Favoriting Your Boy Black Helmet Radio with DJ Black Helmet: Playlist from May 8, 2024 Favoriting

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Your Boy Black Helmet journeys through genres, sometimes words, different continents and at best time spaces, focusing mostly on jams that are righteous and ready for wave surfing. The crates are bountiful and we all should partake in the eternal harvest.

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Favoriting May 8, 2024

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Artist Track Approx. start time
Esther Phillips  Brother, Brother   Favoriting 0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bill Howard and Talty Road  Food Stamps   Favoriting 0:03:09 (Pop-up)
Sound In Light  Free Your Mind   Favoriting 0:07:16 (Pop-up)
The Voices of East Harlem  March Across The Land   Favoriting 0:09:47 (Pop-up)
S.O.U.L.  Peace Of Mind   Favoriting 0:12:44 (Pop-up)
The Manila Machine  Power to the People   Favoriting 0:15:50 (Pop-up)
New York City  Sanity   Favoriting 0:18:26 (Pop-up)
Bobbi Humphrey  Smiling Faces Sometimes   Favoriting 0:20:54 (Pop-up)
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes  Wake Up Everybody (Part 1)   Favoriting 0:26:51 (Pop-up)
Mike James Kirkland  What Have We Done   Favoriting 0:33:13 (Pop-up)
Teddy Pendergrass  Now's The Time   Favoriting 0:36:36 (Pop-up)
Prince Geno and The Tailormades  Brand New Man With The Master Plan Pt.1   Favoriting 0:39:51 (Pop-up)
Shark Move  Evil War   Favoriting 0:43:36 (Pop-up)
Syl Johnson  Concrete Reservation   Favoriting 0:48:32 (Pop-up)
Creations Unlimited  Corruption Is The Thing   Favoriting 0:50:31 (Pop-up)
Hank Jacobs & Don Malone  The World Needs Changin'   Favoriting 0:53:46 (Pop-up)
Earth Wind & Fire  This World Today   Favoriting 0:56:29 (Pop-up)
Mike James Kirkland  Where's The Soul Of Man?   Favoriting 0:59:29 (Pop-up)
Rotations  We Want Freedom   Favoriting 1:02:19 (Pop-up)
The Staples Singers  When Will We Be Paid (For The Work We've Done)   Favoriting 1:05:28 (Pop-up)
Razzy  I Hate Hate   Favoriting 1:07:52 (Pop-up)
Nina Simone  I Wish I Knew How It Felt To Be Free   Favoriting 1:11:03 (Pop-up)
Billy Taylor Trio  I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free)   Favoriting 1:14:07 (Pop-up)
Cross Bronx Expressway  Help Your Brothers   Favoriting 1:17:32 (Pop-up)
Joe Savage and The Soul People  All Power To The People Pt. 1   Favoriting 1:20:03 (Pop-up)
Marie Queenie Lyons  I Want My Freedom   Favoriting 1:21:50 (Pop-up)
Stovall Sisters  Hang On In There   Favoriting 1:24:12 (Pop-up)
The Topics  Inflation   Favoriting 1:27:16 (Pop-up)
Samuel Ray Relafonte  People, There's Got To Be A Change   Favoriting 1:30:54 (Pop-up)
The Voices of East Harlem  Simple Song Of Freedom   Favoriting 1:34:05 (Pop-up)
The Eight Minutes  Time For A Change   Favoriting 1:38:21 (Pop-up)
Fire Over Gibraltar  Epitaph Of Tomorrow   Favoriting 1:41:00 (Pop-up)
Geraldo Pino & The Heartbeats  Power to the People   Favoriting 1:44:32 (Pop-up)
William Bell  Fifty Dollar Habit   Favoriting 1:50:21 (Pop-up)
South Bronx  The Bottom Line (extended version)   Favoriting 1:53:06 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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dreamyandseedy:

hi hello DJ BH and everyone!
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ dreamyandseedy @3:01
hi dreamyandseedy!
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adamdoesit:

Hi DJBH and jam-spreaders!
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ adamdoesit @3:04
hiyo adamdoesit!
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northguineahills:

on a deck watching the ct river flow by w/ the view of nh on the other side. tempted to hit some ganja (but, alas, I have stuff to get dowe.

oh, and hellows, BH!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:19pm
Jason from Houston:

Heyyyyyy there!
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ northguineahills @3:19
great space to think about the stuffs
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ Jason from Houston @3:19
howdy jason!
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northguineahills:

↳ northguineahills @3:19
err, stuff to get don...
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Sanity" by "New York City"
i resemble this track...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:21pm
Threemoons πŸŒ›πŸŒ•πŸŒœ:

Heyo! Working away here, wanted to stop in and say Hi!
Avatar 3:22pm
DJ Black Helmet:

↳ northguineahills @3:21
were all trying our best
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ Threemoons πŸŒ›πŸŒ•πŸŒœ @3:21
stopping back to say hi back threemoons!
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northguineahills:

it's 58 degrees and cloudy up here, although I'm a floridian, it's tee shirt weather to me...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:24pm
Sem:

Old school, and a lovely thing. Greets, BH, and all.
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ northguineahills @3:23
its hot enuf today for my annual haricut
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ Sem @3:24
old thoughts for current times
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:25pm
Sem:

Everything old is new again...
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DJ Black Helmet:

old only exists for dairy
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DJ Black Helmet:

and thats only if you dont like cheese
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:27pm
Sem:

Right w/ you, philosophically.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
dreamyandseedy:

↳ Song: "Wake Up Everybody (Part 1)" by "Harold Melvin & t...
lovely
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
Jason from Houston:

↳ Song: "Wake Up Everybody (Part 1)" by "Harold Melvin & t...
Proper.
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DJ Black Helmet:

Harold told no lies
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northguineahills:

↳ DJ Black Helmet @3:24
yeah, my laptop still shows booklyn's weather.
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northguineahills:

(it's been 5 months since my last hair cut (my bangs keep getting in my mouth)
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Wake Up Everybody (Part 1)" by "Harold Melvin & t...
new to me and funkdug! (the track, not the artist)
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ northguineahills @3:31
your scissors would like a word
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ northguineahills @3:32
only harold could make a heavy jam danceable
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:34pm
david w:

Hello, BH and all you shaggy dears.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:35pm
WR:

↳ Song: "Sanity" by "New York City"
Hi DJ Black Helmet, listening here while working and wondering about the sanity of the powers in this world,
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ david w @3:34
shaggy helmet checking in
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:37pm
tom tom the pipers son:

hello dj black helmet and all
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ WR @3:35
you are not alone in those thoughts
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:37pm
Mxter Baba:

…did someone say sanity? Hi, DJBH and folx!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:38pm
dreamyandseedy:

↳ Song: "What Have We Done" by "Mike James Kirkland"
i would love a compilation of environmentally conscious black music. i had never heard any before i started listening to WFMU and every song i've heard in that vein is excellent
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ Mxter Baba @3:37
dont have much to spare but what i do i offer to the floor
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ dreamyandseedy @3:38
i have quite a lot, ill see what i can do. today gets close but shifts
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:37
hi tom tom!
  3:39pm
wendy del formaggio:

Hello DJBH & friends. Of c
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ wendy del formaggio @3:39
hiya wendy!
  3:40pm
wendy del formaggio:

(Whoops my iphone spazzed) I meant to say: Of course I tuned in just in time for Teddy. Yay!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:41pm
Sem:

↳ Song: "Now's The Time" by "Teddy Pendergrass"
I am convinced, Teddy.
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ Sem @3:41
he is quite convincing
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northguineahills:

i gave in, and partook. (only the second time i've toked in 5 months)
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ northguineahills @3:42
youre safe here
  3:43pm
wendy del formaggio:

@ngh: Don’t fall in the water! The Connecticut River sea monster has been spotted in that area.
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northguineahills:

↳ wendy del formaggio @3:43
saw a log that looked like nessie....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:44pm
tom tom the pipers son:

fucking leaf blowers or what the fuck out my window
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northguineahills:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:44
the scourge humanity. I was surprised when i heard them in the e village. i thought suburbia was their natural habitat...
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ northguineahills @3:44
i hear they like twinkies if youre holdin
  3:45pm
wendy del formaggio:

@ngh: Exactly! Coulda been her!
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ northguineahills @3:45
they are a migratory species
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:46pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ northguineahills @3:45
i'm in jamaica for crissake!
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northguineahills:

↳ DJ Black Helmet @3:45
brb, off to the store to fetch some twinkies!

/not the franco kind ;p
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Evil War" by "Shark Move"
new to me and digdug!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:48pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Evil War" by "Shark Move"
proggy...muchly
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:50pm
tom tom the pipers son:

nice segue
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:48
less techy than prog, psych is closer
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:51pm
dreamyandseedy:

↳ Song: "Concrete Reservation" by "Syl Johnson"
Syl has a sound that can't be mistaken!
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ dreamyandseedy @3:51
in that space him and george duke really kill me
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:53pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ DJ Black Helmet @3:50
idk 'bout that... did think it techy as in technique
  3:53pm
wendy del formaggio:

I do believe the very beginning of this β€œCreation Unlimited” was sampled in DJ Shadow’s β€œNumber Song.”
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ wendy del formaggio @3:53
i belive the same as you
  3:54pm
wendy del formaggio:

Sorry. Creations Unlimited, and no quotation marks for band names.
I edit myself so you don’t have to.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:54pm
tom tom the pipers son:

Dj bh... you have a very righteous set goin'
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ wendy del formaggio @3:54
i would never dream of it
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:54
lets see if i can keep it up
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tom tom the pipers son:

who stole the soul?
  4:03pm
wendy del formaggio:

This set is helping my rrruff day become less so. Thank you, DJBH. ❀️
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ wendy del formaggio @4:03
thats what we aim for wendy, me too
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:02
if i find out im not telling
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:06pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ DJ Black Helmet @4:04
may be a rhetorical question
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DJ Black Helmet:

i cant tell you an answer that doesnt exist
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:08pm
Sem:

Yes to the Staples.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:11pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ DJ Black Helmet @4:07
we have met the enemy, and he is us...up to a certain point, then the enemy is def them
  4:13pm
wendy del formaggio:

Ms. Simone. ❀️
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "I Wish I Knew How It Felt To Be Free" by "Nina Si...
nina!
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Song: "I Wish I Knew How It Felt To Be Free" by "Nina Si...
this is just hitting the spot right now
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bixa (𝘣𝘦𝘦-𝘩𝘒):

↳ Song: "I Wish I Knew How It Felt To Be Free" by "Nina Si...
perfect
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northguineahills:

↳ wendy del formaggio @3:53
you're correct!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:14pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:11
'them' meaning these world "leaders"
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ Mxter Baba @4:13
two for tuesday
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:14
i do not like them very much, no i dont
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DJ Black Helmet:

happy 420 northguineahills
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:23pm
tom tom the pipers son:

speaking of helping a brother, listener hyperdose needs to get over one last hump to security
www.gofundme.com...
  4:23pm
wendy del formaggio:

Cross Bronx Expressway: good band, bad road.
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ wendy del formaggio @4:23
didnt they rebrand it as the henry hudson?
  4:27pm
wendy del formaggio:

That’s a different road. The HHudson is what the West Side Hwy turns into. The CBE is I-95 once Rt 80 ends at the GWBridge.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:27pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ wendy del formaggio @4:23
needs some nick name to convey it's hellishness...cross "blank" xpressway

henry hudson a diff road
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:28pm
tom tom the pipers son:

cross angst xpressway
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ wendy del formaggio @4:27
i hate everything over there and have to drive that multiple times a week
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DJ Black Helmet:

i guess i only pay attention once it becomes the henry hudson (coming in from jersey via gwb)
  4:30pm
wendy del formaggio:

Ugh. I’m sorry DJBH. What a blecchy ride.
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ wendy del formaggio @4:30
every worst road all at once. its absurd
  4:35pm
wendy del formaggio:

Ok speaking of hitting the road, it’s time for me to head out. Thanks for the fine tunes, DJBH!
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ wendy del formaggio @4:35
thanks for hanging wendy!
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northguineahills:

↳ DJ Black Helmet @4:20
d'oh, wasn't watching the clock!
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ northguineahills @4:40
stoned to the bone
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DJ Black Helmet:

*i just love that phrase
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northguineahills:

↳ DJ Black Helmet @4:41
(making up for lost time).

/i was reading....(yes, i can read while stoned)
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northguineahills:

my laptop is getting tree sperm all over it. i'm going to have to clean it when i go inside...
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ northguineahills @4:43
positive situation, we all need more nature
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:46pm
Jason from Houston:

Hopping off early for a work thing. Thank you, DJ Black Helmet. Cheers, good radio buddies.
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ Jason from Houston @4:46
thanks for hanging jason!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
Threemoons πŸŒ›πŸŒ•πŸŒœ:

↳ Song: "Power to the People" by "Geraldo Pino & The Heart...
Haven't heard this one in ages!!
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ Threemoons πŸŒ›πŸŒ•πŸŒœ @4:47
its a very righteous one!
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Sem:

Thank you, BH, for these tunes and their unifying message. I need to be reminded, again and again. Merci. Later, all.
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david w:

Thanks, BH! I'm off to take my chances in Ridgewood... wfmu.org...
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ Sem @4:49
a reminder for me too, thanks sem!
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ david w @4:50
thanks david!
  4:52pm
chresti:

Hi DG BH! Home from the freeways!
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ chresti @4:52
hi chresti! glad you made it!
  4:53pm
chresti:

Thanks DJ BH!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:53pm
tom tom the pipers son:

telling it "like it is" DJBH
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:54pm
dreamyandseedy:

thanks BH! have a good afternoon everyone!
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WR:

Thank you! Thank you!
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ dreamyandseedy @4:54
thanks dreamyandseedy!
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ DJ Black Helmet @4:54
thanks wr!
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Threemoons πŸŒ›πŸŒ•πŸŒœ:

Lovely set and thank you!!
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ Threemoons πŸŒ›πŸŒ•πŸŒœ @4:55
thanks threemoons!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
tom tom the pipers son:

"bottom line is the dolllar sign" should enter the colloquial language
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northguineahills:

banks, BH!
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tom tom the pipers son:

thanks bh
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ northguineahills @4:58
thanks northguineahills!
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DJ Black Helmet:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:58
thanks tom!
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