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You know what would be fun? Nobody wants to play Guitar Hero. But you can play the Beatles! You loved the Beatles!

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Amanda Hocking
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 12
Novelist
Writer
Rochester
Minnesota
Guitar
Hero
Nobody
Fun
Wants
Loved
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Beatles

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