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	<title>Fujirockers: The official Fuji Rock Festival blog &#187; phil</title>
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		<title>Africa via Chicago</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/08/africa-via-chicago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Memories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amadou & Mariam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tinariwen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wilco]]></category>

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Despite what you may have heard the rain was tolerable last weekend. It mainly poured in the morning when people were still sleeping off the previous night&#8217;s revelries. The precipitation in the daytime rarely got more intense than sprinkles. People thought it was wetter than it was because of the persistent mud, the cooler temperatures, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kensington Hillbillys represent</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/kensington-hillbillys-represent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Gypsy Avalon]]></category>
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I thoroughly enjoyed Kensington Hillbillys set on the Gypsy Avalon stage Sunday evening. The group&#8217;s mix of country classics and originals just hit the spot, and while the audience was rather spare, everyone clearly had a good time; and it occurred to me: American country music is one of the most popular styles in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tinariwen&#8217;s Desert Dream</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/tinariwens-desert-dream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Field of Heaven]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tinariwen]]></category>

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If any band at Fuji Rock required a crib sheet it&#8217;s Tinariwen, a collective of Taureg nomads from northern Africa who turned to the guitar as a means of expressing their rebellion against those authorities (mostly Libyan) who would restrict their lives. There are at any one time more than a dozen members, but only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ren Takada Keeps It Smooth</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/ren-takada-keeps-it-smooth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Live From Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mokudotei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ren Takada]]></category>

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That was some smooth scheduling. Ren Takada took the tiny Mokudotei stage on the  boardwalk between the White Stage and the Field of Heaven about a minute-and-a-half after Dachambo finished their very loud set. Takada is singer-songwriter of the quiet, thoughtful school, and while his music is perfectly suited for the forest setting it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dachambo: Jam and spice</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/dachambo-jam-and-spice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 08:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Field of Heaven]]></category>
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Japan&#8217;s premier jam band, Dachambo, has played the Field of Heaven at least once before because I remember seeing them there. They were good, but I was startled to see the crowd that had assembled for their Sunday show, which happened to greet a rather hot sun. Obviously, a lot of people knew more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Song Is Good But Ours Is Smokin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/your-song-is-good-but-ours-is-smokin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 03:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Stage]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Your Song Is Good]]></category>

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With Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra graduating to a headlining slot, some veteran Fujirockers might have missed their spirited show as a day-opener, but actually there were two ska groups doing the job at this festival: Mom Dad God on Friday (whose leader is a SkaPara alumnus) and Your Song Is Good on Sunday.  A younger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earth and Sky Not Cooperating</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/earth-and-sky-not-cooperating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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There was an earthquake last night. It happened at 3:54 am with the epicenter just off the coast of Fukushima. Magnitude 6.4. Here in Niigata is registered on the Japanese scale as a 1 or 2. Not scary, but noticeable. I&#8217;m sure the people partying at the Palace didn&#8217;t notice it, though. That place is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Punch Kiita Blues Knocks &#8216;em Out</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/punch-kiita-blues-knocks-em-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Live From Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naeba Shokudo]]></category>
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Though veteran blues guitarist Jun Nagami dropped her professional alias, Madam Guitar, for her performance at the tiny Naeba Shokudo stage with the power trio Punch Kiita Blues, some habits die hard. As Madam Guitar she assumes the persona of a forebearing, put-upon Japanese housewife; in other words, someone whose particular species of &#8220;the blues&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battles Royale</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/battles-royale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Green Stage]]></category>
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From what I&#8217;ve heard, Tyondai Braxton, the founder and main idea man of the super-math rock group Battles, left the band last year because he no longer could stand the tour grind. It seemed the end of the band, but the three remaining members, drummer John Stanier, keyboardist Ian Williams, and guitarist David Konopka, said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ra Ra Riot Act</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/ra-ra-riot-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Live From Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Marquee]]></category>
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One song from Ra Ra Riot&#8217;s second album sums up the band&#8217;s sensibility: &#8220;Too Dramatic.&#8221; It has less to do with willed emotionalism than with the band&#8217;s musical choices. Employing a full-time string section (well, violin and cello) isn&#8217;t so impossible for an indie band any more since The Arcade Fire showed up, but in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hanaregumi&#8217;s soft touch</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/hanaregumis-soft-touch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 09:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Green Stage]]></category>
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The late afternoon slot anywhere is the kiss of death. Everybody&#8217;s a little sleepy or punchy or conserving their energy for the night. Still, it seems more and more people who attend concerts bring chairs and nod off whenever they please, so maybe it isn&#8217;t as big a problem as in the past. Hanaregumi, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fountains of Wayne Prioritize Summer</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/fountains-of-wayne-prioritize-summer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 04:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Green Stage]]></category>
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Fountains of Wayne took the Green Stage at 12:30 to the strains of Percy Faith&#8217;s iconic MOR 1960s lounge instrumental, &#8220;A Summer Place,&#8221; and it suddenly occurred to me the point of it. The opening song on the group&#8217;s latest album (as yet only released in Japan) is called &#8220;The Summer Place,&#8221; a somewhat unexceptional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clammbon mainstreams the odd</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/clammbon-mainstreams-the-odd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 03:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Green Stage]]></category>
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The J-pop trio Clammbon seemed an odd choice to open the second day festivities. The group&#8217;s willfully quirky song structures and melodic non sequiturs, combined with keyboardist Ikuko Harada&#8217;s adult-child vocals, would have made more sense at Gypsy Avalon, or maybe Orange Court in the late afternoon. There are a lot of new people who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That rainy day feeling</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/that-rainy-day-feeling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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Everybody who is here will agree that it rained all day Friday, though such a statement needs to be qualified. For the most part it sprinkled on and off, so most festivalgoers had more trouble contending with the resultant mud than with the rain itself. The forecast had hinted that the worst would be over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amadou &amp; Mariam &amp; the rhythm of love</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/amadou-mariam-the-rhythm-of-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Field of Heaven]]></category>
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I was shocked&#8211;shocked&#8211;when I showed up for Amadou and Mariam&#8217;s Field of Heaven show Friday evening and found the venue very sparsely attended. Hadn&#8217;t anyone heard how awesome this Malian couple was? Superstars in Africa and later an equally huge draw in Europe, they are veterans of a certain musical style almost as prominent as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ron Sexsmith keeps to himself</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/ron-sexsmith-keeps-to-himself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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The Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith appeared frequently at the first few Fuji Rock Festivals in Naeba, and at perhaps the first one a female member of the web team who didn&#8217;t know who he was met him by accident at the World Food Court one night and they talked. Later, a few of us noticed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gruff Rhys: Furry, super</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/gruff-rhys-furry-super/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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As demonstrated by the name of his main gig, Super Furry Animals, Gruff Rhys doesn&#8217;t see much point to being a professional musician unless he can fool around with the formula, make fun of it even. Dressed unseasonably in a corduroy jacket, flannel shirt, and watch cap, Rhys opened his set at the Red Marquee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girls Understand the Pains of Being Pure At Heart</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/girls-understand-the-pains-of-being-pure-at-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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You don&#8217;t have to be a genius to predict that there would have been a huge turnout for The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, who played the Red Marquee just before 2 pm. The group&#8217;s combination of shoegazey, fuzzy guitars, roller rink rhythms, and bullet-proof pop melodies guarantee fawning admiration from the average Japanese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Belakiss and tell</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/belakiss-and-tell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 05:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Given the center stage positioning of a raven-haired bassist wearing a short black dress and large silver cross, it&#8217;s easy to form the notion that Belakiss is trying not too subtly to cash in on the current Twilight craze, but an Internet search reveals that Bela Kiss was the actual name of a Hungarian serial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dad Mom God Assert Themselves</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/dad-mom-god-assert-themselves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetWhat with their near-headliner status this year, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra has pretty much taken up the mantle of most representative Fuji artist left behind by the late Kiyoshiro Imawano. It doesn&#8217;t seem Fuji without SkaPara. And with the title comes the corollaries, one of whom is Tatsuyuki Hiyamuta, a former member of the orchestra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mop up</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/mop-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetDJ Mame was announced as the opening pre-fest act, but the guy who actually did the &#8220;spinning&#8221; was DJ Katsu. &#8220;Katsu&#8221; sounds nothing like &#8220;Mame,&#8221; so we&#8217;re not sure exactly what constituted this mix-up. But Katsu did what he was supposed to do: get the crowd stoked for the weekend, mostly with fortified funk and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tall shapes</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/tall-shapes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetDisregard that last post. Almost as soon as the bon odori started to launch the pre-fest party in the middle of the food court, the rain stopped, and so far it hasn&#8217;t  started again&#8230;[crossed fingers]. And the crowd was as huge as it&#8217;s been for the pre-fest bash the last couple of years. And as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Before the Flood (or not?)</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/before-the-flood-or-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Live From Festival]]></category>
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The rain came as predicted by the usually unreliable Japan Metereorological Agency. For once you wished they were wrong, but the front that moved in from Asia was supposed to hit Niigata and the Tohoku region pretty hard today, so let&#8217;s hope the second part of the JMA&#8217;s prediction also comes true: it will pass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change Will Do You Good</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/change-will-do-you-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetHaving attended every Fuji Rock except the first one, I&#8217;ve seen many of the bands performing this year before at the festival, though in almost every case I can remember they performed on different stages than the ones they&#8217;ll perform on this year. Perusing the roster and recalling those shows, I&#8217;ve come to develop a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In for the Kills</title>
		<link>http://www.fujirock.com/2011/07/in-for-the-kills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alison Mosshart]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetIn that crowded mini-universe of boy-girl duos who play proto-blues as art rock, The Kills have always been more earnest than inspired, but in the past couple of years, as both Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince have jettisoned their noms de rock (VV and Hotel, respectively), they&#8217;ve earned more press as solo agents. Mosshart found [...]]]></description>
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