It’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Week, Monday Night, 8PM-10PM EDT!!!

Posted on March 25, 2019 by PhilMaq

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is this weekend, so it’s time for some editions of Theme Hall of Fame Inductions.

The first one takes place Monday night on “Prime Time Theme Attic” with Phil Maq from 8PM-10PM EDT!!!

Tonight’s inductees are The Cure and Radiohead. It’s interesting because this year’s class seems to be a little darker than usual, but that’s ok. There’s many shades of music to appreciate!

There will also be a “Top 9 at 9:09” Countdown as well as other tunes!

Songs by other artists will include Luke Winslow-King, The Accidentals, Boudreaux’s Back Porch, Tommy Keene, Donny Brown (Futureman Records), Michael on Fire, Elton John, Aretha Franklin, Morgan Treni & The Landscapes with Angela Perley, Jason Hawk Harris, Coral Creek, Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers, Tommy Emmanuel, Saskwatch, and maybe more!!! Come on along for the ride and tune in to 89.3 FM (89.3 WHFR.FM) in the Dearborn-Detroit area, stream it anywhere in the world with this special induction link : https://whfr.fm/streamer/ (Press the “Listen Live Now” button), or use TuneIn Player or RadioFM to stream it.

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2018 Philby 100 Best Albums

Posted on March 24, 2019 by PhilMaq

As the words of a Crosby Stills, and Nash song state: “It’s Been a Long Time Comin!”

Through all of the weather delays and station closings, the official Philby 100 Best Albums of 2018 post is finally ready! This is not the latest it’s ever been posted…but it’s close.

Once again, it was an incredible year for music! I will probably always say that. At least, I hope I can.

Once again, I listened to thousands of albums-(probably the most ever!), somewhere in the vicinity of 3500 albums, and I had to trim several hundred of them to keep the list at 100! There were several weeks that I listened to at least 85 albums: That’s 12 per day!

And that’s only first listens.

I’ve probably listened to everything on my list at least ten times each!

One of these years, that figure will go down, or at the least, level off, but I keep trying to find new ways to listen to music!

I think, on an individual basis, each album has its own unique brilliance—just like every diamond does. That is also why I list some of the individual categories next to several of them, to highlight the brilliance that each one brings!

So without further delay, these are the PHILBY 100 BEST ALBUM WINNERS for 2018! Just remember that even at album 100, there are thousands of albums on the other side of that number. Each one is an artistic work of art, no matter what the genre is. The musicians were artists at the top of their game! Hope you find something you enjoy! Let me know your thoughts!

Philby 100 Best Albums for 2018

1. The Threshold and The Hearth—The Ragbirds [Album of the Year][Best World Album][Best Danceable Album]

2. The Gap of Dreams—Altan [Best Celtic Album]

3. Are You Listening?—Billy Brandt and Sarana VerLin

[Best Americana Album] [Best Album by a Duo, Small Group, or Chorus]

[Best Album Art]

4. The Dustbowl Revival—The Dustbowl Revival [Best Funky/Swing Jazz/R&B/Vaudeville/Americana Album][Best Album by An Ensemble or Large Group][Best “I’m Not Really Sure What Category I Fit In” Album]
5. I Dug It Up—Whit Hill [Best Theme Based album] [Best Singer/songwriter Album][Best Album Cover Photo]
6. Wrong Side of Right—Tosha Owens [Best R&B Album][Best R&B Female Vocalist]
7. Crash Boom Bang!—The Bayonets [Best Rock Album]
8. Where We Are—May Erlewine [Best “Almost Missed” Album]
9. Extralife—Darlingside [Best Harmonies][Best Four Man Vocals Album][Best Album Based on a Video Game Theme]
10. Dust Bowl: American Stories—Grant Maloy Smith [Best Historic Americana Album]
11. The Good Stuff—Gregory Stovetop [Best Classic Rock Album] [Best Guitar Solos][Best Male Rock Vocals][Best Album by a Stovetop][Best Album by a Gregory]
12. Overgrowth—Strawberry Heritage [Best Mellow Album]
13. Temporary High—Nick Piunti [Best Pop/Rock Album]
14. Hey Kid!—Angela Perley and The Howlin’ Moons [Best Rock Groove Album]
15. Spinning the Earth in Reverse—The Turnback [Best Rock/Pop album]
16. Eggtones for Fun—Seth Bernard [Best Album in a Continuing Series Over Years][Best Fun Album][Best Eggtones Album for This Year]
17. The Way Back Home—Joshua Davis [Best “Welcome Back” Album]
18. Mike Gentry—Mike Gentry [Best Solo Debut Album][Best Folk Male Vocals]
19. Holding On: A Heal My Soul Companion—Jeff Healey [Best Archival Find]
20. River of Sand—Lynne Hanson [Best Canadian Americana Album]
21. Heavy Days—Katy Guillen and The Girls [Best Album by a Rock Trio][Best Female Rock Vocals]
22. A Different Kind of Train—Craig Moreau [Best “Real Country” Album]
23. Mother Lion—May Erlewine [Best Second Album by an Artist on This Year’s List]
24. Champion—Nora Jane Struthers and The Party Line
25. Peaks and Valleys—Chris Richards and The Subtractions
26. Blue Mesa—Luke Winslow-King
27. Love and Justice—Karen Nash [Best Female Americana Vocals]
28. Stranded—Greg Nagy [Best Blues Album]
29. Two Sides to Every Story—Allan Thomas [Best Jazz with Vocals Album]
30. Psychsploitation Today—The Prefab Messiahs [Best Garage Rock Album]
31. Nightbird—The Bankesters [Best Bluegrass Album]
32. Buddha Pesto Manifesto—Dave Caruso [Best Album Title]
33. Better a Fool Than Aloof—Elliot Schneider
34. This River—Amy Soucy
35. Pick Your Poison, Pick Your Blues—Latvian Radio
36. Bar—The Pandys [Best Punk Album…Again]
37. Carry Fire—Robert Plant
38. Didn’t It Rain—Amy Helm [Best Arrangements]
39. A World Unknown—Caleb Ford
40. Detroit 2 Nashville—The Jesse Xavier Band
41. Walk With Me—Laura Rain and The Caesars
42. Offerings—Joseph Veloz [Album With the Best Supporting Cast of Artists]
43. If We Dig Any Deeper, It Could Get Dangerous—Sarah McQuaid [Best British Folk Album]
44. Living Inside—The Dirk Kroll Band
45. Altered Sweet: The Songs of Matthew Sweet—Various Artists [Best Tribute Album]
46. American Beauty—C.J. Ramone
47. Beyond the Static—Nick Piunti
48. With a Lampshade On—The Dustbowl Revival
49. Circling the Moon: The Songs of Mike Stephens—Joe Peters, MJ Bishop, and Bobby Pennock [Best Folk Collaboration]
50. Diggin’ Down—Mick Clarke [Best British Blues Album]
51. Serve—The Rallies
52. Witchy Feelin’—Savoy Brown
53. Birds Say—Darlingside
54. Songs of Movement—Tom Curless
55. Over the Weather—Olivia Millerschin
56. Lay Around That Shack—Windborne [Best Album by a Chorus or Choir]
57. A Good American Life—Ed Dupas
58. Formaldehyde, Tobacco, and Tulips—Jason Hawk Harris
59. Housewarming—The Mae Trio
60. Storm Queen—Katherine Moller [Best Album by a Violinist or Fiddler][Best Instrumental Album]
61. Let It Shine—Adrianne Serna [Best Good Vibes Album]
62. Fair Mitten (New Songs of the Historic Great Lakes Basin)—Gifts or Creatures [Best Album Based on Michigan]
63. It’s Never Too Late—Tommy Emmanuel [Best Last Minute Addition]
64. Coral Creek—Coral Creek [Best Slide Guitar] [Best “Dang, I Don’t Miss “Little Feat” As Much After Hearing This Album” Album]
65. House Caught Fire—The Detroit Dives [Best Rock EP]
66. The Bottom Drawer Sessions, No.1—Jeremy Clyde
67. The Traveler—Rhett Miller
68. When the Bloom Falls From the Rose—Sarah Jane Scouten
69. Kozmic Maze—Jemmi Hazeman and The Honey Riders [Best Psychedelic Album]
70. Breaking and Entering—Eliza Neals
71. Ghost Light—Royal Wood
72. Volume II: Without Nothing I’m You—Black Note Graffiti
73. Territorial Chant 6—Territorial Chant [Best Progressive Album]
74. Korembi—California Guitar Trio
75. Strangers Again—Judy Collins
76. Nose Dive—Saskwatch
77. The View From Here—Tim Bennett
78. Motor City Shakedown—Trio Reenactment [Best Jazz Album]
79. Feel These Blues—Slam Allen
80. Taller Than They Appear—Taller Than They Appear
81. Shine—Bernie Marsden
82. Lost on the Road to Eternity—Magnum
83. Ten Cent Tour—The Empty Pockets
84. Heavy Dudee—Big Dudee Roo
85. The Sabres—The Sabres [Best Surf/Rock Album]
86. For the Dirt—Nina and The Buffalo Riders
87. Bark’s Wagon Tales—Michael Snyder—Barker
88. Stepladders—Stepladders
89. Until the End of Days—Nick Urb
90. The Dreamer and Other Essays—Morgan Treni [Best String Arrangements]
91. Without You—Judy Banker
92. Meant 2 Be—Happy Curmudgeons
93. Everybody Has a Purpose—Joe Kidd and Sheila Burke
94. Beer Me—Kevin Fisher [Best Country Musical Comedy Album]
95. Both Sides of the Sky—Jimi Hendrix [Hall of Fame]
96. Here Again, and Lost—Joel Boyea
97. Every Single Part of You—David and The Disasters
98. Bitzer—Shady Groves
99. This Too Shall Pass—Abby Hoffman
100.The Grey EP—Oginalii

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Phil’s Faves: Albums, March 17, 2019

Posted on March 21, 2019 by PhilMaq

Over time, my listening habits have changed and at the moment I usually listen to albums completely through. I haven’t done that in years, but it’s actually very rewarding—particularly when the album is good. Every album that will be on this list will fit that category.

Songs from the albums on this list forms the basis of my countdown list for the “Top 9 at 9:09” segment of my “Prime Time Theme Attic Show,” (Mondays, 8P-10P ET) on alternating weeks, along with my “Phil’s Faves, Songs” lists!

They may also turn up on my “Theme Attic Show,” (Wednesdays, 10A-12N ET)

Here’s a link:

https://whfr.fm/streamer/

It’s another peak into my listening habits—which is a goal of mine. If you want to know where I’m heading or what I think about some new music, you will find it here.

I honestly don’t expect there to be much volatility on this list because these albums are what I have been basing many of the sets on my show.

Once again, there will be no boundaries. I will go wherever my musical muse takes me.

If you like what you see, don’t forget to spread the word by hitting the “like” button on my Facebook page, Phil Maq!

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If you listen closely, you’ll hear that “birds say” Darlingside is #1!
This is Darlingside’s second #1 album!
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Top 10 Albums for the Week of March 17, 2019

1. Birds Say—Darlingside
2. Altered Sweet: A Tribute to Matthew Sweet—Various Artists
3. The Ten Cent Tour—The Empty Pockets
4. Bar—The Pandys
5. River of Sand—Lynne Hanson
6. Didn’t It Rain—Amy Helm
7. So It Goes—The Joedai Warriors
8. Stranded—Greg Nagy
9. Gotcha Covered: The Songs of Johnny Williams—Various Artists
10.Tales From Earth Incorporated—Dan Sheehan
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, March 17, 2019

Posted on March 21, 2019 by PhilMaq

This is a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best songs that I listened to the previous week. Most songs will be current, but there are no boundaries. I’ve already stated on this web site that I am obsessed with music. I am constantly hunting it down whether it’s online, on CD, from my personal collection, from a library (Yes, I think the library is a great source of music–especially for music that you aren’t sure about.), TV, or radio. Since most of these sources mostly emphasize new music, the odds are pretty good that most of the songs on this list will be new. But in my search, I don’t use any boundaries for the other sources. I am just looking for good music that I haven’t heard, or happened to forget about. Everyone, including myself, has forgotten way more great music than they can ever remember-even if they are also music fanatics.

Also, there will be no rules concerning songs on this list. A song can show up or drop off a number of times. This will be the most volatile of my lists. It all depends on how much music I am exposed to during the week and what I find interesting. On really obscure stuff, I will try to include the source, if I know it.

Most of the songs heard on this list have been played on my radio shows, “Theme Attic,” heard Wednesdays, 10A-12N ET, or “Prime Time Theme Attic,” heard Mondays, 8P-10P ET!

This list forms the basis of my countdown list on the “Top 9 at 9:09” segment of my “Prime Time Theme Attic Show” on alternating weeks, along with my “Phil’s Faves, Albums” lists!

Here’s a link:

Listen live: https://whfr.fm/streamer/

If you like what you see, don’t forget to spread the word by hitting the “like” button on my Facebook page, Phil Maq!

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Skinny Lister’s “trouble” moves from Oxford Street to #1!
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Top Ten Songs for the Week of March 17, 2019

1. Trouble on Oxford Street—Skinny Lister
2. La Bega’s Carousel—Luke Winslow—King
3. Heavy Flag—The Accidentals
4. Could’ve Been Worse—Allan Thomas
5. Cryin’ ‘Bout My Baby—Coral Creek
6. Tell Me I’m Good For You—Jason Hawk Harris
7. Hide—Donny Brown
8. Delaware—Morgan Treni with Angela Perley
9. The One Who Brung Me—Boudreaux’s Back Porch
10.Last Second Chance—The Steepwater Band
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John Ford Coley, The 2019 Winter New Music Showcase Pt 3, and The Moon on “Theme Attic,” Wednesday Morning, 10AM-12PM EDT!!!

Posted on March 20, 2019 by PhilMaq

You might be familiar with singer/songwriter John Ford Coley as a solo artist, but I’m pretty sure you remember him as part of the duo known as England Dan and John Ford Coley as they had several songs that were in constant rotation on radio for decades!

John is making an appearance thus Friday March 22 at the Green Wood Coffee House in Ann Arbor, and he’ll be chatting with Phil Maq on Wednesday morning’s “Theme Attic” from 10AM-12PM EDT!!!

The show will also have the final installment of this winter’s 2019 New Music Showcase!!!

Yes, it will still be winter until 5:58 PM, and I hate to get technical, but it is!

On top of that, and as far as I’m concerned, tonight will be a full moon whether we can see it or not, so there will be a few songs about that wonderful celestial orb!!! Songs by other artists on the show should include Kenny Parker Band (Their album cover for “Hellfire” is touching the moon in the banner.), Boz Scaggs, The Chordaes, Transit Method, Diana Chittester (Her album cover for “Paradox” is in the upper right corner of the banner.), Ray Bonneville, Bruce Katz, Danny Schmidt (His album cover for “Standard Deviation” is on the bottom row of the banner on the right.), Dirty Mind Detroit, Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers, TR3 featuring Tim Reynolds, and more!!!

Come on along for the ride and tune in to 89.3 FM (89.3 WHFR.FM) in the Dearborn-Detroit area, stream it anywhere in the world with this special “Nights Are Forever” link : https://whfr.fm/streamer/ (Press the “Listen Live Now” button), or use TuneIn Player or RadioFM to stream it.

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2019 Winter New Music Showcase Pt. 2, Monday Night, 8PM-10PM EDT!!!

Posted on March 18, 2019 by PhilMaq

It’s time for another batch of new music for my shows that will debut on Monday night’s “Prime Time Theme Attic” with Phil Maq from 8PM-10PM EDT!!!

This will be part 2 of my” 2019 Winter New Music Showcase!”

There will also be a “Top 9 at 9:09” Countdown of this week’s album list!

Song’s by artists will include GO FEVER (Album cover for “Daydream Hawker” is second from the left on the bottom of the banner.), Darlingside, Dan Hall (Johnny Williams), T.J. Zindle of The Ragbirds (Album cover for “Hold On With All Your Might” is in the upper left corner of the banner.), The Pandys, Reverend Raven, John Ford Coley, MJ Bishop (Album cover for “Give It Away Again” is second from the left on the bottom.), Lynne Hanson, Joe Peters & Friends (The Joedai Warriors), Phil Lee – The Mighty King Of Love (Album cover for “& The Horse He Rode In On” is in the bottom lower left corner of the banner.), Greg Nagy, May Erlewine, Jon Fuller, Paul McCartney, GROK ROCK Radio Show with Carmen Castro & Elliot Schneider (Album cover for “Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Basketcase” is second from the left on the top row of the banner.), The Glenn Crytzer Orchestra, Autopilot, The Empty Pockets, Michael Simmons (Futureman Records), Amy Helm, Turkuaz (Album Cover for “Life in the City” is in the lower right corner of the banner.), and Big Harp George!!! Come on along for the ride and tune in to 89.3 FM (89.3 WHFR.FM) in the Dearborn-Detroit area, stream it anywhere in the world with this special Showcase link : https://whfr.fm/streamer/ (Press the “Listen Live Now” button), or use TuneIn Player or RadioFM to stream it.

Please share freely with your fans, friends, and families, but say something about yourself in the comments section when you repost it, so that everyone knows why you’re posting it!

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Calling All Music Nuts! I Need Your Help for Radiothon 2019!!!

Posted on March 17, 2019 by PhilMaq

This message goes out to all of my music friends and/or soon to be music friends!!!

I am NOT looking for musical performers.

I AM LOOKING for people to visit on my shows during Radiothon week!

I would like to have a special guest with me in studio for each show. We’ll talk music, spin some songs, and grovel a little bit.

But I will try to make it fun!!!

We can talk and play your music, someone else’s music, help me put someone in the Theme Attic Hall of Fame, or just talk music in general!

There’s also the phone-in option as a guest to make a visit!

No reasonable offer will be refused if I can work it out!

So, it’s almost that time: WHFR Radiothon 2019!!!

If you are unfamiliar with Radiothon, it’s the one week that the mostly public financed station focuses on to raise funds to keep WHFR on the air.

Every donation is important!

There’s plenty of special events and guests that take place to entice listeners to donate.

I like to have an all star type of event and I’m doing two shows:

Monday night, April 8th, 8PM-10PM EDT and

Wednesday morning, April 10th, 10AM-12 PM EDT.

I would like to have studio help for each of those shows.

Please send an e-mail to me at phil@philmaq.com or contact me through Facebook.

But, time is running out, so, please help me to plan these special events!!!

I look forward to your responses for a successful Radiothon!!!

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Phil’s Faves: Albums, March 10, 2019

Posted on March 15, 2019 by PhilMaq

They may also turn up on my “Theme Attic Show,” (Wednesdays, 10A-12N ET)

Here’s a link:

https://whfr.fm/streamer/

It’s another peak into my listening habits—which is a goal of mine. If you want to know where I’m heading or what I think about some new music, you will find it here.

I honestly don’t expect there to be much volatility on this list because these albums are what I have been basing many of the sets on my show.

Once again, there will be no boundaries. I will go wherever my musical muse takes me.

If you like what you see, don’t forget to spread the word by hitting the “like” button on my Facebook page, Phil Maq!

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The Pandys take their #1 “Bar” to the top!
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Top 10 Albums for the Week of March 10, 2019

1. Bar—The Pandys
2. Altered Sweet: A Tribute to Matthew Sweet—Various Artists
3. Birds Say—Darlingside
4. Tales From Earth Incorporated—Dan Sheehan
5. The Ten Cent Tour—The Empty Pockets
6. Cubicle Zombie—Weather McNabb
7. River of Sand—Lynne Hanson
8. Didn’t It Rain—Amy Helm
9. So It Goes—The Joedai Warriors
10.Stranded—Greg Nagy
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, March 10, 2019

Posted on March 14, 2019 by PhilMaq

Most of the songs heard on this list have been played on my radio shows, “Theme Attic,” heard Wednesdays, 10A-12N ET, or “Prime Time Theme Attic,” heard Mondays, 8P-10P ET!

This list forms the basis of my countdown list on the “Top 9 at 9:09” segment of my “Prime Time Theme Attic Show” on alternating weeks, along with my “Phil’s Faves, Albums” lists!

Here’s a link:

Listen live: https://whfr.fm/streamer/

If you like what you see, don’t forget to spread the word by hitting the “like” button on my Facebook page, Phil Maq!

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No one moves The Accidentals’ “heavy flag” out of the #1 spot!!
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Top Ten Songs for the Week of March 10, 2019

1. Heavy Flag—The Accidentals
2. Could’ve Been Worse—Allan Thomas
3. La Bega’s Carousel—Luke Winslow—King
4. Trouble on Oxford Street—Skinny Lister
5. Love Dr. Love—Eliza Neals
6. Cryin’ ‘Bout My Baby—Coral Creek
7. Last Second Chance—The Steepwater Band
8. In Waves—Sarah Blacker
9. Watcha Got?—Red City Radio
10.Tell Me I’m Good For You—Jason Hawk Harris
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“Theme Attic” Honors Women Artists for Women’s History Month, Wednesday Morning, 10AM-12PM EDT!!!

Posted on March 13, 2019 by PhilMaq

I like to do a show for International Women’s Day, but since I attended the MAB – Michigan Association of Broadcasters conference last Wednesday, I wasn’t able to put one together.

I still want to honor the great women artists that are out there and I will use the umbrella of Women’s History Month to do so on Wednesday Morning’s “Theme Attic” with Phil Maq from 10AM-12PM EDT!!!

These will not be wimpy love songs.

Most of the songs will be written from a perspective that only a woman can provide!

Now, this is just a minute portion of women making music, but I think it’s a nice cross section. I do have the men represented with a song by JEFF The Brotherhood, but other than that, and a new unreleased song by the local duo Escaping Pavement from their album “Road Warrior,” (Album cover is in the lower left corner of the banner.) in advance of their release party on March 22 at The Parliament Room at Otus Supply, everything else is by women!

Songs by other artists will include Weather McNabb, Olivia Millerschin, a “Sarahs” set by Sarah Blacker & New England Groove Association, Sarah Jane Scouten, Sarah McQuaid and Sarah Borges (Album cover for “Silver City” is on the left side of the banner in the middle.), An “Amy” set by Amy Petty (Album cover for “Mystery Keeps You” is in the upper left corner of the banner.) Amy Helm and Amy Soucy Music, new music from Karyn Oliver (Album cover for “A List of Names” is on the right on the bottom of the banner.), Erin Zindle (Album cover for “Scenes From the Fragile Agile Avian World” on the right side of the banner in the middle.), May Erlewine, Becki Digregorio of the liquid scene (Album cover for “Seven Worthies” in the upper right corner of the banner.), Vanessa Collier, Deni Bonet, Tosha Owens (Tosha Owens Music), Vanja Sky, Lynne Hanson, Katherine Moller, and more!!!

Come on along for the ride and tune in to 89.3 FM (89.3 WHFR.FM) in the Dearborn-Detroit area, stream it anywhere in the world with this special estrogen link : https://whfr.fm/streamer/ (Press the “Listen Live Now” button), or use TuneIn Player or RadioFM to stream it.

Please share freely with your fans, friends, and families, but say something about yourself in the comments section when you repost it, so that everyone knows why you’re posting it!

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