This is the first video I shot in Tokyo, three years ago today.

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These are the musical (ahem) highlights of NFTOS Talk Shows #57 and 58. Stay tuned for those! As usual, a clearer version is available at the homepage and via iTunes. Please subscribe to us here and on iTunes!

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Panic Living is back where it started--well almost. Instead of Kagurazaka (in central Tokyo) our new "studios" are located in western Tokyo, Sangenjaya, to be more precise. In this video podcast we use the standard Panic Living opening ritual of spotting the "T-shirt of the day," and close with a senryu (albeit in English, or as sometimes is the case, a 5-7-5 haiku). Tune in for the audio version of this podcast, which usually runs between 30 and 45 minutes, on libsyn.com or iTunes.

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Tour de France 2009 Stage 9 Highlights 7-12-9

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Tour de France 2009 Stage 9 Final Kilometers with Pierrick Fedrigo, Franco Pellizotti, Oscar Freire, Sergej Ivanov, Peter Velits, Joaquin Rojas and many more.

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There was a brief scandal in that year's Tour unfortunately. The overall leader, Pedro Delgado, came under investigation for using a banned substance. It tainted his image somewhat and put some uncertainty over whether he would be able to continue in the Yellow Jersey as overall leader of the race.

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This is our prologue, how we kicked off our vblog back in January of this year (2006) we're fast approaching our 100th podcast. Check us out at newsfromtheotherside.libsyn.co m !

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Dozo yoroshiku onegaishimasu! This is the rap about life on the JET Program as made famous by LearnJapanesePod.com

It's supposed to be funny...

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Alex and Rob set off on an excellent adventure around Osaka's JR Loop Line--only not on the train--on bicycles! 19 stations and (?) kilometers later they arrived back where they started.

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This is our prologue, how we kicked off our vblog back in January of this year (2006) we're fast approaching our 100th podcast. Check us out at newsfromtheotherside.libsyn.co m !

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Alex and Rob hanging out at Café Barbès back in the day, before they moved from Minami Horie to Higobashi, near Utsubo Park. We order cous cous and mutton burgers, and pass on the ika (squid). I tried to recall the lyrics of King Missile's "My Heart is a Flower" and managed only part of them, which sounds quite un-poetic, I admit...

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A video from early 2006 featuring Sir Alex Brooke reporting from his tub. Don't worry, there's no nudity here, just proper English decorum.

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Alex and Rob set off on an excellent adventure around Osaka's JR Loop Line--only not on the train--on bicycles! 19 stations and (?) kilometers later they arrived back where they started.

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Alex and Rob continue their excellent Osaka adventure as they cycle along the JR Loop Line from Taisho, past Bentencho and Nishikujo, and on to Noda Station...

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Namaskar, count the near misses as Rob and Alex take a slight detour from the Loop Line trajectory through Shinbashi Shopping arcade, running between JR Noda Station (Tamagawa Subway) and Noda Hanshin Station, in order to show viewers Rob's old neighborhood of Sagisu (near the Yodo River, Ebie crossing (a bit outside the Loop Line) in Loop Line #4 of 8...

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