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Listen up [redux]

Posted September 21st, 2011 at 11:57 AM by Esper (The Uncarved Blog)

More Japanese music for you to try out. I'm making it half as long this time with just five so as not to overwhelm. As before, I feel these are good artists that anyone can appreciate, but then I'm biased. :p

Shiina Ringo
The daughter that John Lennon and Yoko Ono never had and musical chameleon. She can do any kind of music and make it good, but her poppy and jazzy stuff is especially excellent. IF YOU ONLY LISTEN TO ONE MAKE IT THIS ONE.
Sample: kuki, koufukuron (etsuraku hen),...
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Your Brain on Japanese

Posted September 12th, 2011 at 2:42 PM by Esper (The Uncarved Blog)
Updated September 13th, 2011 at 7:35 AM by Esper
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Just a silly website for everyone to play with. [clicky, clicky] Enter your username and use my handy translation key to find out what's really inside your head.

Here is mine:



And here's your guide:


  • : loneliness
  • : love
  • : secrets
  • H: sex
  • : rest
  • : enjoyment, comfort
  • : worry
  • : desire
  • : virtue
...
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The devil is in me

Posted September 10th, 2011 at 3:13 PM by Esper (The Uncarved Blog)

So while on my bicycle today and stopping to take a rest some random old guy on a bench told me: "Watch out for the devil's horns." I thought he was one of the crazy people you sometimes see and just left before he could do anything crazy to me. Then I got flats on both tires and had a hell of a time getting back home. And then I thought to look up devil's horns just because and it's a kind of plant thorn that's known to cause lots of problems to bicyclists. :<

Anyway....
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Listen up

Posted September 7th, 2011 at 2:13 PM by Esper (The Uncarved Blog)
Updated September 7th, 2011 at 7:48 PM by Esper

'Kay, so I'm gonna admit to being a bit of a music snob. I like having good music to listen to. I'm also unashamedly a fan of Japanese music. I also also like spreading good music to other people. And that's why I'm making this.

For anyone who is interested in Japanese music or would possibly like to expand their musical repertoire I'm presenting some of my favorite, possibly lesser-known artists for your consideration.

These are all artists that I don't think you need...
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Three days late

Posted September 5th, 2011 at 11:50 AM by Esper (The Uncarved Blog)
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Out of the blue I got a call from my parents today. I’m not on very good terms with them. In fact it wouldn’t be wrong to say that most of the time I feel like I hate them. That’s why I didn’t immediately answer my phone and only called back a half an hour later. Normally there’s nothing for us to talk about and I was in the middle of something.

It seems that three days ago my grandmother had a stroke and she’s been in nursing care since then. No one thought to tell...
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