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Rev. Keith A. Gordon

@rocknrollreverend.bsky.social

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The “Reverend of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Gordon has been writing about classic rock and blues music for 50+ years for over 100 publications worldwide, and has written 30 music-related books, including Nuggets Redux, Planet of Sound, and Spirit...On Track!

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Damn...he was built like a tank, hit like a heavyweight, and moved with the grace and violent efficiency of a Luchadore. RIP Ben Satterley a/k/a #PAC #AEW #Wrestlesky

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Local TV station WIVB covers last night's celebration of life for Buffalo native and beloved wrestler Andy Williams a/k/a #TheButcher! #AEW #AEWDynamite #Wrestlesky tinyurl.com/3j2jdt2c

Celebration of life remembers wrestler, musician Andy Williams

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The community came together for a celebration of life on Sunday to remember Andy Williams, after the local professional wrestler and musician died suddenly earlier this…

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This short, sweet review from the Rev's archives covers the late Dave Cousins' (Strawbs) 2007 solo album The Boy In the Sailor Suit, originally published by Harp Magazine... #folkrock tinyurl.com/yh9stm4h

Archive Review: Dave Cousins’ The Boy In The Sailor Suit (2007)

It’s been 35 years since Dave Cousins , singer and primary songwriter for British folk-rock legends the Strawbs, recorded a solo album. It’s...

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

More #Americana from the Rev's archives, this 2007 review of country legend Billy Joe Shaver's Everybody's Brother album, originally published by Country Standard Time... tinyurl.com/3pphmecb

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Reverend veered into #Americana with this 2006 review of the Drive By Truckers' A Blessing and A Curse album, originally published by Country Standard Time magazine... tinyurl.com/3t6prtk4

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

One more for the day...my brand spankin' new book review of Apocalypse Omnibus: The Adam Parfrey Reader, a massive collection of the late writer/editor Parfrey's documentation of the American Underground. #booksky #bookreview @feralhouse.bsky.social tinyurl.com/muc8hjf8

Book Review: Apocalypse Omnibus: The Adam Parfrey Reader (2026)

In the early 1980s, after serving a two-year penance in Detroit, I returned to Nashville and landed in a rooming house in the Belmont a...

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The second of two reviews from the Original Live! Music Review website is the second Rory Gallager #RSD release from a few years ago. If you don't known Rory and you're a fan of blues-rock guitar, check him out! #bluesrock #rocknroll tinyurl.com/2nzrjnmb

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Here's one from the Original Live! Music Review archives, a bootleg 'n' live LP zine I wrote for and edited. Here's one of two reviews of live discs from the great Rory Gallaher... #bluesrock #rocknroll tinyurl.com/ycx7cdak

Archive Review: Rory Gallagher’s Cleveland Calling (2020)

VENUE: Live WNCR-FM radio broadcast from Agency Recordings Studio, Cleveland Ohio; August 7th, 1972 SOUND QUALITY: Pretty darn good, actua...

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Damn, Mercedes Mone broke her nose at the beginning of her championship match with Willow Nightingale and soldiered on to win the belt? Don't ever let it be said that these women don't go hard! #AEW

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The fruits of my latest foray onto eBay in search of vintage music zines -- three 1984 issues of Rock Magazine, which I contributed to for a few years. These issues include my LP reviews of the dBs, Jim Carroll Band, Tracy Ullman & Pat Travers plus a John Mellencamp concert review. #rocknroll

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Saved by NYC Second Chance Rescue takes a rescued lab beagle to see the ocean for the first time and they automatically start "air swimming": #AGoodPlace

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Here's my 2016 review of the overlooked 1974 album Reel-To-Real by psychedelic pioneers Love, originally published by The Blues magazine in the U.K. #rocknroll #bluesmusic tinyurl.com/bdf3awat

Archive Review: Love’s Reel-To-Real (2016)

By 1974, Arthur Lee had left Love ’s psychedelic roots in his rear-view mirror, forming a version of the band that had little in common wit...

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This one popped up in a search of my archives, so I went ahead and posted it...my 2015 review of Americana legend Dave Alvin's Live In Long Beach 1997, originally published by The Blues magazine in the U.K. #rocknroll #bluesmusic tinyurl.com/yufs75y4

Archive Review: Dave Alvin’s Live In Long Beach 1997 (2015)

Both with roots-rockers the Blasters and as a solo artist, Dave Alvin has plumbed the depths of American music. Blues, rock, folk, and coun...

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

My predilection for buying old music zines isn't a secret, but I'm particular proud of my recent eBay haul, which included a vintage Rock magazine (1971), two 1980s-era Creem mags & a copy of Prairie Sun, a regional publication I was the "Tennessee Correspondent" for (& wrote record reviews, too!)

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Here's another oldie but goodie from the Rev's archives, my 2008 review of the CD reissue of Love's classic Forever Changes album, originally published by Blurt magazine... #rocknroll #classicrock tinyurl.com/3knthy6v

Archive Review: Love’s Forever Changes (2008)

One of the most beloved and enduring albums in the canon of rock music, Love ’s Forever Changes was initially released in 1967 to yawns and...

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Another oldie from the Rev's deep & dark archives, this 2008 Blurt magazine short on the great Flamin' Groovies' Flamingo LP, a band whose back catalog of rockin' tunes is still seriously FUBAR... #rocknroll tinyurl.com/44kaju9p

Archive Review: The Flamin’ Groovies’ Flamingo (2008)

Sadly, the back catalog of the greatest rock band of the ‘70s, the Flamin’ Groovies , is seriously FUBAR, with essential titles flying in-an...

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Album of the Day: Mr. Gasser & the Weirdos' Hot Rod Hootenanny. Released by Capitol Records in 1963 to take advantage of the hot rodding trend, "Mr. Gasser" was actually car culture legend Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, backed by the "Weirdos," which included members of the Wrecking Crew... #rocknroll

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

@ringerwrestling.bsky.social Guys, check the credits on Braun Strowman's too-much-food TV show & you'll find that WWE IS making money off it...they're producing the show & Triple H is the executive producer!

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

You never know what you're going to find on eBay...my fondness for collecting antiquated music magazines is well-publicized, so when I ran across this 1980 zine, I took a second look. I'd never heard of Rockers but dug the cover photo of Chrissie Hynde and, since the price was reasonable... #zines

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Another oddity from the Rev's seemingly bottomless archives, this 1993 review of former Hawkwind member Nik Turner's debut LP Sphynx, originally published in my R.A.D! zine... #rocknroll tinyurl.com/4fhkhf58

Archive Review: Nik Turner’s Sphynx (1993)

In the early ‘70s, as part of the legendary and influential British band Hawkwind, Nik Turner frequently explored the outer reaches of human...

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Here's another oldie from the Rev's archives, this 1994 review of the Psychic TV compilation Hex Sex, originally published in my R.A.D! zine. #rocknroll tinyurl.com/cnv2fkbr

Archive Review: Psychic TV’s Hex Sex (1994)

By now, all of you certainly know the story – Throbbing Gristle, the artistic progenitors of Psychic TV , created the genre of industrial mu...

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

It's being reported that Darby Allin is getting married this weekend, not to another wrestler but to an ICU nurse, which seems a little too on the nose considering his destructive wrestling style, innit? Wish them both the best of luck! #AEW #AEWDynamite tinyurl.com/7dbrc5tv

Bam Margera Says AEW Star Darby Allin Is Getting Married - Wrestling Inc.

He's climbed Mount Everest, he's been hit by a bus, and now his friend Bam Margera has confirmed that AEW star Darby Allin is indeed getting married.

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

A new photo in my "Urban Decay" series, this old worn-out warehouse/factory in East Aurora NY...

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

It's your Monday Moanin' Bootleg Playlist with John Cale's "Cale Street" (1983), Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's "Midnight Lightning," and "Ballroom Dancing" by R.E.M. (1984)! Sound quality ranges from good (Bruce) to very good (R.E.M. & Cale) & the performances are all bangers! #rocknroll

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Check out Dave Perkins' "Powderhead," the latest LP from the Nashville rock legend on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/608...

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Dave Perkins- "Powderhead" Launch

Legendary guitar slinger/singer/songwriter/producer/visual artist Dave Perkins is back with his 6th roots-rock solo album, Powderhead.

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

For my money, Sour Ops is the best rock 'n' roll outfit in the Music City. The Reverend reviews Bikers Make Better Lovers, the band's latest and greatest, only on ThatDevilMusic.com... #rocknroll tinyurl.com/yevmdfbb

CD Review: Sour Ops’ Bikers Make Better Lovers (2026)

Decades ago, before corporate radio mergers created a handful of ginormous broadcast inanities playing homogenized – and creatively neutere...

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The Reverend takes time out from his busy schedule to review the new album(s) from British music legends Mekons, only on ThatDevilMusic.com! #rocknroll #Mekons #FireMusic tinyurl.com/32rydh27

CD Review: The Mekons’ HORROR/HORRORble (mekons Vs. Tony Maimone In Dub Conference) (2026)

British rockers mekons released a new album in 2025, the stand-out HORROR tragically-overlooked by all but the most hardcore of mekons fans...

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

"Weird" Lio Rush is probably his most interesting incarnation yet. They need to give him some improbable wins over larger competitors and make the story really strange... #AEW #AEWDynamite #prowrestling

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

One of the most intriguing of April's RSD releases was this long-lost live Freddie King album. I waited an extra couple of weeks to buy the lower-cost two-CD set, but it was worth the wait...the Rev reviews Freddie King's Feeling Alright. #bluesmusic #blues tinyurl.com/bdcm5j9w

CD Review: Freddie King’s Feeling Alright: The Complete 1975 Nancy Pulsations Concert (2026)

It’s heartening to know that, even at this late date in the growing shadow of the 20th century, there is still some amazing music bein...

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Mark Briscoe, holy shit! #AEW #AEWDynamite

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The Rev's been reading (again) and the result is this review of Cat Taylor's cool discography and history of Nashville's punk rock scene 1980-1997, Music Row Rejects... #rocknroll #punkrock #booksky tinyurl.com/5ec5j7et

Book Review: Cat Taylor’s Music Row Rejects (2026)

Despite the fact that there’s been a thriving Nashville rock scene for better than four decades, there’s still the widespread notion that th...

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Here's a story that's tailor-made for my old friends @techdirt.com! Boo to the trademark bullies who think that they're protecting their brand by robbing this animal shelter of the perfect fundraising name! tinyurl.com/4a97xaxw

Coachella threatens Dearborn animal shelter over upcoming ‘Pawchella’ fundraiser - Detroit Metro Times

A Dearborn animal shelter raising money for homeless dogs and cats has been forced to rename its upcoming “Pawchella” fundraiser after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the company behind Coach...

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Here's another one from the Rev's vaults, and evidently never published before (according to my admittedly incomplete records): this 2004 review of former Smiths' frontman Morrissey and his underrated You Are the Quarry album. #rocknroll tinyurl.com/38dw3fyr

Archive Review: Morrissey’s You Are the Quarry (2004)

As frontman for the highly influential British band the Smiths, Steven Patrick Morrissey created the blueprint for much of what was to foll...

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

And now for something completely different...the Rev's review of Richard Langston's excellent new book on New Zealand rockers The Clean, In the Dreamlife You Need A Rubber Soul. I've read a couple hundred music bios & Langston's tome is easily in the Top 5! #booksky #rocknroll tinyurl.com/46dz63ex

Book Review: Richard Langston’s The Clean: In the Dreamlife You Need A Rubber Soul (2026)

In the antediluvian age of the 1970s, long before the Internet became radicalized and the Worldwide Web was merely a hastily scribbled note ...

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Back in 2004, Jason & the Scorchers' frontman Jason Ringenberg took a look at the world around him and released Empire Builders, his brilliant third solo LP. From deep in the Rev's archives, this vintage review of the album from the long-gone Alt.Culture.Guide zine. #Americana tinyurl.com/m57rnw3j

Archive Review: Jason Ringenberg’s Empire Builders (2004)

When “Little” Steven Van Zandt toured Europe during the early ‘80s with his Disciples of Soul band, he saw the sad results of Reagan adminis...

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

#RecordStoreDay is just a couple of weeks away & this year's event has what is probably the best batch of titles that they've had a long time. Here's the Rev's "buy list"...not the "best" but rather the LPs I'll be spending hard-earned coin on to get 'em to my turntable! tinyurl.com/4v6ts4hf

The Reverend's Guide to Record Store Day 2026

For those of you who celebrate the holiday, Record Store Day is rapidly approaching, and if you haven’t scanned the list of available hot w...

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Yet another dig into the blues archives, this 2007 review of the timely collaboration between Omar & the Howlers' frontman Omar Dykes and former Fabulous Thunderbirds axewrangler Jimmie Vaughan, 2007's On the Jimmy Reed Highway... #bluesmusic tinyurl.com/49mtbxas

Archive Review: Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmy Vaughan’s On the Jimmy Reed Highway (2007)

On paper, it must have seemed like a match made in heaven for German blues label Ruf Records. Combine gravel-throated vocalist Omar Kent Dyk...

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Here's a more recent review from the Rev's endless archives, of Omar & the Howlers' frontman Omar Dykes and his 2013 Howlin' Wolf tribute LP, Runnin' With the Wolf... #bluesmusic tinyurl.com/43ak4vxh

Archive Review: Omar Dykes’ Runnin’ With the Wolf (2013)

Both as a solo artist and as the esteemed frontman of the Austin, Texas-based Omar & the Howlers, bluesman Omar Kent Dykes has made no secr...

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Watching #AEWCollision on DVR, I love how they bring in talent from another country like Robbie Eagles & give 'em time to show their stuff with a great match. Also like the old-school practice of using "enhancement talent" to do the job for their stars. #AEW

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The Reverend revisits the glory days of NYC's legendary CBGB club with this review of a new, expansive CD box set of rad tunes from the good folks @cherryredrecords.bsky.social! #rocknroll tinyurl.com/bdc29pbj

CD Review: CBGB: A New York City Soundtrack 1975-1986 (2026)

A ratty, dank, dark dive of a bar, CBGB in New York City has nevertheless earned its own chapter in rock ‘n’ roll history. A biker bar orig...

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Here's a good 'un from the archives, a 1999 Live! Music Review of the Who's "Who Put A Better Boot In 1976" CD... tinyurl.com/3u2bxuyn #rocknroll #TheWho #bootlegs

Bootleg Review: The Who’s Who Put A Better Boot In 1976 (1999)

THE WHO Who Put A Better Boot In 1976 (Shagadelic Productions, 68:04 min) SOUND QUALITY: Good to Very Good soundboard (7-8), little no...

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

The used book store in Henrietta NY is no secret...it's been there for at least 20 years that I've lived in WNY. It's small, cluttered & chaotic but the aging owner knows where everything is. I always seem to find something & $13 for two books in good condition is fine by me! #newbooks #booksky

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Deep dig into the Rev's archives and into the not-so-distant past for this 2013 review of the great Cyril Neville's Magic Honey LP! #bluesmusic tinyurl.com/3y2ddwjz

Archive Review: Cyril Neville's Magic Honey (2013)

New Orleans music legend Cyril Neville (he of the Meters and the amazing Neville Brothers) has been touring the world as of late as part of...

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Bootleg Album of the Day: Jethro Tull's Songs From the Tower, a two-LP set with gatefold cover on clear vinyl. The album is comprised of a live King Biscuit Flower Hour broadcast from the Tower Theater in Philadelphia in November 1987 in support of the underrated Crest of A Knave LP. #rocknroll

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Fossils v3 is my third futile attempt at explaining why album ads from the 1970s, seen in music & culturally adjacent mags like High Times & National Lampoon, is an art form & deserving of dissection & critique. The trade paperback is now available from Excitable Press! #booksky tinyurl.com/ysb92j6y

Fossils, Classic Rock Relics, Volume 3: More 1970s & '80s

Once upon a time, rock ‘n’ roll fanatics had to learn about new album releases through label advertising in rags like Creem , Trouser Pre...

Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

The Rev reviews the new Damned covers album & deems it a "a raucous, rockin’ tribute" to their late bandmember, Brian James! #rocknroll #punkrock tinyurl.com/mr2vp6ys

CD Review: The Damned’s Not Like Everybody Else (2026)

Almost 55 years of listening to, collecting, and writing about music have taught me to be suspect of “cover songs.” Far too often, the song ...

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Hot of the presses, the Reverend's review of a pair of recently-released live CDs from the underrated British blues-rock outfit Humble Pie... #rocknroll tinyurl.com/jwfznw67

CD Review: Very 'eavy, Very 'umble...Humble Pie Live! (2026)

Humble Pie , in my…ahem…‘humble’ opinion, are one of the great lost bands of the 1970s. To my knowledge, they’ve never even been considered...

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

It's your Monday Moanin' Bootleg Playlist w/Jethro Tull, Todd Rundgren & Rockpile! Tull's A = Live 1980 is sourced from a 1981 FM broadcast; no source listed for Rundgren & Utopia's Utopia Is Here To Come, but it's a 1977 performance & Rockpile's I Hear You Rocking is a 1978 NYC show. #rocknroll

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Digging even further back into the archives, here's a 1995 review of the Ramones' ¡Adios Amigos! album from the Rev's long-gone R.A.D! music zine... #theramones #rocknroll tinyurl.com/2n5na9e3

Archive Review: The Ramones’ ¡Adios Amigos! (1995)

As the Ramones pass their twentieth anniversary together, the Queens, New York foursome that was long considered a one joke, “here-today, g...

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Rev. Keith A. Gordon @rocknrollreverend.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Another deep dive into the Rev's archives finds this 2006 Alt.Culture.Guide™ review of Steve Wynn & the Marvelous 3's marvelous LP ...tick...tick...tick @stevewynn.bsky.social #rocknroll tinyurl.com/5bex9nfp

Archive Review: Steve Wynn & the Marvelous 3’s …tick…tick…tick (2006)

Former Dream Syndicate frontman Steve Wynn has enjoyed a lengthy, distinguished, and sadly uncommercial solo career over the past couple of...

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