Syracuse, 1979

Some loyal readers already know about this, and the rest of you truly won’t care, but for those of us who spent countless nights pogoing to The Flashcubes in the Jabberwocky back on the cusp of the New Wave era, it can only be a pleasant shock to find that not only is Flashcubes frontman and songwriter Gary Frenay still on the scene, he has posted a webpage with the lyrics to all the old Flashcubes, Screen Test and other songs from way back when. We’ll never throw up in the Jab again (at least not without ruining all the shiny new computers that are housed there now), but for just a second or two we can go back and remember when songs like “You’re Not the Police” and “Wait Till Next Week” seemed to say what we needed to hear. My whole life I’ve waited to be as thrilled again as I was when the Flashcubes would close their set with “Money (That’s What I Want)” and we would dance ourselves into a heated frenzy and then spill out into the chill Syracuse night, wired and happy.

If you knew the songs, here’s the lyrics, sing along. There’s even a newer page with pictures of the band reunited. Apparently, they contributed to a Raspberries tribute album. Wouldn’t you think I would have known that?