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Way Out Wednesday: “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” and Other Happiness Songs
Get happy as "Way Out Wednesday" returns with a fun mishmash of an album called "'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" and Other Happiness Songs!"
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: “At the Organ Grinder Vol. 2″
Piping hot pizza and piping hot ... organ music? Way Out Wednesday presents "At the Organ Grinder, Vol. 2," plus a chance to help out a little friend of mine
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: Jim & Tammy & Friends, “Oops! There Comes a Smile”
What's scarier than Tammy Faye Bakker in full "PTL Club" mode? Tammy Faye Bakker ... and puppets! Way Out Wednesday returns with "Oops! There Comes a Smile"
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 9/17/10 — Double Shots
In this week’s mixtape you’ll find pairs of the same song by two different artists. I did try to lay down some ground rules for myself, though: 1. No parody songs (although strange and
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: The Topsiders, “Rock Goes Folk”
So what did they call mashups before the term existed? Well, whatever you call it, this is one. The Topsiders decided to take popular hits of the day and rearrange them with a folk
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: “The Pickwick Children’s Chorus Sing ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ and Other Fun Songs of Today
Today’s selection is an album from the Pickwick Children’s Chorus. Was there an actual Pickwick Children’s Chorus? I don’t know but, unlike a lot of records like this, this at least sounds like the
Read More »DVD Review: “The Lost Skeleton Returns Again” and “Dark and Stormy Night”
In 2001, Larry Blamire created a movie called The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, a parody of science fiction films of the 1950s. The movie never had a wide release, playing only at film festivals
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 8/6/10 — Fake Band Edition
All the songs on this mixtape are either performed by fictional musical acts or fictional characters performing as a musical act. I apologize that the sound isn’t better on some of these selections; many
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: “Danny Kaye Tells Six Stories From Faraway Places”
Danny Kaye was a great actor, singer, dancer and comedian. He also was a wonderful storyteller, as you’ll hear in the album I’m featuring today, Danny Kaye Tells Six Stories From Faraway Places. The
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