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Way Out Wednesday: The Big Top Singers, “Let’s All Go to the Circus”
In honor of the Winter Olympics taking place in Canada, Way Out Wednesday (sort of) salutes our buddies up north (or whatever direction gets you to Canada) with this album of circus songs published
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: The Stars of Gentle Ben, “The Bear Facts”
Remember the 1967 television show Gentle Ben? It was a heartwarming adventure about a boy and his bear, sort of like if Lassie was a grizzly and Timmy was Ron Howard’s brother. I would
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: Big Daddy, “Sgt. Pepper’s”
I conclude my look at the band Big Daddy with their last album of all new performances, 1992′s Sgt. Pepper’s. Here they took on the awesome challenge of recording every track from the classic
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: Big Daddy, “Meanwhile, Back in the States”
In this week’s Way Out Wednesday, I’ll talk about the second album from novelty band Big Daddy. If you’d like to read their fictional backstory, you can find it in last week’s report here.
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: “Freddy’s Greatest Hits”, The Elm Street Group
In 1984, the movie Nightmare on Elm Street premiered and a new horror icon was born in Freddy Krueger. However, three years (and two sequels later), Freddy had already gone from being a frightening
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: The Satellite Singers and Orchestra, “Journey to the Moon”
What with that jerk Obama bombing the moon, our nearest celestial neighbor has been in Tony Redman's thoughts, and he's reaching out in a new Way Out Wednesday
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, “Coming Out of Their Shells”
What could possibly be more '90s than men in turtle costumes singing, dancing, and rapping on stage? A Pizza Hut-distributed soundtrack, that's what -- and Tony Redman is here to help us relive the
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: Shirley, Squirrely & Melvin, “Live”
What's worse than those little idiots Alvin, Simon, and Theodore? How about ripoff singing chipmunks named Shirley, Squirrely, and Melvin? It's just another week for Tony Redman and Way Out Wednesday!
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