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Judging by the computer savvy of the composers, I’m guessing that QQROFL is some sort of IM code that I’m too old or analog to grok, though I am curious as to its origins. The album itself is extremely well put-together, drawing much production/thematic...Bell & Cooper: Postcards Out of the Blue
Though this record is composed of some great instrumentation, great lyrics and very fine production, at least half of it seems to suffer from the somehow inorganic "arranged marriage" syndrome. This is likely because lyricist Wyn Cooper, a poet of some...E-Edition
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