Noripinhead said...

Noripinhead at 05:39 PM JST - 8th December

That's too geeky to be true Nessie. You have to be a real geek to get all the references. I wonder if there is a Toshi Station in Japan. Sorry for getting way off topic...

Posted in Name your five most memorable movie scores. at 05:39 PM JST - 8th December
Noripinhead at 03:43 PM JST - 8th December

This isn't a movie score per se, but "Ashokan Farewell" from the PBS series "The Civil War" is certainly memorable :

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=UGqBggXvtDE&feature=related

Posted in Name your five most memorable movie scores. at 03:43 PM JST - 8th December
Noripinhead at 01:05 PM JST - 8th December

We see John Williams' name popping up a lot here, as you'd expect, but he owes a lot to Korngold and Max Steiner, the truly great Hollywood composers. "Star Wars" was basically a re-imagining of the great symphonic scores of the 1930s and 40s. We take it for granted today…

Posted in Name your five most memorable movie scores. at 01:05 PM JST - 8th December
Noripinhead at 09:45 AM JST - 8th December

1)Star Wars (Williams) 2)Ben Hur (Rosza) 3)Patton (Goldsmith) 4)Lawrence of Arabia (Jarre) 5)Doctor Zhivago (Jarre)

Posted in Name your five most memorable movie scores. at 09:45 AM JST - 8th December
Noripinhead at 04:30 PM JST - 4th December

An okonomiyaki-making robot is a huge breakthrough, but the real technical challenge for Japan is to develop the sorely needed monjayaki-making robot, which is of course on a completely higher level.

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Noripinhead at 04:18 PM JST - 4th December

Ai and Kei should tell these ridiculous paparazzi to drop dead.

She did, through her fake "apology". The dense media were the last to get it. She's a smart one, that Ai-chan. The way she stopped dead in her tracks and turned around to face the press at the airport…

Posted in Tabloids focus on Ai-chan's love life at 04:18 PM JST - 4th December
Noripinhead at 03:51 PM JST - 4th December

Apparently abashed, she flinched a bit and seemed almost on the point of tears. She rallied sufficiently to say, “I apologize for causing trouble. I would like now to do my best to be able to improve my game.”

You know, she is a ping-pong player with a good backhand.…

Posted in Tabloids focus on Ai-chan's love life at 03:51 PM JST - 4th December
Noripinhead at 03:32 PM JST - 4th December

It's not true that they only say "Oishii" when the food is tasty. Sometimes they say "Umai" or in one particular case, "Mayuuu!"

Posted in Japanese cooking shows and the loss of sanity at 03:32 PM JST - 4th December
Noripinhead at 06:52 PM JST - 2nd December

Hey, cool idea, Gov. Hashimoto. Paramount Pictures owns the Star Trek franchise. You could have Kirk, Spock, Scotty, and Sulu robots selling takoyaki.

Posted in Osaka governor plans to attract Paramount Pictures theme park at 06:52 PM JST - 2nd December
Noripinhead at 04:29 PM JST - 2nd December

Yeah, it's great news for Japan. Everybody knows Hillary and respects her, even the folks who live in Obama City, Japan. Who knows, she might be invited to Bistro SMAP one of these days.

Posted in Japan welcomes Obama's selection of Clinton, Gates at 04:29 PM JST - 2nd December