01.30.2006

Ang Lee Honored as Filmmaker of the Year

[Variety] — Ang Lee has roped in the Directors Guild of America top feature film award for helming Focus Features' cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain." It's the second DGA trophy for the Taiwanese native, who was honored five years ago for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." The award, based on voting by the 12,800 DGA members, was presented by director Ron Howard. The victory wasn't a surprise, given recent support for "Brokeback" including the Producers Guild Award and four Golden Globes, including best drama and director. Winning the DGA award makes Lee a front-runner for the Best Picture Oscar. The DGA winner and the Oscar winner have matched in 51 of the last 57 years, including last year when Clint Eastwood won both trophies for "Million Dollar Baby." [Continued]

01.29.2006

Wakin.com Updated

"亂彈 Disarray Play" section: The 3rd audio sample from Wakin's next album is up! The new song "愛玫瑰 To Love the Rose" is the entry at the bottom of the list! ("Disarray"? Not!)

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01.25.2006

Wakin.com Updated

In the News section, Wakin offers his Chinese New Year greeting and writes of his gratitude toward certain special supporters, also announcing that his new album will be released in March! Click on the entry at the bottom of the list. [Babel-Fished]

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Some of Wakin's gratitude very deservedly goes to Taiwan's veteran bass player 郭宗韶 Guo Zong Shao, an artist with whom Wakin has worked for many years. I have just found a cool 2001 article & interview in English stored in the Globalbass.com archives that goes into wonderful detail about Ah Jiao's background and ability — another diamond for the WWS Database!

TVB8 Music 流行榜 Hot Chart!

Hong Kong's TVB.com shows that the 屠潁 Tu Yin-arranged theme song "都是你 All Is You," sung by 光良 Michael Wong (formerly of the duo 無印良品 Wu Yin Liang Pin) for the December 2005 film 情義我心知  Moonlight in Tokyo, has climbed up to NUMBER ONE! A local Japanese newspaper review of Moonlight in Tokyo, starring Leon Lai, is located at this link. [in English]

01.23.2006

Wakin.com Updated

Have a look at the Site Map items that are blinking: you can access the page that contains an audio sample of Wakin's new song "愛情路 Love Road," which is the entry at the bottom of the list.

01.21.2006

Wakin.com Updated

Check out the Site Map items that are blinking: Wakin has written down more of his heartfelt thoughts about his work and life in the He Thinks section, which is the latest entry at the bottom of the list [Babel-Fished].

01.18.2006

Fans thrilled as Ang Lee brings Taiwan Golden Globe awards

[Taiwan News] — Fans of Taiwanese director Ang Lee expressed delight on Tuesday after he won a Golden Globe award and critics predicted a good showing for him at the upcoming Oscars. Lee's cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain" will be released in Taiwan on January 20, and the director is expected to receive a hero's welcome when he returns home the day before to promote the film. [Continued]

01.11.2006

Wakin.com Updated

(1) Emotions swirling for having just finished recording his new album, Wakin allows a glimpse into his restless heart through his diary "He Thinks"  [Babel-Fished]

(2) In "News," Wakin's assistant Xiao Jian informs that samples of the new songs will be introduced in sucession — とても楽しみにしています！

01.10.2006

Local Live — 水岡のぶゆき

The Mizuoka Nobuyuki Group at the Yokohama Bayside Marina, 9 January 2006

Thanks to the members of MNG for braving the cold and windy weather to provide yesterday's excellent three stages at the Yokohama Bayside Marina outlet park. Because most everybody who watched was wearing gloves, their applause after the songs had an especially warm and friendly sound! And it was great to see how many people would gather at the table to buy CDs and pick up leaflets after each show. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves very much — thank you!

水岡のぶゆき Mizuoka Nobuyuki Albums

Tomorrow

Home-bound

Departure

More Local Live >>

01.07.2006

Japan Struggles to Cope With Record Snowfall
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan was bracing for more snow on Friday after some of the heaviest snowfall on record that has left 57 people dead and paralyzed transport. Almost 4 meters (13 ft) of snow has piled up in the worst-hit areas of Niigata near the Japan Sea coast, though the snowiest season of the year is yet to come. [Continued]

01.05.2006

Pete Townshend Warns iPod Users
[London] — Guitarist Pete Townshend has warned iPod users that they could end up with hearing problems as bad as his own if they don't turn down the volume of the music they are listening to on earphones. Townshend, 60, guitarist in the '60s band The Who, said his hearing was irreversibly damaged by years of using studio headphones and that he now is forced to take 36-hour breaks between recording sessions to allow his ears to recover. [Continued]

01.01.2006