Station To Station: Music Station For November 19, 2010 Featuring Perfume, KARA And Taylor Swift

ByPatrick St. Michel

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfCTBOTHsVU”] Man, Obama looks so uncomfortable surrounded by all those weird-ass robots. Dude did get to try out the Charles Xavier chair though so I’m sure that was cool. KAT-TUN “CHANGE UR WORLD” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue1M1BRVzOs”] It’s almost time to buy a new page-a-day calendar, and as the 2010 editions brace for trash day my biggest surprise…

Station To Station: Music Station For May 21, 2010 Featuring KAT-TUN, Kana Nishino And RIZE with 隼人

ByPatrick St. Michel

Ikimono-gakari “Arigato” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nk0uVMV5_A&hl=en_US&fs=1&] The first time I wrote about “Arigato” I focused mostly on the overly long track’s negatives. Though I’d still prefer to see Cheech Marin shoot bad guys while dressed as a priest three times, my imaginary therapist advised me to be a bit more positive about Ikimono-gakari’s latest. As long as we…

Station To Station: Music Station For May 14, 2010 Featuring KAT-TUN, VAMPS, Funky Monkey Babys And Sticking It To Expo 2010 Shanghai

ByPatrick St. Michel

What you see above would be the new bra introduced in Japan this week which doubles as a rice farm. Seriously, when this is the news exported to other countries, do you honestly wonder why people think Japan’s just a giant island of insanity? Onto the music! Mayo Okamoto “Sonomama no Kimi de Ite” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hax6v5GcB-w&hl=en_US&fs=1&]…

Station To Station: Music Station For May 7 2010 Featuring KAT-TUN, Ikimono-gakari And Al Bundy

ByPatrick St. Michel

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV7SMFwgs3k&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Try not to be hypnotized by this video. I think I’d be OK if YouTube stopped allowing new videos, because none will ever top the power of Al Bundy groovin’ to Major Lazer. Transcendent. Anywho, onto the J-Pop. Ikimono-gakari “Arigato” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeySj-pyvlk&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Despite having a run time of just six minutes, Ikimono-gakari’s “Arigato” feels like…

Station To Station: Music Station For April 30, 2010 Featuring Perfume, KAT-TUN And Zebra Queen

ByPatrick St. Michel

KAT-TUN “Going!” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyu8GtG3G6U&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Oh this one isn’t easy. Usually when I see a Johnny’s band on the list, I’m 99 percent sure I’ll be writing a scathing review. Considering the pop-idol factory produces male idols first and music as a secondary concern, it’s not that ridiculous an expectation. So here we have KAT-TUN’s latest “Going!”…