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Category Archives: Music
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Zombie idol group Franchouchou are back for this second season of the excellent Zombie Land Saga, and we start with a massive failure that could have spelled the end for any lesser group. The girls play at a huge venue, … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Music, Reviews, Television
Tagged Comedy, School Idols, Zombie Land Saga, Zombies
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Hey Matthew (Karel Fialka)
I was sitting with Matthew. We were watching TV. I said, Hey Matthew, what do you see? What indeed. In 1987, Karel Fialka had a fairly modest chart hit with Hey Matthew, which reached number 9 and stayed in the … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music, Reviews, Television
Tagged Hey Matthew, Karel Fialka, Pop, Pop Videos, The A-Team
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Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow
The original series of Love Live! was about a group of schoolgirls forming an idol group, their difficult path to winning a competition and attempting to use their newfound fame to save their school, which is threatened with closure. The … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Movies, Music, Reviews
Tagged Films, Love Live!, Over the Rainbow, School Idols, Sunshine!!
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Love Live! The School Idol Movie (Review)
What better way to conclude a successful anime series than with a movie, and this feels very much like the last word on the story of the original line-up. Unlike a series where the storylines can be divided evenly between … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Movies, Music, Reviews
Tagged Films, Love Live!, School Idols
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Love Live! Sunshine!! (Review)
I made a bit of a silly mistake with this series, because it’s a sequel to Love Live! and I had somehow failed to realise that. I ended up watching the first season of Sunshine!!, going back to watch both … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Music, Reviews, Spinoffs, Television
Tagged Love Live!, School Idols, Sunshine!!
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Love Live! School Idol Project (Review)
Love Live! is a hugely popular series, which has spawned multiple spin-offs. With its blend of happy music and cute girls, it’s not hard to see why this would easily develop a large fan base. The story concerns a group … Continue reading
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Tagged Love Live!, School Idols
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Zombie Land Saga (Review)
The school idol phenomenon is fertile ground for anime. If you’re not familiar with the genre, it’s a simple enough idea: some school girls get together to form a group of singers, who overcome various obstacles and hardships to become … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Music, Reviews, Television
Tagged Comedy, School Idols, Zombie Land Saga, Zombies
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This World to You
Just as a little Sunday bonus, I occasionally like to draw attention to the lesser known world of animated pop music videos. When I say lesser known, they are lesser known in the Western world. The video I want to … Continue reading
Doctor Who Christmas Songs
We all love a good festive pop song don’t we. So why not mash up our favourite television series with the Christmas spirit? Well, it has been tried once, in it’s purest form, so let’s start with the obvious, the … Continue reading
Eyes in 80s Pop Videos
What is the significance of eye symbolism? It goes a long way back in history, at least as far as Ancient Egypt, where the Eye of Horus and the Eye of Ra were both symbols of power. An important Christian … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music, Random Chatter
Tagged 1980s, A-ha, Eurythmics, Eyes, Leonard Nimoy, Pop Videos, Symbolism, The Bangles
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The impossible dream of anime
We are living in a strange new world, and a lot of our social interactions have moved online. From my own point of view that has been a great thing, as I have made friends around the world, so it … Continue reading
Little Lion (Chiisana Raion)
Sundays lately have been a “rest day” for us in the Junkyard, but I’m grabbing this one to mention a brand new animated music video. We tend to live in our own little cultural worlds, and although anime has an … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Music
Tagged Chiisana Raion, Futenyan, HoneyWorks, LIPxLIP, Little Lion, Minami
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The Riddle (Nik Kershaw)
I got two strong arms Blessings of Babylon Time to carry on and try For sins and false alarms So to America the brave Wise men save… Hmmmmm. Interesting. So begins one of the lesser known Batman spinoffs, featuring the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Batman, Nik Kershaw, Pop, Pop Videos, The Joker, The Riddle
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