November 2006
November 9, 2006 “I’m thinkin’ too slow…and I’m drinkin’ too fa-ast”. Iguess so, because the Teenage Head gig at Healey’s this Saturday hascrept up fast. Embroiled in high-school, Little Mosque on the Prairie, T-
Bag & Bonkers, the Jandek DVD, and…uh…discussing how to clean brainoff a radiator…The Last Pogo Chacha Cha Cha team had to slapthemselves upside their heads when they realized that, clued in byinvestigative journalist Liz Worth (relentlessly pursuing her punky prey forher book on all things Ontario Punk circa 77/78), as she’s snagged herselfan interview with Teenage Head’s very own Frankie Venom. Guitar-slingerGord Lewis contacted Chacha Cha Cha headquarters (i.e. our cell phone)
and gave the go-ahead for the crew to tag along (and if there’s anyChacha Cha Cha confederates out there, we could use a hand). DeputyDirector Aldo Erdic is going to bring his 2BeScene gang along, whileBrunton will be the fly on the wall. This Saturday, Healey’s, Bathurst justsouth of Queen, Toronto.
November 6, 2006. The manufacturing division of The Last Pogo JumpsAgain, Chacha cha cha has finally rolled out the first three “deputydirector’s” badges. If anyone comes up to interview you for this movie,
you can now ask for I.D. Y’know, just in case they’re from some otherpunk-rock-docu-detective movie…uber-promoter and all ’round goodfella Gary Topp contributed a sound bite of a CHUM-FM disc jockeyreviewing the Dead Boys/Ramones show at the New Yorker back in 1976.
Oh, how she must be eating her words now…Put out word in Phillie for avolunteer so we can get some footage of the venerable Mr. Pompeii andscene-meister Margarita Passion. Hello?! Philadelphia? Come in…Andfinally, to the right, underneath the photos by Denis Smith, you can click
on the PDF thingy to see the handbill for The Mods at the Horseshoe thismonth. The Mods (and the Screwed, and The B Girls, and Johnny & The G-
Rays are donating to entire box office to the fund to help Sam Ferrara gethis sculpting situation back in order. (And Mr. Trinier has not lost histouch when it comes to handbill design.)
November 5, 2006 Just added to our ever-growing list of comrades andconfidants, Denis Smith has generously allowed us to pop up a couple ofhis photos from the Lee’s Palace gig by The Viletones. We’ve just addedDenis to our crew as “archive photography” and “stills photography”,
sharing duties with the esteemed Edie Steiner and Kingston’s own Cram
Savage. For more of Denis’ stuff, go to his Myspace site. And remember,
kiddies — all of the photos to the right were done by Denis “Fast Eddie”
Smith, and they’re all copyright, so don’t even think about copying themunless you get permission from The Man himself unless you get permission from The Man himself
November 25, 2006 That’s right, kids, you too could become a bona-fideDeputy Director for the epic punk rock doc THE LAST POGO JUMPS AGAIN,
CHACHA CHA CHA! The individual and personalized badges and i.d. kitswere imported from sweatshops in the Far East, shipped over to Canadaby sea, and artfully hand-crafted at the CHACHA CHA CHA ManufacturingDivision Factory Warehouse Compound (i.e. office we’re working out ofnow). Because of tightened security measures around the CHACHA CHACHA project, we felt it necessary to produce the i.d. kits. In addition tothe kits, all Deputy Directors also get a listing on the IMDB, the
International Movie DataBase, where you be listed as the 2,346,785thmost popular director in the world! The world, my friends! And that’s notall! You also get … uh … wait a sec …well, I guess that is all there is. Butyou get a badge; we can’t stress that enough. THE LAST POGO CHACHACHA CHA will be present at The Mods/Screwed show at the Horseshoetonight and recruitors will be waiting to sign you up. And don’t worryabout our drug test — it’s multiple choice, and no matter what type ofdrug you might be on, we’re sure you’ll pass … or pass out, whichevercomes first. Or even if they happened simultaneously.
November 21, 2006. Deputy Director Aldo Erdic covered the Modsinterview on Sunday at CIUT-FM, as they got quizzed by Greg “I.F. Stone”
Dick…off to shoot Screamin’ Sam today as he burns both ends getting setfor his annual art show at the Cameron Tavern…and right out of the blue,
courtesy in part to Liz Worth, director Brunton re-connected withlegendary NYC promoter/manager/writer Danny Fields, who kindly sentalong a batch of photos he took during the first visit to Toronto by theRamones. We’re hoping to crown a Deputy Director in NYC so we caninterview Danny (the Ramones’ first manager; he’s also the guy thatdiscovered the MC5 and Iggy among countless achievements; he truly islegendary…and nice) about the huge impact that weekend had on any andall aspiring punk rockers in Toronto. Over to the right you can witness thedreadful fashion sense that director Brunton had back in the day, a phototaken by Danny after he graciously invited Brunton for breakfast with theRamones at the Chelsea in Toronto. The picture seems to be pleading:
“Please, will someone please just tell me to cut my hair?!”. Yikes!
November 17, 2006. Whoops! Mea culpa, mea culpa! The PogoCommunications Division just spoke with Westdale High School, and
found out that, in fact, Gord Lewis of Teenage Head was included in theWall of Fame. Sorry about any confusion, etc.
November 13, 2006. Thanks to intrepid reporter Liz Worth, we were ableto tape an hour’s worth of conversation with Frankie Venom at the sold-
out Teenage Head gig at Healey’s on the weekend. Talking abouteverything from his childhood, his worst ever gig, his best ever gig, andlater comparing tattoos with the aforesaid Ms. Worth, Frankie talked thetalk, then walked the walk right through the teeming horde, and up to thestage to join the rest of Teenage Head for a great gig. Chacha Cha ChaDeputy Director Aldo Erdic and his crew struggled to shoot the concert,
going over, under, sideways, down, backwards, forwards, square andround. When will it end?
Director Brunton headed down Hamilton today to get some…uh…”beautyshots” of the town, and stopped by Westdale High, former school of manyHamilton punkers including all of Teenage Head, as well as ForgottenRebels’ Chris Houston and Mickey DeSadest. Brunton was not surprised tonotice that none of them were included in the Wall of Fame in the hallwayamongst big names like Eugene Levy and Martin Short and some dj we’venever heard of, but whaddya do. After sneaking a couple of shots hereand there, Brunton was politely told by The Authorities that he couldn’tfilm there, so he left, and headed down to the steel plants, where, aftersneaking a few shots here and there, was politely told that he couldn’tfilm there either. Heading back to Toronto but looking for something toeat, he dropped in at a bar on King Street where he was told that he’d justmissed the venerable Mr. Venom. Declining to dine on the pickled eggs,
he snarfed down some McFood and headed back to town.
Be sure not to miss the concert at the Horseshoe on the 25th featuringthe original members of The Mods, plus a ton of special guests, andstalwart rockers The Screwed. See the ad above. Then go to the show. Andif you were at The Last Pogo, and you see us there, please say “hi!”. We’refriendly, and if you put a bottle of beer in your hand and offered it to us,
we’d tentatively walk right up and drink it down, like crazy-asschipmunks. Peanuts too.