[writer’s blog] entry #4

  [This series is a play on ‘writer’s block’.] There is a word that annoys me so much. Huh? Yes. Huh. And apparently, I’m not the only one annoyed with it. Huff Post’s culture writer wrote a piece about it some time ago: “Honestly, I never want to hear the word ‘huh’ again”. Whether it’s…

[Arashi] Japonism and that Showa J-pop sound

I never anticipated an Arashi album as much as Japonism, primarily because of the theme. And so I have been ready to embrace it with open arms and an open mind, hooks, flats and all. Like any other album, there are songs you fall in love at first listen while others need a second or…

[CNBLUE] a tale of two albums: 2gether and Colors

  Don’t judge an album by its sampler. And those who did with CNBLUE’s new Korean and Japanese albums, please raise your hands. *Raises hands* For the first time though, I was looking forward more to 2gether, the Korean album, than Colors, the Japanese one, even if I have traditionally preferred their releases in Japan…