The Kong Show hosted by Kamasami Kong had an interview with Babs Saito, who works with Tom Moffatt Productions, which promoted the Arashi Blast in Hawaii concerts last year. I just thought of transcribing the entire interview; job hazard maybe, but more like I find a lot of parts interesting, especially the little details on…
Arashi is sweet 16 and in some cultures, this is a rite of passage, a coming-of-age, an age of transition. Of course in reality, the bakas are in their 30s already, not exactly simpering young ladies, or boys in the throes of adulthood. But as a group, they are in that stage, which Jun described…
You know you’re a J-pop fan when it’s so difficult to find the artists’ videos online, much more on YouTube. Sure, there are those that have official YouTube channels but if you fangirl a Johnny’s, good luck in looking for their videos. Fans even have to be creative in order to upload fanmade videos on…
[Warning: Long post and only one photo.] Sashiburi desu. I’m writing this while watching the ARASHI BLAST IN HAWAII live documentary for the nth time. But this post has been writing itself in my head for weeks now. Alas, my thoughts couldn’t write themselves. There’s been two things that made the news recently: Cyzo’s malicious…
[Spoilers ahead.] As soon as the first scene came on, with the jerky camera zoom-in, it felt nostalgic right away. And minutes into the film when the opening credits rolled in with Pikanchi Double, it was definitely walking down memory lane. I’m talking about PIKANCHI… LIFE IS HARD TABUN HAPPY, the third installment in Arashi’s…
Sometimes it takes one random song in my iPod to take me down memory lane and today, it was La Familia, a song Matsujun composed for their Iza Now Tour in 2004, when Arashi was five years old. Arashi is a typical “boy group” (I’d prefer male group since they’re not exactly boys anymore but…
You’re an Arashi fan if you know what, or rather, who inspired the title for this post. No less than the resident brat of course, Ninomiya Kazunari, one-fifth of Arashi. And yes, J-Storm was a little small little small little small label when it was launched in 2002 to produce Arashi’s future singles…
Alternative title: Will I still love you when you’re 58? Last Saturday’s SHIYAGARE episode will go down as one of my recent favorites. And to think I didn’t even know who Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi is before this and was curious over the hoohah that his guesting was creating. After reading up on him, I expected a…
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