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H&MC announces singles collection – Tokyograph
H&MC announces singles collection – Tokyograph: Rock sextet HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR has announced the release of their first best album, which goes on sale December 26. Titled ’10 COLOR SINGLES,’ the album is a collection of their ten singles released so far, from their debut hit ‘PRIDE’ to their latest song ‘Dreams.’ The album…
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Tokyograph: hiro gets first stage role in “Mozart!”
hiro gets first stage role in “Mozart!”: “A production of the musical ‘Mozart!’ will run from November 19 to December 2 at Tokyo’s Imperial Garden Theater. It stars a double cast of Yoshio Inoue and singer-songwriter Akinori Nakagawa as Mozart, while singer and former SPEED member hiro plays the role of his wife Constanze. This…
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Music: iTunes Plus (DRM-free) tracks available for select Okinawan artists
Great news! If you’ve been holding off purchasing that Seijin Noborikawa album because it was DRM’d (not to mention that it was also previously available at 128 kbps) now is the time to purchase it. I’ll have to do a more comprehensive search (the tracks I’ve found so far are from Respect Record) for other…
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Music: Gackt’s catalog available at iTunes Store
Whoa. 39 listings of albums, EPs and singles from one of J-rock’s top musicians, Gackt is available at the iTunes Store. Personally, I’d recommend checking out “The Seventh Night – Unplugged” and his singles “Returner” and “Redemption.” Learn more about Gackt at gekka_no_nekko’s wonderful blog over here.
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Music: Teresa Bright’s ‘Hawaiinawa’ a fusion of island music from Hawaii and Okinawa
With yours truly being from Hawaii with ties to Okinawa (Japan and China too), it’s really great to see an album that brings both cultures together and Teresa Bright’s latest album “Hawaiinawa” does just that. From a Honolulu Advertiser interview with the singer (by Derek Paiva): At the beginning of the project, Bright chose to…
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Music: Claudia Oshiro’s debut album ‘Claudia’
Argentina-born folk singer Claudia Oshiro’s debut album “Claudia” (FVCD-1004) will be released in Japan on September 8, 2007. The ¥1,600 CD album contains eight songs (see below) and was produced by THE BOOM’s Kazufumi Miyazawa. Track List: 片思い (Kataumui) 美しい島 (Utsukushii Kuni) 二見情話 (Futami Jouwa) — a duet with Kazufumi Miyazawa 我した琉球 (Washita Uchinaa) てぃんさぐぬ花…
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Less than 500 hits to 20,000!
We’re heading to the 20,000 hit mark much faster than expected and as much as a happy sign that is, I’m much happier to see that the current Top Click is from my “Show your support” post. (I’ve included it in this post [down below] in its entirety to keep the petition going to reach…
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Music: Toru Yonaha’s 3rd album near completion
Most of you who know me IRL know that I’m a fan of Toru Yonaha’s music so it’s no surprise that I’m going to hype his upcoming 3rd album to death until its release. The recording part is finished and they’re adding the finishing touches for the CD’s booklet. All that’s left is the mix…
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Film: ‘The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgolgi’ to screen at this year’s LVHIFF
From the LVHIFF 2007 site: THE YAKINIKU MOVIE is sure to drive LVHIFF filmgoers into a feeding frenzy after the screening! It’s the tale of Hyon and Yonchi, two long lost brothers from Korea reunited in Japan by their passion for barbecue…only to find themselves on opposite sides of the ultimate bulgogi smack down! […]…
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From the NYT: “Okinawans Protest Japan’s Plan to Revise Bitter Chapter of World War II” For the past quarter of a century, Japan’s high school textbooks had included the accepted historical fact that that Okinawans had been coerced into mass suicides by Imperial Army soldiers. But six months ago, the Education Ministry said that next…
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