Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing

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history of new music. Do it. Trust me. You'll love it. Okay, 496, 497, 498, 490, hey, you're right.

We've done 499 shows. That would make this the 500th one-hour episode of the ongoing history

of new music. Yeah, I've been telling

you that for a while now. You know, we should kind of celebrate, do something, you know, something kind of cool. Hold on, hold on, I got an idea. Hey, Craig, do you want to come in here for a second? Yeah, what do you want? So you were the technical producer for what? The first 110 episodes of the ongoing history, right? Yeah, that's right.

It was awful. Let me tell you, Rob,

I couldn't take it. I had to get out.

So how... producer for what? The first 110 episodes of the ongoing history, right? Yeah, that's right. It was

awful. Let me tell you, Rob, I couldn't take it. I had to get out. So how have you been handling

this never-ending personal hell? You know, pretty much Zoloft and Scotch. But then again,

you know, look at the bright side. I'll be dead soon and it'll be fine, sweet bliss.

There, I just organized a staff reunion. Are you happy?

No.

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