If you care about sports, good writing, laughing, being smart, or rap, you should probably throw some $$$s at The Classical‘s g-string on their Kickstarter. Here’s the press release:

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The Classical is a daily web publication. We’ve written about sports and other things for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, GQ, The Nation, Yahoo! Sports, New York Magazine, Vice, Pitchfork, and more. We’ve started blogs you love, written books you’ve bought, and tweeted with you about critical theory, punk rock, and Kevin Durant. The Classical is the place where we write about those things some more, but on our terms, for ourselves and for the audience we know is out there.

Every day, The Classical will deliver several regular columns, a host of quick, random goodness, and a fun, smart community for talking about the sports world. There will be long features (a 25,000-word piece on Pete Alexander, say, or introductions to particular niches of sports fandom) and contributions from the world: prizewinning novelists, internet celebrities, guys and girls we went to school with who are unappreciated geniuses, members of the public. There will be theme weeks in the spirit of FreeDarko’s “Dream Week,” on-the-ground reporting when we can, and essays commissioned by you, the readers.

We will make no attempt to be comprehensive, or even to offer a reliable guide to the world of sport at a given moment. We will not try to be a smarter version of what you can find elsewhere. Instead, The Classical will be a running, wide-ranging conversation between us and our readers about baseball, basketball, soccer, football and fighting, and about things that aren’t sports, too. Our model in this regard is The Awl, a site for which many of us have written and which all of us love.

Writing about sports the way that smart people talk about sports is a simple idea, and a good one. To do it right, though—to set up a sustainable business, rather than yet another blog or Tumblr—takes some money. Site design and hosting, lawyering and other businessish stuff, and keeping a couple of us at this full time while we show and prove ourselves will require resources. We need to fund our budget for one year, and we need your help to do it.

PETE BEATTY: Who is registered to vote in Brooklyn, NY, and edits books during the daytime hours, including Craig Robinson’s Flip Flop Fly Ball. He has written for GQ.com, the Chicago Tribune, Pitchfork.com, Time Out Chicago, and the Internet. He is the only Cleveland Indians fan you have ever met and has stated that he plans to have a string quartet play Double Nickels on the Dime at his wedding (he is single).

TOM BREIHAN: Who is a writer from Baltimore who lives in Virginia. He used to write the Village Voice’s Status Ain’t Hood blog and also used to work for Pitchfork. He’s written, mostly about music but sometimes about pro wrestling, for GQ, Spin, Blender, the Chicago Reader, the Baltimore City Paper, and a bunch of other publications. He is taller than you, and his daughter will also be taller than you soon enough.

FREDORRARCI: Who is a writer from Ireland. He is the owner/operator of Sport Is A TV Show, and has contributed to Norman Einstein’s Sports & Rocket Science Monthly and The Run of Play. He follows Arsenal, and will tut at anyone who tries to tell him that snooker is not a sport.

ERIC FREEMAN: Who is a writer from San Francisco, CA. He contributes daily to Yahoo!’s Ball Don’t Lie NBA blog and has written for GQ, The Awl, and FreeDarko. He was also a co-author of The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History. In his spare time, he reads long novels, watches weird movies, and yells at his television.

TIM MARCHMAN: Who is a writer out of Chicago, IL. Currently a Knight-Wallace fellow in journalism at the University of Michigan, he has written for various publications including the Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated and the New York Sun, where he was the baseball correspondent from 2003 to 2008. He admires The Mekons and Jon Fitch.

ERIC NUSBAUM: Who was a U.S. Census Crew Leader in Seattle, WA, where he still lives. He founded and co-edits the baseball blog Pitchers & Poets. His writing has appeared in Slate, Deadspin, GQ.com, TheAtlantic.com, and The Best American Sports Writing anthology.

KATE PERKINS: A pro basketball and tennis enthusiast who has edited at n+1 and Verso Books. Resident minimalist.

DAVID ROTH: Who is a writer from New Jersey, and who lives in New York. He co-writes the Wall Street Journal’s Daily Fix and writes the unpopular sports column The Mercy Rule for Vice. He also writes about sports and other things for The Awl, New York Magazine and GQ, among other places. He’s a Mets fan, so he knows all about how that feels.

TOM SCHARPLING: Who is the host of the radio show “The Best Show on WFMU.” He was a writer and executive producer of the Emmy-Award winning show Monk and wrote for SLAM magazine as a young lad. He is currently developing two shows for Comedy Central and finds himself rooting for Kevin Durant but relating more to Monta Ellis.

BETHLEHEM SHOALS: Who is the founder of FreeDarko and a co-author of The Macrophenomal Pro Basketball Almanac and The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History. He has written about sports for GQ, Sports Illustrated, McSweeney’s, and Deadspin, and about non-sports stuff for The Nation and The Awl.

LANG WHITAKER: Who is SLAM magazine’s editor-at-large, and a contributor to NBA TV. He is the author of The Time of Bobby Cox: The Atlanta Braves, Their Manager, My Couch, Two Decades and Me and a co-author of The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History. He has also written for the New York Times, GQ, Sports Illustrated and Esquire. He plays a lot of video games

Via ddeshilholleseamus and subsequently Tumblin’ Erb. See y’all at the Philly LIL B THE BASED GOD show tonight.

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Paper Record Player from kellianderson on Vimeo.

Check out the video above that demonstrates the really awesome wedding invitation for Mike and Karen’s wedding by Kelli Anderson. It’s basically a wedding invitation that transforms into a makeshift paper record player. Pretty amazing. This is what Kelli Anderson had to say about it (but check out the whole blogpost for more details and pics):

I just finished up a really fun project—a paper record player wedding invitation! In the booklet-style invitation, a bit of paper-folding amplifies the sound of a sewing needle moving along the grooves of a flexidisc record. The hand-spun record yields a garbled, but scrutable listening of an original song by the couple. It requires a bit of tinkering and folding —effectively championing the inner science-nerd kid in the recipient. The whole thing serves as an interactive packaging for the song—which can be experienced on the paper record player, unscrewed + set on a regular turntable, or enjoyed online (for the non-nerds and/or audiophiles out there.)

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Back again with another edition of THINGS WE LIKE! Woop wooooop!

I’ve got a real love/hate relationship with The Hype Men Podcast. I like it because it’s nerdy dudes talking about rap for an hour with occasionally interesting guests. I hate it because sometimes it’s just unbearably nerdy at a very specific, uninteresting level… and it all too often turns into Jensen relaying pointless anecdotes about BEING A WHITE RAPPER SIGNED BY INTERSCOPE and WORKING WITH KANYE and blah blah blah. We get it, buddy: Interscope tried to cash in on your whiteness and multi-syllabic rhyme patterns and Jimmy Iovine would probably spot you money for an Orange Julius if he saw you in the mall. (By the way, what the eff is up with white rappers and multi-syllabic rhyme patterns?)

Anyway, I guess my point is, I have a love/hate relationship with this podcast mostly because of lack of options. Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, there’s not a whole lot of rap-related podcasting available, which seems really silly to me. Surely there’s plenty of people that would love to hear hour long interviews with their favorite rappers that delve into deeper discussions than the 5 minute youtube/vimeo/worldstar interview clips where random-rapper-guy is just like “YEAH I WAS IN THE STUDIO WITH WIZ KHALIFA AND HE SEEMS PRETTY COOL! BY THE WAY GO BUY MY NEW ALBUM! SHOUT OUT TO DUBLIN, IRELAND!” or whatever. I guess the Juan Epstein Podcasts are good but they don’t come along frequently enough. A podcast is unfortunately only as good as the podcasters’ commitment to updating frequently. So, yeah, begrudgingly, I like the Hype Men Podcast and you should check it out when you get a chance. The Just Blaze Episode is legitimately great and Fat Jew Episode is legitimately hilarious. Their entire archive is worth scrolling through. They’ve interviewed 88 Keys, Jean Grae, Freddie Gibbs, and a few other notables. Also, Jensen sharing 2 of Yeezy’s earliest beat tapes is an awesome look.

Kudos to the Hype Men boys for trailblazing this hip-hop podcasting ish and, at the very least, providing a constant stream of material that at least ATTEMPTS to move in more interesting directions than most rap journalism out there. And, big up rap nerds everywhere!

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I’m starting a new series on this here blog called THINGS WE LIKE devoted to things that aren’t related to music that we’re into over here at CFB HQ. One of these such things is Marc Maron’s ridiculously awesome WTF Podcast. For those not knowing, Marc Maron is veteran comedian that’s been around for the better part of 20 years and is good buddies with folks that are a lot more famous then him (but not significantly funnier then him). He basically uses this podcast as an excuse to interview a rich variety of comedians–most of which he has personal relationships with–and conducts really personal, insightful, engaging, and often times touching interviews with these folks. Maron isn’t interested in being a journalist in the classical sense so he interjects himself and his own issues into the interview very frequently, but this isn’t a shortcoming at all. In fact, Maron’s insistence on interjecting his own mania and issues into each and every conversation is primarily what pushes these conversations in such interesting directions. He really has a gift for this type of interview and it’s pretty clear that he’s in his element when conversing with these folks: riffing, exploring, postulating, proselytizing, cracking stupid jokes, and even flirting with the variety of female comics he interviews that he’s clearly in love with. Anyway, I can’t get enough of this podcast and highly suggest you check it out. I’ve posted links to some of my favorite interviews below, but even the interviews with comedians you’ve never heard of before are really awesome.

Conan O’Brien
This interview just went up yesterday and is a really interesting talk with Conan who comes across as a really intelligent, compassionate, interesting guy.

Carl LaBove
Really interesting interview with Sam Kinison’s best buddy Carl LaBove. LaBove tells a bunch of stories about coming up with Kinison and reveals some really crazy personal stuff about their relationship. Heart-breaking stuff really.

Mike DeStefano
Speaking of heart-breaking, this interview with the recently deceased Mike DeStefano (RIP) is not for the faint of heart. In this interview DeStefano reveals his struggles with being HIV Positive, taking care of his HIV Positive wife in her dying days, growing up a wanna-be wise guy in the Bronx, and a bunch of other stuff. This is truly one of the most heart-wrenching interviews I’ve ever listened to, but DeStefano is inspiring in his positive, hilarious approach to life in the face of it all. If you listen to just ONE of these interviews, make it this one.

Louis CK (Part I) (Part II)
Maron and Louis were buddies back in the day. Somewhere along the line, their friendship fell apart. This two part interview is basically the two of them working things out… which sounds boring, but it’s not because their both goofy and hilarious.

Hope y’all enjoy this stuff as much as I do!

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“No two days are alike, except the first and fifteenth pretty much!!”

Not to be confused with Lupe Fiasco’s Production Company, Crossfaded Bacon is proud to present the triumphant return of the 1st & 15th Mix Series (now entitled the 1st & 15th Mixcast!) tomorrow March 1st with DJ Last Word’s fantastic new-rap-&-original-samples mixtape Somewhere Between Fast Food and Vegan Volume 2 (snippets of which can be heard here and here).

To prep for the mixtape and the return of the series, we’ve gone ahead and uploaded all 22 previous installments of the Mix Series on our Mixcloud page where you can stream each of the mixes in all their glory. If you’re not the streaming type, feel free to download any and all of the mixes RIGHT HERE as well. There’s literally something for everyone as you can see from the diverse discography below.

Thanks in advance for all the support and we’ll see you back on this page every 1st & 15th (but hopefully more often then that)!

Vol 01 – Bo Bliz – Best of TI (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 02 – Emynd – A Bunch of Rap (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 03 – Bo Bliz – Best of Project Pat (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 04 – Emynd – Best of Bmore Club Rap (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 05 – DJ Ayres – Best of Jeezy (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 06 – Bo Bliz – Best of Reef (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 07 – Emynd – A Bunch of R&B (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 08 – Kenny Fiesta – Flo-Ridas Side A (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 09 – Bo Bliz – Club Shit (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 10 – Bobby Analog – Outkast Party Mix (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 11 – Emynd – Best of Bleek (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 12 – DJ Eleven – 50 Minutes of Fresh (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 13 – Bo Bliz – Best of Schoolly D (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 14 – Sal Paradise – Sal’s Live Mixing (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 15 – DJ Apt One – Best of Philly Disco (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 16 – Emynd – Emynd in the Mix #1 (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 17 – Scottie B – Live in Philly (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 18 – Meistro – Crab Chips and Lake Trout (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 19 – Bo Bliz – Summer in Philly (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 20 – Pete Butta – Best of Gucci Mane (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 21 – JD – JD’s Bounce Mix (Stream)(MP3 Download)
Vol 22 – DJ Eleven – Best of MOP (Stream)(MP3 Download)

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If somehow you missed it, this Super 7 is fantastic! Featuring Jayceeoh, U-Tern, Skratch Bastid, Thee Mike B, The Captains of Industry, Ross One, and Cosmo Baker who all come with it! Great listening!

Immense tracklisting after the jump.

DJ JAYCEEOH (NYC)
1. Super 7 Intro
2. M.I.A – Steppin’ Up (Nacey Remix) (JayCeeOh Drum Edit)
3. JayCeeOh – Caribou Lean
4. Young Dro / T.I. / Gucci Mane / Udachi / Baobinga – Twerkalate (JayCeeOh Bootleg)
5. Senior Stereo / Lil Scrappy / Ludacris- I Am The Beat (Salva Remix) (JayCeeOh Edit)
6. T.I. / Young Jeezy / Jerline and Friends – Fly Away (JayCeeOh Blend)
7. Pharcyde / Young Jeezy – Goin’ Down (JayCeeOh Blend)
8. Cowboys & Gangsters Interlude
9. Katy B / Lil Wayne / Shawty Low – On a Mission (JayCeeOh Bootleg)
10. JayCeeOh – Gorilla Works
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U-TERN (Vancouver, BC)

11. Intro
12 Moullinex – Superman (Lorenz Rhode Remix) (Zapp Blend)
13 Big Boi – Shutterbug (U-Tern Edit)
14 Louis La Roche – Get On Down (U-Tern Edit)
15 The Martin Brothers vs Green Velvet (U-Tern Edit)
16 Jan Driver – Tellyfoam (U-Tern Edit)
17 Munk – La Musica
18 Flying Lotus – Do The Astral Plane (Them Jeans House Remix)
19 The Chemical Brothers – Swoon (U-Tern Edit)
20 Harvey Mason – Groovin’ You (Bonkers Blend)
21 Nightriders – A Love Feeling
22 Digikid84 – P.A.M.E.L.A (Lost Valentinos Remix) (U-Tern Edit)
23 Siriusmo – Testliebe (U-Tern White Lines Edit)
24 Black Box – Strike It Up (Pack Blend)
25 Paul Hardcastle – 19 (U-Tern Edit)
26 Onra – Mechanical
27 Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand (U-Tern’s Very Fake Remix)
28 Change – Lover’s Holiday vs Pharrell (U-Tern Edit)
29 Mark Ronson & The Business INTL – Bang Bang Bang (U-Tern’s Disco Dub)
U-Tern

SKRATCH BASTID (Toronto, ON)
30. Skratch Bastid Super 7 Intro
31. Love Thang / Do This My Way – First Choice / Kid-N-Play
32. There Was A Time (DJ Serious Edit) / Give The Drummer Some – Dee Felice Trio / Ultramagnetic MC’s
33. Under The Sun – The Gaff
34. Skewed Empathy (Skratch Bastid Remix) – Outkast & Raekwon & Crystal Castles
35. You Ain’t No DJ – Big Boi f/ Yelawolf
36. Ra-Ta-Ta-Ta – Spragga Benz f/ Kardinal Offishall & Swizz Beatz
37. Wine Pon Me – Mr. Lexx
38. Limb By Tung – Cutty Ranks vs Cam’Ron & Vado (Cosmo & Bastid’s Harlem meets Jamaica mix)
www.skratchbastid.com

THEE MIKE B (L.A.)
39 DJ Class – Intro
40 Ice-T Interlude
41 YG – Toot It An Boot It
42 Team Sonar – I Eat Pussy
43 Leftside – Phat Punani
44 Classixx – I’ll Get You (Steve1der Remix – Camo UFOs VIP)
45 Vybz Kartel – Clarks
46 TOK – Mike B Dubplate 2010
47 Omar Doom Interlude
48 Graveleaf – The Crusade (Neighbor Remix)
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THE CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY (STONEROKK + GRAHAM FUNKE) (Las Vegas)
49. John Williams – Mars Impériale
50. Ville Blanche – Ta Femme
51. Captain Sensible – Quelle
52. Timbaland et Magoo – L’amour de vous aimer
53. Bébé ft Clipse – Ce qui est arrivé à ce garçon
54. Cyndi Lauper – Toute la nuit
55. Alicia Touches – Empire état de l’esprit (La deuxième partie)
56. Prodige – Tenir approfondie
57. Le Curé – Les chats adorent
58. Les Portes – LA Femme
59. Hommes Au Travail – Qui peut l’être maintenant
60. Jay Z – Proxénétisme grande
61. Blues Image – Tour Capitaine Tour
www.thecaptainsofindustry.com

ROSS ONE (Miami)
62. Cincy Soul
63. Ain’t Gonna
64. Southern Man
65. Freedom
66. Tomorrows Kids
67. Shop Around
68. Bring It On Down
69. Next Message
70. Herbs
71. Keep Asking
72. Listen to the Music
73. I Just Wanna
74. Oh Lord
75. Only Love
76. Sunshine Break
77. School is Through

www.skamartist.com/djrossone

COSMO BAKER (NYC)
78. Cosmo Baker – Star Time Intro
79. T.I. – Bring ‘Em Out (Cosmo’s Wild Goose Chase Mix)
80. Sean Paul – Buss De Dancehall (Kenny Meez Federation Remix)
81. Big Daddy Kane – Ain’t No Half Steppin (Cosmo’s Back To Memphis Mix)
82 .Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Got Your Money (Cosmo’s Second Line Mix)
83. Wu-Tang Clan – Da Mystery Of Chessboxin (Cosmo’s Si Senora Mix)
84. James Brown – Mind Power (Cosmo’s Multitracks Of Death Mix)
85. Candi Staton – You’ve Got The Love (Cosmo’s get Fresh Mix)
86. Funkadelic – Not Just Knee Deep (Cosmo’s Ultimate Kon Re-Edit)

www.cosmobaker.com

(PLEASE LISTEN, ENJOY, BLOG, SHARE, REVIEW)

FOR ALL PRESS INQUIRES PLEASE CONTACT
jayceeoh@gmail.com

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Huge new track from my man Stranger Day produced by me! More tracks coming soon! Hope y’all enjoy it!

Stranger Day “Turn It Up” (Produced by Emynd) (320 Mediafire)

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This is a brand new remix I did of Lil Wayne’s amazing song “I’m Single.” Those of you familiar with the OG song know that it’s not really a club banger–it’s a slow 126 bpm pounder that is a pretty great song in its own right, but I thought it would work really well as an energetic club joint too. I’m really happy with how this turned out and it’s been a really great response in the club so far. Hope you guys enjoy it!

Lil Wayne “I’m Single (Emynd Remix) (Radio Edit)” (320 Mediafire)

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Wired Thirsty Thursday Mix 1

Black Eyed Peas – Imma Be
Black Eyed Peas – Rock Your Body
Alexis Jordan – Happiness
Rihanna – Rude Boy (Them Jeans Remix)
Drake – Be Over ( Dj Esentrik Vs Dj Sega)
Deadmau5 – Ghosts N’ Stuff
Estelle – Freak
Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me
LMFAO – Shots
Lil Jon – Outta Your Mind
Demarco -Show It
Jason Derulo – Outta My Head remix
B.O.B – Nothing On You
B.O.B. – Nothing On You (Dj Klutch Edit)
Major Lazer – Keep It Goin’ Louder

Wired Thirsty Thursday Mix 2

Ludacris – My Chick Bad
Bei Majeor – Drunk In The Club
Dj Khaled – All I Do Is Win
The Dream – Love King
Lloyd Banks – Beemer, Benz, or Bently
Young Money – Steady Mobbin’
Jay-Z – On To The Next One
Rihanna – Hard
Jamie Foxx – Winner
P Diddy/Dirty Money – Hello, Good Morning
T.I. – Bring Em Out
Ja-Bar – Daze
Ultimate – Its My Birthday
Sidney Samson – Shut Up & Let It Go (Dj Chuckie Remix)

This is awesome and you’re not unless you download it right now and enjoy the living hell out of it! Eleven’s words on it:

“I don’t really know how else to put this… I’m a big Devin The Dude fan!

But wait! If you like the mix, make sure you cop Devin’s new album, “Suite #420″ when it drops next week. On 4/20. (Ha) You can find buy links & all his tour dates on Devin’s myspace

ELEVEN THE DUDE: Best of Devin the Dude by DJ Eleven (Right Click Save As Mp3)

Tracklisting:
The Dude
It’s A Shame feat. Pooh Bear
Ain’t That A B-tch feat. UGK
F-ck Faces feat. Scarface & Too $hort
I Don’t Chase Em’ feat. Snoop Dogg
Thinkin’ Boutchu
I Can’t Make It Home
Where Can We Go
Fa Sho (P-ssy) feat. The Odd Squad
Your P-ssy’s Like Dope feat. The Odd Squad
Just A Man feat. Raphael Saadiq
Baby Phat feat. De La Soul
Dime A Dozen feat. CoughEE Brothaz
She Useta Be
What A Job feat. Andre 3000
F-ck You feat. Snoop Dogg
R & B (Reefer & Beer)
Whatever
Too Cute feat. Erica Morton
The Mule feat. Z-Ro
Southside: Houston Texas feat. Scarface
Back Up Plan feat. Chamillionaire
4 O’Clock In Da Morning feat. Mddl Fngz & Bun B
Lacville ‘79
Doobie Ashtray
Sticky Green feat. Scarface
Do Whatcha Wanna Do
Anythang

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Two huge “Flying Rats” remixes from LA homie Skeet Skeet’s great blog Eat Skeet. If you missed the original Them Jeans “Flying Rats,” check it here.

Them Jeans – Flying Rats (Curtis Vodka Remix) (320 Mediafire)

Them Jeans – Flying Rats (DJ Dstar Remix) (320 Direct Link

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Quick edit of Trey Songz “Say Ah” with a new verse from my dog Reef. Switches up into Nas “Halftime” for Trey Songz first verse.

Trey Songz “Say Ah” (Emynd Edit featuring Reef the Lost Cauze)

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Man if I was in Philly, I’d definitely be hitting this up tonight. Freeway and Meek Mill amongst others. Don’t forget to cop THE STIMULUS PACKAGE when it drops tomorrow!

In other news, a brief twitter exchange between Freeway and Just Blaza bodes well for the future of all humanity.

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