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RENOWNED ‘80’s-ERA
            SONGWRITING DUO JOEY ALKES & CHRIS FRADKIN CO-AUTHORS OF
THE PLIMSOULS'  "Million Miles Away" TO RELEASE “SOME SONGS”
( Hollywood , Calif ) - Influential power-pop songwriting team Joey Alkes and
Chris Fradkin , co-authors of the famed rock anthem “Million Miles Away,”
among other memorable Plimsoul power-pop tunes with Peter Case (“Now,”
“Hypnotized,” “Hush, Hush,” “Lost Time”), are releasing “SOME
SONGS,” a CD of their own previously unreleased recordings from that magical
musical period (1980-1983).  Just last year (2008) “Million Miles Away” was
re-recorded and released by Hollywood Records’ alternative rock act Ingram
Hill, and the Goo Goo Dolls re-released their version of the Plimsouls classic,
recorded early in the Goo’s career, on a CD/DVD box set with music video DVD,
called Goo Goo Dolls: Vol. 2. In addition, the cult hit film Valley Girl, which
featured the Plimsouls’ live performance of “Million Miles Away,” is
presently in production by MGM for a theatrical musical, and possibly a film
remake.  
In 2006, Alkes’ own avant-garde music act DJ Monkey, with Mick Mcmains (Earl
Slick's NYC, John Wicks’ The Records) and rapper Jamal "TipToe" Cryer (Bad
Azz's "Word on the Street") recorded and released an award winning
(Rockwired.com “Song of the Year 2006”) version of an ‘80s tune of theirs
called “Hard Times In NYC”.  Phil Seymour, The Flamin' Groovies, Kids
Incorporated (with both Martika and Fergie), Paul Collins & The Beat, Alexis
Korner, Wait For Nothing, Jamie James, DangerFace, TenTen, Space Shot Orchestra
and Billie Jo Burnor are among the many other acts that have recorded
Alkes-Fradkin tunes in the past. 
In those years Chris Fradkin was the vocalist for these Alkes-Fradkin tunes.
These recordings, on the upcoming CD to be released later this year, were meant
as demos to be presented for recording to the group of acts that recorded their
material in those years. They were recorded in many different situations and
circumstances; the telling of which can be as compelling as the songs
themselves. It was a zany but magical time.  Alkes, who makes his living as a
journalist and freelance writer, has also worked in most every area of the music
industry (See AMG.com for his history and discography); and, as noted above,
created the internationally-respected crossover alternative/rap act on Squid
Music called DJ Monkey. Fradkin is a multiple Emmy nominee and two-time winner
in sound effects editing for his work on the X-Files. He is the father and
producer of the renowned child prodigy pianist Ragtime Ruby, and is currently in
the midst of attaining a doctorate
in psychology from Cal State in Merced . 
Press Contact: Doug Deutsch Publicity Services (213) 924-4901
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