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A review of some of the stuff that happened in the Year of Our Lord, 2025.

Percy Digs instagram as mentioned: https://www.instagram.com/percydigs?igsh=MXM3OGJ0OW9rZDMzbA==

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Chapters:

00:00 Brought to you by Acid Nation

02:50 Track of the year

04:45 Conclusions of the year

15:20 Album of the year

18:46 Book (fiction)

22:00 Book (nonfiction)

25:14 Podcast episode

26:47 Nightclub

30:02 Forgotten Hard Rock album

33:06 Best gig

36:56 Streaming platform

40:25 Worst album of the year

41:23 Worst track of the year

42:00 Coming up in 2026

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