Jonathan Mann has been writing a song a day for almost 2 years. Today his song is about the TSA. He doesn't like them. Watch the video on YouTube or download the song from his site for a buck. I want to play this on a boombox at the airport. I'm sure I could get away with that, right?
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12:18 pm Tue
Nov 16, 2010
Awesome song about the TSA
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