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(Source: uinyan, via dj-wildparty)
PERFUME - SPENDING ALL MY TIME
[5.89]Mallory O’Donnell: If this wasn’t J-Pop many critics would be backhanding it for its indebtedness to (unjustly) hated west coast Hi-NRG and (justly) despised italo-house, but simply because it is, they will praise it for the same reasons. As for me, I could care where something comes from : as songs go, this is forgettable tosh. See, I’ve already forgotten it.
[3]I read Mallory’s provocative blurb here and I think also of the two recent posts I’ve seen on tumblr calling out non-specific groups of people for liking “Gangnam Style” even though they probably don’t like LMFAO, attributing this to Psy being South Korean. All three have bothered me. This one slightly less so since it’s directed at many critics and doesn’t present it as a problem apart from in musical terms, so sorry to Mallory that this was the final straw, and this is not directed specifically at only one post.
People sometimes like music from Asia for reasons which don’t have to do with the music itself. Sometimes people discuss music from Asia in ways which help to create or reinforce damaging discourses. OK. I may sometimes be one of those people, and would be happy for it to be pointed out if and when I am. If you are seeing specific instances of people engaging with music in hypocritical or negative ways, then it would be great to address those instances (I for one would love to never see the phrase ‘OPEN CONDOM STYLE’ ever again).
On the other hand, making blanket statements that assume exoticisation as the only possible explanation for whole groups of people to like a given Asian act does not helpfully address anything. It says that those acts’ Asian-ness is their sole defining characteristic. If your problem is just with music that you think is terrible getting attention, you could always concentrate on why the music is terrible rather than the speculative motivations of its listeners.
Str8 up

No one uses mixcloud, reuploaded to Mediafire and reposted with tracklist
capsule - OPEN THE GATE
Younha - Run
After School - Lady Luck
AccessNowhere - Platinum Disco (Electro Ver)
metronicha - Yume Miro Kokoro (Because I’m With You Mix)
Dal*Shabet - Mr. Bangbang
fu_mou - 2005
TCY Force feat Emyli - Champion (TeddyLoid Remix)
Perfume - Polyrhythm
2NE1 - I Love You
A Pink - Bubibu (Remix ver)
Mighty Mouth (feat Soya) - Bad Boy
Seikan Hikou (Over The Sky Mix feat MC Nadeko) - metronicha
RE:NDZ - White Out
capsule - Striker (Extended Mix)
Calla Soiled - Sweet Tear
Mikeneko Homeless - KANEKURE (DJ USYN Remix)
Perfume - Butterfly
A Pink - I Got You
KAT-TUN - Miracle
Dal*Shabet - Disco Time
Denki Groove - Niji
Hoya as Kang Jun Hee
hi2u sexually ambiguous K-Drama main character
A City Hunter/CNVTBL II YKHM type mix

Some animellow stuff, some idol pop, some mogra, some Viet Disco
Farewell My Hunter - Tatsumi Yano
Pergiee’s Theme - Apogee & Perigee
Wild Ambitions - Yellow Magic Orchestra
Endless Lover’s Rain - HALCALI
Tokyo By Night (Viet Version) - Thy Thy
そして僕は途方に暮れる (I’m At A Loss…) - 大沢誉志幸 (Yoshiyuki Oosawa)
Take Me To Heaven - Wink
恋のレシピ (Recipe of Love) - 酒井法子 (Noriko Sakai)
After All - Ryuichi Sakamoto
AH! SOKA - Susan
Love Space - Tatsuro Yamashita
high-school girl (we loved) (thamesbeat remix) - DJ Newtown
Call Me Up (Saxo Version) - Hoa Tau Saxo
Still Love Her - TM Network
You Shot A Hole In My Soul (Korean ver) - Thai Thao
Jack No Theme 2 - Tatsumi Yano
Positive - Miho Morikawa
City Hunter ~愛よ消えないで~ (Ai Yo Kienaide) - Kahoru Kohiruimaki
Memories of the City - Shoji Meguro
(They Long To Be) Close To You - Jim O’Rourke ft Haruomi Hosono
lolol i started drawing a manga of The View
can someone give me a plot
The murder of Star Jones has brought five strong women together
The crime was either committed by the ghost of Phil Donahue or Whoopi Goldberg’s childhood friend who had a crush on her
or are they the same person?
blah blah blah beach episode
society???