tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48418208347665961022024-03-04T21:47:16.409-08:00-beats in my head-mostly music. yeah. 'nuff said.
well, maybe more to come.Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-29013701783244666552015-04-25T06:20:00.000-07:002015-04-25T06:20:00.432-07:00Procrastination FAIL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Feck. Can't finish dl'ing MKX cuz i'm about to run my cap. Lol, The universe is trying to tell me something. Procrastination fail.. >.< Back to study for me it is then!<br />
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Wow, it's been a while since I've posted anything on here. Dang, looks like quite a bit has (and hasn't) changed. For one, my blog banner has expired.The layout of blogger has changed quite a bit since I last logged in; haha, I'm gonna have to re-learn how it works (I know it's not hard, but I always was a bit of a tech-tard). And wow, look at the backlog of half-started posts sitting in my drafts pile....ahhh,nostalgia...and cringe at the cheesiness of my writing. Time to start hitting the delete XD<br />
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I've been thinking, maybe I should try and update this more often. Maybe more in the direction of miscellaneous ramblings, thoughts, interests, likes and complaints - rather than a dedicated music review blog? Hopefully in a way that isn't to narcissistic too. I dunno. Not sure who follows this place any more but hey, let's just have fun and see how it goes, yeah? We'll see what happens, I've never really been that great at writing about anything logically coherent, and given my past track record at blogging let's not say too much for now though... If people like reading some of the crap I post, or even the trolling I share, hey, that's a win, eh? Is the art of 'trolling' even a legitimate term still in 2015? I'm so out of it, haha.<br />
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Anyways, man it's difficult to get back in the swing of studying....it's currently 12am of the next day and I've scraped maybe 30 minutes of successful focus out of the past 6 hours of my feeble attempt at hitting the textbooks again. Trying to stay focused with some chilled beats by Nujabes and keep my ass off the temptation of trolling on Youtube, Facebook, and the plethora of other social media sources which consume my life.<br />
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Also waiting for Mortal Kombat X to finish downloading. 30gb and 6 hours later, and owwwwww yeah. I really should have downloaded it at the end of last month's internet plan; rationing my cap is a b%^&. As you can probably tell, internet is still expensive in my neck of the woods. That, coupled with the fact that I am an indescribable cheapass. Ahhh, such is life...<br />
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Anyways, I always liked this track.<br />
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This compilation is also really nice, too, especially in the serenity of late nights. OK I'm going to stop now before this gets too weird.<br />
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[Image Credits: http://wallpaper.ultradownloads.com.br/278873_Papel-de-Parede-Meme-Just-Do-It-Tomorrow_1920x1080.jpg]Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-28004796404241610302009-08-09T06:34:00.000-07:002009-08-09T07:01:24.045-07:00more to follow :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwx7Ll_pXwC5xPxsli-_lgZP4HpLOyy7Y2-5iJrkR6mhIzJA2fgG4NGPAhWLmNikDwX-YgOo0gIesVZ0M_V6SnJN8-AoxUEodtr2O5I-qA5b9uiM-EjsNIrTQ29H2GlVUJg_VpFdh-RDQ/s1600-h/1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwx7Ll_pXwC5xPxsli-_lgZP4HpLOyy7Y2-5iJrkR6mhIzJA2fgG4NGPAhWLmNikDwX-YgOo0gIesVZ0M_V6SnJN8-AoxUEodtr2O5I-qA5b9uiM-EjsNIrTQ29H2GlVUJg_VpFdh-RDQ/s400/1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367959774135828450" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Thanks very much to <a href="http://renaye.nutang.com/">renaye from Speak to My Finger!</a><br />Hahah, to be honest, I don't think I deserve this though. If anything - laziest blogger of the millenium. But its nice to know you have someone that likes your blog :)<br /><br />Anyways, here's the blogs I love best, in no particular order, with more to follow becase it is late and my brain is ceasing all function.<br /><br />The rules of these awards are:<br /><br />1. To accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his/her blog link.<br />2. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you�ve discovered and think are great! Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.<br /><br />Continuing the tradition, I will pass it to:<br /><br />1. <a href="http://unchained.nu/secondblossoming/">Our Second Blossoming</a><a href="http://ruthie822.blogspot.com/"></a><br />2. <a href="http://henkkahenkka.wordpress.com/">henkka</a><br />3. <a href="http://renaye.nutang.com/">Speak to my Finger</a><br />4. <a href="http://tintee.wordpress.com/">Tin Tee Treehouse</a><br />5. <a href="http://unchained.nu/blog/">unchained</a><a href="http://unchained.nu/blog/"></a><br />6. <a href="http://www.intlwota.com/">International Wota</a><br />7. <a href="http://www.petitelass.blogspot.com/"></a><br />8.<br />9.<br />10.<a href="http://www.endlessrockoutdays.blogspot.com/"></a><br />11.<br />12.<br />13.<br />14. <a href="http://judging-me.blogspot.com/"></a><br />15.<br /></span></span>Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-84832470552067112422009-08-08T21:33:00.000-07:002009-08-08T22:39:28.602-07:00Ponyo On A Cliff New Theme Song?!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21ZTHrh7UiIb7-BLgSq9nDmdsaCPi0mYVtO5zSgXr5sendeWMocelY2mR4Sq15fhSSt1H1jVaW3giX5GOyANI2ul9VxOnLduppBuo_Yj3boaFnsANhweAos0ZvmWWZeok9LDSZXPWMiAY/s1600-h/ponyo_mainimage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 427px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21ZTHrh7UiIb7-BLgSq9nDmdsaCPi0mYVtO5zSgXr5sendeWMocelY2mR4Sq15fhSSt1H1jVaW3giX5GOyANI2ul9VxOnLduppBuo_Yj3boaFnsANhweAos0ZvmWWZeok9LDSZXPWMiAY/s400/ponyo_mainimage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367817196065467458" border="0" /></a><br />....What....did they do to the Ponyo theme.... T_T<br />From the original:<br /><div style="padding-left: 0px; display: none;" ontop="true"></div><div style="padding-left: 0px; display: none;" ontop="true"></div><div style="padding-left: 0px; display: none;" ontop="true"></div><div style="padding-left: 0px; display: none;" ontop="true"></div><object width="445" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MXI7x6ExPuc&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MXI7x6ExPuc&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />To this, for the english version (heheh, I'll be waiting to film SB's reaction when he hears this XD):<br /><div style="padding-left: 0px; display: none;" ontop="true"></div><div style="padding-left: 0px; display: none;" ontop="true"></div><div style="padding-left: 0px; display: none;" ontop="true"></div><div style="padding-left: 0px; display: none;" ontop="true"></div><object width="445" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aOsrb3sLBss&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aOsrb3sLBss&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Sure on the one hand they're trying to make the film more accessible to the Western audiences, but RAPPING?! WTFF. Kills the entire vibe of the film man. Can't even do the friggin dance to it anymore lol (not that I err...ever did... >_>). I don't like to slag music, because I usually sound like an idiot. But I was just scarred into a mixed state of shock, disgust and horror when a friend linked me to it last night. Had to wash my ears out with some good rock afterwards. To quote someone from the 4chan forums...<br /><br />"SOMEONE PLEASE RIP MY EARS OFF THESE TEARS OF BLOOD WON'T STOP."<br /><br />Oh, but the movie in its original version is wonderfully brilliant. :)Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-82875449317255081182009-05-01T15:30:00.000-07:002009-05-02T02:41:13.441-07:00SUGIZO JOINS X JAPAN!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWF7cAF-KWZ957cDZI8NdtetF5oQuaQUGnXdcmCn4kybpiiF4opdNqiryqEtmavqBjQXPtxPqom0-0UngxUXn-jJ-nH7Nvyycbp5SG50IrrNAs3Oxx4oBE3pKShdHb7alxNCNjvr6IzBA/s1600-h/l_78e4c9a9f38b280f5b4c678dc2401253.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWF7cAF-KWZ957cDZI8NdtetF5oQuaQUGnXdcmCn4kybpiiF4opdNqiryqEtmavqBjQXPtxPqom0-0UngxUXn-jJ-nH7Nvyycbp5SG50IrrNAs3Oxx4oBE3pKShdHb7alxNCNjvr6IzBA/s400/l_78e4c9a9f38b280f5b4c678dc2401253.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330991762497534226" border="0" /></a><br />Whoa! Its been a little quieter around here, but this is something definitely newsworthy. I was just checking my daily feed of music on intlwota this morning, and man. Totally awesome news. And yeah, yeah, I know i'm just regurgitating what's already been said. But for those of you checking in here, SUGIZO (ex-Luna Sea guitarist) is now 'officially' a member of X JAPAN. Hahah, cool as. Here's the link for more info at <a href="http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-4729">tokyograph - "</a><a href="http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-4729">X Japan: Heath performing, SUGIZO joining"</a>. Hmm..I wonder if they've got a release another new album planned in the mix of things. Hmm. All we need now is for Luna Sea to reform, and then we'll have an excuse to party like its '99 again :D<br /><br />Also, Sugizo's official <a href="http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=1000249916&blogId=486403158">myspace </a>has a message from him too :)<br /><br /><br /><br />Lol. earlier I accidentally put on my msn screenname "ZOMG. SUGIZO ADDED AS OFFICIAL LUNA SEA MEMBER!"<br />Bad mixup. XD<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">[credits: intlwota, tokyograph, sugizo's myspace page]</span>Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-47222700305994480622009-04-19T01:46:00.000-07:002009-04-19T04:36:33.053-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeJ81VndTIaELJtof3JXuOAQHaqp0I_OcpkxcdF_GFnMMLw83ljmDw1756a8BDihVfzMgD9puz6YCOejRJqYc3ihyphenhyphenqGFrUjd221HMasqyR8tHwtTJrfO73b-Oi0r3QHiPd1Rg_5d-GHA/s1600-h/l10-05.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeJ81VndTIaELJtof3JXuOAQHaqp0I_OcpkxcdF_GFnMMLw83ljmDw1756a8BDihVfzMgD9puz6YCOejRJqYc3ihyphenhyphenqGFrUjd221HMasqyR8tHwtTJrfO73b-Oi0r3QHiPd1Rg_5d-GHA/s400/l10-05.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326325181395632978" border="0" /></a><br />Man, dont'cha love being young and remembering all those carefree days trying to be a ninja in your back yard when you were little.<br /><br />Watching stuff like this, its kinda cool to think that its all the more a possibility that people are turning into a reality. Hahah, not that i'd try it at home. Last time that happened, I ended up scraping all the skin off my nose. Had to walk round school for about a week looking like Rudolf the red nose reindeer Q.Q;<br />Friggin' brilliant. Just to clarify, I was about 10 when this happened. All the same, I still never get tired of watching surreal stuff like this. So. Damn. Cool.<br /><br />Yeah, I admit it. I watch too much Naruto in my free time lol.<br /><br />What was the point of this post? I dunno. Been procrastinating studying, so decided i'd just share what I was watching on youtube lol. I neglect -beats- too much. Got three tests coming up in these upcoming weeks, so even though i've been on a break, that's the reason for my lack of posts. Hah. When all else fails, blame it on the study. Anyways, enough of my mindless rambling for now.<br /><br />This first one's a compilation of Free Running/ Parkour vids that someone made and posted on youtube. Pretty intense. There's some sick stuff on there, that's for sure.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WEeqHj3Nj2c&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WEeqHj3Nj2c&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />This second vid is a pretty mean one from the Fifa Street 3 videogame. Featuring Team Ryouko? Totally badass. Hahah, i'd actually love to try some of this if I didn't fear lightning striking twice and accidentally doing something along the lines of permenantly spraining my groin.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jWk9VJ3wVX8&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jWk9VJ3wVX8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-38592996988334197012009-04-17T01:36:00.000-07:002009-04-17T02:10:00.764-07:0017/06/2009. Infinity1.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3fEAmT1dPwJGjHK0twB1rsnoXmkDTx_gJsKs6-wGKJxS9wch3nlqHbfjCB74pv-dqQdK-snEOwooX_Amk29YAdp9GSB0rKiBchz25ebi8LhJ7NWPoq-T1FIBG78Pr4l4ZsofM5jgD9o/s1600-h/dai2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3fEAmT1dPwJGjHK0twB1rsnoXmkDTx_gJsKs6-wGKJxS9wch3nlqHbfjCB74pv-dqQdK-snEOwooX_Amk29YAdp9GSB0rKiBchz25ebi8LhJ7NWPoq-T1FIBG78Pr4l4ZsofM5jgD9o/s400/dai2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325582174233211010" border="0" /></a><br />Damn. SB beat me to it again. NEW DAI SINGLE AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER! Infinity1. After 4 years. Their revival single. 2 new songs. 17/06/2009.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCD-31667">cdjapan.com</a> has more details.<br /><br />Another thing. Check their <a href="http://d-a-i.com/index.html">official site</a>. Looks pretty interesting - Do! Creative!! - A chance for DAI to sing your original songs?!!<br /><br />Anyways, this seems kinda fitting to commemorate the moment. Let's see what they bring out when the time comes eh :)<br /><object width="400" height="345"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/v/QlJUNM1hwc/aus=false/pv=2"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/v/QlJUNM1hwc/aus=false/pv=2" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="345"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.imeem.com/y0ngs4n/video/FVTzvTkL/do-as-infinity-yesterday-and-today-music-video/">yesterday and today - Do as Infinity</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">[image credits: http://www.freewebs.com/kiyomichan/jpopartists.htm]</span>Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-82542329054603690942009-03-25T01:37:00.000-07:002009-03-26T05:15:58.179-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdU43BO6VJfet75Gi4l9aFptXyxFwWF_XhDAEdvkv6mpQf6OnEEsKmc8WvYbgaKOTGbEFMOCWBUGyt9Odh9c6twNYVc4xOqr4lq91T9v4YDKaWOxGrlASvwQQzbMKlKF6Jwvu8wH4dEEA/s1600-h/l10-02.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdU43BO6VJfet75Gi4l9aFptXyxFwWF_XhDAEdvkv6mpQf6OnEEsKmc8WvYbgaKOTGbEFMOCWBUGyt9Odh9c6twNYVc4xOqr4lq91T9v4YDKaWOxGrlASvwQQzbMKlKF6Jwvu8wH4dEEA/s400/l10-02.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317042838255417506" border="0" /></a><br />Ok guys, well, its that fateful time of year again - the night before my first midsem test of the year. Guess what lol.<br />Comlaw again. Stage 2 now.<br /><br />As I learned the hard way last year, listening to L's theme song all night does not necessarily mean his intelligence will rub off. XD<br /><br />So its time to hit the books, one last time for the night.<br /><br />Yeah. Wish me luck, eh! :)Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-53360037305219097402009-03-22T23:29:00.001-07:002009-03-24T23:16:43.606-07:00Hey hey, Intlwota!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRPEU4OW2Lk0Vnu5rB7ZhVMwRzHSWVP4-_N9UMsUttdLXxetKOrmyd3VDBDdDm8ojtv9eR1qdmwmNwGv_qYCn33ORzEdNB9HY7pIrHSX6wR4ZNXB0ahnFBIOax_aZPsJKYm4MGvXiLzA/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRPEU4OW2Lk0Vnu5rB7ZhVMwRzHSWVP4-_N9UMsUttdLXxetKOrmyd3VDBDdDm8ojtv9eR1qdmwmNwGv_qYCn33ORzEdNB9HY7pIrHSX6wR4ZNXB0ahnFBIOax_aZPsJKYm4MGvXiLzA/s400/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316634029898494242" border="0" /></a><br />Just wanted to leave a short couple of words, although i'm pathetically late on the scene...<br /><br />Happy Birthday, <a href="http://www.intlwota.com/">International Wota</a>!<br /><br />Its a great resource that i've found countless new artists to listen to through. The people over there running it are a real cool dedicated team that keep the j-music blogosphere pumping. THE best. So its a real honor for a small fry like me to be affiliated with them.<br /><br />Thanks to everybody there, you all do a great job. Keep it up eh! :)<br /><br />Hahah, and hopefully next time this year i'll have a real cake.<br /><br />P.S. Sorry about the cheapness of the pic. My ms paint skills are... pretty poor lol. Will needa take some lessons from wu. XDMillhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-9075748975387560992009-03-10T00:30:00.000-07:002009-03-10T03:41:25.553-07:00LIAR GAMEHmm. All of the stress, paranoia and late night cram sessions associated with study begin again with the arrival of the new semester. Back to early mornings too lol. Waking up to the sound of Alice Nine's White Prayer on my cellphone which serves a dual purpose as my makeshift alarm clock. 5 months of summer vacation passed in a blink and I feel somewhat rubbishy because I didn't actually do anything in all that time lol. Guilt factor kicking in?<br /><br />Ohhkay, so just for a bit of variety - my first crack at a manga rant. Enjoy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJ71FOjR5l5hU69VfTbGbSjVUa7rQxDSmw7nKRr14-tt0uuYNDhQymaKcvAt_lyvaXS7UP9Y5Y8ijfFe1hVMZthbt-jL3qEN-V7KTOptLgYiLH1Oqr8TsV5MliCyE7woFLcbEKsHStYY/s1600-h/200502220286_934324.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJ71FOjR5l5hU69VfTbGbSjVUa7rQxDSmw7nKRr14-tt0uuYNDhQymaKcvAt_lyvaXS7UP9Y5Y8ijfFe1hVMZthbt-jL3qEN-V7KTOptLgYiLH1Oqr8TsV5MliCyE7woFLcbEKsHStYY/s400/200502220286_934324.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310417392980267154" border="0" /></a>Liar Game is a series i've been following since around mid last year when someone recommended it to me. Hmm, i'll try not to go on too long about it though. One time I read a 15+ page academic review of Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away. Man, it was so detailed that it went down to explaining the significance of the hidden meanings behind why the blades of grass were drawn in that particular way. Kinda makes you wonder, didn't he just want to make something to entertain people? So, yeah...i'll try to just keep this to a summary of the plot and what I like about it. XD<br /><br />The manga started in 2005 by Shinobu Kaitani and is still going. New chapter comes out roughly once a month. It opens with Kanzaki Nao, an overly naive and honest high school student who is caught in a dragnet after she accepts an invitation to enter the 'Liar Game'. The purpose is to 'win' her opponents' $100 million dollars, or be left with the enormous debt. Enter, Shinichi Akiyama, a genius ex-con who was previously jailed for bankrupting an entire company by himself. He's also the other protagonist of the story, who agrees to help her. Brings to mind a liar game equivalent to L. Both are pretty damn cool eh. Wonder who would win if they were put against each other in the same manga lol.<br /><br />The first chapter runs a little bit slow, but yeah. Its just setting up the story to break you into the world of Liar Game. Once the first 'round' kicks in. Man, addictive as. I think its the premise of Liar Game that makes it so addictive eh. Its one of those "psychological" mangas that delve into human tendencies, like greed. In that kinda sense, it reminds me of DeathNote, minus the supernatural thing going on (I'm a bit of a DN nut lol). There's enough plot twists and revelations in each round to keep you hooked onto it and wondering what'll happen next, even though...<br /><br />Yeah. I don't want to post any spoilers on here, so, read it for yourself! (If it sounds good). Alternatively, you can read what wikipedia has to say on it <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_Game">here</a>. :)<br />Hmm. Do I still have that bad habit of sounding like a human billboard?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipT-ltLsIBvES-iWj2AUG0edv3vmDADnoxtt0jj7h3h79A-ielLao2n4B7GP0AAYGKWXwLeolmSfo55H_f-Ol4p12K_1F6lRbMJ42kr9O4KMQAay71o6JYAoUI1F2QCTM0H9twbqwooSA/s1600-h/Liar_Game.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipT-ltLsIBvES-iWj2AUG0edv3vmDADnoxtt0jj7h3h79A-ielLao2n4B7GP0AAYGKWXwLeolmSfo55H_f-Ol4p12K_1F6lRbMJ42kr9O4KMQAay71o6JYAoUI1F2QCTM0H9twbqwooSA/s400/Liar_Game.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310784336788095346" border="0" /></a><br />Anyways, there's a live action series of it as well, starring Erika Toda as Nao, and Shota Matsuda (from the Hana Yori Dango - Boys Over Flowers series) as Akiyama. No offence to anyone though, Akiyama looks a bit like an ewok in this picture. From the reviews i've read, the live action version got some good as ratings although I haven't seen it myself. It ran for 11 episodes, with a 3 hour finale.<br /><br />In short, check it out! Especially if you like psychological mangas. Or have some time on your hands and are just looking for something interesting to read.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJRpY9dS2CPdt3ndy7zJhNgGIR1N_ZBqIJPUooOm2JAug_S9uqu-Rf0I-Qu7NNDD81uAEerrZVUZmYURCRzJDG3s0Yo4LXeRzKE8TzUwfuAjjLhyslsanbiVHZeOVU1Hiht3yBvLAHRaA/s1600-h/drama_LiarGame.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJRpY9dS2CPdt3ndy7zJhNgGIR1N_ZBqIJPUooOm2JAug_S9uqu-Rf0I-Qu7NNDD81uAEerrZVUZmYURCRzJDG3s0Yo4LXeRzKE8TzUwfuAjjLhyslsanbiVHZeOVU1Hiht3yBvLAHRaA/s400/drama_LiarGame.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310784332947297986" border="0" /></a>Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-14306453387419296472009-03-05T03:03:00.001-08:002009-03-05T03:16:23.235-08:00LOL. Just saw this. Thought I'd share. As a friend said, "this is what happens when the cameraman doesn't wear pants." XD<br /><br /><object width="400" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aHF_qAlWB8w&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aHF_qAlWB8w&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="295"></embed></object>Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-12367588637529281342009-02-23T00:39:00.000-08:002009-02-23T03:08:30.582-08:00VAMPS - I Gotta Kick Start Now<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8J5fGl6O47Do-5R2vsRoumVoSWosDv71oRj5oEiu6DHXF743Not1tk8M3wchS8ywnMCMeWLqjJa5VEQV5rAs9MSG2TzRElqTNmRb40oVccri2Q-IF7dMe9_6PLJPid5qio8WFyarFswM/s1600-h/XNVP-5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8J5fGl6O47Do-5R2vsRoumVoSWosDv71oRj5oEiu6DHXF743Not1tk8M3wchS8ywnMCMeWLqjJa5VEQV5rAs9MSG2TzRElqTNmRb40oVccri2Q-IF7dMe9_6PLJPid5qio8WFyarFswM/s400/XNVP-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305927306663041186" border="0" /></a><br />Vamps is the collaboration band of L'aruku's singer Hyde and KAZ from Oblivion Dust and Hide with Spread Beaver. Their second single I GOTTA KICK START NOW is set for release on March 13 2009, although its available for preorder, and the PV is already out too. Oh yeah, and the initial pressing comes with a bonus postcard.<br /><br />Hmm. I don't like to slag any musicians, although to be honest, I was a little disappointed when Love Addict (their first single) was released. It didn't have that same 'bang' as Hyde's other solo stuff - didn't get that same rush like when I hear Masquerade or Season's Call - or L'arc~en~Ciel. But that's just my opinion. All the same, I still got pretty excited when I found out about this second relaease. Its a lot better. Actually, let me edit that. Hahah, hearing it the first time I was a bit skeptical, kinda "...ehh?...". Halfway through it was like, "hey, this isn't too bad."<br />I absolutely love this song after hearing it a few more times XD<br /><br />Hyde seems to take a harder, more raw hard rock sound in his vocals with Vamps. The start isn't too memorable, melody-wise at least. But I found I GOTTA KICK START NOW starting to grow on me the more I listened. Most of the song feels like it revolves just around the chorus. Which isn't a bad thing. Reminds me a bit of the Foo Fighters' Learn to Fly.<br /><br />The PV... I don't quite get, but liked it anyways. It features Hyde and Kaz playing in some pretty cool leather jackets as well as stock footage of a rocket, skateboarding, and a guy falling down a mountain, among other things. All in all, its something new worth listening to. :)<br /><br /><object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D-kBweXqApo&hl=en&fs=1&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D-kBweXqApo&hl=en&fs=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object><br />(Hah. Making full use of my newly learned video embedding skills. I am such a technological idiot. XD)<br /><br />Trouble is the retardedly catchy electro-rock b-side sung completely in English. Its a funny track. Sounds semi-danceable lol. Just listen to it. On the sidebar, as usual.<br /><br />One last thing. Vamps also have a 2-disc live DVD entitled VAMPS LIVE 2008 that came up for release on February 4th. The tracklist consists of a lot of Hyde's solo works. We finally get to see Hyde play his own version of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P1zDAbWBiQ">Glamorous Sky</a> :D<br />The <a href="http://www.myspace.com/vampsofficial">vampsofficial myspace</a> has more details eh. Man do they have a lot of street teams.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg938Wtv5qJzcy-BCMPhSFcqXO6oMxNg9j-Ei7XbhTwredfN9NUhBkR7NzMwlNioyjBqXlhyphenhyphenRBZwquzC7KybTmyc7ssQhO_Upii2INHmXjiXBqaBIoRLNz2ybIXMEQTGsEwrzZ23qSDUzM/s1600-h/l_e872b185618a39051325765f1243058b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg938Wtv5qJzcy-BCMPhSFcqXO6oMxNg9j-Ei7XbhTwredfN9NUhBkR7NzMwlNioyjBqXlhyphenhyphenRBZwquzC7KybTmyc7ssQhO_Upii2INHmXjiXBqaBIoRLNz2ybIXMEQTGsEwrzZ23qSDUzM/s400/l_e872b185618a39051325765f1243058b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305935004912128562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br />[Credits to <a href="http://4cielers.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/vamps-i-gotta-kick-start-now/">4cielers</a><a href="http://4cielers.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/vamps-i-gotta-kick-start-now/">.com</a> for the link to the Glamorous Sky vid.]</span>Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-56948104943555403252009-02-21T02:12:00.000-08:002009-02-21T02:23:47.968-08:00Sugizo - Drop it Like its HotWhoever made this is brilliant.<br /><br /><object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Nbw7D5hOWs&hl=en&fs=1&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Nbw7D5hOWs&hl=en&fs=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object>Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-5761235066682026332009-02-15T03:54:00.000-08:002009-02-23T04:08:42.059-08:00LUNA SEA - I For You<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbhsVHPPR_VnkPlKxrVg6qIiJrsYYr4Yri2ux4e6_2tGvNijS_qlbCqEbVNxx6N9KfiGtI6wUnTkn5sOOJYUFvZa4ZQqNqW78EDY0Qsn8M8doYPVjb_pesPQDIThndHJlKoeFhRYyoNo/s1600-h/5140a1909fa01defdd02b110.L.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbhsVHPPR_VnkPlKxrVg6qIiJrsYYr4Yri2ux4e6_2tGvNijS_qlbCqEbVNxx6N9KfiGtI6wUnTkn5sOOJYUFvZa4ZQqNqW78EDY0Qsn8M8doYPVjb_pesPQDIThndHJlKoeFhRYyoNo/s400/5140a1909fa01defdd02b110.L.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303031779419525522" border="0" /></a><br />Happy Valentines Day! (Only one day late this time XD). For the event, gonna **hijack and reproduce** <a href="http://renaye.nutang.com/">renaye</a>'s idea for a music special to commemorate the day (hope she doesn't mind!!). I need to add a disclaimer here about the pure cheesiness that'll inevitably come in this post, so don't mind me. It's just a one off thing. Drunk in the mood. Or whatever. Although i'm not even remotely much of a romanticist at all. LOL. I'm really going to hate myself for potentially doing injustice to this one in the morning.<br /><br />Yeah, I was thinking about what song to do, and there's a few I think'd be a nice match for the event. Y'kno, songs where you get that intangible rush listening to, albeit not being in a sexual way, but because it means something to you - can spend all night getting nostalgically sentimental and reminiscing about the good times in life and feeling old, or whatever. Rather than those calculated to be a popular song for the moment.<br /><br />Okay. I really need to stop these incessant Luna Sea posts. Although I still recommend 'I For You'. This was the second Luna Sea song that I heard. Not really sad, although on the other hand it'd be a crime to call it a happy song too. Hmm, hard to pinpoint, although it fits the mood. Just listen to it if you haven't before. Even if you can't understand the lyrics, because sometimes music is more about the feeling, y'kno? In that sense you can really appreciate it.<br /><br />I love the contrast between the dirty crunch of SUGIZO's guitar and that ethereal clean tone Inoran gets in the intro. That's what really hooked me onto it. A beautiful song. Right from beginning to end, with all of the guitar fills and the solo in between. The background strings are also a nice touch that you don't usually see in their music. Some of Luna Sea at their best :) The PV is pretty breathtaking too with that sweeping rush across just endless scenery. Heck, if I ever get married, this will definitely be playing. Well... gotta find a girl that can stand me for more than 10 minutes first.lol >_>. Just kidding. Oh, yeah, and it was also used as the opening to the drama <span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="t_nihongo_kanji"><span lang="ja">神様 もう少しだ (</span></span></span>Precious Time).<br /><br />Anyways, hope you enjoy!<br /><br /><object width="400" height="345"><param value="http://media.imeem.com/v/2B2wU1rtlP/aus=false/pv=2" name="movie"><param value="true" name="allowFullScreen"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/v/2B2wU1rtlP/aus=false/pv=2" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="345"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.imeem.com/lollllllllll/video/1yUcobek/luna_sea_i_for_you_music_video/">I for you - LUNA SEA</a><br />[Finally figured how to embed this thing.]<br /><br /><br />I For You<span style="color: rgb(187, 187, 187);"><br />----------<br /><br /></span>ORIGINAL LYRICS: LUNA SEA<br />----------------------------------<br />You told me<br />That you couldn't love anybody<br />I finally realised what you meant<br />When I saw that you were afraid of everybody<br /><br />How ironic is it<br />If us two met<br />only to get hurt?<br /><br />With all my heart<br />I have to tell you this<br />All I want to see is the real YOU<br /><br />You still don't smile very well<br />Because even now, you still wear sadness around you<br /><br />If the only reason I was born<br />was so I could meet you,<br />do you think I'll be able to change everything?<br /><br />With all my heart<br />I have to tell you this<br />We're hurt, but we've still got time<br />With all my love<br />I love you<br />I want to wipe away<br />All the pain that falls on you<br /> I for You<br /><br />With all my heart<br />I have to tell you this<br />If only you could smile at me like that<br />forever...<br />With all my love<br />I love you<br />I want to gather every piece of light<br />and give it all to you<br /> I for You<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">[credits: translations by ami taken from http://www.geocities.co.jp/MusicStar-Piano/1957/lyrics/index.html<br />and also to renaye from speak to my finger for the idea for this post.]</span>Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-22369853776067770992009-02-07T04:46:00.000-08:002009-02-07T06:03:17.268-08:00Empire of the Sun - Walking On A Dream<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYF5OlQncRQQlaSinw8nn2cTdazTJ09tMtBkwnsyMpASLq5UEcTa3hsJ5vsEV95ktvpY49OEFWtKZWq4V8fgNf3m2afTY7QL00QCgH1ZRSBnnqvUNZ62gUThXj-nm7MrrQ0s_LHg1fTg/s1600-h/l_19ceac883dee462cae1fcaf00d46cb50.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 394px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYF5OlQncRQQlaSinw8nn2cTdazTJ09tMtBkwnsyMpASLq5UEcTa3hsJ5vsEV95ktvpY49OEFWtKZWq4V8fgNf3m2afTY7QL00QCgH1ZRSBnnqvUNZ62gUThXj-nm7MrrQ0s_LHg1fTg/s400/l_19ceac883dee462cae1fcaf00d46cb50.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300038257048079506" border="0" /></a>[Somehow this picture makes me think of Indiana Jones :S]<br /><br />Hey hey, this one's a more recent single by another Aussie-based group - Empire of the Sun. Walking on a dream. It's a pretty damn addictively epic song. Been stuck in my head for the past few weeks already. A mix of pop, electroacoustic and alt, as their myspace page says. The video's pretty cool too, filmed in Shanghai. Kinda inspires me to go there some day :D. I like it eh. You don't usually see so much of the Chinese side of things. Only other video I can think of from the top of my head is probably, whatsitcalled, that 30 Seconds to Mars song - From Yesterday.<br /><br />Anyways, Walking On A Dream is also the name of their debut album and came out pretty recently too. Another thing added to my list of things yet to get. In the meantime i've been listening to them through streams and the radio lol. XD Yeah, check it out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmM2RwlxGt0&feature=related">here </a>and tell me what say you :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuIcvht2pns8eLWlxP-RVycFODbwMNvIymbbeHgN8QKrm-d6HQfjC0zpRkXsCyF-96mjOpPpddHkGyEFmtxBxfmk5_jPlihdijtM_eyP1wJ3-c4vM1FXq5y5R76wFq_u26jGe6eEuGKc/s1600-h/l_6c55970dbc6b48bda1a1c1ff6e5a07d1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 394px; height: 485px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuIcvht2pns8eLWlxP-RVycFODbwMNvIymbbeHgN8QKrm-d6HQfjC0zpRkXsCyF-96mjOpPpddHkGyEFmtxBxfmk5_jPlihdijtM_eyP1wJ3-c4vM1FXq5y5R76wFq_u26jGe6eEuGKc/s400/l_6c55970dbc6b48bda1a1c1ff6e5a07d1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300045273888335618" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Walking on a Dream</b></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuIcvht2pns8eLWlxP-RVycFODbwMNvIymbbeHgN8QKrm-d6HQfjC0zpRkXsCyF-96mjOpPpddHkGyEFmtxBxfmk5_jPlihdijtM_eyP1wJ3-c4vM1FXq5y5R76wFq_u26jGe6eEuGKc/s1600-h/l_6c55970dbc6b48bda1a1c1ff6e5a07d1.jpg"></a> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Walking on a dream<br />How can I explain<br />Talking to myself<br />Will I see again</p><br /><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We are always running for the thrill of it, thrill of it<br />Always pushing up the hill<br />Searching for the thrill of it<br />On and on and on we are calling out and out again<br />Never looking down I’m just in awe of what’s in front of me</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Is it real now<br />When two people become one<br />I can feel it<br />When two people become one</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thought I’d never see<br />The love you found in me<br />Now it’s changing all the time<br />Living in a rhythm where the minutes working overtime</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We are always running for the thrill of it, thrill of it<br />Always pushing up the hill<br />Searching for the thrill of it<br />On and on and on we are calling out and out again<br />Never looking down I’m just in awe of what’s in front of me</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Is it real now<br />When two people become one<br />I can feel it<br />When two people become one</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Catch me I’m falling down</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Don’t stop just keep going on<br />I’m your shoulder lean upon<br />So come on deliver from inside<br />All we got is tonight that is right ‘til first light</p><span style="font-size:78%;">(credits: lyrics from their site - <a href="http://www.walkingonadream.com.au/">http://www.walkingonadream.com.au/</a> - free remix of the song on there too :D<br />images: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/empireofthesunsound">http://www.myspace.com/empireofthesunsound</a>)</span>Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-78991879944568958312009-02-04T04:19:00.000-08:002009-02-04T05:08:44.373-08:00Sneaky Sound System - Pictures<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3FY8noMAyxLJqbYak8mrPoBNdJnnAMogM3EBCTylF9D7frtkf1-3z9msH4bYaGysgHIwtj7-FZrROR0viGwPoSZlFm7EBCT5T6fAX1d7eB8J7rIZASxfQSp6FYcMkhJoLBLk5gBaoLc/s1600-h/l_8b9ec38a05376372d68150f9171711ad.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3FY8noMAyxLJqbYak8mrPoBNdJnnAMogM3EBCTylF9D7frtkf1-3z9msH4bYaGysgHIwtj7-FZrROR0viGwPoSZlFm7EBCT5T6fAX1d7eB8J7rIZASxfQSp6FYcMkhJoLBLk5gBaoLc/s400/l_8b9ec38a05376372d68150f9171711ad.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298918729531011282" border="0" /></a><br />Heya. A bit out of the usual vein of music on this blog, but yeah. Just wanted to recommend a electro/pop/house track by a Sydney based Aussie group called Sneaky Sound System. From their self titled album that came out all the way back in the later half of '06. Pictures. Good as. :) I quite like their other stuff too.<br /><br />Btw. Still haven't figured out how to embed videos and music to stream, so in the meantime i'll just add a link to it. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWVDRMGkkMc">Here</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2U4AA-oYr3ZH6wbcyXTKb3QW4kBLkij42KWMT_dn5ApzqWylqmPyZ4qHmLwHVQwbsEKFG8fp-_1gRlXmTopjsVDhUB5tWd_jjSUudJmK2thVoigYsVvj1w6U0fZ1Iw0iiViRe8aqB380/s1600-h/l_c4843330e58c5a3c8478aeaaf215914a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2U4AA-oYr3ZH6wbcyXTKb3QW4kBLkij42KWMT_dn5ApzqWylqmPyZ4qHmLwHVQwbsEKFG8fp-_1gRlXmTopjsVDhUB5tWd_jjSUudJmK2thVoigYsVvj1w6U0fZ1Iw0iiViRe8aqB380/s400/l_c4843330e58c5a3c8478aeaaf215914a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298917952201876962" border="0" /></a><br />This will probably be stuck in your head for the next few days or so. :P<br /><br />Light, of course,<br />Like a flicker in my left eye<br />Push, move,<br />Could be perfect if you walk by<br /><br />I've got lots of pictures in my head,<br />You'd better not turn off the projector ... ooohhh<br />And I've got lots of pictures in my head,<br />You'd better not save them all for later<br /><br />Maybe I, oh get me on fire,<br />Could take your picture, oh you could get one too<br />And maybe I, oh get me on fire!<br />But keep me on, don't switch me off ... ooohhh<br /><br />You can't fight,<br />Oh what we do what we<br />Can't do it solo,<br />But you've got what tickles for me<br /><br />I've got lots of pictures in my head,<br />You'd better not turn off the projector ... ooohhh<br />And I've got lots of pictures in my head,<br />You'd better not save them all for later<br /><br />Maybe I, oh get me on fire,<br />Could take your picture, oh you could get one too<br />And maybe I, oh get me on fire,<br />But keep me on, don't switch me off ...<br /><br />Maybe I, oh get me on fire,<br />Could take your picture, oh you could get one too<br />And maybe I, oh get me on fire,<br />But keep me on, don't switch me off ...<br /><br />Keep me on, don't switch me off ...<br />Keep me on, don't switch me off ...<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">credits: lyrics from http://www.onlylyrics.com/song.php?id=1004602</span>Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-66079694352072196522009-01-20T01:23:00.001-08:002009-02-04T05:06:51.278-08:00[late revival for 2-0-0-9?]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLBuko5nl5k7BqpVZs8qovMXHuQp6p6ZltzN4MXrzxMhOgQDMWICjld6QblJzYNw8l0tJISVOkMDlfcbdPgVLQ7GOVHNjCe4D-iBbs8SYQu7J8mBcCtd56QABTd94dFAz6_y5OO19HwA/s1600-h/Djozma_300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 399px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLBuko5nl5k7BqpVZs8qovMXHuQp6p6ZltzN4MXrzxMhOgQDMWICjld6QblJzYNw8l0tJISVOkMDlfcbdPgVLQ7GOVHNjCe4D-iBbs8SYQu7J8mBcCtd56QABTd94dFAz6_y5OO19HwA/s400/Djozma_300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293711057257872962" border="0" /></a><br />Hey yo. It's been awhile. Nothing like DJ OZMA to start 2009 eh :D. I've been pretty quiet around here these days. Even though its the end of year break i've been preoccupied with things, so kinda neglected -beats- for quite awhile already. Partially because i'm a bit of a lazy #$%^&*(*&^$% too. But man, 2008 came round and went by fast. Heck, even these holidays are drawing to an end soon. I'm not too sure where this post is going, but thought i'd drop by to say an extremely belated happy new year to everyone checking by as well. So, Happy New Year!<br /><br />New years resolutions? I'm not really a fan of them, since I have some pretty bad commitment issues. But if people are still reading here, i'll try and be more consistent with -beats-. And less y'kno...random month++ long hiatusses. No guarantees though, XD<br /><br />As for whatsup lately, earlier this break I went overseas. Picked up some nice cds, so **hopefully** that'll be something to rant about. Hahah, stupid things still have a habit of being attracted to me, although not as bad as inhaling mints. I was using the free internet at the airport since I had a few hours to kill before my flight. The guy using the computer before me for some reason had the font size on super large. So anyways, I click into <a href="http://unchained.nu/secondblossoming/">SB's blog</a> to see whatsup, since he's moved it over to unchained.nu now and the first thing that comes up extra large is "OUR SECOND BLOSSOMING. an emotional paedophile's music blog". The guy next to me took his kids hand and gives me a queer as look. Speaking of SB, shouts to him for the second banner! :) And also to wherever the original image is from. (Sorry eh, can't remember where its from).<br /><br />Oh yeah, on the sidebar I chucked on a few widgets - from Inoran's new album and the movie Bokuchu - thinking about writing a bit about em in future posts. I probably should have said this earlier, but sometimes the Inoran widget will pop up; there's a small X in the top right hand corner if you want to close it, otherwise it'll just link to the PV of his latest single, Senneka.<br /><br />OKOK. One last thing. Not sure if its right or not, but since OPV no longer exists I just transferred the two posts I wrote for it into here. Alrighty, off to sleep on my next post. Peace out.Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-58080621776776398552008-12-12T06:55:00.000-08:002009-02-23T03:49:35.326-08:00Online Purchasing Days: HandMC - Remember & Luna Sea - Mafuyu no Yagai/Manatsu no Yagai<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegDZGQrjMm-vcXwbiH4DzO0D3RAfOuzUldz9Imca7Bz3SxcaNiDr_Suws6472FiaYOLyb_vuIBNxHZoGx_asfUz6Hyyrkf8tV__L9vEwa8dHtHrffR-YvZlaRLPTjLyxd8dJYPueq140/s1600-h/DSC01856.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegDZGQrjMm-vcXwbiH4DzO0D3RAfOuzUldz9Imca7Bz3SxcaNiDr_Suws6472FiaYOLyb_vuIBNxHZoGx_asfUz6Hyyrkf8tV__L9vEwa8dHtHrffR-YvZlaRLPTjLyxd8dJYPueq140/s400/DSC01856.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277179614092524658" border="0" /></a><br />I recently got High and Mighty Color's single, Remember and the two Luna Sea concerts off cdjapan. Preordered them around mid September when they were first announced for release. They arrived a few weeks ago in the mail. Was pretty good timing too - shipped on the 11th - the day my exams finished and came like 3 days later (on air mail). Hahah, I probably could have done better with my study plan though, since hearing about these releases completely erased any thoughts of 'exam' or 'read. textbooks.' from my mind. Of course, I should have done a little better in exams in the end, but bah, what's done is done lol. Both of these artists probably deserve their own posts, but yeah. Just a warning eh, brace yourself for one heckuva long (and hopefully interesting) post. I'll try not to ramble on too much XD<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8psaG3zirSgaC9nYgEbp2laDl70ovWIU_ZOGB6fZP6NOpks63hakWMwro9NJtCIkAjmJ0izLbwkThKG25m9vQmdtlYxboISuwSHel-KhbpsW0u40OfwGg8PRWC2InXXISrDb-XgE_Hk/s1600-h/SECL-704.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8psaG3zirSgaC9nYgEbp2laDl70ovWIU_ZOGB6fZP6NOpks63hakWMwro9NJtCIkAjmJ0izLbwkThKG25m9vQmdtlYxboISuwSHel-KhbpsW0u40OfwGg8PRWC2InXXISrDb-XgE_Hk/s400/SECL-704.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277181923633230482" border="0" /></a><br />Remember. Earlier this year HandMC announced that it was going to be their final single with Mak, as she would be leaving due to her marriage. All good things come to an end at some point, but this one was way, way too soon. They're at pretty much the pinnacle of their career with Rock Pit and Hot Limit which came out not too long ago!! Its a bummer because they were one of the first j-bands that I got into in 2005, so to see their original lineup part broken now is kinda sad. But at the same time its been great to see how they've progressed with each new release they've brought out.<br /><br />Ohh man. I refused to listen to Remember till the single arrived - didn't even stream it, so i'm way late on the scene. Although i'm too bothered though since it's the limited edition version that was reserved for me. Hahah. With the bumper sticker. Hell yeah. The wait was worth it too, because, well, the single is that good. The first thing I noticed about the title track is it has the same experimental rock feel that got me addicted to them in the beginning with Goover. Maki's vocals are, as always, beautiful and come in strong from the opening - then the rest of the band kicks in - and Yuusuke brings back his machinegun vocals again too. MEG and Kazuto are at their incendiary best, particularly with the dual guitars solo. And it wouldn't be complete without Sassy on drums and Mackaz on his bass. I like the instrumental version as well. It highlights all the smaller things which aren't always obvious, from the background guitar harmonics right through to the strings that underly the vocals.<br /><br />The b-side, 花ふぶき is a softer ballad. It brings to mind the same relaxing feel as Dreams and Tadoritsuku Basho. I may potentially be killed for what i'm about to say, but yeah, to be honest, it didn't really stand out for me that too that much. Don't get me wrong though, 花ふぶき is a great song in its own right, its just i've never really been much of a fan for ballads. Its nice, slightly melancholic, but in a way uplifting at the same time. Bah, I'm not really sure how to put it. A genuine farewell song. :)<br /><br />The PRIDE(LIVE MIX 2008). What to say. Pride was their first single, and the one that exploded them into fame as the Gundam opening. The live mix is done so well that if it wasn't for the giveaway in the title, it could probably pass as a studio recorded version. Heck, I would love to see a video of them at this performance. Of course, being a live, the instruments come out a lot more distinctly - you can hear the full crunch of the distortion effect on MEG and Kazuto's guitars. I also love it how the Maki's voice comes out stronger as well. Hearing it, you can really appreciate her talent as a singer. Actually, their talent as a whole band. Hahah, it sounds like Yuusuke really goes nuts in the pre-solo too. I suppose lives usually sound so good because they're not edited to perfection, but its the little unrehearsed improvisations that make it so much better.<br /><br />Although Maki's leaving the band, its only the end of an era for High and Mighty Color. I'm glad she went out/is leaving with a bang. Ending with such an epic, epic single will definitely leave her in our memories for a long time to come. Most other HandMC fans have probably heard this all already, but if by chance you haven't, damn, you're missing out (<a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/high%20and%20mighty%20color%20remember/music/">here's a stream link</a> :D). All the best to Maki and hoping she revives her career in the future! And can't wait to see if the new singer lives up to the benchmark she set. :D<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmhrLowAE82yhhNRHgBVCEdljrRLtxHsXLfv1a0kDY6AaHAu8jYF5uye6eW9uJUhOSXVxohCtLMKnJ9aBO48eUwCR__7fdn92qPk72KTlGBt-1-K0-Et1p_Hmh4bwfe17rqu42hZAZhM/s1600-h/UPBH-20010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmhrLowAE82yhhNRHgBVCEdljrRLtxHsXLfv1a0kDY6AaHAu8jYF5uye6eW9uJUhOSXVxohCtLMKnJ9aBO48eUwCR__7fdn92qPk72KTlGBt-1-K0-Et1p_Hmh4bwfe17rqu42hZAZhM/s400/UPBH-20010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277181915787910562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hasoe586tR0meCEgq5SmodfYBIThXXcO5wzPubJfHAaz1fFOR7JAPTHyKj-86OI0In7C_riZybeOuyS65ockSI1KEyoCDqeTYqlDcYZ6l9YYDIaqhOsersHzYJ6zVtBekHfgwF8HSmA/s1600-h/UPBH-29018.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hasoe586tR0meCEgq5SmodfYBIThXXcO5wzPubJfHAaz1fFOR7JAPTHyKj-86OI0In7C_riZybeOuyS65ockSI1KEyoCDqeTYqlDcYZ6l9YYDIaqhOsersHzYJ6zVtBekHfgwF8HSmA/s400/UPBH-29018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277181919298369394" border="0" /></a><br />Luna Sea. Hahah, what to say about them. Way too much to cram into one post. I think its safe to say that Luna Sea are another of my most favorite bands. Anyways, when SB linked me the Remember single, I was browsing around other stuff and this caught my eye:<br /><br />"Limited-time, priced-down reissue available only until December 29, 2008."<br />(If you're intending on getting them, do it soon!!!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenzt4Ivnla7WRCiWRtHDD2gWlEL-krpQdBAfniXZKfOsvrO7nasBzygPcAu39o-1tWZ80q9wSusEtzAiM91nBcGutesPBRDbneaKHVl_y-uH87_NiA4jHfOVnHqC-pTYHOcEqfBprn9Q/s1600-h/DSC01862.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenzt4Ivnla7WRCiWRtHDD2gWlEL-krpQdBAfniXZKfOsvrO7nasBzygPcAu39o-1tWZ80q9wSusEtzAiM91nBcGutesPBRDbneaKHVl_y-uH87_NiA4jHfOVnHqC-pTYHOcEqfBprn9Q/s400/DSC01862.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277179612656809554" border="0" /></a><br />This was the description of cdjapan for Mafuyu no Yagai and Manatsu no Yagai, which were re-released in specially limited 'priced down DVD editions. Normally their stuff is hella expensive - their 2007 One Night Dejavu concert (which i'm still figuring out how to fund) at 8500 yen - roughly USD$90.46. Like the sticker says, "GET HAPPY!". HEECK YEAH. Happy is a chronic understatement. If my memory doesn't fail me, they were about USD$15.00 at the time. :D Although the price tag didn't look so pretty after adding all the shipping costs. But for sure, it is something to go nuts over. Hahah, now with the recent dollar crash in my part of the world, they've probably tripled in price.<br /><br />Mafuyu no Yagai and Manatsu no Yagai are two of Luna Sea's legendary concerts from their 1996 Unending Style and 1998 Revival tours respectively. They're both filmed at the Yokohama Bowl, so I guess they kinda make up a set. Which i'm now the proud owner of. Bahahah. I've been pumping these two concerts in the living room tv almost every day since they arrived. Although had to cool off more recently because parents are starting to get monumentally irritated. XD<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJmk4NjekB686W9ek3gOZ3f-3GJiexZVL9r8ZPa9c54wgMNAAJ22dMSi3GTVr-VZUgCSLnW1I0AIIgaaYvMY-TGE9_j7CKnCt8NkDSZmZR8PU0w3aGVMh6FHKEKrckJKt1DqE2rwrWGc/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJmk4NjekB686W9ek3gOZ3f-3GJiexZVL9r8ZPa9c54wgMNAAJ22dMSi3GTVr-VZUgCSLnW1I0AIIgaaYvMY-TGE9_j7CKnCt8NkDSZmZR8PU0w3aGVMh6FHKEKrckJKt1DqE2rwrWGc/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278030286056737602" border="0" /></a><br />Yeah, I guess what i'm trying to say is that as a band Luna Sea have really great dynamics. Until now, barring what's available on youtube, i've mainly only listened to their Period: the best selection album. But man was I blown away. They put on a really good show. There aren't any 'filler tracks' in their performances so to speak, like I find with some other concerts I've watched (no names here). And whoa, Ryuichi is an amazing singer, both in studio and performing live. You can really hear the charisma in his vocals, and the Sugizo-Inoran pair on lead and rhythm guitar is always riveting, especially when they do I For You and Breathe.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIA6qEKYgCJGGvU8LRPzDwcgXg3vxRpKFTfP4cytnhH0OeQnoAZDwvhCxmIVXUxqaxIfVgYYXuVAHZOmLmwg6aMRLWC5c7-zGI4J5AqxuyNQISnFPZgvdn__opbECuodaSfo9v3Q8oBDs/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIA6qEKYgCJGGvU8LRPzDwcgXg3vxRpKFTfP4cytnhH0OeQnoAZDwvhCxmIVXUxqaxIfVgYYXuVAHZOmLmwg6aMRLWC5c7-zGI4J5AqxuyNQISnFPZgvdn__opbECuodaSfo9v3Q8oBDs/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278031610853590898" border="0" /></a><br />Hmm, if I had to pick out my favorites, on the '96 concert, I would have to say its definitely between Hurt and In Silence which were the standout tracks for me. Hurt is a heavier track from their album Style with a slight punkish edge with an addictive guitar riffs and chorus. I especially like ;In Silence; too - J's bass comes through nicely in it, particularly in the bridge. In the '98 concert, Storm and Shine. Enough said.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IaFcu316g-5hk8ZkCFxN5yKdhXb77I1pphY3O5ISdymc3z-ZUT2mNDwp4OEszWbGqV4EWk7mlNj80DX0w7s9hw_qOTL5glxE-0l_F5_44nZz9cpgRems-Ub-NrSkn70n66YNEaTFSPQ/s1600-h/4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IaFcu316g-5hk8ZkCFxN5yKdhXb77I1pphY3O5ISdymc3z-ZUT2mNDwp4OEszWbGqV4EWk7mlNj80DX0w7s9hw_qOTL5glxE-0l_F5_44nZz9cpgRems-Ub-NrSkn70n66YNEaTFSPQ/s400/4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278057510443471666" border="0" /></a><br />One of the coolest parts was also Shinya's drum solo in the 1996 concert, which is damn notable. Hahah, it's a bit gimmicky I guess. But he plays in a rotating drum kit suspended in the air with thousands of fans screaming his name. So cool. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmg1AWyiZdc&feature=related">Check it out</a> (It wasn't me that uploaded it btw), although the quality's not that great its still cool to watch all the same.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHt_kx33nPaoy5rTaKRAOSQqBHYeCW94Tzcmp-ZPBLPrt0-GL9vBj0_EszPcOPoT4gzrL8aDW0gTIUhS34h_PNt_D4JdIZ1fQ32I3QgFFg7r-U0P6MAQI3TGPKX5c8Z9chxVz6N6ijwXE/s1600-h/10.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHt_kx33nPaoy5rTaKRAOSQqBHYeCW94Tzcmp-ZPBLPrt0-GL9vBj0_EszPcOPoT4gzrL8aDW0gTIUhS34h_PNt_D4JdIZ1fQ32I3QgFFg7r-U0P6MAQI3TGPKX5c8Z9chxVz6N6ijwXE/s400/10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278057767351441122" border="0" /></a><br />I think there must have been a pretty good job of remastering done too, because even though the concerts were filmed over what, 10 years ago? they still look great. You can tell the '96 concert was quite awhile ago at times, especially since HD's come out lol, but its nothing too major. And the sound quality. Is brilliant :D<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikz2Mj8AMmTv4-6ENEe3WtdMStCgIbBBrfvzQbizkrxTm-l_stJ_ITflDBRgoWCoJi3yLDyuQI9fU8BYs9P0UVHbzQeVInnazlKfioAZOIbfAbGj9T1aNZQ2lzdGj0Wof04HZmJglxfx4/s1600-h/4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikz2Mj8AMmTv4-6ENEe3WtdMStCgIbBBrfvzQbizkrxTm-l_stJ_ITflDBRgoWCoJi3yLDyuQI9fU8BYs9P0UVHbzQeVInnazlKfioAZOIbfAbGj9T1aNZQ2lzdGj0Wof04HZmJglxfx4/s400/4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278030287862412594" border="0" /></a>Damn the screencaps took ages to do (I kinda suck at making them) Actually, it probably took longer choosing which ones to cut out lol. So hope you all enjoy! :) Heck, I got a bit triggerhappy doing them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJbk0R5cIoohW_BHg1G-0Rs3r3NjCgi0xF4TwKGbl_gpUHW65go7QbNyIP8X3r7j1ggu3s8cKvct4hCoSjCiHzuvB7L8q0zKgTuIeRMApkrz_q1ZV_HQtuXCJ9nw6jVJUi-vL8tqa28Q/s1600-h/3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJbk0R5cIoohW_BHg1G-0Rs3r3NjCgi0xF4TwKGbl_gpUHW65go7QbNyIP8X3r7j1ggu3s8cKvct4hCoSjCiHzuvB7L8q0zKgTuIeRMApkrz_q1ZV_HQtuXCJ9nw6jVJUi-vL8tqa28Q/s400/3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278031606117972018" border="0" /></a>All in all, these two make up some very memorable awesomeness on disc. They run for over 2 hours, with about 22 tracks on each. Man, am I starting to sound like a salesman or what....<br />Anyways, to sum it up, I would definitely recommend them to anyone into Luna Sea! Definitely would not regret getting them. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0FrVMZLqTGXukVb4d9G8A1NtW2DO9rvpo1nzjmkJe1ljDzqjc6ZbKCtbi1bViTU2UhyC0tevgoUwTyxALlBSlNPyUHirvKH8joAQZG2ToGRWqzKzQl65iz1zshRtG0E5ppJX68_o6zI/s1600-h/2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0FrVMZLqTGXukVb4d9G8A1NtW2DO9rvpo1nzjmkJe1ljDzqjc6ZbKCtbi1bViTU2UhyC0tevgoUwTyxALlBSlNPyUHirvKH8joAQZG2ToGRWqzKzQl65iz1zshRtG0E5ppJX68_o6zI/s400/2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278079025018630882" border="0" /></a>Sugizo is always so photogenically cool.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1yVmo4qAtD4MA6VgAZcYffKgTcuLh5ijMRnJW8XsmttSiaiEfnf79EuQDqVDEolxX0wmL2srExIC2o8nyh4WIweQpHKJTC8i4yyjb40-_oP9t8vTtxeHMWwMZ2CdYDS7jDv4Ytw53OEk/s1600-h/9.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1yVmo4qAtD4MA6VgAZcYffKgTcuLh5ijMRnJW8XsmttSiaiEfnf79EuQDqVDEolxX0wmL2srExIC2o8nyh4WIweQpHKJTC8i4yyjb40-_oP9t8vTtxeHMWwMZ2CdYDS7jDv4Ytw53OEk/s400/9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278057765520733986" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufedUQOWolGF-9jcZKP_PoqcleLQ92NT2H78SNdvbqY2wQU19I98a85ACXRXSR31r3cHRAV5eM-7sfe-ge19t7aEDPxN8y8YfG0GygDPKFQB8pvZbuKdslwk20xdb-7QwCncqPBOvKkg/s1600-h/8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufedUQOWolGF-9jcZKP_PoqcleLQ92NT2H78SNdvbqY2wQU19I98a85ACXRXSR31r3cHRAV5eM-7sfe-ge19t7aEDPxN8y8YfG0GygDPKFQB8pvZbuKdslwk20xdb-7QwCncqPBOvKkg/s400/8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278057758355487522" border="0" /></a>From the intro to Moon ('96 concert). It's really nice how they did the lighting in this one.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTCFA5M7TdZe3udYAXLoFQ4sLqyQqc1qWZrtgaW0x5ZA5AZOG-DDJQQ-USxsHm8mL-kUg7nfz1DnYqPViOf42X-2Nv4FKfM0KjP2d0hyphenhyphenGoH7GnsHOCvkXB1WYgJ-6dbkbEbqCoNKXcxA/s1600-h/7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTCFA5M7TdZe3udYAXLoFQ4sLqyQqc1qWZrtgaW0x5ZA5AZOG-DDJQQ-USxsHm8mL-kUg7nfz1DnYqPViOf42X-2Nv4FKfM0KjP2d0hyphenhyphenGoH7GnsHOCvkXB1WYgJ-6dbkbEbqCoNKXcxA/s400/7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278057756701229554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSd1W07tXEsL30-OQxaGTt_WUP-Wlog60_94WLFpj_y17fzTSuy4r8M3jnYzvdCc5NKXJ1cfg-O6Wm4-kwVK_wvWJmPZg5ALG6lkxf9ROJo4Iswht9HFnJ4yKDCBavjjvWe3qzD6Jzz8/s1600-h/6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSd1W07tXEsL30-OQxaGTt_WUP-Wlog60_94WLFpj_y17fzTSuy4r8M3jnYzvdCc5NKXJ1cfg-O6Wm4-kwVK_wvWJmPZg5ALG6lkxf9ROJo4Iswht9HFnJ4yKDCBavjjvWe3qzD6Jzz8/s400/6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278057754166289954" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Shinya during his drum solo ('96 concert). Damn cool. He's playing while 90 degrees.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwB1G6kcbqMNzMoGRf97UZiWsGXvpugE2oOMJwoY8qeahLHTIawy6Ij7PTFIXqRydIfA4_qZfBJvJdGBL6Q6TW5SXcrgGDt6_fy3em72Tp155pAMVjq0hVmxTpX3yRyWNbcjNb75ulHE/s1600-h/3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwB1G6kcbqMNzMoGRf97UZiWsGXvpugE2oOMJwoY8qeahLHTIawy6Ij7PTFIXqRydIfA4_qZfBJvJdGBL6Q6TW5SXcrgGDt6_fy3em72Tp155pAMVjq0hVmxTpX3yRyWNbcjNb75ulHE/s400/3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278031614484770866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFUOGEUTmcHCfVvyPOxeWEMTUHiRN4xOfoxIW_qsai4uijhI10BCyxVIczdL9at3_RxAGD-oYmKeEgNnFZ2KPoRPzQ7PemALVWarmvbzb67fwaDktabsO6OsFR_aUE8BNWDyC3oq9z9U/s1600-h/6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFUOGEUTmcHCfVvyPOxeWEMTUHiRN4xOfoxIW_qsai4uijhI10BCyxVIczdL9at3_RxAGD-oYmKeEgNnFZ2KPoRPzQ7PemALVWarmvbzb67fwaDktabsO6OsFR_aUE8BNWDyC3oq9z9U/s400/6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278031605381971522" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfykgUkhgRWTuZBfXVsf0mJhUFQNKsfOkZH2H9egnXs8IAYHahZHCyKsAhoSmHMbvJCc1ikMk5urmdcAcaG2nJQLTjwVC0zouFOkpFjZWaz3KfAvGSi8WPIZXk2eUtIMT5vI3s0zu35w4/s1600-h/15.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfykgUkhgRWTuZBfXVsf0mJhUFQNKsfOkZH2H9egnXs8IAYHahZHCyKsAhoSmHMbvJCc1ikMk5urmdcAcaG2nJQLTjwVC0zouFOkpFjZWaz3KfAvGSi8WPIZXk2eUtIMT5vI3s0zu35w4/s400/15.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278030294916142978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnKc4kOJU05bgLtoLEZvmbxljYDC2hpo3wlRqynjAvKMr6fE3lrZ1w3C4qQUu2lkd2b9EVr4mkJxve7bStSRUL2kywrks9c_sqhyphenhyphenelrEmKL0mrQdE77jHvFfbssZDdkHCqNLT7MkHxxQ/s1600-h/14.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnKc4kOJU05bgLtoLEZvmbxljYDC2hpo3wlRqynjAvKMr6fE3lrZ1w3C4qQUu2lkd2b9EVr4mkJxve7bStSRUL2kywrks9c_sqhyphenhyphenelrEmKL0mrQdE77jHvFfbssZDdkHCqNLT7MkHxxQ/s400/14.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278030287482720114" border="0" /></a><br />Credits and thanks go to SB for all of this yet again. From the initial "HOLY $%^&* LTD EDIT. OF HandMC'S REMEMBER OUT!!" to the "You're going to have to pay me back at some point, dammit, you lazy $%^&*&" and the "Okay okay i'll chuck in the Luna Sea's as well". Love the subtle message on the gift card too. XD<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw31X-hT_NDj029beOdXkd2XrmA2ssJiDB4eUD3cENWIWKJ4KaI8cMYRNl5SYqQP8IU37jQymzhmBK7VU8Yl1S7WyFKlA9BlzY6D5dOGFWk5kPIcYQoXJjzZSJY-F6E51iE-snlo0zaTc/s1600-h/untitled.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw31X-hT_NDj029beOdXkd2XrmA2ssJiDB4eUD3cENWIWKJ4KaI8cMYRNl5SYqQP8IU37jQymzhmBK7VU8Yl1S7WyFKlA9BlzY6D5dOGFWk5kPIcYQoXJjzZSJY-F6E51iE-snlo0zaTc/s400/untitled.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276860743367521842" border="0" /></a>Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-34777115765125581992008-09-04T19:45:00.000-07:002008-09-05T00:23:06.637-07:00ENDINGS, RETROSPECTS & NEW BEGINNINGS.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBz0fZCR4_oq6op4qna6T1CphWHKZRLoG7WOK51qHf5tNFDpWQc8ARgWsQCA-hwNS47b2kPD7wy1DrNmm2mK-FnbM7DRJv00seXh4pnNrl-4ja7FDiPVMf0jvk-sXWWgKA18LzdJlCXis/s1600-h/artistp.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 391px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBz0fZCR4_oq6op4qna6T1CphWHKZRLoG7WOK51qHf5tNFDpWQc8ARgWsQCA-hwNS47b2kPD7wy1DrNmm2mK-FnbM7DRJv00seXh4pnNrl-4ja7FDiPVMf0jvk-sXWWgKA18LzdJlCXis/s400/artistp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242131912318263906" border="0" /></a>This should have been posted waaaay sooner. Anyways, here goes. AAAAAALRIGHT!! DO AS INFINITY to reunite on the 29th of September! Gotta be the best news of the year! Exactly three years after their official breakup in '05. Now this is something worth partying like it's 1999 for. This was the band that started it all. Their timing was brilliant, since I've been starting to go back through my j-music roots these past few days. Oh yeah, they're coming back with a concert - Do As Infinity FREE LIVE - FREE SOUL! FREE SPIRITS! - on the 30th, later this month. I would so love to skip uni to see them live if I had the balls to skip uni right before exams, and the funds to haul my ass over. One of these days though. XD<br /><br />I think it was channelsurfing in a hotel room during one of the school holidays that I accidentally switched onto one of those popstation shows. Tomiko Van and Ryo Owatari were just coming out to promote their single, For the Future and play it live. After that, I found out that I already had Yesterday & Today on a compilation disc, but just never listened to it before. Man did I miss out. I'm not sure how to put into words why I like them so much, but yeah. I just heard them and was just like, whoa. And got into them like that. Nothing's changed. It's kinda funny thinking back about it now, because these were the events that started a long time infatuation with this band and this entire j-music obsession for me. And then came the good part of two years of whoring for all of their cd's, dvd's and memorabilia. I must have pissed off quite a few friends and cousins bugging them to hunt down stuff for me<w:view></w:view><w:trackmoves><w:trackformatting><w:punctuationkerning><w:validateagainstschemas><w:donotpromoteqf><w:compatibility><w:breakwrappedtables><w:snaptogridincell><w:wraptextwithpunct><w:useasianbreakrules><w:dontgrowautofit><w:splitpgbreakandparamark><w:dontvertaligncellwithsp><w:dontbreakconstrainedforcedtables><w:dontvertalignintxbx><w:word11kerningpairs><m:mathpr><m:mathfont val="Cambria Math"><m:brkbin val="before"><m:brkbinsub val="--"><m:smallfrac val="off"><m:dispdef><m:lmargin val="0"><m:rmargin val="0"><m:defjc val="centerGroup">. XD I owe <a href="http://secondblossoming.blogspot.com/">SB </a>quite a bit too, since he was the one that got about half of their albums for me when he went back. Plus all the news about them, songs, singles, everything. Cheers man. Good times.<br /><br />Hahah, it's probably stupid and cheesy to get so attached to a jpop/rock band. But I suppose the language barrier is one of those things that are irrelevant when it comes to good music eh. Probably the only song of theirs I can't stand on most days though is Ainouta. That damned violin tune! ...makes it too happy.... lol.<br /><br />I remember after they broke up, SB and I heard some idiot rumor that they would be releasing a final, final acoustic album of their songs after the last single TAO and the plethora of compilation albums. But the catch was that it was only available to fan club members. Damn. And we believed that too. We almost paid what, $30.00 US to join their fan club, AFTER Do As Infinity had broken up. Whatever b^&*(rd that posted that was a real fag lol. But yeah, when DAI went their separate ways it just wasn't the same eh. I bought Tomiko's Farewell album as soon as it came out. It was okay eh. You could say that she progressed to a more 'mature' style in it, that didn't really appeal to my tastes. Hahah, probably because there weren't any guitars come to think of it. Ryo went on to start up Missile Innovation. They followed on with a slightly more rockish sound and had some pretty decent stuff going on as well. I especially liked their punked up cover of Manic Monday by The Bangles and the funkier Odoro Yo Honey, which was their first single. Was some pretty cool stuff. I'm still not too sure what happened to them eh, but they seemed to have gone MIA after that first mini album. Amasia Landscape; I only vaguely recall SB saying they sounded like Japanese gospel music. And then I never heard anything more after that lol. I wonder if they're still around...?<br /><br />Oh yeah, their site's been completely redone now. Check it, there's details about that free concert on there (<a href="http://d-a-i.com/index.html">DO AS INFINITY OFFICIAL WEBSITE</a>). They've also pulled a new band together for the lives and stuff. It's a bit of a pity that most of the old Great Tour Band aren't coming back, because they genuinely looked like they had a good time together. The other half of me is thinking the new lineup looks damned cool as well lol. Also, there's no mention on there at all of their composer, Nagao Dai, so I wonder if he's coming back too? Although he's always been the guy that does his thing from the background. It would probably help if I could read Japanese lol. Whatever it is, we'll see what happens when the time comes eh. Man, I really can't wait to see what new stuff they're going to pull out next. :D<br /><br />As I come to the end of this post, it's currently 5 days after I started this post and nearing 12am. The tablespace next to me is stacked with my collection of DAI cd's which have been through some chronic re-loving after some semi-neglect this while. Im hoping that the bucket of yoghurt - a week past its 'best before' date - which I ate while coming up for inspiration for this post isn't going to have any significant effects on me later on. Damn it's hard deciding on what pics to use for this post. Gah stuff it. Enjoy them all. New album planned for release (their) next spring. That's one album i'm definitely planning on getting.<br /><br />Oh yeah, one more thing. Credits to SB again for this (and for putting up news of DAI's reunion on his msn name too). A-NATION '08 LIVE IS UP ON THEIR SITE. AND IT SOUNDS SO DAMN GOOOOOOOOOOD. Just like when we got into them. 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv58Y_a796gbf8oluvKOPS5Yg9lVrm2DnrBxknMGzya0Gg3FLl47zn8X0fXf7VqopfCtNfDBJU_iIzolFoWZ6LfjO3E1YaDsn4SNJi42M5gT77FrYztSFtP2XPnFfOLx3XAbEjw4LaenE/s400/artist.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242131914411709810" border="0" /></a></m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac></m:brkbinsub></m:brkbin></m:mathfont></m:mathpr></w:word11kerningpairs></w:dontvertalignintxbx></w:dontbreakconstrainedforcedtables></w:dontvertaligncellwithsp></w:splitpgbreakandparamark></w:dontgrowautofit></w:useasianbreakrules></w:wraptextwithpunct></w:snaptogridincell></w:breakwrappedtables></w:compatibility></w:donotpromoteqf></w:validateagainstschemas></w:punctuationkerning></w:trackformatting></w:trackmoves>Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-11527048714810048782008-08-26T04:20:00.000-07:002008-08-27T06:19:18.759-07:00OOOOKAAAYY!!! New banner on here now, thanks to <a href="http://secondblossoming.blogspot.com/">SB</a> who did it for me just now over msn. Heheh. Now I guess I don't have much excuse to be on this non-posting rut eh. :D (Yes. I know i've said this waaay too many times in the past and haven't done anything about it). Bahahah. I'll be bug him a lot more in the future to make more banners for me, since i'm technologically deficit and it took awhile to figure out how imageshack worked so I could get this up, so I shudder to think what would happen if I tried making it myself.<br /><br />The banner is of the brilliant green; for those of you who don't know, a great great band that everybody should listen to at least once. Well, I thnk so anyways. :D Taken from their 'angel song' era I think. Been listening to a few of their songs again, so maybe more on them in the upcoming week (or two)? In the meantime, i'm gonna get some well-needed rest so I get back in the writing mode. Of course, after that damned accounting assignment that's due tomorrow morning lol.Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-78115965085487057992008-08-14T05:10:00.000-07:002008-08-15T06:13:19.164-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVTqZ48DnIz1cz5tRyvzAOc9VPi9Ahqbi4uhxv_D0d-niOY4ZxXDOL_r7hLmJd2Sm-o97-povy_33iHKVP5u6fuh3DQqhVl1AVBrEK81ZPtBBQecqHMXE4PA0NogviInGCLXYfR2gAKg/s1600-h/gear-shadow1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVTqZ48DnIz1cz5tRyvzAOc9VPi9Ahqbi4uhxv_D0d-niOY4ZxXDOL_r7hLmJd2Sm-o97-povy_33iHKVP5u6fuh3DQqhVl1AVBrEK81ZPtBBQecqHMXE4PA0NogviInGCLXYfR2gAKg/s400/gear-shadow1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234679804764298482" border="0" /></a><br />Yeahhh, something to keep this place with some semblance of still being alive. Ahahah, I'm supposed to be doing my management essay at the moment, but it's 12am and what little interest I had in it to begin with is quickly beginning to fade.<br />Somehow I ended up on ultimate-guitar.com and I just remembered about this column post from there, "<span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/columns/junkyard/15_reasons_why_guitars_are_better_than_girlfriends.html">15 Reasons Why Guitars Are Better Than Girlfriends</a>". Man I have too much free time.<br /></span>Some feminists may want to kill me after this post. Thankfully, I think im still another annonymous entity online lol. I hope. It's pretty funny though. Whoever wrote it is a genius (unfortuantely I can't take credit for that though, lol).<br /><br />P.S. Sorry SB, this wasn't that post I was talking about.Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-62325027371064778992008-07-27T02:21:00.000-07:002008-07-28T01:21:41.209-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cF2R39taZkIvwI1MJGpvylP4TbqDZ9dLFYq-ggvYdNfj75MsVAd6cu2WZTxARp9wL9YRUmQb-klYgk751E4UvwNVS9ND5MXJXfFOl1JiYfdAhqSOu7dT3o3PKkiwn_w6LTXvf8pt5y4/s1600-h/l11-01.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226354462809325298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cF2R39taZkIvwI1MJGpvylP4TbqDZ9dLFYq-ggvYdNfj75MsVAd6cu2WZTxARp9wL9YRUmQb-klYgk751E4UvwNVS9ND5MXJXfFOl1JiYfdAhqSOu7dT3o3PKkiwn_w6LTXvf8pt5y4/s400/l11-01.bmp" border="0" /></a>I've just started back up with the second half of the Uni year with my first week back ending already, man the holidays went fast. -beats- has been a little neglected lately 'cause to be honest, haven't really thought up anything worth blogging about. Needa get off my ass and contribute more to OPV too like I promised wu when he first let me join it. I think I can safely say that i've been hit with a chronic issue of writer's block though...losing my mojo... Gotta re-find my voice again. I think I need another subject like stats where I can drift in my lecs and come up and save ideas for posts on my phone. :/ [Hey SB, if you're reading this, the next post you see from me will be literary sex! For real this time! Well, I hope so anyways.]<br /><br />Other than that, been trying to pawn off all of my textbooks from semester 1. I realized they turned out to be pretty useless in the end, because I never ended up reading 'em, although they burned a huge hole in my pocket. It turns out that this sem's books which I didn't buy are the important ones. Daaang...I knew I should have got that Wii i've been saving up for instead. <div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><div>My new classes are a friggin' pain to find. I was looking for my accounting room, and I walk into this building which i'm sure was one of the commerce blocks, but all I see for the next 5 minutes is "Philosophy 101" and "Sociology 231". Eventually I asked someone where my room was and they're like, "...err...this is the arts building...". It turns out I was on the wrong end of the campus. XD Gah...this is starting to sound too much like a fanfic about myelf already, so i'm going to end my rant here for now. Eyes starting to K.O. on me already too from staring at the PC screen all morning.</div><br />The weather in the part of the world i'm in's taken a turn for the worse these past few days. I suppose the fact it's winter doesn't really help too much either. It's one of those times where it'd be cool as to know how to windsurf. :DMillhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-10813814178833940232008-07-25T20:43:00.000-07:002008-07-26T03:26:46.368-07:00Perfume - Love the World<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7ndr-6ufYnhvWU-xqHOFT3sgiOM4M-sUqtUdTd6Gt1lNGbfvx4ge4PIiukAIoZqPyoEK4JUCSV08HAb_z9RKgNJE5rCWVY1rbXhPw07D5NZVXauJn7iXoT-w-S3peVw6yYvuIsOYLw8/s1600-h/Love_the_World.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220611490836860274" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7ndr-6ufYnhvWU-xqHOFT3sgiOM4M-sUqtUdTd6Gt1lNGbfvx4ge4PIiukAIoZqPyoEK4JUCSV08HAb_z9RKgNJE5rCWVY1rbXhPw07D5NZVXauJn7iXoT-w-S3peVw6yYvuIsOYLw8/s400/Love_the_World.jpg" border="0" /></a>Perfume keep on going with Love the World! It's their most recent single out since Secret Secret. I probably should have mentioned something about this single a lot earlier because it's that great and worth mentioning, but yeah, i've been procrastinating everything under the sun these days, including getting more credit on my phone (for the record, this post has been about 3 weeks in delay lol).<br /></div><br /><div>They haven't really added anything new to the formula. It's just another distinctly brilliant single, with Kashiyuka, A-Chan and Nocchi doing their thing and making waves in the charts again. The PV is in black and white, which is a change from their other ones, but the simplicity makes it all the more better. Kashiyuka dominates my attention throughout the entirety of it, although she has a scary as look in some parts.<br /></div><p>4mins 35 of techno pop heaven in this single. There isn't too much else to say, except, LISTEN TO IT! (just because it's Perfume). :)</p><p><a href="http://www.imeem.com/ticktockclock2/video/c3IUJstX/perfume_perfume_love_the_world_music_video/">Here's a link to stream it on imeem.</a></p>Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-64884065814444940532008-07-08T05:24:00.000-07:002008-07-26T03:30:06.720-07:00Bikkuri Project Blog SurveyMan, I really had to dust of my brain a bit for this one lol. This was the survey from the <a href="http://www.intlwota.com/bikkuriproject/">Bikkuri Project</a> blog.<br /><br /><strong>1. You have found a magical J-pop genie who will grant you one J-pop related wish (so no wishing for a million dollars or world peace or anything like that). It can be virtually anything as long as it’s directly related to J-pop, and don’t worry, because this is the nice sort of genie, not the kind who will try to find a loop-hole and screw up your wish. So, what do you wish for??? </strong><br /><br />Luna Sea to reform and keep on doing what they do best! :D<br /><br /><strong>2. Is there any J-pop artist or group who seriously pisses you off? If yes, who, and why? </strong><br /><br />Maybe Kat-tun, because they went #1 everywhere at one point a few years back, and that song Real Face#1 got stuck in my head, so I decided to get their album over Ketsumeishi's Ketsu no Police 4 to see what's so great about them. I later found out that they're a bit too pop for my tastes. Gah. :/<br /><br /><strong>3. Who do you think is the sexiest japanese singer out there? </strong><br /><p>Tomiko Van (Do As Infinity / Solo Artist)</p><p><strong>4. How about the cutest? </strong></p><p>Kashiyuka (Perfume)<br /><br /><strong>5. Best personality?</strong> </p><p>Maki (HandMC)<br /><br /><strong>6. If given the opportunity, would you rather date person 3, person 4, or person 5?</strong> </p>ALL OF THEM. I'll keep my fantasies to myself for now. (Jk's only).<br /><br /><strong>7. You work for a Japanese music magazine, and you have the opportunity to interview your favorite artist or group. What are a couple of the questions you want to ask them? </strong><br /><p>Actutally, I wouldn't have the slightest clue. Probably just "can I have your photo+autograph?". And then probably get kicked out in the end by their security lol.</p><p><strong>8. What’s the best (J-pop) song to listen to when you are really sad? </strong></p>Luna Sea - Gravity<br /><br /><strong>9. When you’re really happy? </strong><br /><br />The Love Bug - M-flo loves BoA<br /><br /><strong>10. Do you often sing along to your favorite songs? </strong><br /><br />Nah, lol. My voice is horrible. XD<br /><br /><strong>11. How about dance? </strong><br /><br />Does air guitar count?<br /><br /><strong>12. Artistic integrity question!! If someone offered to pay you for blogging, but they were allowed to censor some of your opinions or veto some of your blogging ideas, would you do it?</strong><br /><br />Hmm...money talks, anytime. Like most other people I just blog for fun though, and it's something to do I suppose. But yeah, I think it'd kill the fun in it if your ideas and opinions were censored too much, would probably just end up more of an advertising campaign and too monotone than anything if that happened eh. At the end of the day, if it wass a reasonable amount, like...enough to get a CD or two... I would eventually oblige...hahah..i'm such a sellout.Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841820834766596102.post-60484373770905995342008-07-06T00:35:00.000-07:002008-09-25T06:21:51.900-07:00[OPV]Alice Nine - Rainbows<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOShXg13RZ5G4Rfyme2jChgRpNw0Hxh8afP2egn5FNtul42NLNgvpUop-dx_HPpzR9KNYAww2rzmIgbDsKbhMLLbQDp9GcVtRd6gVqcG-7WGRqxo0AlLQZ8mvrqNd2uNAoQNb1DUcEAew/s1600-h/banner_rainbows.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219803533238389378" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOShXg13RZ5G4Rfyme2jChgRpNw0Hxh8afP2egn5FNtul42NLNgvpUop-dx_HPpzR9KNYAww2rzmIgbDsKbhMLLbQDp9GcVtRd6gVqcG-7WGRqxo0AlLQZ8mvrqNd2uNAoQNb1DUcEAew/s400/banner_rainbows.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>New single by Alice Nine to be released on the 6th of August, the above pic says it all. My second review/ post thing on <a href="http://ourpleasantvista.blogspot.com/2008/07/alice-nine-rainbows.html">OPV</a>! This is one song you don't wanna miss hearing. Check it out from the link on my sidebar thing! :D</div><br /><div>Also, alice in pictures is looking very, very nice - their 2-part PV collection which was recently released.</div><div></div>Millhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794558462240692664noreply@blogger.com1