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Rose is the main proprietress of this blog. She is 27 and working on her Ph.D. in musicology, where she focuses on film and television soundtracks, ’60s-’70s popular music, and opera (especially Wagnerian opera). Rose is the author of 33 1/3 Japan: Yoko Kanno’s Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack, due out November 2, 2017 from Bloomsbury Press. She is also a composer and freelance pop culture writer, and has contributed to Anime News Network, Autostraddle, Bitch Media and others. She lives in Austin, TX. Contact her via Twitter or CuriousCat.
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Erika is a contributor to this blog. She is currently focusing on obtaining a bachelor’s degree in history. Her main interests are history and film, but she also likes to talk about anime a lot. She currently lives in Jacksonville, FL. Contact her via Twitter, Tumblr or Ask.fm.
Rose's Turn 
Rose: I read your review about Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, and I loved how you gave it a musicological approach to it, using the real-life case of musical child prodigies. It really got to me, so you got a new reader in me now. I also studied musicology, although in my country rather than the USA, and I look forward to more of your articles.