:12pm Kat in Chicago: amazing
	11:19pm john_NN_nn_n: this is a great track
	11:19pm Kat in Chicago: I had to look "Mandolay" up. I love the cover art, woman wearing giant studio cans eating ice cream from the bottom of a waffle cone.
	11:21pm spodiodi: whoa, Kat -- that's cool
	11:22pm spodiodi: (me too - i have a sub-folder called "album art" in my Pictures dir that i use for avatars)
	11:23pm Kat in Chicago: the cans crack me up, we had some in the WLUW studio that were similar. they are heavy!
	11:23pm Ken From Hyde Park: Yay, back in time for more disco. Fortunately, didn't come across any deer or other night critters out there.
	11:23pm spodiodi: i read "i love cover art" without the "the" before i made that last comment, Kat :D whoops
	11:24pm Kat in Chicago: I love a lot of cover art, that's fair, spodi. welcome back KFHP, glad no critters were harmed
	11:25pm spodiodi: glad you're back intact, KenFHP
	11:25pm Kat in Chicago: the Sheena's shows have some stunning retro cover art on their playlists. Friendly Persuasion for starters.
	11:26pm spodiodi: i hear that
	11:29pm Kat in Chicago: KFHP, I should say that I am glad you were not harmed as well :)
	11:29pm spodiodi: lol, and i the critters
	11:30pm spodiodi: unless they were coming right for you
	11:30pm Kat in Chicago: Ohio guys making italo disco
	11:31pm efd: so weird. I can't wait to read this page later: www.laflavour.com...
	11:31pm spodiodi: youtu.be...
	11:31pm johnzor: Id like to request more errors please, I like it when my dj is a real human and not a robot and a real dj not just a radio personality otherwise Id listen to Entercom or clearchannel YO
	11:31pm Weems: Great show as always Funk! Just reading September 76 issue of Discothekin’ magazine, and you didn’t play anything from the NY Top 50! Keep shopping!
	11:31pm spodiodi: thanks for the link, EFD!
	11:33pm efd: always shopping, Weems! Take a pic of that list and send it to me!
	11:33pm Kat in Chicago: Evan. One word. PUPPETS.
	11:33pm spodiodi: slugluv @ 1033 : nice :D love that
	11:37pm Gaylord Fields: @weems: Thanks for honoring my request of "The Bulrushes" by the Bongos in 1981.
	11:37pm spodiodi: wow. i forgot all about this donna washington, EFD! nice
	11:37pm Kat in Chicago: (Evan: in re LaFlavour)
	11:38pm efd: oh I figured, Kat!
	11:38pm Kat in Chicago: PUPPET SHOW AND LA FLAVOUR
	11:40pm efd: oh good lord
	11:40pm spodiodi: i was 11 in 1982, and not alone among my peers, when i thought she was singing "do you wanna hump"
	11:40pm Kat in Chicago: Amii with two i's, I know this much is true
	11:41pm efd: YES spodi, I had the same reaction when I was listening to that record over the weekend!
	11:41pm Stevel: spodiodi:: Thee are no mistakes.
	11:41pm spodiodi: haha nice, EFD :D
	11:41pm efd: I hope @slugluv is still listening
	11:41pm spodiodi: kinda heard it that way tonight, Stevel :D
	11:42pm Stevel: Amii Stewart almost connects with Adam Ant. Percussion on steroids (generally enjoyable.)
	11:44pm Kat in Chicago: oh I hope slugluv is still tuned too
	11:45pm Stevel: Dirty DJ story: KIMN, Denver, early 70s. Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James just finishing up a set. "Hey, [something something] ...that's a song about a girl names Crystal with a boyfriend named Persuasion. [and out]
	11:45pm Kat in Chicago: groans
	11:46pm Stevel: ...I think my mom was in the car, so I pretended not to be listening as she was dropping me off at the mall. Really.
	11:46pm efd: oh boy
	11:47pm Stevel: He might have omitted the boyfriend's name. Regardless. It was 'Crystal' clear. (Showing my way out.)
	11:47pm slugluv1313: THANK YOU EFD!
	11:47pm winofigments: Wow, forgot about this tune "I'll Do Anything For You." Takes me back to a section of life long gone.
	11:48pm slugluv1313: on every boom box in New Brunswick and NYC :) yup! still listening, just got home
	11:48pm efd: ahhhh, glad you're still here slugluv! I needed to work my way over to this one!
	11:48pm Kat in Chicago: I'm really happy slugluv recalled this and Evan knew what she was talking about, I'd forgotten this track too
	11:49pm Stevel: If Denroy Morgan ripped off the Sir Duke Riff, its OK by me.
	11:49pm slugluv1313: right?? not really "nostalgic" (as things were far from perfect back then too) but i sooo miss those days
	11:49pm spodiodi: hah!
	11:50pm john_NN_nn_n: bring it back
	11:50pm john_NN_nn_n: there we go
	11:50pm spodiodi: clarity - check. mistake - check. \m/ and another favorite
	11:50pm john_NN_nn_n: \o/ efd
	11:51pm Kat in Chicago: things are always far from perfect imo, but it's great to recapture those feelings.
	11:52pm ignatatus666: The only superstar DJs I know are DJ Guy Kellen 303 Jesse Doris and Evan Funk Davies Ok All my superstars on the WofMoo! We used to go to the How club on St.Marks That where we learned about this music and how to not be a wall flower. We also went to the World occasionally
	11:53pm Stevel: Its been interesting, as you mention making mistakes and such. People seem to be adjusting to the home environments (and the sparsely populated Skeleton scene.) They feel different, yet more comfortable, perhaps more in the groove. Granted, my great fondness for Pseu's show is hearing her talk around technical difficulties. Its quite liberating.
	11:53pm spodiodi: yeah it is, Kat. can't stop smiling
	11:54pm Kat in Chicago: ok SOS Band is almost too much emotions. I'm glad I heard it recently and got through that.
	11:55pm slugluv1313: @ Kat in Chicago -- right? i remember as if it was yesterday, the dude who used to walk up and down the street where i lived in New Brunswick, blasting this on his boom box, "Just The Two of Us," etc.
	11:55pm Kat in Chicago: agreed on Pseu's show Stevel
	11:55pm sam_pocker: Great show this year Evan!! had so much fun listening while working. Thank you!!
	11:56pm Ken From Hyde Park: It may let up a little, but it doesn't stop. Doug Shulkind spins more disco this Friday 3 - 7 PM ET. Thanks, efd. Well done!
	11:56pm Kat in Chicago: I had a law firm messenger job in the early 80s and I used to walk with the world's smallest/cheapest boombox playing WBMX and WGCI
	11:56pm pussycat: Evan...I had incredible sex during your show...thanks...
	11:57pm efd: Thank you Sam and all! I wasn't sure if I'd be able to pull this off from home when it first became clear I wouldn't be doing this show at the station last year, glad it worked out!
	11:57pm spodiodi: many thanks, E.F.D.! great show! :)
	11:57pm slugluv1313: awww man this S.O.S Band!
	11:57pm Terre T: EFD-Yr DISCO DANCE PARTYis a must -totally enjoyable virtually dancing with everybody
	11:58pm Kat in Chicago: Thanks for the reminder KFHP! Sheena's Aloha Fridays into the Drummer dance party is pretty sweet
	11:58pm efd: HOLY CRAP IT'S TERRE T!!!!!!
	11:58pm spodiodi: ^
	11:58pm Kat in Chicago: WHAT. TERRE T! Miss you!
	11:59pm slugluv1313: THANK-YOU, Evan and Skeletons (Scott?) and everyone here in WFMU comments land -- this has been such an amazing blast!!!
	11:59pm john_NN_nn_n: amazing set!!! thanks efd
	11:59pm Scott Williams: holy crap indeed, What's up Terre!?
	11:59pm Ken From Hyde Park: Terre T! ♥
	12:00am john_NN_nn_n: and thanks skel crew
	12:00am Kat in Chicago: @ignatatus666 Polyglot is a hidden gem
	12:00am spodiodi: yeah, thanks everyone too! esp. Scott Williams!
	12:00am slugluv1313: TERRE T.!!!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE to you!!!!!!!!
	12:00am Kat in Chicago: THANKS EFD! THANKS SCOTT!
	12:00am spodiodi: man do i want to say something
	2:32pm dave wuz here: week old disco party - still pretty tasty

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from August 26, 2020

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