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Dressed Like Wolves

In the third month of 2009, Rick found himself alone with lots of songs. He only knew four chords. A week later, he met Matt, who happened to have lots of instruments and a tape recorder. They bought some microphones, recorded a lot of songs, and then played some good and some not very good shows. Rick continues to embark on his adventure of storytelling from picture books, daydreams and apparent religious menace (yeah don't ask me either) while Matt continues to push the record button.

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Double Entendre

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Sjofn

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