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I remember performing in Russia when I was twenty, and I stayed at this hotel with 3000 rooms. There were sailors knocking on my room door, wanting to barter stuffed animals with Marlboros that I had been instructed to bring!

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Anne Akiko Meyers
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 15
Musician
Violinist
San Diego
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