Heh, I went over there and voted for Perfume. MM is crushing AKB 48 by nearly 2-to-1 now.



Oh, and this song doesn't do much for me, although the chorus is pretty good.

I never understood what there was to like about Koharu, outside of her being cute. She's annoying as hell and completely devoid of interesting personality traits. She is possibly the worst singer currently employed with a major entertainment agency. She's a worse singer than Sayumi, and Sayumi suck...

[quote name='The☆AEUGNewtype' post='69513' date='Sep 28 2009, 11:40 PM']I'm not mad at anyone for anything besides some people being ignorant to what I said. This whole thing started (as usual) by me expressing my opinion that I think her whole "comeback" shtick is really lame and unnecess...

[quote name='Geof' post='69460' date='Sep 28 2009, 01:14 AM']Koharu & Aika are the definitive poster children for this method, and a good number of fans accept them despite their actual talent (or lack of, or 62% of) because they either look or act cute, or the fans are just insane & latch o...

[quote name='Special Needs Tricycle' post='69452' date='Sep 27 2009, 08:58 PM']People like to rag on how vocally untalented Morning Musume is for some reason, but after Koharu leaves, the only members who are actually can't hold their own in singing are Sayu, Aika, and maybe JunJun. Eri's a little s...

[quote name='The☆AEUGNewtype' post='69417' date='Sep 27 2009, 02:54 AM'][quote name='neshcom' post='69355' date='Sep 25 2009, 12:26 PM'][quote name='The☆AEUGNewtype' post='69346' date='Sep 25 2009, 08:51 AM']And to Jpope, I very strongly doubt a high percentage of people still interested in her care...

[quote name='jochin' post='69431' date='Sep 27 2009, 10:05 AM'][quote name='The☆AEUGNewtype' post='69425' date='Sep 27 2009, 05:12 PM']And Koharu has a great personality and enough other talent to get her many other projects like a very successful solo career and voice acting career. All things that...

[quote name='The☆AEUGNewtype' post='69346' date='Sep 25 2009, 08:51 AM'][quote name='Cyrene' post='69340' date='Sep 24 2009, 11:09 PM'][quote name='mEri' post='69338' date='Sep 24 2009, 07:04 PM'][quote name='The☆AEUGNewtype' post='69337' date='Sep 24 2009, 05:40 PM']anger[/quote] You sure operate o...

[quote name='TnB' post='69316' date='Sep 24 2009, 04:42 AM'][quote name='JPope' post='69314' date='Sep 24 2009, 12:51 AM'][quote name='TnB' post='69312' date='Sep 23 2009, 09:42 PM']As for her fanbase, you all should really take a look at the reasons why middle school kids think "young mamas&qu...

[quote name='Special Needs Tricycle' post='69291' date='Sep 23 2009, 12:25 PM']When she started her blog, I, and I don't think anyone else ever expected to it to blow up to be what it did become, and I'm actually glad for her. I expected it to have no one commenting except for the few wotas she had ...

The Japanese people don't seem to find her in any way shameful, or at the very least hold her comportment since the pregnancy in rather high esteem. I think some people are forgetting just how popular the Tsuji-Kago duo was in their own right, or are simply unaware of it. It's not like this is Paris...

There will be auditions, from which one or more girls currently unconnected with the entertainment industry will be chosen to join Morning Musume. Miki Fujimoto's selection was an exception. Promoting girls from other H!P groups into Morning Musume defeats the purpose of Morning Musume, and I get th...

[quote name='TnB' post='69264' date='Sep 22 2009, 10:02 PM']If Tsuji hadn't have gotten pregnant, I really doubt she'd be where she is now in terms of popularity and opportunities.[/quote]



You're probably right. The world works mysteriously at times. Good for Tsuji.

Isn't any sort of "training" for Koharu just the epitome of turd-polishing at this point? All the training in the world is useless without a bit of innate talent, which KK is entirely bereft of.

[quote name='mEri' post='69220' date='Sep 22 2009, 12:42 AM']No one else finds this odd?[/quote]



Most people are just happy about it and don't really care about the why.

[quote name='KABtx' post='69192' date='Sep 21 2009, 01:33 PM'][quote name='Cyrene' post='69191' date='Sep 21 2009, 12:08 PM']Yup, smells like a the usual UFA-needs-money-and-we-can-profit-of-_____ plan.[/quote] Phase 1: Graduation Phase 2: ?? Phase 3: Profit [/quote] Well played, sir! Phase 2 is nev...

[quote name='mEri' post='69060' date='Sep 18 2009, 04:40 PM'][quote name='Cyrene' post='69050' date='Sep 18 2009, 05:41 AM']As cute as that wedding picture is, I can't help but go "ugh". She's so...damn over-cute. And I love Tsuji! Just there is a time to grow up and that time is now.[/quo...

Sweet Jesus, hallelujah!



Never have so many Morning Musume fans been so happy to see a member graduate. That pretty much says it all.



She sucked so fucking bad, and this news makes me very happy.

I'm more jealous of you for this than I was of any of the folks who got to see MM in LA. That sounds like a great time.

So MEG has a new EP out, Journey . It's produced by the Shanghai Restoration Project, and it's pretty good. Not a total departure from her Yasutaka Nakata produced stuff, but definitely more experimental and minimalist while at the same time very melodic and accessible. Oh yeah, she sings mostly in ...

My point is, and always has been, that Ted Kennedy should never have been allowed to wield the type of power which would allow his opinion on such subjects to carry any weight beyond his personal opinion. Kennedy's actions at Chappaquiddick revealed a moral failing so deep and so complete that he de...

[quote name='Cyrene' post='68119' date='Aug 30 2009, 01:21 AM']Oh, and that sandwich thing. Ew. But I'm sure there are other senators that have done horrible things that have gone unreported or have used hush-money. It's all politics.[/quote] But we know about this, and the topic is Edward Kennedy, ...

[quote name='mEri' post='68044' date='Aug 28 2009, 10:13 PM'][quote name='TnB' post='68042' date='Aug 28 2009, 07:03 PM'][quote name='mEri' post='68013' date='Aug 28 2009, 12:02 PM'][quote name='TnB' post='68009' date='Aug 28 2009, 05:46 AM']Would anyone be interested in regular translations of her ...

[quote name='PQ' post='68100' date='Aug 29 2009, 05:03 PM']Hey! Don't bash my Red Sox![/quote]

The fact that the BoSox have owned the Tigers this year might have something to do with my position, too.

[quote name='Cyrene' post='68030' date='Aug 28 2009, 07:33 PM']Cancer is horrible. R.I.P! Also, he was a selfish prick when it came to the past (regarding the post above me), but honestly we weren't there. We don't know what happened. So speaking ill of the dead = classy. For serious.[/quote] This i...

40 years too late. Mary Jo Kopechne can Rest In Peace, Teddy Boy can Rot In Hell.

[quote name='mEri' post='67949' date='Aug 27 2009, 02:35 AM']If anything, I hate the H!P machine that infantilized her to the media to such an extreme that she was demonized for being a sexy 21 year old. (This is the same H!P company that shills "innocent" bikini PBs of 12 year old idols f...

Good for her. It won't really mean anything to me unless she finds her way back into the recording studio, though. Cubic Cross was hit and miss for me, and these type of comebacks rarely produce anything good, so while I'm happy for Ichii, I'm not expecting much. I'd love to be surprised, though. Sh...

[quote name='Tallgeese' post='67792' date='Aug 23 2009, 03:05 PM']I love the C/W - "Kirai Suki Daikirai!" It's more of the "classic" Buono rock sound many of us are fond of. I can't wait to see this love. BTW, the beginning guitar riff is mostly the one from "Aisha Loan de,&...

[quote name='The☆AEUGNewtype' post='67612' date='Aug 19 2009, 07:21 PM'][quote name='JPope' post='67584' date='Aug 19 2009, 02:52 PM'][quote name='The☆AEUGNewtype' post='67543' date='Aug 19 2009, 12:15 AM']That really wasn't very good IMO, but maybe I'm just very used to how much tone control Shiina...