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I've just changed cars but haven't had the chance to change car radio's yet, so my current one has only a CD player (no AUX, no USB, no Bluetooth wtf?!). Anyway, listening to radio stations pisses me off so I had to undust my CD collection (incidentally most of the music I own in CD format is vk ^^).  

The point of this rant is, I keep all of my CD's in foil. Yep, all of them, some for 15 years. I did unpack them, took them out, ripped them but then I put them back in foil. So now that I not only have to take them off the shelf, I have to listen to them in a car radio when they can get scratched if a bigger bump comes along?! 

Guys, I drive more cautiously not to scratch my CDs. That's my life now. 

35 minutes ago, AwesomeNyappy said:

Ah, sadly I think the vk scene is dying on us. I mean, there are some youngsters, sure, but they are not enough. And a lot of old vk fans stop listening to it. I’ve also had breaks in between where I’d been less interested, but overall I still enjoyed the music, so there’s that.

I’d say that anyone over 25 can be considered a granny in the vk scene 😄

Now that's just sad So basically what you're saying is we need to launch aggresive recruiting tactics on a massive scale or we're doomed for extinction. 

It's kinda baffling also, because as I said at the beginning, it's SO easy to get into vk these days. Everything is readily available on Spotify, YT, insta etc., with minimal effort. So maybe access is not the problem but stagnation? Idk idk, I do feel like not much has changed in vk those 10 years I've been gone and the rest of the world has not stopped spinning in the meantime. So either they adapt or like you said, die out like the dinosaurs of the past era.

Sorry, I'm killing time at the mechanic and the longer I philosophize the less time I have to spend staring at a blank wall ^^;

5 hours ago, psychonnect_rozen said:

Wow! Nice to see someone like you here! I hope you have a good time on here!

Yey, thank you! :) I already am, just need to get up to speed on 10 years worth of industry dama and I'm set to go :D

3 hours ago, chemicalpictures said:

So are we calling 23yo people old now? I guess me and some other fellas here already on our thirties gotta start applying for retirement or smh, lol

 

Welcome to MH! Have a good one!

Nope, I'm calling 23-year-olds a bunch of fetuses ^.~ I know I look young but why won't you let me sit at the 30ties table? T.T 

Aaaah, wait, I see what caused the confusion. Yes, I've started listening to vk at 13, but then stopped at like 18 or sth and now I'm back after over 10-years. There~ 

9 minutes ago, AwesomeNyappy said:

I relate on you on so many levels, it’s not even funny anymore.

just went with friends to a gazette concert and we called each other vk grannies, so there is that. Also discovered vk when I was 13.

 

Welcome to the forum!

Haha hello fellow elder!

With the response I'm getting I'm starting to wonder if the vk fandom is a dying breed, or the young innocents are just too embarrassed to be seen with us ^^;

mało nas, mało nas~ ^.~ 

On 6/7/2019 at 12:28 AM, Original Saku said:

this pair is gonna make number 10

dude, I thought my 5 pairs were excessive o-o those look sexy tho~

at home I listen to music on my 13-year-old crusty ass Sennheiser HD515. I love them but they're falling apart. I'm thinking hard on replacing them with PXC 550 WIRELESS ones, since after switching to wireless I've developed a burning hate for wired anything. 

Also thinking on replacing the Plantronic 55 Explorer / Huawei M61 Sport (and people if you love yourself look elsewhere for wireless sport headphones) / JBL T460 combo I use outside with Sennheiser's Momentum Wireless but I'd need to win a lottery first to get both of these at once X'D 

In the meantime any recommendations for wireless headphones welcome! 

1 hour ago, platy said:

Welcome to MH, we house some of the oldest vk fans in the around. I'm sure you'll find your stay comfortable and pleasant. 

Thanks ^^

My last experience with a vk forum was 15 years ago and that one went down in flames after some savage drama, so here's hoping for pleasant 😅 

1 minute ago, CAT5 said:

 

ahaha, i feel ya. Well, VK is not really my wheelhouse, but if you need any non-VK J-rock recommendations, I gotchu all day!

 

well, I went on your profile, recognised one band out of 15 and decided you'll be a perfect source of stuff I'd normally not be exposed to no pressure~

SO, I would like to make myself at home in this thread please and thank you.

First of all, I'm fresh out of retirement so if someone could drop me a sentence or two what went on with Lycaon? Pretty please? You people seem to know your stuff. They were never on my radar but boy oh boy am I catching up with anything and everything these fine specimens ever made. 

Secondly not that I'm not loving all the new stuff (the intro to Can you feel it? will feature in any wet dreams to come) but the image difference between Lycaon and Initial'L is giving me whiplash. Is this the direction they're planning to go? 

Also, THE END, good yes? yes. 

EDIT: I was searching for ways to throw money at them and just found that this FB page exists since yesterday, and insta possibly not much longer. 

8 minutes ago, CAT5 said:

Hi there! Your introduction brought a smile to my face, so you seem like good pplz already! Welcome to the forum!

 

I went ahead and followed you back on last.fm btw! Make yourself at home, and hope to see you around! 

Haha oops, my stealthy creeping around people's last.fm's turned out not to be so stealthy ^^; I'm just desperate for recommendations sorry sorry

Thanks tho! All the screaming, drama and panache I already feel like home

Just now, Gesu said:

Welcome to MH! Hope you have fun here~

Thank! Soon as I remember how to operate a forum for sure~ ^^;;;

3 minutes ago, Arkady said:

Hello, fellow "oldie"! 😉

Hello hello!

I see a lot of returning-after-10-years posts in the welcome section, wonder what's that all about~ *cough*middle life crisis*cough* 

Welcome my dear children! How's vk doing these days? 😎

I see you can even listen to your weird japanese metal on Spotify, kids have it way too easy nowadays... 

BACK IN MY DAY I had to hunt single songs in 92kbps on dial-up Limewire and half the time ended up with "I did not have sexual relations with that woman.mp3".

Funny story, that's how I got into vk! 13-year-old me was browsing the wide web, probably for some quality Britney Spears, and found a grainy Miyavi's Jibun Kakumei PV instead. With a 20MB download limit per day, I thought CLOSE ENOUGH and the rest is history. 

Now I'm back after over 10 years of impersonating a Serious Adult™ and I have Opinions™ to share. 

Some bands that I used to listen to (some of which are surprisingly still around!): Miyavi (duh), MUCC, Merry, girugamesh, 9GOATS BLACK OUT, Hora, Kaya, Schwarz Stein (can't believe they got back together, it's like I never left!) and the whole shebang, Aural Vampire, Kagrra,, Yoshiki's classical stuff~

And some bands that I've discovered in the past few weeks and absolutely love: Initial'L and consequently Lycaon, DIMLIM, Xaa-Xaa~

Also, I'm Anna 💩

P.S. I also listen to a lot of kpop, all kinds of electronic and celtic music; don't expect there to be much overlap but you never know! if your music taste is as all over the place as mine, hit me up, we can share obscure recommendations!