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You Must Not Know 'Bout Me

By Rob Hamilton

Jackson Free Press | October 12, 2007

I like women-empowerment music because I'm a big fan of underdog art in general (one of the main reasons I like punk so much), and because I like music that encourages you to put your arms around your comrades and sing out with reckless abandon. Also, chicks dig it.

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