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We aspire to be a definitive source on the pop and rock coming out of Japan and in the process provide a sanctuary for the j-pop collectors who don't always feel at home on this worldwide web where most j-pop resources tend to focus on where to illegally download it. We don't talk about that here. We talk about the music, and when it comes to acquiring it, we talk about importing CDs and DVDs. We will provide streaming audio samples of music so you can make a more informed decision on whether it's something worth buying, but you'll find no high-quality direct download files on this site. It's about respect.

This is a site for the fans, by the fans. The content is created and shaped by the entire community. It's structured so that every voice is heard. Most of us have genre preferences, particular artists we follow and some we ignore. That's why we feel it's important that everyone is able to highlight, preview, review and talk about the artists and releases that interest them. Together we can cover all the bases.

Welcome to j-p00p.com, where we really give a shit about j-pop. Please make yourself at home.

A lot of people raise an eyebrow at j-poop.com's name. Many expect it's some kind of sarcastic statement about the quality of the popular music coming out of Japan and imagine the site will be the brainchild of another tiresome idiot who thinks he's funny and clever by insulting things and coming up with self-coined words like Micro$oft or Ayumi Hamasucky. Thankfully, that's not this site. No, the title of this site was the result of a typo caused by a sticky "o" key. Ok, not really. I lied. But the real reason is just as stupid, so read on.

I affectionately refer to my j-pop crap as...no, wait. I sort of gave away the punchline there. Let me start over.

I affectionately refer to my j-pop stuff as crap. CDs, DVDs, photobooks, magazines, posters - it all fits under the heading of crap. I guess at this point I should clarify that I mean 'crap' in the best possible way. In fact, I love my crap. Anyway, to cut a short story shorter, I was trying to think of a catchy website title that would convert into an easy to remember URL, and 'j-pop crap' turned into 'j-poop'. It's not that I thought this was terribly clever, it was more like an act of desperation caused by domain squatters hogging all the top level domains with variations of 'j-pop' in the title. Besides, I always say that a little self-irony can't be bad. At least the next tiresome idiot to come along will have to work a little harder to come up with a clever insult.

There you have it. No big revelation, eh? It rarely is.

1. An enclosed superstructure at the stern of a Japanese ship.
2. Excrement from Japan.
3. All manner of j-pop goodies, usually in reference to the importing of such material from foreign territories: I'm looking forward to my latest shipment of j-poop, I'm expecting some sweet items.