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Lionel spits out roughly six or more references to books, music, and unusual discoveries on the web every ten minutes and I wanted to be able to go back and refer to these references without taking notes every time we talked. “This project was never set up to be popular; it was and remains an excellent excuse to have </em> </strong> </a> <br /><a href="https://bigego.com/blog/jims-big-podcast/">read more <i class="fa fa-chevron-circle-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></div></div></div><div id="featured_cds_box" class="featured_box featured_"><div class="padd"><h4><a href="https://bigego.com/index.php?page=cds" class="featured_header">Latest Releases</a> <a href="https://bigego.com/index.php?page=cds" class="raquo"><span><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></span></a></h4><ul><li class="featured "><a href="https://bigego.com/cds/utopia-revisited-phonogram/" class="featured_link"><span class="featured_thumb menuimage"><img src="https://bigego.com/images/thumbs/UtopiaRevisitedVinylCoverOnly.jpg" alt="UtopiaRevisited" /></span><span class="featured_title menutitle">Utopia Revisited</span></a> <span class="clr"></span></li><li class="featured "><a href="https://bigego.com/cds/f/Albums/13983" class="featured_link"><span class="featured_thumb menuimage"><img src="https://bigego.com/images/thumbs/cds-staycover.jpg" alt="Stay" /></span><span class="featured_title menutitle">Stay</span></a> <a href="http://jimsbigego.bandcamp.com/album/stay" target="_blank" class="featured_cd_shop_icon"><img src="https://bigego.com/common/images/site_logos/bandcamp.png" alt="Buy on Bandcamp" style="width: 75px; 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