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Kate Miotto
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Artist, Author, Poet, Freelance Writer, Gamer
Interests: Painting, Writing, Research, reading, PS2 & PSP gaming, WoW gaming, walking, good friends, my cat: Boo
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OMG! Santa? Pweaze? Pweaze? Pwetty Pweaze?
Posted Nov 23, 2010 at J-Rockin' Granny
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Yoshida Kyōdai: Silk and Wool: Weaving a Unique Tapestry
The following is a polished, re-print of my article originally found in ALT: Rock Culture and Lifestyle Magazine, Spring Issue, 2009, Volume 1. I want everyone to be able to read it, not just those who bought a copy. I retain all rights to this 'review'. If you find any... Continue reading
Posted Nov 23, 2010 at J-Rockin' Granny
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Maximum the Hormone: Having This Much Fun is Serious Business.
The following is a polished, updated re-print of my article originally found in ALT: Rock Culture and Lifestyle Magazine, Spring Issue, 2009, Volume 1. I want everyone to be able to read it, not just those who bought a copy. I retain all rights to this 'review'. If you find... Continue reading
Posted Nov 23, 2010 at J-Rockin' Granny
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My Mother and X Japan
Posted Nov 3, 2010 at J-Rockin' Granny
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Death and the Ladybug
The following is a compilation of my experiences and family reports on the last 2 weeks of my mother's life. I am the chronicler of this event. Although my daughter and I were the primary attendants, we were not present for the entire time. Since the event was not yet... Continue reading
Posted Oct 19, 2010 at Ragged Grace
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So, I am moving...
...here: JRockin' Granny at Blogspot and staying at Typepad. I love typepad and am familiar with the interface, but I don't think it fair a person needs to join the site to leave a comment and so, I bid TP adieu. I will not be exporting my files, but will... Continue reading
Posted Oct 15, 2010 at J-Rockin' Granny
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X Japan: First North American Tour, Final Night Absentee Report...And It's a Birthday Wrap
Posted Oct 11, 2010 at J-Rockin' Granny
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Stan Lee/Yoshiki and X Japan's XXX
At New York City's NYCC '10, Marvel, Yoshiki and Stan Lee announced they are making a motion comic together. It will be a music/super hero comic book series that will be translated into many languages and adapted into a motion comic ala Ironman Extremis found here: Marvel introduces Motion Comics... Continue reading
Posted Oct 10, 2010 at J-Rockin' Granny
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X Japan: First North American Tour Sixth Night Absentee Report (updated)
And the hits just keep coming. In a tour plagued by consistent sound problems, one thing remains obvious, the fans don't care and last night's crew at Massey Hall in Toronto made that abundantly clear. Sound issues be damned, the audience was in the presence of X Japan greatness and... Continue reading
Posted Oct 8, 2010 at J-Rockin' Granny
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X Japan: First North American Tour: Fifth Nigth Absentee Report
The smallest attendance so far on X Japan's seven show tour, the crowd on Wednesday, October 6th made up for the low numbers by sharing their infinite love for X Japan. Processed through lines segrated by gender, suffering purse checks and pat downs, pulled out of line for chains on... Continue reading
Posted Oct 7, 2010 at J-Rockin' Granny
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The Fury: Honesty Without the Attitude
As so often happens, I was introduced to The Fury when someone sent me a link to their music on Myspace. As I always do when I receive a message, I slipped over to their site and had a listen. By the end of the first song: Beauty Queen, I... Continue reading
Posted Oct 6, 2010 at J-Rockin' Granny
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Stillborn DIZ Update
Congratulations to Dani and Selviö of Stillborn DIZ for their shared release on Retro Virus Records' "Mundus Patet". Sounds like it is going to be an awesone disc. Featured artists are: Finger Painted Death; dakuu; Stillborn DIZ and The Death Sound. Retro Virus Records on MySpace Stillborn DIZ on MySpace... Continue reading
Posted Oct 5, 2010 at J-Rockin' Granny
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X Japan: First North American Tour 4th Night: And Now for Something Completely Different (update)
ETA: It seems Vancouver ROCKS: Vancouver gives best show yet To say that October 03, 2010 was a night to remember is an understatement: by 9 p.m. X Japan were only feet away from me and stayed there for a solid 2 hours; at 12 midnight I was gobsmacked by... Continue reading
Posted Oct 5, 2010 at J-Rockin' Granny
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X Japan: First North American Tour: Third Night Absentee Report (updated)
The Seattle show at the Paramount must have been one hell of a party because it took a couple of days for the fans to recuperate enough to post reports. There was a dearth of coverage other than a short interview with Yoshiki appearing in The Seattle Times in the... Continue reading
Posted Oct 2, 2010 at J-Rockin' Granny
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X Japan Xtras from September 28 in Oakland
1: A short live report from @jrockrevolution on Twitter: JRR Report on Sept. 28 Oakland show , and... 2: Jersey Beat's Deborah J. Draisin's coverage of her and Justine Perez's delightful two on one interview with Yoshiki: Art of Life and the City Lights Continue reading
Posted Sep 30, 2010 at J-Rockin' Granny
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X Japan First North American Tour Second Night Absentee Report: Update
X Japan's 2nd concert on September 28th, at the Fox Theatre in Oakland, has not been as well covered as their debut at the Wiltern, but the discussions coming out of this debut tour are both engaging and fascinating. Speculative articles are popping up all over the internet, some with... Continue reading
Posted Sep 29, 2010 at J-Rockin' Granny
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Sep 26, 2010
X Japan: First Tour First Night Absentee Report and Playlist (updated)
Posted Sep 26, 2010 at J-Rockin' Granny
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X Japan: First North American Tour: First Night
Tonight, the Godfathers of JRock and the Visual Kei scene play their debut concert of their First North American Tour at the Wiltern on Wilshire Blvd in LA; their second North American appearance. Their first was earlier this year in Chicago at Lollapalooza, August 07th. Driving past the Wiltern last... Continue reading
Posted Sep 25, 2010 at J-Rockin' Granny
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