Pulp News April-May 2009

Sumimasen deshita, minna-san.  I was away for quite a long time.  It feels like it was almost a month.  Acutally, it IS almost a month.  See, my computer broke down — and no it wasn’t because of too much downloading of Arashi vids (yes, it is mandatory to mention them at one point in my entries).  The monitor suddenly stopped functionion — again, not Arashi’s fault — and had to be brought to a computer hospital.  I’m not fond of internet cafes, nor am I going to blog at my part-time.  Because of this, I missed a lot of news I wanted to share with you.  

Today I share with you some news in pulp version with my one (maybe 2-3) lines of my thoughts on the matter.  Without further delay here are the news that caught my attention during my almost one month absence.

FAYE WONG RETURNS

 I confess, I’m addicted to Faye Wong because of Chungking Express.  “Faye Faye daydreaming” became a catch-phrase among me and my sibs along with some of their friends (unfortunately, non of my friends in school could get it).

Thought rumors of these have been floating since almost the start of the year, Faye comes back for a shampoo commercial.  This shampoo commercial will start airing on May 20th, but it can already be seen around the internet.  Google and youtube it, you might find a copy. 

UTADA POSTPONES U.S. PROMO TOUR

I wonder if “peritonsilliti” is the real reason behind this.  However, I hope she could continue the promotion.  People really need to hear Utada’s music.  I just hope after This Is The One, she can go back to her trade mark music, which made us love her in the first place.  This Is The One — as I’ve said it a couple of times now — sounds too American that it doesn’t sound like Utada anymore.

  SUPER JUNIOR RETURNS

The raveshingly handsome guys of SuJu are back with a new single and album.   The PV/MV is out and can be seen in youtube (i saw 2 versions).  Although Big Bang is dominating the raves right now, my heart will always be with SuJu.  Just coz they’re like BFFs with TVXQ/DBSK. (And coz they’re a lot more yaoi materials between these 2 bands than with Big Bang — but then again, it’s too early to say).  Oh, SuJu will have their stage comeback tomorrow on SBS Inkigayo.

ACTORS TO LOOK OUT FOR

Another Oricon pollthis time about actors to look out for.  Top two are Mei-Chan’s loyal butlers — with Takero Sato at number 1 and Mizushima Hiro at number 2.  I still can’t see Takero’s charm — a few more dramas I guess an d then I’ll see it.  Surprisingly, Takero can hold his own in a scene — i mean wth Mizushima Hiro beside you, one can easily become a background extra instead of a lead cast.  My question is — why is TOMA IKUTA only #9?

KONKATSU!

“Konkatsu!” is Aya Ueto’s drama series for 2009’s Spring season.  Aya Ueto (+) comedy has always been a sure fire way to raise up ratings above 12%.  Konkatsu! started with 16.3% — however, started declining even as low as 9.4%. Last Monday’s episode pulled up a little, but it’s still under 10%.  Hush hush around the net says, it must have been affected by the Nakai Masahiro’s band member’s arrest and controversy.  Japan sure are very strict with their favor ratings, aren’t they.  Too bad, the show is good and both Nakai and Ueto are very funny — as well as the rest of the cast.

2NE1’s First Single — Out Now

So Sandara Park’s new girlband in Korea, 2NE1, has released their first single, FIRE.  They will debuting on May 17th, that’ll be next week.  I’ll be waiting for vid clips of that event, hence i’ll keep my mouth shut for now.  As for the vid, please youtube it for now. I’d love to share it with you, but I’m saving space and bandwidth. Gomen ne~ this is just for the Pulp news versions.

I’ll be posting a different blog for Ikuta Toma and Park Chan Wook news.  Although, still delayed, it’s worth telling the world.

Ciao Ciao ’till next time.