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Gaijinfest 2010: Domo Arigato, Mister J-Rocko

Stereotypes about Japanese culture persist in the Western consciousness, in spite, or perhaps as a result of our increased exposure to it. Blogs, magazines, and TV shows love to say, “OH LOOK AT HOW WEIRD AND FUCKED UP JAPAN IS,” and that’s because people who don’t live in Japan only want to see only the […]

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by Scott on April 19, 2010 • Permalink

Posted in Guest Posts, Listmakery, Music, Video

Tagged bob dylan, cake, folk, frosting, j-pop, japan, joni mitchell, kan mikami, kazuki tomokawa, kraftwerk, morita doji, nakahara chuya, scott, talking heads, youtube

Posted by Scott on April 19, 2010

http://www.girlpants.org/2010/04/gaijinfest-2010-domo-arigato-mister-j-rocko/

Japan’s First Ladies of Pop

In an age when “Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah! Roma-Roma-ma-ah! Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!” has become an iconic watchword, you have no choice but to commence eyeroll sequence when some dunderhead flails his arms and cries, “I DON’T SPEAK JAPANESE AND AM INCAPABLE OF APPRECIATING SOLID MELODIES, IMPRESSIVE VISUALS, AND GENERAL KICK-ASSERY.” Now more than ever, pop is about the importance of […]