We all know him as a successful musician, the guitarist of legendary rock band Queen but he's also a scientist currently working for New Horizons that in 2019 New Year successfully reached the most distant place ever reached by a spacecraft from Earth. Dr. Brian is probably the greatest Earth Human alive.
Coachella just released their lineup. Blackpink got some pretty high billing. https://twitter.com/coachella/status/1080682180764811264
Tame Impala as a headline Rose of Blackpink is a fan of The 1975 and she'd be on same day of Coachella with her favorite band. Congrats Matty, you got a hot girlfriend. heheheheh
Also on the bill, Perfume (as mentioned by ForrestFuller in the Perfume thread). I found it hard to read the twitter page, so I copied part of it.
And Cochella Fest continues it's slide from one of the greatest music fests this side of the Atlantic, to being just another shit show with a lack of inspired guidance.
Just like Brian May of Queen, Kevin Parker of Tame Impala also studied astronomy but I'm not sure if Kevin finished the course and earned the degree but what he ever studied influenced the band's debut EP cover consisting the comparison of sizes of sun, Mira, & Antares. Most think that Tame Impala is a 5 piece band but actually it's Kevin himself, he recorded most instrument himself while the rest are actually members of other bands whom he recruit as backing musicians.
New Pantene commercial for babychanco https://www.instagram.com/p/BsUUcUigxfV/ And seeing herself in the newspaper https://www.instagram.com/p/BsUIAOYnfMy/ A video from December 22 narrated by Kondo Sato (近藤サト), the adult in the new commercial. if the video does not show watch the video here
Last November I decided I had to do something useful before the year ended and took an Android programming course which finished just before the year ended. Planing on building my own N5 grammar application for Android now, which along a good kanji recognizer are missing in the PlayStore.
Horrible moments less than 24 hours: 11 PM yesterday: discovered my crush is in relationship. 4 AM today: wake up & found this disaster involving NGT48. Now: it's my own fault for having breakfast with spicy food, feels like there's a fire in my belly. ...... Song to play: if the video does not show watch the video here
Nishino Kana going on hiatus starting early next month (February, the same month the other Nishino - Nishino Nanase of Nogizaka46 - formally graduates) Japanese source Just when you thought the end of Heisei era hype was enough...
BBC News article about people going crazy for Fukubukuro ('lucky bags') in Japan: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46805873 (no mention of the AKB48 ones!)
Check your girls Twitter accounts (and/or other SNS). Of the girls I have bookmarked, three have suspended accounts right now. Sakamoto Erena, Nishikawa Rie, and Ma Chia-Ling.
^Hama Sayuna didn't check all of them I just noticed she's suspended, I didn't think more accounts are suspended
I lost 11 account on my twitter count so there's quite a few,I know there's Misaki,Maikomu,Shimono and Erena!