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Japan’s Inflation/Unemployment Graph(Phillips Curve) Looks like Japan

Yeah, I know you aren’t all AP economics students, but this is interesting. The Phillips curve is a graph that represents unemployment and inflation, oddly Japan’s graph looks like the nation it’s self. I thought it was interesting , so here you go.

Source; http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/200-japan-looks-like-its-phillips-curve/

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Follow Jrockrevolution.com as they focus intently on the Resur-X-tion.

Not so long ago I was throwing out thinly backed reports on the X-Japan reunion, well finally there is a site to back me up in English. The Yoshiki affiliated website is running a great deal of high quality X features that I highly recommend.
Perhaps most important is the article they’ve written on the indies [...]

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La Vie En Rose, not really all that disbanded.

Today at the Takadanobaba AREA La Vie En  Rose will perform once again, actually I think this will be their third concert since they “disbanded”.   Either the disbandment was a KISS sized publicity stunt, or they are second guessing the decision to call it quits. Either way it’s nice that the fans can still occasionally [...]

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LOL-Rock, because jrockers are better then bunnies.

As I try to bring this blog back to fully active, I will feature a new humor piece on top of “6 degrees of Yoshiki Hayashi”
I give you LOL-Rock, a J-rock lol macro collection. I have a good bit of them ready, I don’t have a posting schedule yet. In the meantime I ask [...]

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Paul Raven has died.

Paul Raven of Zilch and Killing Joke died of a heart attack on October 20th, he will be missed, Rock in Peace.

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Watch part of the I.V. PV!

Here is an interview with Yoshiki and at the end is a clip from the filming of the PV.
X JAPAN再結成の真相をYOSHIKIが語る 07/10/22
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For Burma

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12012’s vocalist, Miyawaki Wataru in trouble for assault.

From Jmusicamerica.com
” Miyawaki Wataru, vocalist of 12012, was arrested on charges regarding the attempted strangulation of a female acquaintance, whose injuries took a week to heal, after a night of drinking one night in August. Though few details are currently available, police are investigating these allegations, which will hopefully shed some new light on the [...]

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Oh come on.

So I was checking the list of search terms people reached the site with, and one of them was “derlanger kyo dir en grey”
Kyo from D’erlanger  is most certainly not the same Kyo from Dir En Grey.  Just thought I’d throw that out there =/

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