4.24.2009

草なぎ容疑者 全裸で公園で泥酔ぶり Japanese TV Star Kusanagi Tsuyoshi Found Drunk, Naked In Park

(mp3をダウンしたい人、ダウンにスクロールして一番下にあります)
Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, a well-respected member of the longtime pop sensation SMAP, tarnished his wholesome image Thursday morning when he was found drunk and naked in a Tokyo park, singing Korean songs and being belligerent. Companies and government agencies using his image in their campaigns immediately pulled their advertisements and nullified their contracts with the star. Kusanagi is expected to make a public apology and reflect on his actions.




The original news articles can be found here:

草なぎ容疑者:東京区検に送検…釈放を決定

草なぎ容疑者 全裸で奇声!異例の家宅捜索も

草なぎ剛容疑者:「地デジ」広報、作り直し CM中止相次ぐ

Japan aghast over drunk TV star's naked blunder

These are the lyrics, first in Japanese, then in English, and finally in romaji (transliterated Japanese):

23日の朝赤坂の公園で
シンゴーって叫んで
デングリ返しをしていて
ある酔っぱらいが騒いでいた
さらに全身素っ裸

まさかこの人つよしくん?
手足をばたつかせている...
「裸だったら何が悪い」と
言いながらシートで泥酔ぶりートー
になってパトカーに乗せられて
彼のCMの中止相次ぐ
ジャニーズ事務所深く詫びる

悪質性の低い犯罪
なのに「スキャンダル?万歳!」
と言いそうな日本のマスコミ
反応し過ぎしなけりゃおかしい

逆に地デジの広報になりそう
もっとキレイにとんでもないニュース見よう!


On the morning of the 23rd in a park in Akasaka
yelling "Shingo!
and rolling around,
a drunk was making a scene.
What's more, he was completely naked.

No way, is that Tsuyoshi-kun?
He's flailing his limbs around.
"What's wrong with being naked?"
he protests as he is made into a drunk burrito with a sheet
and loaded into a police car.
His commercials were subsequently pulled
and his agency deeply apologized for his actions.

Although it was a crime of little malice
Japanese media seems to say "Scandal? Alright!"
It would be strange if they didn't overreact.

Actually, it seems like a great promotion for digital television:
"Let's watch ridiculous news in high definition!"
(the government removed him from their "converting to digital" campaign)


ni juu san nichi no asa Akasaka no kouen de
"shingou" tte sakende
dengurikaeshi wo shite ite
aru yopparai ga sawaide ita
sara ni zenshin suppadaka

masaka kono hito Tsuyoshi-kun?
teashi wo batatsukasete iru
"hadaka dattara nani ga warui" to
ii nagara shiito de deisuiburiitou
ni natte patokaa ni noserarete
kare no CM no chuushi aitsugu
Jyaniizu jimusho fukaku wabiru

akushitusei no hikui hanzai
nanoni "skyandaru? banzai!"
to ii sou na nihon no masukomi
hannou shisugi shinakerya okashii

gyaku ni chideji no kouhou ni narisou
motto kirei ni tondemonai nyuusu miyou!


Both the Blog Mix and Video Mix mp3s can be downloaded below:
ダウンロードしたい方は下の二つのバージョンから選んで下さい:
Blog Mix13.mp3
Video Mix.mp3

4.22.2009

Charred Meat May Increase Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

A new study documenting the eating habits of more than 62,000 participants over 9 years has revealed a strong connection between eating charred meat and pancreatic cancer. Kristin Anderson, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota, which led the study, suggests various ways to prepare meat other than frying or grilling that may lower the risk of developing this highly deadly disease.




The original news articles can be found here:

Burned meat linked to pancreatic cancer

Charring Meat May Boost Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

These are the lyrics:

Do you like your barbecued meat well-done?
Well if you do your pancreas may well done for son
according to a University of Minnesota study
you might be better off eating red meat bloody

because charred black meat contains heterocyclic amines
it's got carcinogens is what that means
of over 62,000 healthy people documented
over nine years there was a high percentage
in people who often ate things like well-done steak
of gettin' pancreatic cancer depending on their intake

there's a few precautions you might wanna take
just in case like having your meat stewed or baked
or put it in the microwave before you grill
or just cut off the burnt part before you eat your fill

there's a lot fewer options once you get sick
cause pancreatic cancer will kill you quick
even if the study lacks a definitive answer
lowering your risk is the best cure for cancer

The mp3 can be downloaded here:
CharredMeatMayIncreaseRiskofPancreaticCancer11.mp3

4.21.2009

Roughly 9 Percent of Young Gamers May Be 'Addicted'

According to a recent study by Harris Interactive, 8.5 percent of kids surveyed showed signs of being "addicted" to video games, playing them to a degree that adversely affected their closest relationships, their schoolwork, or their health.
I'm the kind of person who almost by reflex scoffs at people who purport that video games lead to violent behavior, etc., but I must admit that if nothing else, games can be addictive. Sometimes it takes a lot of self control to put them down, and I'm glad I was finally able to. I still play them of course, but only after my "work" is done.




The original news article can be found here:

Almost 1 in 10 Young Video Game Users 'Addicted'

These are the lyrics:
if you're not familiar with the way this works
what I do is bring you news that you might have already heard
the only difference is i do it all in my own way
and it goes a little something like this, you could say i'm

bringing the news
"breaking" a story
i sing and i rap
if you don't like it: sorry.

as you can probably tell i like video games
I write about 'em once a week or so it seems
I never really talk about 'em as a problem
but they can be that if you play 'em too often

a nationwide survey by Harris Interactive
found many kids aren't very that 'cause of gaming habits
almost 9 percent are having trouble at school
with friends and family, some with health problems too

being addicted to games could be the cause or result
and don't think it doesn't happen to adults
because that was me back in January
when I played 'em all day every day exclusively

played a little bit less in February
when I made a new friend and had someone to see
did a little soul searchin' in March
realized it was due time to make a new start

now I make music I'm no game-a-holic
I changed games like my name was Greg Paulus
even if I got a low gamerscore
yo I feel ten times better than I did before

I gotta feeling why I needed 'em like sushi to rice
they made me feel nice like I won... when I failed at life
and maybe I still do but I ain't gon' quit
living my life by my own imagination

bringing the news
"breaking" a story
i sing and i rap
if you don't like it: sorry.

i'd like to thank everybody out there on twitter
'cause with your cooperation this is so much bigger

The mp3 can be downloaded here:
Roughly9PercentofYoungGamersMayBeAddicted11.mp3

4.17.2009

Ashton Kutcher Wins Twitter Battle with CNN

Ashton Kutcher surpassed a million followers on microblog site Twitter this morning, achieving victory in his battle with CNN to be the first to surpass that milestone. Kutcher joined The Oprah Show today via Skype to talk about his race with CNN.




The original news articles can be found here:

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090417/ap_on_hi_te/twitter_million_mark

These are the lyrics:

Ashton Kutcher Friday morning butchered CNN
in a competition to reach one million
followers on Twitter it's getting bigger every day
and Ashton said "We showed the world that this here is the new wave"
made a guest appearance today on the Oprah show
via Skype communication he's in the technological know
and then Oprah tried her best to join in the sensation sending a text
warning Kutcher of middle-age saying that "ASHTON IS NEXT"
that's probably not what she meant at all but it kinda makes sense
and in the end she got 130,000 followers "go girlfriend!"
Now all that remains is a case of ding-dong-dutch
to Mister Turner and to tell Larry King that "I told you such"
i guess the moral of the story is I'd get more views
writing about Ashton Kutcher rather than about news

The mp3 can be downloaded here:
AshtonKutcherWinsTwitterBattlewithCNN11.mp3