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Vlogging Los Angeles
Shane Nickerson vlogs HAWESOME. What is excellent: vlogging while driving. Vlogging while driving with a cow-print carseat in the back. So uncool it's cool, which is perhaps the very definition of HAWSOME.
Ever wanted to know what it's like to see X play "Los Angeles" live? This video captures what it's like when you've forgotten to bring ear plugs and you don't pay attention to the whole song. As real as real can be.
You know those limos cruising Hollywood Blvd on weekends? Did you think they're full of drunk girls with one of their guy friends holding a camera, surreptitiously zooming in on their glittery tops? You're right.
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