10 SONGS: 5/16/2026

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 # 1336

BANDA AL9: I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

Banda AL9 are an invigmoratin' pop combo from Brazil, with a new album called Hey! Hey! We're Banda AL9 due out this summer from Wicked Cool Records. The titular Hey! Hey! calls the Monkees to mind (and we approve of that message), and it also connects with this advance non-album single, covering the Rubinoos' power pop classic "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend." Hey hey you you! And what the Hey!, we're spinning this one again on our next show. Can't wait to hear the album.

GIRLSCHOOL: 20th Century Boy

I mentioned T. Rex in last week's 10 Songs, and also mentioned therein that "20th Century Boy" is my favorite T. Rex song. Knowing that this week's TIRnRR Greatest Record Ever Made! spotlight was set to shine on Headgirl (the combined forces of Girlschool and Motörhead, as discussed in my book The Greatest Record Ever Made! [Volume 1]), it seemed appropriate to serve up a first-set foreshadowing of that selection with a li'l sumpin' from Girlschool as well. Girlschool's able T. Recstasy channeling of "20th Century Boy" just about programmed its own way into the first set. We're your boys, Girlschool!

(And recognizing Headgirl's other half, we'll get to Motörhead on our next show. In fact, we'll reprise the very first Motörhead song I ever heard.)

THE PORTUGAL JAPAN: Boy Meets Girl

Kick. Ass. 

"Boy Meets Girl" by early 21st century Japanese punk grrls the Portugal Japan has been an occasional TIRnRR playlist treat for years. From a previous 10 Songs:

"Man, this record is like sugar-frosted amphetamines. BOY MEETS GIRL! GIRL MEETS BOY! Dana had a compilation CD called Innocence Is Bliss, subtitled 'A Female Frenzy Of Sensational Sounds!' From that set, he played the Portugal Japan's 'Boy Meets Girl,' and I knew I needed my own copy, STAT...."

And while I did indeed score my very own Innocence Is Bliss (albeit in a time frame inexcusably longer than "stat"), I've never gotten around to further investigation of the Portugal Japan library. Their eponymous 2005 album appears to be the only Portugal Japan material to ever reach the marketplace, but I'm streaming it right now as I write, it's also transcendentally kickass, and I'm gonna need to own it. Radio's job is to sell records. Sometimes we sell the records to ourselves.. 

GO TIME!: Rules Don't Apply

"Rules Don't Apply?" Hey, it's the Federal government's theme song. NO! I KID! I'm a kidder. The music of Go Time! deserves better than my cheap jokes (though nothing will stop me from making cheap jokes), and as a rule, the group's new album 11 deserves to be applied to rockin' pop playlists everywhere. We'll do our part. Rules are rules, man. Rules are rules.

AMOS MILBURN: Down The Road Apiece

From 1947: Amos Milburn, and the first rock 'n' roll record. I doubt anyone could ever convince me otherwise. I made my argument on Milburn's rock 'n' roll behalf here.

THE LEGAL MATTERS: It Doesn't Matter

I'm far too lazy to do the research, but I believe TIRnRR was one of the first radio shows to program selections from the Legal Matters' ace current album Lost At Sea. "It Doesn't Matter" is my favorite track on Lost At Sea, and hearing it pop up again on my car stereo during a recent commute was more'n sufficient grounds to return it to the playlist, where it belongs. And do you know what the Legal Matters' "It Doesn't Matter" has in common with Banda AL9's cover of the Rubinoos' "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend?" It will also spin again on our next show. Hey HEY! It MATTERS!

THE PRODUCERS: What's He Got

Again: HEY!

THE MONKEES: She

And once again: HEY! I say, HEY!!! The Monkees sure knew their way around a proper HEY!!!

THE SHIRTS: Tell Me Your Plans

We've been offering advance airings of tracks from Live At Paradise 1979, Think Like A Key Music's exquisite new archival release from CBGB stalwarts the Shirts. And now: THE ALBUM IS OUT! BUY IT!! It's really good. To celebrate, we return to the Live At Paradise 1979 performance of "Tell Me Your Plans," which is probably my favorite Shirts number. 

HEADGIRL: Please Don't Touch

The Greatest Record Ever Made!

How do I know it's the greatest record ever made? Because the first time I heard it, I didn't want to hear any other track, just this one, over and over, again and again. A lot of records have that immediate, welcome effect on me. An infinite number of tracks can each be THE greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns. Here's to infinite turns, always and forever.

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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. My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available, and you can order an autographed copy here. You can still get my 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.

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.

MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN! Introductory sections of my forthcoming book about THE FLASHCUBES

Originally planned for a far-too-optimistic late 2025 publication, my forthcoming book Make Something Happen! The DIY Story Of A Power Pop Band Called THE FLASHCUBES has been mired in development, but it is indeed still developing, and may yet make it to retail before the end of 2026. Please note that I am not under oath.

In the mean time, I'm proud to present the first public appearance of the book's introductory sections, which will lead into the interviews. 

Ya ready? Awright! It's 'CUBES tonight!

MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN! A really, really loud introduction

I wasn't there. But I know something happened. September 1st, 1977. A new band took the stage for the first time. Expectations were likely modest, probably more modest than the members of the band. They were determined to make something happen. And you can't make something happen if you're not willing to lean forward. Guts. Bravado. Belief. 

Action!

It feels all right now
It feels all right now
It feels all right now
It feels all right now
HOLD ME TIGHT...!

And just like that, the sweaty air of The Brookside--a waterlogged bar sinking slowly into a marsh in the Syracuse, New York suburb of DeWitt--was pummeled by a high-volume wall of noise. It was a song by the Beatles...but it wasn't the Beatles, nor an incredible simulation. 

September 1st, 1977. It felt new. It felt exciting. It felt freakin' loud, deafening, but still somehow melodic. Punk rock with AM Top 40 aspirations and Tiger Beat delusions, an all-night stand aiming for American Bandstand with quixotic intent, rock 'n' roll unafraid to shove its irresistible hooks directly into your ringing, reeling ears.

Most of us weren't yet familiar with the phrase "power pop." But here it was, pop with power (and how!). For the very first time, performing their very first song, a DIY power pop band called the Flashcubes were on stage.

It feels all right now!

The thunderous racket notwithstanding, there were but four Flashcubes: Guitarists Paul Armstrong and Arty Lenin, bassist Gary Frenay, drummer Tommy Allen. They opened with a cover, a Trojan horse breaching the gate to make way for rockin' pop originals written by Gary, Arty, and Paul. They played. They practiced. They played more, and more, and more, and traveled to gigs in Rochester, Buffalo, Detroit, Boston, and the capital of the world, New York City. They shared bills with the Ramones, the Romantics, the Jam, the Police, the Runaways, David Johansen, Joe Jackson, Artful Dodger, the Scruffs, the Fast, 999, and so many others. In each heady situation, the Flashcubes deserved to be there. They got better and better and better. Tighter. As a live act, the Flashcubes were as good as anybody.

And the Flashcubes recorded. Demos. A studio single in 1978. Another single in '79. An appearance on a Bomp Records compilation album. A buzz beyond compare. Bright lights. The Flashcubes were going to be rock 'n' roll stars.

It...didn't happen.

Conflicting POVs forced Paul Armstrong's departure from the Flashcubes in the summer of 1979. The Flashcubes dimmed their own bright lights one year later. End of the line.

But not the end of the story. No one--no one--knew it at the time. But the Flashcubes' story was just beginning.

This book is that story. A story told in the words of the Flashcubes themselves, and in the words of others who were there to witness the birth and growth of a power pop legend. 

Does "legend" seem too strong a description? Man, it's not my description, but mere acknowledgement of the many pundits, music people, and fans who now routinely refer to the 'Cubes as legendary. In 1980, the Flashcubes were a failed, soon-to-be-forgotten band. In the forty-five years since then, they've regrouped, preserved their '70s recordings, created new recordings, released albums, won awards, brought their bright-lights buzz in-person to Los Angeles, and to freakin' Japan. Their 2023 album Pop Masters made many year-end Top Ten lists, and at this writing there is still more to come. The Flashcubes made something happen. That is the stuff of power pop legend. And it's a legend that must be told.

It feels all right now!

It's time to meet the Flashcubes.

SING FLASHCUBES IN REVERSE

2024: The Flashcubes' album Pop Masters wins the SAMMY (Syracuse Area Music Award) for Rock Album of the Year. Bassist Gary Frenay and guitarist Paul Armstrong accept the award in person, on behalf of themselves, guitarist Arty Lenin, and drummer/producer Tommy Allen.

Weird, I guess. Because the Flashcubes broke up in 1980. Hell, Paul Armstrong was out of the group in 1979. Forty-four (or forty-five) years later, and the Flashcubes win an award for their new album...?!

Suffice it to say that the separation didn't work out. 

During their original lifespan, the Flashcubes self-released two singles, and nothing else. One of their singles, Arty's ballad "Christi Girl," scored a berth on a compilation album issued by the Southern California label Bomp Records. A record deal with any label--any label--proved elusive. As a commercial entity, the Flashcubes had failed.

But since disbanding in 1980, the original Flashcubes eventually regrouped. Live shows. New recordings. Appearances--many appearances--on compilation CDs. Their first-ever show in Los Angeles. Two Japanese tours. Three new albums, three archival albums (one of which was a double set pairing the best of the Flashcubes' latter-day recordings with a 2007 live show), and two live albums (one live in Japan in 2002, one a blistering Syracuse show from '79). There was even one more single in there somewhere. Awards and Hall of Fame honors. Mentions in magazines, books, and a zillion online posts. Respect. And an ongoing explosion of Syracuse noise.

Doesn't seem like the arc of a failed rock band, does it? No, this is a success story on its own DIY terms. 

The late '70s musical revolution variously called punk and new wave rock 'n' roll--the movement that gave the pop world the sounds of the Ramones, the Clash, the Sex Pistols, Blondie, Elvis Costello, and Talking Heads--hit Syracuse loud 'n' proud when the Flashcubes debuted on 9/1/77, blazing through their incendiary rendition of the Beatles' "Hold Me Tight" before a smattering of puzzled drunks who had no mortal clue of the history they were witnessing. 

From their humble (if noisy) origin at The Brookside in 1977, the Flashcubes lit the spark of the Syracuse new wave rock 'n' roll scene, inspiring new groups and delighting delirious, giddy fans. They burned a hole through the roof of every venue they played, from The Loft in Middleville to Max’s Kansas City in New York, blazing a rock 'n' roll trail from Syracuse to Boston to Detroit to Cleveland, to CBGB's, and later to L.A. and Japan. From being named The Syracuse New Times' Band Of The Year in 1979, to winning the SAMMY for Best Album in 2012, to being inducted into The SAMMYs Hall Of Fame in 2013, into The Power Pop Hall Of Fame in 2019, and winning another SAMMY for Best Rock Album in 2024, the Flashcubes have demonstrated why they are known internationally as one of the greatest power pop groups of all time. 

Creation is born of passion. Before they became Flashcubes, before they'd even met, Tommy, Paul, Gary, and Arty were dedicated music fans, in love with the irresistible sounds of pure pop and rock 'n' roll. The Flashcubes story starts there. 

Okay, lads! Tell us about it.

Let’s begin with a look back at how you became music fans to begin with....

,,,And THAT will be where the story starts to unfold. Stay tuned. And keep your lights BRIGHT.

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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. My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available, and you can order an autographed copy here. You can still get my 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.

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.

THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! Headgirl/Motörhead and Girlschool, " Please Don't Touch"

From my book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1).

An infinite number of tracks can each be THE greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns. Today, this is THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE!

HEADGIRL/MOTÖRHEAD [and] GIRLSCHOOL: Please Don't Touch

Written by Johnny Kidd and Guy Robinson

Produced by Vic Maile

From the EP St.Valentine's Day Massacre, Bronze Records [UK], 1981

Girls can rock. Girls and boys can even rock together.

In 1980, the members of British metal acts Motörhead and Girlschool merged briefly as Headgirl, with their respective frontpersons--bassist Lemmy Kilmister and guitarist Kelly Jackson--trading lead vocals on a single called "Please Don't Touch." At the time of its release,  I knew Motörhead a little bit, and I was peripherally aware of Girlschool, an all-female group that was part of the then-hyped British New Wave of Heavy Metal, or at least a tangent to it. I guess a tangent is more accurate; their gender prevented them from being considered fairly alongside the boys in Iron Maiden and Def Leppard.

Lemmy thought that was bollocks. And, Lemmy being Lemmy, he wasn't shy about saying so. He championed the group, with specific praise of Johnson's guitar-playing, which Lemmy deemed to be at least the equal of what any stupid boy could do.

The collaboration between Girlschool and Motörhead came about when the latter's drummer Phil Taylor was sidelined by an injury in late 1980. The lads of Motörhead joined the lasses of Girlschool for an EP; the EP's B-side would offer a track apiece by each band covering the other, and the A-side would serve up the united metal forces of Headgirl. For that A-side, Lemmy suggested a cover of a song originally done by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, one of his own favorite groups from years ago.

It's important to note that essential rock 'n' roll existed before the Beatles, and has continued to exist after the Beatles. The Beatles weren't even the first incredible British rock combo. The Shadows were huge in the UK, deservedly so. Johnny Kidd and the Pirates were also superb, and they gave the world the original version of "Shakin' All Over," a song well-known via subsequent covers by the Guess Who and the Who. Kidd split from the Pirates in the mid '60s, and was killed in a car accident in 1966.

The Pirates' 1960 "Shakin' All Over" is absolutely ace. 1963's "I'll Never Get Over You" shows Kidd and the Pirates could have been part of the British Invasion. Their "Please Don't Touch" is a boppin' little number from 1959, and that was the song Lemmy wanted Headgirl to record. And with that, a few years ahead of Spinal Tap, Headgirl turned their amps to 11 to reimagine "Please Don't Touch."

Different lyrics. Different vibe. Grungier, sexier, and a fair bit noisier, chugging ahead at full metal throttle. Both Lemmy and Kelly sing and play their hearts out, and their mates from both bands keep right up with them. I really wish I'd heard this when it was new.

But again: any record you ain't heard is a new record. Doesn't matter when you get to it. I got to Headgirl's "Please Don't Touch" in May of 2021, just over forty years after its release. Hearing it for the first time, I immediately--immediately--became obsessed with it, and for an entire weekend it was the only song I listened to, over and over and over, playing on a loop on my iPod. No other song would do. There was no other song.

You could (rightly) call this a bludgeoning of the old Johnny Kidd and the Pirates ditty, but it's an affectionate roughhousing, faithful in its way to the swing and spirit of the original, heavier and more ominous, yet unerringly pop. And righteous. And LOUD! It could do with another spin right now. Please don't touch...unless you're turning it UP.

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.

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. My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available, and you can order an autographed copy here. You can still get my 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.

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.

GUITARS VS. RAYGUNS! My book of short stories reaches a complete first draft

In the first nine days of May, I finished work on three new short stories. With those stories done, my short story collection Guitars Vs. Rayguns! Short Stories And Other White Lies has achieved a complete first draft. I've now begun proofreading and editing; once I've gone through all of that, I will schedule the book for publication. The book has had a target date for publication on May 30th; it is possible that I'll make that date, and I should at least come close to it.

I think I'm proud of this book. I say "I think" because I haven't yet read the whole thing in sequence, and I can't properly weigh its worth (or lack thereof) until I've reviewed the entire finished product. But I quite like the individual stories, and I believe I will be happy with how they play together. Publishing this book is the realization of a dream I've had for more than fifty years, ever since I was a teenager reading Harlan Ellison's short story anthologies and saying, I wanna do THIS!

Here's the book's back cover description:

"An anthology of short stories and other white lies, gathering 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 departed soul interviewing for a spot in Heaven, a 1976 Beatles reunion concert, and other untruths detailing love, loss, disappointment, a fascination with shiny objects, and—occasionally--a juvenile sense of humor. 

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

The "rude language" bit is why I elected to take most of my Copperhead Kid stories out of this book and reserve them for use as a potential novel for young adults. And now, here's an updated look at this book's blueprint:

GUITARS VS. RAYGUNS!! Short Stories And Other White Lies

Table of Contents

FOREWORD: Short stories and other white lies
Introduction: IT'S HARLAN ELLISON'S FAULT!
GUITARS VS. RAYGUNS!
HOME OF THE HITS
THE LAST RIDE OF THE COPPERHEAD KID
POP FRICTION
MONTIE PYLON FINDS HIS HOLY GRAIL
THE PICTURE OF AMONTILLADO
TIME, AND THE JUNK FOOD OF YOUR LIFE
GUITARS VS. RAYGUNS! Last Stand On Uranus
THE GREATEST THUD NEVER HEARD
RAIN-HAT SAM
JACK MYSTERY (some truths and some white lies)
GUITARS VS. RAYGUNS! Battle Of The Band
THE BEATLES: The 1976 Reunion Concert
AN OPEN LETTER TO AN IMAGINARY ROCK BAND
THE LOVABLE LUNKHEAD RETURNS
SWORD OF THE CHOSEN ONE
DREAMING DEADLY

GUITARS VS. RAYGUNS! Return To Uranus
PRESIDENT COPPERHEAD
JUSTICE FOR THE PUPPET MASTER
I'M AT BAT!
THE TRAITOR'S TOURIST GUIDE TO HELL
YOU'LL BE JUDGED BY THE HEARTS YOU BROKE

LONE STAR FALLING
GUITARS VS RAYGUNS!! Live At BudoKHAAAAAAAAN!!

APRIL REGRETS
LAZARUS LIVES
AFTERWORD

The approximately 140-page book will retail for $15, and it will be available to order through independent bookstores, bookstore chains, and your usual online resources, or you can get it directly from me. I will make an announcement when the ordering portal opens. For now, the process of proofreading and editing has commenced. 

Tweak tweak tweak. Rayguns at the ready. Guitars tuned and turned UP.

This is my third book, following Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones and The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1). We'll have a little sneak peek at the introductory sections of my forthcoming fourth book (Make Something Happen! The DIY Story Of A Power Pop Band Called THE FLASHCUBES) in this space on Friday. Hey, talk about guitars turned UP...!

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.

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. My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available, and you can order an autographed copy here. You can still get my 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.

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.

COMIC BOOK COVER GALLERY: JACK KIRBY covers accumulated in the '60s, '70s, and '80s

Today's gallery celebrates the King: JACK KIRBY! By any account, Jack "King" Kirby was one of the most important and influential creators in the history of American comic books, and many (me included) would say Kirby was THE single most impactful figure in the field. Kirby is best known for his artwork--his dynamic characters just about jumped off the page, and jumped off swingin'--but he was a storyteller, first and foremost. As the creator or co-creator of Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Hulk, Thor, the Avengers, Dr. Doom, the Silver Surfer, Darkseid, and dozens and dozens of others, Kirby's effect on comics, superheroes, and pop culture has been enormous. Kirby's career spans decades; even if we limited our spotlight solely to what he did in the 1960s to make Marvel Comics into MARVEL COMICS!!, that body of work would provide sufficient grounds to name him King. But his reign began long before that, and continued thereafter. King Kirby. In the words of a former (complicated) Kirby collaborator: 'Nuff said.

But with that said, our gallery here is limited to Kirby covers on books I grabbed in the '60s, '70s, and '80s. It doesn't include any of his 1940s or '50s work with Joe Simon, and I don't recall whether or not I ever picked up any of his '80s work on his own Captain Victory And The Galactic Rangers. It does include my two favorite Kirby classic series: Marvel's Fantastic Four in the '60s, and the Fourth World material (New Gods, The Forever People, and Mister Miracle, plus Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen) Kirby crafted for DC in the early '70s. 

(And yeah, I know clueless suits at DC insisted on replacing Kirby's depictions of Superman with what they felt were more on-brand renditions by other artists. It was kinda like getting the Beatles to record a song, and then dubbing in someone else's voice. Silly DC suits. Make mine Kirby!)

As always, we'll be sticking exclusively to the '60s, '70s, and '80s era of acquisition I've established for these galleries. Today's selections include books I bought new, back issues I acquired after the fact (but within the timeline), and B-stock contraband originally purchased without their covers. These aren't actual photos of comics in my collection; most images are courtesy of the Grand Comics Database, which is grand indeed. But I did have each and every one of 'em at some point in time.

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.

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. My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available, and you can order an autographed copy here. You can still get my 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.

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.