Name: Rev Cool Carter, Radio DJ for 25 years of WYSO’s Around the Fringe found at 91.3 every Friday at 8pm. , promoter of neoalternative pop, post-fusion world beat, local indy rock boys and girls, rust-belt-ultrabilly, and all things cooler than you. Part-time patron saint of school administrators
Claim to fame: Hottest and Geekiest Radio DJ ever
Influences: The psychedelic universe
Quote: “It’s hard to be cool in an uncool world.”
In his tackle box: Scratch and sniff vinyl, this month’s public radio promotional premium, free bumperstickers, well-worn rosary beads, holy water, snake oil, battered Roman collar, rooster feed
Recurring nightmare: Attack from Sister Gemma’s prosthetic arm
Book he can’t wait to read for its light-hearted yet morbidly humorous, and blatantly confessional exposition: Looks Like Howard
