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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.

Location:

East Orange, NJ

Networks:

WFMU

Description:

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.

Twitter:

@efd

Language:

English

Contact:

WFMU P.O. Box 2011 Jersey City, NJ 07303-2011 201-200-9368


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THE PROF.FUZZ 63 and SECRET MONKEY WEEKEND live sets! Plus Indianapolis record store finds! from Aug 13, 2025

8/13/2025
oxendale & shephard - "strangers in the night (together)" - put your money where your mouth is [purchased at Indy CD & Vinyl, Indianapolis] [0:00:00] dr. buzzard's original savannah band - "didn't i love you girl?" - goes to washington [purchased at Karma, Indianapolis] [0:04:10] vic vergat - "down to the bone" - down to the bone [purchased at Indy CD & Vinyl, Indianapolis] [0:08:25] the future - "car car" - whose movie is this anyway [purchased at Karma, Indianapolis] [0:12:45] t. roth and another pretty face - "power play/surrender" - face facts [non-Indy interloper! Purchased at Rough Trade Below, NYC with a pre-Bon Jovi Tico Torres] [0:15:30] hammersmith - "good-bye, good-bye" - it's for you! [CanCon! purchased at Karma, Indianapolis] [0:20:31] sevi - "fun isn't fun anymore" - ready yet? [purchased at Indy CD & Vinyl, Indianapolis] [0:24:27] skin trade - "this is the way" - wax tense [purchased at Indy CD & Vinyl, Indianapolis] [0:27:58] moulin rouge - "lonely days" - s/t [an album of all pre-disco Bee Gees covers purchased at Karma, Indianapolis] [0:32:12] life line - "monday shutdown" - never stop 12" [purchased at Indy CD & Vinyl, Indianapolis I think it's a Motels cover?] [0:37:32] End of set Set: PROF.FUZZ 63 live on the air! engineered by Superstar Mario Santana Professor Fuzz (guitar/vocals/telephone) Sleepy Redhead (organ/other keyboards/vocals) Mr. B (drums) New album my the prof. fuzz 63 - "my <3's still beatin' but i'm dead2u" - live on wfmu [0:50:07] the prof. fuzz 63 - "ohio as seen on tv" - live on wfmu [0:52:31] the prof. fuzz 63 - "the amazing adventures of steak knife and biscuit" - live on wfmu [0:57:03] the prof. fuzz 63 - "narcoleptic driver's ed teacher" - live on wfmu [1:01:48] the prof. fuzz 63 - "sleepy redhead's 63rd dream" - live on wfmu [1:06:48] the prof. fuzz 63 - "edge of the world" - live on wfmu [1:09:29] the prof. fuzz 63 - "bs anime cop" - live on wfmu [1:14:04] the prof. fuzz 63 - "hand grenade princess" - live on wfmu [1:17:09] the prof. fuzz 63 - "chat with efd" - live on wfmu [1:21:22] edward rogers - "romeo" - astor place [bandcamp] [1:26:54] sam shepherd - "smirk" - smirk ep [bandcamp] [1:29:40] the wind-ups - "a fine pink mist" - confection [bandcamp] [1:31:45] ultra lights - "wasted again" - s/t [playing live on the show next week! And catch them Saturday late afternoon at Mama Tried with Love, Burns and Fake Nudes (75% of Honey Radar) bandcamp] [1:34:19] silver synthetic - "red light" - rosalie [Also playing live on the show next week! And tomorrow night at Union Pool! Standby for a ticket giveaway! bandcamp] [1:37:47] bird streets - "mistaker" - the escape artist [album out in October, produced by Jason Falkner bandcamp] [1:46:48] frankie cosmos - "vanity" - different talking [bandcamp] [1:50:41] wet leg - "catch these fists (radio edit)" - moisturizer [bandcamp] [1:53:51] massage - "daffy duck" - coaster [album out in October bandcamp] [1:56:13] viennetta - "twist yr arm" - s/t [playing Friday night with Eljin Marbles (incl our own Dave Mandl) and Lahna Deering bandcamp] [2:01:43] Set: SECRET MONKEY WEEKEND live on the air! engineered by Superstar Mario Santana! Ella Brown Hart - bass & vocals Lila Brown Hart - drums & vocals Jefferson Hart - guitar & vocals New album Lemon Drop Hammer out now! Get it on bandcamp See above for tour dates with The Prof. Fuzz 63! secret monkey weekend - "so much joy" - live on wfmu [2:08:05] secret monkey weekend - "grant hart (morning star)" - live on wfmu [2:12:48] secret monkey weekend - "do the secret monkey" - live on wfmu [2:16:58] secret monkey weekend - "merida" - live on wfmu [2:20:33] secret monkey weekend - "things you threw away" - live on wfmu [2:25:05] secret monkey weekend - "nananana" - live on wfmu [Squalls cover] [2:29:42] secret monkey weekend - "psycho killer" - live on wfmu [I don't need to tell you who this is a cover of] [2:32:53] secret monkey weekend -...

Duration:03:09:07

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The 17th annual Evan "Funk" Davies Show Summertime Disco/Dance Party! from Aug 6, 2025

8/6/2025
ritz - "dance until you drop" - puttin' on the ritz [Disco/Dance Party debut!] voggue - "dancin' the night away" - 7" [0:04:41] dana & gene - "dario, can you get me into studio 54?" - 12" [0:08:04] bohannon - "bohannon's disco symphony" - phase ii [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2016!] [0:13:13] george mccrae - "honey i" - 7" [0:19:45] Music behind DJ: silvetti - "spring rain" - 7" [0:23:17] the reflections - "boogie city" - 12" [Disco/Dance Party debut!] [0:26:51] change - "searchin'" - the glow of love [0:32:25] ronnie jones - "soul sister" - 12" [Disco/Dance Party debut!] [0:40:16] denroy morgan - "i'll do anything for you" - i'll do anything for you [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2020!] [0:46:17] south shore commission - "train called freedom (disco version)" - 7" [0:51:10] Music behind DJ: b.b.c.s. & a. - "rock shock (instrumental)" - 12" [0:56:13] gonzalez - "haven't stopped dancing yet" - haven't stopped dancin' [1:01:32] gary toms empire - "7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (blow your whistle)" - 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 blow your whistle [1:07:16] gotham flasher - "i'm never going to leave you (new york)" - 12" [Disco/Dance Party debut! A Gino Soccio joint] [1:12:24] midnight rhythm - "workin' & slavin' (i need love)" - 12" ep [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2021, surprisingly (to me)!] [1:19:30] the whispers - "and the beat goes on" - s/t [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in... 2018?! What am I even doing?] [1:28:37] southroad connection - "you like it, we love it" - 12" [1:34:48] andrea true connection - "more more more (part 1)" - 7" [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2014!] [1:41:13] the jacksons - "shake your body (down to the ground)" - 12" [1:44:18] the duncan sisters - "boys will be boys" - 12" [Disco/Dance Party debut!] [1:52:38] c.j. & co. - "devil's gun" - 7' [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2021] [1:58:56] Music behind DJ: colorblind - "kalei-disco" - 12" [2:02:12] dorothy moore - "let the music play" - 12" [2:07:54] siren - "open up for love" - 12" [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2017] [2:12:43] karen silver - "can't stop dancing" - hold on, i'm coming [Disco/Dance Party debut!] [2:18:34] patrice rushen - "forget me nots" - 12" [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2021] [2:22:46] donald byrd & 125th st nyc - "love has come around" - love byrd [2:28:56] lamont dozier - "boogie business" - 7" [2:35:11] viola wills - "if you could read my mind" - 12" [2:38:31] yarbrough & peoples - "don't stop the music" - 7" [2:45:02] d train - "keep on" - you're the one for me [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2021] [2:49:15] jimmy "bo" horne - "i wanna go home with you" - dance across the floor [2:54:52] Music behind DJ: eve - "take a little chance" [2:58:18] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154884

Duration:03:09:03

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SAVAK return for their FIFTH live appearance! Plus a double-wide Kompilation Korner™! from Jul 30, 2025

7/30/2025
string driven thing - "are you a rock and roller" - 7" [0:00:00] tv smith's explorers - "the servant" - 7" [0:03:00] the cars - "got a lot on my head" - candy-o [0:06:11] the trans-canada highwaymen - "theme from trans-canada highwaymen" - explosive hits, vol. 1 [Happy anniversary to the Trans-Canada Highway! Opened on this date in 1962!] [0:09:09] tom lehrer - "pollution" - that was the year that was [RIP to this genius, a huge influence on me as a youth.] [0:12:27] franke & the knockouts - "keep on fighting" - below the belt [0:14:51] baby shakes - "sweet 'n' sour (part 2)" - single [0:19:36] vinyl virgins - "mony mony" - 12" [0:22:10] ultravox! - "slip away" - s/t [0:25:43] mark goodman and martha quinn - "excerpt" - sound up podcast [Full podcast is here, the part about me starts around 40 minutes in] [0:29:55] the telephone numbers - "be right down" - scarecrow ii [bandcamp] [0:40:33] b. hamilton - "sunny day" - b. hamilton (2025) [bandcamp] [0:44:13] beauty - "acid baby girl" - single [bandcamp] [0:48:55] discreet charms - "burn, blacken, or smoke" - delivery model stateholder meeting [bandcamp with our own Nate K and Tom Dash!] [0:51:37] seely jurgens band - "why oh why" - single [bandcamp Kyle Seely from Sheer Mag] [0:56:03] Set: SAVAK live on WFMU! Engineered by Superstar Mario Santana, assisted by Kay Flynn-Murray (aka K-dog) Sohrab Habibion - vocals, guitar Mike "Jaws" Jaworski - vocals, guitar Matt Hunter - bass, backing vocals Matt Schultz - drums, no vocals whatsoever Latest album SQUAWK! out now on Peculiar Works and available on Bandcamp savak - "agronomy domine" - live on wfmu [1:06:46] savak - "vis-a-vis" - live on wfmu [1:09:51] savak - "two lamps" - live on wfmu [1:13:10] savak - "child's pose" - live on wfmu [1:16:07] savak - "talk to some people" - live on wfmu [1:18:45] savak - "no man's island" - live on wfmu [1:22:03] savak - "moon over marine park" - live on wfmu [1:25:36] savak - "casual cruelty" - live on wfmu [1:29:49] savak - "tomorrow and the day after" - live on wfmu [1:32:32] savak - "sick of war" - live on wfmu [1:36:00] savak - "chat with efd" - live on wfmu [1:39:33] the whimbrels - "eclipse eye" - s/t [bandcamp Hopefully playing live on the show later this year! With members of Glen Branca Ensemble, Swans, and... Savak!] [1:49:20] barbara - "tolerant nation" - s/t [bandcamp] [1:53:43] ducks ltd. - "lloyd, i'm ready to be heartbroken (feat. lunar vacation)" - single [bandcamp] [1:57:32] automatic - "mercury" - is it now? [bandcamp] [2:01:25] darling black - "deep down in the ground" - single [Dylan from Lulu Lewis' solo project! Playing this Sunday night at Berlin, with 12090 A.D. and Kay Nova. bandcamp] [2:05:54] Set: KOMPILATION KORNER, extra-large edition! animal logic - "the meaning of life" - va-praise poems 11 [bandcamp] [2:19:27] the woolies - "who do you love" - va-motor city is burning: a michigan anthology 1965-1972 [2:21:42] fragments - "powerstatefailure" - va-generation blitz 4: mutant electro [bandcamp] [2:23:47] billy paul - "let 'em in" - va-here, there and everywhere [2:28:56] fabienne stoko - "poupee" - va-histoire de coeur: lost french synth pop 7"ers and euro-bombs (1980-89) [bandcamp] [2:33:48] john howard - "i tune in to you (1-2ne-in-2-u)" - va-all the young droids [bandcamp] [2:42:47] giani ferrio - "quando vui con chi voi" - va-eli roth's red light disco [2:46:05] the bags - "dancing around our handbags (demo cassette 1982)" - va-promises, promises: borders and mid-wales post punk 1979-83 [not those Bags. Or those Bags either. bandcamp] [2:49:04] tuff - "the new genertion" - va-young and wild: a decade of american glam metal 1982-1992 [2:51:48] bruce moody - "am romance" - va-i wanna be a teen again: american power pop 1980-1989 [2:56:20] End of set Set: https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154651

Duration:03:08:59

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remembering Ozzy, in our way. Plus a tribute to Carter Cathcart. from Jul 23, 2025

7/23/2025
the dickies - "paranoid" - 10" maxi single [0:00:00] the cardigans - "iron man" - first band on the moon [0:01:58] monster magnet - "into the void" - god says no [0:06:21] the royal purple - "a hard road" - psychoacoustics [WFMU's own Stu Rutherford and Mike Sin!] [0:14:05] 1000 homo djs - "supernaut" - single [0:18:51] ozzy osbourne - "flying high again" - diary of a madman [0:25:24] Set: RIP Carter Cathcart, guitarist / keyboardist in the Laughing Dogs the laughing dogs - "get 'im outta town" - s/t [0:43:01] the lauging dogs - "not what i used to be" - s/t + meet their makers [cd reissue, a Carter Cathcart composition] [0:44:01] the laughing dogs - "it's just the truth" - s/t [another Cathcart tune] [0:46:26] the laughing dogs - "reason for wanting you" - s/t + meet their makers [one more Cathcart composition] [0:50:27] the laughing dogs - "i need a million" - s/t [0:52:58] blurt - "the mecanno giraffe" - the mecanno giraffe ep [bandcamp] [1:00:05] brian bilston & the catenary wires - "to do list" - sounds made by humans [bandcamp] [1:03:47] autocamper - "map like a leaf" - what do you do all day? [bandcamp] [1:06:16] the royal arctic institute - "he died fighting in spain" - s/t [bandcamp Playing tomorrow night at Sinatra Park in Hoboken, with Sloppy Heads!] [1:10:34] viennetta - "twist yr arm" - s/t [album out in September bandcamp] [1:14:11] jz barrell - "one way mirror" - don't give away your magic [bandcamp] [1:27:08] the minus 5 - "falling like jets" - oar on, penelope! [bandcamp] [1:31:03] luke haines & peter buck - "56 nervous breakdowns" - going down to the river ...to blow my mind [with most of The Minus 5! bandcamp] [1:34:40] johnny thunders - "daddy rollin' stone" - so alone [1:37:36] creem circus - "oh no rock and roll" - get.switched.on! [bandcamp still buzzing from their show at Ortlieb's last Friday!] [1:40:30] sloan - "dream destroyer" - based on the best seller [bandcamp] [1:52:39] dom mariani - "apple of life" - apple of life [coming this fall!] [1:56:32] düül suns - "serpentine" - single [not yet on their bandcamp] [2:00:06] sandra's wedding - "lullahello" - arturus rex [bandcamp] [2:04:33] mal blum - "must get lonely" - the villain [bandcamp] [2:08:40] ultra lights - "scene of the crime" - s/t [bandcamp Playing live on my show Weds Aug 20! Catch them at Mama Tried Saturday Aug 16 with Love, Burns and another band I'm forgetting.] [2:20:40] hotline tnt - "julia's war" - raspberry moon [bandcamp] [2:24:23] whitney's playland - "only daughter" - long rehearsal [bandcamp] [2:27:01] jimrosch - "i sighed" - daylights [bandcamp] [2:29:50] savak - "moon over marine park" - squawk! [live on the show next week! Also playing live Friday night in DC, Saturday in Philly (two shows!), and Sunday night at TV Eye! bandcamp] [2:34:02] grim globs - "horrible man" - s/t [bandcamp] [2:45:09] nick lowe and his cowboy outfit - "the rose of england" - the rose of england [2:47:49] jean caffeine - "i know you know i know" - generation jean [bandcamp] [2:51:03] jeffrey novak - "sweetlips" - blood celebration [bandcamp] [2:55:24] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154413

Duration:03:08:34