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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Music From The Show

Morcheeba, “Be Yourself”
The Wee Trio, “Pinball Number Count”
REM, “Orange Crush”
Steve Earle, “Amerika v6″
Bonobo, “Brace Brace”
Kanye West, “Heard ‘Em Say”

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1497336809 Dick Fotoples

    Words to get rid of – AWESOME.  Used too much by too many people.  Awesome describes few things – God, The Rockies, a launch from Cape Canaveral.  What happened to the would Great?

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