Acknowledgments

Special Thanks: Tara Welsh, Ray Mescallero, Veronica “Vee” Hoffman, Marlena Gay, Charles Colyott, Elizabeth Carlie, Jello Biafra, Mike Watt, Pete & Lilijana Mazich, Raul Morales, Paul Roessler, Justin Duerr and Northern Liberties, Kevin Riley and Worldeater Records, Tim “Napalm” Stegall, Mike Naydock. Alyssa Davis, Mareeta Allen, Jill “Mutsumi” Redding, Bob Mould, all of my fellow Feed Of Pop/International Wota members and blogs, Kevin (“Mr. Z”) and everyone at JPopExpress.com, Bif Naked, Brendan Canty, Carrie Zohn, Bluehost.com (the Pagoda’s new hosts), The Archive.org Wayback Machine, and everyone that supported MotokoAoyama.com version 1.0.

Soundtrack: Morning Musume, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Black Flag, The Minutemen, MiniMoni, W (Double You), Whiteberry, Yukki, Puffy AmiYumi, Berryz Koubou, ºC-ute, GAM, Viyuden, Tanpopo, Gyaruru, The Possible, Canaria Club, Whiteberry, Yukki, Ai+BAND, Akiakane, Nakanomori Band, Koda Kumi, SweetS, Pink Lady, The Peanuts, Amin, Wink, The Street Sliders, Robert Fripp, King Crimson, Brian Eno, The Circle Jerks, Sonic Youth, The Clash, The Fall, Northern Liberties, The Vivian Girls Experience, Justin Duerr & The Etheric Phoenix of L.O.V.E., The Teen Idles, S.O.A., Minor Threat, Government Issue, Youth Brigade, Faith, Void, The Dictators, The New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, The Dead Boys, The Germs, Fear, The Plasmatics, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, The Ramones, Saccharine Trust, Devo, Social Distortion, The Meat Puppets, Jello Biafra, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Public Image Ltd., Einsturzende Neubauten, Shoes, MX-80 Sound, Flipper, Parliament/Funkadelic, Bright Eyes, Talking Heads, Prince, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Kiss, Cheap Trick, Yes, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, T. Rex, The Beatles, The Monkees, Panic! At The Disco, Flyleaf, Neurosonic, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Hawthorne Heights, Bayside, Aiden, Vladimir Horowitz, Herbert von Karajan, Karl Bohm, Glenn Gould, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Sun Ra.

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