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I've been getting plenty off my chest. Sometimes I get too much off my chest and I regret it.

Stephen Malkmus

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Stephen Malkmus
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 30
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Santa Monica
California
Stephen Joseph Malkmus
Chest
Plenty
Regret
Getting
Sometimes
Much

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The earlier stuff is more like this is happening to me, but now there are more songs that are accusatory or something, or more declaratory. I don't know where that voice comes from, like, I've been down the road, we've been there and done that. That's sort of like a tougher style, or a less vulnerable style.
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It's easy to be negatively funny about personalities in the media. It's just kind of a cheap laugh.
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