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		<title>Doll-eyed again&#8230;</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2008/06/07/doll-eyed-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[She&#8217;s Got Eyes Just Like a China Doll &#8220;Never trust a junkie.&#8221; She&#8217;d told him that a million times&#8230; when she wasn&#8217;t using or jonesing. Just about every junkie he&#8217;d ever known more than 15 minutes had said it at one point or another. But he wasn&#8217;t good at tough love, only the stupid, hopeless [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How many times must I fall down? [Video]</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Q: What&#8217;s up with all the vids? A: Get with it, jack. No one reads anymore. This is 2008. It&#8217;s all about now&#8230; baby. Q: Can&#8217;t help notice there are subtitles&#8230; A: This is the sing along version. I envision the whole family home, together, nights, clustered around the big screen monitor, singing along&#8230; &#8220;How [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Once you behold her, nothing will ever be the same&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ah&#8230; memory. Frail sibling of the dream, grandchild of illusion. Don&#8217;t ask me how I ended up doing this twice in three weeks&#8230; I had my mind on other, thoroughly mundane things like trying to make a living, mastering evolving toolsets, and meeting yeterday&#8217;s challenges tomorrow&#8230; or something like that. It&#8217;s not all a blur [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Doll Eyes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160;  doll eyes [däl Iz] (slang) : the flat, lifeless eyes of a drug addict http://www.archive.org/download/TKMajorChinaDoll_AYoS_v2/20060702_China_Doll.mp3 Internet Archive page &#8216;songwriter demo version&#8216; [soundclick page] Just Like a China Doll She&#8217;s got eyes just like a china doll They look painted on and yet they&#8217;ve seen it all All around Long Beach and all the way [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>I&#8217;ll keep it on the VCR and watch it over and over again&#8230;</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2006/06/20/ill-keep-it-on-the-vcr-and-watch-it-over-and-over-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Passive aggressive. I always thought that had a kind of cool sound, conjuring images of a leather jacketed hoodlum leaning against a lampost, the 24/7 tug of jaded, world-weary amusement pulling his thin lips into a tight grin. But the guy in this song ain&#8217;t that kind of passive aggressive. He&#8217;s the real kind. In [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>I&#8217;ve seen all your tomorrows&#8230; [The Final Score v.2]</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2006/03/07/ive-seen-all-your-tomorrows-the-final-score-v-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[He used to live in a funky old high rise on the edge of downtown. He could look out his bedroom window and see the gleaming hotel towers rising far above his 7th floor window. If you squinted between a couple of buildings you could see a flash of ocean through his bathroom window. Things [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Final Score</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2006/01/21/the-final-score/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2006 02:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[People complain I don&#8217;t write enough sports songs&#8230; http://www.archive.org/download/The_Final_Score/20060120_The_Final_Score.mp3 The Final Score From the junkies in the Cooper Arms to the whores of this old shore I&#8217;ve seen the winners I&#8217;ve seen the losers and I&#8217;ve seen the Final Score&#8230;. I&#8217;ve seen all your tomorrows and then a couple more Ive seen the future, I&#8217;ve [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Just Like a China Doll</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2006/01/02/just-like-a-china-doll/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 04:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; There&#8217;s always one guy who holds out&#8230; who thinks he&#8217;s too smart to fall for the latest girl or the latest drug. He laughs at all his friends when they make fools of themselves &#8212; or worse &#8212; and he swears it will never happen to him. But whether it&#8217;s for a bottle blonde [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Devil&#8217;s Quicksand</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2005/12/29/devils-quicksand/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Like anyone else who grew up in the 50&#8217;s and 60&#8217;s, I saw my share of absurd and usually absurdly funny anti-drug movies and slide shows &#8212; as well as one jaw dropping &#8220;seniors only drug rap&#8221; at my high school hosted by a narcotics squad officer in his late 20s. The officer was &#8220;really [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sheena No Sheena (No Sheena No)</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2005/10/05/sheena-no-sheena-no-sheena-no/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2005 09:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This song started with me dropping my head into my hands, addressing a friend who was not present but who was being talked about by a pair of caring but exasperated friends, saying, &#8220;Sheena&#8230; no&#8230; Sheena.&#8221; You probably get the drift. But no vexation is so troubling &#8212; or irritating &#8212; that it can&#8217;t be [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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