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Rockers & Idols: Japanese Magazine Cure's Anime Expo Afterparty

From performances by major Japanese recording artists like Moi dix Mois and Morning Musume, to Anime Music Video competitions, to karaoke battles and the annual AX Idol contest, music is just as important as animation at Anime Expo. Many Japanese companies will take advantage of the American otaku community's longing......
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Anime Expo 2009: Taking in the Otaku Trends

View more photos in the Anime Expo slideshow. Forget everything you thought you knew about conventions, anime cons are a different breed altogether. The first thing you'll notice is that the crowd is young, largely in their late teens and early 20s, with a roughly 50/50 ratio of males to......
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Synthpop and Hi-NRG Star Stacey Q Returns with a New Album, Live Dates

SSQ "Synthicide" In the early-1980s, a group of Southern California musicians channeled their love of Kraftwerk and The Plastics into Q, a short-lived synthpop studio project that quickly morphed into SSQ. The band was a unique presence amidst LA's musical landscape, where, despite the popularity of new wave, there was......
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War Tapes Jewelry: Neo-Victorian and Lolita Merch

War Tapes may be best known for cranking out brooding jams at clubs and loft parties across Los Angeles, but Becca Popkin, bassist for the Downtown-based group has another talent that will be on display when the band embarks on its nationwide tour with VNV Nation this Saturday at Club......