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Traditionally, lots of vagrants and unemployable characters wind up working in kitchens.

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Alex Kapranos
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Almondsbury
Gloucestershire
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley
Kitchens
Traditionally
Kitchen
Lots
Characters
Wind
Working
Unemployable
Character
Vagrants

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