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FAMILY STORIES
Lolita: There’s my pal Anngelle with her new ’BCN position. It may be hard for her to tie porn to the next question I came up with. Anngelle, tell me something about your family. ANNGELLE WOOD (WBCN): I’m the youngest of five kids. Insane doesn’t begin to describe our household but had it not been for my older siblings and their music collections rife with big rock (of which I pilfered from regularly), I would not be the person I am today. And we all love dogs; family gatherings are bananas. Lolita: I knew she could do it—a very risqué family with all those bananas. *** TJ (the Welch Boys): My seven year old boy snuck into my upstairs office, turned on my scanner, sat on it, and scanned his balls, then he left the picture on my desk. No Playstation for a month! Lolita: That was even better—hope we get to see the scans online. *** KIER BYRNES (3 Day Threshold): I come from a family with a lot of black sheep. My grandpa Joe played quarterback in semi-pro football league and was a professional singer in the big band circuit. I have an uncle who was ex-communicated from the church. On the other hand, I also have another uncle who had a story printed in the National Enquirer about his involvement in miracle of God. I have another uncle who has so many degrees that he has more letters after his name than in his name. Lolita: The key “porn” words in Kier’s answer are “black sheep.” *** FRANCIS DiMENNO (Wrong Hero/ the Noise): My Dad, Frank, now retired, was once a deputy sheriff of Allegheny County, an appointive position, and, whenever he spoke of drug addicts, he would say. “Don’t worry—we’ll get ‘em.” One time good old Dad was attending some sort of cop lecture at U Pitt. He insisted I tag along. I had long hair down to my shoulders (it was ca. 1975). Dad, of course, insisted on sitting in the front of the auditorium. So we walked down the aisle from the back to the front. Ever have 200 cops stare at you? Well, I have. Lolita: We know why they were really staring at you, Francis. Those cops have a vivid imagination when I comes to “getting” young long-haired boys. *** LINDA VIENS (Angeline/ Sgt. Maxwell’s Peace Chorus): My family is Ruby and Wayne Viens, and my amazing, generous, loving friends—all keep me committed to staying on planet Earth and finding joy and being of service in any ways that I can, and most of all, to having fun, ’cause if we’re not having fun, the bad guys win! Lolita: Okay, before I get any more families pissed off at me, I’ll take a breather. *** KEN FIELD (Revolutionary Snake Ensemble/ Birdsongs of the Mesozoic): Janis Ian was my step-grandfather’s niece. *** GENE “GENO” JOHNSTON (Dead Friends): My family and I love living, dining, and schooling in the city of Boston. It is just awesome to see how well rounded my little ones are becoming due to the Beantown neighborhood diversity. Sheila (the hot wife) as well as the peeps, totally support me with my never ending musical and motocross endeavors. I honestly go through life feeling like the luckiest man on the planet. My three year old could tell you the exact model of my motocross bike and his sister could name all of my band mates in both bands. *** BRUCE ALLEN (the Doom Buggies): My two year old daughter, Mae, was just banging on her toy drum with the drumstick in her right hand and keeping pretty good time with the little plastic maraca in her left hand. Even I have trouble doing that. *** RUBY BIRD (Bird Mancini/ Urban Caravan): My (biological) family is about as far removed from Boston as you can get unless you grew up on the Amazon or something. My Dad and two of three sisters are farming in northwest Missouri, bread basket of the world. (Mama passed away last year.) I grew up with cows, chickens, and was driving tractors by the time I was 10. Just did a brief visit out there... it’s like being on another planet. *** DJ MATTHEW GRIFFIN (the Noise): I come from a musical family, starting with William C. Rietzel, an original member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Grandmother June played piano; father Jack, brother John, and I sang in a classical men and boy’s choir and toured extensively; cousin Sean, who was well known in the Boston hardcore scene in the mid ’80s, is an accomplished DJ and musician out west; brother John DJ’ed college radio for years in Ann Arbor, Michigan, interviewing people like Ron Ashton (the Stooges), Wayne Kramer (MC5), Noam Chomsky; cousin Pat (Politano) is the drummer for Letterday; my late father’s partner was Dave Small, singer/guitarist of Westboro’s the Slugs. *** CLAY N. FERNO (Wild Zero/ Middle East): I notice that T Max does a lot of awareness raising, so let me use this Noise issue to tell you that my niece Darby has Juvenile Diabetes. She is happy, healthy, and awesome, I love her! In her lifetime we can find a cure for this disease. I recently donated to JDRF.org and I think you should too! I’ve been toying with the idea of a benefit show—who is down? Most of you know how to find me! Rita: And if you don’t know how to reach Clay, write to the Noise and we’ll forward it.
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