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Jay Hears a Song #11 -- "Kings and Queens" by 30 Seconds to Mars

I was going to write a big long email about how some people on the internet are jerks, but I think the easiest thing to do is just link to an example * of what not to do, and move on to something that is awesome. So what is awesome today? The combination of this song and video by 30 Second to Mars.** But let's back up for a second. A long time ago, in a land called 1994, there was a show called My So-Called Life . It starred Claire Danes as a teenage girl trying to figure out who she wanted to be, and even though it was an amazing show, it only lasted a season.*** And on that show, Claire (who played a girl named Angela Chase) was in love with a boy named Jordan Catalano. Oh, Jordan . Don't you just love the way he leans ? Anyway, Jordan was the Bad Boy. He probably wasn't going to graduate from high school, he had a LOT of girlfriends, he was a musician , and he was totally wrong for Angela. But she loved him and so, by extension, did the audience. Jordan was played