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Random Song Encounters

Episode 33 - Happy Birthday To Me!

Season 1, Ep. 33

Welcome back to Random Song Encounters and an extra special Episode 33 we're calling "Happy Birthday to Me!"

Actually, my birthday was yesterday but we're carrying over the celebration to the podcast for no other reason than it seemed like a good idea at the time.


We've got a ton of great tracks to showcase our usual sonic landscape spanning 7 decades of randomness.


Hope you enjoy this week's epic soon to be award winning show and thank you for the continued support. 

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