much ado about puffy

ander025 ander025
Sat Oct 23 17:48:57 EDT 2004


Kelley,
That's funny. Sorry my webmail isn't configured to put my name on it yet.
It's Mark Anderson from Minnesota. 



On 23 Oct 2004, kelly wrote:
> totally agreed ander.
> 
> (overheard at doutor)
> 
> a: what kind of music do you like?
> b: blue jean casual.
> 
> 
> On Saturday, October 23, 2004, at 11:36  PM, ander025 wrote:
> 
> > Puffy certainly aren't alternative artists. Neither are they idols on 
> > the
> > old model of Matsuda Seiko or the newer model of Amuro Namie and 
> > Speed. If
> > we reduce "idolization" to celebrity or fashion-driving status than 
> > what
> > about Kurt Cobain? He made ripped jeans more popular. And he wore 
> > makeup.
> > Was he an idol?
> >
> > Anyone who puts out a CD gets marketed in some form. I find Puffy a lot
> > more interesting than say, Avril Lavigne, both musically and in terms 
> > of
> > image. They don't actively seem to be presenting themselves as 
> > something
> > they aren't in the same way. They don't pretend to be artists though 
> > they
> > sing pretty well, but they have an anti-glamour look.
> >
> > To me, the most interesting thing about them is that they break the 
> > burikko
> > mold without moving to the sex-kitten model that Amuro Namie and Speed
> > replace it with. Maybe we need a new category or label for blue-jean
> > casual, post-burikko female pop star that doesn't write their own 
> > material.
> >
> >
> > On 23 Oct 2004, kelly wrote:
> >> $B$J$s$8$c!*$a$A$c$a$A$c%"%$%I%k$8$c$s!*(B
> >> $B$^$"!A$"$`$m$[$I$+$o$$$/$J$$$1$I!#$A$g$C$H$A$g$C$H$[$i$[$i!#(B
> >> that's just crazy talk...
> >> $B;318$[$I%a%$%/$O$J$$$1$I8+$?$i$"$j$^$9$h!#(B
> >> $B$U$DEAE}E*$J$N%"%$%I%k$H0c$&$1$I$7$$$J$j$s$4$H$*$J$.(Bmarketing
> >> $B$A$g$C$H(Bpunk.
> >> blue jeans never prevented honorary japanese idolization status 
> >> either.
> >> ever notice how many girls started wearing jeans in shibuya alone 
> >> after
> >> jet hit the charts.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Saturday, October 23, 2004, at 05:26  PM, ander025 wrote:
> >>
> >>> I don't know anything about this anime, but as a pop group, one of 
> >>> the
> >>> distinguishing marks of Puffy is that they ARE NOT an idol band or
> >>> particularly kawaii. They have rather cultivated an "alternative"
> >>> image of
> >>> sorts. Certainly an anti-glamor, anti-idol look. They generally wear
> >>> jeans
> >>> and T-shirts or sweatshirts and often look as if they aren't even
> >>> wearing
> >>> makeup.
> >>>
> >>> They don't play the "I'm so cute" game, they speak to the press 
> >>> fairly
> >>> directly, and all of their material is written by one very talented
> >>> writer
> >>> and producer for whom they are his main vehicle (He's quite 
> >>> influenced
> >>> by
> >>> the Beatles and alternative US pop over the last 15 years).
> >>>
> >>> Of course, the relation of the Beatles and the Jackson Five to their
> >>> cartoon properties was also pretty remote. It won't be too surprising
> >>> if
> >>> the same is the case here.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 23 Oct 2004, Aaron Gerow wrote:
> >>>> With a six-year old son, I had to learn sooner rather than later, 
> >>>> but
> >>>> it seems that the Japanese pop duo Puffy will have their own 
> >>>> animated
> >>>> TV show on Cartoon Network in the US starting on November 19. You 
> >>>> can
> >>>> already check out some scenes at the show's website:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/puffyamiyumi/index.html
> >>>>
> >>>> Puffy--or Puffy AmiYumi as they're known in the US--have already
> >>>> contributed the theme song to the CN show Teen Titans. They've
> >>>> somewhat
> >>>> faded in Japan, but this may be another break. Or will they go the 
> >>>> way
> >>>> of Pink Lady?
> >>>>
> >>>> More Japanese cute invading US pop culture, but the animation style
> >>>> looks more Cartoon Network than Japanese anime.
> >>>>
> >>>> Aaron Gerow
> >>>> KineJapan owner
> >>>>
> >>>> Assistant Professor
> >>>> Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
> >>>> Yale University
> >>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> 






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