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by Freddie on March 28, 2009

the music.

Freddie deBoer used to blog at lhote.blogspot.com, and may again someday. Now he blogs here.

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1 E.D. Kain March 29, 2009 at 2:23 am: This sort of reminds me of my brother's music. I love the piano but was never able to keep up. Guitar grabbed my attention with a little more gusto…

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