Was suppose to spazz about this 2 weeks ago. But I had no time. So now I'm late. And I'm still busy. Don't get me started on how stress this semester has become. Anyway, on to the fun stuff :)



two友 PV!! Collaboration between Yuzu and Kimaguren. I'm still not over YUZU's last single Aitai yet. The songs were so pretty, although this PV is way better I must say. Love the concept and it is more akin to YUZU's normal style. I dunno, maybe its just because I'm thinking of studies all the time, the feeling from the PV and song comes as a double dose for me. The people on the swings in the sky seem to radiate this 'lightness' (heavy vs. light), almost like a cool breeze on a clear morning. I think it is a very cool idea for a PV. And they look so cute, especially the scene where 2 of the guys hold a guitar in the air. Yuzu is a citrus fruit, where the name of the band originates from, hence the guy with the cute Yuzu head as YUZUman. I assume the two small blue 'monsters' represent Kimaguren (the cookie monster from Sesame Street, if my memory serves me right, looks like that?)

I really like this 15s clip showing them having fun at the studio together. Sadly the uploader has disabled embedding.

Speaking of 'Aitai' earlier, Yuzu were on Music Station on the same episode as NEWS were! And because of that, someone had the full episode so she kindly cut out Yuzu's part for me too!! She's so nice :) And the perf was lovely. A bit like this performance below on CDTV, without the sparkles.



My original plan was to spazz about NEWS's variety show appearances and Kanjani8's new album too. Then time became too tight, so YUZU took the front seat. I just stuck to making a post about their new PV instead. haha.. The live performances by NEWS were much better then the PV, so the song has redeemed itself. Oh Ryo! He looked so handsome in everything. I really like when he sings the solo line in the beginning. The bungee jumping clip was awesome! And all the NEWS whining on NEWS wo Abake, their chipmunk voices made Shige sound like a poor mama's boy with his smudge face. Although Koyoma consoling Massu was too adorable to miss. I would say Ryo was bored with the unnecessary fuss and whining.

Puzzle song is so pretty, especially the lyrics. I assume their voices on Shounen Club Premium were altered somewhat, because they sounded too perfect. Although Yasuda's singing was weird as usual. Oh Ryo (again)! Solo lines in the beginning and at the end. Lucky man. Love the enka (maybe it wasn't enka) sound to the song.

mp3 Sogou has put up a compilation album of 101 mandarin love songs here. All the lovely tunes I myself am not sure where I keep hearing them from, what more remembering most of their titles. haha. But I guess some songs are like that. Every one knows the tune somewhat and it brings back some sort of memories. That would be every artist's dream to make a song like that, a song that not necessarily makes the most money or win the most awards, but a song that remains in people's hearts.

By the way, anyone know of any graphics maker that make Asian/Oriental stock icons or banners? I'm not too keen on using western models as graphics, although they are pretty and very artistic I don't deny. But too fake I feel, just not the feeling I'm looking for. It'll be cool if people make graphics of Chinese/Japanese scenery and mountains, or the vibrant markets, people, architecture or anything that reflects oriental culture. But unfortunately not many people do :)

I wanted some graphics of Miyake Ken from this photoshoot of this issue of Myojo. Hence, I decided to scan them myself. Then, seeing that no one has scanned the other photoshoots as according to bp_index, I decided to scan some of the others as well. Unknowingly, I found most of the magazine already scanned a few pages later at boys_paper. Does that mean bp_indexis not up-to-date? *you probably can hear I'm pretty annoyed at having wasted my time* Luckily I had only got through 2 groups. Since my upload speeds are much better than my almost non-existent download speed (never come to stay in my country, I've forewarned you), here they are anyway.



Magazine: Myojo
Month: February 2009
Resolution: 300dpi
People/Groups: Miyake Ken (V6), Imai Tsubasa, NEWS, Kattun

( Scans under cut )

Watched the countdown yesterday. Thank goodness V6 and Tokio were there too. Sadly, Tackey & Tsubasa couldn't make it together. But it was their year of solos in 2008, I'm really happy they can manage alone, and it seems they really enjoy their individual projects, which is great!

Arashi are hosts again. With their singles doing so well last year, their faces looked as bright as a bubble. Countdown is the time I catch up on other Johnny songs released throughout the previous year. That means songs from V6, News, Kanjani8 and T&T are already familiar to me but those of Arashi, Kattun, Tokio, Kinki Kids etc. now would probably be the first time I'm listening to them.

( Songs in order of performance + spazz + gayness )

Managed to get the entire 3 hour show from torrent at jpopsuki. It was looooong but worth the watch. Since it's the 50th anniversary of this music show, there are various "going-back in time" parts along the way. It was very exciting to see how many songs I've heard before. Also, I've wanted to learn how to make HQ screencaps for awhile now, so did a bit of self-learning today. Below are my thoughts on some of the performances and little bits and pieces of the show. Very image heavy, so be careful!!


( Lots of caps under cut )