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Daily Archives: November 25, 2014

Man in the (Rearview) Mirror

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Sandi

Michael Jackson and Joyce Kilmer on the same site? Say it ain’t so, Joe! The King of Pop is unlikely to show up here often, but Chic’s adaptation of an iconic 80s song was both clever and timely.  (I disabled comments here; please leave them on Chic’s site.)

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