Discussion:
THE REVOLUTION WILL START DURING THE G8 SUMMIT!!!
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Steve Wallis
2005-06-29 22:10:14 UTC
Permalink
My old email address (***@yahoo.co.uk) got hit by a virus
today, so I've had to create this new one
(***@yahoo.co.uk).

[For those who are interested (perhaps you want to search Google
groups), I've had the following earlier email addresses in
chronological order: ***@cs.man.ac.uk (sometimes displayed as
***@r5.cs.man.ac.uk), ***@mmu.ac.uk, ***@supanet.com
and ***@mighty-micro.co.uk).]

My big project at the moment is launching a revolutionary socialist
band called Galaxia. I have put a call out on the internet (details are
on the Galaxia website: www.galaxiamusic.org) for musicians and singers
to go to a recording studio tomorrow (Thursday 30th June). We will be
doing three songs: "Do They Know It's G8 Time?" (my lyrics to the Band
Aid 20 tune "Do They Know It's Christmas?"), "The Revolution Starts
Now!" (an original song written by myself, including snippets from
other songs) and "L'internaçionale" (my version of the international
song of the working class: "The Internationale").

We will put the songs, in a variety of formats (including MP3), on
various sites on the internet, including the Galaxia website, later on
tomorrow or Friday. Look at the Galaxia discussion group
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/galaxiamusic for further places that you
will be able to download them from.

In the meantime, to find the lyrics, go to the Galaxia website or
discussion group.

This is of course just in time for the G8 summit, for which I am
calling for a worldwide general strike. Of course it would be naive to
expect workers to strike everywhere, and (for reasons I've put on the
website www.g8summitworldwidegeneralstrike.org) I don't expect much
more than a school students strike in Britain, but surely it would not
be too much out of the question to expect a serious general strike
which challenges for power (and will hopefully lead to a socialist
revolution) somewhere in the world this G8 time (6-8 July in
Gleneagles, Scotland; see my worldwide general strike website or
www.g8alternatives.org for details of events in the run-up to and
during that summit)...

If you think that one person putting out this call cannot achieve much,
ponder this: I've been sending messages to large collections of groups
at http://groups.yahoo.com for a while. However, only those who chose
to join the groups (rather than read the archives) and then receive
each message individually (rather than as a digest or read messages on
the web) have been able to find out which other groups I've sent
messages to. Additionally, I've had to send messages in separate groups
due to Yahoo!'s limit on the number of email addresses sent in the To:
or CC: fields. I created 70 groups of my own (and sent messages out in
two bunches).

As a service to the working class across the world, I am including
below a list of all groups (some of which I have posted to before) that
I am about to send this message out to at http://groups.yahoo.com. Go
to that website and search for a particular group name, or type
"http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/" followed by a group name, if you want
to find out about a particular one and consider joining it. I have
included them in alphabetical order, except for two groups I have set
up today which are at the start. [I will no longer be able to modify
the descriptions of any of my previous groups or remove the odd spammer
who appears from time to time.] I've included most of the groups I
created under my old email address, especially the most important.

The groups are as follows:

democratic-socialist-alliances revolutionaryplatformofrespect
23rd-psalm 80sLove agitatetheg8 alittlelatinquarter
alliance-for-democracy america-for-beginners american-idiot
anarchisttravellingcircus anti-bush anti-mental-health-bill
anti-olanzapine Anti-Socialist-Workers-Party Anti_Bush_Database
aparentconnection Are-GM-foods-safe assassination-of-princess-diana
biko-tiro biovamps BOYCOTT_ISRAEL_AND_ISRAELI_PRODUCTS boycott-flora
boycott-israeli-goods Bush_Is_A_Stinking_Liar3
campaign-for-democracy-in-the-uk ChrisGrahamFANclub
close-all-tax-loopholes coke-off-campus colin-vearncombe comic-relief
cora-lq cry-freedom DavidIcke db_subliminal declaration-of-calton-hill
dissentdublin do-they-know-its-g8-time dominion-lq dont-give-up
EastendersBabes electromagnetic_mind_control englishandasianbabes
eurosexuals fair-pr fair-trade-hot-chocolate fame-academy fc-united
female_vocalists fly-up-to-the-moon FORUM_FOR_DISCLOSURES
frankensteinfish g8-summit-worldwide-college-students-stike
g8-summit-worldwide-general-strike
g8-summit-worldwide-school-students-strike
g8-summit-worldwide-university-students-strike g8aids G8alternativesorg
g8dk gadvenezuela galaxiamusic GDfans GeneTechWatch
Genetically-Modified-Food-Awareness geneticallymodifiedgmfoods
ggirlsglamour gmcropsissues gmdsa GMOfreebay gotbgh great-balls-of-fire
green-day green-day-rox Green_Day green_day_idiots group80s grow-admin
grow-london grow-manchester grow_manchester health-service-sanity
Hieronimus I_hate_GWBush ilovebushfanclub imusachat
InsidethemindofDerrenBrown intnestleboycott iraq-democracy
karenmulcahey katrina-and-the-waves katrinaleskanich
kerry-said-tax-the-rich Konnie-Huq konnie-huq-fans konniehuq
latin-quarter-and-steve-skaith love-shine-a-light-katrina
manchester-united-fans manchester_forums manchesterism
martine-mccutcheon martineandanastacia militant-tendency mind-control
mindominate Monsanto MoreThanATrace movegans nationwide-democracy
newglobalbusto no-surrender-springsteen northwestism oxfam
patience-of-angels penguinsagainsthumans Planetderren pof-200 pof-300
prolifeterroristsproject punkroxy rcnewschat redpepperdebate
REVOLUTION-NOW revolutionary-anti-war
revolutionary-platform-of-democratic-socialist-alliance
revolutionary-platform-of-respect revolutionary-platform-of-the-ssp
safabolition second-foundation SEED_TRADERS Sexy-Martine sexyladies124
slow-waltz-for-chile soap_stars_2_pop_stars soc-resist
Socialist-Nudists Socialist-Workers-Party socialistworkersorganisation
socialistyouthdublinregion something-isnt-happening steve-biko
stirlingstudentsagainstg8 stopmonsantonow
strictly-declarative-modelling-language studentG8 subversivesleepers
Swazisolidarity swimming-against-the-stream sydney_raelians
the-revolution-starts-now The_International_Fans_of_Green_Day
The_sexy_martine_mccutcheon theihatebushfanclub2 theilovebushfanclub
TheRevolutionaryCoalition touchandheal uk-electoral-fraud uksurvivors
Unite_and_Resist_Campaign us-electoral-fraud VegNews voices-inside
WalesG8Cymru walking-where-the-roses-grow WineCountryPesticideAlert
worshipmartinemccutcheon zyprexa

I think you will appreciate now why I believe that THE REVOLUTION
STARTS NOW!

--
Steve Wallis (http://www.socialiststeve.me.uk).
My mailing list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/manchesterism).
My revolutionary socialist band Galaxia (http://www.galaxiamusic.org;
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/galaxiamusic).
Launch a general strike at the time of the G8 summit in July
(http://www.g8summitworldwidegeneralstrike.org).

Initiator of Revolutionary Platform of Respect
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/revolutionaryplatformofrespect.org).
Member of Glasgow Shettleston branch of the Scottish Socialist Party
(http://www.scottishsocialistparty.org) and initiator of the
Revolutionary Platform of the SSP
(http://www.revolutionaryplatformofthessp.org).

Initiator of the Campaign for Democracy in the UK
(http://www.democracycampaign.org.uk) and Campaign for Sanity in the
NHS (http://www.health-service-sanity.org).
The Grouch
2005-07-01 23:54:12 UTC
Permalink
On 29 Jun 2005 15:10:14 -0700, "Steve Wallis"
Post by Steve Wallis
today, so I've had to create this new one
[For those who are interested (perhaps you want to search Google
groups), I've had the following earlier email addresses in
My big project at the moment is launching a revolutionary socialist
band called Galaxia. I have put a call out on the internet (details are
on the Galaxia website: www.galaxiamusic.org) for musicians and singers
to go to a recording studio tomorrow (Thursday 30th June). We will be
doing three songs: "Do They Know It's G8 Time?" (my lyrics to the Band
Aid 20 tune "Do They Know It's Christmas?"), "The Revolution Starts
Now!" (an original song written by myself, including snippets from
other songs) and "L'internaçionale" (my version of the international
song of the working class: "The Internationale").
We will put the songs, in a variety of formats (including MP3), on
various sites on the internet, including the Galaxia website, later on
tomorrow or Friday. Look at the Galaxia discussion group
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/galaxiamusic for further places that you
will be able to download them from.
In the meantime, to find the lyrics, go to the Galaxia website or
discussion group.
This is of course just in time for the G8 summit, for which I am
calling for a worldwide general strike. Of course it would be naive to
expect workers to strike everywhere, and (for reasons I've put on the
website www.g8summitworldwidegeneralstrike.org) I don't expect much
more than a school students strike in Britain, but surely it would not
be too much out of the question to expect a serious general strike
which challenges for power (and will hopefully lead to a socialist
revolution) somewhere in the world this G8 time (6-8 July in
Gleneagles, Scotland; see my worldwide general strike website or
www.g8alternatives.org for details of events in the run-up to and
during that summit)...
If you think that one person putting out this call cannot achieve much,
ponder this: I've been sending messages to large collections of groups
at http://groups.yahoo.com for a while. However, only those who chose
to join the groups (rather than read the archives) and then receive
each message individually (rather than as a digest or read messages on
the web) have been able to find out which other groups I've sent
messages to. Additionally, I've had to send messages in separate groups
or CC: fields. I created 70 groups of my own (and sent messages out in
two bunches).
As a service to the working class across the world, I am including
below a list of all groups (some of which I have posted to before) that
I am about to send this message out to at http://groups.yahoo.com. Go
to that website and search for a particular group name, or type
"http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/" followed by a group name, if you want
to find out about a particular one and consider joining it. I have
included them in alphabetical order, except for two groups I have set
up today which are at the start. [I will no longer be able to modify
the descriptions of any of my previous groups or remove the odd spammer
who appears from time to time.] I've included most of the groups I
created under my old email address, especially the most important.
democratic-socialist-alliances revolutionaryplatformofrespect
23rd-psalm 80sLove agitatetheg8 alittlelatinquarter
alliance-for-democracy america-for-beginners american-idiot
anarchisttravellingcircus anti-bush anti-mental-health-bill
anti-olanzapine Anti-Socialist-Workers-Party Anti_Bush_Database
aparentconnection Are-GM-foods-safe assassination-of-princess-diana
biko-tiro biovamps BOYCOTT_ISRAEL_AND_ISRAELI_PRODUCTS boycott-flora
boycott-israeli-goods Bush_Is_A_Stinking_Liar3
campaign-for-democracy-in-the-uk ChrisGrahamFANclub
close-all-tax-loopholes coke-off-campus colin-vearncombe comic-relief
cora-lq cry-freedom DavidIcke db_subliminal declaration-of-calton-hill
dissentdublin do-they-know-its-g8-time dominion-lq dont-give-up
EastendersBabes electromagnetic_mind_control englishandasianbabes
eurosexuals fair-pr fair-trade-hot-chocolate fame-academy fc-united
female_vocalists fly-up-to-the-moon FORUM_FOR_DISCLOSURES
frankensteinfish g8-summit-worldwide-college-students-stike
g8-summit-worldwide-general-strike
g8-summit-worldwide-school-students-strike
g8-summit-worldwide-university-students-strike g8aids G8alternativesorg
g8dk gadvenezuela galaxiamusic GDfans GeneTechWatch
Genetically-Modified-Food-Awareness geneticallymodifiedgmfoods
ggirlsglamour gmcropsissues gmdsa GMOfreebay gotbgh great-balls-of-fire
green-day green-day-rox Green_Day green_day_idiots group80s grow-admin
grow-london grow-manchester grow_manchester health-service-sanity
Hieronimus I_hate_GWBush ilovebushfanclub imusachat
InsidethemindofDerrenBrown intnestleboycott iraq-democracy
karenmulcahey katrina-and-the-waves katrinaleskanich
kerry-said-tax-the-rich Konnie-Huq konnie-huq-fans konniehuq
latin-quarter-and-steve-skaith love-shine-a-light-katrina
manchester-united-fans manchester_forums manchesterism
martine-mccutcheon martineandanastacia militant-tendency mind-control
mindominate Monsanto MoreThanATrace movegans nationwide-democracy
newglobalbusto no-surrender-springsteen northwestism oxfam
patience-of-angels penguinsagainsthumans Planetderren pof-200 pof-300
prolifeterroristsproject punkroxy rcnewschat redpepperdebate
REVOLUTION-NOW revolutionary-anti-war
revolutionary-platform-of-democratic-socialist-alliance
revolutionary-platform-of-respect revolutionary-platform-of-the-ssp
safabolition second-foundation SEED_TRADERS Sexy-Martine sexyladies124
slow-waltz-for-chile soap_stars_2_pop_stars soc-resist
Socialist-Nudists Socialist-Workers-Party socialistworkersorganisation
socialistyouthdublinregion something-isnt-happening steve-biko
stirlingstudentsagainstg8 stopmonsantonow
strictly-declarative-modelling-language studentG8 subversivesleepers
Swazisolidarity swimming-against-the-stream sydney_raelians
the-revolution-starts-now The_International_Fans_of_Green_Day
The_sexy_martine_mccutcheon theihatebushfanclub2 theilovebushfanclub
TheRevolutionaryCoalition touchandheal uk-electoral-fraud uksurvivors
Unite_and_Resist_Campaign us-electoral-fraud VegNews voices-inside
WalesG8Cymru walking-where-the-roses-grow WineCountryPesticideAlert
worshipmartinemccutcheon zyprexa
I think you will appreciate now why I believe that THE REVOLUTION
STARTS NOW!
He's not part of the elite, he's just a shite.
Plagiarising Midge and Bob, and hopin' for some dough.
Not got a shred of talent, he's just a shite.
Cashing in on Live 8, raisin' money for some blow.

Sold out...
Hoping for a break.
Run off...
With all that he can take.
Destroyed...
By lawyers, banged to rights.
We all know he's a shite.

What's the price and can he pay it? If it's alright...
By installments cos his giro don't amount to much.
He can afford 20 quid a month, if it's alright.
Keeping up the rental payments on his dismal rabbit hutch.

Sold out...
Hoping for a break.
Run off...
With all that he can take.
Destroyed...
By lawyers, banged to rights.
We all know he's a shite.

_________________________________________________________

I'm OK. I didn't say that this prose should be sung along to a
particular tune.


Grouchie
Life's a bitch and so am I. The world owes me so fuck you!"
BJA
Steve Wallis
2005-07-04 11:11:01 UTC
Permalink
Post by The Grouch
He's not part of the elite, he's just a shite.
Plagiarising Midge and Bob, and hopin' for some dough.
Not got a shred of talent, he's just a shite.
Cashing in on Live 8, raisin' money for some blow.
If you read the stuff on the Galaxia website about the Galaxia
Foundation for the World Socialist Revolution
(http://www.galaxiamusic.org/foundation.html), you will realise that we
are not in it for the money. I've copied the text from that page below:

------------------------------------------------------

Galaxia band members will establish the Galaxia Foundation for the
World Socialist Revolution, and all the proceeds of CD sales, T-shirt
sales, gigs (except for those that are benefits for particular
organisations), etc., except for expenses and wages, will go to the
Foundation.

The Galaxia Foundation will be composed of band members (and perhaps
some other socialists) and will democratically decide how to distribute
the money - to campaigns, socialist and autonomous organisations, and
charities (particularly those which campaign as well as alleviate some
of the problems of capitalism).

The wage rate of band members will also be decided by the Foundation
- whatever wage rate we decide to pay ourselves, our wages will be
workers' wages in line with the philosophy of Galaxia that we are in
the band to help the struggle for a better world rather than to line
our own pockets.

As many of you will have noticed, the word "Foundation" is very
appropriate for the Galaxia fund, due to the origins of the band's
name in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series.

Details of the organisations supported by Galaxia, including the
amounts that we have raised for each of them, will be accessible from
this web page when the Foundation is established and starts raising
funds other than those needed to establish the band (such as outlay on
CDs).

------------------------------------------------------

I sent a similar message to the following this morning to the following
newsgroups (using http://groups.google.co.uk): scot.politics,
wales.politics.general, alt.politics.british, uk.politics.misc,
alt.politics.socialism.trotsky (but I've just made some further
Post by The Grouch
Well, there's *still* no Galaxia tracks available for download at;
http://www.galaxiamusic.org/do­wnloads.html
I wonder if Steve could give us a progress report because quite frankly, I,
along with doubtless thousands of others, feel extremely short changed !
;)
OK, here's a progress report.

We did record versions of "Do They Know It's G8 Time?", "The Revolution

Starts Now!" and "L'Internacionale" on Thursday. However, for two
reasons, they are still not on the website:

a) I have spent large parts of the last seven years as a political
prisoner on psychiatric wards (see
www.socialiststeve.me.uk/disab­ility-mental-health.htm). I went AWOL
last Monday, which was absolutely vital for getting Galaxia sorted out
(as well as doing other things in preparation for the G8 summit). I was

reincarcerated on Friday before I had an opportunity to put the tracks
on the internet. I did manage to go AWOL via the fire exit on Saturday
morning, but didn't have my keys with me to get home and get the
recordings.

b) The lyrics were not as good as I would have liked. I've included
improved lyrics for "Do They Know It's G8 Time?" below:

It's G8 time, there's a need to be afraid
At G8 time, they say they'll help but should you trust them?
In our world of plenty, there have been so many shattered dreams
Go on strike around the world at G8 time
You may pray, but strike for the other ones
At G8 time they plot, so we can't just have fun
There's a world outside your window
And it's a world of dread and fear
There may be private water flowing
It could be bitter like acid rain
And the G8 suits that plot there are Monsanto's allies in power
So revolt now so it will be us instead of them
And there might just be GM food in Africa after G8 time
All food should be organic after G8 time
And there might just be GM drink in Africa after G8 time
All drink should be organic after G8 time
And there would still be AIDS in Africa after G8 time
There should be no more diseases anywhere after G8 time
And there would still be wars in Africa after G8 time
There should be peace around the world after G8 time
And there would still be dictators in Africa after G8 time
There should be real democracy everywhere after G8 time
Proportional representation by single transferable vote
Without using computers; Bush didn't really win!
The greatest gift we can give them is socialism
When we all rule the world
No rich or poor any more
Do they know it's G8 time at all?
Here's to us
Go on strike for everyone good
If they do GM mind control could the people fight back?
This could be organisations like the CIA's new tack
Here's to them
Underneath that burning sun
You ain't gotta feel guilt just powerful
Get our black friends back from the brink of hell
They will know it's G8 time very soon
Go on strike - repeated 4 times
Do a Bolivia, let them know it's G8 time
Do a Bolivia, let them know it's G8 time again - repeated twice

------------------------------------------------------

I'm in Edinburgh for anti-G8 events, and handed out a leaflet at the
counter-summit organised by G8 Alternatives yesterday. I also spoke in
the debate on Africa, pointing out the real agenda of the G8 is now GM
foods for mind control, after the Bolivian masses have struck back
(with general strikes, demonstrations, occupations and blockades across

the capital of the nation). I of course called for a worldwide general
strike.

I will attempt to make some recordings today or tomorrow, just by
myself a-capella, probably in the Lighthouse Studios.

Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/­galaxiamusic for updates
callanito
2005-07-04 16:46:04 UTC
Permalink
CAN i ask that you guys who write these entries to take a minute to go
back over what you have written before you post?
Read them again with an open mind then tell me you're achieving
something. All you seem to have achieved is a break-out from a hospital
psyche wing (not mission impossible) and even then you forgot your
house keys...
you could not make it up.
come the revolution brothers...what have the G8'ers ever done for us?
roads
irrigation
law & order
sewerage
You people are worse than the Judean Peoples Front, or was that the
Peoples Front of Judea?
cheers now - great laugh
Post by Steve Wallis
Post by The Grouch
He's not part of the elite, he's just a shite.
Plagiarising Midge and Bob, and hopin' for some dough.
Not got a shred of talent, he's just a shite.
Cashing in on Live 8, raisin' money for some blow.
If you read the stuff on the Galaxia website about the Galaxia
Foundation for the World Socialist Revolution
(http://www.galaxiamusic.org/foundation.html), you will realise that we
------------------------------------------------------
Galaxia band members will establish the Galaxia Foundation for the
World Socialist Revolution, and all the proceeds of CD sales, T-shirt
sales, gigs (except for those that are benefits for particular
organisations), etc., except for expenses and wages, will go to the
Foundation.
The Galaxia Foundation will be composed of band members (and perhaps
some other socialists) and will democratically decide how to distribute
the money - to campaigns, socialist and autonomous organisations, and
charities (particularly those which campaign as well as alleviate some
of the problems of capitalism).
The wage rate of band members will also be decided by the Foundation
- whatever wage rate we decide to pay ourselves, our wages will be
workers' wages in line with the philosophy of Galaxia that we are in
the band to help the struggle for a better world rather than to line
our own pockets.
As many of you will have noticed, the word "Foundation" is very
appropriate for the Galaxia fund, due to the origins of the band's
name in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series.
Details of the organisations supported by Galaxia, including the
amounts that we have raised for each of them, will be accessible from
this web page when the Foundation is established and starts raising
funds other than those needed to establish the band (such as outlay on
CDs).
------------------------------------------------------
I sent a similar message to the following this morning to the following
newsgroups (using http://groups.google.co.uk): scot.politics,
wales.politics.general, alt.politics.british, uk.politics.misc,
alt.politics.socialism.trotsky (but I've just made some further
Post by The Grouch
Well, there's *still* no Galaxia tracks available for download at;
http://www.galaxiamusic.org/do­wnloads.html
I wonder if Steve could give us a progress report because quite frankly, I,
along with doubtless thousands of others, feel extremely short changed !
;)
OK, here's a progress report.
We did record versions of "Do They Know It's G8 Time?", "The Revolution
Starts Now!" and "L'Internacionale" on Thursday. However, for two
a) I have spent large parts of the last seven years as a political
prisoner on psychiatric wards (see
www.socialiststeve.me.uk/disab­ility-mental-health.htm). I went AWOL
last Monday, which was absolutely vital for getting Galaxia sorted out
(as well as doing other things in preparation for the G8 summit). I was
reincarcerated on Friday before I had an opportunity to put the tracks
on the internet. I did manage to go AWOL via the fire exit on Saturday
morning, but didn't have my keys with me to get home and get the
recordings.
b) The lyrics were not as good as I would have liked. I've included
It's G8 time, there's a need to be afraid
At G8 time, they say they'll help but should you trust them?
In our world of plenty, there have been so many shattered dreams
Go on strike around the world at G8 time
You may pray, but strike for the other ones
At G8 time they plot, so we can't just have fun
There's a world outside your window
And it's a world of dread and fear
There may be private water flowing
It could be bitter like acid rain
And the G8 suits that plot there are Monsanto's allies in power
So revolt now so it will be us instead of them
And there might just be GM food in Africa after G8 time
All food should be organic after G8 time
And there might just be GM drink in Africa after G8 time
All drink should be organic after G8 time
And there would still be AIDS in Africa after G8 time
There should be no more diseases anywhere after G8 time
And there would still be wars in Africa after G8 time
There should be peace around the world after G8 time
And there would still be dictators in Africa after G8 time
There should be real democracy everywhere after G8 time
Proportional representation by single transferable vote
Without using computers; Bush didn't really win!
The greatest gift we can give them is socialism
When we all rule the world
No rich or poor any more
Do they know it's G8 time at all?
Here's to us
Go on strike for everyone good
If they do GM mind control could the people fight back?
This could be organisations like the CIA's new tack
Here's to them
Underneath that burning sun
You ain't gotta feel guilt just powerful
Get our black friends back from the brink of hell
They will know it's G8 time very soon
Go on strike - repeated 4 times
Do a Bolivia, let them know it's G8 time
Do a Bolivia, let them know it's G8 time again - repeated twice
------------------------------------------------------
I'm in Edinburgh for anti-G8 events, and handed out a leaflet at the
counter-summit organised by G8 Alternatives yesterday. I also spoke in
the debate on Africa, pointing out the real agenda of the G8 is now GM
foods for mind control, after the Bolivian masses have struck back
(with general strikes, demonstrations, occupations and blockades across
the capital of the nation). I of course called for a worldwide general
strike.
I will attempt to make some recordings today or tomorrow, just by
myself a-capella, probably in the Lighthouse Studios.
Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/­galaxiamusic for updates
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