some kind of wonderful

Sam Paddor and Mark Farner discuss Mark's Time with Grand Funk Railroad as well as how he taught Frank Zappa how to shoot a gun.

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It's a John Hughes movie about teenage angst, love and self-discovery, as Ashley & Matt catch-up with Some Kind of Wonderful in our latest retro episode.

Better late than never, right? In a delayed release due to some exhaustion, this excellent episode FINALLY sees the light of day. SiouxperCon founding board member, Shane Gerlach, joins the show to discuss the ‘con life, the ups and downs of his 9 to 5, and his joy in watching a community thrive. We also discuss his son’s battle with cancer and his love of pro wrestling before diving into this week’s featured movie, the John Hughes produced, Some Kind of Wonderful.

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RICKY REIDLING
Ricky was born in the small southern town of Winder, Georgia on May 15th. Doing local theater productions since he was a kid he got his first real break when he was 15 when he was asked to audition for "Annie Get Your Gun" playing 'lil Jake, Annie's brother. He won the audience's over with great reviews to follow. Ricky continued acting in various productions throughout his career and finally decided to make the move to California where he was referred to a talent agent by a well known casting director and appeared in several films. Ricky then decided to start his own entertainment company where he would write/produce/direct and act in some of his own productions.

Ricky is a filmmaker, writer, actor and creator of the Cable series BoysTown, the feature film HEELS and the T.V. pilot Some Kind of Wonderful.

Some Kind of Wonderful  Website:   www.skowseries.com

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ricky.reidling

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Photo: Copyright Wilkinson/2022

Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay.

To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com

John Ellison is music royalty. As a member of the Soul Brothers Six, John wrote Some Kind of Wonderful,  a song that became an instant classic and that has been covered by the likes of Q-Tip, Joss Stone, Conway Twitty and, of course, Grand Funk Railroad.

We talked with John in the summer of 2020, in the midst of the Black Lives Matter protests, and learned about John's story and the song he wrote inspired by the racial inequality in the United States called (Wake Up Call) Black Like Me.

John Ellison is one of the great songwriters of all time. His "Some Kind of Wonderful," is known the world over as a classic and it's been covered by a wide array of musicians. John has just released a new song, "Wake-Up Call (Black Like Me)" and it's a powerful statement and indictment of the times we are living in.

But it wasn't all serious with John. He also let us sing backup with him. He's likely regretting that decision. For more information on John, check out his website. "Wake-Up Call (Black Like Me) can be downloaded from wherever you get your digital music.