That’s a bit grandiose. I don’t feel like this is as huge as Hendrix at Monterrey Pop – or even Hendrix opening for the Monkees.
But it’s still very, very cool. Last week, I posted about the Penetrators’ song,”The Scandalizer” and its appearance on NPR’s “All Songs Considered.”
I’d mentioned how Will Sheff of Okkervil River had a digital rip off the 45 RPM single, and didn’t have any information about it that he felt confident about, and so he and Bob Boilen sourced the answers to their questions out to listeners through the All Songs Considered blog.
I came to the podcast a couple days later, and so wasn’t able to help, until today, when the mystery solved itself. Jack “Penetrator” Lipton left a comment on the post about his song, hoping to get in touch with Bob Boilen.
Lipton – or as I prefer to refer to him, Mr. Penetrator – was clearly excited about being mentioned on public media. Which I understand. So, like any dutiful public media blogger would do, I immediately set down and did what I could to make this happen (in this case, emailing Bob Boilen).
Mr. Penetrator and I traded back and forth some emails as a result of this interaction, and he wishes me just to remind you that the Penetrators are still around – that he plays under his (mostly) given name, Jack “Penetrator” Lipton, and that he’s still recording and playing out.
Everyone here has a responsibility to humanity to give this man his due. Go to a show. Request “The Scandalizer.” Let’s make it rule his life the way “96 Tears” dominates everything ? and the Mysterians ever did.
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