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So, I hope everyone downloaded Wilson Pickett. :D Except I know you didn't because I can see my download count! ::deep sigh:: No, it's ok. XD I'm terrible about taking music recommendations. But I chose Wilson Pickett cos I think his music is just good, fun stuff that anyone can enjoy, even if he doesn't become your favorite artist. I'm not uploading the Clash or the Ramones or anything because I know that people won't necessarily like it. Actually, I might upload some Clash someday. But you don't have to download it.
Anyway! I'm listening to Recomen with Shige guesting, as translated by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
enshinge (also, look at the number of that entry! neat!). (She does a good job, but I still really miss ttthhbbbtt's translations!) Yoko isn't there, which is sadditude, but Shige and Hina hosting a show together is a bit like a dream for me. XD Especially because they have two of my favorite speaking voices in Johnny's. Also especially because they're two of my favorite Johnny's. But yeah. Shige has a very sexy voice, and Hina. . . I could just listen to him talk forever. It's funny to replace Yoko with Shige, though, now that I think of it. Shige is more of a Hina fill-in - not that they're similar, but they play the same role, y'know? Shige's more tsukkomi. Anyway, I adore Recomen. One of my favorite JE productions. Yoko and Hina are amazing!
edit: Dude. Just listened to a little more of it and I felt compelled to comment again on how amazing it is having Shige and Hina talking to each other. It's like earporn. Major earporn.
I've also been watching the MMA Rowing Specials, as subbed bytaijiproject, who kind of remains one of my favorite people in fandom, and have been greatly enjoying having my emotions toyed with. XD Here are my thoughts, roughly as said in a comment to the subber:
The feeling I get, my theory, is kind of that the whole thing was extremely difficult - not just that it was difficult for the boys, but also for the producer and director and everything. Because the show they've put together feels a little raw. We can see the parts where we're being deceived or emotionally manipulated to a much greater extent than usual - and we can also see it being filmed to a much greater extent. Like, that we get to see Arashi going to buy lunch and having to borrow from an AD, or that the coach yells at them for filming. Which is all stuff I love seeing! Even, like, when we get to see the boys being called away, all the acknowledgment that they have other work to do, mentions of them coming in on their own, stuff like that.
I don't know if it's because the situation was difficult to control in a neat, television way (although MMA always goes on location) or if it was because they were unable to get a lot of really acceptable footage and had to use footage that included the director or what, but yeah. Maybe they decided to do it like that so it would seem more realistic, so we'd believe whatever they were telling us about Arashi's feelings at the time, I don't know.
But that's why I'm enjoying it so much! I'm really finding it interesting, seeing this more raw state! And of course, it's so fascinating to see the boys doing manual labor, and to see them working so hard together. Actually, the only thing I wish they'd change is that it feels the chronology of events has really been adjusted, and I'd like to know when different events actually happened relative to each other. But yeah. I don't actually know much about TV show filming, so I try to stay skeptical, but anyway. The rowing episodes have been really interesting so far and I got strangely sucked in. At first Katie and I couldn't even bring ourselves to watch them, then I ended up marathoning. Seriously, them on the bus to their training camp? Precious! I also go mad for mentions of Nino's tiny hands.
Aaaaaaaaaand I'm in love with Question? now. SO IN LOVE!! I want Akun. HOT. But they're all totally adorable. Even the ugly bassist is adorable. I have trouble saying their name with the appropriate question mark, though. XD I'm always "I was watching a clip of Question. . . Question? . . . and it was so cute!" Cos Katie and I feel compelled to pronounce it.
Also, young Yamapi needs to stop making me a huge pervert. DX He's. . . just so pretty! Ugh.
On the subject of people who make me a pervert, Young Nagase. Before he got his teeth fixed, in their first concert!! I'm still amazed that that got posted and I got to see it. Oooh, little teef. Oh, but what I wanted to say about Nagase is actually about older Nagase, and that is. . . what the hell sort of genetic material must he have?? Who are his parents? He's, like, physical perfection, and even his dimness is just incredibly endearing. I crush on him with a large crushing!
And he's not even my favorite in TOKIO. Although it really is silly for me to talk about a favorite.
Speaking of teeth (why do I feel the need for segues all the time?) I've made a list of Johnny's who have had their teeth fixed.
I think the following pretty definitely have had some work done:
Taichi (OK, he talked about it, so I feel pretty sure about this one)
Ohno
Nagase
Jun
Shige
Tegoshi
I'm also pretty sure about Maru, although my memory could be messing with me. Also, has Ohkura had anything done?
The following seem pretty obviously not to have had anything done, or if they did, they should get their money back:
Tsubasa
Hina (WOLF TEETH FTW!)
Sho
Yamapi (Cos I'm assuming if he had, he would SMILE IN PHOTOGRAPHS! YOU DID WHEN YOU WERE TINY! DO YOU WANT ME TO LUST AFTER YOU OR NOT??)
Go (right?)
Nino (He's just on the list because I love his tiny perfect teeth, and if they aren't natural, I don't want to know.)
Katie and I also made a list of people who we think come from some sort of "broken home" - generally single moms. Just gakked from interviews and tidbits:
yamapi
takki
nino
yoko
koyama
okada
I think? I could be wrong about any of those. Some of them definitely seem to have both parents, still married, like Shige or Ryo or Jun, but I didn't make a list of confirmed "traditional families". XD
I guess with that I will return to my Computer Science homework and watching Countdown 05-06 and listening to Recomen! Ahh, a productive day. I slept for much of it. I'm in the horny phase of my hormone cycle and that leads to many naps, and also a general jitteryness. XD
Anyway! I'm listening to Recomen with Shige guesting, as translated by
enshinge (also, look at the number of that entry! neat!). (She does a good job, but I still really miss ttthhbbbtt's translations!) Yoko isn't there, which is sadditude, but Shige and Hina hosting a show together is a bit like a dream for me. XD Especially because they have two of my favorite speaking voices in Johnny's. Also especially because they're two of my favorite Johnny's. But yeah. Shige has a very sexy voice, and Hina. . . I could just listen to him talk forever. It's funny to replace Yoko with Shige, though, now that I think of it. Shige is more of a Hina fill-in - not that they're similar, but they play the same role, y'know? Shige's more tsukkomi. Anyway, I adore Recomen. One of my favorite JE productions. Yoko and Hina are amazing!edit: Dude. Just listened to a little more of it and I felt compelled to comment again on how amazing it is having Shige and Hina talking to each other. It's like earporn. Major earporn.
I've also been watching the MMA Rowing Specials, as subbed by
taijiproject, who kind of remains one of my favorite people in fandom, and have been greatly enjoying having my emotions toyed with. XD Here are my thoughts, roughly as said in a comment to the subber: The feeling I get, my theory, is kind of that the whole thing was extremely difficult - not just that it was difficult for the boys, but also for the producer and director and everything. Because the show they've put together feels a little raw. We can see the parts where we're being deceived or emotionally manipulated to a much greater extent than usual - and we can also see it being filmed to a much greater extent. Like, that we get to see Arashi going to buy lunch and having to borrow from an AD, or that the coach yells at them for filming. Which is all stuff I love seeing! Even, like, when we get to see the boys being called away, all the acknowledgment that they have other work to do, mentions of them coming in on their own, stuff like that.
I don't know if it's because the situation was difficult to control in a neat, television way (although MMA always goes on location) or if it was because they were unable to get a lot of really acceptable footage and had to use footage that included the director or what, but yeah. Maybe they decided to do it like that so it would seem more realistic, so we'd believe whatever they were telling us about Arashi's feelings at the time, I don't know.
But that's why I'm enjoying it so much! I'm really finding it interesting, seeing this more raw state! And of course, it's so fascinating to see the boys doing manual labor, and to see them working so hard together. Actually, the only thing I wish they'd change is that it feels the chronology of events has really been adjusted, and I'd like to know when different events actually happened relative to each other. But yeah. I don't actually know much about TV show filming, so I try to stay skeptical, but anyway. The rowing episodes have been really interesting so far and I got strangely sucked in. At first Katie and I couldn't even bring ourselves to watch them, then I ended up marathoning. Seriously, them on the bus to their training camp? Precious! I also go mad for mentions of Nino's tiny hands.
Aaaaaaaaaand I'm in love with Question? now. SO IN LOVE!! I want Akun. HOT. But they're all totally adorable. Even the ugly bassist is adorable. I have trouble saying their name with the appropriate question mark, though. XD I'm always "I was watching a clip of Question. . . Question? . . . and it was so cute!" Cos Katie and I feel compelled to pronounce it.
Also, young Yamapi needs to stop making me a huge pervert. DX He's. . . just so pretty! Ugh.
On the subject of people who make me a pervert, Young Nagase. Before he got his teeth fixed, in their first concert!! I'm still amazed that that got posted and I got to see it. Oooh, little teef. Oh, but what I wanted to say about Nagase is actually about older Nagase, and that is. . . what the hell sort of genetic material must he have?? Who are his parents? He's, like, physical perfection, and even his dimness is just incredibly endearing. I crush on him with a large crushing!
And he's not even my favorite in TOKIO. Although it really is silly for me to talk about a favorite.
Speaking of teeth (why do I feel the need for segues all the time?) I've made a list of Johnny's who have had their teeth fixed.
I think the following pretty definitely have had some work done:
Taichi (OK, he talked about it, so I feel pretty sure about this one)
Ohno
Nagase
Jun
Shige
Tegoshi
I'm also pretty sure about Maru, although my memory could be messing with me. Also, has Ohkura had anything done?
The following seem pretty obviously not to have had anything done, or if they did, they should get their money back:
Tsubasa
Hina (WOLF TEETH FTW!)
Sho
Yamapi (Cos I'm assuming if he had, he would SMILE IN PHOTOGRAPHS! YOU DID WHEN YOU WERE TINY! DO YOU WANT ME TO LUST AFTER YOU OR NOT??)
Go (right?)
Nino (He's just on the list because I love his tiny perfect teeth, and if they aren't natural, I don't want to know.)
Katie and I also made a list of people who we think come from some sort of "broken home" - generally single moms. Just gakked from interviews and tidbits:
yamapi
takki
nino
yoko
koyama
okada
I think? I could be wrong about any of those. Some of them definitely seem to have both parents, still married, like Shige or Ryo or Jun, but I didn't make a list of confirmed "traditional families". XD
I guess with that I will return to my Computer Science homework and watching Countdown 05-06 and listening to Recomen! Ahh, a productive day. I slept for much of it. I'm in the horny phase of my hormone cycle and that leads to many naps, and also a general jitteryness. XD
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Date: 2008-02-03 05:53 am (UTC)Okada surprised me on your nontraditional family list!
But I guess he wouldn't want Sakamoto to dominate him so much if he'd had a good father...
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Date: 2008-02-03 06:04 am (UTC)I'm seriously going to need to investigate Yamapi. I thought he had totally fine upper teeth and crazy-ass bottom teeth. Because tiny Yamapi seemed to have fine upper teeth, and then I just never saw the lowers until the Hoshi wo Mezashite PV, where it was like "Whoa! What the hell is going on down there?" And then Yamapi stopped smiling. I thought this was because other people also noticed the bottom teeth that he'd somehow managed to hide and made him really self-conscious about his teeth. But now people are saying it's all been fixed recently. . . so I don't know. I'm going to try to muster up enough interest in either Yamapi or accuracy to check this out. XD
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Date: 2008-02-03 11:36 pm (UTC)Yamapi had those really prominent funky teeth in Hoshi wo Mezashite and Daite Senorita, but I know I saw at least one recent image with his smile all gleaming and perfect. But I've fallen out of Yamapi fandom so I don't know if that was just the magic of photoshop or what. XD
I SAW CAPS AHAHAHA. Also, Okada's house. Mm. Books.
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Date: 2008-02-03 11:44 pm (UTC)Based on the eyebrows in some of the magazines I've got, there is not a lot of editing going on with these photos. You can see exactly where they pluck, and it is scary. The eyebrows that some of them are supposed to have. . . vast.
I have the Okada video, and have yet to watch it. I'm told he loves history and staying at home. I figure we're soulmates. (Although apparently he also sometimes watches children in the park. I don't really do that, but for Okada, I'll become a creepster.)
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Date: 2008-02-04 12:13 am (UTC)Thank you so much!! I watched the making of this morning, too. Loved Mabo laughing at Leader's little jump.
Although apparently he also sometimes watches children in the park.
If this wasn't Okada...