Pretsy

I don't find Mia's face appealing at all. To me he is a good example of plastic surgery gone wrong. His face looks so unnatural and stiff, in some photoshoots it often reaches the maximum of the uncanny valley 

where the fuck are the potato chips yoshiki, you lying bastard

Regarding Leo Imai
 
 
So it's certainly given that he knows/speaks English much better than most of us would think (AFAIK Japanese is just "second language" to him, note his interviews). In addition, he knows more than just a bit of Swedish now (considering that he felt regret about not knowing it in his teens, haha).
 
Why do you guys limit yourselves to English? Let's see:
 
Anna Murashige (HKT48, ex-NMB48) (Half-Russian, fluent speaker)
Kaori Kawamura (Half-Russian, lived about 1/3 of her life in Soviet Union-era Moscow, native speaker (RIP))
Marius Yo (Sexy Zone) (half-German, fluent speaker (meddles between his home city Heidelberg and Tokyo -thx Johnny's shrines!))
Ray Fujita (Dustz) (Half-French, fluent speaker)
ILMARI (Rip Slyme) (that's his second legit name, Half-Finnish  - average skills afaik (Rip Slyme being one of the very first J-music (note: mainstream J-music) acts to visit Helsinki (his former home city) in 2002 was due to his own passion/desires)
Kahimi Karie (fluent in French, semi-fluent in Italian, Spanish)
BoA (Korean but she counts - fluent in Japanese, semi-fluent in Mandarin)
 
Wew!

MiA did something to his chin/jawline (???) too I guess (since his earlier photos had that bloated outlook or idk). He is basically VK Human Barbie (or Ken?) to me anyway.

The song was reuploaded by my roommate.  We were listening to it right after he wrote it over a year ago.  He accidentally deleted it while reorganizing his soundcloud, hence the 15 day age.
What's also interesting is the person "Gasmasks" whom DEEP GIRL attributes writing it doesn't seem to exist.  At least a pretty thorough search can't find any reference to them.

I found subliminal pretty decent, but couldn't find too much else in the EP to enjoy. I still feel like he's mostly just churning out songs to fill a release quota rather than really putting his creative energy into it, even if there are some very brief flashes of quality here and there. I really have to third the "sliding in a few cool parts but leaving entireties stale af" thing. It reminds me a lot of what happened to the GazettE's writing abilities around 2010 or so. Oh well, I guess it's better than es or s, at least.

Ahem, "bruh" [2]

im still in awe of that pic with kiyoharu and his kid like WHAT....he's such a rock star lol
does gackt's alleged love child count

So here's the thing (considering that MH can be used as a platform for not-so-music-related things (we have Tanuki threads too, after all):
 
As curious fanatics and so on, we are usually intrigued not only about J-musicians (or basically any other musician), but we are also interested in seeing how their offsprings would showcase themselves in the public (not necessarily appliable to every monochromium here but hey - tanuki-tier stuff shouldn't be boring, right?).
 
Not expecting this thread to progress further, but post any pics you could find about children of those popular J-musicians we might have heard of etc. - vk or non-vk, doesn't matter really! (ps. feel free to move this to the gallery section in case this deserves no place around here, I had no idea where to shoehorn this lol).
 
Kiyoharu:
 
 
Sugizo
 
CORNELIUS

TK would have my respects back if he only bothered to define his own album as something much more consistent and quality-tier in general, instead of sliding in a few cool parts but leaving entireties stale af.
 
Speaking of something merrier, LTS enthusiasts - keep your ears open.
 

(penned by TK btw)
 
The good ol' glory of that familiar TK post-chorus hook you heard in "es or s" (forgot which songs) and "Secret Sensation"!

Yeah YTRed is a pain in the butt! lol
Thanks. That was exactly what I was hoping for. Sounds great! So looks like the release is coming out today (3.02)? So just in time.

ok, TK's "secret sensation" is out, and I've got a few quick thoughts after my initial listen. Now that I've listened to the title track in full, I like it much better than I did initially. 'subliminal' was surprisingly sick, and easily my favorite on the EP. 'ear+f' is pretty good too. The last two tracks kept this EP from potentially being something special for me, as they're both two piano-based ballads and...I've never been fond of TK's ballads.
With that said, I'm more satisfied with "secret sensation" than I thought I would be, and I'll certainly be jamming to the first three tracks. Those alone are much better than any of the songs from 'es or s'...and that's crazy because compositionally, TK has been in a negative feedback loop for years, and essentially, there is nothing 'new' on this EP. HOWEVER, by throwing in a few synths and different sounds, TK has made his music fresh again with something so simple. I mean, I actually got chills listening to 'subliminal' despite it sounding all too familiar.
This makes me wonder if the meager novelties of his solo work would have been put to better use with the band. It almost seems like TK has diluted his creativity by spreading himself too thin. So my unsolicited advice to him would be:

I think you may be confusing my post with a political endorsement. Whatever the case, you're preaching to the choir.
Naturally, I agree that unification is needed and that playing into the antagonistic narrative laid before us is counterproductive. But it's easy to chill off to the side and come to these conclusions - it's pretty obvious what needs to be done. However, when you're ten toes deep in the quagmire itself, you see that the situation is a bit more complicated and extends beyond just politics.

Pardon, didn't notice that YT Red is doing its malevolent tricks lately:
 
http://en.musicplayon.com/play?v=755487
 
"Cherry Bomb" should be unrestricted there. (even though PV was premiered much earlier, promotion itself was on February-ish (as far as my Recochoku senses realized that)

Avelcain song sounds a bit like something Eve would pen for his (prospective) vocaloid project (considering that he kinda dabbles between two scenes atm). Other than that, there's a few nice picks here and there which I admire to the certain extent. Good job guys - you seemed to be more positive about February than I was anyway lol
 
Speaking of my picks that are not really catering everyone's tastes:
 
 
EDIT: isn't Deviloof by any chance another "Was casual but later turned into a vk band"-kind of act? Not that I checked their background, just wondering (they DO take their sound a bit further than most br00tal kei bands do)

Avelcain song sounds a bit like something Eve would pen for his (prospective) vocaloid project (considering that he kinda dabbles between two scenes atm). Other than that, there's a few nice picks here and there which I admire to the certain extent. Good job guys - you seemed to be more positive about February than I was anyway lol
 
Speaking of my picks that are not really catering everyone's tastes:
 
 
EDIT: isn't Deviloof by any chance another "Was casual but later turned into a vk band"-kind of act? Not that I checked their background, just wondering (they DO take their sound a bit further than most br00tal kei bands do)

Ye boyyyyyz P-DAWG BACK IN THE HOUSE AINT NOBODY GON KEEP ME DOWN #ONELOVE #ONELIFE #FREEPANDA

Timeless Love: L'Arc's Dune/True/Heart/Ark, Midori, experimental-era Boredoms (e.g. VCN, Super Ae), Merveilles and Voyage-era MM, pre-I'mperfect Ling Tosite Sigure, Shiina Ringo + Tokyo Jihen minus a few songs on SUNNY and her latest singles, Geinoh Yamashirogumi, Luna Sea minus a handful of songs and before SHINE, Kuroyume's first two full-lengths, Melt-Banana, jangly NOVEMBERS, YMO + Hosono projects, La'cryma Christi when they were proggy/artsy
 
Used to love but meh ewww lol: the rest of Kuroyume's repertoire (except maybe for Feminism, talk about ambivalence), DEG, anything Gazette, MM's Tetsu era, anything La'cryma did after Lhasa, L'Arc's Heavenly and Smile/Awake, a great handful of old school vk acts, the handful of songs and SHINE by LS (e.g. "IN MIND" and "STEAL" are blatantly silly/stupid)
 
I became a choosy chap, lol.
 
edit: I could care less for anything Kiyoharu these days. Not enjoying songcrafters with Yoshiki syndrome tbqh.

They did and are still doing that for a while - unfortunately.

Timeless Love: Zi Kill, early Kuroyume, L'arcs first two records, Dead End, Luna Sea, Die in Cries, Oblivion Dust, most Malice Mizer, New Sodmy, "Endless" Aliene Mariage, Kagerou's singles
 
Used to Love but Never Want to Hear Again: L'arc's "Heavenly," Hyde's 666, Kuroyume's punk era, SADs, anything Anna Tsuchiya, Lareine, Malice Mizer's Voyage, anything else by Aliene Mariage, Due le Quartz

"Hate" is a very strong word (blaming myself for joining the bandwagon muuuch earlier back in the day).
 
Nonetheless, what I learned to dislike lately is how a huge mouthful of bands (visual-based, actually) tend to mix synth/programming, drumming and riffage together so badly that they end up being offbeat rather than striving to corroborate the "sum" of these instrumental aspects. For the love of god, is it really that hard to apply proper electronics and/or real *THWOMP* (not keystroke-core pls) sounds? Looking at you, cheap Yamaha orchestra clash effects circa '98 on Lycaon's "Psychedelic Jelly" and the infamous keystroking by courtesy of Deathgaze and any band that utilizes trigger warnings in such cheap ways.
 
This post might smell like one of your good ol' rants against VK and how "everything sucks there" (- Gordon, Jrocknyc ®), but here's the thing:
 
it doesn't more than a decade for bands and their staff to master their earsight without spending too much on gadget-n-device-o-fests with protools'ing (which honestly enough sounds worse when applied by trendy kids these days), but at least non-vk acts learn to overcome budget-strict mixes/masters after a few indie records! What's with our VK hosts then? Going backwards, I presume? Any self-respecting collective/act should know how things actually roll in music industries circa 2010s - experiences pass on and next generations gain more advantage in hassling with their mixing tables etc. So did the "good" experience pass on in this case? I am gonna let you guys figure it out and inspect the whole matter in much larger context, e.g. these forever indie vkcore bands. (inb4 "but muh unique vk soundscape")
 
No wonder that despite my sympathies towards everything I did and endorsed as a VK weeaboo, I couldn't find any major aspects I could take seriously anymore. Visual acts of this generation do seem like those who - according to the voices of harsh critique - neglect things what their biases and influences have left them. How many years or decades it will take to fix this "incompetent sponge"-phenomenon (related to ripoffs and inability to emulate influences as their own)? Here's hoping at least those cashing figures of current VK a.k.a ex-Baiser Yukari (now "le Producer") FINALLY realize their plan of eventually Johnny's-ing the specific bunch of VK acts (e.g. Blu-Billion and Kameleo, whoever pushed them) to show others how major-based business won't necessarily kill your "charms" - I know, I know, major label moves have stigmas upon them but let this sink for a moment:
 
do these indie label collectives exhibit "emerging" attributes in their sound?
 
(kudos to those who realize this one huge reference I made in this comment)

赤い公園(akai kouen) new album "純情ランドセル(junjou randsel)" will be released at 2016/03/23 (2 TYPE)
 
limited edition (3,780yen) will include CD+DVD, and regular edition (3,024yen) will include CD only
 
[CD track list]
01.ボール
02.東京
03.Canvas
04.西東京
05.ショートホープ
06.デイドリーム
07.あなたのあのこ、いけないわたし
08.喧嘩
09.14
10.ハンバーグ！
11.ナルコレプシー
12.KOIKI
13.黄色い花
14.おやすみ
 
[limited edition DVD track list]
・KOIKI (PV)
・Canvas (PV)
・黄色い花 (PV)
・赤い公園(akai kouen) documentary「情熱公園(jounetsu kouen)」

You are looking for the Holy Grail sir lol. I don't have a model to recommend you right now but what I do recommend is that you look for "flawless Linux + virtual machine compatibility" first and then work your way back to the type of processor you want. You can always buy a better battery later.
Also, if you haven't install TLP / JUPITER. It will help a lot with your power consumption issues.