Liz O.
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Writer, DJ, based in L.A. beatique.net
First DJ gig of the year. Back in the new wave vs. darkwave room at Klub Nocturno in L.A. Lots of Sextile, Boy Harsher, French Police and more. Posted my set list. Link below.
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Sextile "S Is For" + More of What You Heard at Klub Nocturno 1/09/26
Set list from DJ Liz O. for the new wave vs. darkwave room Klub Nocturno at Catch One on Friday, January 9, 2026.
https://www.beatique.net/dj-liz-o-klub-nocturno-setlist-jan-9-2026/
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Mother Jones
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"That is a fundamental difference between Vice President Vance and I," says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in response to JD Vance's defense of the ICE agent who shot and killed Renée Good in Minneapolis. "I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street."
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Everything about Dry Cleaning feels extremely human and completely antithetical to the artifice and conformity of the algorithmic world. They're a weird band in the best possible way and Secret Love is their weirdest album yet.
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Album Review: Dry Cleaning 'Secret Love'
Review of Secret Love, the third full-length album from English band Dry Cleaning, released via 4AD on January 9, 2026.
https://www.beatique.net/album-review-dry-cleaning-secret-love/
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My first protest of 2026 (probably not the last)
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New year, new mix
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New Year, New Mix
Beatique mix for January, 2026 from DJ Liz O.
https://www.beatique.net/dj-liz-o-mix-january-2026/
9 days ago
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Internet Archive
10 days ago
Welcome to the Public Domain, ARCTIC ANTICS (1930) ❄️ 🐧 Another 10 Silly Symphony shorts join the public domain. No rattling bones like last year's THE SKELETON DANCE, but we do get up to some Arctic Antics 🐻❄️ Learn more ➡️
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My indie, new wave, darkwave, post-punk set list from Underground's New Year's Eve party.
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Everything You Heard Upstairs at Club Underground's New Year's Eve Party
Set list from DJ Liz O. for New Year's Eve 2025/26 at Club Underground in Los Angeles. Indie, new wave, darkwave, post-punk and more.
https://www.beatique.net/dj-liz-o-set-club-underground-new-years-eve/
10 days ago
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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My Top 10 Bangers for 2025 is live now. Includes Sextile, Pixel Grip, Confidence Man, Alice Glass + More
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Best of 2025: Top 10 Bangers
Top 10 bangers of 2025 from DJ Liz O.'s club sets, including songs from Sextile, Confidence Man, Pixel Grip and more.
https://www.beatique.net/best-of-2025-music-top-10-bangers/
about 1 month ago
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Starting off my Best of 2025 lists with political songs.
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Best of 2025: The Year in Political Songs
Best of 2025 list of political songs from Kneecap, Bob Vylan, Lambrini Girls, David J, Moviola and more.
https://www.beatique.net/best-of-2025-political-songs-kneecap-bob-vylan-lambrini-girls/
about 1 month ago
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IDK who else is into Habibi Funk here, but the new release, Bourj Hammoud Groove by Ara Kekedjian, is 🔥https://www.beatique.net/ara-kekedjian-bourj-hammoud-groove-armenian-habibi-funk/
about 2 months ago
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FYI, new Austra album is 🔥https://www.beatique.net/austra-chin-up-buttercup-album-review/
about 2 months ago
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If you're in L.A., here are my recommendations for concerts, clubs and other events happening this weekend and early next week.
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Brian Jonestown Massacre, PRS Fundraiser and More Happening in Los Angeles 11/20-11/26 - Beatique
It’s a big week for Brian Jonestown Massacre fans in L.A. The psychedelic band is playing two nights at Teragram Ballroom and, while the show on Saturday, November 22, is totally sold out, there are s...
https://www.beatique.net/la-events-brian-jonestown-massacre-philosophical-research-society/
about 2 months ago
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I first listened to the latest, and last, album from Saint Etienne, while camping out at JFK on a stormy Saturday night, which is sort of appropriate.
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Stuck at JFK and Listening to Saint Etienne
Listening to International, the latest, and last, album from Saint Etienne, while stuck at JFK on a stormy night.
https://www.beatique.net/saint-etienne-international-album-review/
4 months ago
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Now this is a 🔥 gatefold. Mid-80s android disco from Barcelona found at a record fair in L.A.
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4 months ago
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L.A. TACO
5 months ago
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@mayor.lacity.gov
shows up to Little Tokyo and reacts to the 100 agent ICE/BP raid during
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I'm really into Nuovo Testamento's new EP, Trouble, and was happy to talk to the band about making this new collection.
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Nuovo Testamento Continues Their Dance Pop Experiments on Trouble - Beatique
Good things take time and Nuovo Testamento is a band that’s keenly aware of that. About a year after releasing their 2023 full-length, Love Lines, the L.A.-based trio returned to the studio and, just ...
https://www.beatique.net/nuovo-testamento-trouble-interview/
5 months ago
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My top recommendations for concerts, dance parties, movie screenings and art events happening in L.A. this weekend and early next week.
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Tomata du Plenty Art Show, Echo Park Rising and More Happening in L.A. 8/14 – 8/20/25 - Beatique
I'm not DJing this weekend, but have a pretty good amount of recommendations for shows, dance parties, movie screenings and more. Keep reading for my top picks of events happening in L.A. between Thur...
https://www.beatique.net/tomata-du-plenty-art-echo-park-rising/
5 months ago
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Jeffrey Runnings' posthumously released album Piqued is beautiful in both the sound and the packaging.
www.beatique.net/jeffrey-runn...
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Jeffrey Runnings' Piqued Is A Beautiful Final Solo Album From the Late For Against Bassist and Vocalist
Review of Piqued, the posthumously released final solo album from For Against singer and bassist Jeffrey Runnings, out now on Independent Project Records.
https://www.beatique.net/jeffrey-runnings-piqued-independent-project-records-review/
5 months ago
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Talked to Matt Piucci of Rain Parade about the new deluxe edition reissue of 1985 album Crashing Dream. Check out the story and get the album.
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Rain Parade Reintroduces Listeners to Crashing Dream with New Deluxe Edition
Interview with Matt Piucci of Rain Parade. The psychedelic band recently released a deluxe edition of 1985 album, Crashing Dream.
https://www.beatique.net/rain-parade-crashing-dream-interview/
5 months ago
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If you're in L.A. sometime in the next year, check out this exhibition about East L.A.'s music scenes.
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Brenton Wood, Thee Midniters and More Featured in Museum Exhibition "A Great Day in East L.A."
"A Great Day in East L.A.: Celebrando the Eastside Sound" is on view at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes in downtown Los Angeles through August of 2026.
https://www.beatique.net/brenton-wood-thee-midniters-and-more-featured-in-museum-exhibition-a-great-day-in-east-l-a/
6 months ago
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Last night's set list from the
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New French Police + More of What You Heard in Klub Nocturno New Wave vs. Darkwave Room, 7/11/25
Set list from DJ Liz O. for new wave vs. darkwave room at Klub Nocturno on July 11, 2025 at Catch One in Los Angeles. Featuring music from French Police, Mareux, Sextile, Ultra Sunn, Pixel Grip and mo...
https://www.beatique.net/dj-liz-o-setlist-nocturno-new-wave-darkwave-july-11-2025/
6 months ago
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I talked to N8NOFACE about his new EP As of Right Now, which is 🔥, especially if you're into post-punk, new wave. Also talked about touring with Limp Bizkit, playing Cruel World and more.
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N8NOFACE and Chico Mann Update a Classic Alternative Sound on As of Right Now
Interview with N8NOFACE on new EP, As of Right Now, touring with Limp Bizkit and playing Cruel World.
https://www.beatique.net/n8noface-as-of-right-now-interview/
6 months ago
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Molly Nilsson's album, Un-American Activities feels even more relevant now than it did when it came out last year. If you haven't picked up this album yet, check it out now.
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Molly Nilsson’s Un-American Activities Is More Relevant a Year After Its Release - Beatique
Last year, Molly Nilsson released Un-American Activities, which you could say is her L.A. album. The Berlin-based synthpop artist made it as part of a residency at Villa Aurora in Pacific Palisades an...
https://www.beatique.net/molly-nilsson-unamerican-activities-los-angeles-album/
6 months ago
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Earlier this year, I stumbled across Pater Noster and the Mission of Light on Night Flight and I've been telling all my friends about it ever since. Love this movie and was happy to talk to director
@smashism.bsky.social
about it. If you're into vinyl and psychedelic cults, watch it.
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Director Christopher Bickel on Pater Noster and the Mission of Light
Interview with Christopher Bickel about cult horror film Pater Noster and the Mission of Light.
https://www.beatique.net/pater-noster-and-the-mission-of-light-director-christopher-bickel-interview/
6 months ago
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7 months ago
Damn…RIP to this titan of independent journalism and public television.
add a skeleton here at some point
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The right record will find you at the right time. Came across this Heaven 17 "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" 45 in Little Tokyo over the weekend.
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Heaven 17 Was Right, '(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang'
"(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang," the 1981 debut single from Heaven 17, is the song we need right now.
https://www.beatique.net/heaven-17-fascist-groove-thang/
7 months ago
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L.A. TACO
7 months ago
Border Patrol is making hype videos of their raids in L.A. at the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet and on day laborers. ~
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7 months ago
"We're in crisis mode," says Victor Campos, the Director of Mosh for Youth. "Immigrants build our communities, and they thrive with immigrants . . . so it's our responsibility as individuals with platforms to do something about it." Story:
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Got the new Pulp album. Totally worth getting on vinyl. Plus, "Got to Have Love" is the northern soul-style stomper we need right now. More. here:
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7 months ago
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Pitchfork
7 months ago
Breaking News: Brian Wilson has died
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The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson Dies at 82
The beloved musician had been living with a neurocognative disorder akin to dementia
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If you want to read about indie music and alt culture (sorta L.A.-centric), I have a blog. It's called Beatique and today, I wrote about Ora the Molecule, who I saw at El Cid a few weeks ago.
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Ora the Molecule Is the Space Disco Diva With a Message for the Dance Floor
Interview with Nora Schjelderup, the singer and producer behind Ora the Molecule, about new album, Dance Therapy and bringing back the spectacle of '70s disco.
https://www.beatique.net/ora-the-molecule-nora-schjelderup-interview/
7 months ago
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TALEEN KALI 👁️🩸👁️
7 months ago
Kalifornia friends were playing our homecoming tour finale with Ringo Deathstarr this weekend! Saturday in SF and Sunday at Echoplex in L.A., hometown homies we better see you there it’s gonna be a rager! 🎸 🎫 TICKETS:
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Bodega Pop
7 months ago
ODDS & SODS | 7-10 PM EDT
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TONIGHT on
#WFMU's
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: Kind of a mess, actually. Well, no: Freeform. We meant to say Freeform. Join us!
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Some of the new music that I've been listening to lately...
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Anoraak, Pachyman, Stereolab and More New Music
Reviews of new music from Anoraak, Pachyman, Stereolab and Quantic
https://www.beatique.net/anoraak-pachyman-stereolab-and-more-new-music/
7 months ago
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L.A. TACO
7 months ago
Colin Jerwood, the passionate and uncompromising voice of the anarcho-punk band Conflict, passed away on June 2, 2025, following a short illness. He had a major fan base in L.A.'s underground punk community. Read about his legacy
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Started blogging regularly at the start of the year just to build a space for the indie and alt music, arts, culture I'm into. It's going really well. Here are the top 5 posts of 2025 (so far).
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Top 5 Beatique Stories of 2025 (So Far) - Beatique
For a good while, Beatique was just a personal blog where I would post my playlists, updates on gigs and the occasional story. In January, I figured I should turn it into a regularly updated music and...
https://www.beatique.net/top-5-beatique-stories-of-2025-so-far/
7 months ago
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New Sally Shapiro album is 🔥 RIFYL Italo disco, Saint Etienne, Sophisti-pop and, especially, if you want a killer Pet Shop Boys cover in your collection.
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Swedish Duo Sally Shapiro Returns with New Album Ready to Live a Lie
Review of Ready to Live a Lie, the fifth album from Swedish duo Sally Shapiro, out on May 30, 2025 via Italians Do It Better.
https://www.beatique.net/sally-shapiro-ready-to-live-a-lie-review/
8 months ago
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Swimming Bell live at Oblivion in Highland Park playing "I'm Always Down" from new EP, Somnia. Story:
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8 months ago
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Hey, L.A., within the next week you can: 1. See Leather Strip live in a very intimate venue. 2. Watch a bunch of bleak af movies. 3. Go to a tarot festival + more cheap shows, dance clubs
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Leather Strip Live, Bleak Week Movies, Tarot Festival and More Happening in L.A. 5/29/25 - 6/04/25
Concerts, dance clubs, film screenings and more events happening in Los Angeles between Thursday, May 29 and Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
https://www.beatique.net/bleak-week-film-festival-leather-strip-tarot-festival/
8 months ago
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Just posted a new mix. First half inspired by seeing Ora the Molecule live at El Cid. Also includes music from Pixel Grip, Sextile, Boy Harsher, Confidence Man, Orbital and more. Listen here:
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Beatique Mix May 2025 Feat. Ora the Molecule, Sally Shapiro, Sextile, Confidence Man and More
The May 2025 edition of the Beatique Mix series from DJ Liz O. includes indie dance, synthpop and darkwave. Features music from Ora the Molecule, Sally Shapiro, Pixel Grip, Boy Harsher, Sextile and mo...
https://www.beatique.net/beatique-mix-may-2025-ora-the-molecule-sextile-pixel-grip/
8 months ago
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Hey, L.A., if you're a fan of shoegaze, dreampop and 4AD records, you might want to know that Maria Somerville is playing Zebulon on Saturday and tix are still available.
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Maria Somerville Brings Luster to Los Angeles on Saturday Night
Maria Somerville plays Zebulon on Saturday, May 24, 2025. Her latest album, Luster, is out now on 4AD.
https://www.beatique.net/maria-somerville-luster-zebulon-los-angeles/
8 months ago
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Cyrnai Embraces “Found Experience” and Future Sound on Calamity of Beauty
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Cyrnai Embraces "Found Experience" and Future Sound on Calamity of Beauty
Interview with electronic musician Carolyn Fok on her latest album as Cyrnai, Calamity of Beauty.
https://www.beatique.net/cyrnai-interview-carolyn-fok-calamity-of-beauty/
8 months ago
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"In a world ruled by tech bros and geriatric shitposters, going to a book fair is subversive af." My story about L.A. Art Book Fair.
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Subverting the Algorithm at Printed Matter's L.A. Art Book Fair
Recap of Printed Matter's L.A. Art Book Fair at ArtCenter, Pasadena on Sunday, May 18, 2025.
https://www.beatique.net/printed-matter-la-art-book-fair-artcenter-pasadena/
8 months ago
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I fell down the 45 rabbit hole at Penny Lane in Upland over the weekend. Curious about what I found? Follow the link.
www.beatique.net/penny-lane-r...
8 months ago
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Talkin' about AI with one of my all-time favorite bands, Legendary Pink Dots. Singer Edward Ka-Spel noticed AI generated lyrics produced in his style, started thinking about the ramifications of the tech and that influenced new album So Lonely in Heaven.
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Edward Ka-Spel on How AI Inspired New Legendary Pink Dots Album, So Lonely in Heaven
Interview with Edward Ka-Spel of Legendary Pink Dots about 2025 album So Lonely in Heaven.
https://www.beatique.net/legendary-pink-dots-edward-ka-spel-interview/
8 months ago
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Friday, 5/16, I'm DJing at Underground (Grand Star Jazz in Chinatown) for Smiths Nite. Details, plus a few more recommendations for the weekend here.
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8 months ago
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Xmal Deutschland has a box set coming out on 5/09 called Gift: The 4AD Years, which is how I learned that gift means poison in German.
www.beatique.net/anja-huwe-xm...
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Anja Huwe on New Xmal Deutschland Box Set and Returning to the Live Stage
Interview with artist and musician Anja Huwe of Xmal Deutschland on new box set Gift: The 4AD Years
https://www.beatique.net/anja-huwe-xmal-deutschland-gift-4ad-years/
8 months ago
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Find me in the DJ booth in the new wave vs. darkwave room at Nocturno on Friday night. More info + a few other recommendations for this weekend are here
www.beatique.net/klub-nocturn...
8 months ago
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