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- ↑ "The Arrivals will provide a Thick sound Friday at Friends & Co". The Daily Eastern News . October 25, 2002. Archived from the original on July 9, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
- ↑ "'Ghosts of Carbondale' haunt new Copyrights album" . The Southern Illinoisan . November 7, 2007. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
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