Ep 165: R.I.P. Crayon Shin-Chan

  (Click PLAY Button to LISTEN NOW)(Please Note: If you experience scratchy audio with the embedded player, please use the Download link.)Once again, we explore how you can know if you've been in Japan.Thanks to everyone for your donations to Planet Japan. We really, really appreciate your support. It's easy to donate if the spirit moves you. Just go to paypal.com and send your payment to planetjapan07@gmail.comWe check our email and ponder what would happen if one siamese twin killed someone while the other one slept.Our Dick of the Week is Kanye West, who once again has stolen the spotlight at the VMA Awards. We try to imagine what might have happened if he had interrupted certain historical figures. (Thanks to Takeo Yamada for the tip.) Check out what Adolph Hitler thinks about Kanye West:In our Religion Corner, we expose Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort's Origin of Species scam as they attempt to give away free copies of Darwin's landmark book. Christina from Romania (below) has a brilliant smackdown of the scam. (The Preacher and The Skeptic debate the matter here.)The creator of the popular Crayon Shin-chan anime, Yoshito Usui, has tragically died after falling off a cliff, apparently while trying to take a picture.Some people think that putting blue LED lights on the Yamanote line will stop people from jumping in front of trains. Doug isn't buying it.Our Blog of the Week is a great new website called Modern Literati, a beautiful site for artists who have a connection to Japan. The creator of the site, Stephen, is looking for artists to become a part of his vision. If you're interested, you can contact him at: info@modernliterati.org.We end the show with a great song called Criminal from a new band out of Ohio called NotForgotten. It's their first single and it sounds great!That's it for now. Thanks for listening!