reina_t_1111: I see the hype is already underway for the new photobook. minimoniotaku: You can say that again. reina_t_1111: I gather my American fanbase - and I’m asking you because well, duh, you’re part of it - is excited about it? minimoniotaku: I would like to think they’d get excited about anything involving you. reina_t_1111: You’re too kind. minimoniotaku: Any picture of you in a bikini or bathing suit makes this shitty winter weather a little more bearable. reina_t_1111: Yeah, well, the person who made the above statement also likes seeing me in kimonos, so I should think it doesn’t matter to you what I wear during a photo shoot. minimoniotaku: Perhaps not. So, what are you doing up so early in the morning today? reina_t_1111: You’re one to talk. You’re on IM during work hours again. Usually you don’t turn IM on unless you’re home at night and taking a break from writing. minimoniotaku: Yeah, but it’s almost 3 PM here on the East Coast. It’s almost 5 in the morning in Tokyo. reina_t_1111: So? minimoniotaku: ‘Fess up, Reina. Why are you up so damn early? reina_t_1111: Because your favorite MoMusu is wired for sound right now. minimoniotaku: Huh? reina_t_1111: Too much Starbucks. Coffee-coffee-coffee! *teeth grinding* minimoniotaku: Since when do you drink coffee late at night? reina_t_1111: OK, I’ll admit it. It was crack. minimoniotaku: REINA!!! You did not do crack! reina_t_1111: OK, then you did. minimoniotaku: I’ve never done a drug in my life and neither did you! reina_t_1111: Are you sure? minimoniotaku: Positively! reina_t_1111: Because it sure seems like one of us did *teeth grinding* minimoniotaku: *rolls eyes* reina_t_1111: Are you sure you’ve never done drugs? minimoniotaku: Absolutely. reina_t_1111: Never dropped acid? minimoniotaku: Never! reina_t_1111: Never did speed? minimoniotaku: No! reina_t_1111: Never smoked pot? minimoniotaku: NO! reina_t_1111: Well then, how the fuck do you come up with these dialogues with ME?!? minimoniotaku: Not enough Starbucks. reina_t_1111: *headdesk*
Courtesy of fellow Tanakachii fan and blogging brother from YODC, Langdon Alger, some preview pics from Re: Return, first posted after some research by Langdon at the home of the Magnificent Bastards. The bottom two are screencaps from the making-of video.
With little apparent warning, another photobook featuring the Wonkylicious Sex Bomb, entitled Re: Return, is coming out this forthcoming Wednesday - the third photobook in a little more than a year after Alo Hello! Tanaka Reina and GIRL, and her sixth overall. Is that a fake tattoo on Reina’s arm? (Pre-order from YesAsia here or Amazon Japan here - I’ll add more links as I discover them.) I ordered GIRL from YesAsia last September, and the wait for the book to arrive was absolutely painful.
If anyone has preview pics or video from this new photobook, cough ‘em up!
minimoniotaku: I see that Tanakamesen is old enough to have a beer in the States now. reina_t_1111: Aw, c’mon, in Japan you get an extra year to work on your liver - drinking age is only 20 here. minimoniotaku: Like I’m one to talk. I hardly drink to begin with. reina_t_1111: You’re of Italian heritage and you don’t even have a glass of wine every day? minimoniotaku: No, but I should - especially at my age and considering that I like wine. reina_t_1111: What’s stopping you from doing that? Not having any wine in the house? minimoniotaku: No, I have a few bottles here. What stops me sometimes is if I get a cold or allergy I’m afraid to drink anything alcoholic when I’m taking medicine. reina_t_1111: OK, I can see that. Sounds a little overly cautious but better safe than sorry, huh? minimoniotaku: Exactly. reina_t_1111: What about chocolate? I know we discussed this before Valentine’s Day offhand, but… minimoniotaku: You know how I said I couldn’t get Tara any chocolate for Valentine’s Day because she’s in the middle of a diet? reina_t_1111: Uh-oh. minimoniotaku: Yeah, I got an entire bagful. reina_t_1111: LOL! I hope you have a good dental plan! minimoniotaku: Yeah, it’s called not eating it all at once.
reina_t_1111: Hey Ceej, I heard about that pileup on the Interstate near your hometown. Were you anywhere near that? minimoniotaku: An exit to that interstate is only about a 5 minute drive from my house. reina_t_1111: Whoa. Talk about too close for comfort. minimoniotaku: Yeah, I’m glad I stayed home. 68 vehicles, what a mess though! And it’s still fuckin’ cold! reina_t_1111: Here, this should warm your disposition:
minimoniotaku: Hehehe, I always like seeing you in kimonos. reina_t_1111: Get one for Tara and have her wear it on your honeymoon! minimoniotaku: Don’t even tempt me, Wonkylicious! That won’t be until 2010 anyway. reina_t_1111: Well, given the reaction you had to my 20th Tanakamesen I figured I’d throw you a treat. Speaking of treats, you ready for Valentine’s Day yet? minimoniotaku: I’m about 95% finished. reina_t_1111: I know you don’t do Valentine’s Day like we do in Japan, where the women give men candy and then the men have to wait until White Day on March 14th to reciprocate. Did you get her any candy? minimoniotaku: I can’t get her any candy this year (under penalty of death) as she’s on a diet right now. reina_t_1111: Knowing what I know about you, I’d probably have to give you records instead of chocolate! minimoniotaku: Ha! I just got some old J-pop from the 70’s and 80’s on vinyl today. I’m playing the second Akina Nakamori album right now, and I was listening to Amii Ozaki before. reina_t_1111: Whoa. How’d you find that stuff? minimoniotaku: I have my sources. reina_t_1111: eBay? minimoniotaku: Goddamnit! reina_t_1111: Anyway, back to present day music… did you see the Grammys last night? minimoniotaku: Nope. Spun a couple of old Miles Davis records and a Mariya Takeuchi album and wrote that new piece for the music blog. reina_t_1111: There’s a clip of Tina Turner doing a duet with Beyonce on YouTube. Check it out. minimoniotaku: Oh yeah, I heard about that. Beyonce had to be outclassed by Tina Turner last night. reina_t_1111: Do you think Tina Turner was thinking in the back of her mind, “Fuck you, Ike, I’m still here and you’re officially a dead motherfucker!”? XD minimoniotaku: I wouldn’t doubt it for a nanosecond. reina_t_1111: I know you’re a big TLC fan. Did you like Destiny’s Child when they were in existence? minimoniotaku: Early on, but they got on my nerves after Survivor. They should have changed their name to Beyonce’s Ego. Don’t even get me started on her solo stuff. reina_t_1111: You don’t think Beyonce’s sexy? minimoniotaku: Reina, I wouldn’t fuck Beyonce if she had your cunt between her legs! reina_t_1111: Hey! I’m supposed to be the snarky one here, fart aimer! :p
reina_t_1111: Hey Ceej. What are you doing on IM at 2:30 in the afternoon your time on a work day? minimoniotaku: My dipshit boss is out sick with the same thing I had three Sundays ago and I’m up front watching the store and playing Jimmy Smith CDs. reina_t_1111: Aw, that explains it. You heard about Johnson? minimoniotaku: Yeah. About time. I thought she was overdue. reina_t_1111: You and me both. I see I missed some, um, excitement over the past week or so. minimoniotaku: Yeah, let’s just say some people shouldn’t get to be within 100 yards of your band. reina_t_1111: I think I saw him from the stage… the guy looks like Penny Rimbaud from Crass does today, only with more weight and less hair? minimoniotaku: Give that wonky-eyed beauty a 200-gram vinyl pressing of Kind Of Blue! reina_t_1111: Yeah, speaking of vinyl, where in the hell do you find a copy of that? minimoniotaku: Classic Records put it out a few years ago. It sounds fucking great. reina_t_1111: Sounds like a good excuse for me to buy a turntable. Let me check it out… minimoniotaku: Go for it. reina_t_1111: *looks* THIRTY-THREE FUCKING DOLLARS AMERICAN?!? Jesus Xavier Christ! It’s not like I can’t afford it, but do you realize how much that is in Japanese yen?!? minimoniotaku: It costs me $25 for a MoMusu album from CD Japan before Express Mail postage! Nothing different on either side of the pond. reina_t_1111: Yeah, but still… thirty-three bucks?!? minimoniotaku: Reina, it’s Miles motherfuckin’ Davis! One of the greatest albums ever made. Every home should have a copy. reina_t_1111: 200 grams sounds like it would survive a nuclear holocaust along with cockroaches and Keith Richards. minimoniotaku: Perhaps, but that’s one thing I don’t want to find out the hard way. reina_t_1111: I gather you’d buy the Stooges all over again if it was out on heavy vinyl? minimoniotaku: I already have Raw Power in a 180-gram pressing. One album down, three to go. reina_t_1111: I’m not even going to ask you if you’d ever buy Morning Musume on audiophile vinyl. minimoniotaku: In a heartbeat. reina_t_1111: I smell another post at your other blog brewing. minimoniotaku: Well, you’re the personification of my muse, you should already know that by now.
reina_t_1111: Whoops, looks like I walked into a discussion between the future newlyweds. minimoniotaku: Oh, good, my two favorite women finally get to meet… so to speak. tara_hearts_cj: And I thought all along that you were making these chats up for the worship blog. minimoniotaku: Aw, shit, looks like the secret’s out. reina_t_1111: LOL tara_hearts_cj: Well, since I have both of you in the same cyberplace, maybe you can both answer a question for me. minimoniotaku: This oughta be good. reina_t_1111: OK, Tara, ask away. tara_hearts_cj: Now, I don’t pay attention to any of this J-pop stuff, but I got to wondering… tara_hearts_cj: Have you noticed how nuts most of Morning Musume’s and Hello! Project’s fans are? reina_t_1111: Nuts? minimoniotaku: Crazy. reina_t_1111: Looney tunes? Squirrel bait? minimoniotaku: Yep. reina_t_1111: OK, being a member of Morning Musume myself, you’ll have to explain this to me, Tara. tara_hearts_cj: I’m under the impression that some MoMusu/H!P fans treat their favorite idol like they’re some sort of cult leader or deity or something. reina_t_1111: I’ve been in the band for five years and was a fan of the band for a few years beforehand, and I’ve never seen such a thing. Your thoughts, Ceej? minimoniotaku: Oh, Wonky Lordess, please have mercy upon my fiancee, she knows not of what she speaks.
The newest installment of Reina’s CD Data column is out. Reina always looks good in a kimono (Ai Yori Aoshii flashbacks, anyone?), but this time around the Wonkylicious One has her hair in a hairdo more befitting of her traditional attire than her trademark tails. Perhaps she’s starting to phase them out now that’s she’s over 18?
It also bears repeating: I wish someone like Paul or Jin were still translating these…
reina_t_1111: Hey Ceej. How was your New Year’s? minimoniotaku: I’ll send you the picture links from the party, you tell me. reina_t_1111: That crazy, huh? minimoniotaku: You could say that again. reina_t_1111: Speaking of crazy, did you see Langdon’s new post at YODC? minimoniotaku: Um, no I didn’t, I was spending the night playing old Miles Davis albums on my new turntable, why? reina_t_1111: I think you’d better have a look. minimoniotaku: *looks* What the fuck? reina_t_1111: I said the same thing when I saw it… in Japanese AND English. minimoniotaku: That bad, huh? reina_t_1111: Let’s just say I had to put quite a few yen in the H!P swear jar right afterward. minimoniotaku: ROFL! reina_t_1111: Do you have Langdon’s e-mail? minimoniotaku: Yeah, why? reina_t_1111: Because I need to break the bad news to him. minimoniotaku: You mean… reina_t_1111: Yeah, the news about the contractual agreement that says that I’m pledged to be your second wife if either (god forbid) you and Tara divorce, or if polygamy is decriminalized. minimoniotaku: If they ever did that I’d probably pull a Fela Kuti and marry all of Morning Musume! reina_t_1111: Just promise me that you won’t make us pose topless on an album cover like he had his wives do on Expensive Shit! minimoniotaku: Consider it done.
One of the latest American-made OPV’s (fan videos) for the Wonkylicious One, set to the song “Sakura Kiss” by Chieko Kawabe.
Last night the Buzzcocks’ song “Are Everything” came up on my iPod, and I thought it would make a good soundtrack for a Reina OPV. If anyone wants to take the chance and make one, I’ll post it here.
So Hot She Shits Fire: A Reina Tanaka Fan Blog is a The Groove Music Life worship site maintained by CJ Marsicano. This site is in no way connected to Reina Tanaka, Morning Musume, Hello! Project or Up-Front Works Co. Ltd. It is, however, part of the International Wota network.
