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If you're standing in the middle of a ring and you're playing the villain, and everyone is booing and throwing things at you, that's real.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Things
Ring
Throwing
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Standing
Playing
Middle
Everyone
Booing
Real
Villain

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