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Death Set put Japan on the agenda

Nearly every teacher of English as a second language who has worked in Japan longer than a year has wondered at some point, "What the hell am I going to do when I go back home?" For Johnny Siera, guitarist and vocalist with The Death Set, the answer... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Thu, Jul 24 2008

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