Station To Station: Music Station For October 15, 2010 Featuring NYC, KARA And NEWS (UPDATE: Still Stupid)

Update: Managed to mess up the date for this again. Wow anyone want to be my copy editor? No pay, but if you ever come to my apartment I’ll make pizza for you. It’s pretty good. The above robot will one day replace all the singers on this week’s episode of Music Station, so savor…

Controlled Karaoke: Meet The Geriatric AKB48, OJS48

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WHkfR0nKFI”] Oh lord, this trend needs to be fenced in a bit. The massive success of ant-hill-like pop outfit AKB48 has inspired a plethora of spin-off groups, ranging from sorta expansion teams in other cities (Sendai, Osaka, etc.) to not-safe-for-work-named groups flipping the genders (Naked Boyz). Now comes the logical next step in either a…

New SCANDAL: “スキャンダルなんかブッ飛ばせ”

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dalOhMk5Wqk”] Man, I really hate to be THAT guy…the one stereotypical dude/ette who always says something similar to what I’m about to write and immediately puts off everyone around them because of it…but I think getting a mainstream push has sorta ruined SCANDAL. Prepare rotten garbage and shouts of “pretentious dick!” now, but the group’s…

Station To Station: Music Station For September 24 (OH HEY MAKE THAT OCTOBER 1) Featuring Arashi, Perfume And flumpool

Update: Turns out this addition of Music Station doesn’t run until October 1, meaning I was a whole week early. Well…I guess you can get really comfortable with the songs now. This week’s Music Station seems packed with a lot of big names. I guess they want to start fall off right. Let’s get into…