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The Late 2012-2013 Music Highlights

August 12, 2014

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I think I could work more on the 2013 list, but then it will be 2015! LOL ~~I also hate that I don’t have my font pack at hand because this graphic is UHHHH-GLAY.~~ My Frankenstein Computer is back! I’m so happy~

Anyway, here are 30 album picks by all different artists that released (almost) full-length albums these last two years. And here are all their covers in gallery form, and here’s a Facebook Gallery, it contains some playlists and iTunes links. And here’s a Xiami playlist, where you can (almost) access all the albums. And a Weibo post in case you’re there.

And here’s the YAM Magazine list that contains all my ramblings, with playlist/streaming and buy links.

Why Can’t We Have More of This: Yu Aoi + Kim Soo Hyun

I didn’t realize this was THIS old, but why isn’t anything else happening with this much perfection together? Seriously. Nearly three years after the launch of Madfory magazine in October 2011. Three freaking years!

You know you want it- another quirky romantic dramedy by Park Chan-wook starring these two.

Posted on July 16, 2014 In Celebrity, English, Japanese, Korean, Photoshoots, Sharing actor, actress, cute, dream collaboration, fandom, japan, korea, magazine shoot, yu aoi

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These Are My Movie Dads of 2013

… or maybe I’m just projecting too much, but I thought 2013 had a lot of Father/Son-Daughter relationship movies. Even when it wasn’t literally a blood-relation, like in the more clear case between Idris Elba and Rinko Kikuchi (et Ashida Mana) in Pacific Rim, or the more blurred relationship between Jiao Xu with Mr. Go in Mr. Go.

I cried in a couple of these ones, but I won’t tell you which. LOL

From left to right, top to bottom: Koreeda’s Like Father, Like Son; Miracle in Cell No. 7; Metro Manila; Pacific Rim; Saving Mr. Banks; Silent Witness; About Time; Police Story 2013; Instructions Not Included; and Mr. Go.

Posted on July 9, 2014 In Chinese, English, Films, Graphics, Japanese, Korean, Sharing, Spanish, Stills amy wong, ashida mana, china, disney, guillermo del toro, jackie chan, japan, kore-eda, korea, latin america, musings, rankings, reasons why my dad is cool, rinko kikuchi

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Oh, God, Sri~ This is some kind of wrong~

May 24, 2014 — 2 Comments

Sridevi’s lovely crowd-pleasing English Vinglish is going to Japan [Trailer, if you don’t believe me], and for a moment there I thought they might actually super-dub it [1] but no~ Japan is getting it subbed after 3 Idiots got a nod for Best Foreign Film in the last edition of the Japanese Academy Awards. For promotions of the film, they want to use this image of her 1993 film Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja:

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OH~ GODDDDDDDD

And it’s serious too- like, they totally mean to promote EV with Sridevi in yellow-face without a hint of irony. I wonder what Japanese people would think other than “oh, these silly foreigners,” I don’t know who the audience for the film is in Japan, somehow I don’t picture Japanese housewives going to watch a non-Japanese non-Hollywood (ft. Depp or DiCaprio or Pitt or Cruise) flick with subtitles, but maybe I’m underestimating them.

For casual watchers of “this is Chinese/Japanese/Korean” arguments online or real life, Sridevi’s attire though wanting to be Japanese is obviously more Chinese-inspired, like Disney’s Mulan’s match-making attire wanting to be Chinese but obviously Japanese-inspired.

In Celebrity, Clips, DVD/BR, English, Films, Music, Rants, Sharing, Stills actress, china, distributors, india, japan, korea, movie classics, musical/choreography

EPIK HIGH x BiBi – With You

Well, this is a completely unexpected collaboration. I’m not completely feeling the English lyrics added to the EPIK HIGH cover, I think it would’ve made more sense if they had added Mandarin instead. However, I bet I would be complaining about how pedestrian the lyrics in Chinese are. LOL So I’ll settle.

Instead~ look at how awkward the vibe of the Making Of is at the beginning, and how they all sort of become dorks by the end of it. xD It’s even more funny if you’ve EVER been the only person in a room that doesn’t speak a language –in this case Korean– and then sort of blurt out a nodding affirmation in said language.

Here’s the official Audio track/Lyric video.

Posted on May 20, 2014 In Celebrity, Chinese, Clips, English, Korean, Music, Sharing bibi chow (zhou bichang), china, documentary/making-of, dork, dream collaboration, fandom, funny, korea, new music

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All My Biases in One List Ranked

Too much awesomeness into one.

What made it to the list and where it placed? Some of my biggest biases placed lower than expected, and some that I don’t want to be my bias placed high on there~

Head over there and do your thing~

Posted on May 2, 2014 In Chinese, English, French, Fun, Graphics, Japanese, Korean, Misc., Russian, Sharing, Spanish actress, amy adams, amy wong, anne hathaway, annette bening, aoi miyazaki, audrey tautou, ayumi ito, bae doona, by amy wong, canada, carey mulligan, cate blanchett, charlize theron, charlotte gainsbourg, china, chulpan khamatova, dakota fanning, ellen page, eva green, evan rachel wood, fan bingbing, france, gong li, gwyneth paltrow, helena bonham carter, huzzah, india, japan, joan chen, jodie foster, juhi chawla, julianne moore, juliette binoche, kate winslet, korea, kou shibasaki, kwai lun-mei, latin america, laura linney, li bingbing, madhuri dixit, maggie cheung, marion cotillard, mary-louise parker, mia wasikowska, michelle williams, miki nakatani, naomi watts, natalie portman, nicole kidman, olivia thirlby, olivia williams, penelope cruz, rachel mcadams, rachel weisz, rani mukerji, rankings, rinko kikuchi, russia, saoirse ronan, sarah polley, scarlett johansson, shu qi, spain, tabu (actress), taiwan, tilda swinton, toni collette, vidya balan, yam, yu aoi, zhao wei (vicky zhao), zhou xun

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Flawless Doona for Vogue

Flawless Doona Bae is flawless always. All the time. Whatever the onslaught of heavily enhanced new actresses in Korea and across Asia may be, whenever you see Doona Bae’s face, you’ll always know it’s her.

Posted on April 26, 2014 In Celebrity, English, Korean, Photoshoots, Sharing actress, bae doona, black and white, faces!, fandom, huzzah, korea, magazine shoot

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Jambinai’s got the Connection~

Talk about experiences. Keeping an eye out for Korea’s Jambinai x)

Posted on April 13, 2014 In Clips, English, Korean, Music, Sharing independent, korea, new music, new talent, performance

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JeA, You’re Killing Me~~~

Oh, heck yes, I’m GOING~

THEY ALL COME TO ME. First, Bjork, then the BackStreet Boys, Miyavi and (bonus for) Big Bang. Now it’s JeA’s turn. Maybe you don’t know, JeA is my BEG bias.

After much deliberation with a friend, we decided to crash the Lunafly concert for JeA, just to get a glimpse of her.

Posted on April 12, 2014 In Celebrity, Clips, English, Fun, Korean, Music, Sharing, Spanish backstreet boys, big bang, bjork, brown eyed girls, concert, cute, fandom, huzzah, korea, miyavi, peru

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More Mixed Hotness Solo with Bibi and Min Hyorin

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I was wondering about my rather quick faded interest in Min Hyorin, and just found out she just signed a new contract with JYP [1]. I hope that doesn’t mean less interest in movies and more focus in music, because- Buah~ wasted potential there, because look:

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In Celebrity, Chinese, English, Korean, Photoshoots, Sharing actress, bibi chow (zhou bichang), china, faces!, fandom, hair, korea, sexy stuff

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