Puffy Anticipation

I have officially purchased my tickets for the November 15 Puffy show in San Francisco. I do not, however, own the new album, Honeycreeper, yet. Why not, you ask? Simmer down and I'll tell you. I took myself to the Kinokuniya in Japantown to procure a copy but I had to balk at the $38.75 price tag. That's a lot of money for a little Puffy. So I ordered the Korean version off YesAsia.com for $15.99.

While I wait for that little gem to arrive, I watch this over and over:

It's the video for "Oriental Diamond," the Tamio Okuda-penned lead track off the new album. It's just about the cutest thing you'll see until the next cutest thing you see.

Oh, and check this out:

It's the German punk band Gigantor doing "Asia no jushin," complete with vocoder. They also have an "Umi e to" video on YouTube, but it's not as good so I won't bother linking to it.

See you on the 15th!