Keith Hopkins
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The Murder Farm is a place where any villain, serial killer, terrorist, or outlaw can go to seek asylum or conduct any business of their choosing. The price of such a service is, of course, exorbitant. Run by a family of three – Pop, Mum, and Betty – the Murder Farm is infamous in the underworld for its discreet and hospitable caretakers. One evening, however, the villain Doctor Talky and his band of miscreants arrive, and things start to go haywire....
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Byron and Hitler were equally entranced by Rome's most famous monument, the Colosseum. Mid-Victorians admired the hundreds of varieties of flowers in its crannies and occasionally shuddered at its reputation for contagion, danger, and sexual temptation. Today it is the highlight of a tour of Italy for more than three million visitors a year, a concert arena for the likes of Paul McCartney, and a national symbol of opposition to the death penalty....
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Acoustic in the Armory volume 4
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English
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Folk guitarist Superior Siren plays the historic Duluth Armory, one of the last venues played by Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens before "the music died."
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Acoustic in the Armory volume 3
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English
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Rick McLean performs on the Armory stage, and talks about music as his well-chosen vice.
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Acoustic in the Armory volume 5
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English
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Alan Sparhawk, of the acclaimed dream-pop band LOW, closes this miniseries with a chilling performance.
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Acoustic in the Armory volume 1
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English
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Folk guitarist Charlie Parr performs in the Duluth Armory, the same venue where Bob Dylan claims Buddy Holly "transmitted something, something I didn't know what. It gave me the chills.â€
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Acoustic in the Armory volume 2
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English
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Ingeborg von Agassiz pays the same stage that Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens shared just days before "the music died."