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JT: This is all speculative on my part, I'm 33 years old, obviously I wasn't there or anything but the Jook is a perfect example because they were guys from John's Children who went on to form Jook, which turned into Jet and when punk hit turned into Radio Stars. From what I can tell, it seemed like these guys were just trying to make hit records and trying to keep up with the times.If you had to play someone one song to get them turned onto the images in the book, what would it be?JT: The record that really sold me on me on to the genre was the Hector 45 Wired Up. It's a perfect single and totally captures the best qualities of this music. I thought it would be cool to have some sort of an audio accompaniment to the book so we got permission from Hector to re-press the 45 to be included free with the first 500 copies of the book. I think it'll turn a lot of people on to the music.I noticed you have an interview with Brett Smiley in the book. Did you ever see the pornographic version of Cinderella he starred in?
JT: Yes, I've only seen parts though. I couldn't make it through the whole thing! I actually went over to Brett's place in Carol Gardens to get photos for his interview and he had all sorts of still from the movie in a box in his room. He also played me these demo tracks that he did in LA with Del Shannon producing and the Robbs playing the backing tracks. The tunes were so great, he's a really nice guy and still plays around NYC.Order Wired Up! here.The release part for Wired Up! will be held at Zebulon in Brooklyn on August 25th. Milk ‘N Cookies are playing, and copies of the book will be for sale.