Station To Station: Music Station For September 9 Featuring SHINee, Mika Nakashima And Unicorn (Well, Not At All Really)

ByPatrick St. Michel

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1griNPsY0U”] Look at that puppy!!! Onto the music. SHINee “JULIETTE” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT-iBCuoNS4″] I’ve slowly realized I never write anything positive about the K-Pop boy bands outside of a still-pretty-dismissive “better than KAT-TUN.” Whether because I still harbor deep-seeded hate for anything that even remotely reminds me of N’Sync and by extension elementary school, or because I’m…

Station To Station: Music Station For September 2nd Featuring 2NE1, Meisa Kuroki And Masaharu Fukuyama

ByPatrick St. Michel

Great news gang! College and pro football is back! Which means there is a very real chance I get distracted away from J-Pop at times. Just leave a snappy comment about how I missed the new AKB48 single or something and I’ll pry myself away from directional college versus directional college. Meisa Kuroki “Wired Life”…

Station To Station: Music Station For August 26 Featuring AKB48, 2PM And NICO Touches The Walls

ByPatrick St. Michel

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…

Station To Station: Music Station For August 19, 2011 Featuring SMAP, YUKI And Koda Kumi Somehow Topping Herself

ByPatrick St. Michel

A calm image before we embark on the terror below. Kanjani8 “ツブサニコイ” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ltV–Mkzr0″] Earlier this week, the founder of Johnny’s Johnny Kitagawa was attacked at his home, where he barricaded himself from his assailant until help could arrive. Now, we don’t condone violence around here even against people responsible for some of the worst music…

Station To Station: Music Station For August 5 Featuring KAT-TUN, moumoon And Kaela Kimura

ByPatrick St. Michel

Here’s something I’ll never type again…reader, have mercy on the songs featured here this week. Due to a combination of moving woes (“what do you mean I’m out of boxes?????? WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN’T FIND MY APARTMENT??????”) and the [REDACTED] (this sounded way more melodramatic when I wrote it Wednesday, let’s just move…