For those of you who use aggregators (I’m currently using endo as my default and I’m still running NNW from time to time too), The Ryukyu Shimpo has a feed up on their site. Unfortunately, the Okinawa Times has no RSS feed but if you want to roll your own you can try this out. It looks like both sites have dropped their support for English readers (which wasn’t updated all that much if that’s any consolation) so it’ll be a good chance to test out the Yahoo! Babel Fish site. 
Archive for May, 2006
Here’s a list of artists with ties to Okinawa that can be found at the US iTMS (iTunes Music Store). Some artists—for whatever reason—are listed twice at the store. Apple, if you’re looking to hire someone that *cough* knows a bit about this stuff… 
(Please note that clicking on any of these links will open your iTunes app. I’ll have a more detailed list in the future that’ll have the singles/albums available for each artist.)
J-Pop
Beni Arashiro
Hiro
MAX
ORANGE RANGE’s “Kirikirimai” from Fantastic Four - The Album
O-Pop
Shoukichi Kina
MIYAZAWA
Nenes “Kunjan Sabakui”
Rinken Band (Link 1)
Rinken Band (Link 2)
Tomoko Uehara
Punk/Alternative
Bleach 03
IN-HI
INDIAN-HI
Ryukyu Underground (Link 1)
Ryukyu Underground (Link 2)
Takuji a.k.a. Geetek
The Rest
Anjani
Caroline
Keali’i Reichel’s “Ka Nohona Pili Kai”
Talvin Singh’s “O.K.”
Podcasts
site TINGARA
I suggest giving a listen to Ryukyu Underground and Takuji a.k.a. Geetek if you’re short on time and do the other artists later. Both artists have interesting stuff on their albums. The Twelve Girls Band is also worth a listen too and comes highly recommended by a dude named Richie.
And if you were wondering: Yes, I actually do have a life. 
Know of any that I missed? Email me: karakuipress[at]gmail[dot]com. Nifee!
Don’t forget to check out both of my iMixes (one / two) at the US iTMS too.
Monday, May 8th is Goya Day!
Published by May 3rd, 2006 in Food & Drink, Web and Community. 0 CommentsSanshin Day (3/4) has passed, and so has Sanba Day (3/8). What’s next? Goya (gooyaa) Day!!! I haven’t done much any research on the “history” of this special day that worships one of Okinawa’s favorite vegetables but what the hey, let’s celebrate! Naname has a “Kinen Trackback Taikai” happening over at the やむやむ (yum yum) blog. I was also fortunate to find this very cool website called Okinawan Style through Naname’s which has a lot of neat things to view but what a few of my readers may want to check out is their stock of Okinawa-themed icons and wallpaper. The site also sells images of Okinawa that can be found at their Okinawan Style Pics*Blog. Very cool stuff. [Via やむやむ.]
