Building a Library: a guide to the best recordings of the greatest classical music. Each week an expert and enthusiast brings along a wide range of recordings of a well-known piece. They explore the music and the different ways of performing it, ending with a recommendation for your library
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Stravinsky Podcasts
This podcast aims to explore classical music through entertaining discussions about composers, musical works and various readings. Please visit www.unexaminedpartial.com
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Two W*nkers: discuss Stravinsky, dissonance and recently un-earthed rare Cutting Crew demoes.
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Songs and podcasts from @charlesraustin @DanBoeckner and @lowenaffchen
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You’ll love Open Rehearsal in London! This exciting programme of events, running from Friday 29th September to Sunday 1st October '06, will enable you to sample the world-class music, theatre and dance that London offers - for free. If you’ve never set foot inside a concert hall, or you’d like a bit of inspiration about what to do, here’s a cut-out-and-keep A to Z guide to classical music and the Open Rehearsal weekend. For more information, visit www.openrehearsal.co.uk
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A modern Russian fairytale about an American actress who adopts a little Russian girl in St. Petersburg in 1994. The actress, Molly McKay, finds herself alone in a Russia that is trying, for the first time in its history, to become a free market democracy. She also discovers that the TV show she starred in back in the ‘80s in the U.S. is now a big hit in Russia, complicating an already harrowing adoption journey. Then there are the two handsome princes, one Russian, one American, and all the ...
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Hot Takes on the Classics is no dusty, academic approach to great books. It’s a gossipy, exciting discussion about the best literature ever written. Hosted by Tim and Emily, who are veteran teachers and long-time friends, Hot Takes is packed with playful debate, meaningful speculation, and hearty laughs.
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Get closer to the Edinburgh International Festival with FestivalSoundBites from sinfinimusic.com. Explore the music with introductions, interviews and clips from the artists involved.
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A podcast that dives deep into the conspiracy theories that have surrounded the music industry for centuries. From music and melody, to murder and mayhem, this podcast has it all. Get your skull blown, kid!
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Cantata Profana is a fearless vocal and instrumental chamber ensemble with visionary programming, a flair for theater, and a gluttonous appetite for every century of music.
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Join Bruce Adolphe, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's Resident Lecturer, for investigations and insights into chamber music masterworks. Beloved by regulars and a revelation to first-timers for their depth, accessibility, and brilliance, we dig into the ICM lecture recording archive to share our favorite lectures with you.
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Hear more. Feel more. Be more! Come with me and dive into some great classical music. For over 1000 years great musicians have explored what it means to live, love, die and everything in between: asking all our deep and universal questions. Escape the cacophony - the noise of your brain and daily life; tune into the music, your feelings and emotions ‘good’ and ‘bad’ …and find the space, stillness and love that underpins everything. NB: May include loud noise, surprises, challenges, cacophono ...
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271 - Stravinsky's Rite of Spring Debut Was Woodstock '13
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1:06:08We should give free nukes as reparations to any place we nuked in the past like Christmas Island and Bikini Bottom. Also eTickets is generating dogshit AI images of every artist currently on tour. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE58hz8U0Ms…
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A woman came up with an innovative scam to auction off Graceland and she was punished for it? Can we get a nostalgia tour performing the Voyager gold disk in full? And how come the guys on our money are a bunch of threes? Can't we get some hotter people on our dollars? Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekit…
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Episode 8: Cicero, On Friendship: Virtue–The Basis of Friendship
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38:24Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh turn to Cicero’s On Friendship, a dialogue exploring what makes friendship possible, lasting, and good. They unpack Cicero’s conviction that friendship is only possible between those committed to virtue, and that true friendship is one of life’s greatest gifts—se…
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Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Strauss's Le bourgeois gentilhomme.By BBC Radio 3
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Episode 7: Epic of Gilgamesh: Superhuman Friendship
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38:39Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda journey into the world’s oldest surviving epic, The Epic of Gilgamesh. They explore how the story dramatizes philia, or friendship, through the bond between Gilgamesh and Enkidu—a friendship that transforms a tyrant into a true man. From their first clash to thei…
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Alex's years-old prediction of Thin Lizzo has come true. Setlist FM shows that Justin Timberlake performed the hit jingle "I'm Lovin' It" live only once in Zurich. Flintstones animals liked to complain but in retrospect they had it pretty good. Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSfNUujzom…
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Episode 6: East of Eden, John Steinbeck: The American Epic
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54:29Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh dive into John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, exploring how the novel wrestles with the tension between familial affection (storge), honesty, and moral responsibility. The hosts examine Steinbeck’s portrayal of family bonds marked by both tenderness and devastation, p…
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269 - Menthol Buzzball (ft. @tom_on_here) [Patreon Preview]
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2:37The Blue Wiggle has been doing financial crimes so now the rest of the Wiggles need to do a Folsom Prison-style live album after they lock him up. And Jelly Roll needs to be careful that the Wiggles don't pull him back into a life of crime. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/138216396…
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Episode 5: Sorry, Professor – Jo’s Heart Belonged to Laurie All Along
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45:23Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily and Tim dive into Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, a quintessential American novel exploring the power of familial affection, or storge. Through the domestic world of the March sisters, the novel celebrates love that is rooted in everyday acts of care, sacrifice, and support. Tim and …
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268 - Soulja Boy's "Anime" Clears Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row"
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1:02:23Taylor Swift got engaged to a podcaster, Bob Dylan should make his own scam game console, and varispeed is musical bullet time. Fortune Kit on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S11etkih2h0By Fortune Kit
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Episode 4: Beyond Sentimentality – The Odyssey’s Vision of Wholeness in a Disenchanted World
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51:50Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh explore Homer’s Odyssey as a foundational story of familial love and longing. They examine Odysseus as the archetypal man of arete, whose journey is motivated by storge—a profound affection for home, wife, and son. From Penelope’s weaving to Telemachus’ awakening…
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Charles and Alex dive into "Pac-Man Fever" hitmakers Buckner & Garcia, listening to deep cuts about Waffle House, Angry Birds, and Saddam Hussein. Plus, Brian Epstein's ghost should have visited John Lennon in 1969 and told him to put the damn suits and moptops back on. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://…
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Episode 3: Antigone’s Stand: Love, Loyalty, and Loss
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51:11Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh tackle Sophocles’ Antigone as part of their series on love—specifically, storge or familial affection. They explore how Antigone’s fierce devotion to her brother puts her in direct conflict with the demands of civic duty, embodied by Creon. As the hosts unpack th…
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266 - Knock Knock Knocking on Dylan's Door
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1:02:33Machine Gun Kelly thinks he might be part alien. Jeff Bezos needs to send him and Tom DeLonge to space, unlike Katy Perry they have important research to do up there. Plus, Jeff Tweedy (I call him Greedy Tweedy) is throwing too many damn pitches for the NL Central.Lollicops (Charles' Version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSfNUujzomIFortune Kit …
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Episode 2: The Selection Show: Building the Love-Reading Season
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40:05Description In this special episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh unveil the reading lineup for Season 2, themed around love. Drawing from C.S. Lewis’s framework of the four loves—Storge (affection), Philia (friendship), Eros (romantic love), and Agape (charity)—they nominate and debate the classic works that best repre…
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265 - Lobster is Baby Food Cause You Have to Wear a Bib
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58:55Charles and Alex listen to Crazy Frog deep cuts while exploring many issues. Was Soulja Boy the American Crazy Frog? Are Romanian ticks extra good at blood sucking cause they have to compete with Dracula? Do different blood types hit different to a Dracula? Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit…
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Episode 1: The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis: Exploring the Types—and Limits—of Human Love
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34:08Description In this opening episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh kick off Season 2 on the theme of love by diving into C.S. Lewis’s The Four Loves. They unpack Lewis’s taxonomy—Storge (affection), Philia (friendship), Eros (romantic love), and Agape (charity)—and explore how each form shapes human life and literature. …
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264 - Famous Birthdays Should Be Retired [Patreon Preview]
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2:03Drake, Eve Barlow, and Pat Boone pay tribute to Ozzy. And maybe we need to consider the possibility that Billy Joel was completely sober when he crashed his car through someone's living room. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/264-famous-be-135486152By Fortune Kit
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263 - First as New Game, Then as New Game+
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1:00:45Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson should take over the development of Akon City. If Coldplay is using the kiss cam at the arena, why don't they use the scoreboard too? Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekitBy Fortune Kit
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262 - Dead & Co. Full John Mayer Cover Set
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1:02:30Musicians should start doing MLMs, selling fans merch in bulk for them to sell to each other. Plus, Jack White got his first cell phone. Now is the time to send your catfish DMs and ask for his Apple Pay. Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekitBy Fortune Kit
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Kirsten Gibson's personal recommendation of the Concerti grossi by Arcangelo Corelli.By BBC Radio 3
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Oasis is serving burnt scran for 20 quid at the gig. The Velvet Sundown will never work because they could never be as late for their own show as Lauryn Hill. The handkerchief code applies to Weezer albums and your favorite color album denotes what you're into sexually. Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekit…
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Kate Kennedy picks her favourite recording of Vaughan Williams's Symphony No.5.By BBC Radio 3
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260 - Beyonce Walking Out of 7-Eleven with Eight BuzzBallz [Patreon Preview]
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3:38Pop stars should have Mousetrap-style Rube Goldberg devices onstage. Vince Neil falls for porn bots and a footwear startup is using the blockchain to generate an A.I. shoe design in space. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/260-beyonce-out-133366378By Fortune Kit
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Kathryn Stott's personal recommendation of Satie's Sports et divertissements.By BBC Radio 3
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Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's The Seasons.By BBC Radio 3
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259 - The Whiskey a Go Go is Like Colonial Williamsburg for Hair Metal
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1:02:01Eve Barlow memorializes Brian Wilson and Drake has the pass to accuse others of being goofs. Plus: Who wore it better? Will Smith or JoCat? Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekitBy Fortune Kit
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Joanna MacGregor picks her favourite recording of Mozart's Piano Concerto no.21 K.467By BBC Radio 3
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Lil Wayne and Weezer linked up again to predictable results. Also, Bob Dylan should use a dick pic as his next album cover. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitBy Fortune Kit
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Marina Frolova-Walker's recommendation for Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.By BBC Radio 3
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We're the only people on earth covering the indie post-grunge band Puddle of Mudd. Plus, should we taxidermy Diddy? And how come we aren't making new mummies anymore? Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/257-kiss-machine-130869365By Fortune Kit
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Richard Wigmore's recommendation for Beethoven's Piano Trio no.7 Op.97 'Archduke'.By BBC Radio 3
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256 - Sympathy for Dracula, the Mummy, etc. (ft. Brendan James and Noah Kulwin)
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1:00:42Blowback's Noah Kulwin (@nkulw) and Brendan James (@deep_beige) join Charles and Alex to make a more realistic version of Sympathy for the Devil. Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekitBy Fortune Kit
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Jonathan Cross chooses his favourite recording of Stravinsky's Les Noces.By BBC Radio 3
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255 - The God of Thunder Pretends to Drink Cum
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1:01:54Tommy Lee's wife gets catfished by a fake Ronnie Radke, Meghan Trainor embraces a new kind of body positivity, and Gene Simmons pretends to drink cum for disinterested casino crowds. Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekitBy Fortune Kit
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Allyson Devenish picks her favourite recording of Schubert's Piano Sonata in C minor.By BBC Radio 3
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The New York Times went backstage with Gene Simmons, and Remove Paywall Dot Com gave us the full scoop. Plus, Meghan Trainor has been featured on the Wikipedia front page a suspicious number of times and one Wikipedian has had enough.Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitBy Fortune Kit
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Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.By BBC Radio 3
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253 - The Hollywood Walk of Fame Has Predicted Bill Cosby's Impending Demise
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1:07:01Puddle of Mudd debuts a new song during a Jiffy Lube oil change. The buried lede is that Wes Scantlin is responsible enough to get his oil changed. Plus, we should get rid of the Hollywood Walk of Fame and replace it with an ossuary full of all our best celebs' skeletons. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit…
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Joseph McHardy picks his favourite recording of Mozart's Coronation Mass.By BBC Radio 3
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252 - Money Should Go Bad Like Bread Does [Patreon Preview]
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3:07Charles and Alex debut "David Sirota" and run down the 10 most popular YouTube music videos of all time. Plus, who else remembers when we used to have breadcrumbs trails all over the ground?Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/252-money-should-127997622"David Sirota" on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Givy8DX0wJ0On Spotify: ht…
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Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
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47:26Kate Molleson's recommendation for Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.By BBC Radio 3
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Deadmau5 compromised the moral and spiritual integrity of Coachella by spraying silly string on people. The Romans would have killed so many Christians in the Sphere. And there's too many popes in Heaven. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitBy Fortune Kit
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Mark Lowther's personal recommendation for Handel's opera Acis and Galatea.By BBC Radio 3
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Katy Perry is excited to learn more about STEM. Rivers Cuomo has a fucking Shakespeare sticker on his guitar and also the cops shot his bassist's wife. Shakespeare would have loved Spotify because there's so many "plays" on there. Does Robert Pollard ever do "cool teacher" stuff in his class, like bring in his guitar to sing songs about PEMDAS? For…
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Tasmin Little picks her favourite recording of Brahms's String Sextet no.1.By BBC Radio 3
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249 - Bingeable Moments in the Death of Empire
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1:02:01Pete Best has retired. His old band the Quarrymen were on some Flintstones shit. The Beatles should have linked up with the Chipmunks in their prime, they were the two most famous varispeed bands basically doing the same shit. The Sgt. Pepper album cover was basically Fortnite just cramming a bunch of IP together.Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www…
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Episode 23: What We Learned About War: The Hard Truths of Battle
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49:05Description In this final episode of Hot Takes on the Classics’ season on war, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh reflect on the biggest lessons they’ve learned from reading and discussing some of history’s greatest war literature. From the moral cost of battle to the intoxicating nature of the battlefield, they break down key themes that have emerged ac…
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Edward Seckerson's personal choice of Shostakovich's 10th Symphony.By BBC Radio 3
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248 - Who is Harvesting the Snake Sperm in Jessica Simpson's Vocal Tonic? [Patreon Preview]
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5:27Why do dumb tech guys keep buying Napster? Was Obama even the best presidential candidate in the Choom Gang? Has rap lost the white pillhead? Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/248-who-is-snake-125929909Charles's song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc3i9CKJzmIBy Fortune Kit
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