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People make maps of all the places I've mentioned. I knew that those people were out there. I wanted to create something for them.
Craig Finn
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Craig Finn
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 22
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I would never talk to a girl in a bar, like a pick-up thing. But I could talk to anyone if they wore a t-shirt of a band I like.
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