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Puffy Amiyumi is a very mixed bag musically. Despite the girls' massive popularity in Japan (and moderate success in the States), I often find myself highly conflicted about their music. I can't decide whether it's superficial pop or subtle Japanese brilliance. Some of it is downright annoying and I occasionally consider purging it from the library. But damn, these girls like to toy with my emotions, and put together something ...

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for the week ending may 20, 2006. stats: a superlative week here at tunequest. 394 songs played over 25 hours and 40 minutes. a further 5 songs were removed from the library for a net progress of 399, a new record. frankly, i'm surprised by the results. an afternoon braves game and a couple of extented meetings cut into my normal office listening time and i didn't ...

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Every time I think i’m ready to ditch those poppy-japanese-rock-girls, I hear the songs that got me interested in the first place. So i explore their music and find myself intrigued, but underwelmed by much of their catalog. Then I start contemplating the removal of the less compelling songs from my library. entering “evaluation mode,” I listen to their songs and can’t help but find most of them catchy ...

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