~Arashi giveaway temporarily postponed~ =/

While there remains many many things in this world that I'm still unaware of (._.;) I was sent this link and did a bit of searching for myself afterward as I didn't know there was such services or software that's able to find titles and artist's names for song files (・д・`*)。

Firstly though, this is in no way a reflection on any participants answers given for song files in the Arashi giveaway up till now but rather my worry that as such software exists, it may come into play in the future and take away from the fun and spirit~* of the challenge of identifying songs just by listening to them~. It was just an attempt at trying to mix things up and come up with a new and hopefully fun and entertaining twist on giveaways here..but my naive mind seems to have failed miserably (ノロ≦。)！

So at the moment~* the Arashi giveaway for their pv DVD collection and upcoming LE single of "Troublemaker" will be postponed temporarily that is until I've re~set the contest details here~. Hmm…unless something else peaks my interest~* there's a good chance we may go racing♥ for this one once again~! I apologize so much for the delay and I'll have the new details up as soon as possible ＾　＾。

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~Final race for Koike♥Yui’s shashinshuu giveaway~

It’s the cutest spoiler in the world~♥!!! (￣▽￣)

Koike Yui "Flapper" giveaway shashinshuu~

Things really got wild on the track and well…with the track itself as it postponed for what I think was 2~ to 2 1/2 hours of the day with what could be best described as a pothole (・o・)！Jamie McMurray was amazing~* in both victory lane and at the post race press conference where he showed so much emotion~* and knowing how he almost didn't even have a job this year losing his position at RFR~ at the end of last season made it even that much sweeter~♥ to witness…congratulations Jamie~ ＼(^o^)／☆ you really deserved to win so much and to have it occur on racing's largest stage it's even more memorable and amazing (人∀`*)！！！

Okay before getting to the preliminary results~* I just want to say that I really really want to see Kyle Busch (who's really become so much sweeter~*? yes it's true!! =)) drive this pink race car complete with custom♥♥♥ "I Love You" spoiler♥♥♥ as well as…..

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥~~*!!!!

~♥♥♥♥♥♥♥~!!!!

(Kyle♥Busch, never thought I’d put a heart next to his name o(*´∀｀)o゛）

…kittens♥, seal♥ and bunny♥ sponsors~*!!!! Now doesn't he look soooooo tough and rugged in that kitty♥ race uniform? Admit it, you so want him to wear it too! (。ーωー。) ♪ ♪

….(*sigh*) if only all cars could look this way♥!

Aww…isnt' that cute~*! u~n start decorating you car now (*´∀｀*)♥

Koike♥Yui

Okay the preliminary results for Koike♥Yui's photo book giveaway are…..

3rd place: mousoufest's drivers Kasey Kahne, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin & Ryan Newman finished 30th, 35th, 12th, 26th, 17th & 34th respectfully for a combined average finish of 25.6.

2nd place: Ladybird's drivers Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick & Ryan Newman finished 23rd, 17th, 26th, 35th, 7th & 34th respectfully for a combined average finish of 23.6.

1st place: Nayoko-Kihara drivers Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch & Denny Hamlin finished 22nd, 35th, 12th, 26th, 23rd & 17th respectfully for a combined average finish of 22.5.

The results were really close!!! Now Nayoko-Kihara and Ladybird will go head to head in a one race~* showdown where it'll be a single driver vs. a single driver. Nayoko-Kihara and Ladybird please PM to me your one driver choice to compete at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana California this coming Sunday~*. If the same driver is chosen then that driver will become an invalid choice and the process will be repeated until a different driver is chosen by each entry~…good luck~* and happy racing ＾　＾！！！

The final standings of last year's top 35 is just below for reference:

RANK	+/-	DRIVER	POINTS	BEHIND	STARTS	POLES	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10	WINNINGS
1	—	Jimmie Johnson	6652	Leader	36	4	7	16	24	7,339,630
2	—	Mark Martin	6511	-141	36	7	5	14	21	5,279,000
3	—	Jeff Gordon	6473	-179	36	1	1	16	25	6,476,460
4	—	Kurt Busch	6446	-206	36	0	2	10	21	4,991,480
5	+3	Denny Hamlin	6335	-317	36	1	4	15	20	5,478,040
6	-1	Tony Stewart	6309	-343	36	0	4	15	23	6,836,150
7	—	Greg Biffle	6292	-360	36	0	0	10	16	4,811,510
8	-2	Juan Montoya	6252	-400	36	2	0	7	18	5,274,190
9	—	Ryan Newman	6175	-477	36	2	0	5	15	5,010,310
10	—	Kasey Kahne	6128	-524	36	0	2	7	14	5,760,140
11	—	Carl Edwards	6118	-534	36	0	0	7	14	5,607,550
12	—	Brian Vickers	5929	-723	36	6	1	4	13	4,731,590
13	—	Kyle Busch	4457	-2195	36	1	4	9	13	6,204,750
14	—	Matt Kenseth	4389	-2263	36	1	2	7	12	7,085,710
15	—	Clint Bowyer	4359	-2293	36	0	0	4	16	4,410,660
16	—	David Reutimann	4221	-2431	36	2	1	5	10	4,891,120
17	—	Jeff Burton	4022	-2630	36	0	0	5	10	5,530,110
18	—	Marcos Ambrose	3830	-2822	36	0	0	4	7	4,187,040
19	+2	Kevin Harvick	3796	-2856	36	0	0	5	9	6,104,740
20	-1	Joey Logano*	3791	-2861	36	0	1	3	7	5,375,110
21	-1	Casey Mears	3759	-2893	36	0	0	0	4	3,958,460
22	—	Jamie McMurray	3604	-3048	36	0	1	1	5	3,980,630
23	—	Martin Truex Jr.	3503	-3149	36	3	0	1	6	4,801,660
24	+1	A.J. Allmendinger	3476	-3176	36	0	0	1	6	3,878,480
25	-1	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	3422	-3230	36	0	0	2	5	4,097,190
26	—	Elliott Sadler	3350	-3302	36	0	0	1	5	3,819,100
27	—	David Ragan	3252	-3400	36	0	0	0	2	3,682,210
28	+1	Sam Hornish Jr.	3203	-3449	36	0	0	2	7	4,136,160
29	-1	Reed Sorenson	3147	-3505	36	0	0	0	1	4,657,250
30	—	Bobby Labonte	3128	-3524	36	0	0	1	2	4,198,900
31	+1	Paul Menard	2979	-3673	36	0	0	0	0	4,367,630
32	-1	David Stremme	2919	-3733	33	0	0	0	0	4,141,680
33	—	Michael Waltrip	2839	-3813	34	0	0	0	2	3,448,180
34	—	Robby Gordon	2699	-3953	35	0	0	1	1	3,860,580
35	—	Scott Speed*	2690	-3962	35	0	0	1	1	3,543,640

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~Arashi♥ sweet 16 giveaway starts here~! (postponed =/)

Arashi♥

Arashi "5X10 Arashi ALL the BEST! Clips 1999-2009" giveaway DVD…

In addition to Arashi's♥ "5X10 All the BEST! Clips 1999-2009" DVD the winner will also receive an also newly sealed copy of Arashi's♥ upcoming single release "Troublemaker" which will launch on March 3rd~!..and it'll be the LE version of this new single~* release which is out of print, a 6200￥prize~!

To win~* you just need to be the first to reach "16" as in correctly name both the artist and song title♪ for 16 mystery songs as they'll be posted here in increments of a few songs at a time for anyone to lay claim to~.

When you know both the artist/group's name as well as the song's♪ title….just leave your answer to both correctly in the appropriate mp3's comments which you can reach by clicking on those large pink speakers or rather the "?????" link which is just below each mystery song~. Of course only the very first correct comment will get credit for the song♪ and in order to keep track of the current scores on all entrants I'll keep updating how many correct songs♪ each entrant has accumulated in the "Mano~Subway♥" header post~* which remains permanently at the top of the blog ＾　＾。For regular readers/viewers/listeners here you may recognize some songs as they've appeared here in posts in the past….some may have been video clips while others audio clips or perhaps a particular artist/group may have been highlighted in a past post~. Surely it'll be a mix~up though so many may have not appeared here before….just to keep things guessing~. But all songs♪ appearing are some of my most favorites♥♥♥ for sure o(*´∀｀)o゛。。as well as many being popular and hit~* songs♪～。

As artists and songs are named correctly their titles will appear replacing the set of "????"'s.

Additional mystery songs will be added periodically~* in the coming days but to get things started, here are the very first 5 mystery???? songs♪～。。。Minna~san ganbatte ne~ ー(*￣Ｏ￣)ノ ！！！

#1 Glay

"Be with you"

#2 ????

????

#3 Fujishige Masataka

"Forever"

#4 Fukuyama Masaharu

"Ai wa kaze no you ni"

#5 Arashi

"LIFE"

~♪~

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♥~Happy Valentines Day~♥ o(*´∀｀)o゛

~Happy Valentine’s Day～♥～！

(edit: the audio file which was lost during my move from Vox to WordPress has been re~uploaded to this post. If there are any other older posts dated before September 12th, 2010 (originally “Vox” posts) in which you’d like to hear or see the audio/video clips for please leave a request in the top page tab titled “Requests.”)

~It’s just past midnight a bit sooo…..

～Here’s still, my most~* favorite♥♥♥ Valentine’s Day♥♥♥ song o(*´∀｀)o゛♥♥♥ 

。。Vivian Hsu was still so early in learning Japanese when this single was released so in her interviews she was still
admittedly expressing her lyrics phonetically by memorization…so cute~* here in this song♥♥♥

みんなしゃん～♥ハッピ～バレンタイン♥♥♥♥♥～～＊～＊！！

♥~Happy Valentine’s Day~♥!!!!!

Vivian Hsu “8 月のバレンタイン” CD single~

Vivian Hsu “Hachigatsu no valentine” mp3

~♥~!!!!

~Aiko, one of Japan’s most beloved♥ artists returns with a new single after nearly a years absence

aiko "Modorenai Ashita" single (jacket scan)

aiko "Modorenai Ashita" first press CD single

Aiko's lastest single~* "Modorenai Ashita" was just released on February 3rd!!…and while my very first purchase of her music dates back to her 2000 album release, her then second album "Sakura no ki no shita" (which sold in excess of 1 million copies!!!) even from those early beginnings aiko was completely composing~* all of her own music♪～ and lyrics which adds something really special to how fans are able to embrace especially her lyrical content~ and much like how fans related so much to Sakai Izumi of Zard in her personal lyrics, aiko's fanbase~♥ flows very much as deeply~ ＾　＾。

A career which has now spanned over 13 years aiko remains as one of Japan's most popular artists~* both expressed in polls and her overall sales~* as till now none of her previous 26 singles has sold less than 82,000 copies with the majority (16 singles) being above 100,000 in sales with notable singles "Hanabi" reaching above 200,000 and "Boyfriend" selling in excess of half a million copies~* at her peak♥. Most recently she also just made another appearance on this New Year's Kouhaku Utagassen a clip which I previously shared but have embedded here in celebration of her new single release ＼(^o^)／☆。。。。it's been nearly a year since her last single (;´□｀)！！！which was "milk" which also sold above 100,000 copies~*. What says even more about her fanbase♥ can be seen in her album sales since her debut with "Chiisana marui kojitsu" reaching 130,000 in sales, "Sakura ki no shita"…over 1.4 million, "Natsufuku"…979,000, "Aki, soba ni iru yo"…497,000, "Akatsuki no love letter"…516,000, "Yume no naka no massugu na michi"…469,000, "Kanojo"…456,000 and 2008's "Himitsu" reaching sales of over 460,000 copies~* (*´∀｀*)♪。

aiko's releases can be ordered here at Cdjapan.

aiko's releases can be ordered here at YesAsia.

aiko's releases can be ordered here at HMV Japan.

~Two of my early aiko loves♥ including her million seller "Sakura no ki no shita"…

Aiko (Kouhaku live 12/31/09)

The abstractly titled "Modorenai Ashita" ("the tomorrow (I) cannot return to") was offered in a first pressing which includes a lightly textured glossy liner notes/photo booklet along with what was noted as a "first pressing color tray"…that which I now imagine must be referring to the blue colored jewel case "tray" (。ーωー。)。

While beginning to attempt to describe aiko's♥ most unique vocals~* I quickly think of the expressions…..unguarded, sincere and warm♥ and when it comes to her delivery of said vocals~*, hers is a style in which at times her very phrasing can be somewhat lightly paralleled to that of a "be~bop" artists' as she expresses in flavorful waves and rhythms of lyrical content…some of which can be heard in the chorus portions of the coupling with track "Do you think about me?" which can be clicked on just below~. Now while I'm not meaning to say it's that of Billie Holiday..it's a light parallel for sure but truly a unique rhythmic styling all her own~ ＾　＾！Much of aiko's lyrics also express so much in "real~life" type experiences, making her that much more relate~able to fans o(*´∀｀)o゛♥。

~Please enjoy listening to one of Japan's most celebrated artists in her latest single release with the complete tracks "Modorenai Ashita", "Do you think about me?" and "Kisu ga meguru" ("(when it) comes to kissing") o(*´∀｀)o゛♪～♪。。。。

aiko "Modorenai Ashita" (liner notes scan)

01戻れない明日

aiko

aiko "Do you think about me?" (liner notes scan)

02 Do you think about me?

aiko

aiko "Kisu ga meguru" (liner notes scan)

03キスが巡る

aiko

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~Today’s arrivals…

Cdjapan order…

I've been so anticipating~* for this order to arrive….new releases from Momusu, Buono!, Guardians4, Marippe w/ Straw Hat and Aiko..listening♪ to "Modorenai ashita" by Aiko♥ now o(*´∀｀)o゛♥♥♥。。。。

And I was really curious to hear the video game unit~* Team Dekaris which features Mmmm…Nocchi~ ＼(^o^)／☆ ♪～♪～～♪～～♪～～♪♪～＊

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~Post yolk fight!! (゜ロ゜ノ)ノ & Nocchi♥ in the flesh…

..and not much else!! (・o・)

能登有沙♥

Noto Arisa in “ARi 01” Original Portrait Book

~Thank you Denadel so much for sending me these!!…I’m still searching for “No Night Eden” and I imagine that this shashinshuu may be even more difficult to find~ (;´□｀)！！

It’s “Noto Arisa ARi 01” and while Nocchi has always been adorably cute~* here she’s become smoldering hot っo(*´∀｀)o！Plus adorable~* growing up photos and a body check~ (*´艸`)！

Thinking back…there was the Fall 2009 “Late night Nocchi♥ rant”……..the Fall 2008 “suppression” of the Nocchi♥ rant”……..“Your brain~~ on Nocchi♥”……..and the “Egg fight of Spring 2008” ＾　＾♥！

And what it all means is…..

..it’s time to once again pit Egg against Egg, um actually this is AE (after Egg) or post~Yolk so no more Egg references for Nocchi♥ & Manoeri♥ unless I slip~ (*´艸`)！

So who you got?

Please click~* here to visit Vizu poll.

ARi_01_01

ARi_01_02

ARi_01_03

ARi_01_04

ARi_01_05

ARi_01_06

ARi_01_07

ARi_01_08

ARi_01_09

ARi_01_10

ARi_01_11

ARi_01_12

ARi_01_13

ARi_01_14

ARi_01_15

ARi_01_16

ARi_01_17

ARi_01_18

ARi_01_19

ARi_01_20

ARi_01_21

ARi_01_22

ARi_01_23

ARi_01_24

ARi_01_25

ARi_01_26

ARi_01_27

ARi_01_28

ARi_01_29

ARi_01_30

ARi_01_31

ARi_01_32

ARi_01_33

ARi_01_34

ARi_01_35

ARi_01_36

ARi_01_37

ARi_01_38

ARi_01_39

ARi_01_40

~♥~

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~S/mileage♥ シングルＶ「スキちゃん」& what idols♥, (well Yuukarin) fears most・o・

前田憂佳ちゃん♥

S/mileage "Sukichan" single V DVD release

While "Sukichan" may be S/mileage's last indies release as their 3rd single….two things will never change..one: S/mileage's promise~* of being one of J~Pops most adorable~♥ of units and two: Yuukarin will continue to be easily distracted and waver~~ skyward..downward..left and right while being interviewed (。ーωー。)。。。。。♥！

I was joyous to see "Sukichan" being available not as an event~only release where searching and bidding on auctions can get a bit pricey at times~…..and they always seem to end at "odd" hours when one needs to drag themselves out of bed (_´Д｀)ノ~~。。。！！in hopes of catching the very last minutes just wishing~* not to be out~bid at the very last second  ・゜・(ノД`)・゜・。！！。。it's true, I maybe spend wayyy to much time on auctions these days~ (*´艸`)。

S/mileage in "Sukichan"…♥

。。(。ーωー。)。。。。。

(￣▽￣)。。。

S/mileage in "Sukichan"…

Musings on the single/song♪ itself were previously *gushed~* here ヽ(。´▽`。)ノ。。！！。。。let's watch the pv~♥!

S/mileage "Sukichan" pv DVD single can be ordered here at Cdjapan.

S/mileage "Sukichan" music video~

The pv DVD single runs approximately 14 minutes including the single clip♥ along with a most~* fun and cutely edited "making of" document~ (*´∀｀*)。 "Sukichan" is shot as an outdoors party scene~~*~~~* and much like "aMa no jaku" each member has their own solo shot theme~* and I really love the "home video" type of look to some of the footage which adds a sweet and warm *feel* ＾　＾。Now if only their major debut would arrive much quicker~!

S/mileage "Sukichan" pv DVD single (jacket scan)

S/mileage "Sukichan" pv DVD single (inner jacket scan)

S/mileage "Sukichan" pv DVD single (back cover scan)

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~Yuukarin "preparing" for her big interview…

Yuukarin in "the interview" (^q^)!

Yuukarin in "the interview"…(^q^)!

Yuukarin in "Sukichan" pv making of…

..note the lack of eye contact (・o・)..and her cute~* fidgety nature (人∀`*)♥。。。

Fukuda Kanon in "Sukichan"…♥

…and Yuukarin's♥ fear realized…..

Yuukarin♥ in "Idol fear!!!" (・o・)！！！

..it's..

..a..??

Earthworm in "Idol Fear"…(^q^)!

…earthworm (。ーωー。) ♪ ♪
And you thought it was Tsunku in tights~ (・д・`*)！

And when calling out やっほぃ♪ ("Yahhoi"♪ ー(*￣Ｏ￣)ノ）。。
in hopes of an echo~ ~…

やっ～～～～。。

。。ほぃ♪～～～～～～！！ー(*￣Ｏ￣)ノ ♥

あっ！犬が答えましたか？？？

…..only a dog answered (。ーωー。)笑

S/mileage♥ in "sukichan" making of…

S/mileage♥ peace~＾　＾！

 

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~Fantasy race teams set for Koike♥Yui photo book giveaway~ ー(*￣Ｏ￣)ノ

Koike♥Yui

Koike Yui "Flapper" giveaway shashinshuu~

Mousoufest, Ladybird and Nayoko-Kihara are set to go head to head this coming Sunday when the great American race~* runs at Daytona….their revealed complete race teams are:

Mousoufest– Kasey Kahne, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin & Ryan Newman.

Ladybird– Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick & Ryan Newman.

Nayoko-Kihara– Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch & Denny Hamlin.

The two teams with the higher combined average finish for all of their drivers will then go on to a one~ race mano a mano where only a single driver will be chosen by each finalist~. This race will occur at Auto Club speedway the following weekend on February 21st in determining the photo book winner~ ＼(^o^)／☆ Good luck~* ＾　＾！

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~When ‘used’ is bad, unimaginable “services” & the perils of mixing up your “L’s” and “R’s” (^q^)!

わはははは♪

やっほぃ♪。。。While ~Smile Project~♥ is almost ready to be posted here as I've been preparing so much for it these past few days, I thought just a teeny bit of silliness would be fun here (人∀`*)。。。

1

Something tells me that one should leave quite early in hopes~* of locating this restroom….sounds so much like an adventure in its own right~…(^q^)!

2

Hm…maybe not all males can be considered "man" I wonder (・c_・;)？

3

OMG! okay this is just wrong wrong wrong!!! (・д・`*)！！！。。I mean it's one thing to not have any tissue
available in their restrooms at all times but an entirely new frightening thing for a vending machine
to offer them…um…….'used???' lol (*´艸`)！
Translation: bring your own tissue for sure!!!! 😛

4

Now this I can really relate to~*,
me being very very lactose intolerant (ノロ≦。)！
Cheese does strike fear in me (゜Д゜;)！！！

5

Jumping in the elevator = jail?? (・o・)

6

The "L" and "R" get intermingled when learning to pronounce Japanese,
however Sunny Town sooooo needs an editor I think…(^q^)!
Hmm…I wonder what they do there if one wins an even higher office???
I think that maybe all female supporters should steer clear of this "celebration"…
..as someone could wind up pregnant* (￣Ｏ￣*)！！There seem to be so many ads on t.v.
for guys and erectile *thingies* going on just about every network
 but to hold a party for your *thingies*。。ぇええ〜ッΣ(゜ロ゜;ノ)ノ！？

A~h! I'm still cracking up!! omg this is so funny~!!!…in a somewhat frightening way though~ (。ーωー。)！

7

They really do think of just about everything for us…
..they even have a room for *this* ＼(^o^)／☆！

8

Some may need to smoke after reading this。。。(・c_・;)？

9

Hmm…I guess you no longer need to keep to yourself if you're um…
..feeling a bit you know~* (*´艸`)～～＊。
Is this for real? OMG!..I wonder what occurs in there,
well actually I don't really want to know (・д・`*)！

10

Yay~! ＼(^o^)／☆！。。no wait E~h?!!! high prices??? (´⌒｀。)。。。
Now this is a marketing curve ball ~ ~ ~ ☺!
Advertising their high prices..what will they think of next!…(^q^)!

11

Some magazines require refrigeration。。。(^-^*)/

12

And some will sell their soul out like if something's really out of stock,
it'll be referred to as being 'soul out' from here forward…
(￣▽￣)。

13

Hmm…should consider doing business with this company?, lol oh no this is terrible (*>ω<)！！
This cracks me up so much though~…(^q^)! but then again, um…
なんじゃこりゃぁぁあぁああーっっ(;´□｀)！！！

みんなしゃｎ♥ハッピ～＊日曜～＊o(*´∀｀)o゛

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