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<strong>Title:</strong> Singles<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 1992<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Cameron Crowe<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> Set amidst the burgeoning Seattle alternative music scene of the early '90s, Singles follows a group of twentysomethings as they try to find love and try to come to terms with their passage into adulthood. Arranged as an episodic comedy, the film follows a group of friends who live in the same apartment building and hang out at the same coffee shop. The central couple is Steve Dunne (<a href="/players/P____64044/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Campbell Scott</a>) and Linda Powell (<a href="/players/P____64284/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Kyra Sedgwick</a>), a pair who meet at an Alice In Chains concert and eventually fall in love. Singles follows the tumultuous relationship between Steve and Linda and their friendship with Janet Livermore (<a href="/players/P____24096/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Bridget Fonda</a>), who is trying to win the affection of grunge-rocker Cliff Poncier (<a href="/players/P____19210/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Matt Dillon</a>). The film also has a number of cameos, including actors <a href="/players/P____68432/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Eric Stoltz</a>, <a href="/players/P____66091/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Tom Skerritt</a>, <a href="/players/P____94896/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Peter Horton</a>, director <a href="/players/P____83666/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Tim Burton</a> and the film's author/director, <a href="/players/P____86281/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Cameron Crowe</a>. From the musical side of the fence, Singles features appearances by Sub Pop executive Bruce Pavitt, musicians Chris Cornell (Soundgarden), Pat DiNizio (Smithereens), Tad (Tad), and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, and Stone Gossard, who play Dillon's backing band, Citizen Dick. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 11<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 10<br/>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Top 5 Films of the 90s</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2227/default.aspx'>pippin06</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 9/30/2008 4:56:32 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="filmgal81"] ( Originally posted on the 80s Movies board, but i think it fits better here) Picking up where Seely left off, I'd like to start a list of the Top 5 Films of the 90s. Again, not necessarily cinematic genius, but films that epitomize how you remember the 90s ( or a particular part of the 90s).   Here's mine:   1) Edward Scissorhands - does anything scream 90s like this film? Early Johnny Depp, the Rebel Without a Cause like angst of the early 90s personified in Tim Burton's creation about a man forever on the outside of the "perfect" world ( a theme that also  reverberates throughout many of his later films)   2) Singles -    A film complete with long hair, plaid shirts, and the Seattle grunge music scene- classic!   3) House Party- on the lighter side, there was this fun film featuring a very popular rap duo named Kid n Play.  The fashion, the music,  the dancing, blatant sexual references...also classic! 4)Dances with Wolves - &amp; 5) Wyatt Earp - 90s actors of the moment paying tribute to our frontier past.     [/quote] Ah, thank you for posting!  This group has been sleepy lately, so it's nice to know people are still interested.  And a good topic...but... I have a question: are we talking our five fave films in general from the 90s?  Or our five fave teen flicks?  Since this is the group devoted to those guilty pleasures we call the teen movie, I'll approach it from both vantage points, but if you like Top 5's, the Top 5 group is the best place to play this game.  Still, we're open to all here - So: top 5 teen flicks from the 90s (not as good as from the 80s...but yeah). 1. 10 Things I Hate About You - I admit it.  I like it.  I mostly like Heath before his superstardom, but the whole massively guilty pleasure is just fun to watch.  Even when you're sick! 2. Clueless - As if!  Whatever happened to what's her name?  You know, the star? 3. Never Been Kissed - Is Drew Barrymore believable as Josie Grossie?  Hard to say, but another massively guilty pleasure. 4. Election - Overachiever hell by Reese Witherspoon. 5. Now and Then - The female version of Stand By Me for the 90s! Now, to pick my favorite movies of the 90s.  That's considerably harder - I mean, it was a good decade and all, but I don't think my favoritest films include many from the decade.  I'm trying to think back to my movie collection; ironically, it dances around the 90s quite dramatically.  Let's see if I can pick five... 1. Forrest Gump / Apollo 13 - I put these Tom Hanks movies together because this was during the Tom Hanks era, when he couldn't escape a year without an Oscar nod.  I like Philadelphia too, but I liked these movies more.  Forrest sees it all - it's funny and touching and yes, he's not a smart man, but he knows what love is!  And Apollo 13 still tenses me up, and I already know the outcome (I have seen it a few times, after all, in addition to, well, history). 2. Schindler's List - It's hard to watch, but it's the artistic pinnacle of the decade without question. 3. Pulp Fiction - QT exploded onto the map with this quintessential film, and John Travolta had a second coming.  It's violent, profane, and overtly sexual (not to mention the unadulterated cocaine use), but it's one of the best told yarns on film. 4. American Beauty / The Usual Suspects - Two of my favorite movies starring one of my favorite actors.  Kevin Spacey, playing the duplicitous Verbal Kint or hysterically sardonic Lester Burnham, pretty much rocked my world, and I've watched these movies multiple times and own them both too. 5. The Sixth Sense - Shyamalan seems to offend many nowadays, but no one can deny the thrills and chills factor of this, his very first film, about seeing dead people. And for good measure, my top 5 honorable mentions for the decade: Wayne's World / Austin Powers - It was Mike Myers' decade, after all. Toy Story - A masterpiece but oddly not my favorite Pixar anymore. The Mask / The Truman Show - It was Jim Carrey's decade too, and these two films exemplify his wacky acting schizophrenia. The Silence of the Lambs - Almost made my top 5, but I can't watch it repeatedly.  Hannibal scares me.  And he should. Titanic - Oh shut up.  You know you loved it the first time you saw it.  It was only after Celine Dion's painfully worded ballad and James Cameron's self-indulgent "I'm the king of the world" nod that you decided you were too cool to like it.  Besides, the production values on the film are astounding.  I get cold just watching those poor people drown in the icy Atlantic.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:56:32 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>pippin06</spout:postby><spout:postto>Forever Young</spout:postto><spout:postdate>9/30/2008 4:56:32 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="filmgal81"] ( Originally posted on the 80s Movies board, but i think it fits better here) Picking up where Seely left off, I'd like to start a list of the Top 5 Films of the 90s. Again, not necessarily cinematic genius, but films that epitomize how you remember the 90s ( or a particular part of the 90s).   Here's mine:   1) Edward Scissorhands - does anything scream 90s like this film? Early Johnny Depp, the Rebel Without a Cause like angst of the early 90s personified in Tim Burton's creation about a man forever on the outside of the "perfect" world ( a theme that also  reverberates throughout many of his later films)   2) Singles -    A film complete with long hair, plaid shirts, and the Seattle grunge music scene- classic!   3) House Party- on the lighter side, there was this fun film featuring a very popular rap duo named Kid n Play.  The fashion, the music,  the dancing, blatant sexual references...also classic! 4)Dances with Wolves - &amp;amp; 5) Wyatt Earp - 90s actors of the moment paying tribute to our frontier past.     [/quote] Ah, thank you for posting!  This group has been sleepy lately, so it's nice to know people are still interested.  And a good topic...but... I have a question: are we talking our five fave films in general from the 90s?  Or our five fave teen flicks?  Since this is the group devoted to those guilty pleasures we call the teen movie, I'll approach it from both vantage points, but if you like Top 5's, the Top 5 group is the best place to play this game.  Still, we're open to all here - So: top 5 teen flicks from the 90s (not as good as from the 80s...but yeah). 1. 10 Things I Hate About You - I admit it.  I like it.  I mostly like Heath before his superstardom, but the whole massively guilty pleasure is just fun to watch.  Even when you're sick! 2. Clueless - As if!  Whatever happened to what's her name?  You know, the star? 3. Never Been Kissed - Is Drew Barrymore believable as Josie Grossie?  Hard to say, but another massively guilty pleasure. 4. Election - Overachiever hell by Reese Witherspoon. 5. Now and Then - The female version of Stand By Me for the 90s! Now, to pick my favorite movies of the 90s.  That's considerably harder - I mean, it was a good decade and all, but I don't think my favoritest films include many from the decade.  I'm trying to think back to my movie collection; ironically, it dances around the 90s quite dramatically.  Let's see if I can pick five... 1. Forrest Gump / Apollo 13 - I put these Tom Hanks movies together because this was during the Tom Hanks era, when he couldn't escape a year without an Oscar nod.  I like Philadelphia too, but I liked these movies more.  Forrest sees it all - it's funny and touching and yes, he's not a smart man, but he knows what love is!  And Apollo 13 still tenses me up, and I already know the outcome (I have seen it a few times, after all, in addition to, well, history). 2. Schindler's List - It's hard to watch, but it's the artistic pinnacle of the decade without question. 3. Pulp Fiction - QT exploded onto the map with this quintessential film, and John Travolta had a second coming.  It's violent, profane, and overtly sexual (not to mention the unadulterated cocaine use), but it's one of the best told yarns on film. 4. American Beauty / The Usual Suspects - Two of my favorite movies starring one of my favorite actors.  Kevin Spacey, playing the duplicitous Verbal Kint or hysterically sardonic Lester Burnham, pretty much rocked my world, and I've watched these movies multiple times and own them both too. 5. The Sixth Sense - Shyamalan seems to offend many nowadays, but no one can deny the thrills and chills factor of this, his very first film, about seeing dead people. And for good measure, my top 5 honorable mentions for the decade: Wayne's World / Austin Powers - It was Mike Myers' decade, after all. Toy Story - A masterpiece but oddly not my favorite Pixar anymore. The Mask / The Truman Show - It was Jim Carrey's decade too, and these two films exemplify his wacky acting schizophrenia. The Silence of the Lambs - Almost made my top 5, but I can't watch it repeatedly.  Hannibal scares me.  And he should. Titanic - Oh shut up.  You know you loved it the first time you saw it.  It was only after Celine Dion's painfully worded ballad and James Cameron's self-indulgent "I'm the king of the world" nod that you decided you were too cool to like it.  Besides, the production values on the film are astounding.  I get cold just watching those poor people drown in the icy Atlantic.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Top 5 Films of the 90s</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/135195/default.aspx'>filmgal81</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 9/30/2008 12:20:00 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> ( Originally posted on the 80s Movies board, but i think it fits better here) Picking up where Seely left off, I'd like to start a list of the Top 5 Films of the 90s. Again, not necessarily cinematic genius, but films that epitomize how you remember the 90s ( or a particular part of the 90s).   Here's mine:   1) Edward Scissorhands - does anything scream 90s like this film? Early Johnny Depp, the Rebel Without a Cause like angst of the early 90s personified in Tim Burton's creation about a man forever on the outside of the "perfect" world ( a theme that also  reverberates throughout many of his later films)   2) Singles -    A film complete with long hair, plaid shirts, and the Seattle grunge music scene- classic!   3) House Party- on the lighter side, there was this fun film featuring a very popular rap duo named Kid n Play.  The fashion, the music,  the dancing, blatant sexual references...also classic! 4)Dances with Wolves - &amp; 5) Wyatt Earp - 90s actors of the moment paying tribute to our frontier past.    <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>filmgal81</spout:postby><spout:postto>Forever Young</spout:postto><spout:postdate>9/30/2008 12:20:00 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>( Originally posted on the 80s Movies board, but i think it fits better here) Picking up where Seely left off, I'd like to start a list of the Top 5 Films of the 90s. Again, not necessarily cinematic genius, but films that epitomize how you remember the 90s ( or a particular part of the 90s).   Here's mine:   1) Edward Scissorhands - does anything scream 90s like this film? Early Johnny Depp, the Rebel Without a Cause like angst of the early 90s personified in Tim Burton's creation about a man forever on the outside of the "perfect" world ( a theme that also  reverberates throughout many of his later films)   2) Singles -    A film complete with long hair, plaid shirts, and the Seattle grunge music scene- classic!   3) House Party- on the lighter side, there was this fun film featuring a very popular rap duo named Kid n Play.  The fashion, the music,  the dancing, blatant sexual references...also classic! 4)Dances with Wolves - &amp;amp; 5) Wyatt Earp - 90s actors of the moment paying tribute to our frontier past.    </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: One of those movies that I'll always watch</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/unclefestering/archive/2008/5/14/29197.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t02361xdwge.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/130209/default.aspx'>unclefestering</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 5/14/2008 9:30:58 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Almost Famous is one of those movies that will stop me from channel surfing to watch it when it is on. Although it has its flaws, it is one of Cameron Crowe's best and most personal movies. It is right up there with Singles (1992). I loved how this movie really evoked the feeling of the 70s. That mood that what was special about the 60s was slipping away. That feeling is mirrored by the gradual loss of William's innocence as he leaves the shelter of his overprotective mother for the care of Penny Lane. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is great (as always) as the rock critic who is William's mentor and offers advice that is too eagerly discarded until he realizes its worth far too late. It is hard to believe that Crowe could make this and be the force behind the soulless Jerry Maguire (1996).  <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 01:30:58 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>unclefestering</spout:postby><spout:postto>unclefestering Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>5/14/2008 9:30:58 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Almost Famous is one of those movies that will stop me from channel surfing to watch it when it is on. Although it has its flaws, it is one of Cameron Crowe's best and most personal movies. It is right up there with Singles (1992). I loved how this movie really evoked the feeling of the 70s. That mood that what was special about the 60s was slipping away. That feeling is mirrored by the gradual loss of William's innocence as he leaves the shelter of his overprotective mother for the care of Penny Lane. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is great (as always) as the rock critic who is William's mentor and offers advice that is too eagerly discarded until he realizes its worth far too late. It is hard to believe that Crowe could make this and be the force behind the soulless Jerry Maguire (1996).  </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Life's Soundtrack</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/yojimbo73/archive/2008/2/18/25296.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t02361xdwge.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/116417/default.aspx'>yojimbo73</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 2/18/2008 9:16:43 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong>     I was sitting in my jeep a few days ago looking through my iPod for something that would pick my spirits up for the drive home.  Great little invention. Kinda makes that &quot;10 albums on a desert island&quot; thing useless. Just bring your iPod and you can have your entire collection. Anyway, I decided on the Counting Crows as it&#39;d been years since I&#39;d listened to them. Instantly I was transported to...I&#39;ll get to that in a minute. It made me think about that whole &quot;smell is the best memory trigger&quot; thing. Now maybe it&#39;s just a deficiency in my olfactory system, but smell has never done a thing for my memory. Sure, it&#39;s been instrumental in conjuring up old girlfriends and musty schools, but nothing really useful. Music on the other hand can open wormwholes to my past. When I hear the songs from the soundtrack of the movie that is my life I am instantly bombarded with memories. Sights, sounds, smells, the whole package.     -&quot;I Wear My Sunglasses at Night&quot; and it&#39;s 1984. I&#39;m at the pool getting a crappy slice of pizza from a lifeguard who looks suspiciously like Johnny from the Karate Kid. Only more tan.     -&quot;Purple Rain&quot; sweeps me off to a middle school gym circa 1986.  It&#39;s the last dance of the night (why the last song was always Purple Rain I&#39;ll never know), the smell of sweaty teens is thick in the air, as is the dissappointment in not having a John Hughes kind of night. Again.   -&quot;It Takes Two&quot; (Rob Base) brings me to another gym and another dance, this time it&#39;s 1990.  Ah, but now I&#39;m 16, I have a license and it IS turning into a John Hughes kind of night. This could be THE night...until I find out me and my buddy have to head home. The girl I was with literaly breaks her car in a temper tantrum. Never saw her again, go figure. If only I was Long Duk Dong and she were an amazon.   -The Counting Crows will always take me back to the fall of &#39;93. I&#39;m in a beautiful blue Vanagon with 3 people who were, and always will be (even though we&#39;ve all scattered into the wind), 3 of the most important people in my life. If only we&#39;d all lived in the same crappy apartment building, it would have been Singles. I guess that would have made me Campbell Scott because I definitely wasn&#39;t Matt Dillon. On a whim we&#39;re roadtripping to the Outer Banks. Who knew there were barely any restaurants still open during the fall, at least not in &#39;93. It&#39;s cold, we&#39;ve been driving all day and my skin is crawling from waaaaaay to much caffeine. Yet I&#39;m happy. The kind of happy that doesn&#39;t come around that often.  The kind you try to recreate, but can&#39;t because that brand of American Graffiti/Dazed and Confused kind of day just happens on it&#39;s own.    So there I am in my jeep, driving home after being at work for 27 hours, the Counting Crows are on the stereo and I&#39;m 20 years old again and I&#39;m happy. No smell could ever do that for me. To tell you the truth, a good amount of smells make me ill. Do the smell of mud, alcohol and funk whisk me off to Woodstock &#39;94? No, of course not. But Blind Melon, Green Day and the Rollins Band do it everytime. I&#39;m turning 21 again at the biggest birthday party in the history of parties, drinking beers thrown to me Stone Cold Steve Austin style every time I shout &quot;It&#39;s my birthday&quot;. And I&#39;m happy.   Just be careful when adding songs to your life&#39;s mixtape. With careful planning you too can have an epic moment like being introduced at your wedding reception to the &quot;Throne Room overature&quot; from the end of Star Wars (yeah, we did that ). Sometimes, though, it&#39;s taken out of your control and you end up with something like &quot;Wind Beneath My Wings&quot; by Bette Midler for your graduation song. In retrospect, I would have prefered Blink-182&#39;s &quot;Dammit&quot; to have been our song, but it had yet to be written. Maybe I&#39;ll squeeze that into the mix for my 40th birthday. Now that would be epic. <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:16:43 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>yojimbo73</spout:postby><spout:postto>yojimbo73 Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>2/18/2008 9:16:43 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>    I was sitting in my jeep a few days ago looking through my iPod for something that would pick my spirits up for the drive home.  Great little invention. Kinda makes that &amp;quot;10 albums on a desert island&amp;quot; thing useless. Just bring your iPod and you can have your entire collection. Anyway, I decided on the Counting Crows as it&amp;#39;d been years since I&amp;#39;d listened to them. Instantly I was transported to...I&amp;#39;ll get to that in a minute. It made me think about that whole &amp;quot;smell is the best memory trigger&amp;quot; thing. Now maybe it&amp;#39;s just a deficiency in my olfactory system, but smell has never done a thing for my memory. Sure, it&amp;#39;s been instrumental in conjuring up old girlfriends and musty schools, but nothing really useful. Music on the other hand can open wormwholes to my past. When I hear the songs from the soundtrack of the movie that is my life I am instantly bombarded with memories. Sights, sounds, smells, the whole package.     -&amp;quot;I Wear My Sunglasses at Night&amp;quot; and it&amp;#39;s 1984. I&amp;#39;m at the pool getting a crappy slice of pizza from a lifeguard who looks suspiciously like Johnny from the Karate Kid. Only more tan.     -&amp;quot;Purple Rain&amp;quot; sweeps me off to a middle school gym circa 1986.  It&amp;#39;s the last dance of the night (why the last song was always Purple Rain I&amp;#39;ll never know), the smell of sweaty teens is thick in the air, as is the dissappointment in not having a John Hughes kind of night. Again.   -&amp;quot;It Takes Two&amp;quot; (Rob Base) brings me to another gym and another dance, this time it&amp;#39;s 1990.  Ah, but now I&amp;#39;m 16, I have a license and it IS turning into a John Hughes kind of night. This could be THE night...until I find out me and my buddy have to head home. The girl I was with literaly breaks her car in a temper tantrum. Never saw her again, go figure. If only I was Long Duk Dong and she were an amazon.   -The Counting Crows will always take me back to the fall of &amp;#39;93. I&amp;#39;m in a beautiful blue Vanagon with 3 people who were, and always will be (even though we&amp;#39;ve all scattered into the wind), 3 of the most important people in my life. If only we&amp;#39;d all lived in the same crappy apartment building, it would have been Singles. I guess that would have made me Campbell Scott because I definitely wasn&amp;#39;t Matt Dillon. On a whim we&amp;#39;re roadtripping to the Outer Banks. Who knew there were barely any restaurants still open during the fall, at least not in &amp;#39;93. It&amp;#39;s cold, we&amp;#39;ve been driving all day and my skin is crawling from waaaaaay to much caffeine. Yet I&amp;#39;m happy. The kind of happy that doesn&amp;#39;t come around that often.  The kind you try to recreate, but can&amp;#39;t because that brand of American Graffiti/Dazed and Confused kind of day just happens on it&amp;#39;s own.    So there I am in my jeep, driving home after being at work for 27 hours, the Counting Crows are on the stereo and I&amp;#39;m 20 years old again and I&amp;#39;m happy. No smell could ever do that for me. To tell you the truth, a good amount of smells make me ill. Do the smell of mud, alcohol and funk whisk me off to Woodstock &amp;#39;94? No, of course not. But Blind Melon, Green Day and the Rollins Band do it everytime. I&amp;#39;m turning 21 again at the biggest birthday party in the history of parties, drinking beers thrown to me Stone Cold Steve Austin style every time I shout &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s my birthday&amp;quot;. And I&amp;#39;m happy.   Just be careful when adding songs to your life&amp;#39;s mixtape. With careful planning you too can have an epic moment like being introduced at your wedding reception to the &amp;quot;Throne Room overature&amp;quot; from the end of Star Wars (yeah, we did that ). Sometimes, though, it&amp;#39;s taken out of your control and you end up with something like &amp;quot;Wind Beneath My Wings&amp;quot; by Bette Midler for your graduation song. In retrospect, I would have prefered Blink-182&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Dammit&amp;quot; to have been our song, but it had yet to be written. Maybe I&amp;#39;ll squeeze that into the mix for my 40th birthday. Now that would be epic. </spout:body></item>
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