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OMG, Angie Hart on iTunes Store! and Frente! had been back!

Angie Hart is a singer, known as a member of Frente! in her 1990s. After the band broke up, she went to the US and formed a unit "Splendid". Now she's in her home ground, Australia. That was all I had known.

Today I found her on iTunes Store.

Angie Hart Angie Hart Artist Page

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Besides, they had been back.

Post break up appearances

In January 2005, Frente! reformed for some Australian east coast dates. The line-up for these shows was Angie Hart, Simon Austin and Bill McDonald with Pete Luscombe on drums. On 28 November 2010, Frente! played at a Punters Club reunion show at the Corner Hotel, curated by Angie Hart.[1] The show also featured other notable early 1990s Melbourne bands such as The Glory Box, The Hollowmen and The Fauves. In 2011 Frente performed at the Brisbane Festival to a sold out crowd in the Speigeltent.

via en.wikipedia.org

I miss Frente! and also miss opportunity knocks!

Ruby's Arms - Step Right Up - The Songs of Tom Waits Ruby's Arms (150 JPY) - Step Right Up - The Songs of Tom Waits - Frente!

Marvin the Album
Marvin the Album
Frente!
Fontana Mammoth (1997-09-16)

A good manga : Encouragement of Living by Seji TODA

(download)

How can I have feeling when I don't know if it's a feeling?
How can I feel something if I just don't know how to feel?
How can I have feelings when my feelings have always been denied?
Oh no, oh no

from "How?" by John Lennon

If you have had a feeling like that as John and I had, I think this book would be a good torch. Yes is the answer.

Each story consists of short sentences in a few pages so that it also could be a good text for non-native Japanese speakers to learn Japanese language.

My favorite story is "花". Coming up like a flower, coming up like a flower, coming up like a flower...

"Decision in 2009" and "Walk in Black" are also beautiful. Stories about being afraid and beauty both in standing on your own feet.

生きるススメ
生きるススメ
戸田 誠二
宙出版

References

iTunes Match and Siri: a match made in heaven - Sachin's Space

My favorite aspect of the original iPod was that it held all your music. I didn't have to think about what to sync. I didn't have to think about what I could play. I always had everything. With the iPod Nano and iPhone, managing music became a pain.

Yesterday while driving to Palo Alto, I tested Siri and iTunes Match. "Shuffle songs by Smashing Pumpkins." A few seconds later, music started playing. But here's the amazing part: my phone didn't have Smashing Pumpkins on it! The music was streaming from iCloud.

via sachin.posterous.com

Apple has guided US citizens to the future. I, in Tokyo, am still having a pain to organize my music library on my iPhone. I want to take my whole library out. How I envy you!

Benefit souvenirs for the children who lost their parents

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I know that I won't be forgiven even though I bought these goodies. I know. I know. But I couldn't help paying.

Yoko said she had visited there and had found sadnesses and sorrows on children's faces. "Please send postcards to them, and they would be cheered by," Yoko said to us.

Love Psychedelico, one of the last night's acts, played John's "Nobody Told Me." That's it. Nobody told me there'd be days like these. Strange days indeed. Most peculiar, mama. Wow!

BS Asahi (BS Digital Ch.5) to broadcast the show on Jan 1, 2012, at 7pm JST.

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