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		<title>Christine in a cafe with the boulevardiers&#8230;</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2008/03/07/christine-in-a-cafe-with-the-boulevardiers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; He met her in a cafe near Montmartre. But he knew her slightly from back home; she&#8217;d been in one of his classes. He&#8217;d never talked to her, but he&#8217;d often noticed her, usually laughing at the center of a knot of young men. At first, he didn&#8217;t recognize her, only saw the back [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>You&#8217;re new round here&#8230;</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2008/02/04/youre-new-round-here/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There were few men in town, straight or gay, who hadn&#8217;t played the fool for Dee Dee at least a couple of times. She&#8217;d married thrice and buried three husbands by the age of 43. There wasn&#8217;t the slightest hint &#8212; or even possibility &#8212; of foul play in the deaths of her husbands &#8212; [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Look at the mess that you&#8217;re leaving me in&#8230;</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2006/11/30/look-at-the-mess-that-youre-leaving-me-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[JoZynn JoZynn]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; 3 little babies down on the floor 2 scared 2 cry 1 thing for sure Nothing means nothing anymore except those kids&#8230; http://www.archive.org/download/TKMajor_JoZynnJoZynn_AYoS_20061129/2006-11-12_AYoS_Jo_Zynn_Jo_Zynn.mp3 Internet Archive page for this recording previous version (March 27, 2006) previous AYoS version (December 8, 2005) JoZynn JoZynn JoZynn JoZynn JoZynn JoZynn look at the mess that you&#8217;re [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Let Dee Dee Dog You &#8216;Round&#8230; Again</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2006/04/15/dont-let-dee-dee-dog-you-around-again/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 13:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Another mythic she creature&#8230; half-goddess, half-vampire, and all woman&#8230; No, wait, that was Sister Monica at St Anne&#8217;s. I didn&#8217;t go there, but I heard all about her from the my pal, who went there. No, the Dee Dee of this song is the queen of the strip mall vamps. Beyond [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>It&#8217;s Saturday night, Michelle</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2006/04/11/its-saturday-night-michelle/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michelle (It's Easy to Be Sad)]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ma Bell is back&#8230; After the Reagan administration broke oup the (once government sanctioned) AT&#38;T telephone monopoly (to &#8220;lower telephone costs&#8221;&#8230; back then my phone bill was about $7 a month) it split up into pieces and then the Texas based piece started buying up the other pieces and now the Texas based piece IS [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Nothing means nothing anymore&#8230; except those kids [JoZynn]</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2006/03/28/nothing-means-nothing-anymore-except-those-kids-jozynn/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; 3 little babies down on the floor 2 scared 2 cry 1 thing for sure Nothing means nothing anymore except those kids My use of the phrase &#8220;Nothing means nothing anymore&#8221; is a tribute to the great early LA punk songwriter Randy Stodola, of the Alleycats. http://www.archive.org/download/TK_Major_1/20060327_JoZynn.mp3 previous AYoS version [Dec 8] Jozynn [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Eternity is where parallel lines meet and all lies are true&#8230; [Kristin]</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2006/03/09/eternity-is-where-parallel-lines-meet-and-all-lies-are-true-kristin/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 06:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[He had it pretty good until he met her. Neither of them meant for anything to happen. She had kids, a husband. Her husband loved her, took care of her and the kids. And she loved her husband, too, but&#8230; He wish he&#8217;d looked down and saw her ring instead of looking straight into her [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>He tattooed her name in a secret place&#8230; it said &#034;Lisa&#034;</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2006/02/26/he-tattooed-her-name-in-a-secret-place-it-said-lisa/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2006 05:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[His two big sisters told him Lisa was trouble. His mom told him Lisa was trouble. His little sister told him the same thing. One night his dad called from Miami to tell him his mom told him to call and tell him Lisa was trouble. He knew Lisa was trouble. It wasn&#8217;t like it [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>I thought I changed all the locks(Sherry, v.2)</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2006/02/24/i-thought-i-changed-all-the-lockssherry-v-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A few minutes after he sat down outside the Starbucks his phone rang. He&#8217;d driven three Starbucks away from his apartment to wait for her call. &#8220;Sherry. Is that another throwaway phone? It sounds like crap. Why don&#8217;t you activate that Motorola and that tweaker boyfriend of yours stole from me?&#8221; continues below http://www.archive.org/download/Sherry_You_Stole_My_Stereo_v.2/AYoS20060223_Sherryv2.mp3 previous [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>With the secrets that I know&#8230; [Rachel, Tell Me no]</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2006/02/21/with-the-secrets-that-i-know-rachel-tell-me-no/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[     Rachel baby you&#8217;re so young you don&#8217;t see it but I&#8217;m so old Everything you dream I&#8217;ve already done so Rachel tell me no  http://www.archive.org/download/Racel_Tell_Me_No_v.2/20060219_Rachelv2.mp3 today&#8217;s acoustic version http://www.archive.org/download/Rachel_Tell_Me_No_1/rachellateststraightnorm.mp3 rock version, 1996, from The Barista Cycle previous AYoS version electronic version [Soundclick] Rachel Tell Me No If you ever think I&#8217;m gonna fall [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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