Yoko Oginome "Nudist" Album Arrives!

  After being introduced to the wonders of awesome 80’s singer Yoko Oginome in a big way, I’ve been diving into her vast back catalog of stuff that I picked up on various (and generous) 80's pop forums. Holy Cow, Yoko Oginome, man, she's the real deal- So many of her albums have become much-played tracks in my car, Raspberry WInd, CD Rider, Knock On My Door, these are all solid rockers…And then there’s “Nudist”.

  Dubious title aside, this album is just about as perfect as an album can get! As the first non-compilation album of Yoko’s I listened to, I expected a lot of average tracks, what I got was a CD filled with so many powerful, hard-hitting songs that I had a hard time believing it wasn’t a collection of singles itself- with songs like, Joy Luck Club. She's Just a Rivla, Nudist, and my personal favorite “Don’t Let Me Down”, this rocking album is as strong as any of Yoko’s Greatest Hits packages out there. 

Though I've got two full Yoko Oginome Greatest Hits collections under my belt, Nudist was an album I just KNEW I had to have, and when I found a dealer in Japan selling a copy (for a mere 15 buck no less!) I ordered that baby right away, and just got int in today! Blasting it over the speakers right now and HOLY CRAP THIS ALBUM IS SO FREAKIN' GREAT!

Ahh, in a way I wish Nudist wasn’t the first proper Oginome Yoko album I heard because every subsequent album, while all good, haven’t reached the level of sheer awesomeness I felt hearing this one! A BIG fave!
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The Kyoko Fukada Gotham Deserves

  Fukada Kyoko's recent Weekly Playboy pictorial (promoting her upcoming photobook DOWN TO EARTH (see pic below) stuns simply by the fact that at this stage of the game, she's still giving us these breathtaking shots of her in skimpy two-piece bikini outfits while rocking that flawless curvy frame of hers....

When you think about it, Kyoko's actually been dazzlingly generous this past year showing off her glorious cheesecake, especially when you consider the pics from her last photobook UN TOUCH from early this year. Lace and Lingerie, Oh my beating heart be still...!

With Fukakyon draped salaciously in the most alluring of attire, she was SO DAMN SEXY, you'd hardly believe this was the cute 'n' cuddly girl I first fell in love with via BOMB magazine way before she'd ever done any Television or Movie work...this gal has moved up to become one of the GREATS!
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Shades Of Loss Time Life with Suteki Na Sen TAXI

Takenouchi Yutaka as Driver Eda

  What if you could go back in time to the pivotal choices of your life and change them? That’s the question asked on the new Takenouchi Yutaka drama SUTEKI NA SEN TAXI, a tale of a yellow cab that can take you back to any point in your life…if you have the right amount of money to pay! At almost 100 dollars to go back 30 minutes, however, the decisions you make have to be the right ones, fortunately Taxi driver Eda is on hand to give his thoughts and advice on the subjects before sending you off!
   Just finished watching the first episode, and though  the show’s formula of living moments over and over to correct them is more like MOP GIRL, the melancholy feeling over this show really reminds me more of Loss Time Life, that incredible show where recently deceased people are given bonus life time to correct the things troubling them.

Takenouchi with Yasuda Ken

 Our episode’s story starts with a shleppy young man named Murakami(Yasuda Ken) running late for a dinner with his girlfriend. Arriving at last, he makes light of her having to wait and doesn’t bother to apologize, which sets her off, eventually making her decide to break up. When she storms off in a cab, Murakami gets into another taxi to follow. Thus he is introduced to Eda’s(Takenouchi) Time Taxi which can take him back to the point BEFORE the angry dinner event. But will his going back make things better or worse? Only time will tell!

Konishi Manami and Yasuda Ken as Bickering Couple

Wasn’t really getting into the story at first, but when I saw that the girlfriend was played by yummy Konishi Manami, THAT piqued my interest, enough to watch the whole thing through, and I’m glad I did as it’s a pretty good show so far… Very touching and moody, balanced with Takenouchi’s zany persona (as well as the equally addled Café he lunches at) as cabbie Eda…though wise and thoughtful to his passengers, his knowledge that every choice is important leads him to be a real pain in the butt about choosing things as mundane as what kind of meal to have in his free time!

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