A cappella is defined as music that is sung without instrumental accompaniment. According to the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, a cappella music was originally ”composed to be performed in chapels…
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This is a fun album showing just how many recording artists were willing to plug a certain soft drink. It’s interesting to see the different approaches taken. The cuts are…
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One of the most fondly remembered Muppets from the early days of Sesame Street was Roosevelt Franklin. He was voiced by Matt Robinson, who played Gordon on the show. (In…
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Comedian Don Novello has been portraying the part of chain-smoking priest Father Guido Sarducci ever since he bought the outfit for the character in 1974. Probably best known from his…
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Here’s an interesting album that I know next to nothing about. As I mention in the entry on my blog: All I know about this album is what’s on the…
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As you know if you follow my quasi-weekly column ”Way Out Wednesday,” I also run a blog called ”Way Out Junk.” (It is, in fact, what got me the Popdose…
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When I was younger, I loved Sesame Street, especially the Muppets. I still have cassette tapes (that’s audio, not video) of bits from the show. I’d spend the night at…
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Here’s another album featuring that ever-popular sailor man, Popeye. This one does expand things a bit, since not only do we have Jack Mercer as Popeye, we also have Mae…
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What happens when you get Way Out…in barbershop harmony?
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Chances are, even if you’ve never seen an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (or MST3K for short), you still know the basic concept: bad guys shoot a good guy…
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This week, we have an unusual album featuring Popeye the Sailor Man singing songs and telling stories about his desire to create a zoo. I’m guessing this record came out…
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In 1954, before Mister Rogers brought his Neighborhood to national television, he was a part of a local show in Pittsburgh called The Children’s Corner. A woman named Josie Carey…
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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…
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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…
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It’s time to dig way back in the Way Out Junk archives for this children’s album. I’m not sure how old this one is, but the cover seems to indicate…
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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…
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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…
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Plagiarism, or innocent mistake? We present the case in Rock Court’s Small Claims Division — your votes decide the answer!
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I’ve written previously about the novelty group Big Daddy. In case you’ve slept since then, here’s the concept for the band: While on a USO tour of Southeast Asia in…
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This week I have a special holiday treat for you. It’s the 1975 album ”How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, performed by Zero Mostel. Even though Karloff’s version of The Grinch…
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With the holidays coming up, I thought I’d present a Christmas selection from my blog, ”Way Out Junk.” This features Boris Karloff, not too long after he narrated ”How the…
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”Now here’s something we hope you’ll really like…” There have been a number of children’s records based on cartoons. This removes the visuals that we’re used to, leaving only the…
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This week, Tony Redman revisits a musical tribute to the barrel-tossing simian who stole countless quarters from children in the ’80s.
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Tony Redman has taken us to some way-out places before, but this week’s album — which follows a guitar-playing elephant into space — is WAY way out.
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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…
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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.
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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 whole sorry affair.
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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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Not all would-be preteen heartthrobs are created equal, as proven by the subject of Tony Redman’s latest Way Out Wednesday, a horrifying TV tie-in from the “star” of Sigmund and the Sea Monsters.
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If it’s Wednesday, it must be Way Out, and this week Tony Redman is going wayyyyyyyyyyyy out. (Get it? Ayyyyy? Ah, screw you people.)