Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! New SCANDAL song and fun music video, hooray! 👻💖 And, as always… What have you been watching/reading/playing/eating/listening to lately? Happy Wednesday! 🍙 Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (January 21, 2026)
Today is my birthday! To celebrate, I decided to share my “favorite songs I listened to in 2025” playlist here. I make one of these every year, and I share it with all my friends. Some of them are nice … Continue reading The 1/15 Day Thread Celebrates with Music
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! King & Prince were busy last year, promoting their first album as a duo (Re:ERA), releasing one of my favorite EPs of the year (HEART), and then, just a few … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (January 14, 2026)
Listen to such beloved hits as “You Had Me at Onboarding” and “Back That Workflow Up” Continue reading Ad Space – Greatest HR Love Songs of All Time
On New Year’s Eve I watched this great TAEMIN performance while I was cooking. And then I watched it again with Ralph later that night. And then I watched it again today. And now I’m sharing it with you all … Continue reading The 1/2 Night Thread Likes to Share
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! By the time this is posted I’ll have watched &TEAM perform at this year’s Kouhaku Uta Gassen (紅白歌合戦)!!! Earlier this week they posted a really cool video mix of a … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 31, 2025)
We didn’t wait for the 90’s to finish before being nostalgic for the 90’s. Continue reading Ad Space – Remember the 90’s?
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! If you’re looking for another holiday song to add to your playlist this year, I recommend “Dear Santa” by Kana Nishino (西野カナ)! It’s so cute and fun that I actually … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 24, 2025)
Where to begin with the tangled web which is The Beatles Anthology as released on Disney+ this year, and augmented by a new Anthology 4 album to join the original three, which have now been remixed and remastered? On paper, … Continue reading And In The End: The Beatles Anthology, 2025 Edition
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I am so, so happy to share that Lilas (幾田りら) released her new solo album today! I’ve been hoping for a new album for a while now but didn’t really … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 10, 2025)
Want to share how old Spotify thinks you are or how many minutes of podcasts you listen to? Or just talk about how fuggin’ ugly the design of it is this year? Come in, come in! Continue reading Spotify Wrapped 2025 Thread
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I’m really excited to share this video today, and not just because it’s &TEAM. I mean, yes, that’s the reason, but this specific video is exciting to me because it … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 26, 2025)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! There’s a new Gen Hoshino (星野源) song. It’s great, of course. And, as always… What have you been watching/reading/playing/eating/listening to lately? Happy Wednesday! 🍙 Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 19, 2025)
November 11th is Momo’s birthday, hooray! For some reason I signed up for the Night Thread instead of the Day Thread like I usually do for birthdays. But what you’re probably actually wondering is “who is Momo?” which is fair! … Continue reading The 11/11 Momo Night Thread
🎃 Happy Halloween, everyone! 🎃 I hope you all had a wonderful day/night whether you celebrated or not. It was super fun to share some of my “Falloween” playlist songs in the headers this month, maybe you found something new … Continue reading The 10/31 Night Thread is Going in Blind
Kino was (and is) a Soviet post-punk band that started in 1981. The band was hugely popular even though most of their music was only distributed through bootlegs. In 1986, Student filmmaker Sergei Lysenko approached the band about filming 4 … Continue reading The Night Thread of Konets Kanikul by KINO
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! If you were around the Day Thread at all yesterday you probably saw me screaming about &TEAM’s wildly successful Korean debut, which I will of course continue to do in … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 29, 2025)
Truthfully, Taco’s album After Eight is mostly really good. I think this video takes place in the Blade Runner universe. Continue reading The Day Thread of TACO
It’s finally here, &TEAM’s first Korean mini album! And it’s already reached “Double Million” status! I’m so happy for them!!! This is a big step for them, and the start of what I hope will one day be global recognition. … Continue reading The 10/28 Day Thread is Back to Life!
Today’s “Falloween” song is one of my favorite Gen Hoshino (星野源) songs, from one of my favorite albums ever, Pop Virus. The first time I heard his music, I was immediately hooked, and I couldn’t stop listening. I guess you … Continue reading The 10/24 Day Thread Has a Pop Virus
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Check out this awesome King Gnu live performance of their Halloween Universal Studios collab song. Love the commitment to all things spooky on display here. And, as always… What have … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 22, 2025)
