As challenging as it was, starting an entertainment business would have been infinitely more difficult if I hadn't begun studying music at such a young age. My mother's encouragement to take piano lessons and then join the school band when I was young gave me a definite head start in the music department. I'm infinitely grateful to her for that.
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I remember envisioning delivering singing telegrams when I was 17 or 18, just a few years after I began writing rudimentary original songs. Even though I’d seen Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, I failed to connect what I was picturing to the balloon bouquet-wielding nurse that hilariously performs for Ferris’s unamused sister.
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Ever order a singing telegram? Probably not, but Orange Peel Moses wants to make sure you know it's not completely a thing of the past. We talked to Moses about his strange and wonderful career, as well as his love for Denver and cannabis legalization.
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Cannabis Paint: The Artist Kelsie for Clinic Colorado
Event: High Times Cannabis Cup Denver 2015
When Mile High Sports Radio jocks Benjamin Allbright and Benny Bash spied a spandex clownfish-clad man with a guitar attempting to deliver a singing telegram to a nearby business, they decided to invite him into the studio for an impromptu interview.
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Custom Singing Telegrams gives a multitude of costume options for its messengers, including a naughty nurse, Harry Potter, Jesus, a unicorn, “Cock Rocker,” “Crosstitute,” a vampire and more. The gorilla in a tutu is the most popular costume request, but Hammerberg says David Bowie is his favorite costume. Or, rather, it used to be. Image courtesy Mark Cafiero.
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Jim Wills interviewed Orange peel, along with WhiteOut fashion show producer Jenny Baker-Strasburg, for Crave Magazine's Artopia preview.
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