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I would kill a man in front of his own mama to see Devo and Gary Numan on stage together.

Hi Howard. Since you were (at least partly) responsible for renaming a lot of the Japanese characters and other game elements for the early Nintendo games, I have a question that's been bugging me for years: did you rename Lakitu for the U.S. release of Super Mario Bros., and if so, where did the name come from and what is the intended pronunciation? (La-KI-tu? LA-ki-tu?)

I'd read there was some bad blood between Alan and the band, but have there been any attempts to reconcile, or any contact at all since he left the band?

Hey, Jerry. Long time listener, first time caller. First of all, devolution is real! That said, do you think it's fair to say even Devo itself has devolved? The music's still great, but while you guys hype up the irony of projects like Dev2.0 and the ultimate crowdsourced/focus group/art-by-committee album Something For Everybody, at the same time you are profiting from it at the expense of people not "in" on the joke, so to speak. Or is there even a distinction to be made when it comes to art?

Also, why don't you guys tour the East Coast more? We need some spud love in New York!

Jerry, you're allllllll right!