HOME BLITZ is the "recording project" of Daniel DiMaggio, a sweet and puzzling kid from back where I grew up in Jersey. I first met him years ago down at the local college radio station one Saturday night. He was holding a battered Casio keyboard and stared at his shoes the whole time I talked to him. Since then, he's continued to confuse and entertain me. Daniel recently pooped out all the music he's been consuming on a little 3-song 7" and don't the kids just love it. Well, not necessarily "kids" . . . more like old fatsos, garage nerds, and various other record-hungry nerdlings. His jams are hook-laden and demented. He hangs out at home and eats Cheetos. He walks down the street laughing to himself. He walks into the sun and it retracts. He has a dog named "Dolorean" and walks her down the railroad tracks. He's got a crush on a cassette tape rack. He smokes candy cigarettes in front of the WaWa. He's Daniel DiMaggio and he don't got no time for talkin' smack.

Me and him did this interview on a double date with Lola Falona and Angie Dickinson. They were duds.