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THING, THE FUTURE OF ROCK N ROLL! They had the look,
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hood idols. But I doubt that meeting Elle Fanning would leave me
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had about the scene. Does that make sense?
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ever I grab, old clubkid pics; old press clippings; old party flyers;
old family pics, WHATEVER, and telling the stories behind them. ,W�V DW 6NURGOXYUWXPEOUFRP 'RQ�W WHOO DQ\RQH EHFDXVH ,�P MXVW doing it for myself, in case my house burns down and I lose eve-
rything, God forbid, at least those memories will still be on the
internet.