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What I Musically Love about Japanese Music

Posted on September 14, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I may be able to extract a post for Texihabara on this subject from this, but I kind of want to be a little freer here. There is something about Japanese music that fascinates me.  Well, several things, really. Babymetal has a song, “Da da dance”.  It’s an extraordinarily high energy

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Pop Culture babymetal, Da da dance, JMetal, Karate, music Leave a comment

My Tumultuous Relationship with Music

Posted on September 6, 2021 by bakatsundoku

Good morning! It’s Labor Day in my country today, which for most people means a day off, barbecues, that kind of thing. I am taking the week off. I have been working at my company for over five years, which means I get three weeks now, and I plan on

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Uncategorized AKB48, babymetal, classical, JMetal, Jpop, music appreciation, romantic, Saint-Saens, Tchaikovsky Leave a comment

Morning Musume, and the “Sealing” of Babymetal

Posted on September 5, 2021 by bakatsundoku

So, today, I have been working on adding further reviews to Texihabara. There’s a bit of a technical issue I have to iron out where not all of the reviews are accessible, but I suppose that’s something that I can iron out with a bit of support and elbow grease.

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Uncategorized babymetal, Japan, JMetal, Jpop, Kawaii metal, metal, Morning Musume, Sumetal, Suzuka Nakamoto Leave a comment

Why I’m Not a YouTube Reactor

Posted on August 24, 2021 by bakatsundoku

When I opened my new site, I had several options as to how I wanted to proceed. One of the simplest and probably most effective ways to do the kinds of reviews I’m currently slogging through was to become a YouTube reactor. It seems to be a tried and true

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Uncategorized babymetal, reactions, YouTube Leave a comment

I do not Love Suzuka Nakamoto

Posted on January 5, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I am something of a fan of Babymetal I do enjoy their music, even though I’m not usually a fan of metal. I think I’ve written about this before, so I won’t go into further detail One thing I have notice (and I may be doing a little bit of

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Uncategorized babymetal, idols, love, Nakamoto Suzuka Leave a comment

The Kawaii Metal Phenomenon

Posted on October 14, 2020 by bakatsundoku

I was first introduced to “Kawaii Metal” a couple of years ago, when a coworker showed me “Gimme Chocolate” by Babymetal. My first thought was “What did I just watch?” And then I fell just a little bit down the foxhole. I don’t like all their music, but I like

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Uncategorized babymetal, Gimme Chocolate, heavy metal, Kawaii metal, metal, YouTube, ベビメタル Leave a comment

Gimme Chocolate

Posted on June 28, 2020 by bakatsundoku

The year is 1945.  Japan has been ravaged as a nation, and many of its larger cities have been bombed into an unrecognizable mess.  Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s core business districts are flattened wastelands of radioactive rubble, and hundreds of thousand of Japanese citizens have been killed.  Most of those citizens

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Uncategorized babymetal, children, Gimme Choco, Gimme Chocolate, Japan, war, World War II Leave a comment

Kawaii Aidoru

Posted on June 17, 2020 by bakatsundoku

YouTube is an incredible distraction throughout most of the issues that have been going on in the world, and in my country. One thing I’ve been watching is Babymetal reactions.  It’s quite amusing to see someone reacting for the first time – “Well, this is a band with… three girls?  And

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Uncategorized AKB48, babymetal, culture, cute, idol culture, idols, japanese, kawaii Leave a comment

Babymetal

Posted on December 12, 2019 by bakatsundoku

Over the past year or so, I’ve become something of a fan of Babymetal.  This may seem odd to people who know me, because I’m a classically trained musician, and I find most metal to be just people making noise, loudly.  But Babymetal has proven to be an exception. There

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Uncategorized babymetal, heavy metal, J-pop, Japan Leave a comment

Why does a Classically Trained Pianist like J-Pop?

Posted on November 16, 2019 by bakatsundoku

As I might have mentioned at one point, I am a classically trained musician.  I am familiar with most of the works of many major composers, but my favorite classical pieces – or romantic pieces, as the case may be, are some of the more famous piano concertos.  Those by

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Uncategorized AKB48, babymetal, classical music, ganbatte, J-pop, Japan Leave a comment
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