POP 88, A J-Pop and K-Pop Podcast

POP 88 #44 – Another Non-Stop Trance Remix

xxxtine — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:32:03 +0000

You’ll notice I sound a bit different in this episode. In fact, I’ve got a guest DJ who kindly asked if he could mix this episode for me. And seeing as how I haven’t exactly learned how to spin, virtual or otherwise, it probably would be something fun and different for you all to listen to.

Please welcome DJ PLo from KSCU 103.3FM in Santa Clara who can also be heard at OMGKPOP.com Wednesday Evenings 9pm PST. Leave him some love in the comments and check out his site at www.lopeter.com.

If you like what you hear, please show your support by supporting the artists and buy their CDs and DVDs using the links provided on this site. Most will soon be available on iTunes, so please support them there as well!

For any requests, comments, suggests, dedications or feedback, feel free to leave a comment at Popcast88.com or send an email to christine [at] popcast88.com.

Playlist (from what I could gather)

1. Nobody (English vers.) – Wonder Girls
2. Lucifer – SHINee (Robotaki Mix)
3. Biri Ba Ba – Narsha (DJ Amaya Mix)
4. Clap – Teen Top (G Sweet)
5. Do Not Forget – Baek Ji Young
6. PLo Japanese Pop Remix ?
7. Queen – Son Dambi (Areia Mix)
8. PLo Korean House Remix

POP 88 #43 – Long Awaited, Post-Poned and Delayed Episode

xxxtine — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:56:47 +0000

Hey Everyone! I’m finally back from my hiatus and hope everyone out there is enjoying their summer.

Lots of requests and new tunes with a bit of housekeeping all ready for your listening pleasure. I also talk about the new film Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and what I have been doing to save my busy self from going insane.

For any requests, comments, suggests, dedications or feedback, feel free to leave a comment at Popcast88.com or send an email to christine [at] popcast88.com.

Playlist

1. Easy (Sincere version) – B2ST

2. The Day You Went Away – Orange Caramel
Magic Girl (Taiwan Release) – 2010

3. FLY – Swimmin’ Fish
FLY (single)/Gods of Study (OST) – 2010

4. Break It – Namie Amuro
Break It/ Get myself back (single) – 2010

5. I My Me Shine (G Sweet Mash-up) – 4minute vs Booty Luv
www.djgsweet.com – 2010

6. Very Good – One Two
Very Good (digital single) – 2010

7. I’m a Guy Like This – DJ DOC
I’m a Guy Like This – 2010

8. Easy Come Easy Go – Humming Urban Stereo
Easy Come Easy Go (single) – 2010

Birthday Wishes from guess who?

xxxtine — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:13:23 +0000

So my friend Will-W was given a pass to see the Wonder Girls this past weekend when they played at the Mod Club in Toronto. Knowing my love for Kpop, this is what he managed to get me for my birthday.

He’s THE.BEST!

POP #42 – The House of Suh

xxxtine — Sun, 16 May 2010 19:19:49 +0000

While there were a lot of really fascinating documentaries shown at this year’s Hot Docs World Documentary Festival in Toronto this past week, one of the more stand out ones was “The House of Suh”. Directed by Iris Shim, the documentary shows the rise and demise of a Korean-American family that was so intriguing, it was made into a TV film called, “Bad To the Bone” in 1997 starring Kristy Swanson and Jeremy London.

I was able to sit down with Iris on the last day of the festival on Mother’s Day where we chatted over coffee about her film, identity and the state of the Asian American film industry in general. The podcast focuses just on the House of Suh but I’m thinking of releasing other parts of the conversation in my next podcast since we spoke for over an hour.

For any requests, comments, suggests, dedications or feedback, feel free to leave a comment at Popcast88.com or send an email to christine [at] popcast88.com.

Playlist

1. 잘가요 로맨스 [Goodbye Romance] – Seo In Young (2010)
2. Monster – Drunken Tiger (2009)
3. 한국힙합에 바란다 [I Want Korean Hip Hop] (feat. Blockbuster) – Cho PD (2010)
4. 사랑은 없다 [Loveless] – Gummy (2010)
5. 버스가 떠난 뒤에 [After the Bus Left] (feat. Miryo) – K.Will (2010)

POP 88 #41 – Ellie on Racism and Project CSTT

xxxtine — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:55:22 +0000

In this episode, we chat with Ellie from Seoulbeats.com and AATheory.com about her Project CSTT.

Listen to the podcast. Watch the clip. Click the links.

For any requests, comments, suggests, dedications or feedback, feel free to leave a comment at Popcast88.com or send an email to christine [at] popcast88.com.

AATheory.com
Seoulbeats.com
NIWEStyle.com – New POP88 Merchandise coming soon!

Playlist

1. Bring it Back feat. Beka from After School and JiYeon from 4minute – Hyori
H-Logic (2010)

2. Black Happiness – T
Yoon Mi Rae (2007)

3. Try To Copy Me – 2NE1
Digital Single (2010)

4. Lollipop 2 – Big Bang
Digital Single (2010)

5. Bang! – After School
Bang! (2010)

6. I’m Loving You feat. EXILE ATSUSHI – ICONIQ
Change Myself (2010)

7. Starlight Love (For MJJ Mix) – HybeRefine
Starlight Love (2009)

POP 88 #40 – Non-Stop Trance Mix

xxxtine — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:44:58 +0000

Grab Your Glowsticks!

This was at the request of Cassandra who wanted to hear a para-trance/ eurobeat show. Since there are so many forms of trance music and everyone has their own opinion on it, I came up with this non-stop mix. Personally, I’m more of a house and club beat girl.

Course, just hours after I finished the mix down, I got inundated with remixes for After School’s new track Bang! (You must check out the drumline – seriously hot!) I’m still waiting around for a decent SNSD, Run Devil Run remix to also be released.

Most of the remixes played can be found via YouTube, so you’ll have to do some legwork, but I will have the playlist after the jump.

My next episode, #41, I’ll be talking to Ellie Lee, from AATheory.com and Seoulbeats about her new project on racism. Stay tuned!

Playlist
1. DJ Amaya – After School- Because of You [DJ Amaya vs. Groovebot Club Remix]
2. Aliks – Luvotomy (ft. Namie Amuro & Freemasons)
3. G Sweet – Brown Eyed Girls – Abracadabra V2.0 G Sweet Remix
4. Robotaki – G-Dragon – Breathe (Robotaki Remix)
5. Areia – SNSD Oh (areia remix)
6. DJ Amaya – Gackt – Ghost [DJ Amaya vs. Groovebot West Hollywood Club Mix]
7. Areia – My Ear’s Candy (areia trance remix)
8. Fuzzy Panda – Tommy February6 – Lonely In Gorgeous (empty embrace mix)

Forgot about this …

xxxtine — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:27:08 +0000

So, before I post episode 40 – the non-stop trance mix (have you bought your glowsticks yet? ) I was listening to DJ Choboo on the SRC @OMGKpop where she played a request for 1TYM’s Hot Duhgo, an old skool K-Hip hop track.

When I first started w. the SRC I somehow volunteered myself to mix one of our dj’s at the time, DJ CeeJay’s fan rendition of that song. She had written this entire rap in English and it was soo good I felt the mix she gave it didn’t do the song the justice. Me, I actually know VERY little about music production, I don’t play an instrument and only got to Level 2 in piano. I just know what sounds good and flows and I guess I got rhythm. I figured I should try and see what I can come up with in my limited knowledge of actual music production.

Anyways, this is what I ended up with:

There are bits of my voice in the background here and there, but it’s pretty much all Ceejay’s voice layered at different pitches. It’s really too bad there isn’t a clean instrumental of the track or else the sound would’ve been much clearer, but it works.

What do you think?

In other news, during one of my sessions @OMGKpop, DJ Amaya said I needed to be taught turntables, meaning I should be Djing like a club dj, which is a huge compliment coming from a person who’s work I respect alot. (I don’t have turntables, but I do have my dad’s old record player from the 70s.)

Apparently some people respect him so much that they steal his mixes as proven here:

Funnily enough, for the mix I did for CeeJay, I used Amadeus Pro to get the sound I wanted and then used the multitrack in Garageband to assemble all the clips together … which is sooo Fisher Price in comparison to what DJ Amaya does. I can’t even figure out Logic Pro.

POP 88 #39 – The Make-up Eps

xxxtine — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:00:11 +0000

As promised here is the 2nd of 3 episodes of POP 88.

This one plays your requests and talks a wee bit about the Olympics.

For any requests, comments, suggests, dedications or feedback, feel free to leave a comment at Popcast88.com or send an email to christine [at] popcast88.com.

Popcast88.Ning.com
POP 88′s Official Facebook FAN Page
NIWE Style Clothing
Follow me on Twitter!
Shimmy & Shake w/ Christine Monday Evenings 9pm EST @ The SRC @ OMGKPOPматраци
Join us in the SRC Chat @ Rizon Network - channel #sradio

Playlist FAVE MASH-UP OF 2009

Because of Bad Boy (After School vs. Son Dambi) – Freaky Remix (2009)
Lupin – KARA (2010)
Break Out! – Tohoshinki (2010)
Girlfriend feat. BoA – Crystal Kay (2009)
If only you were here – Loveholics (2006)
Come to me – Park MiKyung (2010)
Kiss Kiss Kiss – Clazziquai (2009)

POP 88 – #38 – Last Train Home

xxxtine — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:39:44 +0000

As promised here is the first of 3 new episodes to make up for my getting busy/ coming down with pneumonia.

It was a slight challenge getting a hold of Director Lixin Fan. After all, his prestigious award-winning documentary film LAST TRAIN HOME had him being invited to festivals left, right and center. Not bad for a Canadian film and a debut feature for this young director from China.

The podcast is of course the edited, film focused version, but I’ll make the entire Skype interview (a full 30+ mins.) available should people be interested. We went more into depth about the Zhang family as well as freedom of expression and censorship while working within China. And then we also talked about food and his thoughts upon landing in Toronto (Scarborough) when he first came.

Linkage:
LAST TRAIN HOME – Official Website
Toronto Reel Asian Festival – FUNDRAISER – LAST TRAIN HOME Screening event – Friday, February 26th, 2010

Playlist:
1. Not Just A Dream – Nicky Lee
2. Tears Dropping – K.Will feat. Brown Eyed Girls
3. When I Fall – After School
4. I Wrote this Song for you (‘Singalong Song’) – Khalil Fong
5. Welcome to my World – Alan Kuo

Quick Announcement

xxxtine — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:01:05 +0000

For those who haven’t been listening to my sessions over at OMGKPOP, I’m recovering from pneumonia whilst also waiting to secure an interview with Director Lixin Fan w. his new film Last Train Home.

And because I’ve been absent for so long, I’ll be releasing not 1 but 3 episodes at the same time. Be sure to download all of them!

POP 88 #37 – Xmas 2009

xxxtine — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:53:40 +0000

Happy Holidays Everyone!

This podcast comes just like Xmas shopping – at the very last minute – but thankfully I waited as long as I did because I was able to get some really great tracks to share with you this winter season!

For any requests, comments, suggests, dedications or feedback, feel free to leave a comment at Popcast88.com or send an email to christine [at] popcast88.com.

Popcast88.Ning.com
POP 88′s Official Facebook FAN Page
POP 88 Merchandise
Follow me on Twitter!
Shimmy & Shake w/ Christine Monday Evenings 9pm EST @ The SRC @ OMGKPOP
Join us in the SRC Chat @ Rizon Network - channel #sradio

Playlist

1. Winter Love Song – DOUBLE
2. Last Christmas (feat. Ju Bora) – 1sagain
3. Snow Village – Miryo, Kim JungAh, Tei, K.Will, Kan MiYeon, Ahn YoungMin, Suki
4. Let It Snow (feat. Ha JooYeon – Na YoonKwon
5. Happy Xmas (War is Over) – Miho Fukuhara
6. Sad Christmas (feat. Nabi) – Snofeel
7. All I Want for Christmas – Fluxus Artists (Clazziquai, Winterplay, Whale et. others)

POP 88 #36 – Reel Asian 2009

xxxtine — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:23:15 +0000

It’s NOVEMBER! (no duh!)

This episode clocks in about 1:15 hr, so get ready to enjoy all the new music (and some old). Your requests, comments and questions answered. Plus a sneak preview of what to expect at the Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival starting tomorrow! Check out my reviews at 8Asians.com!

Links mentioned in this podcast:
Toronto International Reel Asian Film Festival
NIWE Style Clothing
BANANA: an AA blogger conference

Special thanks to Marcus who yelled at me to put up another podcast. Thanks man!

If you like what you hear, please show your support by supporting the artists and buy their CDs and DVDs using the links provided on this site.

For any requests, comments, suggests, dedications or feedback, feel free to leave a comment at Popcast88.com or send an email to christine [at] popcast88.com.

2. Sunny Day, Rainy Day (Moving On) – Zhang Li Yin
(2009) Moving On

3. She Is – Clazziquai
(2006) My Name is Kim Sam Soon OST

4. All About You – G.E.M. Tang
(2009) 18…

5. Noona’s Song (feat. E.via) – Lyn
(2009) 6.5 New Celebration

6. Promise You – A.N.Jell
(2009) You’re Beautiful

7. Catch You – Hirai Ken
(2009) 僕は君に恋をする

8. Dunk Shoot – 2AM’s JoKwon & Whale
(2009) Hwantastic Project Vol.2

9. Half (feat. SunnySide) – After School
(2009) 탐나는도다

10. Sign – Brown Eyed Girls
(2009) Sound G. Sign

11. BUMP BUMP! (Feat. Verbal) – BoA
(2009) BUMP BUMP!

12. Love Seat (feat. Humming Urban Stereo) – Wheesung
(2009) Vol. 2 Love Seat

Because I’ve been After School deprived …

xxxtine — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:58:14 +0000

I’m going to post this clip I’ve been playing ad nauseum. It’s at the beginning and goes for about a minute and a half. Ignore the noisy blond tool.

credit: ASCtv2 @ YT

In case you’re wondering what track they’re dancing to, it’s Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Guard – “Let me think about it.” … but it’s their own mix.

Can’t wait for their next performance and mini album this month!

POP 88 #35 – New Releases, Mash-Ups and Remixes in 2 parts

xxxtine — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:58:20 +0000

*shifting my feet around while looking down*

I know I haven’t been around lately. I’ve just been really really busy with school, work, classes, managing a radio station, classes, work … But I hope to make it up to you with a 2 parter of my latest episode.

Part 1 – New Releases from the last 2 months
Part 2 – 1/2hr of Non-stop remixes and mash-ups

If you like what you hear, please show your support by supporting the artists and buy their CDs and DVDs using the links provided on this site.

For any requests, comments, suggests, dedications or feedback, feel free to leave a comment at Popcast88.com or send an email to christine [at] popcast88.com.

Part 1 – New Releases

1. 아프죠 (feat. After School) – Sunny Side
2. Bittersweet (feat. M, HyunAh, Mabus, Red Roc, Beige) – Brave Brothers
3. Love Class (feat. Han Ye Seul) – Mighty Mouth
4. Half (feat. Sunnyside) – After School
5. Mister – KARA
6. Vari2ty – Jewelry
7. Abracadabra – Brown Eyed Girls
8. My Ears Candy (feat. Taecyeon from 2PM) – Baek Ji Young
9. R2song – Hwangbo
10. Party Time – Coco Lee
11. Shock – Meisi Kuroki
12. Party Girl – Bahnus Vacuum

Part 2 – Mash-up and Remixes
*you can find most on their YouTube channels

1. Ipohmali (Classic Mix) – Point Blanc – G Sweet
2. Shake Again & Again – Chae Yeon vs. 2pm – Freaky Remix
3. Amoled Everybody – Son Dambi/ After School vs. Rain vs. Brown Eyed Girls – Freaky Remix
4. Abracadabra Genie Fire – BEG vs SNSD vs 2NE1 – KZM
5. Hey Mr. Big – Hyori – DJ Hyo
6. Just wanna think nobody (KZM Remix) – KARA vs. Wonder Girls – KZM
7. Tell Me Harder – Wonder Girls vs. Daft Punk – PLo
9. Hypnotic Dancefloor (DJ Amaya vs. Groovebot Club Remix) – BoA – DJ Amaya

POP 88 #35 – Part 2 – Remixes and Mash-ups

xxxtine — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:20:45 +0000

OK – apparently both don’t show up when you put it in the same post … so since some of you have Part 1, here’s Part 2.

*shifting my feet around while looking down*

Part 1 – New Releases from the last 2 months
Part 2 – 1/2hr of Non-stop remixes and mash-ups

If you like what you hear, please show your support by supporting the artists and buy their CDs and DVDs using the links provided on this site.

For any requests, comments, suggests, dedications or feedback, feel free to leave a comment at Popcast88.com or send an email to christine [at] popcast88.com.

Part 2 – Mash-up and Remixes
*you can find most on their YouTube channels