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I need to go someplace faraway that doesn't have telephones and doesn't have a record player and doesn't have movie theaters and people walking down the street in order to not do anything.

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Will Oldham
Age: 53
Born: 1970
Born: December 24
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Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk.
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