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This entry was written by Daniel Fincke, posted on February 8, 2010 at 7:12 pm, filed under Film, Music, Videos and tagged "For What It's Worth", "Lord of War, Buffalo Springfield, Classic Rock. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.Leave a Reply
