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Tonight, I feel like my whole body is made out of memories. I'm a mix-tape, a cassette that's been rewound so many times you can hear the fingerprints smudged on the tape.

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Rob Sheffield
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: February 2
Journalist
Music Critic
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the United States of America
Robert James Sheffield
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