Question: Are both bands named Poor Old Lu and This Picture based out of Japan?

Context articles: Frosted Ambassador
The Poor Old Lady (La Pobre viejecita)
Pacifico (band)
Rose Blossom Punch
Only a Poor Old Man
Motion vector
This Picture
Poor Old Lu
Fair (band)
Bands and accompanying musicians of Paul Kelly

Frosted Ambassador was an enigmatic release on Kindercore Records in 1999.
 While press releases claimed a long career in bands named Chronicle Ape and the New Sound and a failed solo career before "moving to Belgium to study toast," evidence suggests that the project was actually the brainchild of The Olivia Tremor Control's drummer Eric Harris, as the two bands shared a song on the album and a compilation, and William Cullen Hart created the artwork for the album.
 Also, The Olivia Tremor Control had a song on their album "Dusk at Cubist Castle" named "Frosted Ambassador"
"The Poor Old Lady" (Spanish: ""La pobre viejecita"" ) is a fairy tale, best known in Latin America.
 It was first published in the book "Moral Tales for Formal Children" in 1854 by the Colombian poet Rafael Pombo.
 Due to the importance and impact of this play in Latin American children's literature of the nineteenth century, "The Poor Old Lady" became one of the most memorable characters in the Colombian and Latin American childhood.
 This paradoxical but amusing story is still reprinted in compilations of children stories and nursery rhymes.
Pacifico is a collection of musician from all over the world, outlet of singer-songwriter Matthew Schwartz.
 Named after The Lassie Foundation's debut full length album, the band's recordings and live shows have included members from Monday In London, Seven Ten Split, I Married My High School Sweetheart, Starflyer 59, Project 86, Stavesacre, Poor Old Lu, Dead Poetic, Echoing Angels, House of Fools, Demon hunter, Mike Dunn & Kings of New England, Manchester Orchestra...etc.
Rose Blossom Punch is a post-grunge/alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington.
 It was formed in 1995 by Aaron Sprinkle and Paul Mumaw, with Poor Old Lu bassist Nick Barber and guitarist Terry Coggins.
"Only A Poor Old Man" is a 32-page funny animal comic book story written, drawn, and lettered by Carl Barks.
 It was published by Four Color #386 (March 1952) in the first issue of "Uncle Scrooge".
 It was the first comic book story with Scrooge McDuck as its main character (he had already made his debut as a supporting character in "Christmas on Bear Mountain").
 The story has been reprinted many times.
 It was originally published with the one-page gag stories "Osogood Silver Polish", "Coffee for Two", and "Soupline Eight".
 Gemstone Publishing selected "Poor Old Man" for Free Comic Book Day 2005.
 Barks expert Michael Barrier has dubbed the story a masterpiece.
In video compression, a motion vector is the key element in the motion estimation process.
 It is used to represent a macroblock in a picture based on the position of this macroblock (or a similar one) in another picture, called the reference picture.
This Picture were a UK alternative rock band that was formed in 1989 in Cheltenham, England and broke up in 1995, after releasing two albums.
Poor Old Lu was a pioneering alternative Christian band based in the American Northwest.
 The band experimented with a variety of sounds and genres, particularly grunge, funk and psychedelic rock.
 The band consisted of Scott Hunter (vocals), Jesse Sprinkle (drums), Aaron Sprinkle (guitar), and Nick Barber (bass).
 Hunter was the lyricist who wrote on philosophical, metaphorical, and spiritually oriented topics.
 Common themes in the lyrics include introspective struggles with identity and spirituality, struggles with a superficial, secular, and modern society, and hope for life abundant.
 The "Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music" calls the band "One of the most accomplished and creative Christian bands of the '90s".
Fair is an alternative rock band currently signed to Tooth & Nail Records.
 It was created in 2005 from members of Aaron Sprinkle's touring band – Sprinkle, fellow Poor Old Lu alum Nick Barber, Erick Newbill, and Joey Sanchez.
Paul Kelly is an Australian rock musician.
 He started his career in 1974 in Hobart, Tasmania and has performed as a solo artist, in bands as a member or has led bands named after himself.
 Some backing bands recorded their own material under alternate names, Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five, with Kelly as an individual member.
 As of June 2013, Paul Kelly's current band members are Bree Van Reyk on drums, Zoe Hauptmann on bass guitar/backing vocals, his nephew Dan Kelly on lead guitar/backing vocals and J. Walker on guitar.