Macy Gray and Japanese cartoons

By now it is possible you have already heard that Macy Gray is singing (about three songs) in Shanghai next month. We thought perhaps we should try to present this news in a different light since we are a little late in getting it up on the site. But then we had to pick a friend up at the airport and his flight was late and his dog is arriving on a later flight (poor thing) so we have to go back to the airport so we don't have much time to be creative -- so we did a YouTube search. We discovered a strange (to us) subculture called Anime Music Video (AMV). Basically, people edit together scenes from Japanese cartoons, set it to music and post them online. And some of them choose Macy Gray's "I Try" for the soundtrack.

The video up above is from a show called Sailor Moon. Then there's this AMV that features your favorites Tokyo Mew Mew, Full Moon and, of course, Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch. And this post would be nothing without a link to a video about Magic Knight Rayearth and another featuring our hero Ryo Bakura.

We have no idea what we just wrote.

Anyway, Macy Gray will perform in the entertainment portion of the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, a big-time international track and field meet, on September 23 at Shanghai Stadium. Also performing are a number of top Chinese stars including Karen Mok and Hu Yanbin. To see the concert we think you need to buy a ticket to see the track and field, which should be a pretty cool event. Some guy named Liu Xiang will be hurdling. Ever hear of him?

You can find ticket information here. Prices range from RMB 50 to the very lucky RMB 1,888.