After missing Music Station last week (gasp!), I’m sad to announce this week’s edition will be rapid fire as I need to pack for a brief vacation. Sorry! But most of these songs speak for themselves. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” At long long long last, one of 2012’s best pop songs is going…
I haven’t been sleeping much this week, so pardon me if this week’s Station To Station ends up being a bit briefer than others. It helps that I’ve written about some of these songs before. Gonna get at least…eight hours of sleep tonight! NYC “Haina!” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MowDcaiDN0E”] Surprisingly, this new song from unloveable scamps NYC sounds…
See that tasty-lookin’ burger above? That’s McDonald’s Japan’s new KBQ Burger, a Korean-inspired offering available in stores starting today. But hey! Any day now that whole “Korean wave” is just gonna recede away yeah? Any day now…… Kazuyoshi Saito “やさしくなりたい” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0oXGhUHvC8″] Kazuyoshi Saito has a new album out soon, yet “やさしくなりたい” isn’t on it. He’s…
I’ll preface everything I write by saying…I’m not a sociologist, so I’ll try to avoid sweeping generalizations best I can. That said…Japan doesn’t strike me as a place where taking stands on controversial issues earns one any points. Every book I’ve read that mentions politics, for example, notes that the Japanese usually avoid political discussions…