shes the motherf***in princess

This video highlights several intriguing things:

1) having seen Avril in Manchester before i cant help seeing how much of a caricature of herself she has become. shes now kawaii pink skulls and tartan and dancers with flags and masks in fact its all a bit Gwen Stefani.

2) the Japanese crowd were amazing, Kele from bloc party got annoyed cos they didn't dance to his most 'dancey' song, but when its an artiste they know and love like Avril they go crazy. admittedly they still do the point a finger at the stage routine but the also moshed like she was the punk she wants to be.

3) while some acts coughbrighteyescoughwho? used the language barrier to make the Japanese scream 'yeh' to idiotic things, Avril and Will i am, portrayed a nice understanding of their fans conversing in basic Japanese and making me happy that not all gaijins can only say "arigato" a la Alex Ross from The Arctic Monkey's- although for my sins my Japanese is terrible and i cringe cos i hope my chesterfield accent says it slightly better than his Sheffield one

so tonight i bid u adieu, my blog is back, Ha-Ri-Gatauex

hanging out with my new girlfriend

Gwen Stefani n. was one of Summersonic 07's highlights. she mock mops sweat from her brow with a fans shirt, even though she was playing in 35C heat. Even 'Wind It Up' sounded cool on the big stage, and when we sung along to 'What You Waiting For' it made me feel all happy that it was Gwen that taught me about Osaka -along with Harajuka and Hysteric Glamour- and it was Gwen that sung me out as I near my final days here.

Q ampersand A

Q) How does a singer who cant dance make dance-worthy videos?

A) She sits down. A Lot.

Incredulous Q)Boring.?!

Girly A) ...No no no.

Intrigued Q) How so?

Smug A) There are french maids surrounding her.

64,000$ Q) Is it Genius?

Final A) Almost.

Tambourine n, used to be known as the Marine, it was a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a a wooden or plastic frame with pairs of small metal jingles, however in 2007 tambourine became unequivocally known as the fifth top forty hit of American friend of Gwen, Eve aka E.V.E, and the single charted two weeks before physical release respectfully within the UKTop40.

it feels like everything has come undone

Gossip n, A band that we all know from the skins trailer, and that we are currently getting bored of because the lead singer is A) a visual reminder of Mika's last single, and B) pulling a Lilly left-right-and-centre by badmouthing music we actually like. But once upon a time, in the far away land that was around feburary-time this too was music i rather liked.

whats that sound?

The Sounds n. "an upbeat New Wave band from Helsingborg, Sweden founded in 1999." and if wikipedia cant imbibe that sentance with feeling then nobody can.

The Sounds, by my definiton, are nobody's favourite pop band, and yet their album still deserves its place, tucked away invariably between Sophie E-B and Space, at least ipod-abetically speaking. When i see photos of this band it makes me want to be a bigger fan than i am. Not only do they have a divine lead singer, but two full-on hunks-o-spunk hiding away in the back.

Now looks aren't everything, of course, and pop is also about the music, but in favour of music analysis take a look at these 2D heartthrobs in full on youtubular-bells fashion... this is their album opener, 'song with a mission' echoing Gwens 'What You Waiting For?' in theme of having a contract and writing songs to kick ass.

Hey

what do you say

I got a 15 million dollar contract coming my way

This song is not for you

only for people living like we do, and not for the true

They have this new single out. This is the video. theres enough of Jesper and Felix to satiate my need and also more than enough of Meja's crotch to last me a lifetime.

The blog is on...

Sorry guys for my absence, i got my computer back and then i had to catch up with my boyf and cathc up with big brother and then i had to learn how to make blogger not appear in japanese, and now thats sorted i can try and find some news to talk about... while u wait for this look at the testcard ...

about time now

Sugababes, 'About You Now', Untitled Album of high expectations

I like the song lyrically its nice and catchy, I hate the noise underneath I dont think it enhances the vocals, maybe a HQ version might sound better but i think they couldve gone more electro or poppy like push the button, I think Heidi does a great middle-eight but its not the best shes been given and Amelles vocals arent as distinctive as they have been on 'easy' or even 'walk this way' and the chorus is great, ust noisy underneath for whihc i blame Dr.Luke.

Im rambling again it must mean my computer is fixed yay.

to tide-u-over

Well done Robyn for being number one! Charts don't really matter to me but its nice to have a good pop star that i love as number 1 in a chart that recognises sales- from a track that most fans have had for months- so its nice that she will find a whole new audience, even my mum is telling me about robyn. this number one could be a great re-kick start to her career in the UK, but for anyone newly loving Robyn, check out her back catalogue its great pop.

The 3.0's get another stab at the charts, its not out for ages but u can her a low quality 30seconds at heatworld, it will be played on jo whiley AND scott mills tomorrow, I'm tempted to say i like it but its a little early yet...leak pending...single out Sept 24th

Girls Aloud, 'Sexy! No No No...'

i love this video, it makes me very excited about the new Girls Aloud album, after enough time to digest it Ive decided this is exactly what i wanted from a girls aloud track and hope its a good intro to the album. single is out Sept 3rd / album November 19 so hopefully have a new track announced for Oct hehe.

And until i get my hands on a copy, heres XO's glowing report on Darren hayes new album... tres anticipatory.

Normal service will resume

Summersonic was amazing

i will post more on it soon...

but ...

my comp is about to be upgraded

i have no memory

so this week ill be absent till maybe wednesday...

ill come back and give u

girls alouds new video,

sugababes single,

darren hayes album review...

and much more.

thanx XOLondon for adding me to ur links list !