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.
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| John Wicks, CC, Paul Collins, Dana Bonn, This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio 6/11/09 |
"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 Frenay, Paul Armstrong, Arty 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?"
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| Nancy McNeil, July 1969 |
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Fans of pop music will want to check out Waterloo Sunset--Benefit For This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, a new pop compilation benefiting SPARK! Syracuse, the home of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl. TIR'N'RR Allstars--Steve Stoeckel, Bruce Gordon, Joel Tinnel, Stacy Carson, Eytan Mirsky, Teresa Cowles, Dan Pavelich, Irene Peña, Keith Klingensmith, and Rich Firestone--offer a fantastic new version of The Kinks' classic "Waterloo Sunset." That's supplemented by eleven more tracks (plus a hidden bonus track), including previously-unreleased gems from The Click Beetles, Eytan Mirsky, Pop Co-Op, Irene Peña, Michael Slawter (covering The Posies), and The Anderson Council (covering XTC), a new remix of "Infinite Soul" by The Grip Weeds, and familiar TIRnRR Fave Raves by Vegas With Randolph, Gretchen's Wheel, The Armoires, and Pacific Soul Ltd. Oh, and that mystery bonus track? It's exquisite. You need this. You're buying it from Futureman.
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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).
Our most recent compilation CD This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 4 is still available from Kool Kat Musik! 29 tracks of irresistible rockin' pop, starring Pop Co-Op, Ray Paul, Circe Link & Christian Nesmith, Vegas With Randolph Featuring Lannie Flowers, The Slapbacks, P. Hux, Irene Peña, Michael Oliver & the Sacred Band Featuring Dave Merritt, The Rubinoos, Stepford Knives, The Grip Weeds, Popdudes, Ronnie Dark, The Flashcubes, Chris von Sneidern, The Bottle Kids, 1.4.5., The Smithereens, Paul Collins' Beat, The Hit Squad, The Rulers, The Legal Matters, Maura & the Bright Lights, Lisa Mychols, and Mr. Encrypto & the Cyphers. You gotta have it, so order it here. A digital download version (minus The Smithereens' track) is also available from Futureman Records.
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