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Boho to me is a first-year student who's just discovered the tie-dye shop.

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Alex Kapranos
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Guitarist
Musician
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Songwriter
Almondsbury
Gloucestershire
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley
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