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Starting Up OMG
I tried to start this up several years ago (Ray M. can attest to it) but never got it underway. OMG, or Okinawan Music Geeks, is a club I’ve been planning for fans of Okinawan music to share their collection (or newbies to get into the music/pop culture) and meet-up whether via chatting or IRL.…
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In The Works: Purchasing Okinawan Music Online
I’m in the final stages of obtaining what would normally be hard-to-get (read: indie indies stuff) Okinawan music electronically (well, at least the ordering part) so if all goes well I’ll detail the whole deal here. Stuff that I’m going to add to my CD collection would otherwise only be obtained by buying it in…
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New DotW on Its Way
I haven’t done one of these in a while so a new one is definitely on its way. I’m thinking BEGIN but we’ll see. Stay tuned.
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Cocco’s ‘No Music, No Life’ T-shirt
Tower Records Japan has a pretty cool Cocco inspired “No Music, No Life” t-shirt available for pre-sale. I’m also looking forward to the July 25, 2007, release of her forthcoming album, “Kirara”, which was recorded with an “Okinawa” concept.
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Aya Ueto Desktop for Oronamin C Drink
Aya Ueto is the new image girl for the Oronamin C vitamin drink so let’s help her out by advertising the drink on our Mac/PC desktops. Be sure to check out the CM (commercial) too, it’s hilarious. [Via 壁紙fan!]
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6,000 Hits!
Wow. We’re at 6,000+ hits and averaging about 1,000 hits a month. Nifee (thanks) for visiting!
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Why Not?
Now that the lyrics have been posted, why not sing along with BEGIN’s “Sanshin no Hana”? The significance of this video clip is that you’ll see actors Satoshi Tsumabuki and Masami Nagasawa in the studio — both were in the film “Nada Sou Sou” (IMDb link).
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Lyrics: BEGIN’s ‘Sanshin no Hana’
This song kept coming up in my blog stats so I’ll just make things easier by posting it. I romanized it in the style of the awesome Cherryblossom Garden site. (Tip: you can always try emailing me at karakuipress[at]gmail[dot]com and I’ll try my best to get the lyrics you’re searching for up on the blog.)…
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New Banner for Summer 2007
I liked the old one but I felt that it was time for a change. Image is from Internet-Okinawa.com’s flickr photostream.
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