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Monthly Archives: February 2011
March 2011 albums
Here are the albums I reviewed for the Mar. issue of EL Magazine, which came out last Friday. Also, be sure to check out the new EL website at http://elbuzz.tv. Hotel Shampoo -Gruff Rhys (Ovni/Hostess) Jonny (PIAS/Hostess) By rights the … Continue reading
Media Mix, Feb. 27, 2011
Here’s this week’s Media Mix about the increasingly blurry line between content and commercials on TV variety shows. After filing the story I had misgivings about using “Gatchiri Academy” as an example of a show that made use of the … Continue reading
Posted in Media
Tagged Gatchiri Academy, infomercials, Takuro Morinaga, TV commercials
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Idol Chatter: The Evolution of J-Pop
The following article originally appeared in the April-June 1997 issue of Japan Quarterly, a now defunct English-language publication put out by the Asahi Shimbun. For a continuation of the story, there is an article I wrote for The Japan Times … Continue reading
Media Mix, Feb. 20, 2011
Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is about rice and Japan’s consideration of participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would remove the import tariffs that protect Japanese farmers, in particular rice farmers. I plan to post a related article at … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Money
Tagged Agriculture, import tariffs, Japanese rice, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership
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Keepin’ on: No Age in the age of anything
The heady rush that punk delivers is indistinguishable from its hard-fast-short credo, and what emo has drained from the punk experience isn’t so much its native cynicism but rather its performance rigor. Years ago punk cured me of my consumerist … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Flag, Dean Spunt, Elvis Costello, No Age, Punk rock, Randy Randall
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Media Mix, Feb. 13, 2011
Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is about K-pop, specifically the TV Tokyo drama series Urakara starring the Korean girl band Kara. Though I don’t discuss the quality of the show in any detail, readers should be warned that it’s … Continue reading
Media Mix, Feb. 6, 2011
Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is basically about skyrocketing medical costs and the probable failure of Japan’s national heath insurance program to keep up. However, the heart of the matter is the priorities attached to medical care, and I … Continue reading
Local Natives are restless: Club Quattro, Jan. 31, 2011
I often find it difficult to distinguish one post-millennial indie rock band from another, at least in terms of writing about them. In fact, I find it comforting that many are associated with specific geographical regions. It makes it easier … Continue reading
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