Five albums from past years that I discovered and came to love in 2017.
Category: Music
Perfect Blue & a meditation on idol culture
Looking at Satoshi Kon's magnum opus through the lens of my recent run-ins with idol culture.
J-pop personas: Perfume, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Hatsune Miku, and how they’ve changed my life
In which I examine what makes J-pop acts Perfume, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Hatsune Miku uniquely special.
