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Do every stupid thing that makes you feel alive.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Stupid
Alive
Makes
Feel
Feels
Thing
Every

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