The Edge from U2 confounded by Japanese toilet
U2 was in Tokyo on the Joshua Tree 30 tour when The Edge ran into a typically high-tech Japanese toilet.
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Random music news for Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Twenty-one years ago today, Google was founded. How long did it take before “google” became a verb? Moving on to
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Meanwhile back in Japan, this apple monster mascot plays metal drums
Mascots–yuru-chara–are a big thing in Japan, so big that Last Week Tonight‘s John Oliver also has a big thing about
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Random music news for Friday, March 22, 2019
On this day in 1993, Intel released the first Pentium chips, the first of the new x86 series. They had
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Meanwhile, back in Japan, this musical performance happened
Japan is a strange, strange place. Here’s more proof. (Via Danny)
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Random music news for Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Happy 57th birthday, Axl Rose. And now for music news on February 6, 2019. A Foo Fighter got hurt and
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Random music news for Wednesday, December 12, 2018
One day, we’ll turn on the news and not hear anything about Donald Trump. One day… Meanwhile, here’s music news
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Meanwhile in Japan, mascots had a dance-off and it wasn’t weird at all.
Japan loves its mascots, especially when they compete in a dance-off. Not weird at all. Nope. https://youtu.be/ezJFq-TEr-Y
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Random music news for Saturday, October 27, 2018
One more great German word we need to have in English: verschlimmbessern. That’s when you make something worse by trying
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I’m not sure what’s happening with this drummer, but…
…keep in mind that this video is from Japan, the closest one can come to Mars without leaving the planet.
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An interesting case: Why won’t Japan get on board with streaming?
There are still a few places on the planet where CDs rule and streaming struggles. Nowhere is this more apparent
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