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I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus.
Conor Oberst
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Conor Oberst
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: February 15
Guitarist
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Omaha
Nebraska
Conor Mullen Oberst
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