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Another Valentine's
Another Book
Thrown At My Head

i really wish i wasn't such a bum

Sound Of The Surf (The Surfing Poem)

January's A Good Time For Jazz

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Ralph...takes his inspiration from 50s jazz and beat poetry, 60s garage bands, 70s punk energy and do-it- yourself ethos, 80s dysfunctional relationships and 90s stand-up comedy." Stu Cousins, Soundscape.

The debut RALPH CD, Coffee, Jazz and Poetry, surprised a lot of people (most of all, Ralph himself!). TOP 10 at many college stations (TOP 50 on the CHART Canadian college chart); #1 at CKUL Lethbridge for something like 10 weeks in a row (I don't know)!! RALPH's sweet take on lounge, jazz, spoken word and garage rock has made him one of Canada's most endearing eccentrics (see ex-girlfriend quote). The third RALPH cd, Sophisticated Boom Boom continues this success, charting at #17 on the EXCLAIM! college chart and #23 on the CHART magazine college chart. A new RALPH cd, This Is For The Night People will be released in the fall of 1999.