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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
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5:40 pm - Test
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| Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
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2:38 am - My comics reading on video!
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Hi there, If you missed my comics reading last weekend, fear not! You can watch it right here on your very own computer:
Also, here's a little snippet taken while I was signing comics at WonderCon:
Next up, Portland, OR, on April 26 and 27! If you're in that area, seek me out at Portland's comics fest, Stumptown. I may even have something new and exciting to sell. Cheers,
MariNaomi
current mood:  sleepy
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| Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
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11:31 pm - Santa Purge (available)
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| Friday, November 2nd, 2007
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4:26 pm - News about me, MariNaomi
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Hello there,
How are you? I'm doing great, thanks. A little tired, but in a good way, like the kind of tired you get after you do something really fun like dancing all night (not like the kind of tired you get when you're throwing up all night). I've been plugging away at my graphic novel, Kiss & Tell. I even self-published some of the stories in the form of Estrus 5, which has so far been getting some pretty nice reviews. Take a look:
Click here to read the Comics Reporter review.
Click here to read the Daily Crosshatch review.
Let me know if you want a copy, or check it out here on my website. I'm selling them for $5 apiece ($7 each internationally). They're not in a lot of stores just yet, but I'm getting to it. You can pick one up at select San Francisco retailers, such as the Comix Experience (but without the cool, screen-printed cover), STUDIO Gallery, and in a couple weeks at Giant Robot (yeah baby!).
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On the art front, I've been winding down on the exhibitions. They're just so much work, and honestly I'd rather be making art than showing art! But I just couldn't resist when my favorite local gallery had their annual call for the "tiny" group show (and when I say "tiny," I'm talking about the art, not the number of artists in the show--Jen told me there are over a hundred! Wow!)
Here are the pieces I put in the show:
Click here to see 2 Bonobos.
Click here to see 3 Bonobos.
And here are details about the show where you can buy them for super cheap:
November 7 to December 23, 2007
"tiny"—A group show at STUDIO Gallery
Featuring small pieces under $400 by local artists
1718A Polk Street (between Clay and Washington)
San Francisco, CA
Opening reception: Saturday, Nov. 10, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
4th Anniversary party: Saturday, Dec. 8, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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Now, because I've decided not to do a lot of shows for a while, my apartment is crammed full of artwork that is simply rotting away. I don't know if you know this, but I have a special place on Flickr where I post photos of all my available artwork. Click here to take a look. It should give you an idea of how little room I have in my apartment right now.
This is somewhat related: There's a guy who keeps driving by my apartment with a megaphone, announcing his candidacy for mayor. It's really annoying because he usually comes by when I'm napping or talking on the telephone, and all he ever says is, "Vote for me. Vote for me." But he never gives me a good reason to do so. Anyway, I've been awfully tempted to throw something out the window at him, and all I really have an abundance of is artwork. I wonder if that would shut him up, if a huge canvas board came at him from above. At any rate, if there's a painting you've had your eye on, I might be willing to give you a nice, pre-holiday deal. And I'm always up for a good trade and open to layways, rentals, whatever. It would save him the head injury (and me a potential lawsuit), so please take a look. Don't do it for me, do it for the next mayor of San Francisco. Do it for the children.
I also still have some sumo clown prints left. Click here to see me posing with one of them.
Thanks for reading my novella. I was just going to say something like, "Here's a show I'm in," but that seemed really impersonal, and I'll bet you've missed reading me ramble. Haven't you? Haven't you truly?
Until we meet again,
Me me me me me!
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MariNaomi
current music: hot hot heat
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| Friday, September 28th, 2007
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8:43 am - Art show in Brooklyn 10/6
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BOX SOCIAL underground comics exhibition
October 6 through November 8
At Secret Project Robot 210 Kent Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211, at the very end of Metropolitan Avenue, on the water
Opening reception on October 6th from 6 - 10
I've got a mildly obscene, never-before-seen comics page in this one. Don't miss it! (I wish I could be there. Sigh.)
Details at: http://www.boxsocialsite.blogspot.com/
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| Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
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12:30 am - You know you want it.
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| Monday, September 24th, 2007
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10:17 pm - Comics Events 9/29, 10/5, 10/6
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Hello there,
I'm going to be tabling at two (not-so-)different comics-themed events for the next couple of weekends. Both events take place in the Mission in SF, and for both I will have a brand-spankin'-new issue of Estrus to sell to you at a reasonable price. I also plan on selling prints, buttons and what-have-you, also for reasonable prices. Come one come all!
Saturday, September 29, 12 noon to 6 p.m.
"APAture" (Special guest: Lark Pien!)
Comics and Zines by Asian-American artists and writers
Kearny Street Workshop's Space180
180 Capp Street (between 16th and 17th), San Francisco
Friday, October 5, 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 6, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
SF Zine Fest (Special guest: Joey Sayers!)
Small press event
Women's Building
3543 18th Street #8 (between Valencia and Guerrero), San Francisco
Hope to see you there!
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MariNaomi
http://marinaomi.com/
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| Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
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12:53 pm - Art show in Oakland on Friday 9/7
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Dirty Drawers art exhibition at the Rock Paper Scissors Gallery
2278 Telegraph Oakland, CA 94612
Come see work by well-traveled young underground cartoonists from the Bay Area. Featuring paintings and comics by Andy Hartzell, Brian Kaas, Calvin Wong, Damien Jay, Daria Tessler, Eli Bishop, François Vigneault, Fred Noland, Gene Yang, Geoff Vasile, Jared Katz, Jesse Reklaw, Joe Sayers, John Isaacson, Jonas Madden-Connor, Josh Frankel, Julia Wertz, Lark Pien, MariNaomi, Mark Haven Britt, Matt Leunig, Melanie Lewis, Rina Ayuyang, Trevor Alixopulos and Vanessa Davis.
Reception on Friday, September 7, 2007, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Exhibition dates September 7 to 29, 2007
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| Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
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2:11 am - Art stuff
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Sorry this is so last-minute. I haven’t been online much lately; I’ve been so busy plugging away at my graphic novel (yay!). I’ve got two shows at the end of this week. Here are the details:
Friday, August 17, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Book launch for the “Cheers to Muses” anthology at the Chinese Culture Center
750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor of the Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Description: I’ve got a painting and a dedication in this coffee table book. I’ve also got a few paintings up at the art exhibit here, which we had an opening reception for last month. If you came to it, you’ll know what a fantastic reception these ladies put on, and I don’t doubt that this next one will be just as wonderful.
Saturday, August 18, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Opening reception for “40 Summers of Love n Haight” at the SF Park Branch Library
1833 Page St. (between Cole and Schrader)
Description: Forty Summers of Love ’n’ Haight is a show of painting, print, sculpture, sound and fabric, from a fairly random bunch of artists who have lived, loved, or worked in the Haight sometime over the last 40 years or so. Most people know what happened in the Haight in 1967 and that the idea “Peace and Love” went round the world with varying degrees of success. Meanwhile, what happened afterwards in the old neighborhood? Gordon Edelheight says that when he opened Cal Surplus on the southeast corner of Haight and Masonic in 1969, there were only 23 stores on Haight between Masonic and the Park; there are now about 130 stores, bars and eateries open. The neighborhood changes over the years, but we consistently vote further to the left than most anyplace else in the U.S. From blue-collar renters, to uphill gentry, from yippie, punk, and yup, onto dotters and beyond, we’re all together in one big mix: It’s a cool place to live. These artists represented here are all part of the changing face of the Haight Ashbury district of San Francisco.
Thanks for reading!
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| Monday, July 23rd, 2007
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10:17 pm - 111 Minna, Saturday, July 28
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When: Saturday, July 28, 2007, 8 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Where: 111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna St. @ 2nd St., San Francisco
Admission: $10
What: Terrorbird One Year Anniversary Blow Out & Daly City Records Thriple Ds Release Party / The Vinyl Art Project
Featuring music by: Boom Bip (Lex), Mochipet (Daly City) + Mike Boo (Alpha Pup) + Mike Reed, Daedelus (Ninja Tune), Jel (Anticon), The Bad Hand (Daly City), Book Rate DJs: Tin Cup & Lazy Brow (Terrorbird), Panther (Fryk Beat), Dopestyle (Daly City) + Yoko Solo (Quake Trap), Human Beings, Copy (Audio Dregs), Bloodysnowman (Daly City), Meanest Man Contest (Sneakmove), Puzzl3 (Daly City), and Build128 (Girlfight)
+ Live Art and Vinyl Installation by Local and International Artists, including: Vanessa Woodhall, Tyson Bodnarchuk, Talon Demeo, Suzie Ferras, Sister of Speakerfruits, Scott Saw, Shawn Koplow, Robert Duran, Ricki Vespia, Rebecca Van Stralen, Rachel Domingues, Peter Bogdis, Pernilla Andersson, Nancy Torres, Megan West, Mear One, Matt Linares, MariNaomi, Manuel el Peinado, Kelly Porter, Julia Bernstein, Jon Todd, Jenn Porreca, Jenee Crayne, Gene Hannan, Gem Mateo, gaNyan, Ector Garcia, Doolittle, Dino Ignacio, Crystal Davis, Chris Granillo, Chris Fabbri, Chelsey Dubiel, Brandon Swinehart, Beatrice "Zuki 46" Sterling, Audrey Torres, Amesia Doles, and Alex Trembath
current mood:  happy
current music: David J
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| Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
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2:18 pm - Floating Elephant
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2:12 pm - Gingerbread Yetis
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| Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
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4:11 pm - Panel discussion this Saturday, July 21
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Hi y’all,
I’m going to be in a panel discussion this Saturday afternoon. Here are the details:
Asian American Women Artists Association
CHEERING THEIR MUSES!
Major Exhibit and Anthology Release by Premiere Arts Organization
Honors Women Who Inspired Them
The Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA) celebrates the arrival of their latest creation, a soon-to-be-released anthology titled Cheers to Muses: Contemporary Works by Asian American Women (expected publication: August 2007) with a panel discussion from select artists and writers featured in the book. The event will be held at the Chinese Culture Center gallery, where an exhibit of the same name displays work from over 30 different Asian American women visual artists and writers from the anthology. Featuring artists Lenore Chinn, Dawn Nakanishi, MariNaomi, Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen and Flo Oy Wong. Special guest Valerie Matsumoto, Associate Professor of History, UCLA will join panelists in this lively discussion.
PANEL PRESENTATION DETAILS:
WHEN: July 21, 2007, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
WHERE: Chinese Culture Center, 750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor
Hilton Hotel, San Francisco Chinatown
RELATED EVENTS:
Cheers to Muses Exhibition: June 15-August 25; Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10-4 p.m.
Book Launch: August 17, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
ARTIST/WRITER BIOS:
• Lenore Chinn is a San Francisco-based figurative painter, curator and consultant. Her acrylics on canvas showcase women, people of color, and lesbian and gay subjects and she frequently lectures on the importance of their inclusion in the fine arts. Chinn was included in Harmony Hammond’s groundbreaking book “Lesbian Art in America: A Contemporary History,” (Rizzoli, NY, 2000), the first study of American Lesbian visual artists. She is currently included in Kara Kelley Hallmark’s “Encyclopedia of Asian American Artists,” (Greenwood Press, 2007).
• Dawn E. Nakanishi was born and raised in California. She has been an artist and jeweler for over thirty years and taught art all over the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area. She currently heads the Small Metals and Jewelry area at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California.
• MariNaomi is a San Francisco-based cartoonist, writer, collagist and pop-surrealist painter. She has been self-publishing Estrus Comics since 1998, has been featured in various anthologies, and has been exhibiting her paintings and collages since 2002. She has performed live painting at such places as the de Young Museum, 111 Minna and Varnish Fine Art. She is always involved in multiple projects, currently including a watercolor series of sumo wrestling clowns and her autobiographical graphic novel, Kiss & Tell. Visit her website at marinaomi.com.
• Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen received her MFA in Creative Writing at Mills College and her work has been published in the Asian Pacific American Journal, Nha Magazine, and the Vietnamese Artists Collective anthology AS IS: A Collection of Visual and Literary Works by Vietnamese American Artists. In addition to writing, Anh-Hoa creates self-published and hand bound artists books and is a photographer, performer and printmaker. She is the founder of Pomelo Press and lives and creates in Oakland, California.
• Flo Oy Wong, a native of Oakland, California, is a mixed media installation artist and co-founder of AAWAA. Wong began her art career at the age of forty and has received many awards, including a Kearny Street Workshop National Endowment for the Arts commission. She is represented by the Flomenhaft Gallery of New York.
• Valerie Matsumoto is an associate professor at UCLA where she teaches Asian American history, US 20th century history, and women's history. Her publications include FARMING THE HOME PLACE: A JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN CALIFORNIA, 1919-1982 (1993), and a co-edited essay collection, OVER THE EDGE: REMAPPING THE AMERICAN WEST (1999). Her essay, "Renegades, Pioneers, and Visionaries: Asian American Women Artists in California, 1890s-1960s," will be included in ASIAN AMERICAN ART: A HISTORY 1850-1970, edited by Mark Johnson and Gordon Chang, forthcoming from Stanford University Press. She is finishing a book on Nisei women and the creation of urban youth culture in the 1920s-1950s, and researching the life and art of activist Mitsu Yashima.
ABOUT THE ANTHOLOGY
Cheers to Muses: Contemporary Works by Asian American Women consists of 128 pages richly illustrated with 46 color plates. Featuring 64 artists and 77 visual and literary works by artists ranging in age from 14 to 85. (Paperback; $24.95 list price; ISBN-10: 0-9787359-0-0; ISBN-13: 978-0-9787359-0-6) Pre-orders: www.aawaa.net
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
Curated by Cynthia Tom, the exhibit features selected art and written word from Cheers to Muses', visual art varying in media and dimension, fictional and biographic narratives, and poetry. In addition to the work of dynamic artists and writers currently working in the field, the exhibit as well as the anthology also includes moving dedications written by the contributors to non-familial Asian American women whose lives or works have influenced and inspired their own. Both the exhibit and the anthology support AAWAA's mission to produce thought-provoking projects that challenge, inspire, and interpret the work of Asian American women artists. Founded in 1989, AAWAA promotes the visibility of Bay Area Asian American women artists through programs that exhibit, interpret, publish, and document their work. For more information on AAWAA, visit www.aawaa.net.
current mood: happy
current music: The Decemberists
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| Friday, June 1st, 2007
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12:30 am - June Events
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Hello there,
My apologies, as I’ve been remiss in announcing my upcoming shows. Here’s what’s coming up in June:
Saturday, June 2, 2007, 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
“Chillin’ 9th Anniversary Show” art, music and fashion at the Mezzanine
444 Jessie Street at Mint, San Francisco, CA
Chillin’ is an art and fashion party put on by my ambitious friend, Irene. It’s like a gigantic trunk sale of awesome local fashion designers and jewelry makers, plus DJs, lots of booze and people, with a ton of local art on the walls. I’ll be exhibiting my porn cow paintings, which are making a pretty rare appearance. This is a 21 and over show and the cover is $6.
Art Reception: Friday, June 8, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Show runs from June 4 to June 29, 2007
“ReArt” exhibition at the Market Street Gallery
1554 Market Street (between Van Ness and Franklin), San Francisco, CA
This is a juried show of art created from recycled materials. My MariMaid window painting will be exhibited here. If you’ve never seen it up close and personal, now may be your last chance.
Art Reception: Friday, June 15, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Panel Discussion: June 30, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Book Launch: August 17, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Show runs from June 1 to August 25, 2007
“Cheers to Muses” art exhibition at the Chinese Culture Center
750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor of the Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary works by Asian-American women artists and writers. Some of my window art is in the exhibit, I’ll be a member of the panel, plus my Road Map painting appears in the book that’s launching on August 17. Please join me to celebrate.
Thanks for your support, and I hope to see you soon.
Cheers,
MariNaomi
http://marinaomi.com/
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| Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
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12:58 pm - New comic on The Daily Crosshatch
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| Friday, May 18th, 2007
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12:46 pm - Tonight in Los Angeles and Berkeley!
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In SoCal:
Interested in a lunch with Liz McGrath or Gary Baseman? These are amongst the auction items available through this very special auction to be held TONIGHT Friday, May 18th at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. David Arquette and Courteney Cox have also donated signed items. The site is constantly updated with new items so refresh your browser and check back often.
Auction Artists include:
Shepard Fairey, Mark Ryden, Mark Todd, Martha Rich, David Anderle, Mark DeSalvo, Allison Lake, Charles Arnoldi, Conrad Haberland, Chris Mars, Danny Heller, Dawn Laureen, Courtney Cerruti, Craig LaRotonda, Jason Houchen, Laura Jane Hamilton, Dawn Wirth, Dennis Larkins, DK Burger, Esther Pearl Watson,
Hawk Alfredson, Jack Howe, Jane Grossenbacher, Joey Remmers, Joseph Daniel Fiedler, Justin Barry, Katherine Du Teil, Kent Alexander, Kiyoshi Nakazawa, Lydaiemily, MariNaomi, Miller-Havens, Paris Roselli, Patrick Smith, Pierre Merkle, Rebecca Fox, Samuel Saga, Tim Butler, Beth Tom, Brian O'Connor, Gary Baseman, Liz McGrath, James Naccarato AND MANY OTHERS...
More than 50 items (and counting) have been donated and 100% of the proceeds will benefit Kim Maria, who is fighting a rare form of cancer without the benefit of health insurance. Please visit our site to view a sampling of items donated by our generous artists and sponsors:
http://laluzdejesus.com/shows/currentshow/kimmaria1.htm
Please refresh your browser as new items are being added throughout the day.
Please plan to attend this event TONIGHT Friday, May 18 from 7 - 9:30 PM. Guest bartenders Nathan Ota and Bob Dob will be donating their tips!
Bidding will end promptly at 9:30 PM on Friday, May 18. If you cannot attend, please call to make a generous bid on an item or to make a cash donation. ALL ITEMS START WITH VERY LOW MINIMUM BIDS. CALL TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE WITHOUT! PHONE BIDS WILL BE TAKEN TODAY ONLY NOON PST UNTIL 6:30 PM.
323) 666-7667 or 323) 663-0143.
In NorCal:
Comics Reading!
Justin Hall
Joe Sayers
Shannon O'Leary
Geoff Vasile
MariNaomi
Scott Campbell
Julia Wertz
Andy Hartzell
Jason Shiga
Friday, May 18th, 7pm
Pegasus Books Downtown
2349 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, California
Come be amazed by the diversity and skills of young Bay Area cartoonists! A reading and slideshow displaying the latest inkslinging talent. Free booze! Comics for sale!
FREE ADMISSION!
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| Saturday, May 5th, 2007
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10:38 pm - James
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| Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
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11:33 am - It's a good day for press!
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| Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
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1:21 pm - Yokozuna
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1:20 pm - Hataki-komi
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