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Speaker 1: We've got Ian Adam from Birds of Tokyo guys, COVID

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Speaker 1: nineteen hit you pretty bloody hard fifty five piece symphony

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Speaker 7: It really does grizzling at me now because I'm not

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Speaker 2: Hey, guys, can I ask we're going to eat you

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Speaker 1: Uh, We're going to play the Two of Us, which

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Speaker 2: And even if it is the sun or a tune or.

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Speaker 1: two of Us, which is off Human Design. It's out now.

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Speaker 1: That's the brand new record from Birds of Tokyo con

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much for joining us.

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Speaker 4: Pleas pleasure, absolute pleasure.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been great talking and good luck.

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Speaker 1: I know. Actually before we go, sorry, Adam, I I

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Speaker 2: You thought you'd come in here and play with you

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Speaker 2: cute puppets? You on? You put the puppet down? Mate?

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Speaker 2: You had do you mind?

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Speaker 1: Just talking is really quickly through what happened to you

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Speaker 2: But what's that hospital?

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Speaker 1: I've got notes here saying that you had a pretty

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Speaker 5: I don't think that's me.

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Speaker 1: That produce has got a Wikipedia the sort of research

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Speaker 4: There was there was. He's ended up in hospital more

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Speaker 6: To remember, died, so he's got I think that one

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Speaker 4: We were over there making a record. Yeah, we had

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Speaker 1: I nearly died, right, this is the hospital story I

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Speaker 2: Perfect, we're on the same page.

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Speaker 7: Oh it depends. Ye, there's a been a few.

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Speaker 5: Scars. Yeah, here they're all over. What do you keep

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Speaker 7: Unless you're getting mixed me someone else? That was That

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Speaker 7: I fell down the stairs and cracked my head open,

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Speaker 3: And so we explained it to the emergency and got

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Speaker 2: All I had to do was fast.

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Speaker 4: That's amazing.

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Speaker 6: I just have this like picture of you there on

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Speaker 2: It from the truth.

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Speaker 1: They put him in the birthing suite, just really make

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Speaker 3: My dad absolutely dines out on that. He calls it

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Speaker 6: Oh wow, worth it so worthy.

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Speaker 1: Jeez, we've covered to the ground with you, guys. I

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Speaker 1: corosts for fifty bucks. Good to Tokyo, Adam, I and guys,

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Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining us as a part

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Speaker 1: of Sidewalk Talk. It's been a pleasure to have you on.

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Speaker 1: Catchup as always and good luck with the record.

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Speaker 2: Guys.

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Speaker 4: Thanks for the time, dude, appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: No worries. Thanks Fallas, Thank you so much, guys.

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Speaker 1: Thanks guys, I have a great afternoon, Enjoy Friday.

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Speaker 2: Thanks guys. Cheers, Mate,