Anyone know if there have been any decent bootlegs made of these recent Ben Watt/Tracey Thorn gigs?
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Anyone know if there have been any decent bootlegs made of these recent Ben Watt/Tracey Thorn gigs?
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And I see now that the New Yorker piece references that byline-less review.
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Where can I pre-save that?
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