The sweet scent of madness.
Cho-co-rei-ito diss-co. Cho-co-rei-ito diss-co. Cho-co-rei-ito diss-su-co.
Insidious.
The group responsible goes by the name of Perfume. Irrepressibly perky, this trio of girls is riding high in the Japanese charts.
Entries tagged as ‘Friends’
I, Doll (part I)
May 4, 2008 · No Comments
Categories: All My Friends · J-pop · Japan · Music
Tagged: Friends, J-pop, Japan, Miss Élysées, Music
Pigeon & Lamb
April 24, 2008 · No Comments
Not some English seaside resort variety act from the early fifties, but my dinner.
I sit at a table in the George & Dragon, a splendid English country pub, opposite my friend Cthulhu. We drink Weston’s cider. It’s scrumptious, redolent of umeshu & soda.The floor is covered with pale, undulating stone. Dark, gnarled beams span the ceiling.
Categories: All My Friends · England · Food
Tagged: Cthulhu, England, Food, Friends, Pubs, Scrumpy
The Mifune Toshiro of Microbes
April 22, 2008 · No Comments
Aspergillus Oryzae: the Mifune Toshiro of microbes. The quintessential Japanese mould.
This prince amongst microbes is also the star of Ishikawa Masayuki’s (石川雅之) manga and anime Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture (making my Toshiro Mifune analogy a little less tenuous).
Categories: All My Friends · Anime · Food · J-pop · Japan · Japanese Food · Manga · Music
Tagged: A. Oryzae, Anime, Books, Food, Friends, J-pop, Japan, Manga, Miss Élysées, Music
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