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• Aevangelist and Serial Hawk streaming albums; NY Deathfest is here (with Ringworm & more) and more metal news

  02-10-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Rob Sperry-Frommphoto: Aevangelist at Saint Vitus in 2014 (more by Caroline Harrison)
  As always, there's a ton of metal happening right under everyone's nose, so now that it's October, let's round up some of the scary stuff. Over at Invisible Oranges, you can find a bunch of it, like this just-premiered new album by Aevangelist, Enthrall to the Void of Death, which is being released on 20 Buck Spin. Its an atmospheric, knotty, potentially overwhelming piece of death metal. It showcases enough
  
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• AP WAS THERE: 20 years ago OJ Simpson receives acquittal

  02-10-2015 23:28
  
  AP WAS THERE: 20 years ago OJ Simpson was acquitted in murder trial that riveted the nation
  
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• Train hero avoided Oregon rampage due to TV show rehearsal

  02-10-2015 22:57
  
  American who helped stop Europe train attack avoided Oregon massacre due to TV show rehearsal
  
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• Ex-football star Irving Fryar sentenced to 5 years in prison

  02-10-2015 22:49
  
  Ex-football star Irving Fryar sentenced to 5 years in prison for role in mortgage scam
  
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• stream Girls Names' new album, 'Arms Around a Vision'

  02-10-2015 22:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisGirls Names' new album, Arms Around a Vision, is out today (10/2) via Tough Love. The record is a big leap for the Irish band who are still drawing from post-punk influences but really make it their own here. It's snarling, bleak but also tuneful, with inventive arrangements and a big beating heart. It's one of my favorite records of the year (to date) and perfect listening for a chilly, rainy day like the one we're currently having in NYC. You can stream the whole album below.
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• Philip Glass, Cibo Matto, Nico Muhly, James Murphy, Chris Thile & more played National Sawdust's opening night (pics)

  02-10-2015 21:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photos by Amanda Hatfield; words by Bill PearisNico Muhly / Philip Glass / Tanya Tagaq @ National Sawdust 10/1/2015
  Years in the planning, new not-for-profit, artist-led venue National Sawdust finally opened its doors on Thursday night with two disparate "discover the space" inaugural shows. A former actual Williamsburg sawdust factory, the space has been radically tranformed into a very unique space. The entrance and bar occupy a narrow, but tall space with shiny black walls jutting at odd
  
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• Irish playwright Brian Friel, famed for 'Lughnasa,' dies

  02-10-2015 21:33
  
  Tony-winning playwright Brian Friel, creator of rich worlds in an Irish village, dies at 86
  
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• Carb On Carb on US tour, playing New Zealand CMJ, The Fest, & more; Marlon Williams signed to Dead Oceans

  02-10-2015 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew SacherCarb on Carb
  Carb On Carb is the New Zealand duo of guitarist/vocalist Nicole Gaffney and drummer/vocalist James Stuteley. They put out their self-titled album earlier this year, which is a solid record of '90s-style emo/punk and often has a strong a feminist bent, as song titles like "The War On Men" and "Phenomenal Ladies" make pretty clear. It's a good album, especially for anyone with an affinity for Polyvinyl Records. You can stream the whole thing below and download a copy
  
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• 30 Under 30: Rahawa Haile, Writer

  02-10-2015 21:05 via bkmag.com
  
  Photo by Nicolas Maloof
  This week marks the release of our annual 30 Under 30 issue, and because each of these individuals is so interesting, we thought we’d further highlight them by running some brief interviews with them.
  Name: Rahawa Haile
  Age: 30
  Neighborhood: Bed-Stuy
  Occupation: Writer
  Who would be your choice for a 30 Under 30?
  Hannah Giorgis and Jamie Lauren Keiles
  Who are your role models in your industry?
  Lisa Lucas and Jazmine Hughes
  What was a turning point for you, when
  
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• Music Review: Janet Jackson, don't you ever leave us again

  02-10-2015 20:07
  
  Music Review: Janet Jackson is grand on comeback album, sings about Michael Jackson on 1 song
  
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• ACL Fest 2015 streaming live here (schedule includes Kurt Vile, the Strokes, Run the Jewels, the Decemberists & more)

  02-10-2015 19:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The first of ACL Fest's two 2015 weekends kicks off today (10/2) in Austin's Zilker Park. If you can't make it to the festival, it will be streaming live each day starting at 3:15 PM Central (4:15 PM Eastern) across three channels and you can watch it right here.Friday performances you can watch live include Run the Jewels, Brand New, Albert Hammond Jr, Leon Bridges, and more. Full Weekend 1 ACL Fest streaming schedule, and the video player, below...
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• Video: Penguin Prison Performs Off Its New Album, Lost In New York

  02-10-2015 19:33 via bkmag.com
  
  Penguin Prison, the electro-pop project of Chris Glover, stopped by Gibson Studios to play new tunes off the newest album, Lost in New York. The groups second album, out now on Downtown Records, is an welcomed expansion from his producer roots.
  Penguin Prison performed “Show Me The Way” and “Calling Out” live.
  Tour Dates:Sat, Oct 10 Union Market, Washington, DC, USThu, Oct 15 SOhO, Santa Barbara, CA, USFri, Oct 30 The Armory, San Francisco, CA, U
  
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• NYFF 2015: Jia Zhangke’s Mountains May Depart

  02-10-2015 19:15 via bkmag.com
  
  Mountains May Depart screened on Monday, September 28 and Tuesday, September 29 in the main slate of the 53rd New York Film Festival. Kino Lorber will release the film theatrically next year.
  In 1999, when Mountains May Depart begins, Jia Zhangke had directed one feature film, Xiao Wu, a neorealist-inflected character study of a pickpocket. In the years since, his films have continued to attend to the lives of average residents of his hometown of Fenyang, as they live through seismic social cha
  
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• Sam Smith's 007 theme is first Bond song to top UK charts

  02-10-2015 19:10
  
  Sam Smith's 007 theme 'Writing's On the Wall' becomes first Bond song to top UK singles chart
  
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• The Get Up Kids expand 20th anniversary tour; Brooklyn show added (updated dates)

  02-10-2015 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Get Up Kids' 20th anniversary tour just keeps getting longer. Since we last spoke, they added a second Chicago show, as well as Kansas City and Brooklyn dates too.The Brooklyn show happens December 10 at The Bell House with Into It. Over It. and Rozwell Kid. That's right in between NYC's Irving Plaza (12/9) (tickets) and NJ's Starland Ballroom (12/12) (tickets) shows with the same openers. Tickets for the Bell House show go on sale Thursday (10/8) at noon.Updated dates are listed, with the f
  
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• Celebrate Fall at Williamsburg’s Antoinette This Saturday

  02-10-2015 19:00 via bkmag.com
  
  TOP BY VIVA AVIVAall photos by Sabrina Sun
  If you need something to do tomorrow night, something that will take your mind off the rain and gloom and allow you to look forward to the clear, crispy fall weather that is surely just around the corner, head over to Antoinette in Williamsburg, where the drinks will be flowing (what’s up PBR) and Refinery29’s Alyssa Coscarelli will be on hand to help to celebrate the launch of the Fall/Winter lines now available at the store.
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• Las Rosas working on debut album, going on tour, playing shows w/ Shannon and the Clams & Cool Ghouls (dates)

  02-10-2015 18:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Brooklyn psych-garage trio Las Rosas are currently putting the finishing touches on their debut album, but will be taking a break for a fall tour that starts next week, including a few dates opening for Shannon & the Clams. In the middle of their tour, they'll be back in Brooklyn to play Alphaville on Halloween. Details on that spooky show have yet to emerge, stay tuned.
  All tour dates -- including runs with Cool Ghouls and Fletcher C. Johnson -- are listed, along with a stream of last year'
  
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• J. Fernandez shares "Between the Channels" video, touring with Turn to Crime, playing CMJ (dates)

  02-10-2015 18:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisJ. Fernandez has shared the video for "Between the Channels" which is from this year's fine, underrated Many Levels of Laughter. Jerzy Rose directed the video which follows a few social situations in slow motion. There's a haircut, cereal being eaten, nudes painted, a lot of crying, and one particularly sad shot of a stuffed panda toy lying face down in a corner. It all fits the melancholy vibe of Fernandez's song quite well. Check it out below.You can catch J. Fernandez on tour wi
  
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• Keira Knightley's Broadway debut interrupted by man, flowers

  02-10-2015 18:12
  
  Keira Knightley Broadway debut in 'Therese Raquin' interrupted by man who tossed flowers
  
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• Former ABC News president now goes in front of camera

  02-10-2015 18:03
  
  Once a broadcast news division president, David Westin now goes on the air for Bloomberg
  
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• The Struggle to Make the Struggle for Gay Rights Into Compelling Cinema: Freeheld

  02-10-2015 18:00 via bkmag.com
  
  FreeheldDirected by Peter SollettOpens October 2
  It is a case perfectly situated to become a flashpoint. A decorated police officer, dying of cancer, wants to leave her pension to a loved one. But because the cop is a lesbian and has a domestic partner instead of a legal spouse, the county’s council of freeholders deny the request. The injustice of this—along with the terrible political optics—turn the case into national news, one cited as a landmark event in the gay rights mo
  
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• Vintage Brooklyn Bagels

  02-10-2015 17:54
  
  It’s a chilly, slightly cranky Friday out there. Take some inspiration from this video from the Brooklyn Public Library archives and then plan out a killer breakfast for yourself for tomorrow morning. Stay cozy and dry and enjoy the weekend!
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• Williamsburg Man Dies In the Malfunctioning Elevator of Luxury Condo

  02-10-2015 17:46 via bkmag.com
  
  Yesterday, in a nightmare come true, a Williamsburg man died as he tried to escape a malfunctioning elevator in a luxury condo on Hope Street. The New York Daily News reports that the victim and a friend boarded the elevator at 4:15am when it suddenly plunged. But because the doors remained open, the victim attempted to disembark the elevator and was then caught when the elevator suddenly shot upwards. 
  The 37-year-old victim, whose name has yet to be released, apparently did not live
  
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• Musical 'Waitress' to star Jessie Mueller on Broadway

  02-10-2015 17:46
  
  Sara Bareilles' musical 'Waitress' to star Jessie Mueller on Broadway this spring
  
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• Killing Joke will tour North America with The Soft Moon (dates)

  02-10-2015 17:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Killing Joke at Irving Plaza in 2013 (more by Fred Pessaro)
  Goth/industrial legends Killing Joke will release their new album Pylon on October 23 via Spinefarm, the followup to 2012's MMXII. Now, as promised, they've announced a 2016 North American tour in support of that, with newer band The Soft Moon opening (a well-matched double bill).The tour hits NYC on February 13 at Irving Plaza. Tickets will be on sale soon.So far the band released two songs from the album, "I Am the Virus" and "
  
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• Steve Albini email about how he detests dance music turned into billboard AND VIDEO for Powell's new single (watch)

  02-10-2015 17:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisYou may have heard about UK electronic artist Powell, who sampled Steve Albini from an old Big Black live recording and then politely emailed him to ask permission to use it. Albini replied saying that he "always detested mechanized dance music, its stupid simplicity, the clubs where it was played, the people who went to those clubs, the drugs they took, the shit they liked to talk about, the clothes they wore, the battles they fought amongst each other" but, without actually liste
  
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• Iggy Pop in new silent film w/ Grace Jones, Henry Rollins, Lemmy & more, on Kylie Minogue's upcoming Xmas album

  02-10-2015 16:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Gutterdämmerun is Swedish director Bjorn Tagemose's upcoming silent film, described as a "loud and dark fairytale" and "part rock show part immersive cinema experience." That sounds interesting enough... oh yeah, and it also happens to feature Grace Jones, Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins, Lemmy, Josh Homme, Mark Lanegan, Tom Araya (Slayer), Jesse Hughes (Eagles of Death Metal), Justice and Volbeat, and more. That's all the info we have for now, but it sounds like enough to get excited. Watch an EPK
  
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• Bon Jovi honors high school football player who died

  02-10-2015 16:58
  
  Bon Jovi honors New Jersey high school football player who died after hit
  
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• NYC celebrates 150th anniversary of 'Alice in Wonderland'

  02-10-2015 16:55
  
  NYC celebrates 150th anniversary of 'Alice in Wonderland' with exhibits, musical, walking tour
  
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• Award-winning indie films Guest House, Milk & Honey and Universal Language now streaming worldwide on Brooklyn On Demand

  02-10-2015 16:39
  Brooklyn On Demand, the only streaming platform exclusively dedicated to Brooklyn-centric films and media, has added more great indies to its ever-growing slate of Free and Premium Titles.
  In the comedy Guest House, Lance Wesley (Mark Gessner) lost his job and fiancee on the same day. Depressed and downtrodden, he moves back into his parents' guesthouse where he spent his youth. As he fights constantly with his frustrated and less-than-patient father (Family Ties' Michael Gross), relics from his
  
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• Dead Stars share "Get Thru" from new single, playing shows

  02-10-2015 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisBrooklyn trio Dead Stars just released a new 7" titled "Calm Punk," another fine, hooky example of their '90s indie rock worship/mastery, very much in the loud/quiet/loud mode. The b-side, "Get Thru" is more of slow-build anthemic ballad that still allows for requisite pedal-stomping. That song makes its premiere in this post and you can check it out below.Dead Stars have a couple local shows coming up: tonight (10/2) at Shea Stadium with Kissing Is A Crime, Other Colors, and Wild
  
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• $7.3M verdict against Lady Gaga's former boyfriend tossed

  02-10-2015 16:20
  
  New trial granted for producer ordered to pay $7.3M to songwriter who discovered Lady Gaga
  
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• Saintseneca streaming new album 'Such Things' (listen)

  02-10-2015 16:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew SacherSaintseneca's followup to last year's Dark Arc, Such Things, comes out next week (10/9) via ANTI- (the same label that today releases the breathtaking new Deafheaven album). Like on the last album, they very much go for the Neutral Milk Hotel/Arcade Fire style of indie, but they've got a refreshing take on it. Too many of the bands who ape this sound (and there are too many) go for the classical instrumentation or the whimsy or the whoa-ohs but leave out anything that makes it id
  
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• NYC's MoMA announces new associated film curator

  02-10-2015 16:01
  
  La Frances Hui, film curator at NYC's Asia Society, to join MoMA
  
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• stream Childbirth's new album 'Women's Rights"

  02-10-2015 15:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisChildbirth's 2014 song "I Only Fucked You As a Joke" (from their self-titled tape) was a hilariously mean shoutalong insta-classic. The band, made up of Julia Shapiro (Chastity Belt), Bree McKenna (Tacocat) and Stacy Peck (Pony Time), return with their second album, Women's Rights, which is out today via Suicide Squeeze. It delivers 13 razor-sharp jabs, lampooning everything from the state of online dating ("Siri, Open Tinder"), the plusses of dating the newly wealthy ("Tech Bro"),
  
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• tix on sale: Prince, Beyonce, Jenny Lewis, Okkervil River, The Go! Team, Jason Isbell, Erykah Badu, Phish, Will Butler, more

  02-10-2015 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Tickets for The Who's rescheduled shows at MSG and Prudential Center are on sale now.Tickets for The Go! Team's first NYC show in 5 years at Brooklyn Bowl go on sale at 10 AM.Tickets for the Erykah Badu show at Kings Theatre go on sale at 10 AM.Tickets to the newly-added Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins (playing Rabbit Fur Coat) and M. Ward show at the Beacon Theatre go on sale today at 11 AM. Night 1 is still on sale (same link).Tickets for the newly-added Jason Isbell and Shovels & Rope
  
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• NYFF 2015: An Interview with Abbas Fahdel, Director of Homeland (Iraq Year Zero)

  02-10-2015 15:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) screens at 5:30pm on Monday, October 5, with the documentary spotlight of the 53rd New York Film Festival.
  The greatest film that I saw at this year’s edition of Olhar de Cinema screened on the Brazilian festival’s first and last days. Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) needed full days to itself, and not simply because of its running time. As has happened to me when watching Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah (1985)—another lengthy, interview-and-landscape-based f
  
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• Review: Tamar Braxton brings more than good vocals to album

  02-10-2015 14:48
  
  Review: Tamar Braxton captures personality and romance on new album, 'Calling All Lovers'
  
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• A come-black: Clint Black returns with 1st album in 10 years

  02-10-2015 14:33
  
  After walking away from Music Row, country singer Clint Black returns after 10 years
  
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• Tony-winning Irish playwright Brian Friel dies at 86

  02-10-2015 13:19
  
  Tony-winning Irish playwright Brian Friel, author of 'Dancing at Lughnasa,' dies at 86
  
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• Filming begins in Dubai for new movie 'Star Trek Beyond'

  02-10-2015 10:33
  
  Filming begins in Dubai for 'Star Trek Beyond,' the third movie in reboot of sci-fi series
  
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• Afghan actress urges Afghan women to keep working

  02-10-2015 09:36
  
  Under-pressure Afghan actress urges countrywomen to keep working
  
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• In Tech: Music for kids, Facebook video profiles and more

  02-10-2015 09:10
  
  In Tech: Music for kids, Facebook video profiles, Samsung watch, Apple CEO, unlimited data
  
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• Australia to deport American anti-abortion activist

  02-10-2015 09:09
  
  Australia to deport US anti-abortion activist after court rules him a threat to public order
  
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• US urges Russians to focus airstrikes on Islamic State

  02-10-2015 07:28
  
  US urges Russian military to focus airstrikes on Islamic State fighters in Syria
  
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• Will Smith is getting jiggy with music again with Latin band

  02-10-2015 06:05
  
  Will Smith is getting jiggy with music again; actor raps on remix of Bomba Estereo's 'Fiesta'
  
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• What's going on Friday? (Balance and Composure, Wavves, Laurie Anderson, Future Punx, Salad Boys, Ought & more)

  02-10-2015 06:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Balance and ComposureLaurie Anderson
  You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...Balance and Composure, Spill @ Union Pool (BV & Shiner Presents)We're very excited to be co-presenting this show with Shiner Beers, headlined by the grungy Balance & Composure whose last NYC show was over a year ago at the much larger venue Irving Plaza. Opening is Spill, who recently formed with ex-members of Placeholder and We Were Skeletons. Advance
  
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• Future films: Virtual reality festival coming to Dumbo

  02-10-2015 06:00
  
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• DUMBO: Future films: Virtual reality festival comes to Dumbo

  02-10-2015 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Bill RoundyBrooklyn DailyIt’s a vision of the future!Cyber fans can get a glimpse of next-generation film-making this week in Dumbo, when the Virtual Reality Film Festival comes to town. The show’s co-founder says that the genre is so far ahead of its time, there are no words to describe it.
  “Films isn’t really the right word, but we’re using it as shorthand to describe the history and line
  
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• CONEY ISLAND: Coney Island celebrates the Emerald Isle

  02-10-2015 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyIt’s great to be Gaelic.Lads and lasses from Kings County and beyond made their way to Coney Island for the weekend-long Great Irish Fair that kicked off on Sept. 26, where all things Gaelic, from Irish dancing to a good, dry stout, were celebrated by the young and old alike — except the stout, kids weren’t allowed to celebrate that.“We had a great time,” said Megh
  
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