THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Encore Presentation: The real-life musicians of GUITARS VS. RAYGUNS!!

As a matter of logistics mandated an encore presentation of a previous episode of TIRnRR, I asked Dana if we could rerun our June 14th show, which was a salute to some of the many real-life performers mentioned in my new book Guitars Vs. Rayguns!! Short Stories And Other White Lies. The book ain't exactly sellin' like hotcakes--not even like day-old hotcakes--so any chance to gently hawk the damned thing is A-OK by me. Let's review your summary and ordering options:

Guitars Vs. Rayguns!! Short Stories And Other White Lies gathers tales of a foul-mouthed rock 'n' roll guitarist hijacked into space, an Old West gunslinger, a film noir gun moll who longs to be in a musical, a humorous fill-in superhero suddenly called to greatness, a former boy band star turned record company fix-it man, a would-be painter, an obsessed collector, a fated swordswoman, a fallen giant, a frustrated time traveler, a condemned sinner guiding tourists in Hell, a departed soul interviewing for a spot in Heaven, a 1976 Beatles reunion concert, and other untruths detailing love, loss, disappointment, miscellaneous hijinks, a fascination with shiny objects, and—occasionally--a juvenile sense of humor. 

WARNING: RUDE LANGUAGE! The author is a potty-mouth.

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Guitars Vs. Rayguns!! Short Stories And Other White Lies (2026): $15
The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) (2024): $30
Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones (2023): $25

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The book is available as a special order from most local bookstores--KEEP BOOKSTORES ALIVE! You can also order the book through any of your usual online resources like Amazon and Barnes and Noble (and you just might be the first to do so!), and I also have autographed copies available on eBay.

Do not attempt to eat the book. The reference to hotcakes was for rhetorical purposes only.

NEXT WEEK: Logistics permitting, we return with a new show, which will include a lot of great music from our Featured Performer GRAHAM PARKER! And this is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded liked as we read cool books on another Sunday night in Syracuse this week.

TIRnRR # 1341 Encore Presentation: The music of GUITARS VS. RAYGUNS!! SHORT STORIES AND OTHER WHITE LIES

Individual songs directly referenced in the book are noted in bold

CHUCK BERRY: Promised Land (MCA, The Anthology)
RICHIE BARRETT: Some Other Guy (MOJO, VA: Songs The Beatles Taught Us)
THE CYNZ: Love's So Lovely (Jem, Confess)
TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS: Hanky Panky (Rhino, Anthology)
THE TRAMMPS: Disco Inferno [single edit] (Rhino, Rhino Hi-Five)
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL: Cecilia (Columbia, Old Friends)
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THE GRIP WEEDS: Every Minute (Ground Up, The Sound Is In You)
THE JAM: Absolute Beginners (Polydor, Direction Reaction Creation)
THE MONKEES: (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone (Rhino, More Of The Monkees)
MOTÖRHEAD: Ace Of Spades (Bronze, Ace Of Spades)
SLADE: Gudbuy T' Jane (Polydor, Greatest Hits)
LL COOL J: Mama Said Knock You Out (Def Jam, All World)
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ELVIS PRESLEY: Hard Headed Woman (RCA, The Top Ten Hits)
EDDIE COCHRAN: Twenty Flight Rock Razor & Tie, Somethin' Else: The Fine Lookin' Hits Of Eddie Cochran)
THE EAGLES: Tryin' (Asylum, Eagles)
BIG STAR: September Gurls (Ardent, # 1 Record/Radio City)
RONNIE SPECTOR AND THE E STREET BAND: Say Goodbye To Hollywood (Sony, VA: Cleveland International 1977-1983)
BLONDIE: Dreaming (Chrysalis, The Platinum Collection)
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THE SMITHEREENS: Face The World With Pride (Sunset Blvd, The Lost Album)
R.E.M.: Radio Free Europe (Warner Brothers, Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982-2011)
THE SELECTER: On My Radio (EMI, Greatest Hits)
THE SEX PISTOLS: God Save The Queen (Virgin, Kiss This)
THE ISLEY BROTHERS: It's Your Thing (Epic, The Essential Isley Brothers)
TALKING HEADS: Burning Down The House (Rhino, The Best Of Talking Heads)
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PERILOUS: Rock & Roll Kiss (n/a, YEAH!!!)
THE WHO: I Can't Explain (MCA, The Ultimate Collection)
THE FLASHCUBES: No Promise (Northside, Bright Lights)
THE SMALL FACES: Afterglow Of Your Love (Immediate, The Autumn Stone)
PRINCE: Hot Summer (NPG, Welcome 2 America)
DAVID BOWIE: Queen Bitch (Virgin, Bowie At The Beeb)
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WONDERBOY: Girl Songs (n/a, Hero Isle)
ELTON JOHN: Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) (Rocket, Diamonds)
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Saturday Night (Arista, The Definitive Collection)
THE BUZZCOCKS: Ever Fallen In Love (IRS, Singles Going Steady)
ARETHA FRANKLIN: Save Me (Atlantic, I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You)
WANDA JACKSON: Let's Have A Party (Metro Select, First Lady Of Rockabilly)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
P. P. ARNOLD: The First Cut Is The Deepest (Sequel, The First Cut)
QUESTION MARK AND THE MYSTERIANS: 96 Tears (Cameo, single)
ARTHUR ALEXANDER: Every Day I Have To Cry Some (Razor & Tie, The Ultimate Arthur Alexander)
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: Son Of A Preacher Man (Rhino, Dusty In Memphis)
POP CO-OP: You Don't Love Me Anymore (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Raduio, Volume 4)
CARL PERKINS: Blue Suede Shoes (Rhino, VA: Loud, Fast & Out Of Control)
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THE RAMONES: Blitzkrieg Bop (Rhino, Ramones)
1.4.5.: Let's Groove (Northside, 3 Chords & A Cloud Of Dust)
NELSON RIDDLE: Batman Theme (Hightower, VA: The Music Of DC Comics: Vol. 2)
KISS: Rock And Roll All Nite [single version] (Mercury, Alive! 1975-2000)
GUADALCANAL DIARY: Kum Ba Yah (Elektra, Walking In The Shadow Of The Big Man)
OTIS REDDING: Mr. Pitiful (Rhino, Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding)
HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS: Green Peppers (A & M, Whipped Cream & Other Delights)
THE CHIFFONS: He's So Fine (Laurie, The Best Of The Chiffons)
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JOAN JETT: Bad Reputation (Blackheart, Bad Reputation)
YOKO ONO: Move On Fast (Rykodisc, Approximately Infinite Universe)
THE KINKS: You Really Got Me (Sanctuary, The Ultimate Collection)
SUZI QUATRO: Tear Me Apart (Razor & Tie, The Wild One: Classic Quatro)
LARRY WILLIAMS: Slow Down (Rhino, VA: Loud, Fast & Out Of Control)
CHAN ROMERO: Hippy Hippy Shake (Del-Fi, VA: Delphonic Sounds Today! [expanded promo version])
BRIAN WILSON: Meet Me In My Dreams Tonight (Rhino, Brian Wilson)
THE BEATLES: Paperback Writer (Apple, 1962-1966)
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FRANK SINATRA: One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (Capitol, Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely)

Tonight on THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO

We offer an ENCORE PRESENTATION of a recent epic show of records by some of the many real-life performers mentioned in Carl's new book GUITARS VS. RAYGUNS!! SHORT STORIES AND OTHER WHITE LIES. We start with CHUCK BERRY, end with THE BEATLES, and let FRANK SINATRA send us home, bookending music by THE CYNZ, THE TRAMMPS, THE GRIP WEEDS, THE RAMONES, RONNIE SPECTOR, THE KINKS, THE MONKEES, SLADE, WONDERBOY, WANDA JACKSON, BLONDIE, THE CHIFFONS, THE JAM, THE SMITHEREENS, THE ISLEY BROTHERS, THE SEX PISTOLS, PERILOUS, ARETHA FRANKLIN, POP CO-OP, SUZI QUATRO, THE FLASHCUBES, PRINCE, BRIAN WILSON, KING ELVIS THE FIRST, THE BAY CITY ROLLERS, DUSTY SPRINGFIELD, THE SELECTER, and still more of the rockin' sounds that make our pages turn. Alas, Carl's fictional performers GUITARS VS. RAYGUNS, THE CREEPING FLOCKS, PANTS-ON FLIERS, HIT CORPS, and WILLINGTON BLUE were not available for this show, because they don't, y'know...exist. We'll keep it real Sunday night, 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming via sparksyracuse.org, and as WESTCOTT RADIO on the Radio Garden app. The weekend stops HERE!

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This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 1347

This week, our pop community mourns the passing of Jim Prell. Jim was a dedicated music fan and an incredible supporter of independent artists, and he proved that time and time again on his radio show The Music Authority. I can't say that I really knew Jim all that well, but I knew him well enough to consider him a friend.

Although both Jim and I had a deep connection with the Syracuse new wave and power pop scene of decades ago, I don't think I met Jim until 2014. That was the year that Dana and I helped present the first Bright Lights! Syracuse New Wave Rock 'n' Roll Reunion Show, bringing back a number of the great 'Cuse bands from that era and witnessing as they plugged in and bid the silly concept of aging (or worse, maturity) to get stuffed. It was a magic, magic night, and I can't prove this, but my Swiss cheese memory insists that Jim flew in from his home in Florida to be a part of that evening. A bright light again!

Jim returned to the 'Cuse for subsequent Bright Lights! shows in 2016 and 2017, and his enthusiasm was unwavering and infectious. Later, he was kind enough to tell us that This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio was one of his inspirations in doing The Music Authority, though I'm pretty sure his passion for rockin' pop sound would have led him to create The Music Authority no matter what. I was hoping to see him again this fall, at a live music event being planned as a memorial for Paul Armstrong, guitarist for the Flashcubes and the single person most responsible for kick-starting the Syracuse New Wave scene that Jim and I cherished so much. Jim should be at that show. Hell, Paul Armstrong should be at that show, along with Ducky Carlisle. Scott Cornish. Jack Lipton. Norm Mattice. So many others, all departed from this world we know. Our list of losses grows and gathers weight. 

Our memories stand, and no weight will stop us from standing tall. We will reminisce out loud, and we will celebrate the bonds that brought us this far. As Paul Armstrong sings with the Flashcubes: All I want to do is reminisce with you.

Godspeed, Jim. We thank you for the days. And this is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on another Sunday night in Syracuse this week.

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream, and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. 

You can read all about this show's long and weird history here: Boppin' The Whole Friggin' Planet (The History Of THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO). You can follow Carl's daily blog at Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do).

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Carl's new book Guitars Vs. Rayguns!! Short Stories And Other White Lies is available! Read about it here. Autographed copies of Carl's previous book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) are available here, and you can still get Carl's previous previous book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones from publisher Rare Bird Books. If you like the books, please consider leaving a rating and/or review at the usual online resources.

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Volume 2: CD or download
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Volume 4: CD or download
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Volume 5: CD or download

TIRnRR # 1347: 7/26/2026

TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Songs we think we ain’t played before are listed in bold

THE FLASHCUBES: Reminisce (Big Stir, VA: Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes)

THE CHURCH: Too Fast For You (Buddha, Under The Milky Way: The Best Of The Church)

THE FOUR TOPS: Reach Out I'll Be There (Motown, The Ultimate Collection)

DELTA 5: Make Up (Kill Rock Stars, Singles & Sessions 1979-1981)

THE HALF/CUBES: The Ghost At Number One (Jem, single)

GANG OF FOUR: Natural's Not In It (Rhino, Entertainment!)

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BANDA AL9: Complicated Girls (Wicked Cool, Hey! Hey! We're Banda AL9)

BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY: Sara Smiles (Cherry Red, Strange Men, Changed Men: The Complete Recordings 1978-1981)

GRAHAM PARKER AND THE GOLDTOPS: Hotel Chambermaid (Big Stir, Quality Footwear: Live At The Brook)

GLOWBOX: Earn Enough For Us (Futureman, VA: Garden Of Earthly Delights--An XTC Celebration [digital version])

TIGER BOMB: Run Away (Get Hip, 15 Super Hits)

BLONDIE: One Way Or Another (Chrysalis, The Platinum Collection)

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THE KRAYOLAS: Summertime Boys (single)

CLOCKWORK FLOWERS: Autobiography Of A Band (single)

THE RAIDERS: The Boys In The Band (Alala, Collage)

BRIAN ENO: Blank Frank (Island, Here Come The Warm Jets)

BOBBY WOMACK: Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (EMI, Midnight Mover: The Bobby Womack Story)

THE MONOCHROME SET: He's Frank (Cherry Red, VA: Optimism/Reject [UK D-I-Y Punk and Post-Punk 1977-1981])

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THE MORNING LINE: Anhedonia (Big Stir, single)

SUNBUZZ: Anna Lee (n/a, Songs From The North Shore)

THE GREENBERRY WOODS: Waiting 'Round For Something To Go Wrong (Big Stir, It's All Good, Sugar)

CHRIS VON SNEIDERN: Annalisa (Heyday, Sight & Sound)

BOW WOW WOW: Do You Wanna Hold Me? (Cherry Red, Your Box Set Pet--The Complete Recordings 1980-84)

THE BANGLES: Anna Lee (Sweetheart Of The Sun) (Down Kiddie, Sweetheart Of The Sun)

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MIKE BROWNING: She Gets Carried Away (single)
KLARK KENT: Away From Home (BMG, Klark Kent)
THE HIGH FREQUENCIES: Subterranean Homesick Blues (Jem, VA: Jem Records Celebrates Bob Dylan)

GEORGE HARRISON: Blow Away (Dark Horse, Best Of Dark Horse 1976-1989)

PAUL COLLINS: Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (Jem, VA: Jem Records Celebrates Bob Dylan)
NRBQ: Blues Stay Away From Me (Sundazed, Workshop)
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THE WEEKLINGS: Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 (Jem, VA: Jem Records Celebrates Bob Dylan)

THE CULT: Rain

THELMA HOUSTON: Jumpin' Jack Flash (Spectrum, The Best Of Thelma Houston)

SISTER ROSETTA THARPE: Didn't It Rain (OXFORD AMERICAN: VA: Up South--The Great Migration Of Southern Sound)

THE BLUE HERONS: Promises (Shelflife, Demon Slayer)

THE GRIP WEEDS: I See The Rain (Jem, DiG)

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The Greatest Record Ever Made!

THE ROLLING STONES: She's A Rainbow (Abkco, Their Satanic Majesties Request)

AMY RIGBY: Last Night's Rainbow (Tapete, Hang In There With Me)

TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS: Pressure Drop (Island Jamaica, Time Tough The Anthology)

THE SELECTER: Three Minute Hero (EMI, Greatest Hits)

BETH PEABODY: Out And About (single)

BILL LLOYD: Kissed Your Sister (New Boss Sounds, Back To Even)

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SKOOSHNY: Crossing Double Lines (Think Like A Key Music, The Recordings 1971-1981)

THE SMALL FACES: Jump Back (Audio Vaults, Transmissions 1965-1968)

THE SPONGETONES: Lifetimeline (Big Stir, single)

THE MUFFS: Blow Your Mind (Honest Don's, Alert Today Alive Tomorrow)

GUIDED BY VOICES: Hot Freaks (Matador, The Best Of Guided By Voices: Human Amusements At Hourly Rates)

THE BEAT: Walking Out On Love (Wagon Wheel, The Beat)

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THE CHELSEA CURVE: I Can't Help (Rum Bar, The Rideout)

KID GULLIVER: Forget About Him (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 5)

THE RAMONES: I Remember You (Rhino, Leave Home)

KIM WILDE: Kids In America (Cherry Red, Kim Wilde)

MICHAEL SIMMONS: America (Big Stir, Fun Where You Can Find It)

LETTERS TO CLEO: Cruel To Be Kind (Big Beat, VA: Girls Go Power Pop!)

THE BEATLES: I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Apple, Abbey Road)

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THE KINKS: Days (Sanctuary, The Anthology 1964-1971)

Tonight on THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO

We open with a blast of Syracuse's own power pop powerhouse THE FLASHCUBES, offered in memory of our friend JIM PRELL. From there, we just try to do the kind of radio show we think Jim would have liked, with new music from BANDA AL9, THE KRAYOLAS, CLOCKWORK FLOWERS, THE MORNING LINE, MIKE BROWNING, THE WEEKLINGS, and THE CHELSEA CURVE, supplemented by a from-then-to-now array of radio-ready bliss by THE CHURCH, THE FOUR TOPS, THE HALF/CUBES, THE GREENBERRY WOODS, TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS, GRAHAM PARKER AND THE GOLDTOPS, BLONDIE, TIGER BOMB, BETH PEABODY, BOBBY WOMACK, THE SPONGETONES, AMY RIGBY, THE RAMONES, THE SELECTER, THE RAIDERS, THE SMALL FACES, SUNBUZZ, GANG OF FOUR, THE BANGLES, BOW WOW WOW, SKOOSHNY, KID GULLIVER, KIM WILDE, MICHAEL SIMMONS, THE GRIP WEEDS, THELMA HOUSTON, GEORGE HARRISON, THE BLUE HERONS, SISTER ROSETTA THARPE, NRBQ, PAUL COLLINS, THE HIGH FREQUENCIES, THE MUFFS, THE KINKS, and more, plus a BEATLES track we've never played before. Sunday night, 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming via sparksyracuse.org, and as WESTCOTT RADIO on the Radio Garden app. The weekend stops HERE!

10 (no--13!!) SONGS: 7/25/2026

10 Songs is a weekly list of ten songs that happen to be on my mind at the moment. The lists are usually dominated by songs played on the previous Sunday night's edition of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl. The idea was inspired by Don Valentine of the essential blog I Don't Hear A Single

This week's edition of 10 Songs draws exclusively from the playlist for This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 1346

THE AMPLIFIER HEADS: A Girl Named Chop Suey

A rock 'n' roll riot! That's the promise offered and honored by the Amplifier Heads' new album Super 8. Amplified head Head Sal Baglio has made it clear in whose memory Super 8 is proclaimed:

"The Amplifier Heads' new album Super 8 is dedicated to Paul Armstrong and Ducky Carlisle — two much beloved and missed friends gone way too soon.

"Ducky introduced me to Paul the way he introduced everyone. He said: 'Do you know Paul Armstrong? Yeah, he’s a genius. You two guys should be friends.'

"And that’s exactly what happened. Both Ducky and Paul were crazed rock n’ roll FANATICS and we loved all the same music.

"We played on many stages together, including The Cavern in Liverpool. They both appear on the Amplifier Heads' Loudah album, which was also recorded and mixed by Ducky Carlisle at his Ice Station Zebra Studio.

"Both are missed very much. Super 8 is dedicated to their shining light and crazed rock n’ roll spirit. They live on in all the music we created back then, that we create right now, and that we are destined to create in the future."

TIRnRR offers a great big HELL YEAH!! to all of the above. To the Amplifier Heads, I say Ducky and PA would be proud of you.

THE MONKEES: A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You

From a previous blog post about my 25 favorite Monkees tracks:

Don Kirshner's last stand, but it's a really, really good last stand. Most regard this Neil Diamond ditty as an inferior follow-up to his SuperMegaSmash Monkees hit "I'm A Believer," but I actually like it better. Part of the reason is circumstantial: the original Colgems 45 of "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" pounds and pops in a way no CD (or LP) reissue has ever managed to recapture. "I'm A Believer" is a better song, and arguably a better record, but I feel a vibrant and pervasive connection to "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You," a connection its "Believer" big brother can't equal. (For a coincidental commentary on Kirshner's exit from the Monkees project, read the lyrics to this song as an approximation of what I think Kirshner shoulda said to the Monkees at the time. Except maybe not addressing the group as "Girl.")

CIRCE LINK: I'm On Your Side

The Greatest Record Ever Made!

MONOGROOVE: Back To School

THE MnM'S: I'm Tired

P. J. SOLES: Rock 'n' Roll High School

THE MUFFS: That's For Me

THE RUNAWAYS: School Days

THE RAMONES: 7 And 7 Is

THE COASTERS: Charlie Brown

JUNIPER: Boys! Boys! Boys! Boys! Boys!

High school reunion time! I'm pretty sure I haven't learned anything. Here's my chance to prove it.

For my share of programming this week's penultimate set, I picked four tracks to sorta kinda represent the high school experience. The set begins with Monogroove's "Back To School," a certifiable TIRnRR Pick Hit found on the group's current 30th anniversary collection Anthology. Let Alice Cooper crow that school's out for the summer; Monogroove has your essential teen guide to navigating the halls and kicking the cliques. Back? It's like I never left.

The MnM's

Following Dana's spin of "I'm Tired" by the MnM's, we inserted a bit of dialogue from the classic--that's motherlovin' CLASSIC, man!-1979 feature film Rock 'n' Roll High School, as the Ramones walk around campus and the evil principal Miss Togar asks them in a shrieking tone, Do your parents KNOW you're Ramones...?! This snippet segues into a performance of the movie's title theme as executed by its star, perfectly-cast actress P. J. Soles in her hypmotizin' role as Riff Randell, rock 'n' roller.

Riff's winning warbling flows into Dana's selection of the Muffs' "That's For Me" (from their farewell album No Holiday), which in turn sets up "School Days" by the Runaways. That song was the subject of a previous Greatest Record Ever Made! post, and it remains my favorite Runaways track. Then--just like when I saw the Runaways open for the Ramones in 1978!--the Queens of Noise lead us into glue-sniffin' temptation, as the Ramones cover Love's supercharged '60s proto-punk nugget "7 And 7 Is."

And then, the Coasters! I've described "Yakety Yak" as the all-time best song about the generation gap, and it would have seemed the likeliest Coasters track to place here. Instead, we return to my introduction to the Coasters; I heard "Charlie Brown" when I discovered a copy of the 45 in the family collection circa 1972-73--eighth grade for me--and delighted in the fee-fee-fi-fi-fo-fo-fum tale of this cat Charlie who was either the high school's biggest troublemaker or just terribly, terribly misunderstood. Dana closes the set with Juniper's "Boys! Boys! Boys! Boys! Boys!," which properly places the blame for mischief on those unruly lads. I bet they're ALL named Charlie Brown! WHY'S everybody always picking on me? I'm innocent, I tell ya! INNOCENT!

Right. I'm ditching study hall. Wanna meet up in the smoking area? But in the immortal words of Peter Tork: I don't smoke...those.

THE GREENBERRY WOODS: Waiting 'Round For Something To Go Wrong

Speaking of high school, the Greenberry Woods' new album It's All Good, Sugar includes a track called "Waiting 'Round For Something To Go Wrong," and that song title describes high school about as accurately as anything ever. The album as a whole is a welcome return for these power pop greats, and "Waiting 'Round For Something To Go Wrong" has become my go-to. We'll play it again on our next show.

THE BEATLES: I'm A Loser

And still speaking of high school....

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My new book of short stories Guitars Vs. Rayguns!! Short Stories And Other White Lies is out now, and you can get autographed copies of the new book and my previous book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) directly from me. You can still get my previous previous book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones from publisher Rare Bird Books, OR an autographed copy here. If you like the books, please consider leaving a rating and/or review at the usual online resources.

I compiled a various-artists tribute album called Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes, and it's pretty damned good; you can read about it here and order it here. 

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. You can read about our history here

Slow down, you bop too fast

Time to stop and smell neuroses!

My blog Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do) feels a need to slow down a bit. I may return to daily public blogging, but for now Boppin' will be switching to a sporadic schedule. Sundays will continue to offer hype on behalf of that evening's exciting edition of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana and Carl, and the show's playlist will likewise continue to post weekly. I may continue the weekly 10 Songs, but I'm not sure yet. Other future public posts will appear when decreed by the Boppin' powers that be, and I will continue to share a monthly private post with my paid patrons.

Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do) is not done yet. But like the Earth-2 Batman, it is now semi-retired, at least for the time being. We thanks ya for boppin' along with us.

If you like what you see here on Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do), please consider a visit to CC's Tip Jar. You can also become a Boppin' booster on my Patreon page.

My new book of short stories Guitars Vs. Rayguns!! Short Stories And Other White Lies is out now, and you can get autographed copies of the new book and my previous book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) directly from me. You can still get my previous previous book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones from publisher Rare Bird Books, OR an autographed copy here. If you like the books, please consider leaving a rating and/or review at the usual online resources.

I compiled a various-artists tribute album called Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes, and it's pretty damned good; you can read about it here and order it here. 

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. You can read about our hist