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by Harold
Mon Jan 01, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: EOY 2023
Topic: EOY Albums: List Updates
Replies: 44
Views: 16063

Re: EOY Albums: List Updates

Rob wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2024 6:50 pm 39 | SZA | SOS
How many points did SOS receive on the 2022 spreadsheet? Enough to take it off the bubble when combined with its 2023 total?
by Harold
Mon Jan 01, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?: Updated 1,000 Greatest Films (2024 edition)
Replies: 1
Views: 590

They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?: Updated 1,000 Greatest Films (2024 edition)

Not wishing to waste any time in the new year, TSPDT has already posted their annual update of The 1,000 Greatest Films list! ( https://www.theyshootpictures.com/ ) This is obviously a much less momentous update than last year's Sight & Sound-driven game-changer, with only 12 new entries (the hi...
by Harold
Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:55 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P. Shane MacGowan (Pogues)
Replies: 4
Views: 989

R.I.P. Shane MacGowan (Pogues)

Shane MacGowan, the great (but incredibly self-destructive) frontman of the Pogues, has passed away at age 65 after a prolonged illness: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67546785 I recently listened to the band's two masterpieces again, without being aware of everything MacGowan had recen...
by Harold
Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:45 pm
Forum: Other magazines/websites
Topic: PASTE (USA) - The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs Of All Time (2014)
Replies: 4
Views: 1590

Re: PASTE (USA) - The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs Of All Time (2014)

StevieFan13 wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2023 3:54 pm Women don't make garage rock, apparently (unless their name's Meg White, I suppose)
Or Poison Ivy Rorschach: 19. The Cramps, “I Was a Teenage Werewolf”

Addendum: Or Alison Mosshart!: 47. The Kills, “Love Is a Deserter”
by Harold
Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:45 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: PREDICTIONS - AMF All-Time Favorite Albums (2023 Edition)
Replies: 73
Views: 141336

Re: PREDICTIONS - AMF All-Time Favorite Albums (2023 Edition)

Zorg wrote: Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:43 pm Here's a top 10 guess

1. OK Computer
2. Revolver
3. Pet Sounds
4. VU&N
5. Abbey Road
6. Blonde on Blonde
7. Ziggy Stardust
8. London Calling
9. Highway 61
10. Nevermind
You may have missed that Blonde on Blonde was #20... Your missing album here is The Queen is Dead.
by Harold
Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:16 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: PREDICTIONS - AMF All-Time Favorite Albums (2023 Edition)
Replies: 73
Views: 141336

Re: PREDICTIONS - AMF All-Time Favorite Albums (2023 Edition)

First off, I'm sorry I didn't participate in the poll this time around - just haven't been in the right headspace to compile a list. (At least New York Dolls still managed to make it into the top 1000 anyway!) So, we're down to the top 250. There's only one new entry (out of the announced 134) that ...
by Harold
Wed Aug 09, 2023 9:00 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P. Robbie Robertson
Replies: 2
Views: 2090

R.I.P. Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson, guitarist and songwriter of The Band (and longtime Martin Scorsese collaborator), has died at age 80:

https://pitchfork.com/news/the-bands-ro ... ies-at-80/

Huge loss. That leaves Garth Hudson as the last surviving member.
by Harold
Wed Jul 19, 2023 7:59 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Top 3000 Albums: Combined BEA/RYM List (January 1, 2022)
Replies: 3
Views: 4520

Re: Top 3000 Albums: Combined BEA/RYM List (January 1, 2022)

The RYM chart has changed a lot in the last year ... As has my motivation to want to update this, LOL. But yes, RYM has certainly changed quite a bit - among other things, OK Computer has been dethroned at #1 by To Pimp a Butterfly. Here's the current (as of July 18) RYM top 10 (artist names not ne...
by Harold
Wed May 17, 2023 8:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Important Visual Novels?
Replies: 4
Views: 2706

Re: Important Visual Novels?

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/drawn-out-the-50-best-non-superhero-graphic-novels-29579/puma-blues-stephen-murphy-michael-zulli-173404/ someone from the forum wanted to start a project like this maybe send him/her a message Visual novels (which I have only heard of just now v...
by Harold
Tue May 09, 2023 12:25 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: MCCh 2023: April 30
Replies: 7
Views: 3454

Re: MCCh 2023: April 30

Seriously though, I dislike how Jessie Ware's title does not have a exclamation mark after 'Feels'. It feels off this way. Same here. The album should be: That Feels Good! That! Feels! Good! That! Feels!! Good!!! That Feels...Good? That? Feels Good! But not: That! Feels Good! THAT Feel? ...S'Good!
by Harold
Sat Mar 25, 2023 2:31 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: Your Sight & Sound Ballots
Replies: 34
Views: 7750

Re: Your Sight & Sound Ballots

Chronological:

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
The Godfather (1972)
Mean Streets (1973)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
by Harold
Fri Mar 24, 2023 4:45 pm
Forum: Specific lists (from broader sources)
Topic: Independent (UK) - The 40 best song lyrics of all time, from Leonard Cohen to Fleetwood Mac and Kate Bush (2022)
Replies: 3
Views: 1383

Re: Independent (UK) - The 40 best song lyrics of all time, from Leonard Cohen to Fleetwood Mac and Kate Bush (2022)

In case anyone else is vigorously shaking their heads in disbelief at some of these, it should be noted that these picks are for specific lines that are quoted at the top of each song's entry, not necessarily for the entire lyric set. It's a very subjective list, as anything like this would be, with...
by Harold
Mon Feb 13, 2023 5:42 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P. Trugoy the Dove (De La Soul)
Replies: 2
Views: 1068

R.I.P. Trugoy the Dove (De La Soul)

Doesn't look like anyone's posted this yet - Trugoy the Dove (real name David Jolicoeur), one of the two great MC's from De La Soul, passed away over the weekend at age 54 (no cause announced, but he had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure in recent years): https://pitchfork.com/news/de-la-...
by Harold
Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:01 pm
Forum: ALL TIME
Topic: Treble (US) - Treble 100: A Series on Our All-Time Favorite Albums
Replies: 10
Views: 4527

Re: Treble (US) - Treble 100: A Series on Our All-Time Favorite Albums

Updated to 91, pretty sure they never posted #95 #95 is Husker Du's Zen Arcade. It's definitely listed on the website, but the essay on the album has been made accessible exclusively on Treble's Patreon site. The intro says that approximately one album essay a month will only be available to subscr...
by Harold
Wed Feb 01, 2023 12:13 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: The Upcoming Sight & Sound 2022 Poll
Replies: 67
Views: 86352

Re: The Upcoming Sight & Sound 2022 Poll

Full critics' top 250 is up, and...they've already fucked up the presentation. As of right now (11AM Chicago time), the site is displaying a three-way tie at #84 that then jumps to #88 (not #87), and somehow Godard's Histoire(s) du Cinema - which was previously part of a four-way #84 tie - has disa...
by Harold
Tue Jan 31, 2023 4:55 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: The Upcoming Sight & Sound 2022 Poll
Replies: 67
Views: 86352

Re: The Upcoming Sight & Sound 2022 Poll

Full critics' top 250 is up, and...they've already fucked up the presentation. As of right now (11AM Chicago time), the site is displaying a three-way tie at #84 that then jumps to #88 (not #87), and somehow Godard's Histoire(s) du Cinema - which was previously part of a four-way #84 tie - has disap...
by Harold
Thu Jan 12, 2023 3:53 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P. Jeff Beck
Replies: 2
Views: 1457

R.I.P. Jeff Beck

Jeff Beck, one of rock's greatest and most influential guitarists, has died at 78 after a sudden bout of bacterial meningitis: https://pitchfork.com/news/jeff-beck-grammy-winning-guitarist-dies-at-78/ Beck first came to fame as the strikingly innovative lead guitarist of the Yardbirds (following Eri...
by Harold
Tue Dec 06, 2022 3:20 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Kanye West Praises Hitler & The Nazis on Infowars
Replies: 36
Views: 10111

Re: Kanye West Praises Hitler & The Nazis on Infowars

More madness. Two days after the Infowars debacle, Kanye (still decked out in that ridiculous Gimp outfit) sat for a just-released interview with Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes (accompanied by his new BFF Nick Fuentes), on the pretext of McInnes trying to "talk Ye down off the ledge." Na...
by Harold
Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:57 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: The Upcoming Sight & Sound 2022 Poll
Replies: 67
Views: 86352

Re: The Upcoming Sight & Sound 2022 Poll

Bad news for everyone who, like me, is eagerly awaiting the complete poll results and expanded top-films lists for critics and directors - this was just posted to the S&S Twitter account: "A lot of people asking when we’ll publish the individual Top 10 ballots - all votes in the critics’ &a...
by Harold
Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:46 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P. Christine McVie
Replies: 5
Views: 2234

R.I.P. Christine McVie

Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac has died at age 79 "following a short illness": https://pitchfork.com/news/fleetwood-mac-christine-mcvie-dies-at-79/ McVie, ex-wife of founding bassist John McVie, was the band's longtime co-lead singer and keyboardist. Among many other songs, she wrote &qu...
by Harold
Wed Nov 30, 2022 6:50 pm
Forum: EOY 2022
Topic: EOY 2022 - Rolling Stone (FR)
Replies: 7
Views: 2560

Re: EOY 2022 - Rolling Stone (FR)

Yeah most French paper publications missed the poptimism train, or the indie train before that, and the electronic music train before that, and the rap train before that and the punk train before that (though they caught up on that one a bit). The old guard is still strong here ! Yeah, this feels a...
by Harold
Sun Nov 13, 2022 3:55 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P. Keith Levene (Public Image Ltd.)
Replies: 0
Views: 1078

R.I.P. Keith Levene (Public Image Ltd.)

Keith Levene, the inventive and influential guitarist of Public Image Ltd. who was also a founding (if short-lived, departing before they ever recorded anything) member of The Clash, has died at age 65 of liver cancer: https://pitchfork.com/news/keith-levene-the-clash-and-public-image-ltd-guitarist-...
by Harold
Mon Nov 07, 2022 7:51 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Jerry Lee Lewis Dies at 87
Replies: 10
Views: 3715

Re: Jerry Lee Lewis Dies at 87

... any Jerry Lee Lewis marriage that you get out of alive is a net positive.) Here's one of the strangest coincidences I've ever come across: Lewis once guest-starred on an episode of William Shatner's unintentionally hilarious cop show T.J. HOOKER (Lewis played himself, of course, and it wasn't j...
by Harold
Mon Nov 07, 2022 7:36 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Morrissey Capitol Record Deal, sees a new album featuring Iggy Pop
Replies: 20
Views: 4354

Re: Morrissey Capitol Record Deal, sees a new album featuring Iggy Pop

Grimes is another one making things difficult. It’s one thing to think the Earth is flat. It’s another to be literally married to the man trying to get humanity to Mars and still think it. Just a quick note that Grimes isn't with He-Who-Should-Not-Be-Named anymore and hasn't been for quite some tim...
by Harold
Fri Oct 28, 2022 7:08 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Jerry Lee Lewis Dies at 87
Replies: 10
Views: 3715

Re: Jerry Lee Lewis Dies at 87

Lewis was the last survivor of the inaugural 1986 class of inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (the other nine: Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, and the Everly Brothers). It is truly the end of an era.
by Harold
Wed Oct 05, 2022 2:33 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P. Loretta Lynn
Replies: 0
Views: 2746

R.I.P. Loretta Lynn

Just thought there should be a thread noting the passing, at age 90, of country legend Loretta Lynn. The Coal Miner's Daughter certainly had an incredible, singular life.
by Harold
Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:39 pm
Forum: Other year spans
Topic: Consequence of Sound (USA) - Top 75 Albums of the Last 15 Years
Replies: 8
Views: 2323

Re: Consequence of Sound (USA) - Top 75 Albums of the Last 15 Years

Jim, there are four albums missing in your transcription (11-13 and 17). #11 is Kamasi Washington's Heaven and Earth, which means that, yes, the 11 albums from the last 15 years that are in their all-time top 100 actually match this one. That is actually distressingly rare in cases like this (Rollin...
by Harold
Mon Sep 05, 2022 4:14 am
Forum: ALL TIME
Topic: Blender (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Songs to Download Right Now! (2008)
Replies: 9
Views: 11208

Re: Blender (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Songs to Download Right Now! (2008)

StevieFan13 wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 2:46 am Couple of the song titles in the American Idol section seem misspelled.
I dunno, Stevie. I think Jesus could use a vacation now and then. He's earned the week and He should definitely take it!
by Harold
Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:13 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Don't let Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation" crash your computer
Replies: 6
Views: 2204

Re: Don't let Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation" crash your computer

Haven't clicked on the link. This is a Rickroll, isn't it? :mrgreen:
by Harold
Wed Aug 10, 2022 3:23 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Blasphemous Country
Replies: 3
Views: 1468

Re: Blasphemous Country

And this is a critics' list how, exactly? Wrong forum.

Sounds like a hilarious song, though.
by Harold
Sun Jul 31, 2022 9:09 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: MCCh 2022 (12) July 15
Replies: 9
Views: 7559

Re: MCCh 2022 (12) July 15

discord wrote: Sun Jul 31, 2022 8:22 pm Where's the new one?
If you look at the main Mega-Critic thread, Otisredding didn't guarantee a date for the new list (it just says "July ??"). He may be on vacation.
by Harold
Fri Jun 10, 2022 2:06 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P. Julee Cruise
Replies: 4
Views: 1937

R.I.P. Julee Cruise

Julee Cruise, the ethereal singer best known for her collaborations with David Lynch (“Mysteries of Love” was in Blue Velvet, and “Falling” was the basis of the iconic Twin Peaks theme) has passed away at age 65. She had been battling lupus for years, and a Facebook post by her husband quoted in new...
by Harold
Sat Mar 26, 2022 2:50 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P. Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters drummer)
Replies: 2
Views: 5067

R.I.P. Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters drummer)

Taylor Hawkins, the longtime drummer for Foo Fighters, has died unexpectedly at 50. Hawkins was found dead in his hotel room in Bogota, Colombia shortly before FF were to play a show there. No cause has been announced yet. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/entertainment/taylor-hawkins-foo-fighters-obit...
by Harold
Mon Mar 21, 2022 5:12 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Lost music
Replies: 34
Views: 18450

Re: Lost music

BleuPanda wrote: Mon Mar 21, 2022 4:44 pm...who?
NetJade, a.k.a. JadePalooka, was a merry (and sometimes malevolent) prankster whose surrealistic word-salad posts enlivened and baffled this forum for a long time back in the bygones. They haven't been around for a while but it would not be at all surprising if that's who the HumphHive is.
by Harold
Mon Mar 21, 2022 4:39 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Lost music
Replies: 34
Views: 18450

Re: Lost music

Looks like the lightbulb went on for all of us at the same time!
by Harold
Mon Mar 21, 2022 4:39 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Lost music
Replies: 34
Views: 18450

Re: Lost music

I can't possibly be the only one who has a pretty good idea regarding the identity of the Humphrey family? (StevieFan likely hit the nail on the head with "sense of humor." If I'm correct, it may just be a long lost friend that's the head of the household.) ;) Hmmm... Jamie, I might have ...
by Harold
Tue Mar 01, 2022 3:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Forum spamming (again)
Replies: 12
Views: 11778

Forum spamming (again)

Our mysterious (or maybe not so mysterious) Van Gogh/free jazz spammer is at it again, this time creating multiple accounts as "Humphrey" and having a conversation with themselves over at the Testing Ground forum. What. The. Actual. Hell.
by Harold
Sat Feb 26, 2022 2:55 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums of 2022 Discussion Thread
Replies: 263
Views: 568900

Re: Albums of 2022 Discussion Thread

New Big Thief and Beach House albums are good but why do they need to be sooooo long? I wonder if it's some kind of (coincidental) statement, saying that albums - big, ambitious albums - still matter. It's odd that this early in the year, two of the three most highly acclaimed albums so far are bot...
by Harold
Tue Feb 22, 2022 9:25 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P.: Gary Brooker (Procol Harum)
Replies: 4
Views: 4201

Re: R.I.P.: Gary Brooker (Procol Harum)

Brad wrote: Tue Feb 22, 2022 9:19 pm Make it stop Harold!
If only I could!
by Harold
Tue Feb 22, 2022 9:07 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P.: Gary Brooker (Procol Harum)
Replies: 4
Views: 4201

R.I.P.: Gary Brooker (Procol Harum)

Another distinctive voice has been silenced - Gary Brooker, the lead singer/pianist of Procol Harum, passed away over the weekend from cancer at 76:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... y-1310688/
by Harold
Tue Feb 22, 2022 8:19 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P.: Mark Lanegan
Replies: 4
Views: 3783

R.I.P.: Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan, who in addition to his acclaimed solo work was the frontman of Screaming Trees (and frequent Queens of the Stone Age guest vocalist as well), has died at age 57 at his home in Ireland. https://pitchfork.com/news/mark-lanegan-screaming-trees-and-queens-of-the-stone-age-singer-dies-at-57...
by Harold
Fri Feb 18, 2022 4:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Do it for Van Gogh": Forum spamming
Replies: 19
Views: 16137

Re: "Do it for Van Gogh": Forum spamming

...And he's back again, this time as "Van Gogh's lost ear." Two posts in the "New to the forum" thread.
by Harold
Mon Feb 14, 2022 3:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Do it for Van Gogh": Forum spamming
Replies: 19
Views: 16137

Re: "Do it for Van Gogh": Forum spamming

Van Gogh's final ear wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 11:50 am It's all good. You're safe. I'm just an ear. I don't want to hurt anyone. Here's a picture of me:

remarkable
... and he's deleted all six previous posts, leaving only this one.

"Get out! Get out while you still can! The calls are coming from INSIDE THE FORUM!!!"
by Harold
Sun Feb 13, 2022 9:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Do it for Van Gogh": Forum spamming
Replies: 19
Views: 16137

Re: "Do it for Van Gogh": Forum spamming

Nick wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 7:06 pm
Live in Phoenix wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 6:56 pm Van Gogh was kinduva jerk.
Van Gogh may have been a jerk, but I have it on good authority that Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.
Not in New York!
by Harold
Sat Feb 12, 2022 4:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Do it for Van Gogh": Forum spamming
Replies: 19
Views: 16137

"Do it for Van Gogh": Forum spamming

Well, this is unusual - a new user calling himself "Van Gogh's final ear" is spamming random threads all over the forum, simply posting images of Van Gogh paintings. Nothing harmful about this, but it's off-topic, to say the least. "You stay alive, baby. Do it for Van Gogh." - Fr...
by Harold
Fri Feb 11, 2022 7:55 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums of 2022 Discussion Thread
Replies: 263
Views: 568900

Re: Albums of 2022 Discussion Thread

I always thought BCNR were considered post-rock - I can maybe see a post-punk edge to their brand of post-rock, but my most immediate comparison is Slint. Of course, the band would agree, self-deprecatingly referring to themselves in "Science Fair" as "the world's second-best Slint t...
by Harold
Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:32 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?: New list for 2022 available!
Replies: 33
Views: 19540

Re: They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?: New list for 2022 available!

2. The Demon’s Waltz (5239) This ( https://www.lecinemaclub.com/journal/nick-pinkerton-film-list/ ) is the only list I could find that mentions it. . Great detective work! Yep, that's it; the Hong Kong film Pinkerton mentions ( Trilogy of Lust ) is directly below The Demon's Waltz on the Starting L...
by Harold
Fri Feb 11, 2022 2:25 am
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?: New list for 2022 available!
Replies: 33
Views: 19540

Re: They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?: New list for 2022 available!

2. The Demon’s Waltz (5239) This film, directed by one Ryan Callaway, is the highest-ranked film from 2021 on the Starting List. I have never heard of it before, and I suspect no one else here has, either. I looked it up, and it's an extremely micro-budgeted (and, apparently, aggressively pro-Chris...
by Harold
Thu Feb 10, 2022 4:59 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?: New list for 2022 available!
Replies: 33
Views: 19540

They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?: New list for 2022 available!

If you're a regular visitor to They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? ( http://theyshootpictures.com ), you know that Bill informed everyone last month that the annual site update, including the new 1,000 Greatest Films list, is delayed indefinitely due to illness. Well, today there's great news: Bill has...
by Harold
Thu Feb 10, 2022 4:33 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: The Upcoming Sight & Sound 2022 Poll
Replies: 67
Views: 86352

Re: The Upcoming Sight & Sound 2022 Poll

Unfortunately, the man who runs TSPDT updated the site with a message about an (apparently not life-threatening but currently debilitating) illness, so the next update has been delayed until he gets better. I saw that, too. Glad to hear it isn't anything life-threatening, but it does sounds serious...

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