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There's also a lot of skateboard stuff, because I was a skateboarder. Somewhere around here I have one of my original boards.

Ian MacKaye

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Ian MacKaye
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: April 16
Composer
Guitarist
Singer
Washington
District of Columbia
Original
Somewhere
Stuff
Around
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Skateboard
Skateboarder
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