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MTV Unplugged is Back with Vampire Weekend

January 9, 2010 — Leave a comment

What happened to MTV Unplugged anyway? It feels like it just went away. I do remember Alicia Keys and Maroon 5 had MTV Unplugged albums, right? Or was it only Keys?

Anyway, Vampire Weekend on MTV Unplugged.

Does that mean they’re famous? I thought only famous… like household names had MTV Unplugged albums. I really liked Vampire Weekend’s debut, and their sound translates well on this unplugged scenario. But what’s missing? I guess I’m used to really different arrangements. As it it now, they just sound kind of the same.

Check out some clips (6 songs is a full show?) over at the MTV website.
* seems like the embedding didn’t work for me.

In Concerts, English, Music, Sharing, Television alicia keys, concert, concert photography, mtv, performance, why the 90's ruled

Emily, Will You Marry Me?

Awww… that is so awesome, non?
Major points for the music~~~
But of course, the big points come
from all that light painting~~~

Posted on January 9, 2010 In English, Fun, Motion, Music, Photographs, Sharing light, motion graphics, soundtrack, time-lapse

Yu Aoi 2010 Calendar

January 5, 2010 — 5 Comments

I wasn’t gonna post these — like I said, not a calendar person — , but ran into some okay scans,
so now I’m looking for all of them. If you have them, resolution of 560px wide or more
leave a link on the comments!

I can totally see Dutch Milk Maid… or Hansel & Gretel. Ja?

In Celebrity, Japanese, Photoshoots, Sharing scans, yu aoi

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Natalie Portman for Elle UK by David Slijper

January 4, 2010 — 1 Comment

In Celebrity, English, Fun, Photoshoots, Sharing magazine shoot, natalie portman

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Faye Wong Back for Confucius

January 4, 2010 — Leave a comment

Turns out that Faye Wong had been working on the main theme for the Chow Yun-Fat Confucius film. The song, titled You Lan Cao (幽兰操), was finished on December 31st, and will be released on January 6th for the release of the film.

It is based on the works of the Tang Dynasty poet Han Yu (韩愈, 768-824). The director, Hu Mei, is reported to have described Faye’s rendition as ethereal, as “Communication of the earth and the sky’s beauty.”

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The new song uses only 64 Chinese characters and is adapted from ancient poet Han Yu’s eulogy on orchids that resonated with the iconic philosopher Confucius.

via Aiya They Didn’t.

In Celebrity, Chinese, English, Films, Music, Photographs, Sharing faye wong, news, soundtrack

Bad Ass Fruity o-Mochi

xD

It was seriously good, and pretty.

it was so effing tasty… the green one had a Guanabana (Soursop) filling, which was my fave. Then there was the chocolate one, and the Lucuma one~~~ The rest, I think, had a sweetened bean paste… which is the most common. We also had a lot of Japanese food, which was popular because we don’t normally get makis, sushi and sashimi on New Year. There was also pancetta with crispy skin (like REALLY crispy, really so effing good). We had sticky rice, spicy jellyfish, sweet potato noodle salad, and egg tarts xD

Food is so good, why would anyone not eat?

Posted on January 1, 2010 In Chinese, English, Fun, Japanese, Products, Sharing, Spanish chocolate, food, food photography, japan

Camouflage – Aoi Yu x Yottsu no Uso – Chapter 2

December 27, 2009 — 1 Comment

Finally got the chance to watch the second chapter of Camouflage fully translated. Why? One, because I didn’t have the time, and when I had the time ViiKii wasn’t letting me stream.

So… anyway! I’m pimping subscribers! I want more people to subscribe, and I guess most of the visitors are coming here for their Yu Aoi fix, so please. Add this blog to your Google, or your Yahoo…. or just add the blog’s Feed to any reader you use, that way you can keep up with your Yu Aoi reading. ;P

Okay, pimp time is done.

BARAIRO NO HIBI, or Rose-colored Days is the 2nd 3-episode chapter of Yu Aoi’s Camouflage, which aired a LONG time ago. The title seems to be a play on words on “rose-colored g lasses” (aka. pink-colored glasses) which refers to seeing something nicer than it normally is. A common word that is often used (and I often read about 5 years ago) was delusion. Delusional people aren’t really crazy per se, but they are living in an illusion that they’ve created.

In this case, Yu’s character, Makoto.

In Celebrity, DVD/BR, English, Fun, Japanese, Photoshoots, Screencaps, Sharing, Television actress, fandom, japan, show recs, tv drama / tv series / miniseries, wowow, yu aoi

SNL Portraits by Mary Ellen Matthews

December 18, 2009 — 2 Comments

Sometimes SNL comes through with some pretty photos of their celebrity hosts, and their musical guests… some of them by Mary Ellen Matthews and Jed Root. One of my favorite ones of Natalie Portman. xD

portman-n-snl-jed-root

In Celebrity, English, Photoshoots, Sharing, Television amy adams, anne hathaway, ben affleck, fatboy slim, natalie portman, reality tv/variety, snl, tina fey

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Gong Li for Cosmopolitan China

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you so gotta see the one on the Great Wall.

Posted on December 15, 2009 In Celebrity, Chinese, English, Photoshoots, Sharing actress, chen man, china, gong li, magazine shoot

Takeshi Kaneshiro for GQ China

Takeshi Kaneshiro is possibly the hottest Asian actor alive. LOL You can’t EVER go wrong with a Kaneshiro photo… and he speaks Mandarin, Taiwanese, Cantonese, Japanese, and English. *melts*

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Posted on December 8, 2009 In Celebrity, Chinese, English, Japanese, Photoshoots, Sharing actor, gorgeousity!, japan, magazine shoot, sexy stuff, taiwan, takeshi kaneshiro

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