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Conservative forces in the South have a lot of power - almost dynastic - dating back many years.
John Darnielle
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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
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People say friends don't destroy one another. What do they know about friends?
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Back in the 90s, if you did mail order in music, you could make a good living doing it if you could hustle.
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I usually kind of can't wait until my records leak. Back in the day, you could give people tapes, but you can't do that anymore, because it would be available to everyone on the planet within an hour.
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Everybody is in various states of needing to transcend something. I believe in mental health care, but when we call people crazy, we exclude them from our circle.
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