Michiyo Honda’s “Monthly Release Project” seems to be turning into an experiment in confusing meanings. Her previous release was the woozy “Your Voice,” a song that existed somewhere between consciousness and slumber. Now she introduces her latest clever treat, “GAME BOYZ (Don’t You Want A Real Girlfriend).” The title hints at what, ostensibly, is every…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xeHX7pxIFY”] Look people, I’ve got you figured out. I noticed my web traffic reached absurd heights when I posted a story featuring the words “AKB48” and “porn” in the same headline. The biggest lesson I learned from journalism school went “appeal to your audience.” So…brace for sexiness courtesy of the slightly creepy titled Sexy All…
Already huge among high school girls and (presumably, if YouTube videos can be trusted) a certain kind of middle-aged man, pop-cult AKB48 has managed to become even bigger during the summer of 2010. They’ve nabbed TV candy commercials and appear on a convenience-store’s worth of magazine covers. Spinoff branches of the Akihabara-based groups have emerged…