Sony is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Walkman. The first model of the personal stereo-audio cassette player, TPS-L2 (pic), was introduced in Japan on July 1, 1979.
The Walkman brand was synonymous with portable personal audio devices until the emergence of iPod in 2001.
People who grew up in the 80s (like me) would have fond memories with the Walkman… most of you here are probably not from that era though.
Archaeology – Oldest musical instrument [BBC]
Greece – Rocket ‘war’ between two villages [Youtube, via Wickedreport]
Japan – Beer machine [Youtube, via Japundit]
Japan – Men only train cars sought in groping fears [Reuters]
Korea – June 14 is Kiss Day [K-popped]
Malmö – Swedish women win rights to bath topless in swimming pool [Thelocal]
Paleontology – Oldest known elephant ancestor, size of a rabbit [NatGeo]
Stupid teens tried to rob a police station [Youtube]
Japanese singer Ai Kawashima has an ambitious goal to build 100 schools for the poor across the world.
The 23-year-old star, who was orphaned twice in her early life, has built a school each in Burkina Faso and Cambodia. Her third school is under construction in Liberia, and she’s planning to build her fourth school in East Timor…
I’m impressed, and inspired. Kudos for the young lady and her helping fans.
Music videos from some of the winners at the 20th Golden Melody Awards…
Jay Chou – Fragrance of Rice [song of the year & best male singer]
Winners of the 20th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards…
Song of the Year: Jay Chou, “Fragrant of Rice”
Best album: Eason Chan, “Don’t Want to Let Go”
Best Mandarin male singer: Jay Chou, “Capricorn”
Best Mandarin female singer: Sandee Chan, “If There’s One Important Thing”
Best band: Mayday, “Poems of Post-Adolescence”
Best producer: Purdur, “Nanwan Sisters”
Best composer: Crowd Lu, “100 Types of Lives”
Best lyricist: Wu Yu-Hsuan, “Inside the Tram”
Best music video: Jay Chou, “Mr Magic”
Best performing group: Nanwan Sisters, “Nanwan Sisters”
Best newcomer: Crowd Lu, “100 Types of Lives”
[incomplete list, only the pop categories are listed; via Cfensi]
English subbed music video of “Tell Me Your Wish” by Korean pop group Girls’ Generation, aka SNSD from their new mini-album, “Genie”…
I like the song, it’s not particularly catchy, but it’s likeable. The choreography is a bit awkward though; trying a bit too hard on flashing their nice legs, but couldn’t make it any more appealing… they would look sexier just by some simple posing.
Regardless, I can see the fanboys drooling for it; and the lyrics are obviously targeting the young male species. It’s going to hit a huge summer hit.
[video credits: crazykyootie@soompi and wondersmurf@youtube]
Korean pop group Wonder Girls has released the English version of their hit song “Nobody” in preparation for their American debut.
The girls will perform as opening act in the next two months for Jonas Brothers tour and is scheduled to release their first English album later on…
Gosh, they should just sing in Korean, which sounds so much better. One or two of them did well, but overall the English is crappy; and there’s a few notes that are seriously off, probably due to their uneasiness with the language as well.
Seriously, just let them sing in Korean in Jonas’ concert… let the girls show what they’ve got instead of pushing too hard with their English. If the studio recording isn’t half good, imagine what will happen when it’s live.
