>her English is so amazingly good o.o;

That's because she's American.

http://www.zoemi.com/ | http://www.j-radio.org/ | http://www.j-poop.com/

http://www.jpoproom.com/

There are rumors for Boa or Hikaru Utada coming in the future. So keep your eyes peeled.

There was an Indian Film Festival this past April: http://www.indianfilmfestival.org/film04.html

Bollywood films are looooooong epics. Not to mention, you need some appreciation of the music behind the movies too. But it's worth a shot.

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>There was an Indian Film Festival this past April:
>http://www.indianfilmfestival.org/film04.html
>
>Bollywood films are looooooong epics. Not to mention, you need some
>appreciation of the music behind the movies too. But it's worth a
>shot.

And you don't need one for J-pop/rock?

India has a wide and vibrant popular culture, and not just their films. And it's suitably different too. I'm sure a few of their musical stars would love to perform in the US.

Widya Santoso

With Bollywood, it is definately not an untapped market. It's similar with chinese pop music in America. There already have been many, many concerts and events especially in California. Many top chinese stars like F4, Jay Chou, Andy Lau, etc go to Las Vegas and sometimes make appearances in Calif (duh, theres so many large Chinese communities).
For Bollywood, there are many theatres that screen the movies. Tons of the popular singers and actors already have concerts here with large audiences. The entertainment is just too huge for India (music/movies especially), and even a single convention covering just that would be too daunting.
My Indian friend introduced me to Indian films last year. They are really good movies, but I doubt your average asian culture fan is going to have the patience to sit through 3+ hour movies (yes, most 99% of Indian films are around 3 hours), with singing and dancing in sporadic times in between (no matter how funny or serious the subject, unless it's a documentary of course).
Even Boa has had a concert in Staples Center.
The Chinese, Korean, Indian music markets already have a market in America (esp. California), unlike Japanese music. Which is why I think it's a good thing that we host a J-pop star. While the other asians have sold out concerts in packed 10,000+ seated arenas, big J-pop stars have just been recently playing in anime conventions. (Aside from smaller names, which have made small club venue shows.)

But besides ranting (I've been studying non-stop since this is finals week for me) at 2am, that is my little thing.
I think the focus of PMX is more the toward the east asian cultures (C/K/J/etc).

And someday we can host the greatest Artist Alley with Asian-American artists. Traditional (real wallscrolls!), comic book, anime, painting, etc...

How about some music and dancing. Cultural instruments, dances, etc...

.piroko
(part of some sort of PMX Reg staff ~_^)
http://www.maximumferocity.com

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Promoting the Indian scene would be friggen boss! But honestly, I dont want to take a shot at the fans of what is currently thought of, of 'Pacific media' but I'm not too sure if they will take too kindly to it.

And after how PMX went this year, I dont think its ready to take another jump like that just yet...maybe in '06?

I think it would be great to expand the role of fashion at PMX. I'd like to get some young Asian designers in to do panels on street fashions as well as some Lolita Goths to show the flip side of Japan and represent Harajuku in the programming sessions. Maybe get some of the idealistic designers from FIDM involved as well...

Mike

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I really want Dir en grey or Gazette. They = sex on legs

OH. And for the con to be a week that isn't the same week as finals. X| XD

I'll do some Harajuku stuff, they = the rockingest.

Yuki

I agree with Osakastef. Variety is good. Chemistry would be a good group to get over here. Of course Utada would be my obvious choice, and it's not too much of a stretch considering her English debut and what not. Tommy, Bonnie Pink, Wyolica, Do As Infinity, DJ Krush, M-Flo would be great Japanese artists to have here. I would love to see David Tao, a Chinese artist, perform. Asian American artists should also get the opportunity. This IS PMX, so I think Asian cinema and music should be at the forefront. I love Anime, but like Osakastef said, we don't need another carbon copy attempt of AX. I sincerely hope that the PMX organizers will listen and get a wider range of musical guests here. Just my two cents!

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