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TIL: Getting teenage "groopie" nookie is why most musicians get on stage, said the legendary JOHN LENNON of THE BEATLES, "we're not getting on stage to have a card game." (Also, the stage crew gets more "action" than the actual band, due to their social-gatekeeping role.)

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