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Station To Station: Music Station For June 11, 2010 Featuring Kaela Kimura, Miliyah And Cocco
Looking for some good television before the South Africa-Mexico game kicks off the 2010 World Cup? Music Station airs three hours before the match starts, so you could pregame to the week’s finest J-Pop singles. Wait, what am I saying…if you do that you’d have no reason to read this article!!! Rent a DVD or…
Controlled Karaoke: DOZ Make Me Laugh With One Very Simple Joke
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfidGggo9JE”] Korea ha-ha duo DOZ have a single coming out on Avex of all places, and it’s a comedy track with a very simple premise. The dudes repeat the phrase “arigatou gojyaimasu” (also the title of the song) along with a few “sumimasens” thrown in for good measure and say said words in funny ways….
Controlled Karaoke: AKB48 Fan Mail Going To Some Creepster
You know who really likes excessive-member idol group AKB48? Some dude who tricked the post office into sending him their fan mail. Full report below, Japanese speakers of the world. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uE0p_4RZW8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] (Or, English, via Japan Probe)
Controlled Karaoke: Weird Al On Japanese TV In The 80s
This should be a scene from UHF. It’s not. It actually happened. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXDgTo9Nsio&hl=en_US&fs=1&] The terror on his face when the lobster comes out…whoa. (via Japanator)
Controlled Karaoke: An Intro To Japanese Roots Music
Japan Probe posted a small write-up about Japanese roots music. It’s a nice little introduction to the type of music (one I’m woefully ignorant of, so this is especially great), so give it a read.
Controlled Karaoke: Jim O’Rourke Sings Enka
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIzPi4JcJ84″] The audio seems kinda weird and doesn’t always match up with the video…but whatever, here’s Jim O’Rourke singing an Enka song.