i didn't start listening to the the really until about 1990. and then, the flood gates opened. yes, matt johnson and the the saved my life a few times over. in 1995, i was working at a store in NYC called antique boutique. it used to be well known for vintage clothes. i brought mind bomb into work that day. it was one of those days i really needed it. i was standing on tables, running around singing, getting a lot of energy out. then, about an hour after the cd changed, who should come in to find a silver-sequened blazer? yeah, it was matt. i wanted to say thanks more than anything else, but i just didn't. i was his clever silly sales girl. and enjoyed that experience for the 20 minutes he was there. i didn't feel like 'bothering' him and the intensity of my relationship with his music made the veil hard to penetrate. but i was 22.

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I tend to agree with Chinchilla...Matt's music seems to always pick me up on those days when I really need it, much like Morrissey used to when I was growing up.