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SHELLAC
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CAROLINE POLACHEK
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LES CLAYPOOL
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HIRED GUNS
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OPENER
The questions you ask every issue seem to fall into a theme. This time there was a lot of tentative romantic questions: Should I make a move? Tell them I care? Can this relationship work? Love—or love anxiety—was on everybody’s mind, but you guys were only dipping a cautious toe in.