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It’s not news that we appreciate contrast. The very nature of our craft relies on opposites. Right and left. One simply cannot exist without the other. But it was through producing this second issue that we realized just how contrast and conflict exist on every page, and in our everyday lives, sometimes without realizing it. Take, for example, our Punks and Poets. The punk champions anarchy, while the poet seeks harmony. And yet, when they meet in the middle, they form a new entity. When Russ Pope and Kassia Meador collaborated on the scaling mural at our new Soho flagship location, it was as if you were watching two completely different installations come to life.Russ Pope is quirky and energetic, while Kassia Meador emits an effervescent calm. Their powers combined create the perfect storm of contradiction. While we’re talking punks and poets and their diverging qualities, Willow Smith, our newest muse, mystifyingly represents both sides of the brain in a way that most of us can’t comprehend. She is analytical and articulate, yet creative and melodic. She is the marriage of the words and the music, personified. Whether we’re talking the Stopnik family’s refusal to keep their crisp white Levi’s clean, or polar opposite musicians like Big Sean and Nikki Lane and their go-to playlists. It lives in our Match Made feature showcasing how mild and wild can, in fact, coexist, and is even the (un)common thread between this issue and our last. And just like every good story needs a conflict, The ying can’t exist without the yang. The punk can’t exist without the poet. The creation can’t exist without the challenge. Where there is conflict, there is resolution, and ours is this: Here at Stance, making uncommon elements compliment each other is our jam. Contradiction exists in every corner and fold of this zine, and if it piques your curiosity, we must be doing something right.
Playlist: Nikki Lane & Big Sean 080-081 Brian Bent 008-009 Otis Carey 012-013 Neckface 036-037 Chase Stopnik 044-045 Kassia Meador 002, 064-065, 087
The Art of the Build with Otis Carey 014-019 Lens Crafters: 13thWitness 052-057 Pastifying NYC 060-063
What’s Good In The Hood?: Biarritz, FR 030-031
Refinery 29 011 Willow Smith: Miss Dazey Collection 020-029 Match Made 066-073 Close Inspection with Mr. Hat 076-079 Underwear with Mr. Mitch 082-083 #superinvisibles 084-085
Day in the Dirt 011 MLB All-Star Game 011 Ballin’ On A Budget 032-035 The Anatomy Of A Run Sock 038-039 NBA 058-059
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Day in the Dirt Glen Helen is just about the only place on Earth where the terms “Coup de Grace” brings about a feeling of hunger and excitement. A Day in the Dirt is better described as a weekend of dirt biking and drinking, and yes, that really is as awesome as it sounds. You see, there’s a fine line between love of the sport and libido for it, and here, the track lines are blurred. At this glorious three day event, people bike, camp, drink, and enjoy their geared up asses off, all while enjoying live performances (this year, our very own Punk & Poet, Brian Bent, performed live). This pro level racing motocross event even includes a vintage motorcycle race, and culminates with a Saturday night party. At Day in the Dirt, it’s better to be riding in the dust than eating it. P h oto:
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Sneakerness Just as every thug needs a lady, every rad pair of socks needs an equally rad pair of sneakers. That’s where Sneakerness comes in. In honor of our upcoming sock collab, Stance posted up at the Sneakerness event this year in Cologne, Germany for our first ever German collaboration. Every day you could trade in your old socks for a pair of Stance socks (through our Sock Reclamation activation) and learn a little bit about sneaker culture at the biggest shoe head gathering in Germany. If you’re on the hunt for deals on rare find sneakers you can’t get anywhere else in the world, or you’re looking to score a pair of limited edition kicks in the shoe auction (proceeds go to charity), Sneakerness is the place to be every year.
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What better timing to launch our first ever custom sock program than at this summer’s MLB All-Star Game in vintage baseball town, Cincinnati? The answer, friends, is there’s no better timing. Our sock customization station activated at Fanfest, where you could get first pick at exclusive MLB swag, including a pair of Stance socks with any name, number, and MLB logo of your choosing. The only thing fresher than the technology was the quality, and people lined up for hours on end for the chance to rep America’s pastime right down to their toes. Word in the outfield is that this little diddy might go national in other cities and stadiums next season, so stay tuned!
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Pro surfer and artist at heart, Otis Carey, gives a Tuk Tuk in Thailand a new face lift.
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So tell me about this Tuk Tuk, am I saying that right?
So you painted a Tuk Tuk. Can people ride it still or is it on display somewhere?
I slowed my pronunciation down while Otis Carey, part professional freestyle surfer, part artist, and part general good dude erupted into bemused laughter as I continued my attempt at pronouncing the word for ‘motorized taxi’ in Thailand. t-UH-k, t-UH-k?
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I think it’s pronounced ‘t-OO-k t-OO-k’, but your accent might be...different. And just like that, Otis had found the most down to earth way imaginable to tell me that I was wrong. Otis hails from Coffs Harbour, Australia. After correcting my poor pronunciation and briefly chatting our mutual connections to Newcastle, a city in Australia we’ve both traveled to roughly 5 hours south of Coffs where he grew up, we dove head first into his recent collaboration with Stance. The finished product was a fully painted Tuk Tuk, which became a culmination of several facets of Otis’ life that he has great passion for - art, surf, travel, and his deep respect and appreciation for his Indigenous heritage. How would you describe yourself to someone who has never met you?
Mike Noe wanted me to do a painting while we were in Thailand, and try to incorporate it into what we were doing over there. So he suggested getting a Tuk Tuk and painting it. We tracked down a guy who owns a Tuk Tuk business, and we found one and painted the shit out of it. Apparently it’s illegal to paint Tuk Tuks like that. They all have to look the same. So the guy who owned it decided to keep it forever because he had never seen anyone paint a Tuk Tuk. So it’s just chilling in Thailand on this guy’s property? Yeah! Well Mike bought the roof of the Tuk Tuk, because it was leather stretched over a frame. But the rest of it is still there. What other ways have you collaborated with Stance. I just did a painting with them in the Bahamas which will be featured in an upcoming campaign, which is cool.
*Laughs* I’m pretty easy going. I like to be around happy people, and be positive and creative and enjoy the present moment. Do you have a mantra or something you practice every day? Growing up my dad always said, “If you’ve got nothing good to say, don’t say anything at all.” So I live by that.
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It seems like art is a big part of your life and not something you do necessarily for profit. Where else in the world can people find your art? So, I’ve painted trees and old burnt out cars, it’s nice to leave a memory of a place somewhere, so that’s kind of what I do sometimes, if I have paintbrushes and art (supplies) on me and I’m somewhere cool. Or anywhere where I feel like leaving a memory, if that makes sense.
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We created this board called the Mermaid Killer. It’s this really weird, unconventional shape that seems to surf really well. It’s a bit bizarre, but it’s cool. Was it trial and error or did you just shape it and go for it? It was about 6 months of trial and error before we got the right shape. It was good fun. We make a bunch every month or so and stores buy them and people order custom boards. That itself is super artistic, creating something new in an industry where people have very specific styles. It’s cool that you were able to create something that was completely your own. I think people tend to forget that a lot of things we do and create is our own way of doing things. That was kind of my reason for creating that surfboard. It was my way of getting to do my thing in the ocean, my way. How does art fit into surfing, and how do those things intermingle in your life? My dad actually had me at the beach when I was two days old, and me being aboriginal, a lot of my ancestors lived off the ocean and lived really close to the ocean. It’s so hard to explain when people ask these kinds of questions - I can’t find the words just yet to express that side of it. It’s more of a connection than anything. It’s got so many healing elements and certain attributes that people don’t realize, and that’s why people who grew up near the ocean are drawn to it.
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What makes you different or what makes you stand out - what do you think it is that makes you an artist? My culture.
Yeah, definitely. Within different groups of clans there are different symbols that have certain meanings. What I’m painting is a contemporary broken down form. Some symbols we’re not allowed to share, but what I do is break it down so I can share those stories without any traditional conflicts.
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Do the different images you’re painting have specific meanings, similar to a hieroglyphic where there is a literal meaning, or are you telling the story through your own interpretation and imagery?
How long did the Tuk Tuk take to paint? It took about 6-8 hours. Why did you paint the Tuk Tuk the way you did? What were you hoping people would feel or take away looking at it? With the Tuk Tuk painting, the symbols and design I used were specific. In Thailand we were never really in the same place. We traveled a lot and stayed in a lot of different places. So the symbols used for the painting symbolizes traveling up and down on a journey. I started painting the Tuk Tuk from the inside out, it made more sense to paint like that for that design. I was hoping to translate a sense of travel through the painting. I like to think people take something away from my paintings, even if it’s a smile or a head tilt that’s good enough for me.
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It sort of depends on the sort of story - in a way I’m telling the story my own way, yes, but the stories are thousands of years old so they’ve been told many, many times. When I paint, I’d like to think people want to know more about the story, so that’s why I name them in my native language and break down in English what it means.
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This is an anthem born from a generation of purposeful creators, and Willow is just the creative muse Generation Z has been searching for.
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Willow is truly esemplastic, taking contrasting elements and fusing them together. Simply put, she’s a cultural chemist, pouring her music, her personal style, and her world views from one beaker to the next. She thrives on unifying all of the things that make her uncommon. Why be one thing, when you can be ALL things? Nobody is going to tell Willow what she can sing, what she can wear, and what she can be, when it’s more than clear she just wants to be herself. She’s not bothered by whether or not you approve.
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Longboarding’s effortlessly cool girl Margaux Arramon-Tucco takes us on a watercolor tour of Biarritz, showing us how to live like the locals do. From the perfect surf in Côte des Basques to epic scenery at La Rhune, this delightful French native, and Punk and Poet, shows us there’s more to France than eating carbs. (...Or is there?)
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Cycle Zombies take on Europe Old motorcycles are a pain in the ass. There are breakdowns, broken parts, missing parts, hot weather, cold hands, wet clothes, shit roads, and shittier drivers. And bugs…the fucking bugs. But that’s the point, right? Old motorcycles force you to go search for parts or find a solution with what you have. Breakdowns and bad weather leave you somewhere you never would have stopped otherwise. On an older motorcycle you aren’t just passing through the world, you’re part of it, and that motorcycle becomes part of your story. The guys at Cycle Zombies (CZ) get it. Their name came about because their passion lies with bringing old bikes back from the dead. As Scotty Stopnik says, “We aren’t trying to reinvent the wheel but only make the wheels turn again.” CZ is built from family, a love of
motorcycles, and wrenching passed down from the patriarch, Big Scott, to his sons and nephew. “We learned to work with our hands, even if we didn’t like it. My dad always said we would learn a trade.” And it was Big Scott’s guidance that eventually got the boys “screwing around with old motorcycles,” says Scotty, (Big Scott’s son). In an age where words like “retro” and “vintage” are abused the Stopniks carry a fluid, effortless style in their bikes that is also prevalent in their surfing and skating. For Chase Stopnik, the interest in the process of piecing together a bike is just as fulfilling as riding it. “You can look at the bike and it’s got its own stories to tell through not only the life that the parts had before you got them, but the way you got them and everything. And you put them all together and then you make new stories with it.” This past June, Stance sent Scotty and Chase to fly their Cycle Zombie flag in Europe to visit the Kustom Kulture Forever show in Germany and Wheels and Waves event in Biarritz, France. Accompanied by long time friend and revivalist Brian Bent (you should remember him from the first issue. Unless you didn’t read it...), Eat Dust’s Keith Hioco and Rob Harmsen, and photographer Josie Perez, the group experienced the flourishing classic and custom motorcycle/car scene in Germany
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and France while each bringing their unique style and skills to add to the recipe. “Eclectic” doesn’t even begin to describe the Kustom Kulture Forever show. Greasers, and pin-ups slid between pinstriped, bagged low riders and oil dripping baggers. All set to a Rockabilly soundtrack, Kustom Kulture Forever wasn’t focused on recognizing a specific style, but instead recognizing the lifestyle that leaves you with grease under your nails and oil in your blood. With that broad scope everyone felt welcome, and everyone left entertained and satisfied. Scotty Stopnik found something new around every corner. “They had the Wall of Death there, a skate ramp, music, Stance had a really killer booth. It was really that cool Brian Bent played a couple times.” The influence of American motoring was strong but with a distinct international flair. Classic American muscle cars, roadsters, and motorcycles dominated the show, but each with its distinct flavor concocted by their creator. True to form, if you want an old car or motorcycle, or want something unique you have to be comfortable getting your hands dirty. And as Scotty cruised around he was psyched to see the vagabonds were out in full force, “Riding their choppers to the show and hanging out and camping next to their bikes.”
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Then it was off to France for Wheels and Waves. A day of travel on his birthday didn’t stop Chase Stopnik from enjoying it. Breakfast in Spain and a dinner in France that included enough black pudding to stop a normal human heart, (nothing close to the pudding you are picturing in your head), allowing his stomach to host an international U.N. meeting. They landed in France three days before Wheels and Waves, but their bags didn’t. Shitty weather and bag-less circumstances changed their plans, but didn’t stop any of the fun. After a quick trip to a thrift store and new clothes including a pair of fresh white Levi’s, Scotty and Chase were geared up and game to take on the south of France. Basque country has roads and terrain that had to be sculpted by a motorcycle rider and the boys were lined up to borrow a few bikes, but weather blew in and blew out their plans. “Scotty and I had it all set up to borrow some motorcycles and ride around Biarritz, but the day we were supposed to get them we got rained out. So instead, we ended up just riding around electric bicycles, and starting a bike club called the Electric Eels - BB is the club president. We probably had more fun on those things anyway.”
The motorcycles at the show were as diverse as the passports at the event. Japanese bikes, Euro bikes, American bikes, all shapes, styles, and colors, Wheels and Waves is the altar at which true motorcycle devotees worship. It is as much about motorcycles as is it about lives devoted to finding clean and unique lines through a craft, whether it be art or mechanics. If the Stopniks wanted an event that encompassed their life, they found it with Wheels and Waves; motorcycle drag races between show quality bikes and oil burning crusty motorcycles, a world-class wave just a few miles away, and a museum that had a roof covered in transition and a strange little skateable bowl. “Up top they have this crazy cement cobblestone set up that represents a wave. It was really cool to skate that bowl. We skated it for hours until I broke my ankle. We got to skate up their while Brian Bent played.” After he was done playing, BB waltzed to the roof and joined the Stopniks, “I’m glad I dropped in - to me them riding that pool that really wasn’t a pool was so rad. Scotty really skated that pool really rad. It might have been the coolest time I have seen him skate, and then rolling in from that big brick or square wave and into the pool was rad. It was a big highlight for me to watch them.” It was Scotty’s newly acquired pair of white Levi’s that sparked a conversation with Paul Simonon, the former bassist for The Clash who was at Wheels and Waves showing a collection of paintings called, “Wot No Bike”. Having clean white jeans was too much for Scotty so he rolled around in the dirt to tone them down a bit after the purchase. After hearing that, Simonon related a story from his touring days when he was in Texas with a new leather jacket. To Scotty, “It was just really cool seeing a hero like that and he’s one of you. You are one of him.”
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Finally, the crew was ready to check out the four-day event that takes over the entire town of Biarritz. “I had heard for the last few years it was a bitchin’ event. Every time I tried to figure out what it was, I got super confused. It’s an art gallery? At the beach? It’s a motorcycle race? YES! It’s all of those things!” Chase continued that it was one of the best shows he’s been to that incorporates so many things that play into the motorcycle scene. From the art and music to having a show that takes place all over the town and gets people actually riding their motorcycles rather than just looking at them.
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The irony of cruising through town on electric bikes during a vintage motorcycle event was obvious. The guys wore shit eating grins, and blasted curb cuts, going up against traffic on one-way streets on their way to a classic French lunch of escargot and baguettes. Chapter President Brian Bent recalls, (kinda) the election process. “Maybe because I think I came up with the name, I forget. Or I’m the oldest. Or I just had the electric eel look.” *Laughs* “With that jacket and hat. As long as the battery rolls, we roll. The ELECTRIC EELs.”
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This trip made the world, especially the motorcycle world, a little bit smaller, and the Cycle Zombies family a little bit bigger. As Scotty puts it, “You don’t even speak the same language. You don’t even eat the same food. But you start up a bike and you can go ride together. Even if different parts of the world or different riders have a style you aren’t into, there is a commonality there. It’s the sense of freedom.” He continued, “It’s the same with surfing and skating in a way. And that’s why I love it so much. You step on a skateboard, you pump down the street, you know
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Later that night, I received an electronic message from Russ showing interest in doodling on our wall. He thought it would be rad to print-up Kassia’s photos and do what he did to the zine. Boom! There it was. A true Punk & Poet synergy that came to life just days before the store opened.
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We (Stance) recently opened a flagship retail store in the heart of SoHo in NYC and allocated a large-ass wall for mural space. At the core of the brand are the Punks & Poets and this wall was a perfect platform for artists to collab and riff a bit. Months before the store opening, we spent a day in LA workshopping with “The Church of Type” making letterpress prints. Alongside of us was surfer/photographer Kassia Meador. She is one talented woman and rad to hang with. We hit it off so well that we chatted about doing a project together soon. The NY store project came up.
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This season for Match Made, we’re keeping it in the family, taking styling tips from a few of our own. Your socks don’t have to be an afterthought, in fact, they shouldn’t be. Start from the ground up to bring an element of individuality to your everyday look.
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Hats off to La Touché La Touché, better known by the fashion industry and social media world as Mr. Hat, is the gentleman apprentice hat maker who loves all things felt. When he’s not living and breathing the intricacy of hat making, he’s populating his blog, Hatabouttown, with chapeaus from around the world. Mr. Hat takes a break from his craft to walk us through a few of his favorite head toppers. Take a gander at the array of unique patterns, colors, and textures that unfold over the next few pages, and feel free to up your hat game accordingly.
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Grandfather’s Hat - Trilby
Growing up I always saw my Grandfather wearing hats. I love that without the hat he was just Granddad but with the hat he became this cool superhero, with his hats reflecting his personality. I used to put his hats on as a child and he would always take it back and tell me “when you’re older”. He gave me his black rabbit fur felt trilby from the
early 1940s just before he passed away, when I was 18, and it fit me like a glove. He’s the reason I wear hats, why I love hats and why I’ll never be seen without a hat. Wearing hat for me isn’t about fashion. It shares a more personal symbolic attachment for me. When I have a hat on I feel like he’s still with me.
Bowler Hat - Bolivia via Peru
I started Hatabouttown in 2012, as I was frustrated with the lack of appreciation and respect that the hat industry receives. I wanted to become the voice for the hat world, so worked on a way to produce content that would shine a light on those who wear the hat but also for those who make the hats.
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Goorin Bros - Summer Straw Hat
Late 2013 I became Mr. Hat. I started working on my brand and was slowly starting to gain a following and an influence within the hat industry as “the hat man”. I was introduced to fellow top milliners as “the man who’s obsessed with hats and knows his stuff”. With this reputation building, I started to get gifted hats from different people and brands, showing their appreciation and admiration for my love of hats. Simon and
Mary from South Africa was the first, then Lack of Color from Australia followed by Stetson and Goorin Bros in the USA. When these hats started arriving at my Dad’s house addressed to Mr. Hat with thank you notes attached it really humbled me and made me realize just how much of an influence I was building. It created even more of a drive to learn more about the hat industry and is what helped make the decision to invest my time in an apprenticeship.
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Lucky Selectism Mac - Navy felt fedora with playful hand painted
Whilst spending three days working at Liberty Fairs in NYC, I came across the brand Lucky Selectism and spotted an awesome black fedora with white paint and fell in love. I took a few photos and it went viral, as well as being featured on HypeBeast, and a relationship was formed. A week later I popped into their studio, we put pen to paper and
began working on our collaboration. As a mutual joke between us we nicknamed this navy hat the Badu fedora as it was the hat that caught Erykah Badu’s attention at an event she was DJing at. She approached me and the positive feelings about the hat were very much mutual. She loved it. She wanted it. She got it.
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Flame Keepers Hat Club - Burgundy Fedora
On my last trip to NYC I chose to go on a hat tour, visiting all the hat shops, brands and designers who made and loved hats. I got to meet some epic individuals, one of which was Marc Williamson, such a warm kind hearted genuine man. It was genuinely inspiring being in his store. After hearing my story he said I couldn’t leave without him honouring me with a hat of my choice. I saw this beauty and fell in love. The sexiest hat I currently own!
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KANYE WEST - GOOD LIFE
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BIG SEAN FEATURING DRAKE AND KANYE - BLESSINGS.
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KANYE WEST, BIG SEAN AND JAY Z - CLIQUE
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2 PAC - I GET AROUND
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UGK FEATURING OUTKAST - INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS ANTHEM
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ICE CUBE - IT WAS A GOOD DAY
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NOTORIOUS BIG - STORY TO TELL
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DR. DRE AND SNOOP DOGG - NOTHIN’ BUT A G THANG
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FLAMIN’ GROOVIES - WHISKEY WOMAN
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CASS McCOMBS - BIG WHEEL
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BIG STAR - THIRTEEN
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CAREY ANN HEARST - HELL’S BELLS
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MERLE HAGGARD - BIG CITY
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BOMBINO - TAMIDITINE
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RAYLAND BAXTER - YELLOW EYES
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KAREN DALTON - IN MY OWN TIME
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CLEAR PLASTIC MASKS - SO REAL
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DONNIE & JOE EMERSON - BABY
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MARGO PRICE - HURTIN’ ON THE BOTTLE
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RONNIE LANE - ROLL ON BABE
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