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Uno de los grupos más carismáticos y representativos del sello Benten es sin lugar a dudas Mummy the Peepshow. Este grupo trasnmite como pocos la diversión que para sus miembros debe suponer el montar una banda de pop. Esa sensación la transmiten sobre todo en sus dos primeros discos "Mummy Builion" (Benten, 1998) y el aquí comentado "This Is Egg Speaking..." (Benten, 1999).

Mummy the Peepshow (según su líder, Maki Nakamura [AKA Maki Mummy] el nombre no significa nada; solo quería que el "The" estuviera en medio y no al principio) es, a grandes rasgos, una banda de pop punk. A partir de ahí coletean por donde les da la gana: garage, pop, power pop, surf, ruido, etc. A lo largo de sus discos su sonido se fue suavizando, pero siempre mantuvieron un estilo alegre y despreocupado. "This Is Egg Speaking..." es posible que sea el cruce de caminos entre ambas posturas.

La comentada alegría de estar en una banda es palpable en la cantidad de versiones que Mummy the Peepshow hicieron en su carrera. Aquí hay dos: "Jenny Is Feeling Bad", es decir, "ジェニーはご機嫌ななめ" de Juicy Fruits, y "Ne sois pas si bête", originalmente interpretada por France Gall. Lo normal es que el inglés sea el idioma imperante, y por aquel entonces no lo manejaban muy bien. Eso, a priori un defecto, se convierte paradójicamente en una de sus mejores bazas: las letras, por absurdas o simples, son graciosísimas e incluso entrañables. De todos modos son un acompañamiento para su postulado festivo, como es el caso de "Dear Big Tongue" que ya incita al baile desde el primer segundo, o la final "Rock Me Bartender", una apisonadora llena de aullidos e inflexiones.

Grabado en Los Ángeles, si comparamos este álbum con las obras del pop punk imperante en esa zona en aquel tiempo (a saber, blink-182y otros tantos), descubrimos la enorme frescura que sus canciones encierran. No en vano, Maki quería que sus canciones fueran, ante todo, originales. Y en ese sentido sí que lo eran

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Here the fruit of my researches (in Japanese or asiatic female voices bands) :

54 Nude Honeys
eX-Girl
Melt-Banana
Mummy the Peepshow
my little airport
noodles
Pipas
Red Bacteria Vacuum
Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her
Shonen Knife

Bands that I listened in 2007 (doesn't mean that they are new or new for me)


ACIDE HOUSE KINGS
Agonie (on Last, it's an homonymous, here it's a French hip hop girl)
Amy Winehouse
Au Revoir Simone
Autolux
Be Your Own Pet
Beirut
Bitter Sweet
Blood Red Shoes
Cansei de Ser Sexy
Charlotte Hatherley
Controller.Controller
Corinne Bailey Rae
Cornershop
Cyne
Birth Through Knowledge
Cornershop
DANGERDOOM
Datarock
Doris
Dressy Bessy
Dungen
Elliott Smith
Emmy the Great
Enon
Eux Autres
Fabienne Delsol
Fujiya & Miyagi
Giant Drag
Go Betty Go
Good Shoes
Helium
Henri Garat
Hexstatic
Howling Bells
Huggy Bear
Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins
JUDY AND MARY
Julie Ruin (un retour plutôt)
La Yellow 357
Le Tone
Le Vieux Thorax
Les Sexareenos
Lambchop
Luv'd Ones
Madeline
Magic Dirt
Makin' Time
MAMA GUITAR
Maow
Marissa Nadler
Marnie Stern
Mary Timony
Melt-Banana
Miss Ludella Black
Moe Tucker
Movietone
Mr. Airplane Man
Mummy the Peepshow
Mustasch
Muse
my little airport
noodles
Operator Please
Panda Bear
Partyline
Pipas
Pony Up!
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Psapp
Red Bacteria Vacuum
Roots Manuva
Rough Bunnies
Salomé de Bahia
Sam Phillips
Saturday Looks Good to Me
Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her
The Seahorses
Shitdisco
Shonen Knife
Sons and Daughters
Sufjan Stevens
Supersnazz
Tegan and Sara
The A-Lines
The Amps
The Bags
The Books
The Bristols
The Brunettes
The Chalets
The Clicks
The Dagons
The Dishes
The Dresden Dolls
The Easybeats
The Eyeliners
The Fakes
The Grates
The Hot Puppies
The Husbands
The Innocence Mission
The Intelligence
The Kelley Deal 6000
The Micragirls
The new young pony club
The No-Goods
The Primitives
The Rakes
Reigning Sound
The Rogers Sisters
The Stool Pigeons
The Tommy's
The Trashwomen
The Unicorns
THEDO
Tsunami Bomb
Tussle
Twisted Charm
Vashti Bunyan
We Start Fires
Youngblood Brass Band
You Say Party! We Say Die!

Bands that I discovered in 2007 (doesn't mean that they are new!


ACIDE HOUSE KINGS
Agonie (on Last, it's an homonymous, here it's a French hip hop girl)
Amy Winehouse
Au Revoir Simone
Autolux
Be Your Own Pet
Beirut
Bitter Sweet
Cansei de Ser Sexy
Charlotte Hatherley
Corinne Bailey Rae
Cornershop
Cyne
Birth Through Knowledge
Cornershop
DANGERDOOM
Datarock
Doris
Dressy Bessy
Dungen
Elliot Smith
Enon
Eux Autres
Fabienne Delsol
Giant Drag
Good Shoes
Helium
Henri Garat
Hexstatic
Howling Bells
Huggy Bear
Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins
JUDY AND MARY
Julie Ruin (un retour plutôt)
La Yellow 357
Le Tone
Le Vieux Thorax
Les Sexareenos
Lambchop
Luv'd Ones
Madeline
Magic Dirt
Makin' Time
Marissa Nadler
Marnie Stern
Mary Timony
melt banana
Miss Ludella Black
Moe Tucker
Movietone
Mr. Airplane Man
Mummy the Peepshow
Muse
my little airport
noodles
Operator Please
Panda Bear
Partyline
Pipas
Pony Up!
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Psapp
Red Bacteria Vacuum
Roots Manuva
Rough Bunnies
Salomé de Bahia
Sam Phillips
Saturday Looks Good to Me
Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her
Seahorses
Shitdisco
Shonen Knife
Sons and Daughters
Sufjan Stevens
Supersnazz
Tegan and Sara
The A-Lines
The Amps
The Bags
The Books
The Bristols
The Brunettes
The Chalets
The Clicks
The Dishes
The Dresden Dolls
The Easybeats
The Fakes
The Grates
The Hot Puppies
The Husbands
The Innocence Mission
The Intelligence
The Kelley Deal 6000
The Micragirls
The No-Goods
The Primitives
The Reigning Sound
The Rogers Sisters
The Stool Pigeons
The Trashwomen
The Unicorns
THEDO
Tussle
Vashti Bunyan
We Start Fires
Youngblood Brass Band
You Say Party! We Say Die!

Afrirampo
OOIOO
Ketchup Mania
Yellow Machinegun
Mummy the Peepshow
Lolita No 18

And that girl in muga




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Put your music player on shuffle.
Post the first 40 songs that come up.
You can repeat artists if you want.
If you have any repeats, skip to the next track.

1. The Stalin – Stop Jap
2. GO!GO!7188 – Rokku
3. Mummy the Peepshow – City Baby Attacked By Rats
4. GO!GO!7188 – Kokoro no Tabi
5. GO!GO!7188 - Otona No Himitsu
6. BU☆LI – Cattledog
7. GO!GO!7188 – Koi no Uta
8. Smile Like Dog – Parade in Zoo
9. Amp Pez – 17-Sweet Honey Baby
10. Hang on the Box – Spring Out
11. Smile Like Dog – astronaut suits
12. GO!GO!7188 – Honne Fuusen
13. The Stalin – Yokuujou
14. BALZAC – Came Out Of the Grave
15. Disclose – Neverending War
16. Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the UK
17. Softball – Attack Me More
18. Lolita No. 18 – Romantist II
19. Hang on the Box – Summer Time
20. BU☆LI – Papapa
21. Smile Like Dog – Amore
22. Titan Go King’s – Forever Idol
23. BALZAC – Silence of the Crows
24. Mummy the Peepshow – Goodbye My Rollergirl
25. Hang on the Box – Now I Wanna Say Apology To You
26. Bleach – Little Piggy NO. 28
27. BALZAC – Beyond Evil 308
28. The Stalin – Tamanegi Batake
29. Gauze – Gomuhimo Douda
30. Mummy the Peepshow – Boys Don’t Cry
31. The Stalin – Miser
32. World Wide Love – Grandpa Train
33. Titan Go King’s – Bobbed Hair
34. Hang on the Box – There is a City
35. The Stalin – Light My Fire
36. The Stalin – Gokuraku Tonbo
37. The Stalin – 365
38. Mummy the Peepshow – This Charming Man
39. Smile Like Dog – These Boots are made for walking
40. The 5, 6, 7, 8’s – Woo Hoo

1. Which song do you prefer, #1 or #40?
#1, only because it introduced me to the wonder that is The Stalin :D #40 is super catchy,so it made this a tough choice.


2. Have you ever listened to #12 continuously on repeat?
No, cause I only listened to it today XP

3. What album is #26 from?
I found it off of the Benten Punk Bentoh V.A., but I'm guessing BLEACH have an album/l.p with the song on it.

4. What do you think about the artist who did #15?
Haven't heard a lot from them, but I think (from what I have heard) that there are a lot of better hardcore bands out there (that doesn't mean they're not good though!)

5. Is #19 one of your favorite songs?
Yep!

6. Who does #38 remind you of?
...The Smiths XD

7. Does #20 have better lyrics or music?
I don't really like the song, so I can't say.

8. Do any of your friends like #3?
None of my friends listen to the same music I do, so no.

9. Is #33 from a movie soundtrack?
Nope.

10. Is #18 overplayed on the radio?
XD Last time I checked, they don't play music from indie Chinese bands on Canadian radio.

11. What does #21 remind you of?
People dying >_>;;

12. Which song do you prefer, #5 or #22?
#22. This question was easier than the first one.

13. What album is #17 from?
Tenku I think

14. When did you first hear #39?
When I got Smile Like Dog's only album [album]Apple Juice TV[/album]in June.

15. When did you first hear #7?
A long time ago. Around winter of this year.

16. What genre is #8?
Noise? I'm not good with music genres...

17. Do any of your friends like #14?
see: Question eight

18. What color does #4 remind you of?
Awesomness

19. Have you ever blasted #11 on your stereo?
lol wut

20. What genre is #37?
Punk <3

21. Can you play #13 on any instrument?
I don't know how to play any instruments :(

22. What is your favorite lyric from #30?
"I try to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I try and laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes"
(It was so finding the lyrics cause its a cover :D)

23. What is your favorite lyric from #23?
"...Cut the anger's end"
(This one was harder to do because Balzac never make sense D: )

24. Would you recommend #24 to your friends?
Yeah, but none of them would like it. They all listen to stuff you would hear on TRL or some crap like that.

25. Is #2 a good song to dance to?
Not in my opinion.

26. Do you ever hear #16 on the radio?
I never have, but I'm guessing it has been on the radio at some point...

27. Is #32 more of a “nighttime” or “daytime” song?
Gee, its hard to say. I think its more daytime.

28. Does #36 have any special meaning to you?
No.

29. Do any of your friends like #31?
No, but for some reason I can see one of them liking it...

30. Is #25 a fast or slow song?
Fast.


31. Is #35 a happy or sad song?
None.

32. What is one of your favorite lyrics from #9?
I can't understand what she says in the song except "I wanna kiss you away" and I'm not even sure if thats the real lyrics DX

33. Is #34 better to listen to alone or with friends?
Alone. All my friends would be asking why the fuck am I listening to that when I could be listening to ~*~*FalL oUt BoY n cHrIs BrOwN*~*~

34. When did you first hear #27?
Today XD

35. Name 3 other songs by the artist who did #29:
Kao O Aratte Denaoshite Koi, Fuck Heads, Kuchi O Tozashita Okubyoumono

36. Do you know all the words to #6?
I don't even like the song...

37. Does #28 have better lyrics or music?
Music, only because I can't understand the lyrics

38. What album is #10 from?
[album]Di Di DI[/album]



...that was a fun way to consume time :D

My computer is totally fucked up. Everytime I turn it on, it shuts off after a few minutes and I smell something burning. I'm disappointed.

Well, recently I've been listening to Sambomaster. I'm enjoying it.

I'm also listening to an awful lot of Luminous Orange as of late, and I'm very impressed. I only have one album (Vivid Short Trip) but.. it's really fantastic, and I foresee them (her? Rie Takeuchi) making their way into my not-so-selective list of favorites.

I'm really excited to hear the new noodles album, too. They have a few tracks up on their MySpace, and so far I'm very pleased.

Today, I also found out that SPARTA LOCALS are releasing another album this summer. I have no doubt that it will be amazing. They're really incredible, and if you haven't heard them, it's strongly recommended.

And while I'm recommending things, here..

Small Rainbow Meets Rain Drops

Please, get this. If you don't like it, I apologize, but.. oh well.

Beris Beris

Admittedly, this is the kind of album that kind of requires a specific taste, but if you're like me, it easily blows just about everything else out of the water. Some of the best music I've ever heard. Plus, who doesn't love Tatsuya Kashima (ex-the pillows bassist) and Tadashi Ueda (guest keyboards on several the pillows albums). Ah, speaking of the pillows I saw them a while ago in New York City, and it was a lot of fun. But the setlist was really boring.. Well, lead singer Sawao complimented my noodles t-shirt. Haha.

Let me think.. what else.. Oh, well, yeah, if you haven't heard Sparta Locals yet, go and listen to SUN SUN SUN. I can't see anyone disliking that album. Go watch the tokyo ballerina or the Yume Station PVs on YouTube if you're too lazy to buy/download an album.

Guh.. I really want to buy some NUMBER GIRL scorebooks.. I've also got to order the new noodles album, and buy my mother a birthday present.

Ahh.. I guess Omoide In My Head 2 Kiroku Series 2 will have to wait.. :(

Meanwhile, I'll enjoy Mummy the Peepshow's Electric Roller Girl US Tour VHS. They're pretty cute, and School Girl Pop is a great album. I haven't gotten as into their other albums, but I'm sure they're good too (I actually own Electric Roller Girl, but I've only listened extensively to a few songs (including their incredible cover of the Smiths' This Charming Man).

I love music.

1 noodles - Tomorrow & Yesterday
2 NUMBER GIRL - Sentimental Girl's Violent Joke
3 GO!GO!7188 - こいびと
4 the pillows - Kim Deal
5 SPARTA LOCALS - 夢ステーション
6 Mummy the Peepshow - Hello Stan
7 Zazen Boys - You Make Me Feel So Bad
8 Win a Sheep Free - Switch
9 nino trinca - もっと
10 toddle - So Long
11 ゆう - 蜜場のチェルー
12 椎名林檎 - 茎
13 The 5.6.7.8's - I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield
14 Hoover's Ooover - Palette Knife
15 Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re - Manhole
16 東京事変 - 黄昏泣き
17 Triceratops - If
18 Nine Miles - Freeze Contact
19 銀杏BOYZ - あの娘に1ミリでもちょっかいかけたら殺す
20 YO-KING - Life
21 プレアデス - The Ultimate Trip
22 of Montreal - Advice From a Divorced Gentlemen To His Bachelor Friend Considering Marriage
23 Chirinuruwowaka - カスガイ (I hate to go with a single, but...)
24 Pixies - Something Against You
25 The Strokes - Someday
26 Stan Getz and João Gilberto featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim - Para Machucar Meu Coracao
27 the brilliant green - Angel Song
28 Yoko - Permanent
29 Gorillaz - Faust
30 CHEWINGGUM WEEKEND - 青い雨が僕らにもふｒそそぐ