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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

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June Update: I discovered that many (if not all) of these playlists weren't set to 'public'. D'oh! Now they are. Enjoy!

Here's a Spotify link to the MeFiMusic Swap '13 mix that I made: Elementos! The Freshmixer.
Here's a Spotify playlist based on answers in this AskMe: Dark and Lovely Songs
Here's a Spotify playlist based on answers in this AskMe: Quirky Indie Songs About Love & Happiness
Here's a Spotify playlist based on answers in this AskMe: Quiet Desperation/Plight of Man
Here's a Spotify playlist based on answers in this AskMe: Haunting Southern Rock and Gospel
Here's a Spotify playlist based on answers in this AskMe: Beautiful Emotional Minimalist Music (I added many favorites of my own to the list)
Here's a Spotify playlist based on answers in this thread: The Seaman's Life
Here's a Spotify playlist based on answers in this thread: Post-Apocalyptic Victory Songs
Here's a Spotify playlist based on answers in this thread and this thread (a two-fer!): Gotta Get Some Boom Boom Pow
Here's a Spotify playlist based on answers in this thread: In my time of dying...
Here's a Spotify playlist based on answers in this thread: Dark and Epic
Here's a Spotify playlist based on answers to my own AskMe: Swoony Swagger (not all available suggestions in the thread have been included and I've added countless favorites of my own)
Here's a Spotify playlist based on answers in this thread: Jazz for dark lonely nights of the soul
Here's a Spotify playlist based on answers in this thread AND this thread: Gimme The One I Want!
Here's a Spotify playlist based on this MetaFilter post (and comments): Feminist Country Music