Volume Two: Winning of Hearts and Minds

• Essay

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• 30.Jan || Essay
• Wading Into The MUCC || Cliff Modes

• I only knew a handful of anime songs back then, and she gave me another CD with a special song on it that made me listen up: Gackt’s “Mizérable” with its catchy violin and rousing groove, plus those suprisingly falsetto vocals from this guy who looked like a spoiled feminist vampire.

  Cliff recounts his own introduction to visual kei while sharing the genre’s complex joys to a friend.

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  About Cliff Modes: Cliff is the author of a book of fiction and has been blogging at 4am for three years. He dedicates most of his free time to music, football, reading and partying around.

• Essay

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• 30.Jan || Essay
• Johnny’s and Hello! Project: Equality, Wota Style || Misa

• If you take “Taiyou no Namida” by NEWS, and “Naichau Kamo” by Morning Musume, the mood of each song is pretty similar, and so are the PV’s. They both have a dance shot, and they both have two different kind of close ups, and one shot from each PV involves getting wet somehow.

  Misa considers how being a JE fan deepens her appreciation of H!P… and vice-versa.

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  About Misa: Misa is the writer of Cutie Party and an Editor on International Wota. She dedicates just about all of her time to her favourite music, and her idea of fun on a Friday night is sitting back, relaxing and getting down to a good night of blogging.

• Review

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• 30.Jan || Review
• TechnoPop and Me and You || johpan

• The simplest changes in instruments – like a quick EQ shift on the kick and snare, a slight change in a drum loop or bass line, modifications to the main melody – all of them change the song enough to keep me interested. It’s like using a different type of cheese for a dish: same idea, different flavor.

  johpan breaks down the appeal of TechnoPop in all its flavors and varieties.

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  About johpan: johpan is a geek, music-lover, blogger, gamer, student, and everyday guy. He somehow balances all of that into his life and enjoys sharing the love for the things he enjoys.

• Idol Theory

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• 30.Jan || Idol Theory
• Unmei USA: Spreading the Word of J-Pop Stateside || Vee

• I don’t blame these people for being initially wary of SweetS or Hello! Project. As is too often the rub with popular music, image comes before sound, and few can get past the “pedophilia parade”.

  Vee discusses her personal experiences in promoting the joys of wota-dom to an otaku crowd.

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  About Vee: Vee is a novelist and J-Pop blogger living in Florida. She dedicates most of her free time to cosplay and singing, between lazy jags.

• Meta

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• 30.Jan || Meta
• Volume Two Poll

• You’ve read the articles.

  Now tell us what you think!

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  What article did you most enjoy in Volume Two?

  • Unmei USA: Spreading the Word of J-Pop Stateside by Vee
  • TechnoPop and Me and You by johpan
  • Johnny’s and Hello! Project: Equality, Wota Style by Misa
  • Wading Into The MUCC by Cliff Modes

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