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February 23, 2007
More "East Ridge Song" News
In his column in today's Weekend section of the Times Free Press, Barry Courter says "The East Ridge Song" is "great," "hilarious" and "funny...'cause it's true."
His comments are much appreciated.
Here's the full text:
‘The East Ridge Song’ Continues to Find Viewers
By Barry Courter
City BeatSome of us discover things later than others. I discovered the moped, for example, as a small child when I reasoned that putting a motor on a bicycle, so you could pedal home after you ran out of gas, would be a great invention.
Imagine my surprise some years later when I learned someone else had already made one.
I’m also good at discovering restaurants and movies some years after everyone else has already tired of them. I’ve found most folks don’t like talking about a 2-year-old film.
Anyway, I discovered this great video on youtube.com the other day. Actually, a couple of co-workers led me to it. I think they saw something about it on the local news, but no matter the details of how I discovered it.
The video is called “The East Ridge Song,” and it is hilarious. Take a minute to go to youtube.com and search for the title. Go ahead. I’ll wait.
The song was written by Bill Colrus and Dan Lyons for the local show “On the Other Hand,” which ran for a season on WDSI. Colrus shot and edited the video and did all the vocals.
The video pokes fun at the scenery along Ringgold Road, pointing out the unusually large number of tattoo parlors, tanning beds, cash-advance stores and manufactured homes outlets, among other notables.
Now, before you fire off an e-mail calling me names, some of my best friends grew up in East Ridge, and I trade there often. The video is funny...’cause it’s true. A friend and I once counted 19 cash-advance stores within a two-mile stretch.
A compilation DVD featuring “The East Ridge Song” and about an hour’s worth of previously seen and unseen material from “On the Other Hand” is being put together for a spring release, according to Colrus.
Also, the video has now been viewed over 10,000 times.
| By colrus | 10:24 AM
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