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    1. Search results: Japan

      65 Items Found

      25 March 2007

      iPodding in Tokyo

      …recently had the privilege of spending a week in Japan as part of a Columbia Business School trip. I got … and Kyoto and to visit a host of interesting Japanese companies. There are dozens of interesting … I walked along the paths and streets of Japan, I saw many fewer iPods with their telltale white … and pinball machine), and elsewhere I traveled in Japan. Sure enough—the penetration of Apple’s … ubiquitous audio player appeared to be lower in Japan than it is in the U.S. (and upon researching the …

      25 June 2006

      Japanese Rock on NPR

      …Concise Report on 40 of the Biggest Rock Acts in Japan, aired on NPR via BBC’s The World. Below is … WERMAN: Not many Americans are familiar with Japanese rock. Rock is not what comes to mind when you … think “Japanese music.” But Josephine Yun thinks … Concise Report on 40 of the Biggest Rock Acts in Japan. Yun says the book doesn’t just list the … best Japanese rock bands. JOSEPHINE YUN: I did try to …

      11 October 2006

      Dir En Grey

      …EN GREY have thrashed their way to prominence in Japan, leaving an indelible bruise on the rock scene … this summer, proving that while the band is from Japan, Dir en grey is not just a ‘Japanese rock … ask any non-music related questions pertaining to Japan. Stuff about anime, manga, or cosplay was … en grey faces the same challenge with the ‘Japanese rock band’ moniker. While there’s … home country, categorizing Dir en grey as ‘Japanese rock’ just takes away from the …

      18 January 2006

      Japanese Visual Kei and the Blurring of American Genre Lines

      …of what I hope to be an ongoing discussion of the Japanese ‘Visual Kei’ music scene. The … Visual Kei (and perhaps in other music scenes in Japan) the ‘rules and regulations’ that … cheesy pop ballads with thrash metal.) Since Japan is stereotypically thought of as very rigid, with … that such genre rules would have been born in Japan, not in freedom-obsessed America. So perhaps … of their most democratic mediums. And maybe the Japanese, when making rock n’ roll their own, …

      8 February 2009

      Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – Catnip Dynamite (Franklin Castle/Oglio)

      …two different versions: as Solid State Warrior in Japan (where, like a lot of modern power poppers, he’s … album ends with a trio of songs recorded live in Japan, including the Imagination song “You Were Right” …

      13 June 2006

      Hot Topic: An Evil Empire?

      …racks upon racks of HIM merchandise, something Japan-esque caught my eye. On a shelf before me stood … a visual kei music and culture magazine from Japan. With mixed emotions, I picked out a few and … Withering To Death. All of this exposure to the Japanese music I love should be a good thing, worthy of … viewpoints, I decided that my distaste for the Japanese rock paraphernalia promoted at Hot Topic …

      30 January 2009

      Kazuko Shiraishi - My Floating Mother, City (New Directions)

      …Japanese beat poet KAZUKO SHIRAISHI (b. 1931) is … of her work, all by New Directions (in Japan her publications have appeared much more … OKI ITARU; though she read it mostly in Japanese, we had copies on our chairs, and she threw in … whose name I didn’t catch), then by Shiraishi in Japanese. The short poem “Little Planet,” translated by … Tonight (Friday 1/30, 6:30) Shiraishi will be at Japan Society, reading with Itaru and participating in …

      21 July 2006

      Tokyo Rock City: Let's Not Bring Down the Government

      …KOIZUMI is not only the most powerful man in Japan, but also a rock ‘n’ roll obsessive. … I Love You” at state dinners and likes X JAPAN and MORNING MUSUME. I haven’t ever heard of …

      3 March 2010

      Jason Falkner –I’m OK, You’re OK (Cobraside)

      …Released in Japan almost two years ago (with, I’m compelled to add, …

      31 March 2006

      Japanese Imports [Part I]: Everything and the Kitchen Sink

      …expansively, imaginatively, and organically than Japan did in 1987-1992 (roughly)—a movement that … continues even into the present. At this time, Japan was such a fertile bed that it gave rise not only … Without speculating, at least for now, as to “why Japan and why then?,” it is mind-boggling to hear all … spirit and discipline—strikes me as a very Japanese trait. I would venture to say that this is the … that was (and is) one of the biggest drivers of Japanese musical adventurousness. A bit of …

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