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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Jason Jenkins</title>
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		<title>Get lost in Inokashira Park and find yourself in Ghibli</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ghibli Museum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, Kichijoji: my favorite Tokyo neighborhood. Less than 30 minutes from the heart of the city, this hip suburb has everything a downtown dweller would want: good restaurants, good shopping, a thriving music scene and one of the coolest parks in the Kanto region. Indeed, most of my friends who live there tend to stick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A big day out at the sumo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edo Tokyo Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kokugikan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[They&#8217;re sweaty, they&#8217;re chubby and they love pushing each other around. But enough about the folks at my family reunion, let&#8217;s talk about sumo. This quintessentially Japanese sport is a lot of fun to witness with kids, and the Ryogoku neighborhood surrounding Tokyo&#8217;s Kokugikan sumo stadium has several other places worth visiting, too. Each sumo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aquariums offer summer escape</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tokyo aquariums]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This past Monday was Marine Day in Japan. Aside from creating a much-appreciated three-day weekend, the role of the holiday is to encourage people to reflect on the integral role the ocean plays in Japan&#8217;s history. So, what better time to visit an aquarium? Japan has plenty of places to ogle fish, and not just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dragons, mist and bouncy clouds await in west Tokyo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[About 45 minutes from Tokyo&#8217;s skyscrapers, resting in the hinterlands of Tachikawa there is a land of mist and dragons. It&#8217;s a place where rolling hills tumble toward an Aztec pyramid, and children bounce on clouds. The place is called Showa Kinen Koen, and an afternoon there is time well spent. Take the train to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids love park life in the summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At long last, warm weather has arrived, which means more playtime in Tokyo&#8217;s parks &#8212; from your scrappy, local patch of dirt to the manicured opulence of Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden. My family&#8217;s favorite is Yoyogi Park. While not the most pristine public space Japan has to offer, it&#8217;s certainly the liveliest, with performers, partiers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Give the kids a dose of culture and fun at Tokyo Midtown</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[21_21 Design Site]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the 1950s, the Roppongi entertainment district has been synonymous with drink, debauchery and the like ... or so people tell me.]]></description>
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		<title>This is one museum where kids will have a blast</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/20/lifestyle/this-is-one-museum-where-kids-will-have-a-blast/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=this-is-one-museum-where-kids-will-have-a-blast</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Gas Science Museum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once a month, it will be my goal to help you and your kids get the most out of Tokyo. This city is full of opportunities to learn and have fun, and I've been seeking out these opportunities ever since my first-born arrived 10 years ago.]]></description>
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		<title>15 minutes with the Grandmaster</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a fan of hip-hop, then you have Grandmaster Flash to thank. He is one of the art form&#8217;s earliest exponents, and the first hip-hop artist in history to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On the night of his performance at this year&#8217;s Fuji Rock Festival, he couldn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plunging into the abyss</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m hanging from a rope, high above the churning froth of an ice-blue river. My friends are waving and shouting out to me, but the roar of the waterfall muffles their voices. I pull myself off a wooden seat and lower my legs. Now there&#8217;s nothing between me and the water below but crisp mountain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hideaki Kawashima: Wavering</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 00:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomio Koyama Gallery, Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Closes June 7 Hideaki Kawashima&#8217;s otherworldly portraits have many of the elements that typify Japan&#8217;s surging contemporary art scene, such as stylized feminine beauty and a nod to their creator&#8217;s manga and anime-strewn youth. But linger a moment and these acrylic canvases show depth that defies their fellow two-dimensional contemporaries. Each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Hideki Kuwajima: Vertical/Horizontal&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Radi-um von Roentgenwerke AG Closes May 31 Science tells us that humans are naturally drawn to the symmetrical. Nearly everything &#8212; from architecture to dance to sex partners &#8212; is seen through the lens of symmetry. But what about art? Mathematician George David Birkhoff thought so in a theory stated the more complex art became, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Bob Richardson&#8221; and &#8220;Terry Richardson&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Zel Cafe in Roppongi and LaForet Museum in Harajuku Both close 8 May At the Zel Gallery in Roppongi (www.zelcg.com), there&#8217;s a portrait of fashion photographer Bob Richardson with his son and then-girlfriend Angelica Houston. The year is 1973, and Richardson&#8217;s 8-year-old boy, Terry, stares at the camera through a shaggy mop of dark locks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The making of a market center</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald Eubank  and Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost everything was sold before he even arrived at Art Fair Tokyo, but that didn&#8217;t stop gallerist Peter Nagy from coming to Japan anyway. The impulse to dip his toes into what could become contemporary art&#8217;s next deep pool was just too strong to resist, so three large canvases by artists Thukral &#38; Tagra from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kiyosumi gallery complex</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Wedged between a park, a cement factory and a taxi station, the Kiyosumi gallery complex is Tokyo&#8217;s largest, both in space and influence. Its perch atop a warehouse is arguably ideal for observing the directions contemporary art takes in Japan. Yet, despite so many heavyweights being under one roof, it&#8217;s surprisingly rare to walk away [...]]]></description>
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		<title>39art Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking place internationally on March 9 Mark it on your calendars, folks. The ninth day of the third month of the year is &#8220;Thank You Art&#8221; day. Artist Yoshiaki Kaihatsu started &#8220;39art Day&#8221; (www.39art.com) eight years ago to encourage people to consider the place art has in their lives (3-9 in Japanese, san-kyu, sounds like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pursuing the flavor of the American South</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For many North Americans in Japan, a case of gastronomic homesickness can easily be remedied at the nearest burger or pizza joint. But for someone craving the cuisine of the American South, the local Kentucky Fried Chicken will never, ever do. Southern cooking is quite regional: expats from South Carolina crave its distinct &#8220;Lowcountry&#8221; fare; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Wako Works of Art: 15 Years/Part III&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Wako Works of Art, Shinjuku, Tokyo Closes Feb. 26 The Wako Gallery (www.wako-art.jp) continues its 15th anniversary celebration with three approaches to photography. Christopher Williams&#8217; glossy prints of a polished Velosolex, the French motor-driven bicycle, seem plucked from a brochure, their commentary on obsolescence obscured by their sheen. Two prominent color prints from Turner-Prize-winning Wolfgang [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The art of the party at Fuji Rock</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins  and Koichi Hanafusa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[No one denies the power of danger and vice to push boundaries, and whether we admit it or not, the two have a way of rattling some pretty inspired performances out of people. No surprise, then, that Fuji Rock Festival has been a breeding ground for such mischief, and that the Palace of Wonder, Fuji&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fuji Rocking 10 years on</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Fuji Rock Festival is the biggest event on the calendar for many Japanese and foreign residents alike. Sure, it costs a stack of cash to go, but the festival is not your typical commercial venture. Word on the street is that it has been anything but a money spinner for concert promoter Smash Japan. Instead, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balancing melody with noise</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Its inevitable: No matter how unique a band may be, someone will find a way to compare them to other bands. For San Francisco four-piece Deerhoof, parallels continue to be drawn to Japanese artists: Cibo Matto, The Boredoms and Yoko Ono. Deerhoof&#8217;s main vocalist, Satomi Matsuzaki, did grow up in Tokyo, but still, guitarist John [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M.I.A. terrorizes the dancefloor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Maya Arulpragasam sighs into the phone. I&#8217;ve asked her if journalists have accurately depicted her life story, and she seems tired of the question. &#8220;My story?&#8221; she asks. &#8220;Which one? There are so many.&#8221; Arulpragasam has been called many things in her short career: refugee, revolutionary; terrorist, tastemaker. To activists, she is a musician with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The lights, guitars, action of Go! Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Film commonly relies on music to add emotional impact. However, with The Go! Team, who hail from Brighton, England, it works the other way around. Early singles were flush with action and near-cinematic thrills, all guitar squalls and percussive thrust, with soaring horn lines that burst through your speakers. The Go! Team&#8217;s debut album, &#8220;Thunder, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art Brut: &#8220;Bang Bang Rock &amp; Roll&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2005 00:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Vocalist Eddie Argos can&#8217;t sing. His band, Art Brut, prove more tuneful, but none of this matters on &#8220;Bang Bang Rock &#38; Roll,&#8217; the London quintet&#8217;s fantastic debut album. Instead of singing, Argos simply raises his voice, rambling with the articulate, impulse-driven zeal of someone who planned to use cue cards but decided to wing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yo La Tengo: the band next door</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2005 00:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley are a nice, mellow couple in their mid-40s from Hobokken, N.J. They like homemade peach pie, watching TV and going to the occasional baseball game. Oh, and they also founded one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the last decade, Yo La Tengo. Through their 20-year career, Yo La [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian indie scene keeps it together</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 00:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When the Canadian music collective known as Broken Social Scene arrives in Tokyo next month, they&#8217;ll be bringing a few members of their family tree along. Found on the group&#8217;s Web site, the &#8220;tree&#8221; is actually 40-plus band and artist names scrawled on a paper bag and connected by the squiggly white lines. Most of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out Hud: &#8220;Let us Never Speak of it Again&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 00:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A trillion watts. They mention it more than once, so I&#8217;m guessing that&#8217;s what electro-rock collective, Out Hud, wants to get their hands on. They could certainly put it to use. Their nearly indescribable 2002 LP, &#8220;S.T.R.E.E.T.D.A.D.,&#8221; was a gargantuan, Frankenstein-like creature composed of punk, post-rock, dub and electronica, all sewn together with high-voltage cable. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LCD Soundsystem</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[James Murphy wants it both ways. A walking encyclopedia of the underground scene, he loathes the narcissism and one-upmanship common among record-shop insiders. His NYC label, DFA, produced some of the most infectious dance singles of the decade thus far, yet Murphy turns down remixing work from Duran Duran and Janet Jackson (who called him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sisters gonna work it out</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when radio in the United States was full of surprises &#8212; a time when catchy, clever tunes were just a turn of the dial away. Pop music carried less baggage then, before marketing and demographics moved in and warped station programming into socio-economic formulas. Scott Hoffman remembers those days when pop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death From Above 1979</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2005 00:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[An elephant in your living room. Ask rhythm and metal duo Death From Above 1979 to describe their music, and that&#8217;s a common response. Indeed, the massive sound of their debut LP, &#8220;You&#8217;re a Woman, I&#8217;m a Machine&#8221; is sure to scrape the walls and shatter furniture &#8212; that is, if you can fit it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interpol well suited for success after all</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2005 00:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Image isn&#8217;t everything. If it was, then the New York four-piece known as Interpol would have already become one of the biggest rock bands on the planet. While their tailored suits and runway-ready haircuts have brought them plenty of press, the band is actually earning recognition the old-fashioned way, by releasing imaginative, yet solid albums [...]]]></description>
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