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#podcast: Previously, on LOST...Oh, sorry. Uh, what now? Oh yeah, here's the new Japanator Radio. New music from L'Arc~en~Ciel, Miki Furukawa, GPKISM, The Brown in the Artist Spotlight and a lot more....Oh...

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#podcast: Just like clockwork, it's time for ano...What? Oh. We're a day late? Hm.Just like a pretty reliable clock that's right most of the time but slips from time-to-time, it's another episode of Japana...

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#podcast: That's right. After a break that was just a little longer than expected, Japanator Radio has returned! Welcome to the future, friends!And wouldn't you know it, but the future looks an awful lot l...

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#podcast: This is it! The final Japanator Radio episode of the year!This week we wrap up our look back at the second half of the year in music. It's been a busy one to say the least, and it's always tough ...

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#podcast: It's that time of year again. The time for bloggers everywhere to slack off and rack up cheap hits by squeezing out a mostly arbitrary list of top whatevers of the year.  It's like having a ...

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#podcast: Different bat-time, same bat-podcast! It's Japanator Radio, now nestled into its new Wednesday time slot. Well, at least from where I'm stationed here in the barren, icy wastes where all hope has...

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#podcast: Put that leftover turkey sandwich down! It's time to bite into another juicy episode of Japanator Radio! This week, music from Vola & the Oriental Machine, Monobright and Sex Machineguns as w...

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#podcast: Happy holidays! Or not, if you live outside of America, or if you just hate the holidays, a sentiment for which I can not blame you.This week on Japanator Radio, new music from OMODAKA, some Grie...

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#podcast: Back again with lucky show number 113! It's another one of them there radioator Japan cast pods.This week, lots of cool new news and music from the likes of Utada Hikaru, HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR, A...

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#podcast: Here it is! The new episode of Japanator Radio! Just a little late. Nothing to panic over. Jeez!This week, some UVERworld, some Ali Project, some Bloodthirsty Butchers and Quinka With A Yawn in t...

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#podcast: Welcome back from your left-over candy hangover. I hope it was worth it. Oh look, we are still handing out free Japanator Radios, and you don't even need to be dressed up to get one! Aren't we ni...

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#podcast: Bleh!In case you didn't notice, the best holiday of the year is coming up this Saturday. Halloween! I mean they named holidays "holiday" because of Halloween. More like halloday, am I r...

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#podcast: Yes. On time this week and with loads of great new music, it's another Japanator Radio!This week, new music from Electric Eel Shock, People in the Box and MEG, as well as the always indispensable...

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#podcast: Delay be damned! Here, finally, is your new episode of Japanator Radio! Huzzah!This week, lots of new goodies from the likes of School Food Punishment, Scandal and Shoko Nakagawa, as well as a lo...

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#podcast: Hello friends! Here is another glorious Japanator Radio for you to roll up into your life! This week, new music from sgt.., 9mm Parabellum Bullet and Vamps, as well as a look at the always fun go...

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#podcast: Hi there! What? Oh sure. I see. You're only here to pick up the new Japanator Radio, aren't you? Well fine! Here! Take it! I don't even want it any more!!!This week, some music from Plasticzooms,...

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#podcast: OK, I'm not going to lie to you. I'm burned out and have been looking at this screen for far too long this weekend. Here's the damn show!This week, new music from FLOPPY and Art-School, as well a...

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#podcast: Like a stinky camper shambling out of the woods and taking a nice hot shower, it's time for another reinvigorating episode of Japanator Radio! This week, we take a listen to some new Onmyouza and...

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#podcast: Ooohhh yeah, four day weekends do not help with meeting deadlines or living up to expectations. I am late. But still better than never!This week, new music from Capsule, NICO Touches the Walls an...

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#podcast: OK, now that we have all the sappy 100th show love-fest crap out of the way, we can get back to the regularily scheduled mix of new and old music. Finally! Man, let me tell you, playing music you...

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#podcast: Once again, here we are with a Japantor Radio made entirely out of listeners! Oh, no, I meant listener requests!  We had so many requests and recommendations from the past couple week, leadi...

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#podcast: Daa da da DAAA!Here we are. We made it! 100 of these damn things. Who would have thought? Not me at least. I figured this whole enterprise was going to be an utter failure soon after the first sh...

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#podcast: First off, thanks to everyone for loading up the comments last week with your lists of favorite Japanese songs! Together, we will make show number 100 (which I suppose is something of a two year ...

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#podcast: Moving with bold, brash bravado toward the inevitable show number 100, it's time for another episode of Japanator Radio!Last time I asked what I should do to celebrate #100. Most people felt I sh...

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#podcast: Ever wonder why the hell this show is called Japanator RADIO? I mean, really. What the hell is up with that?Anyway, whatever it is, here it is!This week, new music from Aira Mitsuki and Immi, som...

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#podcast: I'm glad to see that we all survived another week. As a reward for our perseverance, I reward us all with this new episode of Japanator Radio!This week, new music from The Telephones, Mouse on th...

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#podcast: Welcome the Best Japanese Albums of 2009, Japanator Radio edition! Just in case you missed, we recently took a look back at the last six (or so) months of Japanese releases, compiling them into t...

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#podcast: I must admit, some weeks I just let the random shuffle machine put together the show. Oh sure, I'll shift things around a bit to make it a little more listener friendly, but let me tell you, when...

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#podcast: Back again with lucky show number 93! I'm glad we all survived through that harrowing, evil number 92 to find ourselves here enjoying the blissful calm of 93.This week, so much new music.  N...

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#podcast: Ah! They just don't stop coming! We've tried fire, acid, rabid dogs and fire-acid, buy we just can't stop another Japanator Radio from surmounting the hillside and ravaging our tiny hamlet. Despa...

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#podcast: I am not going to lie to you. This is, in fact, another episode of Japanator Radio! This week, new, crazy-ass stuff from Gackt, some schlock and roll from Vamps, some good old Supercar and the en...

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#podcast: 90. Yeah, that's right, 90 Man, that's a lot. And almost 100! What will happen then? I have no idea. But something probably should. How about you? What special thing should episode 100 be? Until ...

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#podcast: What's that I hear? Rolling over the mountain tops and screaming across the plains? Oh! It's another episode of Japanator Radio! This week, NEW School Food Punishment, NEW Meg, NEW JAM Project an...

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#podcast: Happy Memorial Day! At least in America. Please take a moment to eat a hotdog in remembrance of our fallen heroes. And hey, while you do that, why not listen to some Japanese music? Makes sense t...

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#podcast: No, this is not some magical dream you've dreamed 86 times before. It is, in fact, another very real episode of Japanator Radio! This week, new music from Nirgilis, Meg and Vamps, and some older ...

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#podcast: Once again for the 86th time, it's another earth shattering episode of Japantor Radio! This week, new music from Aira Mitsuki, some Coaltar of the Deepers, and Melt-Banana in the Artist Spotlight...

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#podcast: Again with the Japanator Radio? Really? Haven't we done this already. Sheesh. OK then. I guess.This week there's new music from Shoko Nakagawa, new Abingdon Boys School, older Straightner and Kal...

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#podcast: After a brief intermission, we're back with another on-time edition of Japanator Radio!This week we've got new stuff from Exist Trace, old stuff from P-Model, Yoshida Brothers in the Artist Spotl...

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#podcast: Free as free can get, it's time for another Japantor Radio! This week, new music from Hangry and Angry, some very old music from Kouta Katsutaro, a little Pop Chocolat and Shugo Tokumaru in the A...

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#podcast: Hi! How are you? I am fine, think you. Please take this Japan Radio as a token of my gratitude.This week, music from Vamps, Hangry and Angry and Koenjihyakkei, with a bit of Gutevolk in the Artis...

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#podcast: Yes! Again! Non-stop! It's another Japanator Radio! This weeks we've got a heaping helping of NEW from Saori@destiny, Eufonius and Buck-Tick, with a look at a few April live shows in the Artist S...

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#podcast: Late, but not too late, it's another Japanator Radio!Before we get to the goods, a quick reminder: the Japan Nite tour is in full swing! Go here for the details. Also of note, the first 50 people...

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#podcast: Yes, again, another unrelenting edition of Japanator Radio!This week we take a look at new stuff from Perfume and Base Ball Bear, some old stuff from Polysics and a swipe at a few of the acts on ...

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#podcast: Hi there. Japanator Radio 78 is GO!This week, new stuff from Nirgilis, Puffy, Ogre You Asshole, some Hatsune Miku goodness and something special in the Artist Spotlight. What could it be? Well, y...

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#podcast: Well, what do you know? A week without any major technical malfunctions or deathly illnesses. The show is on time without any sort of herculean efforts. Mark your calendars!This week, new goodnes...

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#podcast: OK, here we are again, healthy and rested (ah ha ha yeah right) with another episode of Japanator Radio!This week there's new music from Beat Crusaders, Lillies and Remains and Megumi Hayashibara...

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#podcast: So, this week I am sick. Late show is late, but at least I managed to soldier on and turn this mutha out. Make sure to crank up the bits where I'm talking. Those parts are great.Anyway, this week...

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#podcast: Hi there! Back from the dead, it's another episode of Japanator Radio!Last week I had a bit of a computer SNAFU. In the end, it took a bit of the old nuke and pave and a good talking-to before I ...

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#podcast: Yes! Here we are. Um. Yeah. You'd think that after doing 72 of these damn shows that I'd be a little more adept at plugging in some sort of profound rumination on the varied state of the music wo...

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#podcast:  OK! Finally, out with the old, and in with the new!This week on the show we finally get back into the sing of things, jumping head-long into 2009. We've got new stuff from Buck-Tick, BLOOD ...

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#podcast: Finally, here we are, ready to cast 2008 behind us completely and utterly with the final installment of our look back at the Best Japanese Albums of 2008 (Part 2)! We wrap it up this week with a ...

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#podcast: This week on Japanator Radio we take a look at the Best Japanese Albums of 2008 (Part 2)! Hit the link for the full post and the full run down of the albums. This show is just half of the list, a...

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#music: Last show of the year! Woo hoo! It's...so...something? I don't know. Nothing special really. That's coming next week, when we take a look back at the second half of 2008 with The Best Japanese Al...

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#music: The countdown is getting close! Can you feel it? Only two weeks before we kick off the Best Japanese Albums of 2008 (Part 2)! Oh, the antici...pation! For now, you'll just have to settle for a re...

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#music: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Also, my back is a wreck because I've had to start shoveling all that damn Christmas out of my driveway. That hasn't exactly put my in the spirit, so ...

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#music: Working twice as hard in order to make your own job seem half as tedious, it's another episode of Japanator Radio!This week on the show, lots of new stuff from the likes of D'espairsRay, Base Bal...

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#music: Woof. Late. Sorry about that!This week we've got some new live music from Gackt, a Blondie cover from Dizzy Joghurt and some Number Girl splinter groups in the Artist Spotlight. Also, I forg...

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#music: Is it cold where you live? It's cold where I live. Winter is settling in for a very long visit, so we're all getting used to the idea of sitting inside all day, shivering and trying not to kill e...

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#music: Yes, again, for the 63rd time in a row, non-stop, like clockwork, death and puppy kisses, it's time for Japanator Radio!This week we've got a slew of new stuff from Kanon Wakeshima, Gackt, and Sp...

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#music: What do we have here? An early edition of Japanator Radio, that's what!Since I'm going to be traveling for the next couple days, I thought I'd shoot this one out to you as early as possible. I wo...

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#music: Here we are, back to the same old tricks after our super spooky Halloween special! Did you all survive? No? Perfect.This week we've got some really great new music from Art-School, Ogre You Assho...

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#music: Some people can't wait for Christmas. Others love stuff like Valentine's Day or Earth Day. Whatever. It's all about Halloween for me. For the past handful of years, Halloween day/night has marked...

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#music: And just like that, as if by magic, here we have another Japanator Radio, only a few days after that last. Consider it your reward for having to wait around stamping your feet in a blinding rage ...

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#music: IT LIVES!Yeah, OK, sorry for the massive delay. Yadda yadda busy, yadda yadda work, yadda yadda life. What matters is that we're here now, and that the show this week is awesome. New music from 9...

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#music: Due to circumstances entirely under my control, this week's Japanator Radio is coming to you a few hours early, Sunday night instead of the usual Monday morning. At least where I'm at. Whatever. ...

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#music: Another Monday, another Japanator Radio!This week we've got brand new music from NICO Touches the Walls and Mo'some Tonebender as well as some great stuff from Matryoshka, and Melt Banana in the ...

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#music: This week on the show, a smattering of music from a wide range of genres, from the electro vibes of Omodaka, to the instrumental darkness of Sgt., to the amazing oldies collection from this guy. ...

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#music: Well, all the pomp and celebration of our one year anniversary is over. The prizes have been awarded and are making their way to the winners even as we speak. Yet we are still wait to hear back f...

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#Japanator Radio: Just a quick reminder of and update on the super-happy-fun Japanator Radio contest that you must enter because why not?First off, we've added a small stack of albums from N2O Records:  Bomb ...

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#music: Here it is! Finally, year two of Japanator Radio, and we're kicking it off in style with a huge contest give-away extravaganza! Contest, you say? That's right. In addition to new tunes from the l...

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#music: Wow. Late show is late. Sorry guys. And that contest thing? Next week. Absolutely. Be there! OK! Apology over! On with the show! This week we've got a slew of new singles from the likes of L'Arc ...

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#music: Can you feel it? Only one more show before the big 1 year anniversary of Japanator Radio! Ooh, so close. Make sure to watch this space for a pretty cool contest next week. That's right, it's our ...

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#music: A day late, but not a single yen short, here comes the next Japanator Radio!Wow, show number 50. Sheesh! One year is just around the corner. What should I do about that? I have no idea. Someone s...

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#music: Blazing through the gray clouds of another Monday comes the next installment of Japanator Radio!This week, lots of new stuff from the likes of JAM Project, Onmyo-za and Abingdon Boys School, alon...

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#music: Welcome to Monday, and welcome to another Japanator Radio!This week, the usual batch of newness, this time from the likes of Ling Tosite Sigure, Maximum the Hormone and Sparta Locals, with nice g...