The Selective Hearing staff gather to analyze the rankings in AKB48’s 49th Single Sousenkyo. The opinions expressed in this broadcast do not necessarily reflect those of the other Selective Hearing staff/contributors, our partners and/or affiliates. UPCOMING GIRLS Matsuoka Hana takes the title of Ms. Irrelevant. Guess we were wrong on that one. Who are you more sad about? Mogi diving hard or Tani Marika dropping again? FUTURE GIRLS Yamaguchi Maho, toothy but pretty girl. Those who know more abou...
Jul 02, 2017•3 hr 29 min
Election Observations This year’s outdoor event was cancelled due to weather. According to pictures posted from the venue there was going to be a big waterslide used during the concert. Reports from members also indicated the return of disgusting bikinis. When the official cancellation announcement was made fan rage came quick and fast. Who do you believe had the most right to be upset? People who bought tickets/JTB travel packs? Fans who invested heavily financially in votes? Overseas fans. Non...
Jun 25, 2017•1 hr 23 min
Topic 1: General Election Talk - What are your thoughts on this year’s crop of quitters and dropouts? - Who is the most surprising non-participant? Of those who entered into this year’s election, who do you think should have thought twice since they have no chance of ranking? - Are you going to stay up and watch this thing or just do the sensible thing and sleep and watch the Internet explode in the morning? Topic 2: Observations The prelim rankings have been released. So much for a boring and p...
Jun 02, 2017•3 hr 37 min
Matches Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar (w/ Paul Heyman) for the WWE Universal Championship The Undertaker vs. Roman Reigns Triple H vs. Seth Rollins Dean Ambrose vs. Baron Corbin for the Intercontinental Championship Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Owens for the U.S. Championship John Cena & Nikki Bella vs. The Miz & Maryse Bayley vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax for the RAW Women’s Championship Alexa Bliss vs. every woman available o...
Apr 01, 2017•2 hr 20 min
Recorded July 4, 2016 Running Time: 02:44:04 OPENING – Booker T Theme Song “Rap Sheet” Panel Questions TOPIC 1: Pre-show concert Did you watch? What major announcements were made if any? TOPIC 2: General Nonsense Did you watch alone in your room clutching to your oshi pillow in anticipation of your fave getting called up? Or were you huddled around a computer screen/TV with other wota in the same room? At what point during the show did you pass out? Or did you manage to make all the way to the e...
Jul 04, 2016•2 hr 44 min
OPENING: Three 6 Mafia – Some Bodies Gonna Get It Points of interest for this year’s election The first election to feature NGT48 members The first election to announce more members as 1st day results than actually will rank On March 23rd, staff members received an application from Nyan Nyan Kamen (にゃんにゃん仮面), which they believed was submitted by Kojima Haruna under an alternate alias. The application included inaccurate entries such as her birthday being on February 22nd, 2222. Kojima confirmed ...
Jun 11, 2016•2 hr 20 min
OPENING - Morning Musume '15 - Oh My Wish Introductions Day 1 - Friday HELLO DISCO Day 2 - Saturday MORNING MUSUME ’16 CONCERT Day 3 - Sunday Answer Questions from Fans Rank the 3 American Momusu Concerts Best to Worst Did you attend all three MM concerts? Reasons for your favorite/least favorite Who is next? Closing Statements ENDING - Morning Musume '15 - Endless Sky
Mar 06, 2016•4 hr 12 min
INTRO – モーニング娘。’15 – My Only One TOPIC 1: What are you looking forward to at Anime Matsuri? TOPIC 2: Morning Musume ’16 specific events at Anime Matsuri TOPIC 3: What do you expect from the Morning Musume ’16 concert? TOPIC 4: Hello! Disco event details TOPIC 5: Closing Thoughts OUTRO – モーニング娘。’15 – スカッと My Heart ASSOCIATED LINKS Hello! Disco – https://www.facebook.com/events/799458620199759/ Anime Matsuri – http://www.animematsuri.com/...
Feb 12, 2016•1 hr
OPENING/INTRO - NMB48 - Don't Look Back TOPIC 1: WHAT DID YOU DO ON ELECTION NIGHT? TOPIC 2: PRE-ELECTION CONCERT TOPIC 3: THE ELECTION STREAMS TOPIC 4: THE ELECTION ITSELF The 80% Club (a.k.a. Unranked) Upcoming Girls Future Girls Next Girls Undergirls Senbatsu Halloween night is the 41st single. Do you like the costumes? How about the song? ENDING/OUTRO - HKT48 - 12秒
Jul 16, 2015•2 hr 30 min
OPENING – AKB48 – Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai INTRO TOPIC 1: Quickly rank the election singles from favorite to most despised. Your choices are: Iiwake Maybe Heavy Rotation Flying Get Gingham Check Koisuru Fortune Cookie Kokoro no Placard TOPIC 2: Election Dropouts What are your general thoughts on this crop of dropouts? Are the ones without a valid excuse quitters with no ovarian fortitude whatsoever? How brilliant is Kojima Haruna’s excuse for not being in the election? True air head or calculate...
May 23, 2015•3 hr 6 min
OPENING - EXILE - Ti Amo ~Unplugged Version~ TOPICS Hiro's enjoyment of idol fan "retirement" What is a mix tape? What is a cassette tape? How your musical influences determined your list Valentine's day in Japan vs. Valentine's day in America Hiro's Valentine's Mix Tape Side A: For The Lovers Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets (1983) Johnny Gill - My, My, My (1990) Johnny Mathis - Misty (1959) Keith Washington - Kissing You (1991) Kenny Lattimore - For You (1997) L.T.D. - Love Ballad (1976) Lu...
Feb 06, 2015•2 hr 4 min
Episode 26 of the Selective Hearing Roundtable was recorded on December 19, 2014 and is a short discussion about what went down for most of the staff of Selective Hearing in the year of 2014. INTRO EXILE TRIBE - CHOO CHOO TRAIN TOPICS Introduce yourself to the masses General year in review, events you attended, general life events or changes, other projects you have worked on outside of Selective Hearing Quick overview of your favorite music releases Disappointments of the year What you are look...
Dec 20, 2014•1 hr 8 min
Episode 25 of the Selective Hearing Roundtable was recorded on November 15, 2014 and is a lengthy discussion about Hello! Party, Morning Musume '14 and all things that went down in New York last month featuring special guests Bryan and Jen Veloso of Hello! Base. PANEL Greg - Selective Hearing Allen - Selective Hearing Bryan - Hello! Base Jen - Hello! Base Topics Questions about Hello! Party 4 Morning Musume '14 Concert questions General questions about the trip...
Nov 16, 2014•4 hr 31 min
Episode 24 of the audio version of the Selective Hearing roundtable was recorded on September 30, 2014. In this episode the panel discusses Morning Musume's upcoming concert in New York on October 5 and the events surrounding it. THE PANEL: Greg Allen INTRO TOPICS Hello! Party 4 Your previous H!P concert experiences. Advice for new H!P concert goers Monday Night RAW in Brooklyn Other things to do in NY OUTRO...
Oct 01, 2014•1 hr 28 min
INTRO Cheap Pops and Promos Michishige Sayumi Pink Glowstick Project Layout of the election: 80 girls ranking out of 310 total Aijinomoto Stadium. It was raining the whole time. Everyone had raincoats and set was covered in plastic. Girls put on a concert in rain before election time. Pyramid seating for the rankings What did you think about the Gamashura Ouendan bros? This year’s live streams: Compare to last years G+ stream. Which did you like better? No live commentary, no english translation...
Jun 22, 2014•2 hr 5 min
THE ONLY TOPIC: AKB48 37th Single Election Whoever made those ugly ass paintings should be fired or at least re-trained to draw people properly? Y/N? Really, don’t you think a blind monkey would do a better job? Senbatsu members (選抜メンバー) : Rank 1 – 16 Under Girls (アンダーガールズ) : Rank 17 -32 Next Girls (ネクストガールズ) : Rank 33 – 48 Future Girls (フューチャーガールズ) : Rank 49 – 64 Upcoming Girls (アップカミングガールズ) : Rank 65 – 80 ← NEW What do you think about adding the new rankings? Is this a case of letting everyone...
Jun 03, 2014•1 hr 32 min
OPENING: The Champs – Tequila Topics How was the flight in? Did you get stuck in the restroom during turbulence again? What was the Babyraids 6-shot experience like? Did they sing live or was it canned? What is a checki? Touristy stuff, did you get any value out of it? Advice for those who would like to travel solo in Japan? ENDING: Ludacris feat. Bobby Valentino – Pimpin All Over The World Resources mentioned in this recording : Idol Scheduler Danny Choo Hyperdia Japan Guide...
May 31, 2014•1 hr 7 min
OPENING: AKB48 – Mae Shika Mukanee Topics Hiro’s May 17 experience at Pacifico Yokohama Greg’s May 24 experience at Tokyo Big Sight Hiro’s May 24 experience at Tokyo Big Sight Default poses (Heart & Peace) How the 2-shot worked for us Was it worth it? ENDING: YuiKaori – Lucky Ducky
May 31, 2014•1 hr 14 min
Hiro arrives in Japan First – Will Hiro make to the Hotel from the airport? – GOGO Curry. First or last meal in Japan or both? – What are you going to be doing by yourself out there? – Any idol specific events outside of AKB planned? Greg arrives the week after Hiro – Will Greg make it to the hotel from the airport and be awake enough to meet up afterwards? – First thing Greg will do after landing in Japan. – Do you think the Oshima Yuko wax statue will still be at Madame Tussauds or does Greg g...
May 10, 2014•46 min
TOPIC I: WHO YOU WITH? – Who is on your 2-shot list? – Who are you looking forward to taking a picture with? – Who is your candidate for the lean away? (with optional stink face) – Poses, you got any pre planned or are you going to wing it? Chances you can successfully get any you have planned communicated properly? – What’s your default pose? – Are you gonna post your 2-shots?
May 10, 2014•54 min
Related hash tags: #renaispure, #pastywhiteskin, #melonpan OPENING – Puretty – Chieki Love INTRO TOPIC I: SOUTH KOREA’S BAN ON MINI-SKIRTS A recent law passed in South Korea banning mini-skirts Stupidest law ever or can you find examples of worse ones? Is this the end of seeing them wonderful female K-Pop legs? Is this the end of the K-Pop industry as we know it? Or is this just overblown crap that won’t be enforced ever? TOPIC II: AKB48’S SO LONG VIDEO Too loooong. Too loong Too loooooooooooong...
Mar 30, 2014•2 hr 8 min
OPENING – LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem INTRO THE ONLY TOPIC – AKB48 GRAND REFORMATION 2014 The Movements http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2014/02/the-results-of-akb48-groups-big-team-shuffle The Denials Kikuchi Ayaka refuses move to NMB48, stays in Team A Iwata Karen refuses move to SKE48, stays in Team A Jo Eriko refuses promotion to Team M, stays as NMB Kenkyuusei Takano Yui refuses move to BII, stays in Team M Takashima Yurina refuses move to SKE48, stays in Team 4 PANEL QUESTIONS – AKB48 Apocal...
Mar 02, 2014•1 hr 55 min
INTRO – AKB48 – Kondokoso Ecstasy TOPIC 1: GETTING TO JAPAN – Compared to last year, cheaper or more expensive? – How was your flight in/back home? TOPIC 2: HANDSHAKES – How was the overall experience? – Highlights? Who was your best handshake? Any disappointments? Who was a letdown? Did you encounter any communication issues? – Describe the feeling of being a godless heathen who touched Ota Aika. – Would you try these kinds of events again? If so, does your game plan change? – Which venue did y...
Nov 17, 2013•3 hr 23 min
Related hash tags: #sasshicenter, #butthurt, #teamfutsunku Please excuse Allen’s audio at the end of the broadcast, he was going all Skynet. OPENING – LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out Final ranking list: http://melosnomichi.blogspot.com/2013/06/akb48-32nd-single-senbatsu-election_8.html?m=1 Speech translations: http://melosnomichi.blogspot.com/2013/06/akb48-32nd-single-senbatsu-election_11.html?m=1 Introductions This year’s layout of the election: Having it in Nissan Stadium, in front of a bi...
Jun 15, 2013•2 hr 22 min
Related hash tags: #dolphinrape, #turkeyleg, #parupie, #blastzone, #creampie, #milkymagic, #justthetip OPENING – DS DDR Fusion Edit – It’s Raining Men (Almighty Mix) INTRO State who you be, who you reppin and pimp your wares/goods/websites. TOPIC 1: SAYONARA CRAWL The full video for Sayonara Crawl is up on the interwebs. Same old shit in disgusting bikini’s or no? Are the bikini’s too flowery and cover the goods of the more endowed members? Where’s my fucking melon pans man? Where my fucking mel...
May 18, 2013•3 hr 4 min
OPENING – AKB48 – AKB Festival INTRO TOPIC 1: MINEGISHI MINAMI’S SCANDAL TOPIC 2: THE FUTURE OF THE LEAVING TOMOMI’S TOPIC 3: KENKYUUSEI VS. KENSHUUSEI TOPIC 4: THE FUTURE OF OF H!P’S KIDS GROUPS TOPIC 5: THE FUTURE OF MORNING MUSUME (ACCORDING TO THE WESTERN FANDOM) TOPIC 6: HIRO’S ADVICE FOR FANS OUTRO ENDING – Ying Yang Twins – Wait (The Whisper Song)...
Feb 09, 2013•1 hr 5 min
OPENING – Kool & The Gang – Celebration INTRO TOPIC 0: HOW YOU DOING? – Does 2013 already suck or is there still room for optimism? TOPIC 1: 7 YEARS OF SELECTIVE HEARING – Greg tells the epic adventure of how Selective Hearing came to be complete with many LOTR-like false endings and mentions of “my preciousssssssss” – Questions for the panel: – How did you discover Selective Hearing? Feel free to embellish for the sake of dramatic effect. – Have you perused, skimmed or watched the first epi...
Jan 26, 2013•2 hr 6 min
Opening – Omori Miyu – Romance Kakurenbo AKS Best album Worst single Worst album Favorite artist Artist or group who sucked wookie Best and worst video you have seen in 2012 Random Questions In an MMA battle between Tsunku and Aki-P, who would win and why? In a deadliest warrior / Battle Royale simulation who would win? Wota or K-Pop fan girls? Most shocking or scandalous news item or moment. Happiest moment of the year. Saddest moment of the year. Favorite album/song title of the year. Favorite...
Jan 01, 2013•1 hr 49 min
Opening – AKB48 – Eien Pressure Introduction Introduce yourself & pimp what you feel needs to whored the to the people. Your life in 2012 How has your 2012 been? Was it good, bad or just meh? Anything exciting happen in your life this year that you want to share? Have you kept most of your 2012 resolutions? What do you resolve to do in 2013? 2012 Best/Worst Quick response type answers Feel free to mock other people’s choices General J-Pop Best single Best album Worst single Worst album Favor...
Jan 01, 2013•2 hr 2 min
Opening – Morning Musume – One Two Three Biggest waste of time. (a.k.a. most insignificant news item) Most disappointing and welcome future endeavors and why. Look into your crystal ball and predict what will happen in 2013 Next likely future endeavor? Breakout artist or group? Will the Japanese idol boom continue? Will the Hallyu wave continue to churn out failures & 1 hit wonders? Or will 2013 be the year Hallyu gets its street cred? Festivus Airing of Grievances Just start giving everyone...
Jan 01, 2013•1 hr 59 min
