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Make Believe Mailer #133: Make Believe Melodies' 100 Favorite Japanese Albums Of 2024
(More Than 100, But Ehhhhh All Good)


Make Believe Mailer #134: Fun Japan
A Year Where Government Involvement Really Impacts Music


Make Believe Mailer #129: "Turning Up"
Five years since the musical end of Heisei...and beginning of Reiwa


Make Believe Mailer #127: Perfume (2014)
Allow A Little Indulgence For A Pivotal Moment In My Career


Make Believe Mailer #137: Virtual Possibilities
Hoshimachi Suisei, VOLTCATION, Tsukino Mito And More From VTuber Music World


Make Believe Mailer #132: White Girl
Winter Has Arrived


Make Believe Mailer #123: Jock Rock
The Action Isn't Just On The Diamond!


Make Believe Melodies For September 23, 2024
The "Is J-pop Having A Hit Drought Season?" Edition


Make Believe Melodies For September 9, 2024
Get That Body Moving


Make Believe Melodies For September 16, 2024
Wherein "Hyper" Takes Many Meanings


Make Believe Mailer #138: Butter Sugar Cream
A Decade Of Kawaii Future Bass...And The Final Days Of Japan's 21st Century Cute Phase


Make Believe Mailer #121: Reol 2015 Interview
Hints Of Where J-pop Would Go


Make Believe Mailer #122: Promotion And Catharsis
"Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night" And "Girls Band Cry"
Auto-tagged Girls Band Cry


Make Believe Mailer #126: What Was FAKY?
The Group's Role In Modern J-pop History


Make Believe Mailer #135: BABYMETAL Interviews (MTV 81)
Early Chats With A J-pop Pioneer On The Global Stage


Make Believe Mailer #128: Toshiyuki Nishida Musical Sampler
The Actor, Who Died Last Week, Found Himself Connected To Many Pop Institutions


Make Believe Mailer #130: A Look Back At mitsume
A Stroll Through The Band's Albums
Auto-tagged LOOK BACK


Make Believe Mailer #131: An Assortment Of Thoughts On NewJeans In Japan
Featuring Summer Sonic, The Powerpuff Girls, And "Plastic Love"


Make Believe Melodies For November 4, 2024
Movement For The Moment


Make Believe Melodies For July 29, 2024
Right After Fuji Rock, So Apologize For Exhaustion / Briefness


Make Believe Melodies For October 1, 2024
Sometimes You Have To Give It Up To Enon Kawatani


Make Believe Melodies For October 28, 2024
Unwrapping Gliiico


Make Believe Melodies For October 14, 2024
Welcome To The PAS TASTA Fan Blog


Make Believe Melodies For December 16, 2024
Can I Get The Year-End List Out This Week??? Well, Hopefully A Shorter Round-Up Will Help


Make Believe Melodies For October 7, 2024
More concerned about sounds than names


Make Believe Melodies For August 26, 2024
I'm GOOFY (And SLEEP EXHAUSTED)


Make Believe Melodies For December 9, 2024
Trying to keep these shorter as the year wraps up and work piles up but...lolz we will see how that goes


Make Believe Melodies For November 12, 2024
Excitement from the far end of the archipelago


Make Believe Melodies For December 2, 2024
I'm falling for you (after largely dismissing you)


Make Believe Melodies For August 6, 2024
Continental Chaos


Make Believe Melodies For November 25, 2024
Another Examples Of Why I Can't Make Year-End Lists Until...Year End


Make Believe Melodies For August 19, 2024
Summer Sounds For A Fading Season


Make Believe Melodies For October 21, 2024
An Edition Big On Collaborations


Make Believe Bonus: Shibuya / Shinjuku Halloween Weekend 2024
Kabukicho Is Always Kind Of A Zombie Wasteland


Make Believe Bonus: Five Extra Japanese Releases Of 2024
Not Quite Ready To Let Go Of Last Year


Make Believe Mailer #124: Tuned In (Music Magazine's Best 100 J-pop Songs Of The 2010s)
A Weird Decade, For The Better


Make Believe Bonus: Tokyo Swindlers
The Show And The Soundtrack


Make Believe Bonus: The Church
I Broke A Glass Here Accidentally So I'll Probably Never Go Back...But You Should!


Make Believe Bonus: "Valentine's Radio"
A Few Variations On A Valentine's Favorite


Make Believe Mailer #136: A Definitive Ranking Of The Yuming Songs Featured In "Watashi Wo Ski Ni Tsuretette!"
The Sound, Sights And Skis Of The Bubble Era


Make Believe Mailer 120: You Aughts To Know (Music Magazine's Best 100 J-pop Songs Of The 2000s)
Aiming For Cohesion When Everything Is Starting To Crack


Make Believe Bonus: Shibuya's Last Saturday
Chaos In Front Of The Family Mart


Make Believe Bonus: Tower Records Shinjuku
From Experiences To Tourism


Make Believe Bonus: K-Arena Yokohama
A New Landmark For Live Music


Make Believe Bonus: Camp Foster Festival
CeeLo Green...Is The War Machine


Make Believe Bonus: Ramen Jazzy Beats
Reckoning With Nakameguro