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| Your Boppin' blogger, as depicted by Dan Pavelich |
Pop-A-Looza was a pop culture website run by artist and musician Dan Pavelich. Dan is a long-time friend of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, scoring significant TIRnRR airplay with his various rockin' pop DBAs the Bradburys and the Click Beetles, and participating in Waterloo Sunset--Benefit For This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio. He's also the auteur of the comic strip Just Say Uncle, and we're lucky to have him.
Pop-A-Looza was a neat collection of pure pop appreciation and exercises, dealing with music, comics, film, and all of the things that delight our ever-fannish souls. In early 2020, Dan asked me if he could share some of my blog posts as a regular feature on Pop-A-Looza. My response was YEAH! YEAH...!! I announced my participation here, and Dan posted my first Boppin' Pop-A-Looza on January 25, 2020.
I was initially a weekly contributor, and then Dan asked me to up that to twice a week. I was honored, and I continued with Pop-A-Looza until Dan finally dimmed its lights and locked its door in November of 2022. My final Pop-A-Looza piece posted on 11/19/2022. It was great to be a part of Dan's project.
Since the Pop-A-Looza site itself no longer exists, I wanted to preserve a record of my participation. So! Below us you will see a very long list of links, each one taking you to my own blog's announcement of the then-latest Boppin' Pop-A-Looza. The announcements themselves gave me an opportunity to supplement each post with additional thoughts on that day's subject matter--Batman, the Monkees, Buddy Holly, That Thing You Do!, whatever--and then direct my readers (yes, both of you) to Dan's site to enjoy more.
With the actual Boppin' Pop-A-Looza links now departed from this mortal realm, I've updated the original announcements with internal links to the individual Pop-A-Looza pieces as they appeared right here at Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do). For fans of my stuff--yes, both of you--this presents a deep, deep dive into my writings about everything from the Inferior Five to the Ramones to coffee.
Let's BOP!
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| Dan Pavelich's rendition of two of my Boppin' Pop-A-Looza characters |
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Carl's new book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones is now available, courtesy of the good folks at Rare Bird Books. Gabba Gabba YAY!! https://rarebirdlit.com/gabba-gabba-hey-a-conversation-with-the-ramones-by-carl-cafarelli/
If it's true that one book leads to another, my next book will be The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1). Stay tuned. Your turn is coming.
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