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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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