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Music night newbies are ripe for converting - but most tracks aren't even trying
You're throwing a party and everyone's invited, what a good idea. But here we are in your home, half an hour before people are supposed to turn up, and I can't help noticing you haven't made much of an effort.
There are no tunes playing and the place looks like it always does. I can't seem to find so much as a single bottle chilling in the fridge. What's the idea?
"Ah," you tell me, "I don't want the ones who would only turn up for the music. And I certainly don't want the ones who'd be here to get sloshed.
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