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Lyrics: ORANGE RANGE’s ‘Ikenai Taiyou’
[Requested by Karakui commenter kwai ying.] ORANGE RANGE “Ikenai Taiyou” Lyrics & Music by ORANGE RANGE from the single “Ikenai Taiyou” (SRCL-6599) IKENAI taiyou Na Na … CHOTTO de iikara misetekurenaika Omae no SEKUSHII FEROMON de ore MERO MERO Ah furechaisou demo IKENAI no! Jojoni takanaru kodou tomerarenaiwa Kawasu kotoba no kioku tooku kuchimoto no…
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Desktop: Yu Yamada for Sofina’s Raycious
I had to do a double-take on this desktop because it seemed so very, un-Yu-like. I guess I’m used to seeing pics of Yu with her hair down but hey, we’ll take this too. 🙂 Grab your copy of Yu modeling for Sofina’s Raycious cosmetics desktop over here. There’s also a “CM & Making Gallery”…
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Garrett Kam: Breezes from Lands Below the Winds in the Ryukyus
BREEZES FROM LANDS BELOW THE WINDS IN THE RYUKYUS Southeast Asian Influences in Okinawan Culture Wednesday, 22 August 2007 3:30-4:30 pm Tokioka Room, Moore Hall 319 Between the 14th and 16th centuries, the Ryukyu Kingdom was the main trade link between East and Southeast Asia, even transporting goods from SouthAsia to China and Japan. The…
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Links to Waste Your Time with: Videos Tagged with Sanshin on YouTube
If you’ve been following my posts today you’re already aware that I’ve been including accompanying clips found on YouTube. The amount of sanshin-related videos (amateur and professional) you’ll find on YouTube can keep you occupied for days so for those of you with enough free time on your hands to sit in front of your…
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El Okinawa Goes YouTube and We Love It!
El Okinawa, known as being a great online (although they also have a brick-and-mortar store near Kokusai-dori) resource for purchasing Okinawan instruments has just started posting instructional clips up on YouTube about a month ago. Besides the how-to on attaching a guitar strap to your sanshin, they also have a clip on the correct way…
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J-MELO in Okinawa!
On today’s episode (#119) of NHK’s English-language music show J-MELO, VJ (and popular J-pop artist) melody. announced an upcoming show with the focus being on Okinawa. Yay! There was a short clip of melody. singing a song of hers with Yukito Ara (Parsha cluB) on sanshin and Isamu Shimoji on guitar that should be pretty…
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Remaking the Sanshin
We’ve seen sanshin+guitar hybrids in the past (not to mention what we’re seeing done with kankara sanshin) with Rinken Teruya’s Cheren, BEGIN’s Ichigo-Ichie (Nirai, Kanai) and now here’s a “peg” sanshin from Sanshin-ya Tururunten (above images are via their blog). Anyone tried one of these yet or seen it played by the members of Okichin?…
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BEGIN Starts Up Their Own Record Label: PIG PINK
Music group BEGIN has founded its own music label named PIG PINK, also known by the nickname ‘Buta House.’ The label started in July as part of Imperial Records, the J-pop branch of Teichiku Records. Last fall, BEGIN started working on their music in a pink-walled house on Okinawa. Their label’s name is based on…
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Karakui’s Album Cover Art
Asano Irei Originally uploaded by karakui Starting a new project of CD album cover art scans. Enjoy! Check them out over here: karakui’s (flickr photostream).
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