This week’s discussion prompt: best guest appearances Have you discovered any new music or new-to-you music lately? Have you rediscovered any old music lately? Been to any concerts, or stumbled upon any good concert videos? Read any good music-related books, … Continue reading Weekly Music Thread gets by With A Little Help From Its Friends
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Hard to believe but it’s been four years since Yuzuru Hanyu (羽生結弦) started his professional skating career! To celebrate, you can watch this video from his most recent ice story. … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 22, 2026)
Happy Taemin Day! July 18th is Taemin’s birthday, so this thread is for him! Taemin debuted with SHINee 18 years ago, and he continues to have a very successful career with SHINee and as a solo artist. He is often … Continue reading The 7/18 Happy Taemin Day Thread
This week’s discussion prompt: music about candy or candy metaphors Have you discovered any new music or new-to-you music lately? Have you rediscovered any old music lately? Been to any concerts, or stumbled upon any good concert videos? Read any … Continue reading Weekly Music Thread has cavities
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! New Kana Nishino (西野カナ) single and music video! I’m so glad that she’s making music again, every song she releases brings me so much joy. And her videos are always … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 15, 2026)
This week’s discussion prompt: bands that split after their debut full length Have you discovered any new music or new-to-you music lately? Have you rediscovered any old music lately? Been to any concerts, or stumbled upon any good concert videos? … Continue reading Weekly Music Thread splits (up)
This week’s discussion prompt: post-break-up careers of the ‘other guys’, not the main song writer and/or the front person, in bands Have you discovered any new music or new-to-you music lately? Have you rediscovered any old music lately? Been to … Continue reading Weekly Music Thread is the Ringo
Happy Fuma Day! On Sunday I sang happy birthday to Fuma along with the other members of &TEAM, an arena of fans who love him, and my two friends who came from different countries so we could all be together … Continue reading The 6/29 Happy Fuma Day Thread
This week’s discussion prompt: best use of counting in music Have you discovered any new music or new-to-you music lately? Have you rediscovered any old music lately? Been to any concerts, or stumbled upon any good concert videos? Read any … Continue reading The Weekly music thread counts to 1-2-3
This week’s discussion prompt: bands jumping on popular music trends either failing or succeeding Have you discovered any new music or new-to-you music lately? Have you rediscovered any old music lately? Been to any concerts, or stumbled upon any good … Continue reading The weekly music thread asks how do you follow fellow kids
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! New Kenshi Yonezu song, you should listen! My brain is too tired to come up with more than that right now, but I hope everyone is doing well! And, as … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 17, 2026)
Alex Ball’s videos focus on vintage synths and how they were used with most of them getting hands on with (borrowed) units of them. It’s a nice mix of being informative, funny and most of all the active part of … Continue reading Weekly music thread talks about people talking music
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! &TEAM once again showing that you can just give them a table full of random props and they will do the most random stuff and be entertaining and adorable and … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 10, 2026)
This week’s discussion prompt: songs about hair, not beards and mustaches since those are getting a separate thread Have you discovered any new music or new-to-you music lately? Have you rediscovered any old music lately? Been to any concerts, or … Continue reading Weekly Music Thread lets it hair grow out
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I went to a temple festival yesterday, and it was in the news! This was after we left, but still, pretty neat. If you want to learn about the festival, … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 3, 2026)
I guess “Town & Country” means… country. A1 Lynn Anderson– Rose Garden A2 Johnny Cash– Ring Of Fire A3 Claude King (2)– Wolverton Mountain A4 Marty Robbins– Devil Woman A5 O.C. Smith*– Little Green Apples A6 Frankie Laine– Cool Water … Continue reading The 31 May Day Thread of “20 Town & Country Greats” by K-Tel
It’s been a minute since we heard some polka. A1 D-Drifters-5– Hopak 1:55 A2 Tommy Buick– Mid-Nite In Moscow 1:40 A3 Royal Polka Kings– Mama And Papa Waltz 1:40 A4 Hank Thunander– Popcorn 1:43 A5 Resi Dux– Bavarian Yodeller 1:55 … Continue reading The 30 May Day Thread of “European Party Pac (25 Original Songs By Famous Artists)” by K-Tel
The Ronettes– Baby I Love You The Crystals– He’s A Rebel Curtis Lee– Pretty Little Angel Eyes Bobby Sox And The Blue Jeans*– Zip A Dee Doo Dah The Paris Sisters– I Love How You Love Me The Righteous Brothers– … Continue reading The 28 May Day Thread of “Spectacular Sounds 20 World-Wide Hits” by K-Tel
This week’s discussion prompt: songs about kissing(thanks Sloot) Have you discovered any new music or new-to-you music lately? Have you rediscovered any old music lately? Been to any concerts, or stumbled upon any good concert videos? Read any good music-related … Continue reading Weekly Music Thread smooches
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I saw &TEAM! TWICE! And they were so close, and they totally looked at me, and they were amazing and perfect and so unbelievably cool and funny and charismatic and … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 27, 2026)
This week’s discussion prompt: oddest and coolest (in retrospect) concerts/shows you saw Have you discovered any new music or new-to-you music lately? Have you rediscovered any old music lately? Been to any concerts, or stumbled upon any good concert videos? … Continue reading Weekly Music Thread Saw Can in Cologne
