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Posted on March 9, 2016 by Michael Stuart in Health, Life, Music // 0 Comments

I don’t know why, particularly – but this piece by Adam Sherwin, spotted today on the website of The Independent, caught my eye today and I thought I’d share it with fellow Rust readers as we chart the passage of time both in the world and our own personal lives:

See here – THE OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS OF BEING A ROCK STAR

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