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Under spoilers for NSFW renaissance paintings. Pretty satisfied with this pairing, I don't think I've changed it in about a year.
 
 

Updated twice since I last posted, pretty satisfied with them both.
 
October through December: 
 
January:
 

I'd say my first favourite band was probably DIR EN GREY or An Cafe circa 2006, but only because I was completely unaware bands similar to them existed. I was flipping through channels one day and managed to catch The Final and Escapism PVs on IMF (International Music Feed) and instantly fell in love. I obsessed over DEG and An Cafe for a good half year, probably, until I discovered that there was a slew of bands out there and it wasn't confined to just those two, as vastly different as they are.
 
So after a little bit of searching and discovering with the limited resources I had, I'd say that RENTRER EN SOI was my real "first favourite", followed very closely by UnsraW.

Because being a dick head has less to do with sexuality and more to do with being a dick head. You can be an awful human being no matter what you like. I really wish that people didn't use LGBT status as a shield to deflect criticism when their actions are worthy of being criticized. It just promotes double standards and confusions. If you can't deflect arguments on logical merits, take the L and keep it moving, you know?

I probably like iTunes because I've been conditioned to--I've been stuck with it for almost 10 years now. I'm also a sheep that thinks the UI looks nice. I haven't found any good alternatives for me, but I'm always open to suggestions. I think I'm just too dumb to figure them out, honestly. I only started running into problems when I made my iPhone my main music device after I lost my iPod classic, and when I subscribed to Apple Music
 
Also, RIP Zune.

I'm sure it's already old news for those that follow the scene, but SM put out a posthumous album for Jonghyun (Poet | Artist), available for digital download yesterday and available for physical purchase today. At first, the idea kind of put a bad taste in my mouth, but the profits are going to are going to his mother, "as well as 'the foundation for the establishment of an organization to help those who are living in difficult circumstances'".
 
It's really good. Like, really fucking good. I'm not sure if it's on the same level as She Is for me, but they're very close. Take a Dive? Ooh. OOOH.
 
I never could get into Kpop, as much as I tried (and tried hard) throughout the years, nothing really stuck with me. I had a huge DBSK/TVXQ phase, but that was about it. I love Zico's work, and I love K-indie, but Kpop is just a different beast that I can't seem to tackle. But Jonghyun was one of the greats, imo. There was a lot to him that stuck out to me, and I think it's very tragic that he's gone. He was very bright, very talented.
 
Anyway, I'd really recommend you check it out if you've ever been into him, or even if you haven't. It's got a lot of good tracks that I can't boast about enough.
 
 
 
 

I'm sure it's already old news for those that follow the scene, but SM put out a posthumous album for Jonghyun (Poet | Artist), available for digital download yesterday and available for physical purchase today. At first, the idea kind of put a bad taste in my mouth, but the profits are going to are going to his mother, "as well as 'the foundation for the establishment of an organization to help those who are living in difficult circumstances'".
 
It's really good. Like, really fucking good. I'm not sure if it's on the same level as She Is for me, but they're very close. Take a Dive? Ooh. OOOH.
 
I never could get into Kpop, as much as I tried (and tried hard) throughout the years, nothing really stuck with me. I had a huge DBSK/TVXQ phase, but that was about it. I love Zico's work, and I love K-indie, but Kpop is just a different beast that I can't seem to tackle. But Jonghyun was one of the greats, imo. There was a lot to him that stuck out to me, and I think it's very tragic that he's gone. He was very bright, very talented.
 
Anyway, I'd really recommend you check it out if you've ever been into him, or even if you haven't. It's got a lot of good tracks that I can't boast about enough.
 
 
 
 

Can't move past iOS, sorry, I'm computer illiterate and Apple makes products for dummies.
Don't bother giving me "better alternatives". I do not care. I will not learn how to use them. I have better things to occupy my time with. Like rewatching The Simpsons and shit like that.

Personally I use windows media player and rarely have had issues and when I did have issues it wasn't wmp deleting or duplicating anything. Truthfully the only real issue I had was regarding some songs tags I changed  didn't apply but I figured out how to resolve that pretty quickly. I swear by it myself.
 
P.S. also it's really simply to use.

I use MusicBee!! 
My fakeass uses an iTunes skin for MusicBee because I love the design but don't like the player itself lol
Or Foobar... a lot of people use it as well
Both are highly customizable if you enjoy that stuff too
 

I think it was fantastic! It totally met my expectations at least, which was to see something colorful, entertaining and over-the-top violent. xD It went through the main storyline of the OVAs nicely, as far as I can remember them. And yeah, the soundtrack was cool af!

I just finished DMCB a few days ago, I was pretty impressed with it. Started watching it after seeing people on Twitter hyping it up to be AOTY.  I wouldn't go that far, but it was definitely a refreshing anime and fun to watch--some of the visuals reminded me of Asumiko Nakamura's work, and the animation was modern but also had a nostalgic feeling for me, something similar to Kanashimi no Belladonna. 
 
How did you feel once you finished it? For me personally, I'd say it's a far cry from anime of the year (especially considering we're in January), but it had it's shining moments that would make it worthy for a second or third watch. 
 
Soundtrack of the year though? Probably. Definitely.

I probably like iTunes because I've been conditioned to--I've been stuck with it for almost 10 years now. I'm also a sheep that thinks the UI looks nice. I haven't found any good alternatives for me, but I'm always open to suggestions. I think I'm just too dumb to figure them out, honestly. I only started running into problems when I made my iPhone my main music device after I lost my iPod classic, and when I subscribed to Apple Music
 
Also, RIP Zune.

I switched over to Apple Music a few months ago and just looked at iTunes on my desktop, and holy fuck? Tons of my albums are duplicated for no reason, stuff is deleted, playlists are emptied. Why? Why me. I used to have all the time in the world to fix this, but I just don't anymore. This nightmare is going to take me the rest of my life to sort out. 
 
I have no idea why I came here to vent, but I figured you guys would feel my pain. 

I got a job~! Now I have to start practising swedish way more Even though it has gotten lot better in just two months.
 
(I will work in a hotel, where I have to speak in three langauges. If I was brave enough, I would try to learn japanese hotel vocabularly but my boyfriend keeps telling me not to and refuses to teach some stuff because he would want me to speak keigo.)

Under spoilers for NSFW renaissance paintings. Pretty satisfied with this pairing, I don't think I've changed it in about a year.
 
 

I think Kaya is grossly underrated. I don't care for most of his music due to it not being my taste, but his range is out of this world. There are some songs that he's released that really blow me away--the piano version of Last Snow comes to my mind immediately--but there are a handful of others that showcase his talent and it really does bother me that he's not more popular, or at the very least, more recognised.
 
Overrated, definitely KAMIJO. I don't even want to touch that one.

iunno man

it's been a while
 
 

I know I post in this thread an annoying amount, but I wanted to show off my new hair.... and slippers.....


 
Gotta fix me hat and suspenders.

me, little miss afraid of literally anything even remotely adult-like, drove a car for a solid 20 minutes today and only swerved/got spooked once. heck yea vroom vroom fuckers

Under spoilers for NSFW renaissance paintings. Pretty satisfied with this pairing, I don't think I've changed it in about a year.
 
 

well as a useless baka gaijin I guess I'd better quit listening to vk and following vk bands and buying vk bands' CDs and merch and just giving a shit about vk at all then, if I can't go to lives ever, even though this is 2017 we're living in and everything gets consumed internationally these days through this magical invention called the Internet