ROK-KISS

ROK-KISS is a Korean dance group that is attempting to make slightly funny exercise videos. You're probably thinking ROK-KISS is a great name because you're a huge Kiss fan and you also like the cutting edge spelling of the word rock. It's even cooler than you imagined! ROK stands for "Republic of Korea" (way cooler than rock and roll) and Kiss doesn't seem to have anything to do with the band.   Here's an original song they made called "Hip Up." Apparently both Koreans and Japanese think hip means butt, so this song is about getting a tighter butt.

The song doesn't start until 0:40. By the way, "oshiri" means butt, and "mite" means look. You can understand almost everything they're saying now. They also do a couple Golden Bomber video covers. The videos are just dance versions. They've changed some moves and have added details about what muscles you're using. Here's their Memeshikute video.

Cuvilady

This is just my opinion, but Cuvilady has got to be one of the top balance chairs in the Japanese market these days. Kubireru means to be constricted, and kubire can sometimes describe a small waist. There is no difference between K and C, B and V, or R and L in Japanese, so Cuvilady is an incredibly witty name. The band here is Kara, a Korean group that's pretty big in Japan. They're doing all the moves that Korean girl bands are seemingly required to do in music videos.

Korean Zombies

This is T-ara, a Korean group, and they're mildly popular in Japan. This song, Lovey Dovey, is about 9 months old, but... Halloween. I consider it the Korean Thriller. I'm not sure what they're saying, but it seems to me lovey dovey and zombies often go together.

Japanese Food Review 10: Bibimbap Chips

The Japanese folks at Frito Lay have come out with a new line of chips called This Part is Delicious with a hand pointing to slightly burnt food. This is the 石焼ビビンバ　(bibimbap cooked in a stone bowl) edition. You dudes know that bibimbap is a Korean dish where rice is mixed with a bunch other Korean food, right? It's normally just mixed in a normal bowl, but it can be served in a hot stone bowl. I believe this style is much more popular in Japan that Korea. I can't stress this enough, these chips ARE NOT NORMAL BIBIMBAP FLAVOR!!! They are HOT STONE BOWL BIBIMBAP FLAVOR!!! Please don't confuse the two.

These are corn chips. The texture is thicker than Doritos. A pretty high quality chip, I must say. It also did taste quite a bit like bibimbap. They were tasty.

Ratings:
Gaybot: 6
Girlbot: 2   She liked them, but they were worse than she was expecting, so the two is some sort of punishment.
Overall: 4

Ear Beauty Salon

This is a place where you can have a girl clean your ears with a wooden stick (something every man dreams of). I guess the big sell is that you get to rest your head in their lap. They also give you a foot and body massage. 30 minutes costs 2500 yen (if you're rich you can pay 3000 yen for an hour). Oh, and ladies, they're now hiring. They're looking for Korean women 22 or younger. I assume that about half my readership fits that description, so give that number a call. I have no idea why they'd be looking for Korean women. Maybe they can pay them less.

Teddy Bear World (Waikiki)

When the Planet Hollywood in Waikiki shut down, some Koreans came up with a great idea: a really expensive place where people can see robotic teddy bears move around a little bit.

A beautiful color scheme.

Every patriotic child in America will want a picture with Barack Obearma.

 Capitalizing on the Jurassic Park craze sweeping America.

Remember when your uncle died in that terrible bike accident? He's back.... in teddy bear form!

Little kids love Elvis. They'll also love the five minutes of real video of fat Elvis arriving in Hawaii that they're forced to watch before the teddy bear version comes out.