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Aug 2023
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25: Can abstract art be too abstract...?

Jake Frew and Shaffer Nickel
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The breakfast boys celebrate the demise of Van Gogh and discuss art being heard for the sole sake of being weird. Friends with Benedicts: Breakfast Around the World - A podcast by Jake Frew and Shaffer Nickel that has nothing to do with breakfast food. Intro Music: 'Friends' by Paul Russell

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