Pizza Cut Five woos Ximending's youth with a grassroots brand that alternately pays tribute to and mocks pop culture
By Ho Yi
Even in Ximending (西門町), where the progenitors of youth culture busy themselves finding fresh modes of expression, Pizza Cut Five (PCF) is something of a curiosity. The clothing company is disguised as a pizza joint, complete with peach refrigerated cabinets, piles of pizza boxes and a pink delivery scooter called A-fu (阿福)

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If you frequently daydream about stumbling upon your favorite band playing a secret gig in your area, an increasingly popular Web site featuring hit groups in strange locations can provide you with virtual fulfillment.

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Music magazine NME announced nominations for its annual awards on Tuesday, with the Arctic Monkeys top of the pile with seven. The awards ceremony takes place on Feb. 28.

Following is a list of the main categories:

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My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way talks about his band's success, being bottled, and why he doesn't like the word 'emo'
By Ron Brownlow
Neither critical success nor the adoration of thousands of teenage girls has gone to the head of My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way, or so it seemed when he entered the Far Eastern Hotel's Platinum Suite without personal assistants on Saturday evening, preceded by only his younger brother and the band's bass player, Mikey. My Chemical Romance - which played in front of 3,500 mostly college-age fans at National Taiwan University Athletic Stadium on Sunday - is nearing the end of a year-long tour to support The Black Parade, the platinum-selling, unabashedly over-the-top concept album about a dying cancer patient obsessed with redemption and revenge.

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Las Vegas casino king Steve Wynn accidentally put his elbow through his US$139 million Picasso. But who stabbed a Rembrandt? And why was a Rodin sculpture blown up? These artworks have suffered all sorts of indignity
By John Hind
1. PABLO PICASSO GOES POP! [ FULL STORY ]

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