GROOVE MUSIC LIFE VIDEO: Happy Holidays From The Groove Music Life!
We’ll start with, appropriately for this blog, Morning Musume’s legendary 60′s Christmas Medley: …Followed by something to match the other focus of this blog from punk legends The Dickies....
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BEST ALBUMS OF 2011: #2: MORNING MUSUME “Fantasy! Juuichi” and “12, Smart”
MORNING MUSUME Fantasy Juuichi (Zetima) Available on CD, CD/DVD combo, and iTunes12, Smart MORNING MUSUME 12, Smart (Zetima) Available on CD, CD/DVD combo, and iTunes Japan Looking back, both of these...
View ArticleUm, Isn’t This A Little Too Soon?
Oy vey. Tsunku-san is really testing my faith in my favorite band. I can deal with incoming goofball singles like the one coming out at the end of the month, “Pyoko Pyoko Ultra” (c’mon, it’s a parallel...
View ArticleHas It Been That Long Already?
Yep, it’s been that long… it actually has been five years since I started blogging (this site started in 2007, and I apparently miscalculated last year… fuck it!) Time to update the annual list of what...
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The Unsinkable Reina Tanaka
I’m sorry I didn’t comment on this a lot sooner (the news is about a day and a half old as I finally get a chance to write about this) – hell, I’m sorry I haven’t blogged as much as I would have liked...
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A Tale of Two Heroes
Two of my heroes just had major birthdays this past weekend. And even though both birthdays will be in the past when this post gets up and read, it’s still worth discussing, especially from my own...
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REVIEW: MORNING MUSUME “13 Colorful Character”
MORNING MUSUME 13 Colorful Character (Zetima) Available on CD, CD/DVD, and on iTunes US and Japan Rating: 5 out of 5 stars The past two-plus years have definitely been a prolific period for Morning...
View ArticleAnd Now, It’s My Turn To Go Through The Most Cathartic Thing A Diehard Fan Of...
First, thank you for your continued support. It has been decided that, I, Reina Tanaka, will graduate from Morning Musume, as well as from Hello! Project at the end of next spring’s tour! I have...
View ArticleOne Does Not Simply Grow Out Of Their Passion For Music
“When are you going to grow out of that J-Pop stuff?” This has a frequent question from my wife Tara, who I’ve known since 2004 and have been married to since 2010. The question doesn’t seem to come up...
View ArticleFrom MiniMoni To CuckoldMoni (Or Should That Be CougarMoni?)
I was rather shocked to hear of Mari Yaguchi publicly admitting last night to having an affair with another man earlier this year – an affair discovered when her husband walked in on her and her...
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Why Most Cover Bands Need To Die
One of the things that kept me from posting here on the regular for all of 2013 and much of the previous year was being involved with live music again… which would have been well and good except for...
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