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Hey guys!

Welcome to another episode of Talking BITS! the show where I take you behind the scenes

of SchloerBITS and share with you all of my DIY video production and content creation

tips and tricks.

Today I wanna talk to you about a limiting, false belief that you need to eliminate from

your brain right now and that is the idea, "I can't do that!

I don't know how to do that!"

Get rid of it!

Gone!

Bye bye!

Poof!

You can figure out how to do anything.

Really you can.

Think about it this way: When you were a baby you didn't know how to walk, but your figured

it out and you didn't sit there going, "Well, pphhfftt, I can't walk!

I don't know how to do that!

I'm just gonna sit here in my wet diaper for the rest of time!"

That thought didn't even enter your mind.

You didn't limit yourself at all, you just figured it out.

You just did it.

And here's the super awesome news, guys.

We live in an age where information is literally all around us, at all times.

You have probably one of these, a smart phone of some kind, and you can look up anything on this.

You can Google ANYTHING.

You can literally type in "How to edit a movie" and tutorials will pop up.

"How to add captions on Facebook for videos" "How to make a title card in Adobe Premiere

Pro" "How to light a scene" "How to create a cinematic look on a budget."

Anything, anything you need to figure out how to do, you can figure out how to do, pretty

much, on the internet.

Seriously, you can Google anything, just try it.

Also, YouTube has great tutorials.

Again, you can just type into their search bar, "How to...." anything you need to know

and it will pop up probably.

I did this a lot on SchloerBITS for some of the early ones when I was trying to clean

up sound 'cause I didn't have good sound equipment at that point.

And I would be like, "How to make..." you know, "How do I make something sound better

in Adobe Premiere Pro?" and all of these, you know, all these tutorials that people

did that they took you through, like, the exact settings to use to get, to reduce the

noise, uh, and to, you know, take out background noise, and to do all this stuff and it was

just right there.

So, the idea of like, "Ahhh, I don't know how to do that, I'm just not going to" get

rid of that!

Get rid of that completely.

You can figure it out.

You can look it up online very easily.

And if you want more options than just Google, uh, often times what I do is I use Facebook.

I will type a question into Facebook, just put it up in my status, be like, "Hey guys!

I'm trying to figure out some good sound equipment for my SchloerBITS and I don't really know

much about sound equipment, so if anybody has any suggestions on something, you know,

I don't wanna spend a lot of money, so something budget friendly, let me know."

And sure enough, people wrote in and they recommended the Tascam DR-40, which is what

I ended up getting.

Then I looked up a bunch of tutorials online for how to use it and you can type in exactly

the type of voice recorder, or the type of sound recorder that you get into YouTube and

there'll be reviews and tutorials and all of this kind of stuff that will come up and

help you figure out how to use various equipment that you have.

And, uh, and you can also ask your friends who may be more knowledgable than you.

Uh, I had a friend who, who does sound recording and I said, "So what, what kind of setting

would you use?" and he was like, "Oh, so, here, you know, set it to this and this and

this and you should be good to go" and I have not touched those setting since.

And all it took was just asking somebody who had a little bit more knowledge than I did.

Or a lot a bit more knowledge.

A LOT MORE KNOWLEDGE than I do.

So, ask your friends, uh, ask Google, ask your friends, as Facebook, uh, all of these

places, ask Twitter.

Wherever you want to, to try to find things out, but you CAN figure things out.

Eliminate the idea that, "I can't, I can't do that!

I don't know how!"

That doesn't exist.

You can figure it out.

You're a smart, capable person.

Take some ownership, take some responsibility for yourself and figure it out.

It's not that hard.

You figured out how to do tons of things before in your life and most of the stuff that you're

gonna need to figure out about DIY content creation and filmmaking and all of that kind

of stuff, you can find all of those answer on the internet.

And there are people out there who specifically have created tutorials about ANY topic that

you need to know about.

I'm creating a video right now that somebody may watch and be like, "Oh!

Now I know how to find out what I need to know!"

It's very meta.

Thanks for watching guys!

Be sure to send me your questions about SchloerBITS and DIY video production and content creation

to SchloerBITS@gmail.com and I will be sure to answer them.

And tune in every Tuesday for a new Talking BITS!

Thanks guys!

Bye!

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Morning People Are Special - Duration: 4:05.

- Hey Ahmed!

Yoohoo.

Wake up please.

Wake up now.

It's the morning time!

Come on!

(Loud Clap)

Jackie!

Wake up bud, it's the morning time.

Jack it's the morning.

Look at this.

Hey wake up bud.

Frickin horny ass.

(Laughs)

It's the morning.

Oh my goodness.

The air is different.

The air smells different.

(Laughs)

Help yourselves to some of that Bacon.

- (Clears throat) What are we doing man.

- Remember when we said we were gonna start getting up earlier?

Get more stuff done?

- (mumbles) What time is it?

- It's 4:30am

So i'm making breakfast.

Ahmed wanna little bit of bacon?

You hungry?

Here take a bite of this.

Mmmmmmm

Huh, what do ya think of that?

Pretty good, huh?

- (Moaning & Crunching)

- Look at you, huh. You're so tired.

Hello?

Ahmed are you- Can you hear me?

- He's half asleep, he's asleep, he's half asleep.

Nothing's going into you?

Holy shit.

- It's like 4:30--

Ah, that's creeping me out.

- Yeah he's still asleep, man.

- You can't hear me at all?

Ah, it's giving me the heebee's.

- It's cause it's so early.

- You want some bacon?

I-- I need some water.

- What time did you get home last night?

- 4:10am.

- You got home at 4:10am?

20 minutes ago?

- Yeah I slept--

- Jack! - It's been about 20 minutes.

- We said we were-- I went to bed at 6pm last night, it was

bright out.

- I just need some water.

I need some tap water.

- Baby carrots!

(laughs)

Eat some baby carrots,

lets do some stretching.

Outward extend your hands up to the sky,

keeping your back arched.

Gotta keep your knees high.

Ahmed, you wanna check your email?

Go ahead and check your email.

Log into your email address.

(Slurping)

Don't even talk to me until i've had my cof--

My joe.

You're supposed to do, ah,

little circles.

I read that,

on the Esquire.

Bending at the waist,

bending at the waist and keeping your back straight.

Bending at the Fuc--

At the waist.

Gotta keep your knees,

above your waist.

Log into your email address.

Could be a potential employer!

Could be a potential employer.

[From Speaker] The company is accused of mining the data of

tens of millions of Facebook users in the US

in order to help Donald Trump--

I'm on Facebook!

-- Presidential vote.

The constant, ohhhh,

Ick!!

Oh! (clap)

I should go get the paper, huh?

Paper's probably here.

To read.

(City Noise)

(Distant chattering)

- I'm gonna get some of that breakfast.

(light snoring)

(Snort)

- Where am i?

(Guitar sting)

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4 Content Creation Hacks (Save Time, Be Productive & Build Authority) - Duration: 11:51.

Sunny Lenarduzzi: I've always been a really creative person.

Ever since I was a kid, I was always acting and dancing and thinking, or trying to think,

and drawing.

And everywhere I turn on a daily basis, I'm inspired to be creative by people and places

and things.

But, the biggest challenge that I face in growing my business is that I have less and

less time to actually be creative and create content which does make me the happiest.

And I know that I'm not alone in that.

But that really is the golden question, isn't it?

How do you manage a business, manage to have a life, and not have to be attached to your

phone or your camera all the time, but still do the thing that you love most in your business?

Which is being creative and creating really good content.

I'm going to show you a few tricks of the trade.

So, these are my four content creation hacks.

Hack #1 is what I like to call "content mapping."

So, this is going to help you with the rest of these hacks, because immediately, as you're

watching this, you're going to come up with a bunch of different ideas.

All with one keyword in mind.

So, what I mean by this is, basically what you want to do is go to Google, and type in

any keyword that's related to what you do, and your niche, and what your audience would

be interested in.

So, for example, I'm an entrepreneur.

Let's say I want to talk about mindset.

I'm going to type in "mindset habits."

Immediately, all of these pop up and these are all potential topics for content that

I can create content around.

But, more importantly, this tool right here, which is called "keywordseverywhere," it's

a free Chrome extension, brings up a ton of relevant and related keywords that you can

create all different kinds of content on.

Whether it's YouTube videos, or doing an Instagram post, or tweeting about these.

And it shows you the search volume.

So, you can do a video on how to have a happy mindset, fixed versus growth mindset, winning

mindset.

All of these different titles work for different kinds of content.

Plus, if you look at the topics that come up in Google, it shows you all of these different

places around the web that you can use as examples of content that you know is proven

to be highly engaged, highly searched, and getting solid traction.

So, you can use that as an example of what you want to create your content around.

So, you take it one step further.

Click on one of the articles, go to the very bottom, and you can go to their social channels

and see what other kind of content they're sharing that's getting super-high engagement.

And that will help you create your own spin on it, or even take these articles and create

your own pieces of content around them.

Hack Numero Dos is outsourcing, which I know feels far-fetched when you're first starting

your business, because why should you have to pay anybody to help you with your content,

especially when you're not making a ton of revenue?

But here's the thing.

The more content you make, the more your brand builds, the more awareness you have, the more

authority you have.

So, it is really important.

Plus, I know you're also busy building your actual business on your own.

So, when I was first getting started, I actually started outsourcing little things here and

there in content creation, just to take some of it off my plate so I could focus on building

the business.

So, little things like, I would go to fiverr.com, a great resource for outsourcing, and get

my thumbnails made.

I also used fiverr.com in the beginning to have my videos edited.

Another great resource is upwork.com, where you can hire any kind of freelancer to help

you in the content creation process.

And then another really quick little Ninja tip, is a resource called, "Help a Reporter

Out."

It's haro.com, and basically what you can do is go on there, and if you're writing a

long-form post, or you're guest-posting on a big publication, or a guest blog spot, you

can actually go there and name the title of what your post is going to be on as a job

posting, and have people contribute aspects of that article.

So basically, other people are writing the article for you, you give them attribution

and you can link back to their social handles or their website, and the article gets written

without you having to do all of the legwork.

So, it speeds up the process and makes it a lot faster, more effective, and even builds

more authority with more people in that article.

And then the other piece of this is that when I first started on YouTube and started creating

video content, I did it all myself.

I edited, I shot, I did it all on my own.

But I am the first to admit, none of that is really my genius, though.

I got by for as long as I needed to, and it's absolutely okay and perfectly fine to do that,

because it's more important what you say versus the production value on YouTube.

But, as I grew and as I had less and less time to actually create the content, it was

important that I had help and had someone who was a genius at that piece of filming

and editing.

Which is where [Jer Bear 00:04:52] comes in.

Right?

So, I now have [Jer 00:04:58], who does all of my editing and shooting, and takes care

of making the videos look golden.

And as the business grows, and as you're creating even more content, it is really important

to have help on that front.

But when you're first starting out, those three resources are a great place to go.

So Fiverr, Upwork, and Haro.

Hack #3 is batching.

I cannot talk about this enough.

I know I mentioned this before, but I'm going to go into detail of how exactly I batch my

content for all of the platforms that I use.

So for Instagram, I write a lot of my captions in one fell swoop ahead of time.

So, I'll do it on, usually, a Friday morning for the entire next week.

And then if something happens to come up that I want to post out on, post a [inaudible 00:05:39]

on the go, which does happen, I at least have back-up content that puts me way ahead of

schedule, keeps me consistent.

So, I write them in the notes on my phone, or I put them into a sauna, which is a project

management tool that we use in the business.

The other thing I do is, for Twitter, I will actually gather quotes from across the web,

or I'll hide them in my notes on my phone, or store them in the notes on my phone, and

I'll use those and I'll schedule them using something like Hootsuite for months and months

and months to come.

We also schedule a lot of our YouTube videos for the next six months on Twitter, so that

we always keep active.

And then I can also just talk to people one-to-one, and have that be my on-the-go content on that

platform.

But at least I have a base of scheduled content that's batched way ahead of time.

The other thing is photo shoots.

So, I do not have photos taken of me on a daily basis, by any means.

We do pretty much one photo shoot a quarter, and that gives us enough content to go on

for at least a few months for all our platforms, all of our branding, as well as our Instagram

account.

And finally, video content.

I certainly do not do the one video a week thing, and have to shoot on a weekly basis,

because that takes a lot of time.

And I don't get into that creative flow, really.

And I want to make sure that I'm doing all my videos at once so I stay in that flow,

I stay super-creative, and it's easy and efficient for me to get them all done.

And then they get sent off, and Jer Bear takes them to get edited and polished and published

for all of you to see.

So, we usually spend a whole day, or at least a couple of hours, shooting a ton of video

content at once for YouTube.

And then it's all set to go.

So, that's how I batch.

And it's way more efficient, plus it keeps you in your zone of creative genius.

If you're doing something creative all day, as opposed to trying to do something creative

once a week or trying to fit it in when you can, which you just won't fit it in with everything

else going on.

And that's when you start to lack consistency.

So, that's the secret of batching.

The fourth hack is repurposing.

Now this is a life saver, and will make your life so much easier.

And all that you've got to do is base it off of engagement.

So, say you post something on Instagram and you get a ton of engagement on it, and the

caption just really captivates people.

You can then take that and turn that into video content on Facebook, or even a livestream.

So, that's one way of repurposing.

Another, and one of my favorites, is that I am not the most skilled writer.

I don't really like having to sit down and write long-form content.

It's way easier for me to speak what I'm thinking, and then have someone else transcribe it and

just format it into a long-form piece of written content.

So, a great resource for that is rev.com, which I also use to transcribe all of my YouTube

videos.

They turn it around, they say in 24 hours, it's usually within an hour.

So, you have this whole long-form piece of content that you didn't have to write yourself.

It's just the thoughts that came out of your head.

So, that's a great way to repurpose content.

Another way to do it is if you do a livestream and you have a couple of points that really

hit home with people, and you get a ton of engagement.

Turn that livestream into a written piece of content, which you then can take micro-content

from, and create memes, you can create tweets out of it, you can create Instagram captions

out of it.

So, one piece of content can be repurposed a whole bunch of different ways.

Plus, I'm not sure if you've noticed this, but I've noticed lately that a lot of the

big influencers on Instagram are taking their most popular captions and just using different

photos, but repurposing the caption once or twice a week.

And that same caption continues to hit new audiences and continues to drive a ton of

engagement.

So, again, a great way to repurpose on Instagram.

Now, you also can take a video like this.

And what we do is, we take this video and we turn it into Instagram stories, and we

also turn it into Instagram posts.

So we're taking this long-form video and turning it into micro-content for Instagram, stories

as well as Instagram posts in the feed.

So, those are my four content creation hacks, so you can actually build a business and create

content and also have a life.

Which is really, really, really important.

So, if you like them, let me know on the "Like" below.

Plus, don't forget about the #Bossclub, which we have started here on YouTube and on my

Instagram account.

So, if you comment with a thoughtful comment in the first 24 hours of me publishing a video,

you could get a shout-out, which is going to happen right now, actually.

So, author Britney Wang is the first person we're giving a shout-out to, is part of #Bossclub.

And she said, "Thanks for the tips, Sunny.

You're set is gorgeous, and I'm an [author-tuber 00:10:16]."

Which I really like.

It means an author and a YouTuber combined.

First time I've heard that.

"So, I definitely want books, notebooks, writing items in my set, a cozy atmosphere with my

brand colors, teal, light pink, and yellow, and the symbols that signify my love for productivity,

purpose, and positivity.

[inaudible 00:10:33].

Thanks again.

#Bossclub."

So make sure you that you leave a thoughtful comment below.

Use that #Bossclub, and you could get a shout-out, or you could win some BYO boss swag as well,

or a shout-out in my Instagram stories, too.

So, a good way to bring the whole community together of bosses.

Again, if you enjoyed this, and if you want to share your content creation hacks, let

me know in the comments section below.

As you can see, I actually do read the comments, so I would love to hear from you and we can

all help each other out with making content creation more fun, more creative, and more

efficient.

Because that's what we all need as entrepreneurs.

So, leave a comment below.

"Like" the video.

Share it, and if you haven't subscribed, hit the "Subscribe" button and the bell to be

notified every time we post a new video here on the Sunny Show, which is the only place

that you will be able to be your own boss, build your own life, and I'll see you in the

next episode.

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Thanks for watching

Hope you have a great time

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CLEO & CUQUÍN- CANCIÓN DEL MUNDIAL FIFA RUSIA 2018- Familia Telerín- Canciones Infantiles para Niños - Duration: 1:32.

You and me,

Cleo and Cuquin.

Let's dance and sing,

with Cleo and Cuquin.

Fly, fly, fly so high.

Reach the stars and touch the sky.

Let's play, laugh and play.

I want to laugh and play,

with you all day.

Play, play, play, play all day.

I want to laugh and play,

with you all day.

Play, play, play, play all day.

Oh, oh oh. Oh, oh oh ooh.

Oh, oh oh. Oh, oh oh ooh

Way up here.

Way, way up here.

The sky is clear.

The sky is so clear.

Let's play, laugh and play.

I want to laugh and play,

with you all day.

Play, play, play, play all day.

Oh, oh oh. Oh, oh oh ooh.

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MANY, MUCH , A LOT OF, LOTS OF| QUANTIFIERS | ENGLISH GRAMMAR - Duration: 4:21.

Hi guys today

we're going to talk about

another issue in grandma.

So this can also be quite confusing for all of my students because quantifiers can sometimes be confusing.

Especially when it comes to much

many and

a lot of or lots of

So, let's see how these quantifiers are used so first I'm going to try and simplify it.

Much is

used for

uncountable nouns

Many is

used for countable nouns and

a lot of can be used for both.

Now what are uncountable nouns?

Uncountable nouns are nouns that you cannot count. So you cannot say one two, three four or five

Countable nouns are those nouns that you can't count. So

for example

we have

rice

sugar

water

So when you go to a coffee shop, you cannot say can I please have two waters?

Well, actually you actually you can't as a slang but that would

Literally literally mean that you're asking for two glasses of water

So you cannot just say can I please have three water's in that case?

You are going to use these quantifiers

now I want to explain first much is used for a

negative sentence and

Interrogative sentence

Why I will explain later when you're using much in an affirmative sentence

It doesn't sound so good. So for

affirmative sentences, we are going to use a

lot of

Now, let me try with a negative and interrogative

sentence we are using

quantifier much I

Am making a cake, but I don't have much sugar or

Interrogative do you have much homework to do?

Okay

now, what about many

Many Z's for countable nouns those nouns that you can count

Let's say I have ten apples

You can say well you have many apples

Now the difference is that many can be easily used for affirmative negative and interrogative sentence

so I can say

You have many apples

She doesn't have many windows in her house

Do you have many pears

So you can use many

to describe any

countable now

Now a lot of is used as an affirmative way

for our affirmative sentence in non countable nouns

So you can say I have a lot of milk in my fridge or I?

Added a lot of salt to my meal. It's not very tasty

And you can also use it for countable nouns. So basically you can interchange between a lot of and many

Well, I hope I've managed to break it down for you, and I hope you're going to enjoy using

Much many and a lot of see you soon. Bye

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Mike Rowe Breaks His Silence On Anthony Bourdain In Post That Says It All – This Is EVERYTHING. - Duration: 6:40.

Mike Rowe Breaks His Silence On Anthony Bourdain In Post That Says It All – This Is EVERYTHING.

News recently broke of Anthony Bourdain passing away, apparently taking his own life.

Bourdain was just 61-years-old and award-winning celebrity chef, writer, and CNN TV host who

took viewers around the world with his show "Parts Unknown", when his life tragically

ended in Paris.

CNN announced in a statement regarding Bourdain's death – "It is with extraordinary sadness

we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague, Anthony Bourdain.

His love of great adventure, new friends, fine food and drink and the remarkable stories

of the world made him a unique storyteller.

His talents never ceased to amaze us and we will miss him very much.

Our thoughts and prayers are with his daughter and family at this incredibly difficult time."

Bourdain's passing has been mourned by many individuals including Mike Rowe.

Rowe is a TV host, writer, narrator, producer, actor, and spokesman.

Rowe recently took to social media with some extremely flattering things to say about Bourdain,

that have inspired many to look at Bourdain's life and work.

Rowe stated on Facebook –

"Hello Darkness, My Old Friend

On a hot night in 2005, after a long day of spelunking through the septic tanks of Wisconsin,

I retired to my suite at the Motel 6, to wallow in the perks of my chosen profession.

First, there was the tepid shower, followed by another.

Then, there was the tepid beer, followed by another.

Then, I logged into the Dirty Jobs Mudroom, where I planned to chat with fans of my show

while watching myself on television, But that's another story.

On this particular evening, stretched out on a suspicious comforter held together with

the DNA of previous guests, I stumbled across a smart-aleck on The Travel Channel eating

fermented shark meat in Iceland, and telling his producer he'd be dead by morning.

I had to laugh.

Just a few hours earlier, I had been eating a fermented hoagie in an open sewer, and lodging

a similar prediction with my own producer.

Naturally, I was intrigued by what appeared to be a kindred spirit, Forrest-Gumping his

way around the world, pushing the bounds of non-fiction television.

The show was called "No Reservations," and no – I didn't think it was better

than Dirty Jobs.

But I did think it was every bit as good, and the more I watched, the more I grew to

appreciate this subversive chef's naked contempt for all the fakery of traditional

production.

I loved the way he went out of his way be seen as a "traveler," not a tourist.

It reminded me of my own attempts to be seen as a "guest," and not a host.

From that moment, I was a fan.

I read his books, and enjoyed them all.

But what I enjoyed even more was the way Tony pushed The Travel Channel into some very uncomfortable

territory.

It's not that I think bad language and drinking on camera are cool or edgy; I don't.

But I loved the fact that Tony pushed the network to let the show evolve around his

point of view, and his personality.

In those days, that almost never happened.

It's still very rare, mostly because the shows are the property of the network, and

the network almost always has an opinion about how their hosts should, and shouldn't behave.

But Bourdain was his own man – a man on a mission to produce a show, that was authentic

to him.

I admired that.

I also admired the way he pushed back when his name and likeness were used to sell Cadillacs

without his permission.

He had integrity, and was unafraid to walk away from a steady gig when he believed he

was in the right.

I think my favorite thing he ever did was an episode for Parts Unknown.

Tony goes scuba diving for octopi in Sicily, with the help of a local producer.

But when there are no octopi to be found on the sea floor, the producer starts dropping

them off the side of the boat.

Imagine the scene.

Bourdain is twenty feet down with his cameraman, when store-bought, frozen octopi begin to

float slowly by.

It's absurd, but precisely what a typical producer in my industry would do to do "salvage"

a scene.

Bourdain however, is appalled, and does the only sensible thing he can – he drinks through

the rest of the episode, heavily.

Later, in voiceover, he reveals the botched attempt to fool the viewer by airing the raw

footage.

It's the most honest thing I've ever seen, in a genre that stages 95 percent of what

it presents as real.

Full disclosure – I don't know Tony well enough to eulogize him.

We met a few times, here and there, shared a few drinks, and complemented each other

on our respective careers.

We disagreed on plenty, but we approached non-fiction television the same way.

We both looked askance at rehearsals, scripts, executive oversight, and most of all, second

takes.

And we both tried to use our platforms to do more than entertain.

A few years ago, at an event in New York, we traded war stories over some better than

average bourbon.

I asked Tony about the warthog anus he ate in Namibia, and whether or not the subsequent

antibiotics did the trick.

"Hard to know," he said.

"By then, I'd developed a kind of natural immunity.

What about you?

Still keeping the Hep A at bay?"

"So far so good," I said.

"My problems these days are mostly with PETA."

Tony laughed.

"Don't get me started.

They've got a file on me the size of a phone book."

"I was mostly trying to amuse myself," he said.

"I just wanted to do a show that I could be proud of."

Yesterday, when I heard he'd hung himself, I thought about the first time I saw "No

Reservations," while I was stretched out on that suspicious comforter in a Motel 6

outside Madison.

I just found the clip on You Tube, and watched it again – this time from the comfort of

a leather sofa, where the only DNA present was my own.

I couldn't help but notice the title of the episode – "Hello Darkness, My Old

Friend."

Old friends, it seems, have a way of reuniting.

Tragically, in this case.

My sympathies to his loved ones, and to his millions of fans trying to make sense of the

inexplicable.

His was a truly unique voice, and I'll be among those who miss it.

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