music features/Trick or Treat!: All Hallow’s Eve Party List
posted Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
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Trick or Treat! Or we’ll treat you just the same because we might be overloaded with enough sugar and love to share our love for music and *cough* movies all the same.
film features/Five Film Directors and Their Olympic Opening Ceremony Concepts
posted Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
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Danny Boyle’s highly-awaited Opening Ceremony at the London 2012 has come and gone, and I sat there thinking what other directors’ Olympic ceremonies would look like.
blog/Sharing, Discovery, Support, and the Internet~
posted Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
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I’ve made this confession several times, but since we’re all talking about “owning music,” what the heck.
music features/The Banana Guide to Asian Entertainment: It’s All About Japan: Part IV
posted Tuesday, June 5th, 2012
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The one in which we talk about Japanese music.
music videos/Shiina Ringo – Companion to Freedom
posted Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
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Shiina Ringo has just unleashed her latest single, the music video for the song Companion to Freedom (自由へ道連れ). The song is the theme for Nakai Masahiro’s latest TBS drama Ataru, which also stars Chiaki Kuriyama.
blog/Thy Idols … Thy Inspirations
posted Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
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How does creativity get passed on and programmed into the genes of humans from generation to generation? From Bjork to Shiina Ringo to My Chemical Romance, Adrienne argues for a most “non-traditional” way — and backs it up with some of the most interesting fan-made videos out there.
blog/OMG, I don’t understand what they’re saying~
posted Friday, March 30th, 2012
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Hey, guys! I’m back from Taiwan/Korea with a vengeance~
music reviews/Tokyo Jihen – Color Bars
posted Monday, March 12th, 2012
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As a mini-album serving to keep a track record of how far each member has progressed over the years, Color Bars has, by and large, made the cut.
blog/NHK scouts the web for clips, but we can’t help but talk about the Kouhaku~
posted Sunday, January 1st, 2012
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Another year has gone by, another night full of Pop, Enka, some Rock and some odd ones out at NHK’s Kouhaku Uta Gassen (紅白歌合戦) event, already in its 62nd edition.
music features/Ghost’s 2011 Music Highlights
posted Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
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Ten album highlights according to Ghost.