Everybody's Moonbase – Joel Polowin

February 29, 2016 by axonsandsynapses

“Everybody’s Moonbase,” a very insincere parody of Kathy Mar’s very sincere “Everybody’s Moon.”

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Joel Polowin

January 12, 2018 at 11:11 pm | Reply

Thanks for posting this. When/where was it recorded?
Please note that the song was written by Howard Ashby Kranz. Kathy Mar recorded it on her CD _My Favorite Sings_.
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  January 22, 2018 at 3:19 pm | Reply
  
  Thanks for the additional information! I believe this was recorded at FilKONtario 10 (which was in 2000, I think?)

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