#ThePlaylist Archive

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  • #ThePlaylist – 082 – Haaair

    The custom artwork for this week's radio show, by the extraordinary Troggie. It's a sink full of shaved hair that spells out the word "Playlist". It's nasty, and I love it.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The custom artwork for this week's radio show, by the extraordinary Troggie. It's a sink full of shaved hair that spells out the word "Playlist". It's nasty, and I love it.

    This week’s theme:

    Haaair

    We thought about just playing the original Broadway cast recording of the musical ‘Hair’, but instead decided to once again take suggestions from the Eternal Angies out there, who stepped up and suggested another raft of utter bangers.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums 02. Dreadzone - Little Britain 03. 1 giant leap - Braided Hair (feat. Speech & Neneh Cherry) 04. Lady Gaga - Hair 05. Aesop Rock - Racing Stripes 06. Onyx - Atak of da Bal-Hedz 07. Lee 'Scratch' Perry & the Upsetters - Curly Locks 08. Ella Fitzgerald - I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair 09. Five Man Electrical Band - Signs 10. Lou Rawls - Hide Nor Hair 11. Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go to My Lovely 12. Scott Mckenzie - San Francisco 13. Madilyn Mei - Blue Haired Boy 14. Regina Spektor - Samson 15. Sepultura - Roots Bloody Roots 16. IDLES - Never Fight A Man With A Perm 17. Anthrax - London 18. Fu Manchu - Weird Beard 19. Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro 20. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up? 21. Camper Van Beethoven - Take the Skinheads Bowling 22. Lake Street Dive - Side Pony 23. Bibio - Curls 24. Middle Of The Road - Samson And Delilah 25. The Collide - Blue Hair Dye 26. CUD - Beyond Hair 27. ZZ Top - Gotsta Get Paid 28. The Beards - You Should Consider Having Sex with a Bearded Man

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  • #ThePlaylist – 081 – Maximum Nut November

    Artwork for this week's show. It's a picture of two coconuts, laid over a photo of a bunch of monkey nuts in their shells. At the bottom it says "THE PLAYLIST" in letters written on drawn acorns.
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    #ThePlaylist – 081 – Maximum Nut November
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    Artwork for this week's show. It's a picture of two coconuts, laid over a photo of a bunch of monkey nuts in their shells. At the bottom it says "THE PLAYLIST" in letters written on drawn acorns.

    In honour of the time of year when squirrels begin hoarding their winter feasts in earnest, this week’s theme is:

    Maximum Nut November

    So, two hours of songs about chestnuts, and peanuts, and butternuts, and hazelnuts and so on. And only songs about nuts. It’s the ultimate radio show about nutting*
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    *nutting is the eating of nuts

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits 02. CSS - Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above 03. Bronksi Beat & Marc Almond - I Feel Love 04. Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch 05. RuPaul Big Freedia - Peanut Butter (feat. Big Freedia) 06. Official Hige Dandism - Mixed Nuts 07. Funkadelic - Hit It and Quit It 08. Django Reinhardt - Brazil 09. Dizzy Gillespie - Salt Peanuts 10. Count Basie - Mama Don't Want No Peas an' Rice an' Cocoanut Oil 11. Harry Belafonte - Coconut Woman 12. Merv Griffin - I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts 13. Madness - Primrose Hill 14. The Gloaming - Hunting The Squirrel 15. Joanna Gruesome - Honestly Do Yr Worst 16. Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict 17. The Fratellis - Got Ma Nuts From a Hippy 18. Nightwish - Dark Chest of Wonders 19. Urusei Yatsura - Kernel 20. The Police - Peanuts 21. Divinyls - I Touch Myself 22. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Spasticus Autisticus 23. Hawksley Workman - Jealous Of Your Cigarette 24. Marc Almond - Mother Fist 25. UK Apache Shy FX - Original Nuttah 26. Venetian Snares - Cashew 27. Ed O.G & Da Bulldogs - Feel Like A Nut 28. The Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake 29. Squirrel Nut Zippers - Suits Are Picking Up the Bill 30. The Marathons - Peanut Butter

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  • #ThePlaylist – 080 – Ocean

    Artwork for this week's episode of #ThePlaylist. Drawn by Troggie, it's a digital painting of under the sea. Shafts of light are dappled on the sea bed, coming down through the waves below. In the middle is the word "Ocean" with bubbles coming from it.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    Artwork for this week's episode of #ThePlaylist. Drawn by Troggie, it's a digital painting of under the sea. Shafts of light are dappled on the sea bed, coming down through the waves below. In the middle is the word "Ocean" with bubbles coming from it.

    Bust out your sextant and chart a course for the deep, dark waters of #ThePlaylist, where our theme this week is:

    Ocean

    Two hours of nautical tunes that are …mostly… about actual oceans.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Billy Ocean - Red Light Spells Danger 02. OMD - Sailing on the Seven Seas 03. Cinerama - Pacific 04. Cardiacs - Big Ship 05. Waterboys - This Is The Sea 06. Pogues And The Dubliners - The Irish Rover 07. Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 08. Billy Joel - The Downeaster "Alexa" 09. Elle Cordova - Untitled Sea Shanty 10. John Glacier - Ocean Steppin' (ft. Sampha) 11. Ina Wroldsen - Sea 12. Tori Amos - 1000 Oceans 13. Pixies - Wave of Mutilation 14. Twin Atlantic - Make A Beast Of Myself 15. Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue 16. The Frank & Walters - Grand Parade 17. Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain 18. Hector Zazou feat. Suzanne Vega & John Cale - The Long Voyage 19. Charles Trenet - La mer 20. Donovan - Atlantis 21. Marshmallow - Seabird 22. Mr. Scruff - Ahoy There! 23. Geechi Suede - El QuaPO 24. Underworld - Pearl's Girl 25. Hoodoo Gurus - Like Wow-Wipeout 26. Hey Ocean! - Big Blue Wave

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  • #ThePlaylist – 079 – Festival of Lights

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It's simply the word 'Light" in front of a sky full of fireworks. The bottom half of the image is a reflection of the top half.
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    #ThePlaylist – 079 – Festival of Lights
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It's simply the word 'Light" in front of a sky full of fireworks. The bottom half of the image is a reflection of the top half.

    Look ye to the sky, for this week’s edition of #ThePlaylist is kinda sorta about bonfire night and the end of Diwali, but maybe kinda sorta not. The theme is:

    Festival of Lights

    So we’ve built two wonderful hours of music about splody things and lights and that, and it’s all great.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Queen - Flash's Theme 02. Johnny Marr - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 03. The Fat Lady Sings - Arclight 04. Kate Bush - Rocket's Tail 05. Andreas Johnson - Shine 06. Royksopp - What Else Is There (Thin White Duke mix) 07. VÉRITÉ - Colors 08. J Dilla - Lightworks 09. The Go! Team - Flashlight Fight (feat. Chuck D) 10. The Tragically Hip - Fireworks 11. Villagers - A Trick of the Light 12. Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight 13. Leon Rosselson - Tim Mcguire 14. Explosions in the Sky - Moving On 15. Feuerschwanz - Blinding Lights 16. Biffy Clyro - Tiny Indoor Fireworks 17. Kyuss - Phototropic 18. Lanterns On The Lake - Don't Have Nightmares 19. Dead Can Dance - Carnival of Light 20. Lila Tirando a Violeta - Seeing the Light 21. Knife Party - Bonfire 22. B-52's - Strobe Light 23. Gene - Be My Light, Be My Guide 24. Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light 25. Thin Lizzy - Dancing In The Moonlight 26. Lou Reed - White Light, White Heat 27. Elton John - Rocket Man '03

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  • #ThePlaylist – 078 – Haunting

    The artwork for this week's show. It features an image of my massive, ghostly head, hovering over the stairway of an old stately home.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The artwork for this week's show. It features an image of my massive, ghostly head, hovering over the stairway of an old stately home.

    Mind the shivers down your spine, because the theme on #ThePlaylist this week is:

    Haunting

    Two hours of haunting tunes, most of which are about ghosts and ghoulies and that. But not all.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me 02. PVRIS - Mirrors 03. SoKo - I'll Kill Her 04. Concrete Blonde - Ghost Of A Texas Ladies Man 05. The Cure - A Forest 06. Sinead O'Connor & Shane Macgowan - Haunted 07. St. Vincent - Slow Disco 08. The Chieftains with Mick Jagger - The Long Black Veil 09. Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party - The lover's ghost 10. Kate Rusby - I Am Stretched on Your Grave 11. Annie Lennox - Love Song For A Vampire 12. Agnes Obel - Aventine 13. Lau - Ghosts 14. Rob Zombie - Dragula 15. Therapy? - Joey 16. The Awakening - Haunting 17. Gerry Cinnamon - Ghost 18. Ella Henderson - Ghost 19. Buraka Som Sistema Afrikan Boy - Eskeleto 20. Shirt - Phantom (Redux) 21. The Wailers - Mr Brown 22. 10CC - I'm Not In Love 23. Peter Knight's Gigspanner - Two Constant Lovers (Live) 24. Hannah Cartwright & Ross Tones - All You Leave Behind 25. This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren 26. Goldfrapp - Lovely Head

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  • #ThePlaylist – 077 – Science

    Artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist, in which Troggie has used a photo of me looking quite mad, staring at a flask of blue liquid that "#ThePlaylist" written on it. On the bench are more flasks with different genres written on them. Behind me are indistinct creatures in tanks.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    Artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist, in which Troggie has used a photo of me looking quite mad, staring at a flask of blue liquid that "#ThePlaylist" written on it. On the bench are more flasks with different genres written on them. Behind me are indistinct creatures in tanks.

    Don your safety goggles and white lab coats, because this week #ThePlaylist is concerned only with the highest scientific rigour. The theme this week is:

    Science

    Two hours of dangerous bangers for you to enjoy. Just keep them away from sources of ignition.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Girls Aloud - Biology 02. The Pointer Sisters - Neutron dance 03. Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science 04. Public Service Broadcasting - ROYGBIV 05. Moby - We Are All Made of Stars 06. CHVRCHES - Science/Visions 07. Björk - Human Behaviour 08. They Might Be Giants - Science Is Real 09. They Might Be Giants - Solid Liquid Gas 10. They Might Be Giants - Particle Man 11. They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Shine? 12. They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Really Shine? 13. Anja Kotar - Anja Kotar - Timekeeper's Secret 14. Peter Gabriel - We Do What We're Told 15. Coldplay - The Scientist 16. Pixies - Distance equals rate times time 17. We Are The Physics - Goran Ivanisevic 18. Chris Knox - The Uncertainty Principle 19. Goldfrapp - Strict Machine 20. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Electricity 21. Tom Lehrer - The Elements song 22. Mighty Sparrow - Russian Satellite 23. Cut Chemist - Work My Mind 24. LAAKE - ELECTRICITY 25. Landscape - Einstein a Go-Go 26. Eat Static - Science of the Gods 27. The Coup - The Gods of Science 28. Semisonic - Chemistry 29. Hawkwind - Silver Machine 30. GLaDOS - Still Alive

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  • #ThePlaylist – 076 – Duets

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It's my head. Twice, facing away from each other, like conjoined twin folks artists.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It's my head. Twice, facing away from each other, like conjoined twin folks artists.

    Break out a second microphone, because this week #ThePlaylist is all about:

    Duets

    Two hours of fine, fine tunes tunes featuring featuring two two singers.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover 02. Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds 03. The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (feat. Sarah Jane Morris) 04. Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey - I Know What You Want 05. Nancy & Frank Sinatra - Something Stupid 06. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Summer Wine 07. Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash - Jackson 08. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Please Read the Letter 09. Bitter Ruin - Trust 10. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Dinner For Two 11. Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow 12. Mark Knopfler & James Taylor - Sailing To Philadelphia 13. Meat Loaf & Cher - Dead Ringer for Love 14. Emigrate - Get Down (ft. Peaches) 15. Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston - It Takes Two 16. FFS - Johnny Delusional 17. Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Hanging up My Heart 18. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow 19. Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead 20. Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson - Ukulele Lady - (If Paradise Is) Half as Nice 21. Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound 22. UB40 & Chrissie Hynde - I Got You Babe 23. The Beautiful South - A Little Time 24. Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up 25. Spiritualized - Lord Can You Hear Me

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  • #ThePlaylist – 075 – Samples

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It features me, a bearded man, offering a bottle of Vimto to the camera. Behind me, a table covered in other bottles of Vimto, offering samples.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It features me, a bearded man, offering a bottle of Vimto to the camera. Behind me, a table covered in other bottles of Vimto, offering samples.

    Enjoy a tiny paper pot full of #ThePlaylist, because this week’s theme is:

    Samples

    We’ve got two glorious hours of music that samples, and music that has been sampled, all of which has been suggested YOU, the fine folks of the Fediverse. So bust out your spelunking helmets and join us in digging through the rarest of vintage crates.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Chic - Good Times 02. Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation 03. Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle 04. Al Bowlly & White Town - MYour Woman 05. The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist 06. Various - The Last Mix 07. Apollo 440 - Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub 08. Max Romeo & The Upsetters - Chase The Devil 09. The Winstons - Amen, Brother 10. Eddie Johns - More Spell On You 11. Labi Siffre - I Got The 12. Toto - I Won't Hold You Back 13. M.I.A. - Born Free 14. The Prodigy - Firestarter 15. Cuban Boys - Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia 16. Eric B. & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul 17. Public Enemy - Caught, Can We Get A Witness 18. Beastie Boys - Rhymin & Stealin 19. Enigma - Modern Crusaders 20. Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandel - Dueling Banjos 21. Camille Yarborough - Take Yo' Praise 22. Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise 23. TomTom Club - Genius of Love 24. The Art of Noise - Close (to the Edit) 25. Steely Dan - Peg

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  • #ThePlaylist – 074 – Instruments (of pleasure)

    The artwork for this week's show. It's "#ThePlaylist" spelled out in instruments that are roughly the same shape as the letters they represent. In the background, a photo of the Royal Albert Hall.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The artwork for this week's show. It's @#ThePlaylist@ spelled ou in instruments that are roughly the same shape as the letters they represent. In the background, a photo of the Royal Albert Hall.

    Wrap your lips around your horns, and finger your banjo strings, because this week the theme on #ThePlaylist is:

    Instruments (of pleasure)

    And what a pleasure this week’s show is. Who knew that two hours of music about instruments could be so enjoyable? WE DID, THAT’S WHY WE CHOSE THE THEME

    …breathe…

    Enjoy.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 1. Mike Oldfield - The Bell 2. T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) 3. The Avett Brothers - Kick Drum Heart 4. Flanders & Swann - Ill Wind 5. Dennis Brain & Morley College Symphony Orchestra - Concerto For Hosepipe And Strings (3rd Movement) 6. Lord Kitchener - Saxophone No. 2 7. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Braggin’ in Brass 8. Black Moon - Two Turntables & A Mic 9. MC Honky - 3 Turntables & 2 Microphones 10. Billy Joel - Piano Man 11. Pete Atkin - Thirty Year Man 12. The Watersons - Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy 13. Portishead - Roads 14. Joyryde Joyryde Joyryde - HOT DRUM 15. Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings of Life 16. Man Parrish - Six Simple Synthesizers 17. N.R.G. - Instruments of Destruction 18. Vibrators - Stiff Little Fingers 19. Candy Dulfer - Saxuality 20. The Gift - Love Without Violins feat. Brian Eno 21. The Alice Band - Tambourine song 22. Brenda Russell - Piano In The Dark 23. Stereophonics - Violins And Tambourines 24. Blink - Cello 25. B.B. King - My Lucille

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  • #ThePlaylist – 073 – Days become Nights

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It features a drawing of a crescent moon with twinkling stars, with layers of clouds, all designed to look like they're made from felt.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It features a drawing of a crescent moon with twinkling stars, with layers of clouds, all designed to look like they're made from felt.

    Rage, rage against the dying of the light with #ThePlaylist, and this week’s theme of:

    Days become Nights

    We intended it to be about the equinox, the nights getting longer, but most of you suggested songs about night and twilight. And honestly, you all understood the assignment better than I did, because these tunes are magnificent.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. The KLF - 3 A.M. Eternal (Live At The S.S.L.) 02. Selena Gomez, benny blanco - Sunset Blvd 03. Ed Rush vs Tali - Dark Days 04. Commodores - Nightshift 05. Leathers - Day for Night 06. Massive Attack - Hymn of the Big Wheel 07. Breakestra - At The End Of The Day 08. Ice-T - Midnight 09. Keith Hudson - Darkest Night 10. Ella Fitzgerald - A Night in Tunisia 11. Melody Gardot - Your Heart Is as Black as Night 12. Alan Clayson - The Moonlight Skater 13. Nick Drake - Pink Moon 14. Reginald Mobley - Sunset 15. The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun 16. Pet Shop Boys - In The Night 17. Wire - Nocturnal Koreans 18. Jovanotti - Gente Della Notte 19. The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight 20. Mercury Rev - The Dark Is Rising 21. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves 22. Them - Here Comes the Night 23. Marc Laidlaw - Evening Air 24. R.E.M. - Daysleeper 25. Indigo Girls - Midnight Train To Georgia 26. The Gloaming - Freedom

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