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napaj commented on the post, Depeche Quo'd 14 hours, 11 minutes ago
Well, SOTU was bloody awful too and DM wasn’t much better, so ‘since Playing the Angel’ is a pretty low level to achieve. Though I would say that for me it (Spirit) is, without doubt, their most pathetic album.
I […]
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napaj commented on the post, Depeche Quo'd 18 hours, 20 minutes ago
“I thought Spirit was pretty good – true, it’s not up there with their peak (from Black Celebration to SOFAD, since you ask), but it was a big improvement on Delta Machine, the album where they seemed unable to […]
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napaj commented on the post, Depeche Quo'd 1 day, 10 hours ago
The “Fletch quality control” thing is a story told many times, isn’t it.
But I think it has large holes.
God knows where he was during the recording of the last horribly insipid album, the spiritless ‘Spirit’. […]
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napaj commented on the post, Let's laugh at some band/group names 1 month ago
I have noticed some really funny ones over the years with Japanese/Chinese characters, wish I had written them down.
I do remember one though that would dryly translate to any Japanese reader* as “I am a […]
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napaj commented on the post, Today is Air Con day. 1 month ago
“here in Singapore we are at about 30-32 deg C EVERY day of the year (and sometimes even higher)”
I just could not do that.
2+ months of heat is way too much for me. It is always such a relief when it gets […]
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napaj commented on the post, Today is Air Con day. 1 month ago
I feel sorry for my UK family and friends having to put up with horrible heat without the beautiful relief of air conditioners.
Then again, I’m rather jealous that it’ll be back down to around 20 in 2 short days […]
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napaj commented on the post, Let's laugh at some band/group names 1 month ago
Two more from Japan:
Super Beaver
Mrs. Green Apple
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napaj commented on the post, Let's laugh at some band/group names 1 month ago
“Maybe the Japanese don’t ask a native speaker as they don’t want to lose face by being wrong?”
No, I don’t think that’s it.
Then again, when I have been in the UK I have seen some ridiculous ‘Ja […]
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napaj commented on the post, What’s your tipple? 1 month ago
My favourite local beer, that I can remember anyway, is Kusatsu Ale.
A few of the Shiga Kogen ones are good too.
Many of them are often rather similar… and they are all rather expensive. Hence the […]
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napaj commented on the post, Let's laugh at some band/group names 1 month ago
“Jakusha no hangeki” would be written in Japanese as such:
弱者の反撃
The first two characters literally means weak/weak person.
Bit of a stretch for that to become chicken!The last two characters does indeed me […]
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napaj commented on the post, What’s your tipple? 1 month ago
Oops spelling mistake….
Ebisu ‘Kohaku’
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napaj wrote a new post, Let's laugh at some band/group names 1 month ago
Some funny ones recently in Japan that I thought I’d share:
Creepy Nuts
My Hair is Bad
Shit Kingz
Bump of Chicken
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napaj commented on the post, What’s your tipple? 1 month ago
Beer for me mostly. It has to be good quality, and also very cold! 😉
Here’s my pick:
Kirin ‘Aki-aji’(秋味)
Ebisu ‘Kokaku’(琥珀)
Suntory Premium Malts ‘Kaoru Ale’(香るエール)All three of those are autumn only brews a […]
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napaj commented on the post, Jubilee concert 2 months, 2 weeks ago
A view from Japan.
It has been on the news here. I have been watching various bits and listening to and reading comments from people here.
The Paddington bit was especially popular. (But anything ‘cute’ goes […]
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napaj commented on the post, Qatar World Cup 2022 4 months, 2 weeks ago
“The whole thing is morally repugnant of course”
Sounds just like the Olympics.
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napaj commented on the post, Anyone seen any good April Fools Day pranks? 4 months, 2 weeks ago
April Fools stuff is a bit pathetic, isn’t it?
(And especially so in our current world when a large amount of stuff is almost April Fool level stupidity anyway, day in day out)
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napaj commented on the post, Soft Cell and Pet Shop Boys – Purple Zone 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Didn’t see any turds in the video though…. they would have been more appropriate.
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napaj commented on the post, Soft Cell and Pet Shop Boys – Purple Zone 4 months, 4 weeks ago
I like everyone involved, but that sounds like a really poor re-do of Always On My Mind (the PSB version of course).
Very mediocre indeed and I’d say hugely disappointing.
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napaj commented on the post, I thought I was invulnerable. 4 months, 4 weeks ago
I have no idea what is the right answer is to all of this, but here’s my thoughts on the Japan situation.
“Did everyone in Japan limit socialising”
Pretty much, yes.
“work from home”
Some did, but seemingly […]
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napaj commented on the post, I thought I was invulnerable. 4 months, 4 weeks ago
There were no “lockdowns” here.
The general population just did (are doing) the right thing for the community and society as a whole, and doing it without moaning about it all the time like big babies.
There […]
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