Regular scheduled programming has slowed on TLS. I’ve been trying to gather my thoughts on Aibon coming back. It’s been difficult putting together the right style for this entry. So instead of pushing myself any further, here is all I could come up with.
There are some days where I question how much of a fan I truly am of idols. Today is one of those days. It has been roughly one year since the Hello!Project, and thus, idol career of Ai Kago came to an end. It was a bitter end - at the time there was hope and promise for a revitalization of her career that had been previously suspended for a year. However, Ai did not want to play the by the frivolous and petty rules rules of being an idol.
And this makes me not want to play by the rules of idol worship.
So there are some days that I look at Kanna Arihara, and others, and think:
“We can’t go on together, with suspicious minds.”
Anime Boston was in town. I’m not into anime like when I was kid/teenager so I had no reason to go. The only reason was the chance of seeing the pillows play live. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to stand in the long lines that AB had to deal with this year (sorry to all you who were stuck in it). But I was able to find my way into Anime Boston regardless. I eventually got to where the pillows were playing. I heard them play Funny Bunny and Advice as they finished up.
Yes, I heard the pillows live.
While it may be Family Day in some Canadian provinces, it is Presidents Day in America. There is no actual federal holiday called Presidents Day, the federal holiday is technically Washington’s Birthday. But George was born on February 22 and today is February 18. Oh well.
Our northern brothers may choice to honor and respect the family, but we like to praise some of the great presidents in our past. Men like Warren Harding, one of the most corrupt presidents ever, who would often get drunk in office, and this was during the Prohibition Years. What about the whole wave of presidents from 1841-1861 that sat on their hands while the country degraded into civil war? My favorite of that period was William Henry Harrison. He died in office and even had a curse placed on him by a Native American. The curse was that every president who was elected in a year ending with 0 (Harrison was elected in 1940) would die in office. It came true for Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, Roosevelt and Kennedy! Regan and Bush avoided it. Another great man was Andrew Johnson, who set back the country decades because of his personal grudge against Reconstruction. Then there is the current man in office.
But I don’t want to preach an American history lesson to you. I got better plans. We are supposedly suppose to be taking time today to honor our forefathers. Obviously many of these man deserve no praise whatsoever. So whose history should I honor today?
When a group like Berryz Koubou or C-ute releases a single, the goal isn’t to make good music but music that will sell. It would be nice for both to be true. It is not always going to happen though. These two groups are on the verge of releasing singles that, based on their own merits, cannot possible sell well. That is just based on the music. People will buy these singles though. They will buy them because they “support” their group.
What a wacky world we live in.
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