K-pop. Since Psy took over the world with Gangnam Style everybody knows the genre once reserved to Asians and the odd Westerner. While the vast majority of the newly reached audience only enjoyed the biggest Youtube hit ever, some, including me, dove deeper into the wide world of Korean Pop and got hooked. This is my account of acquiring a new addiction.
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Sep
25
Muse Returns!
Posted by Sandstorm in Music, Reviews on September 25th, 2012.Sep
25
Tags: 2nd, Absolution, Animals, Bellamy, Big Freeze, Chris, Dominic, Explorers, Follow, Howard, Isolated, Law, Liquid, Madness, Matt, Me, Muse, of, Origin, Panic, Resistance, review, Save, State, Station, Supremacy, Survival, Symmetry, System, The, Unsustainable, Wolstenholme
An absurdly biased review of the new Muse album The 2nd Law, written by a pretty hardcore fan.
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Sep
19
TIFF 2012: The ABCs of Death
Posted by Sandstorm in Movies, Reviews, Uncategorized on September 19th, 2012.Sep
19
Tags: ABCs, Death, Festival, Film, Horror, International, review, TIFF12, Toronto, wtf
An interesting, though somewhat disturbing project featuring short films from 27 indie directors showcases murder, accidents and cultural differences in all its gory glory.
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Sep
17
TIFF 2012: Tai Chi 0
Posted by Sandstorm in Movies, Offbeat, Reviews on September 17th, 2012.Sep
17
Tags: 0, 2012, arts, Chi, Festival, Film, Fung, martial, Pilgrim, review, Scott, steampunk, Stephen, Tai, Toronto, zero
Chinese martial arts meet Scott Pilgrim in this (positively) crazy movie
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Sep
16
TIFF 2012: Much Ado About Nothing and the Whedon Phenomenon
Posted by Sandstorm in Movies, Reviews, Uncategorized on September 16th, 2012.Sep
16
Tags: 2012, About, Ado, Dollhouse, Festival, Film, Firefly, Joss, Much, Nothing, review, Serenity, Shakespeare, TIFF12, Toronto, Whedon, Whedonites
Joss Whedon shows off his versatility once again in this near perfect adaptation of the play by Shakespeare.
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Sep
12
The Legend of Zelda Through the Eyes of a Modern Gamer
Posted by Sandstorm in Game Reviews, Offbeat, Uncategorized on September 12th, 2012.Sep
12
Tags: 3DS, Gamer, Legend, modern, NES, Nintendo, of, The, Zelda
Becoming a Masochist one death at a time.
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Jul
13
Embracing the Digital Era… Sort of.
Posted by Sandstorm in Offbeat, Tech on July 13th, 2012.Jul
13
Tags: a, apple, comics, DC, Digital, Distribution, easy, era, Marvel, Nintendo
A Newbie’s first steps into the hell of Digital Distribution.
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Mar
15
Asian Kung-Fu Generation – Mada Minu Ashita Ni
Posted by Sandstorm in Reviews on March 15th, 2009.Mar
15
Tags: ajikan, akfg, Asian, EP, Generation, JPop, kung-fu, review
Asian Kung-Fu Generation has had quite a productive year in 2008. They recorded and published a very good album in March and later on released an additional mini-album (or EP) in June and a second concept album in November. I got the last two albums in November and listened to them a lot of times, and now, after nearly 5 months I’ve found the time to write the review for one of them: Mada Minu Ashita Ni
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Mar
23
World World World by AKFG Album Review
Posted by Sandstorm in Music, Reviews on March 23rd, 2008.Mar
23
Tags: ajikan, Asian, Fu, Generation, Kung, review, world
The Japanese rock scene is a crowded one. Hundreds of bands make so-called Jrock and most of it is enormous crap. Luckily for us, there are some very good bands out there that really make good music. The best band is Asian Kung-Fu Generation and they’ve released their new album World World World.
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