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After Sleater-Kinney broke up in 2006 I had very little desire to play music. It took well over three years before picking up a guitar meant anything to me other than an exercise.
Carrie Brownstein
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Carrie Brownstein
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: September 27
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