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Archiving is extremely expensive and time consuming. I'm sure an archivist would tell me I'm doing it wrong. It's an industry that's built upon essential ideas, and some of those practices are abusive.

Ian MacKaye

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Ian MacKaye
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: April 16
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Guitarist
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Washington
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