It's a 4Minute World After All

Just got my copy of Cube Entertainment's flagship girl group 4MINUTE's new CD "4Minute WORLD" in the mail, and once again I'm properly blown away by how beautiful their releases are! Besides having a stunning cover (with the girls looking so damn pretty)The CD Booklet  is something I've never seem before-  the booklet is like a calendar with a metal spiral spine, and the hard cardboard backing (the purple part) is beveled so you can pop it out and turn into a sturdy stand, turning the photobook into a jazzy desktop calendar!!!

Bevelled edges make it easy to lock the parts into place...

...and Viola! Your very own 4Minute Desk Calendar!

Another amazing bonus was the fact that since I ordered my CD during a special, I got the huge 20x30 4Minute World poster absolutely FREE- and it even came FLAT, unrolled and in a tube!!! You just can't beat that!!!!

The girls really went ALL OUT for this promotion!!!

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It's Catallena Time!

Orange Caramel "Catallena" CD!

  I'd already put in my order for  Orange Caramel's new mini-album "Catallena" from K-pop dealer Kpoptown, but when Soompi offered up the same album AUTOGRAPHED, I had to order that one, too! So I knew I had two copies of the Afterschool sub-unit's new release on the way.
  Well, just today (along with my aforementioned 4Minute album) the initial Catallena order arrived, and though this wasn't the autographed one, I still was pretty excited upon getting it! The CD looks very nice and WOW! The free poster that came with it is beautiful! 

Catallena poster with CD for scale

Standing at 20x31, this totally made up for any misgivings I had ordering two of the same thing! And the cherry on the top was the fact that the bonus card I got was once again my bias LIZZY!!!  Thought at first I'd have to give the second copy away, but maybe I'll hold on to both of them, Hee Hee Hee....

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Back To (After)School with New Japanese Album "Dress To Kill"

AfterSchool "Dress To Kill" Deluxe Edition

  Well, it was a long wait, but finally today, my copy of Afterschool’s new Japanese album release “Dress To Kill” arrived! I ws originally going to order the basic version, but when I saw how beautiful the deluxe edition was, I knew I had to get that one! The regular version is in yellow (and housed ina regular jewel case type), but the deluxe one comes in purple, a hue which somehow makes ALL the difference!

  The Deluxe version, besides being housed in a DVD sized clamshell as well as a slipcase, comes with a bonus DVD including the videos for songs “Heaven” and both regular and dance versions for their song  “Shhh”.   The DVD disc ALSO included an awesome live mini- concert featuring songs Diva, Flashback, Heaven, Crazy Driver and Slow Love as well as a fun 40 minute fanmeeting with the audience!!

  And if THAT wasn’t enough, the bonus card that came with my CD was none other than my bias, Lizzy!!! Given that with so many members it was a 1 in 8 chance I’d get her, I sure felt lucky!

Wheeee! I get my bias Lizzy for the trading card!

Can’t wait to take this CD out for a spin!!!!

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Shitsuren Chocolatier Heartbreak

 

By the way, I don't want to make a huge, huge deal about it, but I have to at least MENTION how disappointed I was with the final episode of the Matsumoto Jun/Ishihara Satomi drama "Shitsuren Chocolatier".... Man, I was REALLY loving this drama (for some reason I really loved and cared about the characters), so I was looking forward to see how everything all wrapped up. Without giving away any spoilers, I'll jsut say I expected more with that last chapter than what they gave me. Sigh.

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Dal Shabet as Nature Intended

There are these Barostar (choreographer) dance practice videos of Dal Shabet practicing “Be Ambitious”, “DalShabet Girls”, and, curiously enough, “Summer Break”, a dance I don’t think I’ve EVER seen the girls perform in ANY venue. 

  What REALLY made it interesting for me though, was the fact that the girls have almost NO makeup on, Jiyul in particular looks SO different without her eyeliner as to be almost unrecognizable to me! (adorably enough, it’s only her diminutive size that gives her away. LOL) 

Very interesting to see their Fresh faces!

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Autographed AOA By The Numbers

 One of the more confusing aspects of K-pop group AOA (Ace Of Angels) is that there are in fact two versions of the group, one as a 5-piece rock band called AOA Black, and the other as a 7 member Idol Group. The rock band consists of JiMin, ChoA, Yuna, Mina, and drummer Youkyung. The idol outfit consists of all the rock band members minus Youkyung (no idol activities for THIS drummer!) plus three additional members, Hyejeong, Chanmi and Seolhyun!
  Trying to get an autographed CD from all 8 members of the group in one shot just wasn't going to happen, so I ended up getting autographed copies of both AOA Black's album MOYA AND AOA (idols) new album "Miniskirt". Put them together, and HEY! I've now gotten ALL the members signatures...and then some!!!

 The AOA Black Moya album came awhile ago, but the Miniskirt album JUST arrived here the other day...so happy! The AOA idol group promotion happened while they were busy meeting the fans and promoting the new song, so the signatures look a bit rushed, but the MOYA album, signed only by the 5 rock band members, is super nice and clear! And when you consider "Moya" is the song that really made me love the group, that's the one that really counts!!!

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Some SPICA Goodies...

Autographed SPICA

  Along with my autographed AOA, by some happy coincidence, my autographed copy of SPICA's new album "You Don't Love Me" arrived as well, and just like last time, (where I got a SPICA earcap and button set with their autographed album "Tonight") the new CD came with a bunch of strange goodies, including a slick and cool SPICA mousepad... and a SPICA sleep mask! A SLEEP MASK? LOL, who comes UP with these promotions???
In any case, the album looks terrrific and the signatures nice and clear, and most of all, I'd pre-ordred this album befroe I'd heard a single note of the song, so stoked to hear that the song "You Don't Love Me" is a rockin' retro classic!! Hopefully with promotions like these, the girls will become better known in this new year!!

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