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  • Keep an eye on Diamond Rings's new album, Special Affections, which is due out this year, and remember the name John O'Regan, the Canadian indie rocker with the voice of gold.

    Mark R. Collins: SXSW Follow Up: Three Bands You Should Listen To 2010

  • Keep an eye on Diamond Rings's new album, Special Affections, which is due out this year, and remember the name John O'Regan, the Canadian indie rocker with the voice of gold.

    SXSW Follow Up: Three Bands You Should Listen To 2010

  • Thought, Hope the religion of the Imagination, and Charity the religion of the Affections, which is greatest of all because it is the vitalization of the other two.

    The Elements of Character Mary G. Chandler

  • The Affections are the most interior of all the attributes of man, -- they are in fact his spiritual life.

    The Elements of Character Mary G. Chandler

  • The Affections are the children of the Will, and if the Will be determined and steadfast, there is no limit but the finiteness of humanity to the progress in whatever is undertaken.

    The Elements of Character Mary G. Chandler

  • Wordsworth makes some clearer distinctions concerning this phenomenon in his analysis of the "Affections," the aesthetic categories that translate emotional responses to nature into something quite different from interpersonal love.

    Fay, Introduction 1998

  • Dave's got a new short story collection coming soon, available for pre-order: Monstrous Affections.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Best short story collection: Monstrous Affections by David Nickle.

    MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 1) 2009

  • Amongsts the flags Inskip had two very large, inscribed 'The Strength of Kings is the Affections of the people' and, 'Freedom to Slaves, and peace to the World'.

    Letter 292 2009

  • A few hours before his final tour date a sold-out show Oct. 7 at Webster Hall in New York City, the man born John O'Regan discussed his career game plan and performed an intimate piano-acoustic version of "Give It Up" off his debut album "Special Affections" within a practice studio in the Music Conservatory of Westchester in White Plains, NY.

    Jon Chattman: A-Sides with Jon Chattman: Diamond Rings Gives It Up Jon Chattman 2011

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