Jake Young, Holden McNeely and Marcus Parks explain the Japanese synthesized pop music sensation, Hatsune Miku!
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Remembering When He-Man Had the Power
For about the majority of Reagan’s presidency He-Man was the master of the toy aisle. Concocted by Mattel, aided by the synergy of a cartoon, and ultimately undone by corporate greed and an underperforming movie (that one of our cohost loves) , take a journey with us to Eternia t ... Show More
1h 39m
Jun 1
The Funny Pages: A Comedy Graveyard
Remember when you’d get a newspaper to feel smart and informed and just go straight to the funny pages to gab with Garfield, chat with Cathy, and umm, see whatever the heck Family Circus was up to? We remember! Reading these informed our future tastes and helped evolve our sense ... Show More
1h 13m
Jun 2021
40 Years Later, Japanese City Pop is Still Crashing the Charts (with Cat Zhang)
If you listen to a lot of music on YouTube, you may have been recommended a video. The thumbnail image is a striking black-and-white photo of a Japanese singer named Mariya Takeuchi. The song, “Plastic Love,” is a lush disco track with deep groove, impeccable string and horn arra ... Show More
31m 6s
Apr 2022
Song separation anxiety with Noon Garden, Go Kurosawa, Yukimi Nagano and Serra Petale
Noon Garden, Go Kurosawa, Yukimi Nagano and Serra Petale discuss why they’re happiest when they’re hitting things, seeing every song you make as if it’s your first, the importance of renewal to stay fresh, why you can’t be emotionally detached from your music, and the evolution o ... Show More
31m 50s
Aug 2020
Athena Kugblenu & Japanese folk-indie-jazz fusion
Athena Kugblenu gets into Aragehonzi's one of kind album, Hanatsuoto, that fuses Japanese folk with neo-soul, funk, jazz, rock, indie, and everything in between.
26m 12s