Controlled Karaoke: Watch A Scene From Cars 2 Featuring Perfume
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op2MEWNS3fQ”]
Title says it all…watch above.
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op2MEWNS3fQ”]
Title says it all…watch above.
I’ve been mentioning it on Twitter and Tumblr, but might as well get it here too…this week, I’ve been given the digital keys to One Week, One Band, an excellent music blog where writers devote one week to writing about one specific band or artist. I’m going where no other contributor has gone yet –…
Those lovely scamps pitching Aflac insurance return once again. This time, to cheer up some poor soul forced to work the night shift at a company. Who says soul-crushing office work can’t be cute? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tJp_vj0K6c&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] (Via Japan Probe)
Le sigh…summer is almost over, meaning no more trips to the beach and having to actually work on a regular basis again. Hope you enjoyed it while it lasted. Now, for some J-Pop… AKB48 “スペシャルメドレー” A medley, screw that, let’s talk about… AKB48 “Flying Get” Watch here Where to start…besides signalling a continued disregard for…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTK2oM_pSkI”] Oh lord how did I miss this. I live an hour from Osaka, and the one weekend I decide not to go into the big city also happens to be the one weekend tween-heartthrob Justin Bieber happens to visit. Above you can see “Bieber-kun” stop by a morning television show, and below you can…
Perfume’s 2010 output has followed a pretty business-like pattern thus far. The girls tackle a typical Perfume-sounding song for side A, said single getting the majority of playtime and advertising push. Meanwhile, Yasutaka Nakata puts in overtime at the lab for the B-side, creating thrilling new pop-concoctions which push the trio into interesting new territory….
Last week, an article in in the London Evening Standard made the rounds in the Japanese music Twitter-world, one titled “Tokyo Is Trending: The Rise Of J-Pop.” The piece details the apparent “trend” of Japanese pop music and fashion gaining traction in London, pulling out the usual array of “Harajukus” and “Lolitas” that litter any…