North Korean Beer Video: Taedonggang Beer

In apparent first, North Korea airs beer commercial on state TV

KWANG-TAE KIM, Associated Press Writer
July 3, 2009

Via Los Angles Times

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In an apparent first, North Korea — a country that struggles to feed its 24 million people — has aired a beer commercial on state television.

The advertisement, which lasted nearly three minutes after a news program on Thursday, showed a grinning Korean man with sweat on his face holding a glass of beer, with a caption that read, "Taedong River Beer is the pride of Pyongyang."

The commercial said the beer relieves stress and improves health and longevity. It also showed images of a pub it said was in the capital of Pyongyang, filled with people drinking."

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HEY DPRK! LET'S PARTEEEYYYY!!!

a flood of circle promo video

Here is a recent release called "Buffalo Dance" by a flood of circle:



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Mass of the Fermenting Dregs Live Video

In this live video, Mass of the Fermenting Dregs performs three songs: "I F A Surfer", "Highlight (ハイライト Hairaito)" and "Bears (ベアーズ Beaazu)" live in Tokyo sometime in 2008:



Mass of the Fermenting Dregs is about to go out on their "World is Yours" extended tour and will appear at Shimokitazawa Shelter on Thursday, June 11th. However, that show is, apparently, already sold out!"#$&#$! To find out more about their upcoming tour, check the official Japanese Mass of the Fermenting Dregs Live Schedule

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China Rock & Roll Scene Video 2009

According to Wikipedia, Chinese Rock first started in Beijing in 1984 and mostly involved university students in small underground bars and hotels.

Since then Chinese rock has had its ups and downs and was severely hit hard by the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake. But now, finally, in 2009 the Chinese rock movement seems to be rolling along pretty well. The below video was released earlier this year in February by Tripfilms and it gives us a good view of the current emerging underground rock scene in China:

Watch more Beijing videos at Tripfilms.com

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OH BY JINGO!!! This is a very rare recording of David Bowie singing Girls in Japanese! This song was written by David Bowie and Erdal Kizilcay and it was released as a single by Tina Turner on her 1986 "Break Every Rule" album.

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This modern-day Japanese Samurai TV Video is just simply AMAZING:

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