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Cutouts Gone Wild!: So Long, and Thanks for All That Jazz

Jeff Giles May 29, 2008 21

And so, like Boyz II Men, we have reached the end of the Cutouts Gone Wild! road. This series started out innocently, with a few ridiculous paragraphs about St. Paul’s Down to the Wire

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Jimmy Harnen, “Can’t Fight the Midnight”

Jeff Giles May 22, 2008 18

Jimmy Harnen – Can’t Fight the Midnight (1989) purchase this album (Amazon) That’s right, cutout lovers! It’s Jimmy Harnen! Why do you all have that look on your faces? What, you don’t remember Jimmy

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Rick Astley, “Hold Me in Your Arms”

Jeff Giles May 15, 2008 17

Rick Astley – Hold Me in Your Arms (1988) purchase this album (Amazon) Well, do you remember Rick Astley? He had a big, fat hit — it was ghastly He said “I’m never gonna

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: The Grays, “Ro Sham Bo”

Jeff Giles May 8, 2008 29

The Grays – Ro Sham Bo (1994) purchase this album (Amazon) You’ve known this was coming since last week, when I promised an album from the great lost power-pop group of the ’90s. (Well,

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Nu Shooz, “Told U So”

Jeff Giles May 1, 2008 16

Nu Shooz – Told U So (1988) purchase this album (Amazon) Yes, yes, I know. Some of you were hoping for Boy Meets Girl — but as far as I can tell, all of

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Judson Spence, “Judson Spence”

Jeff Giles April 24, 2008 15

Judson Spence – Judson Spence (1988) purchase this album (Amazon) Ladies and gentlemen, meet Robbie Nevil’s undescended testicle. Never heard of Judson Spence? Congratulations — you’ve been spared (until now) the horror of listening

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Gardner Cole, “∆’s”

Jeff Giles April 17, 2008 19

Gardner Cole – ∆’s (1988) purchase this album (Amazon) Do you have irrationally fond memories of the year 1988? Do you often find yourself sitting around where all the “good times” of the late

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Julian Lennon, “The Secret Value of Daydreaming”

Jeff Giles April 10, 2008 23

Julian Lennon – The Secret Value of Daydreaming (1986) purchase this album (Amazon) “The son of John Lennon and his first wife Cynthia, Julian Lennon parlayed a remarkable vocal similarity to his father into

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Big Noise, “Bang!”

Jeff Giles April 3, 2008 13

Big Noise – Bang! (1989) purchase this album (Amazon) If you’re a music fan with the good fortune to have been born before the late ’80s, chances are you remember the thrill of spending

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Katrina & the Waves, “Waves”

Jeff Giles March 27, 2008 19

Katrina & the Waves – Waves (1986) purchase this album (Amazon) Last week, we looked at poor Gregory Abbott’s second album, and the way R&B stardom can evaporate in the blink of an eye.

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