‘4- Entertainment’ Archives
Joe Hisaishi to Paris in June
Joe Hisaishi announced through his facebook that he would give some concerts inParis in coming June. Joe Hisaishi is expected more concerts by his fans of the world. As we know, his concerts are not many in his schedule, with a guess, he probably doesn't like concert action in front of lots of people. Joe Hisaishi once confessed he is [...]
Warner Music to be under acquisition
The big music record & entertainment company, Warner Music Group is today reported to be bought by a new business group called Access Industries. I can't really believe it as a music fan. Warner records has been one of the top music companies in the world together with EMI, SONY, Universal, Virgin, and some others. Especially, Warner [...]
Ex-Beatles Paul McCartney to get married ?
This news isn't a Japan related news, but as a Japanese fan of the Beatles, I should write about it. Ex-Beatles Paul McCartney seems to be going to marry, a news said in Japan. Paul McCartney may be feeling lonely sometimes. He lost many of his life time partners. At the age of 38, he lost the biggest respecting talent, John Lennon. Also, [...]
My Hotel California
Thinking over and over again on how the Japanese can wake up from this hell, my answer reached IMPOSSIBLE. This country doesn't let them know the real information. Where there's no real things, it's completely impossible for people to have right judgement. They, Japanese poeple, will never wake up to justice or reality of humanity. [...]
City Magazine, PIA, to end its history
In Japan, there has been a very useful city information magazine called PIA. This PIA magazine covers mainly over the big cities like Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, etc., and the wide range of information from gourmet restaurants to entertainment events of movies or music concerts have always been the must information for enjoying city life especially [...]
Ex-Candies Yoshiko Tanaka died yesterday
A very sad news reached me just when I was about to go to bed yesterday. Yoshiko Tanaka, who was a member of Candies, died of breast cancer yesterday. Although I was not such a fan of Candies back in 1970's when they were enjoying the popularity boom in Japan, the 3 members of Candies created huge sensation then in Japan and they were [...]
Beady Eye, Paul Weller… UK music for Japan
Thank you for your kind action for Japan. I read a news about this concert. Beady Eye's Ream seems to collect musicians for this concert, and Paul Weller or others supported his idea. It's a touching event for us Japanese.. and me too. Aagin, thank you for your friendship.
Songs for Japan by John Lennon, U2, etc..
I've been a POP music fan for so long time. British music or American modern POP music have always attracted me and gave me a big influence in my process of becoming an adult. Many legendary musicians came to Japan to give concerts and the tickets often became the platinum papers with high demand to get. USA for Africa or many charity [...]
TULIP, a POP music band of 70′s to 80′s
There used to be a Japanese POP music group called TULIP. This band is no longer in live act, and the boom time of them are from 70's to 80's of Japan. Their main fans are teenage girls at the time, however, some boys also liked them for the beautiful melody of TULIP. They named Tulip because they thought the sound of the name resembled [...]
Off Course,an old POP music lives on
When I was a student in Tokyo, a very popular music group, Off Course, was active both in producing new numbers and in giving concerts. I myself didn't like it very much, as opposed to a lot of fans around me. One of my close friends, one day, brought me an album called WE ARE. As I wasn't interested, I left it on the shelf for a long [...]
