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Weird-0-Pedia is a fascinating and entertaining compendium of information about the so-called ordinary world.
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Working Girl's Guitar presents Rosie Flores to the listener as a thoroughly delightful rockabilly guitar player and singer.
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Island of Vice is a colorful, rollicking account of Theodore's fight with New York City vice in the 1890s.
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Fanatic proves that Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson are still among the best female rockers in popular music.
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Trucker Ghost Stories is a fascinating collection of true stories of the weird and unxplained from the road.
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