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From a very young age, I was the kind of kid you can just put anywhere and I'd still find stuff to be stoked about.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Still
Find
Stoked
Kind
Anywhere
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Stuff
Kids
Stills
Young

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