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Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.
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September 17, 2014: a welcome return to the friendly confines
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Listener comments! | |
Wed. 9/17/14 9:03pm
montgomery:
efd makes it move | |
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![]() Snopek! Midwest represent! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 9:06pm
Loretta:
hi Evan & all on this great evening!! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 9:07pm
Holly in NC:
Hello efd, Loretta, Steve1, montgomery, and all future listeners & lurkers! |
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![]() Hey Holly. How's stuff? |
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![]() Greetings to efd, the Funky, and the Funkless. |
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Wed. 9/17/14 9:11pm
Holly in NC:
As a perimenopausal woman, my whole life is lived in a state of p.m.t. Also, what a weird song ;-) @Steve1 - Don't ask. Really. This is my break from reality! |
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![]() I completely support reality breaks. This show has served that purpose many, many times. |
Wed. 9/17/14 9:13pm
jon:
amazing show from beech st last week evan. good to have you back for this fine nj eve though. | |
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Wed. 9/17/14 9:13pm
Holly in NC:
@efd - by "weird song" I mean I love it! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 9:15pm
JakeGould:
Cheap LP roundup? |
Wed. 9/17/14 9:17pm
jon:
road trip roundup | |
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Wed. 9/17/14 9:19pm
Holly in NC:
roxy music great b-side |
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![]() We're all livin' this funky New Wave. |
Wed. 9/17/14 9:22pm
john:
It's Ted! | |
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![]() "...subside to a more professorial tone." Big talk for a big hack. |
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Wed. 9/17/14 9:25pm
JakeGould:
Sprio Agnew watch. www.stumptownblogger.com... |
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Wed. 9/17/14 9:26pm
Loretta:
love this one.. |
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![]() Ooh, post the Fortune album cover! Its cocaine-alicious! |
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![]() no time to post the cover image, but here's the tweet that has it: twitter.com... |
![]() Jake Gould , I had a t-shirt depicting that watch that I wore in 5th & 6th grade. My 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Forgus, sent a note to my parents saying I should be respectful and wear "button down shirts with collars". | |
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![]() efd: Your next task is to track down the disco mixes of Fortune's tracks. You KNOW they're out there. The longer I look at that cover, the scarier it gets. |
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![]() My chest hair needs blow drying. |
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Wed. 9/17/14 9:35pm
JakeGould:
@LonelyPlanetBoy, "button down shirts with collars" agh, the 1970s! I had a friend who got crap in elementary school for wearing a “Hear Comes the Judge!” sweatshirt. |
Wed. 9/17/14 9:35pm
montgomery:
spiro was an allstar thief and a--hole culture warrior extrordinaire | |
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![]() Its the women's eyes. Their eyes. Not to mention the gritted teeth. |
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Wed. 9/17/14 9:41pm
JakeGould:
Also, the cocaine. |
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![]() Always the cocaine. They had a song called "Saddle in the Wind." I shudder to think. |
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![]() Does Dave the Spazz have the Agnew album for samples? |
Wed. 9/17/14 9:44pm
herb.nyc:
Agnew- "examples of VP TWIT" | |
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![]() Pretty sure Snopek was from Milwaukee. Played every other week in Madison in the early 80s. |
![]() JG, I thought the "Judge" 45" was on the Gordy label. But It was on the Soul label, also purple. | |
Wed. 9/17/14 9:46pm
john:
Beaky's gonna be pissed. | |
Wed. 9/17/14 9:47pm
john:
Beaky called. Says "THANK you." | |
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![]() Acting! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 9:49pm
JakeGould:
I revisited “Here Comes the Judge” a few years back. I am deeply embarrassed at what entertained me as an elementary school student. |
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![]() Bravo. A THESPIAN is what you are, sir. |
Wed. 9/17/14 9:52pm
daveB from Oakland:
Bravo, Lorenzo, Bravo EFD!!! Excellent thespianship! | |
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Wed. 9/17/14 9:52pm
Charlie:
Why did Fernando keep stepping on your lines? |
Wed. 9/17/14 9:53pm
john:
Oh, you scenery chewer. | |
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![]() My agent is already on the phone with his agent about that very issue. |
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![]() Evening! The Knife coming to my town soon; psyched! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 9:55pm
Holly in NC:
@JakeGould: I recollect when Dickie Goodman was my idol, to wit: www.youtube.com... |
Wed. 9/17/14 9:55pm
montgomery:
sending efd and lorenzo some thespian love from new jersey | |
Wed. 9/17/14 9:57pm
montgomery:
fernando. my bad | |
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![]() As far as I know there is no Lorenzo Lamas Co*Star record. |
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Wed. 9/17/14 9:59pm
Holly in NC:
! @efd, would not expect you to play Chuck Prophet. Glad you are playing Chuck Prophet. |
Wed. 9/17/14 10:02pm
montgomery:
it was just my imagination running away with me efd | |
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![]() @Holly, good to know I can still surprise even a longtime listener like you! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 10:04pm
Holly in NC:
I so adore the Allah-Las. |
![]() N.C.'s, Yep Roc. | |
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Wed. 9/17/14 10:07pm
coelacanth:
olá Evan (fd) & Funkies. ...THAT was a great track! ..so, -60s-psych-ish. |
Wed. 9/17/14 10:10pm
daveB from Oakland:
Ahh ... that's how i got my lamas's confused | |
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Wed. 9/17/14 10:10pm
coelacanth:
i obviously missed an historic event. |
Wed. 9/17/14 10:10pm
molton boron:
the king and the chorus girl bit was epic | |
Wed. 9/17/14 10:10pm
john:
...and you're just the guy to do it! | |
Wed. 9/17/14 10:11pm
Your Next Talent Agent:
I couldn't find you a better script for $7.95. Sorry, EFD. But stick with it, ya got promise! | |
Wed. 9/17/14 10:12pm
herb.nyc:
Ooh, Kid Congo is in PZone PLAYGROUND bk! | |
Wed. 9/17/14 10:25pm
Clay Buchholz:
Yeah. | |
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Wed. 9/17/14 10:28pm
Holly in NC:
Pere Ubu phoenixing for gazillionth time! |
Wed. 9/17/14 10:28pm
Ignore Function:
Even more rocking than normal, EFD. | |
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![]() Wow. New Ubu. Not bad, even. |
Wed. 9/17/14 10:29pm
V Priceless:
Hey Evan! New Ubu rockin! | |
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![]() Michael Shelley is everywhere. He is everything. |
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Wed. 9/17/14 10:47pm
Fuzzy:
Good news guys -- just signed Christopher Walken to play Ben Orr in my soon-to-be-released biography about The Cars: "Let's Go!" See ya at the Palm D'Or! |
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![]() haha, I'm only a little disappointed because I thought you were going to say you signed him to make a Co*Star record! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 10:50pm
Fuzzy:
Maybe if I throw in a gold watch -- he might go for that. |
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Wed. 9/17/14 10:52pm
Fuzzy:
Naw, for reals: I was just jamming on some old Midnight Special Cars videos on the Youtube, and Walken could totally pull it off! |
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![]() Just tuned in -- what the hell kinda weirdo show IS this? ;) |
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![]() why I think it's an excellent weirdo show! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 10:54pm
Holly in NC:
Hi @pss! |
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![]() Fuzzy, I can totally see Christopher Walken as Ben Orr! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 10:54pm
Fuzzy:
When You Dance, You Can Really Love! Glad I rememberered to tune in! |
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![]() Sounds that way, yes. |
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![]() Hi Holly -- I finally got my WFMU cook book! It's so wonderful. |
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Wed. 9/17/14 10:55pm
Fuzzy:
Absolutely, efd -- I'm not joking! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 10:56pm
Fuzzy:
Richard Belzer as Ric -- what sayeth you? |
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![]() Belzer as Ric=Golden Globe. |
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![]() That's good -- but Todd Rundgren did a pretty good job in The New Cars, too. |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:00pm
Holly in NC:
@pss - Do tell! Tonight I had some super fresh & cheap bluefish, sauteed in olive oil w garlic, capers, olives, lemon & oregano, finished with gin. Yummy. |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:05pm
Fuzzy:
Excellent! Play it now! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:06pm
Callieflower:
I feel like I need to make Evan's giveaway jingle my ringtone |
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![]() You're hired as my personal cook when I get rich, Holly (I can't cook EVERY night!) Just had pesto and noodles tonight, but tomorrow I'm cooking lamb steaks and carrots glazed with orange and ginger. Maria Muldaur is playing on my island in a couple of weeks! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:11pm
daveB from Oakland:
Time has come today! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:12pm
coelacanth:
Sweet! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:12pm
Holly in NC:
Yay dead moon! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:12pm
Fuzzy:
My soul's been psychodelicized! |
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![]() Any other covers of this song besides The Ramones? |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:14pm
Fuzzy:
Chambers Bros. is scarier. |
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![]() I think Hawkwind could have totally killed with this song. |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:18pm
Fuzzy:
n! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:21pm
daveB from Oakland:
Give me an N! Give me an E! Give me a W! Give me a P! ... |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:25pm
dB from Oakland:
"Rüdiger Lorenz ... was a German pharmacist and synthesist known for his large collection of analog synthesizers and his prolific output of albums featuring them" en.wikipedia.org... |
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![]() Perhaps the pharmacizing helped with the synthesizing. |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:28pm
dB from Oakland:
@fleep ... indeed. Ted Leo can't be the only pharmacist in the music game. |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:28pm
Fuzzy:
Paging Dr. Robert... |
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![]() Owsley "Bear" Stanley |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:35pm
Holly in NC:
So glad Omnivore's reissuing GT. |
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![]() Thanks for playing GT efd, and thanks to Holly for the tip a few weeks ago. It's a really nice release, and the rest will of course be even better! |
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![]() Owsley is one of my heroes, despite his stupid ideas about diet, which have much in common with those of Hasil Adkins. |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:44pm
daveB from Oakland:
Owsley and Adkins could've been a great collaboration (Is the Adkins diet anything like the Atkins diet? ... don't mind me, I'm just free-associating). |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:44pm
Fuzzy:
No More Hot Dogs! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:47pm
Fuzzy:
Dude made a whole album about chicken! |
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![]() Pretty much, daveB -- all animal protein, all the time. Vegetables are poison! |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:49pm
Fuzzy:
A strict diet of commodity meat. |
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![]() cliff hillis sounds like George Harrison! |
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![]() Never thought I'd hear that name again in this life... |
Wed. 9/17/14 11:55pm
P-90:
Bob joins the Disco Generation. Or does the best he can with it. | |
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Wed. 9/17/14 11:57pm
Fuzzy:
Well dress me in a sleeveless down vest and call me Dorothy Hammill -- this is some different Music to watch girls by! |
Wed. 9/17/14 11:58pm
john:
Any day that ends with Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes is almost certainly better than originally assumed. | |
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![]() and the Pirates won to boot! |
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![]() Sometimes Evan's singles collection scares me. |
Wed. 9/17/14 11:59pm
john:
I was prepared to be too polite to mention that. But since you bring it up….Raise the jolly roger! | |
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Thu. 9/18/14 12:00am
Fuzzy:
How 'bout them Red Sox? |
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![]() The Giants and The Pirates are going to meet in a one game wild card playoff, and we are going to come to blows. |
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Thu. 9/18/14 12:00am
Callieflower:
I like dreamin too, but I don't sing about it |
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Thu. 9/18/14 12:01am
coelacanth:
Thanks, Evan! |
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