Sunday, January 25, 2004

>> Behind The Pop

Ever had one of those nights where you’re actually sleepy (for once), but find yourself working on something (like this website) that can obviously wait till the morning? Welcome to the world of Richie the utasha (in training) behind the pop. Things done in the wee hours of the morning:

1) Upgraded MT from 2.65 to 2.661
2) Surfed the web
3) Upgraded MT-Blacklist from 1.62 to 1.63b (Donna has it installed on the main blog as well — we all hate comment spam with a vengeance at i-O)
4) Checked out Apple.com (they still don’t have any special message up for the Macintosh’s 20th anniversary!)
5) Added an Atom feed
6) Updated the Kung-Log powered badge to the ecto powered one
7) Checked the validation of the index page and the feeds (so far, so good)

Now, it’s time to sleep. My fingers are beginning to move at a snail’s pace across my Mac’s keyboard. (-_-)zzz

Saturday, January 17, 2004

>> OLIVIA’s new album “The Lost Lolli”

OLIVIA will be releasing a new album “The Lost Lolli” on Wednesday, February 18. This will be her second full-length album in 3 years and will include an English version of “Sea me”, a live arrangement of “Into the Stars”, and the Lost Lolli Mix for the song “SpiderSpins”. “The Lost Lolli” will have 13 tracks with a limited release first pressing special jacket for Tower Records Japan. OLIVIA’s latest release is “The Return Of The
Chlorophyll Bunny” which was released on the 3rd of December last year. As is with all Avex releases, “The Lost Lolli” will be a CCCD.

Thursday, January 01, 2004

>> Churasan 2 to Air on NGN

Fans of “Churasan” rejoice! English-subtitled episodes of “Churasan 2” (six episodes) will begin airing on NGN (Nippon Golden Network) every Saturday at 8:30 pm. The first episode will air on Saturday, January 3rd and the cast is the same we’ve grown to love from the first series — look out for Nana (MAX) who is the waitress in the Okinawan diner. The theme song for the drama is by Ryouko Kuninaka (who plays the heroine Eri in this drama) and called “Ryûkyû Moon” (the song is written by O-pop artist Mamoru Miyagi).

>> Okinawan Pop Culture Bloggers Wanted

Okay, the title says it all. To start off 2004, I’m looking for Okinawan pop culture enthusiasts to blog along with me. This’ll lessen my workload (i.e., if anybody answers this open call) so that I’ll be able to work on the other projects I’ve mentioned on this site. Here is a little (wish) list I have for those who are interested in joining:

• Have some idea of what blogging is all about (familiarity with Movable Type or TypePad is a plus)
• Have access to a spellchecker ;)
• Have no problems with doing it all for free (I guess this is the most important “wish” of mine)

There’s no time limit for this so if you’re interested or have more questions, please email me at: riccin[at]internet-okinawa[dot]com.

>> Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone the best Year of the Monkey!