WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS SERIOUS BUSINESS. CHIAKII ACTUALLY SITS HER ASS DOWN AND TALKS ABOUT HER FEELINGS. JUST A WARNING.

Well, 2008 is winding down. We’re getting ready for 2009. I can’t think of anything important that will be happening to me personally in 2009. I might get my learners’ permit or something. (I’m sure that’s such a good idea. Set Chiakii loose on the roads of San Francisco.)

However! Some blogs are choosing to honor the artists that they felt brought the awesome this year. Some are writing long, heartfelt posts about how 2008 did/didn’t live up to their expectations. Everyone will look back at pengie’s predictions for 2008 and see whether or not they came true.

But I’m not those blogs! Instead, I’m going to wrap up 2008 in dialogue format and be rude about all the releases I secretly loved. Because I am a bitch.

I actually did something like this in 2007. I called it “2007 in a Nutshell” (because I’m so creative). I didn’t finish it in time. Pity, too. There were quite a few gems in there.

So, Soap Bubble brings you…2008 in a Nutshell!

* Note: I really don’t remember half of what happened this year. And frankly, I don’t care about half of the stuff that did. Just warning you, in case something epic happened in August that skipped over. Read more »

Posted: December 31st, 2008 under album, avex, berryz koubou, boobs, c-ute, conspiracy theories, elder club, end of the year, h!p kids, hello! project, high-king, japanese, morning musume, ongaku gatas, perfume, v-u-den, wtf.
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Lately, a lot of people have been introducing H!P or Jpop in general to their friends, younger siblings, etc as a sort of scientific (cough) experiment on how well Jpop - particularly of the crack-induced H!P persuasion - would fare in the United States.

A similar experiment was conducted by me…well, actually, I don’t think you could call it an experiment, as I was just trying to introduce her to my cracktastic music. I wasn’t looking for any particular pattern or anything. I just wanted someone else to know what kind of music I listened to. Read more »

Posted: April 28th, 2008 under conspiracy theories, corrupting your friends, hello! project, japanese, morning musume, reina tanaka, v-u-den.
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Okay, so I watched the regular version of “Jaja Uma Paradise”, and to my surprise, it was even more boobtastic than the Pink Version. (Am I the only one that thinks it’s funny that it’s called the Pink Version when you think about the Japanese and the color pink? Okay, I’m done making dirty commentary. For now.)

Actually, I think it’s hilarious that “Jaja Uma Paradise” roughly translates to “Shrew Paradise” (shrew meaning difficult woman) and I just got finished doing tech for a play called “Taming of the Shrew”. I’m sure I could make plenty of jokes within this entry using lines from it, but I’ll refrain. Unless one of these screencaps just begs for a quote about tongues and tails. Okay. I’m done now, I swear.

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Posted: November 21st, 2007 under boobs, conspiracy theories, hello! project, pv, single, v-u-den.
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Well, apparently since Goto Maki discovered this beautiful thing called “classy sexy”, Biyuuden has decided to take up her “slutty sexy” mantle. As a matter of fact, if they sold higher, they could be the trio equivalent of Koda Kumi. To quote this random TV show I saw once: “Wear a bra…for the good of the country!”

Okay, fine. “Jaja Uma Paradise” is their newest single, though if you take the cover, the PV, and Biyuuden’s tendency to flaunt their assets, you can see how I came to this conclusion, can’t you? Particularly after seeing the pole-dancing on the back of the single. Whatever. Read more »

Posted: October 7th, 2007 under boobs, elder club, hello! project, pv, single, v-u-den.
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I must admit that while I am not the greatest fan of Rika Ishikawa, I must profess to really like v-u-den/Viyuden/Biyuuden. I am in the habit of calling them v-u-den just because that was the first way I ever saw it romanized, but I’m pretty sure Biyuuden is the preferred spelling.

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Posted: May 17th, 2007 under hello! project, pv, single, v-u-den.
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