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| | Song-Poem News |
 | | In this little known subculture, "ordinary people" respond to come-on ads on the back pages of magazines ("Send in Your Lyrics and Make $50,000 in royalties!"), mailing in their heartfelt but often bizarre poems to "music industry" companies that, for a fee, turn those poems into real recordings. |
 | | The track list, which appears to accrue rather than rotate, includes such titles as "The Legendary Dale Earnhardt," "Soulmate Of A Different Timeline," "Freak," "Good And Goofy," "Me And Buddha In A Red Toyota," "Integrated Wheels And Racist Boats," and dozens more. |
 | | Most recordings on Safari feature Kearney himself at the mic, but whether the label's SA series, of which this (at SA 601) is the only known example, was reserved for professional singers other than Ramsey, or for amateurs who came along with the song as part of a vanity production structure, remains unclear. |
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