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		<title>On Record Shopping in Hong Kong</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/01/03/on-record-shopping-in-hong-kong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The streets are covered in computer parts and curious Chinese lozenges. Chinese Reggae It&#8217;s 2 p.m. in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong. A man in a Mister Softee truck peddles soft serve beneath a landscape of dilapidated buildings, fluttering linens and &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/01/03/on-record-shopping-in-hong-kong/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=1124&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ongakuyōbi: Guitar Wolf</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/10/15/ongakuyobi-guitar-wolf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video is terrible sound quality, but it really doesn&#8217;t matter with Guitar Wolf. Trashy Rockabilly with more blow-out on their guitars than any Stooges Record, Guitar Wolf is kind of a Japanese Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (even their videos are &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/10/15/ongakuyobi-guitar-wolf/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=949&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ongakuyōbi: NikaSaya</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/10/08/ongakuyobi-nikasaya/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NikaSaya is a side project from the Tennis Coats&#8217; singer, Saya, and songwriter Nikaido Kazumi. One Summerheim is a gorgeous rainy-day record.  The Tennis Coats also teamed up with the Pastels a while back for this gem, which is a two &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/10/08/ongakuyobi-nikasaya/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=945&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ongakuyōbi: Broken Little Sister</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/10/01/alt-japan-broken-little-sister/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve dealt with a lot of bands from the 1990&#8242;s, so I wanted to shift gears into more recent Japanese bands. Broken Little Sister got started in Yokohama in 2005, mixing a kind of My Bloody Valentine wall-of-noise with shoegaze, &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/10/01/alt-japan-broken-little-sister/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=804&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ongakuyōbi: Nobukazu Takemura</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/09/24/alt-japan-nobukazu-takemura/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t lie, Nobukazu Takemura is pretty hit or miss with me. A lot of his career is basically straight acid jazz, which isn&#8217;t my thing, but his roots are in hip hop, and his first performances were as a &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/09/24/alt-japan-nobukazu-takemura/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=802&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ongakuyōbi: Shugo Tokumaru</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/09/17/alt-japan-shugo-tokumaru/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This album actually hit the top 40 in Japan &#8211; which is great, but it would be unfathomable in the US for a record this weird to compete with Justin Bieber and 50 Cent. Tokumaru plays over 100 instruments, and &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/09/17/alt-japan-shugo-tokumaru/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=798&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ongakuyōbi: Takeko Minekawa</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/09/10/alt-japan-takeko-minekawa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have already heard Takeko Minekawa, because she&#8217;s most famous as the girl who shouted &#8220;Playstation!&#8221; at the end of Playstation 3 commercials. But she&#8217;s also an underground pop seamstress who writes her own lyrics and music &#8211; clear &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/09/10/alt-japan-takeko-minekawa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=796&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ongakuyōbi: Cornelius</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/09/03/alt-japan-cornelius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cornelius was introduced to me back in high school as &#8220;Japan&#8217;s Beck.&#8221; This is pretty much true.  Cornelius &#8211; aka Tokyo-born Keigo Oyamada &#8211; was a music producer whose 1997 album, Fantasma, is one of the most interesting records to come &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/09/03/alt-japan-cornelius/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=789&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ongakuyōbi: Number Girl</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/08/27/alt-japan-number-girl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Number Girl are from my neck of the woods &#8211; Fukuoka, Japan. Their sound is definitely a product of the 1990&#8242;s, with clear influences from Pavement, The Pixies, and Sonic Youth: Melodic, explosive, and (maybe) just a little whiny. But &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/08/27/alt-japan-number-girl/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=786&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ongakuyōbi: The Pizzicato Five</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/08/20/alt-japan-the-pizzicato-five/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent conversation with a friend has unearthed a common problem when it comes to music fans in Japan: J-Pop has drowned out everything remotely cool about this country&#8217;s music scene, and it&#8217;s hard to find stuff that isn&#8217;t AKB48. &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/08/20/alt-japan-the-pizzicato-five/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=783&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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