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First - your reaction video stills are genius. I would watch those videos.

Second - my favorite reaction video guy is NathanBrownActor. He shares some of that same Super Positive vibe you mentioned about No Life Shaq and it is a delight. Here's the time when Matchbox 20 watched him watch their video: https://www.tiktok.com/@nathanbrownactor/video/7202958525172059397

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That’s great, and I don’t even like that band! Thanks for the heads up.

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Ha! I think I subconsciously suspected the same thing, but didn't fully realize it until you just said that. In all honestly, they are the only reaction channel I've watched, so I'm looking forward to digging into the ones you suggested. I know for sure when I came across them I thought it was a freaking weird topic for a Youtube channel, but then I was sucked into the vortex and shocked at how entertaining it was. Thanks for including this in the newsletter!

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Yeah, It’s blossomed into an entire subculture. Strange Times, we are living in!

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Dug the Howling Giant track, it's like someone pointed Rush and Styx at each other in a particle accelerator and smashed them together! Now to have a long argument with myself about whether I think that was a 7/4 or a 14/8 break…

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That Styx ref is perfect. I hadn't considered them.

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TwinsthenewTrend is one of my fav reaction channels. Definitely fits that tell-this-old-person-their-music-is-awesome theme and the guys have very entertaining reactions.

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I like them, but it feels like they sometimes pretend to like songs more than they actually do.

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Keep up the metal tracks!

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Fear not!

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I like the Lost in Vegas guys, I frequently revisit their reaction to Metallica's One and Alice in Ch--[loses train of thought as I am suddenly besotted with Christian's hair/beard look]

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I had them on my list, but had to cut them for space. Yeah, I like that those guys seem like reasonable adults.

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Oh and the beard is gone. The mustache remains, but it's not long for this world.

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