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The last 42 things I listened to on my iPod:
Dance Fever Revisited – Melodious Owl, Oscillator EP
One For John Gee – Jethro Tull , This Was
Lightning Strikes Twice – Saint Etienne, Tales from the Turnpike House
Discipline – King Crimson, Discipline
Grow Old With Me – John Lennon, Milk and Honey
Waited Forever – Sebadoh, The Freed [...]
Today I received an email from the website Helium informing me that I had been granted “Premier Writer” status. I thought this odd since I had only written three articles on the site. Apparently the fact that those articles were well reviewed by Helium users had granted me the coveted “Premier Writer” badge. Yippee!!
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