http://pretendingtobejapanese.com The only blog you'll ever need. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:47:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en APPARENTLY, Animal Collective are rocking their way back into the studio to create another album. And no, it's not just any album, my friends. It's a "visual record". I can't tell you what a mess I've just made of my chair. Really, I can't. I'm pretty sure it would be illegal ... http://pretendingtobejapanese.com/2008/12/oh-my-god/ So it's totally appropriate for me to post it.   Seriously, America, HOW is gay marriage a problem to you? Get a life, guys. http://pretendingtobejapanese.com/2008/12/this-is-a-musical/ Hi, I'm Jenny. I'm not completely new here; you may have seen me around in the comment section here at ptbj. If you have, you'll know I'm as much a 90s nostalgia geek as Sergio. If you haven't, well. If you don't have an interest in reading comments here it's ... http://pretendingtobejapanese.com/2008/12/i-hate-rock-n-roll/ I don't know that much about The Raveonettes: I just downl.. bought their second album "Pretty in black" (2005) a couple of years ago, after seeing the video for "Love in a trashcan" and being trapped in its dark sixties tremeloes, its resemblance to a B-movie (a noir spy-story, maybe) ... http://pretendingtobejapanese.com/2008/11/the-raveonettes-know-how-to-make-me-er-blush/ I was thinking over the wonderfully funny discussion over my latest post, the one about the video for Bugo's "Nel giro giusto". It's a fact that the rest of the world probably knows nothing about italian indie music (yes! it DOES exist!! and - guess what! - it doesn't always suck!!). But.. ... http://pretendingtobejapanese.com/2008/11/another-music-vid-by-an-italian-director-incantevole-by-subsonica/ As I wrote a few months ago here, on a midsummer night a car gently smashed into my Ford Fiesta left parked in the street. Noone noticed the noisy event, me neither (it was a good hit indeed: I had my car back from the autobody mechanic a month and ... http://pretendingtobejapanese.com/2008/11/a-promise-is-a-promise-car-accident-commemorative-cake/ He is Bugo (pronounce it like Boogle, without the "L"), he's Italian and he's such a weird guy. He doesn't fake it.. he is genuinely.. (dictionary! dictionary!!) ungainly? awkward? He's so touchingly out of place: everytime I listen to him being interviewed, I feel so embarassed for him. And it seems ... http://pretendingtobejapanese.com/2008/11/favourite-italian-radio-friendly-single-of-the-month/ Today (what's left of it) is a very special day. Yes, dear readers, today, November 12th, 2008 is the ONE  YEAR ANNIVERSARY of Pretending to be Japanese. We've come a long way. Here are some highlights: November 12, 2007: First post ever. Also, worst post ever. Andrew Bird is still rad ... http://pretendingtobejapanese.com/2008/11/happy-blogiversary/ I apologize. I apologize for all the things italian politicians will say about Obama (as well as on MCCain, Sarah Palin, and.. on any other US politician) in the future. And.. I apologize for all the things they said already. Here and here. That's apologizing for real.. http://pretendingtobejapanese.com/2008/11/apologies-apologies/ I know that you, dear readers, love colorful vids as well as kick-ass tunes. Thus I'm sure you'll like Syl's new creation. I already posted one of her stop-motion video here in this site, a few months ago: it was her vision of Peaches' "Impeach my bush". This time it's ... http://pretendingtobejapanese.com/2008/11/amandas-charming-tattooed-eyebrows/