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spoken to you in five years, but I’d love it if you’d you?’ or, if there was, it was like, ‘Hey, how are e love the songs that take the piss, as
put me on the guestlist please,’ is an actual sit- you? Can I get guestlist?’ How about you do the, Wwell as the, ‘I really need to write a
uation. I tried to contact this person several ‘Hey, how are you?’ and ask genuinely and have song about this to create awareness’, songs.
times. Every time I was in their town I asked if a conversation with me? The good friends that I We love everything about Millie Manders and
they’d want to meet up. It was always, ‘Yeah, have, the real friends that I have, before asking The Shutup, basically. They are a band, and Mil-
yeah, yeah,’ and then, on the day, ‘Oh no, I for- for anything, the first thing we’re doing is actually lie is a person, that everyone needs to know.
got I had work,’ or ‘Oh no, I have a headache,’ having a conversation with each other and say- And, if the world had more people like Millie
or whatever, and they never bothered, and sud- ing, ‘How are you? What have you been up to in them, it really would be a better place.
denly, I’m touring with Less Than Jake and lately?’ and being genuinely interested in that
they’re like, ‘Oh, hi. Can I get guestlist?’ you person’s life. That’s the friendship. So yeah, Visit www.millie-manders.com for more info.
know. And they even did it right up until the song again, I like to write songs that, even when I’m
was coming out. Suddenly, I haven’t heard from angry, take the piss a little bit.” Words By Shari Black Velvet
them since. And there was never any, ‘How are

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