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Best Song On The Worst Album Award 2011: KARA’s “Only For You”

Man, Super Girl really did end up being the worst-case scenario for KARA. Whether because they wanted to spike sales even more or just because they have absolutely no idea how to embrace something that doesn’t sound like the year 1993, the J-Pop powers-that-be pigeonholed one of Korea’s hottest exports into the bland box of…

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

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…

Controlled Karaoke: Super Gaijdlsjgfhdlgdjflsdfjhjvkl

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki658-gBB1k&hl=en_US&fs=1&] I’m not going to touch the humor aspect of this video. I believe comedy should be held up to the same scrutiny other arts are subjected to…we’ve got to weed out the Dane Cook’s of the world before they grab leading roles. Still, the moment you criticize a “gag,” seas of people emerge to…

Controlled Karaoke: Brace For Creep-Pact Thanks To アイドリング!!!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLDFgD2uP4w&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Let’s get one thing clear right away…the above song isn’t remotely good. It’s some borderline Up With People group therapy bullshit loaded with enough pep to power an aircraft carrier. Imagine AKB48. Now imagine the players in AKB48 replaced with the Lots-o-Huggin’ bear from Toy Story 3. Now imagine those bears exploding, and the…

Whooops! Correction Regarding Kumi Koda (With Bonus Mash-Ups!)

No blog is perfect. Especially one that generates zero revenue. Errors are bound to happen, and hopefully I can catch them sooner rather than later. So I’d like to take this post to point out that this post from last month requires a slight correction. Discussing Kumi Koda’s “Can We Go Back,” I completely failed…