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…
We’re knee-deep into baseball season so sorry for the unrelated-to-anything image above of the only Japanese player on my favorite team. Who needs real news hooks! Anyway, let’s get into this, starting with probably my least favorite J-Pop group in all of Japan. Kanjani8 “マイホーム” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8_DqDZAHrs”] About ten minutes from where I live is a…
Johnny & Associates aren’t just another shadowy Japanese record label christening idols and telling them not to date anyone – Johnny goes WAYYYYY beyond that. The people running this company aren’t in the business of making musicians…they create IDOLS, all caps necessary. These people end up on the fronts of CD singles, folders, television screens,…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLEMcgCMrZA”] Perfume appeared on (one of) Japanese-pop legends SMAP’s TV show Monday night, something the Internet tells me has actually happened before. Go figure. Anyway, the two groups engaged in a little small talk, surely promoting the various projects both outfits have coming out on the horizon before teaming up to perform a couple of…
The Wall Street Journal’s Japan Real Time blog featured an interesting post today regarding what is slated to be J-Pop juggernauts SMAP first concert in Shanghai. Ticket sales for the concerts have been put on hold and one Singapore-based news outlets says the shows themselves have been canceled entirely. The reason for the move? Speculation…