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18 Apr
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Posted by AnaKhouri
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I’ve been totally MIA for a while, due to many circumstances including death and a birthday party. Anyway, here is Japanese metal news:
I doubt this is going to be a top seller, but maybe I’ll get it for Gohan. It’s killing two birds really; I can indoctrinate him into Ghibli and metal at the same time.
And…remember how I love and adore Detroit Metal City? And I tried to talk my metal-loving husband into donning the corpse paint to be Johannes “11 Rapes per Second” Krauser II for some cosplay (he said no, the chicken)? Well, this guy had the stones:
| Category: Music, News, Uncategorized | Tag: Anime, cosplay, detroit metal city, heavy metal, japan, Studio Ghibli |
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5 Jan
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Posted by Musashi
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Okay – one more video before I go to bed. This is a 12-year-old Asian girl nailing King Crimson’s ‘Red’. Nighty-night!
| Category: Music, Video | Tag: child prodigy, drums, king crimson, music |
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5 Jan
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Posted by Musashi
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Just so you understand the chain of thought that led me to post this video – Mick Karn, bassist for 80′s synth-pop band Japan, died today…so I went on the usual YouTube clip safari, checking out loads of old Japan videos. Naturally, I started wondering what lead vocalist David Sylvian was up to these days, and lo and behold – I find out that his tune ‘For the Love of Life’ is used in the end-credits sequence for the Monster anime.
So there you go…
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21 Dec
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Posted by Musashi
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My favorite Beatle is George Harrison, and my favorite Harrison-penned Beatles tune is ‘It’s All Too Much’, featured on the Yellow Submarine soundtrack. Seriously, you can keep ‘Yesterday’ and ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ – Harrison’s upbeat LSD trip does it for me every time. Here’s a spiffy version by Yellow Magic Orchestra vocalist Yukihiro Takahashi.
| Category: Music | Tag: beatles, music, psychedelia, yellow magic orchestra, YMO |
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17 Oct
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Posted by AnaKhouri
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So, we bought our house from an older couple. It has beautifully landscaped gardens, but the older could hadn’t been able to keep it up, so they were all chocked with weeds. No prob- I am a master weed-puller (well, not really, but it’s not exactly hard, is it?).
My mother-in-law: “Be careful, those weeds look like poison ivy.”
Me: “Nah, I don’t think so. Poison ivy looks different than those.”
So…yeah, she was right.
>scratch scratch<
This makes me a feel a little better.
I don’t know what this is or where it came from. But I can totally relate. And it’s in Japanese so it’s on-topic for the site.
| Category: Music, Uncategorized, Video | Tag: i wish they'd all just die, japan, kaito, poison ivy, YouTube |
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2 Oct
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Posted by Musashi
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J-Pop star Ayumi Hamasaki turned 32 today – although in Japan, this is a belated birthday greeting…should have posted it yesterday. Anyway – Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu!
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10 Sep
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Posted by AnaKhouri
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Cincinnati denizens- the Midpoint Music Festival is apparently some kind of big deal here (crowds are not my thing, so in the two + years I’ve lived in the area, I have never attended). This year, Japanese punk-pop-GRRRRRL power trio Shonen Knife is playing at the Contemporary Arts Center on the first day of the festival- Thursday, September 23rd at 11 pm. So if you can get off work Friday and don’t mind staying up late, check them out- they’re super cute (but in a tough, awesome way)!
| Category: Events, Music | Tag: cincinnati, midpoint music festival, ohio, shonen knife |
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4 Sep
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Posted by Musashi
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Okay – two things. I’m a lifelong Smiths fan (well, since the mid-80′s, which is probably a lifetime to most of you)…also, I can personally confirm that Morrissey is kind of a prick (went to see him in the early 90′s and he walked off-stage about two songs into his set because he got offended by something silly).
So, that said – what’s up this?
Morrissey, a vegetarian and animal rights advocate who last year abandoned the stage at the Coachella festival in California because of the smell of cooking meat, described the treatment of animals in China as “absolutely horrific”, referring to recent news stories about animals in Chinese circuses and zoos. He told interviewer Simon Armitage: “Did you see the thing on the news about their treatment of animals and animal welfare? Absolutely horrific. You can’t help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecies.”
I tend to compartmentalize an artists’ work from their personal failings – frankly if I didn’t, there would be precious little art left for me to enjoy. But still – a ‘subspecies’? That’s pretty wrong. Probably won’t keep me from enjoying my Smiths collection but there are some things I’d rather these people keep to themselves.
Ah well – just to make me feel better, here’s a video of The Smiths from before I realized what a douchebag Morrissey is.
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6 Jul
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Posted by Musashi
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4chan’s latest prank has seemingly obligated horrifying pop sensation Justin Bieber to a tour of North Korea. It seems the Beebs held a Twitter contest for fans to vote on the country the mop-headed terror should visit – predictably, 4chan got their foot in the door and skewed the results towards their venue of choice – namely North Korea. Of course, the chances of Bieber actually setting foot in North Korea are slim-to-none.
I think I speak for most of the civilized world when I say: Mr Kim Jong-Il – your crimes against humanity have been great, but put Justin Bieber in a work detention camp for the rest of his natural life and we’ll call it even-stevens. What say you?
| Category: Music | Tag: 4chan, intarwebs, justin bieber, music, north korea, pranks |
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2 Apr
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Posted by Musashi
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I was discussing SLC Punk with friends last night and subsequently have spent a good part of the morning reminiscing about the music of my youth. I was born at just the right time to enjoy the big second wave of punk rock, namely the hardcore punk scene, which was a great refuge for a pissed-off teenager mired in the midst of southwestern Ohio. Saint Ronnie may have declared that it was morning again in America, but I was too busy detonating PVC pipe bombs in the back yard and going to punk shows to give a fuck.
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7 Mar
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Posted by Musashi
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Two of my favorite bands – Jellyfish, with their song ‘Joining a Fan Club’, and the cover by Japanese pop-rock duo Puffy (or Puffy Amiyumi, if you prefer).
| Category: Music, Video | Tag: jellyfish, music, puffy amiyumi |
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12 Jan
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Posted by Musashi
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I’ve blogged about The Peanuts before, but here’s another gem – it’s the Mothra twins belting out the swing classic Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. Fantastic!
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8 Jan
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Posted by Musashi
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This is one of those posts that emerges from noodling around on YouTube when I should be working. I watched the awesome rock-doc ANVIL: THE STORY OF ANVIL at a friend’s house over Christmas (do check it it out if you get a chance – it’s amazing…) and have been adding Anvil videos to my YouTube faves ever since. Today I noted with some amusement that one of the tracks on their classic album Metal on Metal is entitled Mothra – which turns out to be a pretty awesome 5-minute ode to my favorite gargantuan moth. Of course, Anvil wasn’t the first (or the last) to pen a musical ode to giant Japanese critters. Below are a brief selection of similarly themed tunes for your midday enjoyment.
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11 Oct
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Posted by Mazinga
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So there I was, playing Dance Dance Revolution X, and I find myself grooving on this great New Wave song called “Synthesized” by some band called The Epoxies. And I wonder, how the heck did I miss this band back in the ’80s?
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27 Sep
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Posted by Musashi
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Here’s a nice 2 am YouTube discovery – Acid Android (aka Yukihiro, the drummer from L’Arc-en-Ciel) with guest vocalist Toni Halliday (Curve). L’Arc-en-Ciel is J-pop at its’ best, and Curve is one of my all-time favorite bands – so I was stoked to come across this.
For the curious, here’s Curve in their prime – ‘Missing Link’ and ‘Superblaster’ from Cuckoo, circa 1993.
| Category: Music | Tag: acid android, cool, curve, l'arc-en-ciel, music video |
