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By MATT PARISH | May 5, 2009

In the meantime, Ford and the crew are trying to learn some Web coding so they can make everything a full-blown in-house affair. (A friend is at the helm of the site for now.) "We're thinking about even getting an intern or something." And she goes on, "Everything has actually been more positive than ever since we've been working on this. People who want to talk to us seek us out and tell us they love it. And it's good to hear that. We're musicians — we need it."

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