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upbeat

Music
a. a usually unaccented beat, esp the last in a bar
b. the upward gesture of a conductor's baton indicating this
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It's summer, and I'm about to hit the Northwest for a much needed vacation and to skate some unfamiliar spots--so things are looking up and I'm in a particularly upbeat mood, which helps explain my repeated listening of Killed By Glare, a compilation of obscure UK glam songs from the 1970s, in the spirit of the garage and punk Killed by Death comps (and if you don't know Killed by Death, go kill yourself).
It's summer, and I'm about to hit the Northwest for a much needed vacation and to skate some unfamiliar spots--so things are looking up and I'm in a particularly upbeat mood, which helps explain my repeated listening of Killed By Glare, a compilation of obscure UK glam songs from the 1970s, in the spirit of the garage and punk Killed by Death comps (and if you don't know Killed by Death, go kill yourself)

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