Friday, September 13, 2019

Personal Questions



As we all know, our online accounts require us to establish security questions, personal inquiries presumed to be sufficiently arcane that only we know our own secret answers. Each of the following security questions is accompanied by an answer that is technically true for me, at least on some level. They're not the answers I'd use for any account, mind you, but they are real answers.

FIRST SURGERY



Birth. Really my Mom's surgery, sure, but I was there. (True story: Mom fell and broke her leg while she was pregnant with your beloved future blogger. Which probably explains a lot.)



MAKE OF FIRST CAR



Motorific. Hot Wheels came later.



FIRST KISS



December 16th, 1976 at the Onondaga County War Memorial, with Uriah Heep opening. I wouldn't get my first KISS record until the following June, when my sister gave me the Rock And Roll Over LP as a high school graduation gift.



WHERE YOU MET YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER



Oh, I just met lovely wife Brenda at a Mexican restaurant in North Syracuse for dinner after work on Tuesday night.



FIRST AIRPLANE TRIP



Started in one airport, ended in a different airport.




FAVORITE BOOK



Ron Glass. He was also the only actor to play the character of Book on the TV series Firefly and the subsequent movie Serenity.



FAVORITE TV SHOW



Radiovision by default; it's the only TV show I ever did, co-hosted with my future This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio partner Dana Bonn. You can read the story here, and even see the damned thing here. We also appeared as guests on local ABC affiliate talk show Bridge Street, I participated in some public access cable talk shows in high school, and I used to be interviewed at work every summer by TV reporters doing stories about people suddenly rushing to buy air conditioners when it's hot--imagine that! But Radiovision remains my only TV show.



FAVORITE RECORD



The late John Wicks. Great talent, and a hell of a nice guy.


John Wicks, CC, Paul Collins, Dana Bonn, This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio 6/11/09
FAVORITE MOVIE


"Movie" is an odd phrase to use in reference to fans of the fab '60s British group The Move, but we'll go with it. And it's a four-way tie for my favorite Movie, as Gary FrenayPaul ArmstrongArty Lenin, and Tommy Allen--collectively, The Flashcubes--recorded Sportin' Wood, a tribute album to The Move's main man Roy Wood. Hello Suzie!



FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM



That answer's evolved, but when I was a kid, we'd have to change the spelling a bit for the correct answer: I loved Teem soda. And I drank it at MacArthur Stadium while ignoring baseball games, so y'know, sports.

Later on, my favorite football team would be Huxley.




DREAM VACATION




The Go-Go's. They were dreamy, weren't they?



FAVORITE MUSICIAN



Nah, with a few exceptions, I was never much for Musician. I was more of a Phonograph Record Magazine, Bomp!, Trouser Press, Goldmine, and CREEM guy. Among others!



NAME OF YOUR BEST FRIEND IN SCHOOL



In grade school? Batman. In middle school? WOLF-AM.


NAME OF FIRST PET



Sharon Bailey, May 1972. Took surreptitious glances at the smoke shop in White-Modell department store. Was smitten.




Weird that no one ever asks "Name of first Playmate?"


Nancy McNeil, July 1969

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Hey, Carl's writin' a book! The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) will contain 100 essays (and then some) about 100 tracks, plus two bonus instrumentals, each one of 'em THE greatest record ever made. An infinite number of records can each be the greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns. Updated initial information can be seen here: THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (Volume 1).

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