Batman vs Chinese Security Guards

Via Mediaite by James Crugnale December 15th, 2011

Hollywood's real Batman, Christian Bale, and a CNN camera crew were recently roughed up by some unidentified Chinese security guards who would not let Bale visit the blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng who has been under house arrest for the past 15 months. Here is the CNN news video of this confrontation:



Bale was in China to promote the opening of his latest film The Flowers of War. A film based on the true story of the Japanese Nanjing Massacre in 1937. This movie just opened yesterday in China and will open in the US later this month. Here is a trailer for that film:



See also: Chinese Cop On The Hood of a Speeding Car!

WTF Japan Accepts Worldwide Refugees!

Mmmmmm......not really. But for at least one foreigner obsessed with smoking and going to Japan, all of his dreams come true in this very funny and ironic WTF TV short:



Actually, this is a somewhat dated ad for Midor Anzen ミドリ安全株式会社 and its useless "smoking section machines" that are seen in just about every office all over the nation. Below is a wacky google translation Engrish generation of one of this company's Q&A's:




See also: Japan: The Place of Dreams

STOP PROTECT IP-SOPA BILL NOW!

Via Fight For The Future

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

See also: STOP SOPA! SAVE THE INTERNET!

David Bowie's 'Lost' Jean Genie Footage Found!

Via Bowienet 12.12.2011 by Total Blam Blam - BowieNet News Editor

What a Christmas for David Bowie fans!

Sunday night's much-anticipated first screening of the newly-rediscovered clip of Bowie, Ronson, Woodmansey and Bolder performing The Jean Genie on BBC TV's Top of the Pops saw a packed National Film Theatre struck agog at the majesty of Ziggy in action: in pristine, full-colour TV quality.

Here is a 'new' photo of Bowie from that 'lost' Jean Genie performance on BBC TV from January 4th, 1973:



You can see more photos here and read more about this recent event here: David Bowie Top of the Pops footage found by cameraman

See also: "Speed of Life" Photos of David Bowie

"Speed of Life" Photos of David Bowie

Here are two more photos of David Bowie from the upcoming book "Speed of Life" by David Bowie and Masayoshi Sukita:



See also: David Bowie as a Japanese Salaryman

Japan's Horse Racing Dating Game

Via Moemania December 13, 2011



In an effort to get more Japanese herbivores interested in girls and gambling, the Japan Racing Association (JRA) just released it's free online horse racing dating game called My Sweet Umadonna - Me and You and our horse or My sweet ウマドンナ　～僕は君のウマ～. The title is a word play where UMA = "horse" and "Madonna"= "Madonna" or "The Virgin Mary" or "Dream Girl" or whatever. Anyway, it appears as though the objective of this game is to start a relationship with an anime character or fake girlfriend and then go to the horse races together.

Here is JRA's promo video for this new game:




See also: My Girlfriend is The President

Hyadain's "Single Hell" Japanese Xmas

In Japan Christmas is traditionally celebrated by eating buckets of pre-ordered KFC and a romantic all-night Love Hotel romp. However, times have changed and now from the land of Forever Alone Karaoke, Japan's well-known anime composer and musician Hyadain (ヒャダイン) aka. "Kenichi Maeyamada" "前山田 健一" brings us his all-new "Single Hell" cover tune or #Xmas I don't know such a thing! クリスマス？なにそれ？美味しいの？2011Ver.:

George Lucas, David Bowie and Jim Henson

Via This Is Not Porn Here is a nice photo of George Lucas, David Bowie and Jim Henson during the making of the movie Labrynth:



And here is another photo of these three legends from the back of the 'Inside the Labyrinth' Japanese Laser Disc.

See also: David Bowie As a Young Boy

The Start of the Japanese Revolution!

Earlier this year, Gifu Prefecture's very own Javanese gamelan ensemble Sekar Melati, marked the beginning of the imminent Japanese revolution with their deceptively cute and upbeat cover of Gang of Four's "Not Great Men":



And here is Gang of Four performing this song at Fuji Rock Festival in 2005:




See also: Korean Kids Sing The Ramones

North Korean Slaves in Russia

In this recent interview, Shane Smith talks to Joe Rogan about his team's recent trip deep into Siberia, Russia. Includes NSFW language and some videos from nearby the North Korean slave labor camps:




You can read more about this amazing story here.


See also: North Korean Karaoke - 'Anarchy in the DPRK'

Chinese Cop On The Hood of a Speeding Car!

Via GoChengdoo: Chengdu & Sichuan living December 9th, 2011

In today's WTF OMFG news from China, it was reported that a Chinese traffic cop that attempted to stop an illegal taxi, somehow ended up clinging for his life on the hood of the car in a high-speed chase up to 150 Kmh for five (5) kilometers! Below is a news video of this incident:



See also: WTF Chinese Pedobear Sex Ed Nursery School

NMA TV: Alec Baldwin 3D News Update

Next Media Animation TV has just released a funny update on the recent news of Alec Baldwin and his troubles with American Airlines:



See also: Hilarious 3D Animation of The Rapture

David Bowie As a Young Boy

Via This Is Not Porn Here is a rare photo of David Bowie as a young boy:



See also: David Bowie as a Japanese Salaryman

Canadian DPRK Documentary "The Defector"

The Defector is a new, currently in production documentary film about first hand stories of North Korean escapees. The award-winning producers Fathom Film Group has been funded by several Canadian broadcasters and others who have provided support. But the group still needs some $50,000.00 to complete the next phase of production. Through satellite images, smuggled footage and advanced 3D animation, the group is recreating a never seen before look at some real harrowing tales of life in the DPRK and in North Korea's prisons. Here is the trailer:



To donate to this group's project please visit the Fathom Film Group's official Kickstarter web site.

See also: North Koreans in Japan - AlJazeera News

Korean Kids Sing The Ramones

Here is a cute clip of some adorable South Korean kids from the Sullivan School putting a little bit of Seoul back into punk rock n' roll by singing The Ramones legendary hit Judy is a Punk:



Be sure not to miss the DPRK's incredible "Genius Kids" here.

Forever Alone Karaoke in Tokyo Japan

In addition to Japan's New Communication w/ Yourself Invention and Japan's Hand(job) iPhone Case Forever Alone Model, last month a company called One Kara 「ウンカラ」just opened Japan's very first Forever Alone single-person Karaoke shop in Kanda:



One Kara charges one person 600 - 1,100 yen per hour plus a single headphone rental fee. There is also a "Night Pack" service that runs 2,600 yen from midnight to 5am. This is very similar to other internet cafes in Japan, many of which have shower facilities enabling people to actually live there full time. (@_@)

For more information, visit ウンカラ

See also: Japanese Forever Alone Baseball in Space

Japanese Engrish Teacher Teaches Engrish

Here is a funny Japanese TV parody segment of a Japanese Engrish teacher teaching Engrish to gaijin in Japan:



See also: Tommy Lee Jones Acts Like a Boss for Suntory

David Bowie as a Japanese Salaryman

Our venerable Japanese News correspondent just sent in this stunning new scoop of David Bowie as a Japanese Salaryman:

Talking of coffee tables, here are some glimpses of a glossy new book by Japanese photographer Masayoshi Sukita. Speed of Life (a snip at £360) shows Sylvian’s direct forebear and antecedent David Bowie posing in Kyoto during a holiday there in 1979 — the time he was hanging out with Sinologist David Kidd.

Bowie, after hinting that Japan was to be his new home, left for New York, explaining that Japan would make him “too Zen”, which would cause him to stop writing.

But perhaps the oddest and most interesting of Sukita’s images, revealed for the first time in the new book, are the studio shots where he portrays Bowie as a salaryman on his way to work, attempting to beat the clock

David Bowie and Masayoshi Sukita are now working together on this new photo book entitled "Speed of Life". This book can be pre-ordered here.