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	<title>purple SKY - A Japanese Music Collaborative (Jrock, Jpop and Visual Kei) &#187; interview</title>
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		<title>[interview] Nenna Yvonne – More Than a Human Vocaloid</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2012/01/interview-nenna-yvonne-%e2%80%93-more-than-a-human-vocaloid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Place all your My Little Ponies, Lisa Frank stationary, and Barbie shoes in a blender, add a dash of MikuHatsune the vocaloid, and puree. What do you get? Something only half as cute and colorful as Nenna Yvonne, the Nigerian-American singer-songwriter who came to Tokyo in October for an uber-trendy performance. Donning a wig that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[interview] YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz Won’t Forget</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/12/interview-yellow-fried-chickenz-won%e2%80%99t-forget/</link>
		<comments>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/12/interview-yellow-fried-chickenz-won%e2%80%99t-forget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gackt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pop quiz: What are YELLOW FRIED CHICKENZ?
a)	The Colonel’s new yet somehow original recipe.
b)	Mega-triple threat GACKT’s slightly satirical project.
c)	A surprisingly sensitive band that just wants to instill some charitable thoughts in their audience’s brains.
If you answered b) and c), you’re correct. When I sat down with GACKT and the gang on October 23, 2011 during V-ROCK [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[review + interview] From Scientist to Songstress: In Mio Soul&#8217;s Skin</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/11/review-interview-from-scientist-to-songstress-in-mio-souls-skin/</link>
		<comments>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/11/review-interview-from-scientist-to-songstress-in-mio-souls-skin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Wang</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[album review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domo Arigato Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mio Soul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music 4 Orphans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo-born songwriter Mio Soul makes her debut with In My Skin.  The EP contains the heavy drum beats and smooth melodies of contemporary R&#38;B with flavors of pop, dance, and jazz.  Simple yet candid, the lyrics are in English, except for the rap in “Let’s Party” where Mio effortlessly flows in and out of her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[interview] BORN to Rock Nekocon 2011</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/10/interview-born-to-rock-nekocon-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/10/interview-born-to-rock-nekocon-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Chee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[indie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visual kei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BORN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[j-rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kifumi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nekocon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryoga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tainted Reality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost three years after they first performed at Onicon in Texas, BORN is back in North America for Virginia&#8217;s Nekocon. With a new single, &#8220;Psycho Diva,&#8221; BORN continues to mix up pop choruses with thrashy metal riffs and growling counter vocals.  Nekocon 2011 will take place on November 4th-6th at the Hampton Roads Convention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[interview] Mix Speaker&#8217;s Incorporated</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/10/interview-mix-speakers-incorporated/</link>
		<comments>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/10/interview-mix-speakers-incorporated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Chee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[visual kei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animenext]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keiji]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mix Speaker's Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Seek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yuki]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not all dogs go to heaven.  Sometimes they come back after a particularly sad death.  In Mix Land they come back as zombies and are hired by Manager X to perform in the circus.  Since 2007, Mix Speaker’s Inc. has brought together music, costume and an engaging stage performance to create a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CHEMISTRY 101: Intro to Japanese R&amp;B Science</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/07/chemistry-101-intro-to-japanese-rb-science/</link>
		<comments>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/07/chemistry-101-intro-to-japanese-rb-science/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asayan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Hudson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Bieber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaname Kawabata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Clarkson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ne-Yo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Otakon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R. Kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruben Studdard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Usher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoshikuni Douchin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://purpleskymagazine.com/?p=3552</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[R&#38;B is a fickle genre. For the past few decades it’s been a chimera of all things popular music needs to be:  technical skill, voice, good looks, attitude, and just plain luck.
Now the kings of Japanese R&#38;B are about to show convention-goers at Otakon how they not only rule the charts, but bring their own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[interview] Venus and Mars as kanonxkanon</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/06/interview-kanon-x-kanon/</link>
		<comments>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/06/interview-kanon-x-kanon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Chee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visual kei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[30sai no Hoken Taiiku]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AM2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[an cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calendula requiem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disneyland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kanon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kanon wakeshima]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Koi no dotei]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://purpleskymagazine.com/?p=3509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kanonxkanon is the creative collaboration unit of Kanon Wakeshima and Kanon (former An Café).  With smart electronic music  geared towards the anime crowd and Wakeshima&#8217;s adorable vocals, the group has two anime opening themes under their belt in under a year.  Their first single, &#8220;Calendula Requiem,&#8221; appeared as the second opening theme to the animated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[interview] SCANDAL in California, July 1-3</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/06/interview-scandal-in-california/</link>
		<comments>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/06/interview-scandal-in-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Chee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AM2]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Baby Action]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[California roll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HARUNA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[j-pop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[j-rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MAMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RINA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been three years since Japanese pop-rock band Scandal played North America on the Japan Nite Tour.  They&#8217;re back again for AM2 in California, more polished, more pop, and with a slick new look thanks to some grooming from Sony Music Japan.  Purple SKY sent some questions via email to ask just how has Scandal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[interview] TAIA &#8211; &#8220;Gothic Metal,&#8221; Quoth the Raven</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/05/interview-taia-gothic-metal-quoth-the-raven/</link>
		<comments>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/05/interview-taia-gothic-metal-quoth-the-raven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 06:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Chee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iron Maiden]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Okinawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEIKA]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://purpleskymagazine.com/?p=3369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okinawa seems to be the incubator for great acts.  A wide range of artists have all called Okinawa home, including pop songstress Cocco and rock band High and Mighty Color.  Gothic metal group TAIA keeps the tradition going, highlighting their female vocalist and tight musicianship over a discography of six albums.
purple SKY: Please [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[interview] RAMPANT &#8211; Rock Music for Kicking Down Doors</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/04/interview-rampant-rock-music-for-kicking-down-doors/</link>
		<comments>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/04/interview-rampant-rock-music-for-kicking-down-doors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Chee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Atsushi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Choice of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dazzle Vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exist trace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiroko]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[KA+U]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katsu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pittsburgh]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tekkoshocon IX]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interview by Dave Cirone
Osaka-based hard-rock band RAMPANT made their American debut at Tekkoshocon IX in Pittsburgh, PA. Playing for an audience of over 900 (the highest in the event&#8217;s history), the band delivered a 11-song set from their two latest releases, Choice of Life and BLOSSOM.
A regular performance partner of exist†trace and Dazzle Vision in [...]]]></description>
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