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Great Site!
Thanks, again, Tim!
Dave Romm's Review
Covers II
By Dave Romm
From a mention here on Bartcop-E, I picked up When Pigs Fly. (They sent me a copy. More and more people realize I'm world famous.) I am, I confess, mystified by their marketing strategy. They keep pushing it as a collection of novelty numbers; unusual covers by people who wouldn't otherwise be singing these songs. It isn't. Lots of people record other people's songs; that's common. I was expecting something weird, and with one or two exceptions the songs are pretty straightforward covers. I listened to the CD without reading the hoopla and kept thinking, "that's a poor Jackie Chan imitator... they could have gotten someone better to do Don Ho." Ah, but they really are singing; no celebrity impersonators here, for better or worse. Chan knows he isn't a good singer, and doesn't try very hard; Ani DeFranco does most of the work on Unforgettable. Don Ho singing Shock The Monkey would work in his lounge act. Etc. etc.
The flip side is: The CD is pretty good. The producers seem to be trying to reach the same market as Golden Throat, and I hope that's not going to work. Several of the covers are better than the originals. The Oak Ridge Boys do a really good version of Kansas' Carry On My Wayward Son, my favorite cut on the CD. The Fixx's version of These Boots Are Made for Walkin' is better than Nancy Sinatra's primal scream (not that it would be hard to be better...). Get It On (Bang A Gong) is rendered quite well by The Neanderthal Spongecake (a group of whom I've never heard but admire their name; perhaps even more than I admire the name of the original artist T. Rex.) Most of the other covers are okay, but no better than that. Devo doing their techno/electronic take on Neil Young's Ohio is interesting, but not better. Your mileage may vary, I suppose, but this is a good CD without actually being funny or conceptually interesting beyond the song listings.
I've reviewed cover CDs here and tribute albums (see above) any of which are stranger than these, but as long as When Pigs Fly is spending money pushing unusual artist/song pairings I'll mention individual songs from as yet unreviewed CDs. Country singer Willie Nelson joins Polka bandleader Jimmy Sturr for several cuts on Polka! All Night Long. I don't know which is the more unusual pairing: A polka band behind Nelson as he sings Big Ball In Cowtown or Nelson fronting for the polka Tavern In the Town. A good, unexpected CD.
I've never seen the movie Tokyo Pop, and have no desire to do so. Still, the soundtrack has some interesting covers. The thrash version of Home on the Range and the Japanese references in Blue Suede Shoes are good. I may get around to reviewing Birdsongs of the Mesozoic and related Erik Lindgren CDs, but for the nonce just let me mention their odd electronic instrumental covers of the themes to Rocky and Bullwinkle and The Simpsons. One of Erik's other projects is The Space Negros, and Dig Archology Vol. 1 has several oddities, including In A Gadda Da Vida, Back in the USSR and Little League (aka Take Me Out To the Ball Game).
Did you know that the theme to I Love Lucy has lyrics? Desi Arnaz sings up his hit. Similarly, Nichelle Nichols does a good verson of The Theme From Star Trek, with lyrics by Rodenberry. (More on this CD in coming weeks.) Mojo Nixon and the Toad Liquors does a verson of Mr. Grinch that's slimier than the original from the cartoon, but I can't seem to find anything but references to it on the net. Similarly, I feel moderately guilty talking about the covers on the Resident's Commercial Album because they're all bonus tracks not found on the vinyl and aren't listed on their website. Still, their version of Hit the Road Jack and It's a Man's Man's Man's World and Jailhouse Rock are not to be missed if you can find 'em.
Don't look up. You may get some porcine droppings in your eye.
Dave Romm is a conceptual artist with a radio show and a web site and a very weird CD collection. He reviews things at random for obscure web sites. You can read all his music recommendations from Bartcop-E here.
Reader Comment
Re: 'It Didn't Seem Appropriate'
From Ray M
I'm glad to know that The Supreme Cheese at General Mills "didn't consider it appropriate to put 9/11 heroes on the Wheaties boxes, so kids can continue idolizing vacupeople."
Now, in the "Didn't Seem Appropriate" department, I found the attached offering from the Danbury Mint pretty durn cheesy, waiting to greet us in the Sunday Houston Carbuncle.
RM - A.K.A. Rutlefan
ROFLMAO - Thanks, Ray!
Reader Film Review
'Minority Report'
By Mindy
"Minority Report" had everything--a smooth plot, action, social commentary, stunning visual effects, humor mixed with a little bit of horror, and a well-maintained intensity throughout. I will have to see it again because there was too much to take in with just one viewing. It didn't seem like a 2 and 1/2 hour film because the plot rolled along smoothly, with the exception of a couple of slow scenes.
As for the characters, frankly, I forgot about Tom Cruise as soon as Colin Farrell appeared. This actor is going to be big! He stole every scene he was in, though this could be my female hormones talking. He was one of the only two character's I really cared about, and Cruise's character wasn't one of them. I suppose it's because I don't care for Tom Cruise--his acting style leaves me cold and I just can't sympathize with any of the characters he's portrayed. I don't know if it's the Scientology thing or what it is that turns me off about the guy.
This is definitely one of Steven Spielberg's best films and you can see that he still has room for growth, even as an already highly-successful director. His direction in one scene (I won't spoil it by saying which scene) in-particular is an absolute masterpiece. Now if he could only completely let go of his penchant for sappy sentimentality. He almost succeeds in this film, until the end, that is.
I didn't care for the ending too much--I felt a little cheated. I don't think Spielberg yet grasps that you shouldn't end a stylishly futuristic Sci-Fi flick with the same type of sentimentality as you would end "E.T." or "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", or, god forbid, "A.I.". A film that is pretty bleak throughout shouldn't be wrapped up with an optimistic ending. However, he does everything else right. Despite my criticisms, overall this was a fantastic movie with plenty of eye and brain candy. I highly recommend it.
~~ Mindy
Thanks, Mindy! Great job...now, how about some more?
He's Been Busy Again!
the worried shrimp
Deficit Dubya 38
Reader Comment
Re: You Are An A$$hole
From Ray M
I would have found the image of Shrub & "Say you are an asshole" amusing, but it reminds me of the joke about the 2 guys in a bar:
Drunk#1: "God, lawyers are assholes!"
Drunk#2: "Hey, I resent that!"
Drunk#1: "Oh, sorry -- are you a lawyer?"
Drunk#2: "No. I'm an asshole."
... so, probably being an asshole myself, I must rise to the defense of the Assholes of America, and express my resentment at being lumped in the same class as King Shrub.
RM
Thanks, RM!
On the other hand, there are things worse than assholes - 'rhoids & fistulas come to mind. Guess it's a matter of relativity?
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Something got in the garden last night & destroyed most of the lettuce. Could have been raccoons or opposums, or maybe a horde of slugs, too.
Cardinal Mahoney was on TV today saying there are no more perv-priests in this diocese. I find it amazing that no one has raised the ghost
of Father Ted Llanos.
Wonder why Michelob changed their bottles?
Tonight, Monday, CBS has reruns of 'King Of Queens', 'Yes, Dear', 'Raymond', and 'Becker'. '48 Hours' follows.
Scheduled on a fresh Dave are Will Smith, and Yo Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble.
Scheduled on a fresh Craiggers are Sheryl Underwood and Toni Braxton.
NBC opens the night with a rerun 'Fear Factor', then a fresh 'Dog Eat Dog', and a rerun 'Crossing Jordan'.
Scheduled on a fresh Jay are Johnny Knoxville and Anastasia.
As usual, if it's Monday, Conan is a rerun. Scheduled guests are William Shatner and Owen O'Neill.
Scheduled on a fresh Carson Daly is Jordan Rubin.
ABC has the movie 'Meet Joe Black'.
Scheduled on a fresh Bill Maher are Jay Mohr (comedian), Peter Roff (UPI political analyst), Sydney Hay (GOP activist), and Holland Taylor (actress).
The WB has reruns of '7th Heaven' and 'Gilmore Girls'.
Faux has reruns of 'Boston Public' and 'Ally McBeal'.
UPN here is pre-empted for the Rockies meeting Rupert's Doggers.
Connie Chung's new show debuts on CNN at 8pm (edt).
TCM has some genuine classics tonight, starting with The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). One of the best swash-bucklers ever made!
Errol Flynn is Robin Hood. Olivia deHavilland is Maid Marian. Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains & Alan Hale, Sr, too.
Then, eventually, 4 rarely shown silent classics follow - 1 cowboy, 3 comedies. First, it's The Man from Texas (1915) with
Tom Mix and Hoot Gibson.
(Even growing up in the backwoods of PA in the Roy Rogers - Dale Evans era, we knew who Tom Mix was.
It had nothing to do with film lore, but local geography. Tom Mix was born in Mix Run, Pennsylvania.
Mix Run is just outside of Driftwood,
which is just outside of DuBois (and since this is PA, it's pronounced 'Du-Boys').
An enlightening link, Roadside America: Tom Mix, We Hardly Knew Ye.
< snip>''The Tom Mix Comes Home Museum in Driftwood, PA, is not in town (which doesn't care about Tom Mix) but out on a rural road where first the pavement ends, then the plumbing. The sign "Welcome To Tom Mix Territory," gives no hint of the miles and miles of rutted road you'll have left to travel.
The big attraction here — for Tom Mix fans — is his birthplace. The big attraction for Roadsiders is Tom Mix's celebrity outhouse. As you wander around the property, large black flies will attack you. ''< /snip>
Yep, that sounds about right...rutted roads, large black flies & the occasional outhouse.) ; )
Next, it's Safety Last (1923),
the ultimate Harold Lloyd movie - this is the one where he dangles from the clock hands.
Then, The General (1927), the best of Buster Keaton.
The fourth is The Gold Rush (1925), where Charlie Chaplin, as
the Little Tramp, goes to the Klondike. This is the one where he makes potatoes 'dance', and eats his shoe.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
Speaking of Propaganda...
katherine harris
Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris won't let propagandists rewrite history. Next month's Harper's magazine prints a letter from Harris accusing contributor
Greg Palast of "misrepresenting the events of the 2000 presidential election in order to support his twisted and maniacally partisan conclusions." She is referring
to the London-based reporter's imaginative March piece "Ex-Con Game," which alleges thousands of mostly black, mostly Democratic voters have been wrongfully
removed from the state's rolls.
katherine harris
In Calgary
Group of Eight
Protestors wearing masks of the Group of Eight leaders are shown performing a street theater scene in downtown Calgary, June 23, 2002. The G8 summit is set to open June 26.
Represented left to right are Gerhard Schroder, Germany, Vladimir Putin, Russia, George Bush, U.S., Tony Blair, Britain and Jean Chretien, Canada.
Photo by Rick Wilking
Another 'Who Owns What'
The Project on Media Ownership
PROMO • The Project on Media Ownership
Debuts Tonight
Connie Chung
Even a veteran of network television booking battles like Connie Chung has found the last few weeks seeking guests for her new prime-time CNN news hour to be eye-opening.
Chung is arguably the best-known news personality to jump to CNN in the network's 21-year history, and she's taking over the troublesome and important 8 p.m. ET time slot. "Connie Chung Tonight" debuts Monday.
Her challenge is to carve out a distinctive hour in a television landscape cluttered with news and information.
Workers in midtown Manhattan put the finishing touches last week on a new studio that CNN has constructed solely for Chung's show. It's in a room behind a second studio, being
built for CNN's morning program, that looks out over the Avenue of the Americas.
CNN executives see an opportunity to establish a news alternative in a time slot dominated by opinion: Fox News Channel's hit "The O'Reilly Factor," and Phil Donahue's talk
show set to debut on MSNBC next month.
Connie Chung
''Insider Status Helps''
George 'Judas' Stephanopoulos
George Stephanopoulos says his experience as a White House insider will help him host a Sunday-morning talk show.
The ABC News show, "This Week," will benefit by having a host who knows how politicians are prepped for talk shows, Stephanopoulos told Time magazine in the issue on newsstands Monday.
Stephanopoulos, already a panelist on the program, will replace Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts shortly after Labor Day.
Stephanopoulos says his dream guest list includes President Bush, Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein, the prime ministers of India and Pakistan and his former boss and his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton.
George 'Judas' Stephanopoulos
Wednesday, June 19
'P.I.' Transcript
Politically Incorrect Transcript for Wednesday, June 19, 2002
Jay Thomas
Scott Ritter
Monica Crowley
Dennis Miller
Wednesday Morning - Ketchup Alert
Couric Vs. Coulter
Wednesday, Katie Couric may get to settle a score with one of the scheduled guests on "Today," conservative commentator Ann Coulter.
Coulter is supposed to show up to promote her new, 205-page book, "Slander," which hits bookstores Tuesday. In the tome, she rips into A-list
names from the worlds of media, politics and entertainment in her quest to expose "liberal lies about the American right."
Top of the list: Couric.
Coulter calls her "the affable Eva Braun of morning TV" and alludes to her as a "half-bright."
Couric's co-stars don't get away unscathed, either.
Matt Lauer is chided for "propagandizing daily," while "Today" weekend anchor Jodi Applegate is dubbed a "telegenic half-wit."
NBC spokeswoman Allison Gollust told The Post: "We find it ironic that while Coulter questions the credibility of Matt and Katie throughout her book, she has no problem asking them to promote the book on their show."
Couric Vs. Coulter
Afghan Women
Burqa's
Afghan women wait to be processed at a refugee centre in Pul-i-Charkhi near Kabul.
Photo by Caren Firouz
Handy Link
Shakespeare Insults
Shakespeare insults, quotes and acidic quotations
Force British Army Into Retreat
Oasis
The British Army has recalled 300 promotional videos featuring music by rock band Oasis after the songs were used without the band's permission, the Ministry of Defense said on Saturday.
The singles "Wonderwall" and "Hello" from the Gallagher brothers' hit 1995 album "What's the Story Morning Glory" were featured on the soundtrack to a video produced for the Highlanders regiment.
An MOD spokesman said the Highlanders were unaware they needed the band's permission to use the music until it was "brought to their attention."
Media reports said lawyers for the Britpop veterans ordered the Edinburgh-based regiment to remove the songs or face legal action after Noel Gallagher refused to allow the music to be used.
The reports said the army then sought approval from the band's record label but it was denied. The MOD spokesman declined to confirm this.
Oasis
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Lands New Gig
Pets.com Sock Puppet
It wasn't his first job choice, but at least the Pets.com sock puppet hasn't joined the high-tech unemployment line.
One of the most recognizable icons of the dot-com era has a new agent and has inked a new deal for a California financing company.
The puppet is now represented by Hakan & Associates, Inc., the same company orchestrating the comeback of Taco Bell mascot Gidgey the Famous Chihuahua. It's just signed on as the
mascot for 1-800-Bar None, a Pleasanton, Calif.-based company that provides car financing for people with bad credit.
The sock puppet has been out of work since online pet store Pets.com was forced to shut down for lack of funds in November 2000. Hakan Enterprises, Inc. bought the rights to the
icon in 2001 for $125,000 during the Pets.com liquidation.
Pets.com Sock Puppet
Fun Link
Vodkaphiles
Vodkaphiles
Snarky Gossip
Rebecca Broussard
While Jack Nicholson is in NYC filming "Anger Management," the mother of his children, Rebecca Broussard, has been charged in an air-rage incident.
The 34-year-old former waitress allegedly caused a ruckus on board Virgin Atlantic Flight 24 from Los Angeles to London Tuesday night, forcing
an emergency landing in the Canadian city of Winnipeg.
Reports say Broussard used foul language and railed against flight attendants for refusing to refill her Champagne flute. "I want some Champagne.
I've paid $4,000 for this ticket," she is reported to have said.
An airline spokeswoman confirmed that there was a problem passenger on that flight. "She was extremely disruptive and physically and verbally
abused a crew member," says the rep. "The plane was met by local authorities, and she was taken to a nearby hospital."
Rebecca Broussard
100,000 In Berlin
Christopher Street Day
Hunderttausende tanzen zum Christopher Street Day durch Berlin
Junge Männer tanzen bei der Christopher-Street-Day-Parade in Berlin auf einem Wagen vor der Gedächtniskirche. Mehr als eine halbe Millionen Zuschauer schauen sich den traditionellen Umzug an.
Won't Boycott CNN and BBC
Israel Satellite TV
Israel's YES satellite television provider said Sunday it would continue to carry CNN International and BBC World despite public calls to pull the two news channels
off the air for alleged pro-Palestinian bias.
"We are not censors and will not decide for our subscribers what to see and what not to see," CEO Shlomo Liran said in a statement.
YES Thursday began broadcasting the Fox News Channel as an alternative news outlet for subscribers. Fox is owned by Australian-born media magnate Rupert Murdoch, who is
regarded as a staunch supporter of Israel.
For a lot more, Israel Satellite TV
BartCop TV!
Franklin's Kite Marks Anniversary
Ben Franklin
Legend has it that 250 years ago this month, Benjamin Franklin sailed a kite and a key into a stormy Philadelphia sky and made a shocking discovery: Lightning was a form of electricity.
His test sparked criticism from clergy who feared he was challenging God and earned him acclaim in America and Europe as one of the greatest minds of his era. It continues to generate
debate among some historians who say Franklin might not have even conducted the experiment taught to generations of schoolchildren.
"It did happen," said Roy E. Goodman, a historian and curator at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. "We don't have the place but we know it was conducted on the
fringes of downtown and we have Priestley's report and his recollections from Franklin."
According to that account, the 46-year-old inventor and his 21-year-old son William set out one day in June 1752 to prove Franklin's theory about the nature of lightning.
The pair went into a field to await a thunderstorm, and a passing storm cloud - not a lightning bolt - negatively charged the kite, string and key. Franklin wasn't jolted because
he was holding a piece of dry silk that insulated him from the charge. But when he touched the key, a spark jumped to his hand.
For the rest, Ben Franklin
Description of Franklin's experiment
American Philosophical Society
The Bakken Library and Museum
The Franklin Institute
Ubiquitous Pop Princess
Britney Spears
Ubiquitous pop princess Britney Spears has been named the world's most powerful celebrity by Forbes magazine in its annual "Celebrity 100" list. Spears, who earned an estimated 26.1 million pounds
in the past year and a shower of media coverage, is shown performing in Las Vegas on May 24, 2002.
Photo by Ethan Miller
Interesting Link
Projections
Projections: a futurist at the movies
Snarky Gossip
Sarah Jessica Parker
Though she's famous and pregnant, Sarah Jessica Parker gets no preferential treatment from the NYPD. The other night, Parker went to see her pal and fellow "Sex and the City" star
Mario Cantone in his one-man show at the American Airlines Theatre. After the show, Parker was mobbed by hordes of fans and paparazzi. According to an eyewitness, the bubbly blonde
raced up to an officer in a cop buggy and asked him to "get her out of there." But the cop, citing regulations, declined, and left her to fend for herself.
Sarah Jessica Parker
Stamp to Be Unveiled
Harry Houdini
A new stamp honoring Harry Houdini will be unveiled July 5 at the Houdini Historical Center in the magician's native Appleton, the U.S. Postal Service says.
The 37-cent stamp will use Houdini's likeness from a 1911 lithographed poster from the collection of Gary H. Mandelblatt.
The issuance of the stamp coincides with the 100th anniversary of the Society of American Magicians. Houdini was president of the society from 1917 until his death in 1926.
Harry Houdini
In The Philippines
Gold Mining
Philippine gold miners drill for gold ore at level 800 at the Lepanto mines near Mankayan town, in the northern province of Benguet, in Luzon, June 22, 2002. Lepanto Consolidate
Mining Co announced early this year it has found a new gold deposit in the country's north and aims to begin commercial production there in the first half of next year. Based on
preliminary studies, Lepanto said the find contained about 1.3 million ounces of gold, of which 250,000 could be considered mineable reserve.
Photo by Fernando Zapata Jr
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Reader Essay
Open Letter to RIAA
By Nina Eliza
Open Letter to RIAA
I'd like to offer my sincere congratulations on your recent court victory over the song-sharing website, AudioGalaxy. Enjoy your win in this battle, because you've already lost the war. The genie is out of the bottle, as they say, and it will not be stopped.
Seven years ago, when the recording industry could have embraced the new medium called the Internet and adapted to its new technology, it chose not to. Now, your industry is paying the price, and will keep paying and paying and paying.
We, the people who truly love music and musicians, aren't buying the line that song sharing is hurting your artists. We know the truth: that the recording industry as it stands today is far more adept at hurting artists than we will ever be. Moreover, individual record companies, as well as the industry in general, have done so time after time.
History is littered with examples. In 1987, when Warner Brothers Records had one of its highest-grossing years ever, it celebrated by releasing the contracts of Bonnie Raitt, Van Morrison, and Loudon Wainwright III, among other very accomplished (yet older) musicians. These artists were certainly high caliber; Bonnie Raitt alone went on to win 7 Grammies 3 years later.
The excellent English band XTC had to go on strike for 7 years against Virgin Records, just to get released from a contract that kept them impoverished throughout their entire career. Ironically, they gave their new music away to fans during this time, yet had to support themselves with delivery work.
The R&B group TLC is the best-selling female band in recording history. However, in 1995 they had to file bankruptcy; even when their album, CrazySexyCool, was number one on the charts, sold 11 million copies, and had three hit singles. Before TLC, The Supremes had the honor of being the best-selling female band of all time; yet Florence Wilson, a founding member, could not support herself on her royalties, dying at the age of 46 on welfare.
The list goes on and on. While some artists simply make bad business decisions, but most artists left in poverty are innocent victims of ruthless contracts. Of particular note are the hundreds of Blues and R&B artists who labored in the mid twentieth century under recording contracts so draconian that many were forced to leave music altogether in order to support themselves. This problem is so pandemic that there is actually a charity just for these musicians (http://www.rhythm-n-blues.org/).
Some musical performers want to become as rich and famous as Britney Spears, but most do not. Most musicians just want to be able to support themselves by doing what they love, perhaps raise a family, and hopefully have enough money to keep themselves and their family safe and secure. Considering the tremendous value their music adds to the world, these artists should expect at least that much.
We, the true lovers of music and musicians, expect that too. We don't want the artists that we love not to have control over their creative output, we don't want them to live in poverty, and we want them to be well rewarded for all that they have given us.
File sharing must seem like vicious anarchy to you. In truth it is; it's chaotic, imperfect, and very effective. Certainly, most among us simply want free music, but a dedicated few want something more. We want to cripple the recording industry, and free the musicians that have been kept on their knees for too long. File sharing certainly is anarchy, but it's also an anarchistic revolution.
Why do we want to cripple you fine folks? You've kept some of our most beloved musicians in abject poverty. You've kept the price of CDs artificially high. You have flooded the market with hundreds of one-hit wonders that have sloppy, lazy, albums; yet you expect us to buy those albums for one good song. You have voluntarily chosen to censor and stigmatize the work of your own musicians. You sign starry-eyed youths and award them fat advances, then you recoup more than 100% percent of the cost of producing their first album from their profit, often leaving the artist broke and enslaved (this is called sharecropping). In other words, we want to cripple because you sought to cripple us, and the artists we love.
The artists are going to land on their feet, because they are going to find a way to support themselves through their art by hook or crook; history definitely proves this. Many have already figured out that they can sell their music directly to the public via the Internet. Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, and Public Enemy are already doing this. Aimee Mann herself has said that she has made more money from the first album she sold on the Internet than all of her previous albums combined.
Several small, passionate, record companies who actually care about their artists recognized that AudioGalaxy, as the largest and most comprehensive file-sharing website in America (if not the world), could be an excellent promotional opportunity. They wisely cooperated with AudioGalaxy by authorizing the use of select songs, thereby insuring a much larger audience than they could have garnered by using traditional methods of promotion. These musicians now have solid fan bases and bright futures.
More and more artists are going to realize that file sharing is not the enemy. Many artists themselves use websites like AudioGalaxy to find new music or old favorites - perhaps because they can't afford to buy the CDs either. As the recording industry litigates itself into obsolescence, more and more musicians are going to recognize the tremendous potential the Internet has for gaining a worldwide audience. In time, more and more artists are going to prosper from the very thing you're fighting to crush today, and true music fans all over the world will rejoice.
As for you, the major recording companies with bloated middle management and colossal arrogance, I advise you to find something else to do. The mere possession of an MBA is no longer going to guarantee you security in the recording industry. Perhaps you should consider another industry, like tobacco.
Sincerely,
Nina Eliza
Music Lover, Revolutionary
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