They don't have middle names here in Japan! NOW WHAT?!

I've lived and worked in Japan for the last 10 years -- I have 200+ college students a semester, and I have to hear about this or hear one of these.

I wonder what they writer meant about it's being a "hit"... WHERE is it a hit again? Some small ward in Shinjuku?

Jds

I live in Japan and have been here for just over 9 years. And just about everyone I know (Japanese and foreigners alike) either have an iPhone or are dying to get one. Yours truly included.

What the heck? I WISH my students would take notes in class!

Actually, this is not something new, only new in this day and age. The Singer / Songwriter Keith Green did this about 2 decades ago:

(quoted from Wikipedia)
In 1979, after negotiating a release from his contract with Sparrow, Green surprised many in the music industry by refusing to charge money for concerts or albums. Keith and Melody mortgaged their home to privately finance Green's next album, So You Wanna Go Back To Egypt. The album, which featured a guest appearance by Bob Dylan, was offered through mail-order and at concerts for a price determined by the purchaser. As of May 1982, Green had shipped out more than 200,000 units of his album - 61,000 for free. Subsequent albums included The Keith Green Collection (1981) and Songs For The Shepherd (1982).

Note how his CONCERTS were free (pay as you like) as well! I wonder if Radiohead would do that?

Cheers,
Jeffrey

PS -- Quote source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Green