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    <description><![CDATA[The Artist
Linda Bjalla is the solo musical identity of Izumi Suzuki from Japan who lists her primary instruments as: piano, voice, glockenspiel, melodica. Izumi's main web presence is her simply styled personal website, where she makes frequent announcements on her work. She also has an extensive MySpace network at the time of this review - May 2008 - comprising over 600 friends and is now developing her Virb presence.
All of her web space is a pleasure to visit. They are as economical as a zen garden with lots of white space and simple understated typography and perfectly complements her musical style.

The EP
Lost in the Forest is both a musical work and a hand crafted artefact of simple beauty. Enclosed in a tactile, crackley cellophane bag, each cover has been hand stamped with iconic children's storybook imagery. An owl, a magical tree, a rabbit. And each is uniquely, a touch that communicates the passion and sensitivity that Izumi brings to her work.
Lost in the Forest is the encapsulation of an idealised childhood - of stories from Hans Christian Anderson or The Brothers Grimm read by nightlight at bedtime. It moved me deeply - it is an island of calm away from the unforgiving pressures of adulthood; a sweet-sorrow reflection on mortality. To evoke the positive things as do these four simple pieces takes a rare sensitivity. To place the work in a collection of four is percisely the right choice. The EP is soon over - it works it's magic and then, in the afterglow there is a time for quiet reflection. This is not a work to be consumed, rather it is a fragile, magical gift for stimulating memory and should be used sparingly, when the need is there for that connection with the past.

Commentary of the tracks individually is superfluous. Nothing more can be added to distillation evoked by the four titles:
Kiss Thumbelina
Forest at Night
Ring of Earth
Another World at the End of the Tunnel]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[魚の寄生虫って嫌だなー。-20℃で2日間以上冷凍するか、60℃以上に過熱すれば死滅するらしい。それか、たくさん噛めば切れて死ぬから大丈夫みたい。なんて素晴らしいアドバイスなんだ！]]></description>
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      <title>明けましておめでとう！Happy New Year!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[明けましておめでとう！Happy New Year!]]></description>
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      <title>ヘナタトゥーをモロッコ人の友達にやってもらった♪</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ヘナタトゥーをモロッコ人の友達にやってもらった♪]]></description>
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      <title>Check out - Tired Tape Machine releaseparty with support from Linda Bjalla...</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Check out - Tired Tape Machine releaseparty with support from Linda Bjalla Dec 08 @ 7:00PM <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yzayb9g" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/yzayb9g</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Linda Bjalla live at Kafé Klavér :: Tired Tape Machine cassette release party</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<span style="font-family: courier new;font-family:Courier;font-size:85%;">Dear my friends,<br /><br />I will play live at Kafé Klavér in Stockholm on Dec 8th.<br />It's a <a href="http://www.myspace.com/tiredtapemachine">Tired Tape Machine</a> cassette release party.<br />He will release a limited edition cassete of his album "Somewhere Safe".<br />I appreciate that I can play live at the special party on the big day.<br /></span><span style="font-family: courier new;font-family:Courier;font-size:85%;">Hope to see you there!</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: courier new;font-family:Courier;font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: courier new;font-family:Courier;font-size:85%;"><b>.::Tired Tape Machine cassette release party::.</b></span><span style="font-family: courier new;font-family:Courier;font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><a href="http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=89370874&albumID=1730424&imageID=55549501"><img src="http://hotlink.myspacecdn.com/images02/94/40b425b7789e49999d85a88442b58684/m.jpg" height="227" width="227" /></a><br /><br /><b>Tired Tape Machine</b> (Kning Disk)<br />MySpace : <a href="http://www.myspace.com/tiredtapemachine">http://www.myspace.com/tiredtapemachine</a><br /><br /><b>Linda Bjalla</b><br />Official : <a href="http://www.lindabjalla.com/">http://www.lindabjalla.com</a><br />MySpace : <a href="http://www.myspace.com/lindabjalla">http://www.myspace.com/lindabjalla</a><br /><br />＊Show Date＊<br />December 8th 2009<br /><br />＊Show Time＊<br />OPEN 19:00 START 20:00<br /><br />＊Venue＊<br />Kafé Klavér<br />Rutger Fuchsgatan 5<br />116 67 Stockholm<br /><a href="http://www.kafeklaver.gastrogate.com/">http://www.kafeklaver.gastrogate.com/</a><br /><br />＊Cost＊<br />Door. 50 kr</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6269067255519886093-4663235274055563804?l=lindabjalla.blogspot.com" alt="alt" /></div>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[今日から髪の毛をブラッシングしないでみる。]]></description>
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