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For relaxing time, make it Santory time

Old stuff? Yep, this movie was released 3 years ago but it's still on my TOP 5 RECENT MOVIES list. Sofia Coppola's LOST IN TRANSLATION hooked me at once when I had only watched it like 10 minutes or so. I went to see it…

Posted on October 19, 2006
in Media, Zush's playground
with 3 Comments

Redirecting the strategy

As we all who have eyes have noticed, the next marketing & media level Hello! Project has moved is called MORE SEX. After all it's a quite common way to quickly raise sales figures. Sex sells that's a fact. UFA's sales revenue was going down…

Posted on October 14, 2006
in Zush's playground
with 5 Comments

Sing a Song but from which side of the decade?

Call me a loyalist, or just call me old (if we're going by Morning Musume timelines) but is it just me, or has some of the magic been exhausted from the quality of their music or perhaps a change in the sound of J-pop in…

Posted on October 12, 2006
in Morning Musume, Wu-san's mix
with 3 Comments

When girls cry

Japanese are so emotional and I think there's that kind of sentimentality also in me. When I see girls crying on my TV screen also I start sobbing and in the deepest outburst of feelings I can't avoid tears appearing in my eyes. This happens…

Posted on October 7, 2006
in MM & H!P, Morning Musume
with 3 Comments

Hooked on Berryz (again)

Is this just another excuse to show more Miyabi pics? You know how you can't like someone's new song just after it's been released. It can leave you kind of "Don't really know" situation. Then you listen to this song once, then you listen it…

Posted on October 1, 2006
in MM & H!P
with 1 Comment