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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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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments New Approx. start time
steam machine  you make it move   Options 7"  capitol  1972  $1.99, Amoeba    0:00:00 ()
snopek  hamburger holocaust   Options thinking out loud  mountain railroad  1979  $1, Amoeba    0:02:25 ()
the difference  p.m.t. (pre menstrual tension)   Options sign of the times 12" ep  sugar maple/enigma  1983  $1, Amoeba    0:07:29 ()
the dartells  dill pickles   Options hot pastrami  dot  1963  $2, 1-2-3-4 Go!    0:11:19 ()
roxy music  trash 2   Options 7"      $1.99, Amoeba    0:14:10 ()
andre cymone  livin' in the new wave   Options livin' in the new wave  columbia  1982  $5, Econo Jam (I think) Rooky Ricardo's    0:17:12 ()
spiro t. agnew  a challenge to the hippies/"effete corps of impudent snobs"   Options spiro t. agnew speaks out  rca  1970  $1.99, Rasputin's    0:21:03 ()
the friends of distinction  new mother nature   Options 7"  rca  1970  no price sticker    0:24:40 ()
fortune  forget about tomorrow   Options s/t  warner bros  1978  $1, Amoeba    0:27:26 ()
 
fernando lamas  alfred and humbert   Options co*star: the record acting game  co*star/roulette    $7.95, Rasputin's    0:46:55 ()
shonen knife  shopping   Options overdrive  good charamel      *   0:51:04 ()
the skygreen leopards  my friends   Options family crimes  woodsist      *   0:54:17 ()
chuck prophet  tell me anything (turn to gold)   Options night surfer  yep roc      *   0:56:45 ()
literature  blasé   Options chorus  slumberland      *   1:00:11 ()
allah-las  artifact   Options worship the sun  innovative leisure      *   1:02:13 ()
 
games  little elise   Options 7"  hozac      *   1:14:42 ()
dancer  bitchin' heat   Options 7"  grazer      *   1:17:38 ()
our american cousins  pandora 99   Options 7"  rockville/dutch east india  1991  $1, Amoeba    1:20:56 ()
pere ubu  golden surf ii   Options carnival of souls  fire records      *   1:25:29 ()
chris stamey  draggin' the line   Options va-more superhits of the seventies  wfmu    Michael Shelley's 2014 marathon premium  *   1:29:42 ()
 
golden pelicans  two feathers   Options s/t  total punk    $14.99, 1-2-3-4 Go!  *   1:40:12 ()
ngozi family  i'm on my way   Options day of judgement  now-again    orig mid-'70s  *   1:41:24 ()
dan mccafferty  cinnamon girl   Options 7"  mountain  1975  $1.99, Amoeba
(Nazareth's singer)  		  1:45:40 ()
bart davenport  girl gotta way   Options physical world  lovemonk  2014      1:50:15 ()
so cow  operating at a loss   Options the long con  goner    playing at Cake Shop this coming Saturday, and I've got tickets to give away in just a few minutes!  *   1:54:54 ()
 
dead moon  time has come today   Options unknown passage  m'lady's      *   2:10:23 ()
new pornographers  hi-rise   Options brill bruisers  matador      *   2:14:39 ()
rudiger lorenz  out of the past   Options invisible voices  anthology    orig 1983, new cd release  *   2:17:59 ()
chrome  nephilims (help me)   Options feel it like a scientist  king of spades      *   2:21:47 ()
jack nitzsche  night walker   Options night walker  ace      *   2:25:36 ()
 
game theory  the young drug   Options blaze of glory  omnivore    orig 1982; new reissue  *   2:33:22 ()
the paul & john  brickland   Options inner sunset  mystery lawn      *   2:35:45 ()
sloan  what's inside   Options commonwealth  yep roc      *   2:39:07 ()
coves  honeybee   Options soft friday  nettwerk      *   2:42:51 ()
cliff hillis  turn on a dime   Options song machine  tallboy records      *   2:46:10 ()
 
disco tex and the sex-o-lettes  get dancin'   Options 7"  chelsea    RIP co-writer/producer Bob Crewe    2:53:06 ()
eleventh hour  lady marmalade   Options hollywood hot  20th century  1976  song co-written & this version produced by Bob Crewe    2:56:00 ()

Listener comments!

  Wed. 9/17/14 9:03pm montgomery:

efd makes it move
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:04pm Stevel:

Snopek! Midwest represent!
Avatar Wed. 9/17/14 9:06pm Loretta:

hi Evan & all on this great evening!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:07pm Holly in NC:

Hello efd, Loretta, Steve1, montgomery, and all future listeners & lurkers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:09pm Stevel:

Hey Holly. How's stuff?
Avatar Wed. 9/17/14 9:10pm fleep:

Greetings to efd, the Funky, and the Funkless.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 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!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:12pm Stevel:

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.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:13pm Holly in NC:

@efd - by "weird song" I mean I love it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 9:15pm JakeGould:

Cheap LP roundup?
  Wed. 9/17/14 9:17pm jon:

road trip roundup
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:19pm Holly in NC:

roxy music great b-side
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:20pm Stevel:

We're all livin' this funky New Wave.
  Wed. 9/17/14 9:22pm john:

It's Ted!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:23pm Stevel:

"...subside to a more professorial tone." Big talk for a big hack.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 9:25pm JakeGould:

Sprio Agnew watch. www.stumptownblogger.com...
Avatar Wed. 9/17/14 9:26pm Loretta:

love this one..
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:30pm Stevel:

Ooh, post the Fortune album cover! Its cocaine-alicious!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:32pm efd:

no time to post the cover image, but here's the tweet that has it: twitter.com...
  Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:33pm Lonely Planet Boy:

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".
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:33pm Stevel:

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.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:34pm Uncle Michael:

My chest hair needs blow drying.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   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
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:37pm Stevel:

Its the women's eyes. Their eyes. Not to mention the gritted teeth.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 9:41pm JakeGould:

Also, the cocaine.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:42pm Stevel:

Always the cocaine. They had a song called "Saddle in the Wind." I shudder to think.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:43pm Stevel:

Does Dave the Spazz have the Agnew album for samples?
  Wed. 9/17/14 9:44pm herb.nyc:

Agnew- "examples of VP TWIT"
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:45pm Stevel:

Pretty sure Snopek was from Milwaukee. Played every other week in Madison in the early 80s.
  Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:45pm Lonely Planet Boy:

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."
Avatar Wed. 9/17/14 9:48pm fleep:

Acting!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   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.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:52pm Stevel:

Bravo. A THESPIAN is what you are, sir.
  Wed. 9/17/14 9:52pm daveB from Oakland:

Bravo, Lorenzo, Bravo EFD!!! Excellent thespianship!
Avatar 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.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:53pm efd:

My agent is already on the phone with his agent about that very issue.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:55pm Santos L Halper:

Evening! The Knife coming to my town soon; psyched!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 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
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 9:58pm efd:

As far as I know there is no Lorenzo Lamas Co*Star record.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 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
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 10:03pm efd:

@Holly, good to know I can still surprise even a longtime listener like you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 10:04pm Holly in NC:

I so adore the Allah-Las.
  Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 10:06pm Lonely Planet Boy:

N.C.'s, Yep Roc.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 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
Avatar Swag For Life Member 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.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 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.
  Wed. 9/17/14 10:29pm V Priceless:

Hey Evan! New Ubu rockin!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 10:29pm Stevel:

Wow. New Ubu. Not bad, even.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 10:31pm Stevel:

Michael Shelley is everywhere. He is everything.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   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!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 10:48pm efd:

haha, I'm only a little disappointed because I thought you were going to say you signed him to make a Co*Star record!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 10:50pm Fuzzy:

Maybe if I throw in a gold watch -- he might go for that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   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!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 10:52pm pacific standard simon:

Just tuned in -- what the hell kinda weirdo show IS this?

;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 10:53pm efd:

why I think it's an excellent weirdo show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 10:54pm Holly in NC:

Hi @pss!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 10:54pm efd:

Fuzzy, I can totally see Christopher Walken as Ben Orr!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 10:54pm Fuzzy:

When You Dance, You Can Really Love! Glad I rememberered to tune in!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 10:54pm pacific standard simon:

Sounds that way, yes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 10:55pm pacific standard simon:

Hi Holly -- I finally got my WFMU cook book! It's so wonderful.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 10:55pm Fuzzy:

Absolutely, efd -- I'm not joking!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 10:56pm Fuzzy:

Richard Belzer as Ric -- what sayeth you?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 10:57pm Stevel:

Belzer as Ric=Golden Globe.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 10:57pm pacific standard simon:

That's good -- but Todd Rundgren did a pretty good job in The New Cars, too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 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.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 11:05pm Fuzzy:

Excellent! Play it now!
Avatar Wed. 9/17/14 11:06pm Callieflower:

I feel like I need to make Evan's giveaway jingle my ringtone
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 11:07pm pacific standard simon:

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!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 11:11pm daveB from Oakland:

Time has come today!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 11:12pm coelacanth:

Sweet!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 11:12pm Holly in NC:

Yay dead moon!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 11:12pm Fuzzy:

My soul's been psychodelicized!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 11:13pm pacific standard simon:

Any other covers of this song besides The Ramones?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 11:14pm Fuzzy:

Chambers Bros. is scarier.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 11:14pm pacific standard simon:

I think Hawkwind could have totally killed with this song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 11:18pm Fuzzy:

n!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 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! ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 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...
Avatar Wed. 9/17/14 11:27pm fleep:

Perhaps the pharmacizing helped with the synthesizing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 11:28pm dB from Oakland:

@fleep ... indeed. Ted Leo can't be the only pharmacist in the music game.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 11:28pm Fuzzy:

Paging Dr. Robert...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 11:31pm pacific standard simon:

Owsley "Bear" Stanley
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 11:35pm Holly in NC:

So glad Omnivore's reissuing GT.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 11:36pm Santos L Halper:

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!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 11:37pm pacific standard simon:

Owsley is one of my heroes, despite his stupid ideas about diet, which have much in common with those of Hasil Adkins.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 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).
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 11:44pm Fuzzy:

No More Hot Dogs!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 11:47pm Fuzzy:

Dude made a whole album about chicken!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 11:48pm pacific standard simon:

Pretty much, daveB -- all animal protein, all the time. Vegetables are poison!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 11:49pm Fuzzy:

A strict diet of commodity meat.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 11:49pm pacific standard simon:

cliff hillis sounds like George Harrison!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 11:54pm pacific standard simon:

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.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   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.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 9/17/14 11:58pm efd:

and the Pirates won to boot!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Wed. 9/17/14 11:58pm pacific standard simon:

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!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/18/14 12:00am Fuzzy:

How 'bout them Red Sox?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/18/14 12:00am pacific standard simon:

The Giants and The Pirates are going to meet in a one game wild card playoff, and we are going to come to blows.
Avatar Thu. 9/18/14 12:00am Callieflower:

I like dreamin too, but I don't sing about it
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/18/14 12:01am coelacanth:

Thanks, Evan!
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