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LIFE: After Hiroshima: On the anniversary of the July 16, 1945 Trinity test in New Mexico that gave birth to the Atomic Age, LIFE.com presents photographs — most of them never published in LIFE — taken in Hiroshima after the Second World War ended. Here, in the landscape of a ruined city, and on the scarred skin and misshapen limbs of Japanese who survived the world’s first nuclear attack, photographer Carl Mydans discovered the legacy — part nightmare, part surprising, wishful dream — of those world-changing explosions. Hiroshima children patiently wait their turn for a examination in a temporary clinic. Here’s more of photographer Carl Mydan’s 1947 photo series [ LIFE ~ "Hiroshima: Portraits of Survivors" ]  
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Another panel? Yes, I’m on one on Saturday. I wish Dengue Fever was playing, but they’re not. Hope this one turns out interesting. Two Dengue Fever members, a Hiroshima, and a few stiffs including myself. Here’s the link to the site. Crossovers and Hybrids: Asia, LA and Music Today Chhom Nimol, Lead singer, Dengue Fever Zac Holtzman, Guitarist, Dengue Fever Eric Nakamura. Publisher and Editor, Giant Robot Eric Lawrence, DJ and Music Librarian, KCRW and host of “Big in Japan” at the Hollywood Bowl Dan Kuramoto, Band Leader and Producer, Hiroshima Moderator: Steve Loza, Professor of Ethnomusicology, UCLA    
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