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By MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG | June 10, 2009

Longstreth says he's aware of some of the advance gushing and even some hype-averse backlash — it would be impossible to avoid either — but he's taking everything with a huge grain of salt. "As R. Kelly says, I'm less concerned about who's right and who's wrong than what's right and what's wrong."

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