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The game Rock Band has been haunting me like a bad ring tone. It gets stuck in my head and momentarily effaces all that I love about music.

Carrie Brownstein

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Carrie Brownstein
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: September 27
Actor
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Seattle
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Carrie Rachel Grace Brownstein
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