The sense of freedom he found on his travels permeates the songs, even when they're bitingly critical.

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In the mid-nineties, Bag (an art-world darling best known for the chameleonlike range of personae that she adopts in bitingly satirical videos) and Beckwith (of the cult-favorite collaborative Art Club 2000) co-hosted a late-night public-access TV show.

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