Looking for some good ol’ Saturday morning cartoon punk? Osaka Popstar is the moniker used by cartoonist, film-maker and music producer John Cafiero and he has assembled some of his friends to back him who are American Legends of Punk. This supergroup of punk features Marky Ramone, Jerry Only of The Misfits, Dez Cadena of Black Flag and Ivan Julian of The Voidoids. The lead off track and the album’s strongest song “Wicked World”, was written by Daniel Johnston. The album released back in May, is a juiced-up colorful comic book in which Cafiero sings with such vibrancy you could almost see the colors pop. Some songs are even about cartoons, such as “Sailor Moon”, “Astro Bot” and “Where’s the Cap’n?” about Captain Crunch cereal and features a Popeye riff. Johnston also appears as a background vocalist on “Man of Constant Sorrow”, a variation of the traditional song which appeared in “O’ Brother Where Art Thou?”, but this version takes place in New Jersey. They also cover two Richard Hell & The Voidoids songs back-to-back, “Love Comes in Spurts” and “Blank Generation” in which they power through with amazing speed. At under 30 minutes and only 12 songs, there are no egos popping from from these legendary cartoon punk characters. This is clearly an album made for fun and delivers a romping good time. The CD comes with a bonus DVD that contains 2 videos: “Wicked World” & “Insects”. The video clip for “Insects” looks hysterical. Check out all the fun on their site!