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It would be a shame to put this one off much longer-- my review of the new full length from 椎名林檎 (Shiina Ringo) called 「三文ゴシップ」 (Sanmon Gossip). First let's talk about the title. 「三」means 'three' of course, and 「文」is an old skool unit of Japanese currency equal to 1/1000 of a 貫 ('kan'). This comes from a historical period when money was measured in weight, which makes sense since 'kan' also refers to an old unit of weight measurement equal to about 3.75 grams. You can see some money like this in old Samurai movies and on images of 招き猫 (Maneki Neko / 'Lucky Cat'). SO, 'Sanmon Gossip,' loosely-translated into English, might be '3-penny Gossip.'
In Shiina Ringo's 三文ゴシップ (Sanmon Gossip), she starts off by giving us a healthy dose of Tokyo Jihen-style J-Rock as well as a bit more of the sweet-sophistication J-Pop that she delivered to us in her previous full-length release, 「私と放電」(Watashi to Hoden / 'Me and electric discharge'). From there she continues to explore her exemplary talent as a Jazz musician, once again combining her exciting and unique J-Rock style with the sounds of Rat-Pack-style Big Band, Swing and this time even Cha-Cha in the song, 「二人ぼっち時間」(Futari Bocchi Jikan / 'Time for Two People Alone')! It's an endeavour that seemingly only Ringo-chan is able to accomplish with success while accurately capturing each of these different styles of jazz and at the same time managing to both stay true to her own distinctive style and maintain accessibility by a wide range of music-lovers.
Just when listeners start to think that this release has come to be strictly about Jazz, however, Shiina Ringo takes us in a new direction about 2/3 of the way through the disc! The track 「尖った手口」 (Togatta Teguchi / 'Sharp Trick') can best be described as 'industrial pop' which as far as I know has not yet been identified as a music genre. This is just further testament to her skill as an innovator.
Perhaps this sounds like it might be a bit of a shock for those of us who enjoy listening to her full-length releases all the way through from start to finish? Surprisingly, No! In fact, I think she planned this little diversion perfectly, doing her best to (quite successfully) make this CD really compelling. In the next couple of tracks, 「色恋沙汰」(Irokoizata / 'Love Affair') and「凡才肌」(Bonsai Hada / 'Mediocre-like'), Ringo-chan takes us on yet another diversion in which she explores music that starts to enter the territory of the broadway musical, incorporating many unique band instruments and even an accordion.
Sim is invisible sims 3. Shiina Yumiko (椎名裕美子), better known by her stage name Sheena Ringo (椎名林檎), is a Japanese singer, songwriter and vocalist of Tokyo Jihen. Suikoden rom hacks. Books to in pdf format. Profile Real name: Shiina Yumiko (椎名裕美子), Stage name: Sheena Ringo (椎名林檎), Birthday: November 25, 1978 (age 41). Auto macro recorder 5.84 keygen for mac. Older versions of fire fox.
Monologues of an Otaku readers! I hope you'll forgive my recent silence. I've been incredibly busy with so many different things, especially my recently-intensified study of Japanese language. As a result, I'm pretty far behind on all the posts I've been wanting to write for you.It would be a shame to put this one off much longer-- my review of the new full length from 椎名林檎 (Shiina Ringo) called 「三文ゴシップ」 (Sanmon Gossip). First let's talk about the title. 「三」means 'three' of course, and 「文」is an old skool unit of Japanese currency equal to 1/1000 of a 貫 ('kan'). This comes from a historical period when money was measured in weight, which makes sense since 'kan' also refers to an old unit of weight measurement equal to about 3.75 grams. You can see some money like this in old Samurai movies and on images of 招き猫 (Maneki Neko / 'Lucky Cat'). SO, 'Sanmon Gossip,' loosely-translated into English, might be '3-penny Gossip.'
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- Shiina Ringo's 'Sanmon Gossip' is a tour de force. Beginning in familiar J-Pop territory, the CD soon takes us to jazz, R&B, a Broadway show tune sound-alike, techno, Brazilian jazz, rock, and hip hop. It seems there is nothing Shiina Ringo cannot do. There is never a dull moment and there are plenty of wonderful musical moments here.
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In Shiina Ringo's 三文ゴシップ (Sanmon Gossip), she starts off by giving us a healthy dose of Tokyo Jihen-style J-Rock as well as a bit more of the sweet-sophistication J-Pop that she delivered to us in her previous full-length release, 「私と放電」(Watashi to Hoden / 'Me and electric discharge'). From there she continues to explore her exemplary talent as a Jazz musician, once again combining her exciting and unique J-Rock style with the sounds of Rat-Pack-style Big Band, Swing and this time even Cha-Cha in the song, 「二人ぼっち時間」(Futari Bocchi Jikan / 'Time for Two People Alone')! It's an endeavour that seemingly only Ringo-chan is able to accomplish with success while accurately capturing each of these different styles of jazz and at the same time managing to both stay true to her own distinctive style and maintain accessibility by a wide range of music-lovers.
Just when listeners start to think that this release has come to be strictly about Jazz, however, Shiina Ringo takes us in a new direction about 2/3 of the way through the disc! The track 「尖った手口」 (Togatta Teguchi / 'Sharp Trick') can best be described as 'industrial pop' which as far as I know has not yet been identified as a music genre. This is just further testament to her skill as an innovator.
Perhaps this sounds like it might be a bit of a shock for those of us who enjoy listening to her full-length releases all the way through from start to finish? Surprisingly, No! In fact, I think she planned this little diversion perfectly, doing her best to (quite successfully) make this CD really compelling. In the next couple of tracks, 「色恋沙汰」(Irokoizata / 'Love Affair') and「凡才肌」(Bonsai Hada / 'Mediocre-like'), Ringo-chan takes us on yet another diversion in which she explores music that starts to enter the territory of the broadway musical, incorporating many unique band instruments and even an accordion.
To finish the release Shiina Ringo, returns to her roots, filling our ears with the J-Rock/Pop sounds that caused all of us to fall in love with her in the first place. The final track, in fact, has all the feeling of that last encore that musicians play at their concerts, coming back out onto the stage one last time just to make the fans happy. For this 'encore' she chose to do a totally KOOL vocally-harmonised A cappella version of her all-time favourite, 「丸の内サディスティック」 (Marunouchi Sadistic) that she calls the 'EXPO Version.'