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Ayup. Back in fifth grade^[1], I never liked the Backstreet Boys or NSYNC, or boybands in general, with the exception of crack-funny LFO songs.

Now that I finally have time to churn, my sister'd^[2] introduced me to Japanese pop culture and TV dramas, and as you can see from a coupla entries down, I've been successfully inducted into Japanese boyband fandom as well. :D

Being the schizophrenic audiophile that I am, I'm no stranger to foreign que-pasa-anu-daw music^[3]. I can even name a handful of favourite Japanese bands.. but because of my aversion to the "western boyband pop" genre, I passed on these bands for so long, and now I've realized how much I've missed out. :D (same way when I found out that DAYUM! I like Justin Timberlake's music! :D Fackarr, I like Justin Timberlake too!) Haha! Because of this hallelujah chance, I now like KAT-TUN and NEWS!♥ And because they're not actually just bands, but are idol groups, there's a plethora of media they pop up in. They sing, dance, act, do concerts, release DVDs, appear on dramas and TV shows, record radio shows, and go on and on. Keeping up with it is a hoot. :D

I fangirl this smart boy on this radio show and the sexy birthday boy below. ♥


So the other day, I was going through random blogs and found a recent entry for SHIGET TOGETHER, Shige's radio show. I started paying close attention when I read that he'd recommended that RADWIMPS single I liked thanks to Xee, so I went over the archives and figured that I liked the sort he plays, so I list "shiget together" on my LJ interests list, found pinkujisatsu's shigettogether journal, and realize that I even have his old recoms on my HD. :) I recommend the songs played on Shige recommends! (Pahahaha~ mostly since I listen to it too :D) And I've upped them on Mediafire, so (4th!), if you feel like it, give em a chance, try them out? (I'm doing this to get you to listen to RADWIMPS and GReeeeN XD)

I don't have actual podcasts or anything, and I don't have good-qual copies of the unreleased NEWS songs, but here're the songs played on the "Shige Recommend" portion (or at least on the show). :)

SHIGET TOGETHER 02.03
► [MF] BE FREE // GReeeeN
► [MF] The Cookie Crumbles // BIGMAMA [MySpace]


SHIGET TOGETHER 02.10
Lady Spider // NEWS [guttsi's Radio Rip]
► [MF] [YT] 卒業 (Graduate) // ガガガSP (gagagaSP)
► [MF] [YT] 線香花火 (Fizzle) // ガガガSP (gagagaSP)


SHIGET TOGETHER 02.17
► [MF] [CDS] ORDER MADE // RADWIMPS
Bambina // NEWS [juniormint's Radio Rip][suketeru's Translation]

Oh, while we're at it, why don't you choose the flavor you want for the tears. We have sour, salty, spicy, sweet. Choose any one you'd like. Which do you want? Which do you want?
ETA: Here's the ORDER MADE single on [MF].
The [YT] second track's pure Engrish ("I used to ride my Venus upside down(?)") , and there's a line that goes "my lyrics gone so far and now that no one understand" too :D ♥ It should be interesting to note that this single was Oricon #1 that week, along with Koda Kumi's album. :D I'd try to upload the album that has セツナレンサ (Setsunarensa) [YT]. It's worth listening to! :3


02.24 EDIT: Only one recommended song this week, but he played 3 NEWS songs! :) And whee~! I think the 太陽のナミダ single'd be released today!?
2nd Edit: Ack. Didn't see this post! :D *DLs* [Buy!] :)

SHIGET TOGETHER 02.24
太陽のナミダ (Tears of the Sun) // NEWS [tesshi_o8's Rip]
► [MF] [YT] Someway // bonobos
裸足のシンデレラボーイ (Barefoot Cinderella Boy) // NEWS
Lady Spider // NEWS [guttsi's Radio Rip]





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..aaand, HAPPY 22nd BIRTHDAY HOTNESS!♥

(by hamstaball)
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_{[1] what did I like, then? The Spice Girls. :D I even bid for a Manila leg when they went on World Tour! We must've lacked votes that time, but LET'S GO, MANILA! LET'S VOTE TO HAVE MANILA ON MONOPOLY NEXT! :D
[2] I love how that sounds like "turd." Hahaha~ I love you Beebee!
[3] I jump from my usual indie and alt rock, to house and chillout, to Korean hip-hop, Finnish metal, French R&B, J-Rock, and Icelandic. This OMI thing on last.fm says my charts score a 153 on their scale. >.< It's all confusing.}