Sigh, another summer over…onwards into the fall and then the miserable, stupid winter. First though, some music! AKB48 “Gingham Check” WATCH HERE First, if you haven’t watched the video for “Gingham Check,” you really should because it is miles away the best thing AKB48 has ever done, and is also surprisingly smart considering the group…
No time for intros, let us get into this. AKB48 “Give Me Five!” WATCH A 34-MINUTE VIDEO HERE (OR SKIP TO 26:31 FOR THE SONG) At long last AKB48 have done what once seemed impossible – they have contributed something good to the music world. This “Give Me Five!” stands as the group’s best single…
The world’s most expensive photograph, ya’ll. Over the past week I’ve seen a bunch of people guffawing at the price (completely fair) and buzzing off about how this isn’t art but rather a glorified Polaroid snap (wrong!). It’s a very pretty shot that also came in a pretty huge size, and seeing people be all…
I originally Googled Image Searched the phrase “I Hate This” but that only gave my Pussycat Dolls’ screen grabs and dogs in sweaters. So I switched it up to this. Pretend everyone I write about this week is the jersey and I’m the distraught Cleveland fan driven to lighting things on fire. Angela Aki “始まりのバラード”…
Before we get into the weekly music mayhem, one note. In the face of the catastrophes that hit Japan one week ago, a lot of J-Pop artists have stepped up and done all sorts of amazing stuff to help out the victims of these disasters. The likes of AKB48, GLAY and pretty much every Johnny’s…