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Friday’s Music

Published on: May 17, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Austin Lucas, Glossary, Hinder, Juanita's, Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, Rev Room, The Dreaming, Trapt, Wanda Jackson, White Water Tavern

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Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires.

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Those opening piano chords in “Trouble Won’t Last Always” from Tennessee-based Glossary‘s October 2011 album Long Live All Of Us tells you quickly the 12-track record is going to be a rollicking good time filled with boogie R&B, horn-filled soul and pedal steel-laced country. And it’s all Southern-blessed rock ‘n’ roll the band delivers on record and live, including at a White Water Tavern show. Also on the bill will be dirty Alabama rock ‘n’ roll act Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires and folk punk singer/songwriter Austin Lucas. The music starts at 9 p.m.

The last few years have been kind to the First Lady of Rockabilly: Wanda Jackson. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009 and then her home of Oklahoma City named a street after her. Jackson is a rock ‘n’ roll legend, the queen of rock who scored a Top 40 hit with “Let’s Have a Party” in 1960 and later had a string of country hits. But during the last few years her career and her influence have undergone a revival, playing U.S. and European festivals and recording a new album, The Party Ain’t Over, with Jack White that includes a rollicking cover of Bob Dylan’s “Thunder on the Mountain.” Jackson pays a visit to Rev Room. It’s an all-ages show with the music starting at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 day of show.

“Lips of an Angel” is the 2006 smash that Oklahoma post-grunge band Hinder is known for by the masses. But fans of the band know that power ballad is just the tip of the band’s sound. There is also the glamlike “All American Nightmare” (the title track of the band’s 2010 album) and other hard-hitting rock anthems such as “Use Me.” Joining Hinder for a Juanita’s show presented by 100.3 The Edge will be two California rock bands: Trapt and The Dreaming. The doors open at 9 p.m. with the music starting at 10 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 day of show.

Here are Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires with their “Everything You Took”:

Everything You Took

Thursday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: May 16, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Bluesboy Jag, Booyah! Dad, Cornerstone Pub, Foul Play Cabaret, Josh Abbott Band, Rev Room, Rob Baird, The Afterthought, Tiger High, White Water Tavern

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Tiger High.

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These guys in Memphis-based Tiger High have quite the musical pedigree. Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jake Vest was in Jack Oblivian and The Trashed Romeos, and drummer Greg Roberson was in Reigning Sound, Arthur Lee’s Love, The Trashed Romeos, Jack Oblivian and Compulsive Gamblers. The duo are joined by two of Vest’s longtime musical partners: brother Toby Vest and Greg Faison, and the quartet create infectious garage rock with power pop melodies that you can dance to on their Myth Is This album. Joining Tiger High for a White Water Tavern show will be the full-on dance rock/punk assault of Little Rock’s Booyah! Dad and the burlesque show of Hot Springs’ Foul Play Cabaret. The night gets going at 9:30 p.m.

Jack White’s new album hit No. 1 on iTunes’ all-genres album chart. What was the No. 2 album behind it for a while? The independent release Small Town Family Dream from Texas country — with a touch of Red Dirt — group Josh Abbott Band. The band’s new album also hit No. 5 on Billboard‘s Top Country Albums Chart. Abbott and band are coming to Rev Room. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door with the music starting at 9 p.m. with opening act Rob Baird and his Americana/country hybrid music found on his new album I Swear It’s the Truth. It’s an all-ages show.

North Little Rock cigar-box luthier and hill country blues master Bluesboy Jag is busy this weekend. Thursday night he and band — harmonica player and vocalist Jawbone Kenyon, drummer Joe Roitz and bassist Bass Joe — play The Afterthought at 8 p.m. There’s no cover. Friday night the band plays Cornerstone Pub at 8 p.m., and Saturday the band plays Levy United Methodist Church for an Amboy Community Food Pantry benefit beginning at 2 p.m.

Here are Tiger High with their “Carry My Love”:

Carry My Love

Saturday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: May 11, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Chris Knight, Dierks Bentley, Eli Young Band, Enjoy LifeStyle Center, Great Forest, Knox Hamilton, Rev Room, Riverfest Amphitheatre, The Cadillac Black, Vino's, we are voices

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Chris Knight.

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You want to hear great Americana/country/folk songs of the 21st century? You get down to the Rev Room and hear Chris Knight, a singer/songwriter who grew up in Slaughters, Ky., and sings about despair, bad luck, sorrow and the rural struggle to survive. During his visit, Knight will hook his emotionally devastating lyrics delivered with a ravaged, raspy voice to twang-y roots rock — following in the footsteps of early Steve Earle and Nebraska-era Bruce Springsteen. No word on an opening act, but expect the music at 9 p.m. with tickets $12 in advance and $15 day of for the 18-and-up show.

Country act Eli Young Band are playing Riverfest Amphitheatre as an opener on Dierks Bentley‘s Country & Cold Cans Tour. That’s enough reason to get down there. Need more? Bentley is touring in support of his February release Home, which has produced two country No. 1 hits: “Am I the Only One” and the title track. Also on the bill is The Cadillac Black, a Nashville, Tenn., trio who play “country fuzz,” a whiskey-fueled mix of country and rock ‘n’ roll. It’s a rain or shine event with the music starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available through all Ticketmaster outlets up to the day of show. Tickets will also be available at Riverfest Amphitheatre starting at 10 a.m. day of show. Pit tickets are sold out. Gates open at 6:30 p.m. for the show presented by KSSN 96.

Here’s how Kansas City, Mo., indie rock band we are voices describe their music: “Music that will make your heart stop and your ears bleed.” Post rock, dreamy pop melodies and atmospheric textures — those are some of we are voices’ favorite things, and a few of the things the band brings to Vino’s. It’s an all-ages show with the music starting at 9 p.m. with a $7 cover. Little Rock dance-y indie rock outfit Knox Hamilton is one of two opening bands. The other is Great Forest, a Little Rock indie rock outfit that released their debut EP in March and appreciate the music of The Rocketboys and Sleeping at Last.

The Enjoy LifeStyle Center in North Little Rock will play host to a free, day-long music festival that will use donations collected to benefit homeless outreach efforts and youth enrichment programs in the metro. The event is from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will include nine bands performing in three genres of music: rock, hip-hop and folk. All bands are competing for individual prizes including recording time, professional photography and radio play from KABF 88.3 FM. The primary beneficiary of this event will be the SOAR Outreach Network.

Here’s Chris Knight with his “North Dakota”:

North Dakota

Wednesday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: May 8, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Adelitas Way, Art Of Dying, Juanita's, Kottonmouth Kings, Rev Room, Stickyz, The Deep Dark Woods, Twiztid

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The Deep Dark Woods.

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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is close to the deep dark woods of Canada, so it’s apt that an indie folk rock quartet from that city would name themselves The Deep Dark Woods. The group is currently on a run of shows far from home that includes a visit to Stickyz. The show starts at 9 p.m. with a $8 cover for the 18-and-up show. The group’s The Place I Left Behind blends “murder ballads alongside scrappy rockers, lovesick hymnals and slow-dance waltzes.”

Yes, High Times once named rap rock group Kottonmouth Kings its Band of the Year so the band does like getting high. (The name of one of their albums? Fire It Up.) But the group also create punk-fueled rap rock, kind of like if Rage Against the Machine, Dr. Dre and early Beastie Boys all got stoned and made music. For a show at Juanita’s, the Kings are bringing along friends and opener Twiztid, a horrorcore hip-hop duo. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. with tickets $25.

Las Vegas hard rock band Adelitas Way are hitting Rev Room with their vicious new rock, including the hits “Sick,” “The Collapse” and “Criticize” from their June 2011 release Home School Valedictorian. The music starts at 9 p.m. with tickets $12 in advance and $15 day of for the all-ages show. Opening the show will be Canadian rock band Art of Dying, a band heading out on their own after some Avalanche Tour dates with Shinedown.

Here are The Deep Dark Woods with their “Hang Me, Oh Hang Me”:

Hang Me, Oh Hang Me

Sunday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: May 5, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Cinco de Mayo Celebration, Grace Askew, Metroplex, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Rev Room, Toad Suck Daze

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Ray Wylie Hubbard.

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The Americana singer/songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard says this about his new album The Grifter’s Hymnal and all his great albums: “Each record I’ve had, none of them have been really easy. I’m glad it is not easy. I appreciate it more. And I care about it more because I really do have to work at it.” The artist, who plays a blend of country, folk, the blues and roots rock, is coming to Rev Room. Just him and drummer Rick Richards. Opening the show is Grace Askew, a Memphis musician who plays a blending of alternative country, Americana, urban folk and jazz. Expect the music at 8 p.m. for the 18-and-up show. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 day of show.

It might be the day after Cinco de Mayo, but it’s the perfect time for the 14th annual Cinco de Mayo Celebration at the Metroplex. The $10 admission includes a $1 donation to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Patricia Guardado Scholarship. The event begins at noon and includes homemade foods from Mexico and Central America, arts and crafts exhibits, and games and entertainment for children along with live music. The party lasts till 8 p.m.

Get down to downtown Conway for the last day of family fun, food, sporting events, arts and crafts, magicians and more, including one last day and night of free, live music as Toad Suck Daze continues. Sunday’s music kicks off at noon and includes Magnolia, faith-inspired alternative rockers belair. at 1:15 p.m., and inspirational singers Jonny Diaz and Todd Agnew. And a reminder: The music is totally free.

Here’s Ray Wylie Hubbard with his “Conversation with the Devil”:

Conversation with the Devil

Friday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: May 3, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Bubba Sparxxx, Ca$h Out, Collin vs. Adam, DJ and VJ Doc Roc, Downtown Music, Epiphany, Ginsu Wives, Juanita's, Lacuna Coil, Peabody Rivertop Party, Rev Room, The Southern Swagg 2012, Toad Suck Daze, Tre' Day, Whale Fire, White Water Tavern

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DJ and VJ Doc Roc.

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After a long, hard, not-too-cold winter, the good times and warm temperatures are here and to celebrate it how about visiting the Peabody Rivertop Party at Peabody Little Rock? Each Friday night through the spring and early summer the rooftop of the downtown Little Rock hotel will be party central. Up first? The Florida-based DJ and VJ Doc Roc, a man known for his video and music mixing. And Doc Roc will be joined at the 2012 series kickoff by Little Rock’s own Tre’ Day and Epiphany. Plus, it’s somebody’s fifth birthday. The party starts at 9 p.m. with a $8 cover at the door.

Ca$h Out without that dollar sign and with a “S” doesn’t mean the same thing on the Internet, unless you want to know what cash-out refinancing is. (It’s a financial term for taking out a loan on property already owned.) But in the case of Ca$h 0ut coming to Rev Room, we’re not concerned with financial terms but with the 21-year-old Fulton County, Ga., native and rapper named John Gibson and who goes by Ca$h Out. Why Ca$h Out? It’s a term the young hip-hop artist came up with for “spending money without discretion.” “Cashin’ Out” is the single you should know. General admission tickets are $15 and VIP tickets are $35 for the 21-and-up show with the music starting at 10 p.m. Tickets are available at Rock City Kicks, Ugly Mike’s Record Shop and Sophisticated Urban.

Juanita’s welcomes Lacuna Coil, the Italian gothic metal band that is in the U.S. for its Dark Legacy Tour 2012. The band’s latest is the early 2012 release Dark Adrenaline, which includes more of Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro’s vocals on 12 tracks, including a cover of R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion.” No word on any supporting acts for Lacuna Coil’s Little Rock stop. The doors open at 9 p.m. with the music starting at 10 p.m. with tickets $15 in advance and $18 day of show.

Street Swagg presents … well, what else? The Southern Swagg 2012 at Downtown Music featuring some of the hottest rappers around. Like who? How about Bubba Sparxxx, the Southern rapper known for his hits “Ms. New Booty” and “Ugly.” Sparxxx will be joined by other rappers such as North Little Rock’s J Bo Cracker Swagger, Atlanta rapper Yard Call, Dees, Illinois rapper Scotty “Steez” Styles, Little Rock gangsta rapper J.U.G. and North Little Rock hip-hop duo North Rock. The doors open at 7 p.m. with the music starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $30 at the door, and VIP tickets are $100.

White Water Tavern is the home of local music this Friday with a trio of bands: Whale Fire, Collin vs. Adam and Ginsu Wives. The music starts at 9:30 p.m. with a $5 cover. North Little Rock’s Whale Fire is the foursome of Clay Grubbs and John Steel on guitars and vocals along with Matthew Steel on bass and vocals, and Will Vick on drums who play hard-charging, guitar-powered indie rock that is loaded with catchy pop melodies and vocal harmonies. Collin vs. Adam is the experimental rock duo of Collin Buchanan on guitar, bass and effects, and Adam Hogg on vocals, keyboards and beats; and Ginsu Wives is a Little Rock experimental, electronic rock group.

Get down to downtown Conway for three days of family fun, food, sporting events, arts and crafts, magicians and more, including three days and nights of free, live music as Toad Suck Daze returns. Friday night, the music kicks off at 5 p.m. and includes R&B singer Kristen Nicole and En Vogue, the R&B vocal group known for their hits “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It),” “Don’t Let Go (Love)” and about a dozen more R&B hits. Saturday’s music kicks off at 11:30 a.m. and includes a lineup of local — Luke Williams and Ryan Couron — and national country acts, including Randy Houser at 8:15 p.m. and Jamey Johnson at 9:30 p.m. Sunday’s music kicks off at noon and includes Magnolia, faith-inspired alternative rockers belair. at 1:15 p.m., and inspirational singers Jonny Diaz and Todd Agnew. And a reminder: The music is totally free.

And here’s Ca$h Out with his “Cashin’ Out”:

Cashin’ Out

Wednesday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: May 1, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Awolnation, Bless the Mic, Bobgoblin, Juanita's, Philander Smith College, Rev Room, Tavis Smiley, Toadies

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Awolnation.

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Awolnation is the band fronted by one Aaron Bruno, a former member of indie pop act Under the Influence of Giants and post-grunge, punk-flavored rock act Hometown Hero. Bruno is a musician who usually listens to either Neil Young’s Harvest or After the Gold Rush when he wakes up in the morning, but whose Awolnation plays music that is all over the map. Indie pop to alternative rock to electronic rock with tons of hooks. And you can dance to it. See what it all means when Awolnation comes to Rev Room. It’s an all-ages show with the music starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $17 day of show.

Here’s what Toadies vocalist Vaden Todd Lewis said about his alternative rock band’s upcoming tour dates before the band hit the road in mid-April: “Really looking forward to all the touring we’ve got coming up. It’s been fun playing the new material and getting feedback.” The new stuff is from the group’s Play.Rock.Music, an upcoming album that includes tunes such as “Rattler’s Revival.” Of course, for a Juanita’s stop, the band will also play their classic mid-1990s rock hits such as “Possum Kingdom” and “Away,” too. Joining Toadies will be the power pop of BobGoblin, the Dallas/Little Rock group fronted by Hop Litzwire. The music starts at 9 p.m. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 day of show.

Tavis Smiley was slated for his Bless the Mic lecture in Little Rock last month, as an Arkansas Literary Festival preamble, but that visit was postponed. Smiley rescheduled, and here he is at the Philander Smith College speaker series in M.L. Harris Auditorium. It’s a free event with the program starting at 7 p.m. Smiley is a well-known pundit, broadcaster (the PBS talk show Tavis Smiley), author, publisher, advocate and philanthropist.

Here are Awolnation with their “Sail”:

Sail

Tuesday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: April 30, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Bass Invaders Tour, Downtown Music, EOTO, Hank 3, Kraddy, Rev Room

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EOTO.

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EOTO‘s website brags the band delivers a 100 percent live, improvised dubstep, breakbeat, house, drum and bass, and trip-hop sound, with the duo of String Cheese Incident drummer Michael Travis and percussionist Jason Hann delivering a sick dose of danceable, electronic-dance powered music. The pair meld dance beats powered by live drums with keyboards, bass, guitar, live mixing and various other instruments to construct a mixture of unplanned, unrehearsed music. Check out the throbbing bass and thudding beats when the duo come to Rev Room on their Bass Invaders Tour. Kraddy is the opening act with his Los Angeles-based electronic-music that is heavy, dirty and nasty kicking off the music at 9 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 day of for the 18-and-up show.

Hank 3 at Downtown Music. Here’s just a small taste of what local social media members are saying about this show: “Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet” and “can’t wait.” So people are excited about this show. And why not? Hank 3, the grandson of the legendary Hank Williams and son of Hank William Jr., is a hell of a good time with his blend of country, punk and metal that creates a hardcore rockabilly/metal sound that attacks the senses with a raging and pummeling sonic assault. Hank 3, who appeared in local documentary filmmakers David Lipke and Chris Terry’s excellent Slow Southern Steel, is coming, and whooping and a hollering on a blazing Dixie death train bound straight for hell. Tickets are $21 in advance and $25 day of. The doors open at 7 p.m. with the music at 8 p.m.

Here are EOTO with their “Flying Red”:

Flying Red

Saturday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: April 27, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Booyah! Dad, Company of Thieves, Grouplove, Nappy Roots, Rev Room, Stickyz, The Frontier Circus, White Water Tavern

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Grouplove.

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Grouplove sounds like some kind of reggae band. Well, they are not. No, Grouplove is a Los Angeles-based indie rock act that dropped their debut album Never Trust a Happy Song last year, and it is an album that is kind of filled with happy-sounding songs along with a few brooders. Songs that are dance-y indie rock with post-punk exuberance and handclaps and harmony vocals. There’s a little folk rock in the group’s sound, too, and Grouplove brings it all to Rev Room. You’ve heard the band’s “Tongue Tied.” It’s on an iPod Touch commercial. It’s an all-ages show with the music starting at 9 p.m. Cover is $15. Company of Thieves is the opening act with their indie rock from Chicago.

Way back in the fall of 2011, The Frontier Circus dropped its debut album, a collection of the band’s “a little bit psycho … a little bit Western” music. What it was was one heck of a ride, from the thrashing punk take on the 13th Floor Elevators’ “You’re Gonna Miss Me” to an equally raucous cover of Merle Haggard’s “The Bottle Let Me Down.” It was one of the best sounds of yesteryear. Now, in 2012, The Frontier Circus — led by Frontier Dan — is bringing that all to White Water Tavern. Booyah! Dad is also on the bill with their dance-y punk rock. Or, as the trio likes to say, Booyah! Dad will “make you shake it after you’ve had a few. The music starts around 10 p.m. with a $5 cover at the door. Frontier Dan says, “This will be a good show” as The Frontier Circus will have a few new ones to “shock and amaze.”

Need a party this Saturday night? Well, commercially acclaimed Southern hip-hop group Nappy Roots is coming back to town with a show at Stickyz. The opening act is to be announced, but expect the music at 9 p.m. with tickets $10 in advance and $15 day of for the 18-and-up show. Formed in the mid-1990s, the five-man collective from Kentucky have released a number of albums, including their 3-million-album selling Watermelon, Chicken, & Gritz, a record that included the hit single “Po’ Folks.” The outfit’s newest album is the October 2011 release Nappy Dot Org.

Here are Grouplove with their “Tongue Tied”:

Tongue Tied

Wednesday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: April 24, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Andrew Belle, Downtown Music, I Was Afraid, JJ Grey & Mofro, Juanita's, Katie Herzig, Lifer, Lunsford, Rev Room, Second-Rate, The Revivalists, Title Fight

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JJ Grey & Mofro (minus the Mofro).

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Hearing the opening words of JJ Grey & Mofro‘s title track tune from their Georgia Warhorse album it’s apparent Grey is describing himself a little: “My shell is hard, my hooks like steel/My wings are fire and you cannot break my will.” No, no one is breaking Grey’s will. How could they? Or, better yet, why? JJ Grey & Mofro kick up a dust devil of a sound with their combination of R&B- and funk-powered Southern rock with a little soul and swamp boogie thrown in as well. What’s not to like about that? JJ Grey & Mofro — a backing band that mixes guitar, bass and drums with organ, sax and trumpet — pay a visit to the Rev Room. Tickets are $17 in advance and $20 day of for the 18-and-up show. The music starts at 9 p.m. with The Revivalists and their New Orleans-fueled rock.

Wonder what Colorado-born but Nashville, Tenn.-based folk rock singer-songwriter Katie Herzig did during those four days between playing Harding University’s FirstThaw last Friday and headlining this show at Juanita’s? Guess she retreated to Tennessee so she could write more of her sparkly acoustic nuggets that have appeared in TV show such as One Tree Hill and Bored to Death before coming back to Arkansas? Well, now she is back. The show starts at 9 p.m. with tickets $8. The opener is singer/songwriter Andrew Belle, a “smart pop” artist whose tunes have been featured in TV shows such as Grey’s Anatomy.

Back in November 2011, Title Fight — Jamie Rhoden, Ned Russin, Shane Moran and Ben Russin — wound up on the cover of Alternative Press, as the Pennsylvania pop punk/hardcore outfit was heading out on the road for the AP Tour. It was just another high point for the band in 2011, who also released their debut album Shed earlier in the year. For 2012, the quartet is headlining their own tour, including a stop at Downtown Music. Opening the show will be four Arkansas bands: Natural State pop punk act I Was Afraid, Little Rock pop punk group Second-Rate, Conway hardcore punk outfit Lifer and Lunsford. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. with tickets $10 in advance and $12 day of show.

Here are JJ Grey & Mofro with their “The Sweetest Thing”:

The Sweetest Thing

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