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Category: 1980s Japan

December 15, 2011May 20, 2019 Clark Parker

METABOLISM: (not) like a cancer grows – artistic expression as alternative success narrative 芸術表現

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This is a soul shake これを魂振りという: Doctor Atomic Symphony & Symphony No. 6 “Hiroshima”

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