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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Mando-Pop : Taiwan's Top Earners, JJ Lin On Love Life And Rebranding Himself
In a recent research conducted by a Taiwanese magazine, both Jimmy and Barbie are champion moneymakers in the male and female category respectively.
Jimmy Lin had raked in an estimated TWD 120 million（SGD 6 million）from an upcoming clothes endorsement deal, where he replaces Andy Lau as the new spokesperson, as well as two drama and movie projects in China.
Popular idol drama actor Mingdao took second place with an income of TWD 100 million（SGD 5 million）while model-actor Peter Ho came in third, earning TWD 85 million (SGD 4.25 million).
On the female celebrities side, actress Barbie Hsu took home the throne, reaping an estimated fortune of more than TWD 80 million (SGD 4 million) from three movie projects and nine endorsement deals.
Actress Joe Chen from the popular Taiwanese series Fated to love you and Ady An ranked second and third, earning TWD 77 million (SGD 3.85 million) and TWD 48 million (SGD 2.4 million) respectively.
Taiwanese celebrities Jimmy Lin and Barbie Hsu are certainly getting a fat paycheck this year.
Local singer JJ Lin seems happy to show off his trim figure.
When asked about the ads, which are for his current tour in Beijing, the 29-year-old said: 'The purpose of doing concerts is to rebrand yourself.
'When I was doing the photoshoots for the poster, I knew I had to show my upper body. So I decided to do some exercises to ensure my figure would turn out well.'
He added that he exercises regularly but never had the chance to show off a well-toned body.
Lin said: 'For (the concerts), I worked on toning my body. I'm not a regular gym-goer but I exercise with dumbbells.'
Lin stressed that his muscular appearance on his album cover does not mean he is cultivating a macho image.
He said: 'I'm still a homely guy. But when performing, I need to project a certain image. I have eight concerts all the way till November and that's a big challenge for me.'
Lin revealed that his next concert in Singapore would be in February or March next year.
When asked if his new muscular image was to tie in with a more mature image, Lin said: 'It's a natural progression.
'Besides singing and songwriting, I want to discover more about myself.'
Streetwear label
Despite his busy schedule, Lin will be opening the first overseas outlet of his streetwear label, Smudge, in Shanghai's Xin Tian Di district on Sept 27.
Lin believes his business has been successful because he has capable staff.
But can he juggle his singing career and his fashion business? Lin believes so.
He said: 'I'm testing myself to see how I can do well in both.'
Earlier this year, Lin also made headlines when he wrote the song You Are The One, Singapore, for the Cheer Singapore campaign.
The song and the video were panned by listeners who felt the song lacked meaning and that the hand gestures in the video were childish.
Lin described the brickbats as 'part and parcel of growing up', adding that many things, including media reports, are beyond his control.
He said: 'Sometimes, the more you explain yourself, the more people think you have erred. So sometimes, it's best not to say too much. As long as you know you have a clear conscience, it's good enough.'
When asked about his love life, Lin revealed he is often in a dilemma.
He said: 'If I like a girl and the relationship becomes known, I'd be in a dilemma as to whether to confirm the romance or not.
'If I admit to seeing any girl, she'd face the media glare. But if I deny being in a relationship, I'd be accused of hiding something.'
Perhaps it is because of this that Lin has neither confirmed nor denied talk that he is dating a busty Taiwanese starlet, whom the Taiwanese media have identified only as Lillian.
The two were recently photographed behaving intimately.
Lin would only say: 'If I admit to seeing a girl today, does it mean I have to announce it if we were to split up later? Would this make me appear to be fickle?
'I'm very careful when it comes to matters of the heart. I'm not very experienced in this department, so I'm quite coy about this.'
Stereopony (Japan)
Stereopony, a band would like to share with you. This band is from Japan, a 3 piece band girls, that play instruments...very pop punk style, consider j-punk... I love this band, especially the vocalist, Aimi ^--^ let knoe them more :_:
Stereopony (ステレオポニー) is a Japanese rock band that formed in Okinawa in 2007. They are signed onto Sony Music Japan's gr8! Records music label.
Before Debut
Before major debut the band was named MIXBOX, and under that name girls won grand prix at Young People Music Festival in 2007. Later they renamed to stereopony and took part in Okinawa Sound Stage '08 with song Sayonara no Kisetsu (さよならの季節) that was released as single on September 24, 2008.
Sony Debut - 1st Album
The band gained their first opportunity on the Japanese rock radio program School of Lock!. Their first single, "Hitohira no Hanabira" (ヒトヒラのハナビラ) was the 17th ending theme for the anime series BLEACH. It was released on November 5th, 2008 and ranked at #25th on the Oricon Weekly Charts. They have also performed "Namida no Mukou" (泪のムコウ), the second opening theme for the second season of the Mobile Suit Gundam 00. Their upcoming single, "I do it", is a collaboration with fellow Sony Music Japan singer YUI and was released on April 22nd, 2009.
Few months later stereopony released their debut album "Hydrangea ga Saiteiru". It debuted at #7 at Oricon Charts. After that the band started a short tour, their first - A Hydrangea Blooms. Along with tour goods there were 50 signed Score Band books in each venue for buy.
In August 2009, stereopony released new single "Smilife" which is a theme song for new Yatterman movie. Their latest single "Tsukiakari no Michishirube" is the opening theme to Darker than BLACK season 2 and will be realese on 4th November 2009
Member :-
Member :-
Aimi (Born in Naha, Okinawa on September 4, 1990) - lead guitar/lead vocals
Shiho (Born in Nago, Okinawa on October 18, 1990) - Drums
Nohana (Born in Shimabara, Nagasaki on September 16, 1989) - bass guitar
The Mid-Autumn Festival or Moon Festival (中秋節)
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, Zhongqiu Festival, or in Chinese, Zhongqiujie (traditional Chinese: 中秋節), or in Vietnamese "Tết Trung Thu", is a popular harvest festival celebrated by Chinese,Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese people, dating back over 3,000 years to moon worship in China's Shang Dynasty. It was first called Zhongqiu Jie (literally "Mid-Autumn Festival") in the Zhou Dynasty.In Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines, it is also sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival. It is also related to the important Korean holiday of Chuseok.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is usually around late September or early October in the Gregorian calendar. It is a date that parallels the autumnal equinox of the solar calendar, when the moon is supposedly at its fullest and roundest. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the few most important holidays in the Chinese calendar, the others being Chinese New Year and Winter Solstice, and is a legal holiday in several countries. Farmers celebrate the end of the summer harvesting season on this date. Traditionally on this day, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes and pomelos under the moon together. Accompanying the celebration, there are additional cultural or regional customs, such as:
* Putting pomelo rinds on one's head
* Carrying brightly lit lanterns, lighting lanterns on towers, floating sky lanterns
* Burning incense in reverence to deities including Chang'e (Chinese: 嫦娥; pinyin: Cháng'é)
* Planting Mid-Autumn trees
* Collecting dandelion leaves and distributing them evenly among family members
* Fire Dragon Dances
* In Taiwan, since the 1980s, barbecuing meat outdoors has become a widespread way to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Hare or The Jade Rabbit
A depiction of Chang'e and the Jade Rabbit
According to tradition, the Jade Rabbit pounds medicine, together with the lady, Chang'e, for the gods. Others say that the Jade Rabbit is a shape, assumed by Chang'e herself. The dark areas to the top of the full moon may be construed as the figure of a rabbit. The animal's ears point to the upper right, while at the left are two large circular areas, representing its head and body.
In this legend, three fairy sages transformed themselves into pitiful old men, and begged for food from a fox, a monkey, and a hare. The fox and the monkey both had food to give to the old men, but the hare, empty-handed, jumped into a blazing fire to offer his own flesh instead. The sages were so touched by the hare's sacrifice and act of kindness that they let him live in the Moon Palace, where he became the "Jade Rabbit".
Overthrow of Mongol rule
According to a widespread folk tale (not necessarily supported by historical records), the Mid-Autumn Festival commemorates an uprising in China against the Mongol rulers of the Yuan Dynasty (1280–1368) in the 14th century.. As group gatherings were banned, it was impossible to make plans for a rebellion.Noting that the Mongols did not eat mooncakes, Liu Bowen (劉伯溫) of Zhejiang Province, advisor to the Chinese rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang, came up with the idea of timing the rebellion to coincide with the Mid-Autumn Festival. He sought permission to distribute thousands of moon cakes to the Chinese residents in the city to bless the longevity of the Mongol emperor. Inside each cake, however, was inserted a piece of paper with the message: "Kill the Mongols on the 15th day of the 8th month" (traditional Chinese: 八月十五殺韃子; simplified Chinese: 八月十五杀鞑子), On the night of the Moon Festival, the rebels successfully attacked and overthrew the government. What followed was the establishment of the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), under Zhu. Henceforth, the Mid-Autumn Festival was celebrated with moon cakes on a national level.
Vietnamese version
Vietnamese children celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival with traditional 5-pointed star-shaped lantern
The Mid-Autumn festival is named "Tết Trung Thu" in Vietnamese.
The Vietnamese version of the holiday recounts the legend of Cuội, whose wife accidentally urinated on a sacred banyan tree, taking him with it to the Moon. Every year, on the mid-autumn festival, children light lanterns and participate in a procession to show Cuội the way to Earth.
In Vietnam, Mooncakes are typically square rather than round, though round ones do exist. Besides the indigenous tale of the banyan tree, other legends are widely told including the story of the Moon Lady, and the story of the carp who wanted to become a dragon.
One important event before and during Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Festival are lion dances. The dances are performed by both non-professional children group and trained professional groups. Lion dance groups perform on the streets go to houses asking for permission to perform for them. If accepted by the host, "the lion" will come in and start dancing as a wish of luck and fortune and the host gives back lucky money to show thankfulness.
Scandal (Japan)
Scandal, a band would like to share with you. This band is from Japan, a 4 piece band girls, that play instruments...very power pop style, sound was great... I love this band ^--^ let knoe them more :_:
【 BIOGRAPHY 】
In August 2006, a brand new rock band "SCANDAL" was formed by four high school girls in Osaka, Japan. They started musical activity with their fearless personality and aggressive rock sound.
Every weekend since, SCANDAL has been very actively performing at SHIROTEN, a sacred place for street live performance at Osaka Castle Park in Osaka, Japan. Eventually, more than one hundred fans constantly appeared for every single live performance of SCANDAL on street and live house.
In March 2008, SCANDAL was invited to ‘Sakura-Con’, a Japanese culture festival in Seattle and went on to US tour, drawing over 7,000 people. In July they joined ‘Japan Expo’in France, ‘ACGHK’in Hong Kong, performed at each venue and drew 18,000 audience.
In the meantime, 3 indies single CDs were released every month in consecutive 3 months exclusively through Tower Records. 1st single “Space Ranger” was charted 2, and 2nd single “Koimoyou” and 3rd single “Kagerou” were charted 1.
In August 8th, indies mini album “YAH!YAH!YAH! HELLO SCANDAL” was released, and charted 2 on J-POP chart by Tower Records. In October, major debut single “DOLL” was released and totally 40 FM &AM radio stations and CS TV channels picked it up on rotation list. In June 2009, 3rd single “Shojo S” was released and charted 6 on weekly ORICON chart and 5 on full weekly chart by true tone service ‘Chaku-Uta’.
SCANDAL is currently one of the most passionate girl rock bands with a lot of attention.
HARUNA
Vocal & Guitar / 1988.08.10
MAMI
Guitar & Vocal / 1990.05.21
TOMOMI
Bass & Vocal / 1990.05.31
RINA
Drums & Vocal / 1991.08.21
【 プロフィール 】
2006年8月、大阪のボーカル&ダンススクールで出会った女子高生4人で結成。荒削りでアグレッシヴなバンドサウンドと、怖いもの知らずに突き抜けるポップなキャラクターをそのままにバンド活動をスタート。結成後間もなく、大阪城公園にある通称「城天(シロテン)」でストリートライブを始め、地元関西のライブハウスにも出演するようになる。
08年3月、米シアトルで行われたJapan カルチャーFes.「Sakura-Ｃon」に招待され、全米6大都市ツアー敢行を合わせて7千人を越える動員を記録。7月にはフランス「Japan Expo」に1万人、8月に香港のアニコミFes.参加で８千人の前でライブを行い世界音楽大国を股に掛けて注目を浴びる。
そして2008年TOWERレコード限定インディーズシングルが3月から3ヶ月連続でリリース。第1弾「スペースレンジャー」はTOWERインディーズチャート2位。第2弾「恋模様」、第3弾「カゲロウ」がTOWERインディーズチャート連続1位獲得。08年8月8日、インディーズミニアルバム『YAH!YAH!YAH! HELLO SCANDAL』を発売。TOWERレコードJ-POPアルバムチャートで第2位にランクインという快挙を成し遂げる。
噂が噂を呼び、今最も注目を集めるガーリー・ガレージ・バンド。
【 BIOGRAPHY 】
2006年8月在大阪成立的由4個高中女生組成的揺滾樂隊。
?們在「城天」這一位於大阪城公園的被稱為街頭演唱聖地的地方，周而復始樂此不疲的演唱終於贏得了大阪及京都等地一些現場演唱音樂酒?(Livehouse)的演出邀請。?們的街頭演唱曾經吸引了逾百歌迷的駐足，這一佳話甚至在東京亦引起了波動。
2007年?們首次遠征東京在澀谷的club asia登台演出。同時還首次作為嘉賓到廣播電台?製節目、參加高校學園祭的演出等，作為尚未?製唱片的新人樂隊，?們的知名度以驚人的速度迅速擴大。
2008年以?們4人的頭像速寫人物為主人公的短片開始在網上播映，同時歌迷門翹首已久的第一張唱片《宇宙戰士》也於3月3日推出。緊接著?們又於3月的下半月開始了為期2週的美國巡演之旅並參加了美國最大的動漫展Sakura-Con。?們所到之處無不充滿美國觀?的讚譽之聲。
接著?們又在4月4日推出《戀愛花紋》、5月5日推出《陽?》，不盡創下連續3個月推出CD新曲的佳績，並且?次都榮登oricon公信榜前列。7月3 日～6日應邀參加在法國舉?的堪稱世界最大規模的日本文化節Japan Expo 08，作為尚未出名的新人，?們成功地將5000名法國歌迷帶進興奮的?渦。此外及將在8月上旬舉行的香港動漫展(中國)的特邀嘉賓。
8月8日還將推出新單曲《YAH! YAH! YAH! HELLO SCANDAL ～謝謝?！我們是SCANDAL! YAH! YAH! YAH!～》。此外，暑假期間?們還將開始國?巡演之旅。(參照以下日程)
由吉他、貝斯、鼓組成的SCANDAL組合的声音雖然粗曠但卻同時兼具了一種初生牛犢不怕虎的徹頭徹尾的流行樂感和天然的破壞力，加之4人的容貌達到天衣無縫的和諧，更使?們在現場演唱中相得益彰,如魚得水。
以吉他手HARUNA為中心的4個人均可獨立擔任主唱，這一點也構成了SCANDAL的特有魅力。以居住在兵庫、奈良、大阪地區的應屆高中女生的語言所填寫的歌詞更是無條件地引起了同齡人們的共鳴。2008年－21世紀型的日本少女流行揺滾樂隊正慾展翅飛向世界。
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Girls' Hunter is back !!!
Girls Hunter is back, come back journey to share what is a girls in the world have? cute, pretty, sexy, naughty, beautiful, polite, ugly and many more....
Today i'll would like to share a girl from kuala lumpur, named ice~cream, is she pretty...to me ya !!! hahaha :) she quite cute...
Laundry Chad Blondel (Live) & Rawk Gigs'
Chad Blondel with a special opening act
Venue : Laundry Bar, Kota Damansara
Date : 23rd September 10
Time : 9.30pm - Midnight
Chad Blonded, singer, songwriter/ australian, authentic/ moving tunes.
Rawk Gigs'
Venue : Laila's Cafe
Date : 2nd October 10 (Free Entry)
Band : As Honest Mistake
For This Cysle (Singapore)
Once upon a time this was a sausage named bob
Fragments & Frictions
Rosevelt
Eve
Dichi Michi
A Ruthless Cleansing
2 Storey Heart
Monday, September 20, 2010
“Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything.”
“Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything.”
“I'm looking forward to finding someone in life that I can be truly happy with and relate to on all levels - someone I can bounce my stuff off. Right now, though, I'm not searching for that. I couldn't possibly handle it at this point. But I still like knowing it will be out there sometime later.”
“I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.”
“Whoever likes my stuff, likes my stuff. But just know Slim Shady is hip”
“I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball.”
IN BACK AN CAFE ^__^
I'll be back for An Cafe
"Oshare Kei"
Dance Oshare Rock
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Pee Wee Gaskins (Indonesia)
Pee Wee Gaskins, a band would like to share with you. This band is from south jakarta, indonesia, a 5 piece band very power pop punk style with elements of sythn keyboard sound. I love this band ^--^ let knoe them more :_:
THE STORY SO FAR: Pee Wee Gaskins originally began as a solo project for Guitarist/vocalist/song writter Dochi Sadega on Ihcod Agedas in Mid 2007. After swelling to a full line up, we searched the internet for a new band name that's catchy, fun, and deadly at the same time. And then we eventually tagged the words 'serial killer' to the search engine. we found 'Donald Pee Wee Gaskins' and the rest.. as they say.. was history.
Pee Wee Gaskins creates a uniquely infectious blend of guitar-mangled, multy layered, melodic rock and catchy synthesizer melodies reminiscent of early the get up kids fused with fall out boy, which cases our effusive pop punk influenced sound.
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SpecialThanks Video (Japan)
SpecialThanks - You Say Good Bye [PV]
SpecialThanks - NO NAME SONG
SpecialThanks - NEVER GIVE UP
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