March 2011
1 post
What is a fan - part 1
I’ve tried to ask myself this question from different perspectives. One of the first ones was psychology, then biology, a little bit of philosophy, business and marketing, and others. These days it’s from the perspective of rethorics, not the current concept but the Aristotelic one. As it’s a big area, it’s difficult to find a relation with something so specific (a fan, and...
January 2011
1 post
Aichan
Like someone at H!O, I’ll reflect on my H!P fandom.
One of the biggest prejudices against H!P fans and wota is that they have poor musical taste, or that all we listen to is “bubblegum pop and high-pitched voices”. But if you see the number and variety of CDs that my parents bought when I was little, you’d be surprised. Before, there used to be a big number of casettes...
July 2010
5 posts
You call that "battle"
(originally posted on June 13, 2010)
しかし現在、AKB48を筆頭に、モーニング娘。アイドリング!!!、Berryz工房、℃-ute、スマイレージ、ももいろクローバー、東京女子流、バニラビーンズと、アイドルグループはまさに戦国時代。いやさ、ワールドカップ状態。
http://twitter.com/Team_PB/status/16058306682
(translation)
But right now, AKB48 (first on the list), Morning Musume, Idoling!!!, Berryz Koubou, C-ute, S/mileage, Momoiro Clover, Tokyo Girls Style and Vanilla Beans are during an era of...
