Nod

it's not charm-point incompetence, or undaunted endeavour, or a one-time-only fatigued wackout, or distracted, or distracting, or sheer shamelessness, or whatever else it isn't.

look at that composure. it's no mistake. there is a purpose, and the purpose is pure, anguished, glorious, bad. potent stuff.

NB and that's not starting on the mic recordings featuring yelps as of abandoned seal pup or coos as of demented dove..... don't know if they're related.

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Paprika's Parade

nobody@vox.com(amemba) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:23:39 -0800

Paprika

Risako, Saki, Miyabi-- I am not sure if they would join the parade.

Chinami, Yurina, Maasa-- I think they would join the parade, and that Maasa may make friends with the refrigerator.

Momoko-- I think she will join the parade as if she had been in the parade all along.

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Invincible twice over

nobody@vox.com(amemba) — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:39:35 -0800

In the project, there is at one end the protean "be-water-my-friend"ness of Takahashi Ai, and at the other the one-dimensional supercharacters of the fourth generation. Though most idols beyond the girl-next-door will find themselves leaning one way or the other, few reach either extreme. Matsuura began a gradual migration, but has gone missing of late.

Tsugunaga, however, traverses the poles with aplomb. Much of this has to do with her voice. In more pocket-sized and pithy terms, witness the lines (from consecutive singles, no less)--

ねいいでしょ? (tsukiatteru noni kataomoi) and

ハランがバンジョー (jyanakya mottainai).

Triptych

Bonus aidoru-atry-- How to make your very own Tsugunaga Momoko triptych

1. Print out the above

2. Mount on cardboard

3. Fold along the dotted lines

4. Display conspicuously

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