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Category: Notes From the Neon Babylon

Posted inNotes From the Neon Babylon

Notes From the Neon Babylon: Slot shacks shake slow shows and set the stages stompin’

by Bruce Van Dyke September 27, 2022September 27, 2022

A look back at Bruce Van Dyke’s first Notes From the Neon Babylon.

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Viral rant

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Music man

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Burning Bernie questions

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What’s buggin’ you?

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Seeing orange

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Follow the money

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Pressing issues

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Force of nature

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MLK had a lot to say

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Enumerating the obvious

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Revelations

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