Jackee has been sent me the entire Postal Service album, Give Up, which is a great blend of sooth­ing elec­tron­i­ca with even more demul­cent vocals. An inter­est­ing fact about this group is that their name comes from the process used in the cre­ation of the album, con­sist­ing of mail­ing musi­cal parts from one mem­ber to the oth­er in order to com­plete a song.

She also sent me some J‑Pop music videos of Mini Moni and The Pillows. J‑Pop has nev­er real­ly been my thing, but I can’t seem to stop watch­ing these hyper­ac­tive clips of girls run­ning around pre­tend­ing to be Power Rangers, or the wacky antics of male front­men. There’s some­thing mes­mer­iz­ing about these cul­tur­al­ly rich videos, almost as if a sub­lim­i­nal mes­sage has been implant­ed, telling me that I love the flashy colours and rub­bery facial expres­sions. When a clip is done, I don’t know whether I should watch again or have an epilep­tic seizure.