I finally got my SNSD Japan Tour blu-ray. Oh, man! I have to get up early tomorrow, so I can’t watch it. I just watched the intro and two songs and it’s very difficult for me to hit the stop button… OK, three songs. Mr. Taxi came on . Aaaah! Tae-yeon’s wink! *melts* How am I going to be able to sleep now? “I’ll just watch one song” sounded like a good idea at the time .

As I expected, the quality of the video production is much much better than the Korean concert DVDs. It’s not just that it’s HD. It’s more well thought out.

The outfits are divine! Oh, man! They all look super pretty!

I didn’t blog about it, but I wrote on Facebook about how my PS3 broke down before new year’s. I wasn’t really in a hurry to replace it for gaming (although I use it a lot for that purpose), but it’s also my only blu-ray player and with this concert blu-ray expected to arrive any day, I had to go into town the following morning to buy a new PS3 XD.

I just got the regular version blu-ray (expensive enough as it is + the limited edition was sold out). There’s no real booklet, just a set list, inside the case. The disc had come loose during shipping, but it wasn’t scratched (phew).

OK, I managed to force myself to stop the playback. I’ll watch the rest tomorrow.

edit: I posted more reflections in the comments below.

I’m having mixed feelings about all the must-have releases being made these days. Or rather, I’m ecstatic about it but my bank account is crying.

Next month SNSD are releasing a DVD set from their first Asia Tour in 2010. I was on the verge of getting the CDs from the concert when they came out, but didn’t get them in the end. But I must have the DVDs! Must have Tae-yeon’s Hush Hush performance on DVD!

The recording is from their encore concert at Soul Olympic Park Fencing Stadium in February 2010. It consists of two DVDs, a concert photobook and a poster (whether or not the poster is included might depend on where you order it from).

The DVD is available for pre-order at YesAsia:
(with tubed poster) (with folded poster)

As you probably know all too well by now, I went to SMTOWN Paris last weekend. It was the first SMTOWN in Europe ever. It was also my first K-Pop concert and my first visit to Paris.

This will be a lot more text than I usually post, but don’t worry, there are pictures further down. I thought about boiling it down to something shorter, but then it would take too long before I could post it.

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Whenever I go on a road trip I bring YUI’s Daydreamer with me. It’s such a nice song (especially when you’re driving on the open road).

YUI ~ Daydreamer Live@3rd Tour 2008 oui

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This video is from YUI 3rd Tour 2008 “oui” ~I LOVED YESTERDAY~, which was included on the bonus DVD that came with the limited edition of her B-side collection album My Short Stories. The Japanese limited edition is out of print, but the Hong Kong version is still available. I recommend that album to anyone.

The Daydreamer track is included on the I Loved Yesterday album.

Here’s 4Minute’s performance at SBS Dream Concert. It’s (yet another) Muzik performance.

It’s the same version as the one in the dance special that I posted earlier.

4Minute ~ Muzik Live@SBS Dream Concert 20091011

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Credit: source vid. yoobin.skyrock

It’s been a while since I last posted any SNSD stuff. Here is their performance at SBS Dream Concert last month.

In this performance Yu-ri joins Hyo-yeon in the booty shaking.

Girls’ Generation ~ Genie Live@SBS Dream Concert 20091011

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Credit: source video from yoobin.skyrock

Unfortunately the video is cut off like two seconds too early in the end.

This clip is from Love Letter Tour 2008. I haven’t watched this concert in its entirety yet, but I’m looking forward to it.

Ai Otsuka ~ Mirai Taxi Love Letter Tour 2009

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Credit: source video from SharontheK@jpopsuki

Here Ai is performing Natsuzora (夏空) while playing the piano at the Love is Born 4th Anniversary 2007 concert. It’s so sexy when Ai plays the piano. Perhaps sexy isn’t the right word. More like alluring. Either way it’s a pleasure to watch.

Ai Otsuka ~ Love is Born 2007 Natsuzora

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Here’s a collection of all BoA videos for the PSP that I’ve posted so far.

BoA ~ PSP video collection

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The torrent consists of 36 videos. They all have a resolution of 480×272 pixels, though they are of varying quality, and are playable on the PSP as well as other devices.

Please seed the torrent after finishing it. It helps to have seeders in other countries when other users are having problems getting a good connection to my computer.

Here I’ve collected the remaining HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR videos that I’ve posted up to this point.

HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR ~ PSP video collection part 2

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You can find part 1 here.