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I went to Sweden yesterday and bought 120 0,5l with beer, bacon and cheese. These next four days are gonna be good. Not all of it is for me though. 48 beers for me, 48 for my brother and 24 for our friend. Mmmmmmh!

If you expect a series in the line of any of the Hannibal fils you'll be disappointed. They're based off the same characters, but that's it really.
 
This series is just awful. Hugh Dancy and Hettienne Park is the worst actors I've ever seen on any film or TV-series. They're so bad. The dialogue is really poor, and the psychologial game doesn't work one bit. It has a good Mads Mikkelsen, but he doesn't get much to work with. The blood and gore is nice, the food looks excellent and it's at times very good visually. BUt that's it really. The rest is so bad.
 
This is easily among the worst series I've ever watched.

Sorry if I'm stealing your thunder Wonrei
 
Anyway, Boris is releasing a new album called "NOISE" on June 17th everywhere except Japan (lol) via Sargent House. Sargent House posted one of the new songs called Quicksilver on their Soundcloud already:
 
https://soundcloud.com/sargent-house/boris-quicksilver/
 
Tracklist:
 
01. Melody
02. Vanilla
03. Ghost of Romance
04. Heavy Rain
05. Taiyo no Baka
06. Angel
07. Quicksilver
08. Siesta
 
I've heard Vanilla and Angel before when seeing them in 2012, so they've had those songs for a while already, both were really great songs as well. Can't wait!
 
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SENEDJEM SHARES AN INTERESTING STORY:
 

 
 
BIOPANDA GETS DEEP (IN BOTH SENSES OF THE WORD):
 

 
 
PEACE HEAVY MK II PRESENTS "VERSAILLES ABRIDGED"
 

 
 
MHCHAT PICTURE UPVOTING SQUAD CONFUSES STANS IN DEGBOX
 

 
 
TOKAGE GIVES DATING ADVICE:
 

 
 
CAT5 FINALLY REVEALS HIS TRUE SELF:
 

 
EEH
 

 
 
ZESS BEING ZESS
 

 
 
CAT5'S  CAREER PLANS
 

 
THIS IS ALL I COULD FIND SORRY

ready the cannons

In response to coffee000, I have to say that I respectfully disagree with you on the last paragraph. Of course, marketing is very important; it's important that artists give interviews on radio/TV and in magazines to promote their album, that spots will be aired on TV, posters will be put up around the city/in music shops, etc. Without it, people won't even notice you're releasing something new. Good promotion might also get people who don't listen to you to check out your new release anyway, so I agree that promotion is very important, BUT a bad CD still is a bad CD, no matter how pretty it looks or how well it is promoted. Most bands release samples before the release, and if those samples do not seem very convincing to me, then I won't buy the album until I get the opportunity to listen it over at a friend's, download it online or read some reviews on it. I suppose every person is different in this, but I'd take a good CD packaged in a slip of paper over a bad CD in a beautiful book-like package any day.
 
Now, about ghost writers, I think there are actually multiple reasons they're there, and not just for when the artist is feeling lazy, so to say. Bands have deadlines, and sometimes they just don't have enough time to write enough material before the album needs to be due the way the record company wants it. In such cases it really comes in handy to have a few ghost writers who can help you complete the album in time. So I wouldn't immediately say ghost writers are just there to jump in for a lazy artist. I do agree that credit needs to belong to the right person. In K-pop, almost none of the idols write their own songs, and all songwriters are always credited in the album booklets; if you've had a few ghost writers, they at least deserve some credit.

wow
such 237
much Q
very congrats
many bitch
wow
 

 

"BioPanda is a nice guy"
 
Max-Dash will forever be my waifu :'3

SENEDJEM SHARES AN INTERESTING STORY:
 

 
 
BIOPANDA GETS DEEP (IN BOTH SENSES OF THE WORD):
 

 
 
PEACE HEAVY MK II PRESENTS "VERSAILLES ABRIDGED"
 

 
 
MHCHAT PICTURE UPVOTING SQUAD CONFUSES STANS IN DEGBOX
 

 
 
TOKAGE GIVES DATING ADVICE:
 

 
 
CAT5 FINALLY REVEALS HIS TRUE SELF:
 

 
EEH
 

 
 
ZESS BEING ZESS
 

 
 
CAT5'S  CAREER PLANS
 

 
THIS IS ALL I COULD FIND SORRY

So I felt pretty great last Saturday night, and this happened. 
(beware of large and in-your-face pictures in the spoilers!!)
 
 
 
 
I look so angry in the second photo, but I assure you, I was quite the opposite of angry that night! :'D
 

SENEDJEM SHARES AN INTERESTING STORY:
 

 
 
BIOPANDA GETS DEEP (IN BOTH SENSES OF THE WORD):
 

 
 
PEACE HEAVY MK II PRESENTS "VERSAILLES ABRIDGED"
 

 
 
MHCHAT PICTURE UPVOTING SQUAD CONFUSES STANS IN DEGBOX
 

 
 
TOKAGE GIVES DATING ADVICE:
 

 
 
CAT5 FINALLY REVEALS HIS TRUE SELF:
 

 
EEH
 

 
 
ZESS BEING ZESS
 

 
 
CAT5'S  CAREER PLANS
 

 
THIS IS ALL I COULD FIND SORRY

SENEDJEM SHARES AN INTERESTING STORY:
 

 
 
BIOPANDA GETS DEEP (IN BOTH SENSES OF THE WORD):
 

 
 
PEACE HEAVY MK II PRESENTS "VERSAILLES ABRIDGED"
 

 
 
MHCHAT PICTURE UPVOTING SQUAD CONFUSES STANS IN DEGBOX
 

 
 
TOKAGE GIVES DATING ADVICE:
 

 
 
CAT5 FINALLY REVEALS HIS TRUE SELF:
 

 
EEH
 

 
 
ZESS BEING ZESS
 

 
 
CAT5'S  CAREER PLANS
 

 
THIS IS ALL I COULD FIND SORRY

I got you covered!
 
 
 
If you remember this, you get old-school creds from me.

 
 
 
An age-old conundrum and Jake's (Spike760) aggressive marketing tactics:

(I believe that "Sexorcist Percussion" was doaseternity6, not sure about Necrophilia_Bassist anymore, could have been Missa.)
 
 
 
Weird things going on in my last.fm shoutbox.

 
 
An important piece of evidence from a legendary thread ("Makeup and gay egyptians")

 
 
 
That cat had it coming!

 
 
 
Aggressive marketing strategies part 2

 
 
A shoutbox discussion that Varg of Burzum looks like a whaler now spawned this masterpiece:

 
 
Do you remember the thread about the economic importance of tourism in Kerala? The thread is sadly lost and gone, but here's some lovely pics from it:


 
 
Having fun with the word filter on April Fools
 

 

 

 

 
 
Fancy new background image:

 
 
That's the stuff I found on my old Photbucket account. I may find more if I look on my HD...
 
 
But in the meantime, I would like to bring some attention to 2 legendary threads from olden times:
 
Legendary ragequit No.1 (O hai itz will - a manifesto)
 
Legendary ragequit No.2 (Max-Dash quits because of : Missa, Nes. Craig, Kai)
 

Just to correct a little something: It's getting released in Japan too, it's a bigger edition with bonus tracks, some being the ones used for some NDS game and some commercial stuff I think.
 
From http://www.borisheavyrocks.com/top.html
 

BORIS "NOISE"
2014/06/18 Release

tearbridge records / avex group 2CD, Digital
NFCD-27364 / 2,800yen (2,593yen+Tax)

Disc 1 (本編)
1. 黒猫メロディ
2. Vanilla
3. あの人たち
4. 雨
5. 太陽のバカ
6. Angel
7. Quicksilver
8. シエスタ

Disc 2 (ボーナストラック)
1. Bit (映画"告白"劇中歌)
2. 君の行方 (NINTENDO 3DS/PS Vita用アドベンチャーゲーム"極限脱出ADV 善人シボウデス"CM曲)
3. 有視界Revue (ジュエリーマキCM曲)
4. ディスチャージ (新ヴァージョン)


Daymare Recordings 2LP
同時発売
DYMV-994 / 5,184yen (4,800yen+Tax)
180g重量盤 完全限定生産 

Just a buncha random, funny shit I've found lying around my HD. Feel free to add to the craziness:
 
 
 
Only panda:
 

 
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SOMEBODY HAD A BAD DAY AT WORK:
 

 
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sai gives THE BEST advice:
 

 
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Our admin is suspicious:
 

 
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Go home mediafire, you're drunk:
 

 
BAD-INFLUENCE ATSUSHI SAKURAI MEME:
 

 
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Oh really? Tell me more
 

 
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I think the desktops have a message for us:
 

 
 
 
THE THIRST IS REAL:
 

 
 
PANDA AND I HAVE SEEN THE APOCALYPSE:
 

 
 
FLAWLESS Japanese p2p trading ettiquette
 

 
 
SRSLY?
 

 
KNEW IT:
 

 
COULD YOU TAKE A COP WITH THE LENNY FACE SRSLY? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
 
 

 
 
TELL US MORE, KAI-SAMA
 

 
 
JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL:
 

 
STUDENT BECOMES...TEACHER?

 
DO NOT FUCK WITH THE MODS:
 

 
 
WE DON'T LOVE DEM KPOP HOES....apparently:

 
 
DELKMIROPH....STAHHHHHHHHHHHHP

 
TAKING THINGS OUT OF CONTEXT AND CHOPPING OFF TEXT IS FUN!
 

 
 
Lovely filenames...
 

 
...k
 

 
TAKING THINGS OUT OF CONTEXT IS FUN [2]

 
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH WHAT.CD:

 
OBNOXIOUS STAFF NAMES:
 

 

I still think this is the best one ever:
 

 
I still miss sai's best of chat from her Last.fm. 8<

Sorry if I'm stealing your thunder Wonrei
 
Anyway, Boris is releasing a new album called "NOISE" on June 17th everywhere except Japan (lol) via Sargent House. Sargent House posted one of the new songs called Quicksilver on their Soundcloud already:
 
https://soundcloud.com/sargent-house/boris-quicksilver/
 
Tracklist:
 
01. Melody
02. Vanilla
03. Ghost of Romance
04. Heavy Rain
05. Taiyo no Baka
06. Angel
07. Quicksilver
08. Siesta
 
I've heard Vanilla and Angel before when seeing them in 2012, so they've had those songs for a while already, both were really great songs as well. Can't wait!
 
source

Sorry if I'm stealing your thunder Wonrei
 
Anyway, Boris is releasing a new album called "NOISE" on June 17th everywhere except Japan (lol) via Sargent House. Sargent House posted one of the new songs called Quicksilver on their Soundcloud already:
 
https://soundcloud.com/sargent-house/boris-quicksilver/
 
Tracklist:
 
01. Melody
02. Vanilla
03. Ghost of Romance
04. Heavy Rain
05. Taiyo no Baka
06. Angel
07. Quicksilver
08. Siesta
 
I've heard Vanilla and Angel before when seeing them in 2012, so they've had those songs for a while already, both were really great songs as well. Can't wait!
 
source

Don't.
 
You're setting yourself up for failure. That thrilling feeling of 'is she going to want me this time?????' is addicting, but it always ends up burning after. Eventually, the feeling of defeat becomes addicting as well and it just spirals into nothing healthy.

^ Good point, thanks for letting us know. This indeed isn't a very desirable outcome either. Sadly, this was my only option that might work. All in all it's really difficult to solve this problem; the internet just basically does its thing anyway and you can't change people's mentality without completely locking down the forum, which would result in turning the entire section into an incredibly elitist mess (we've seen this happen with the post4link-method and it soon became a warzone because people refused to send links to people they didn't like).
 
I actually have a list of people I know who are both active here as on blogspots. I keep an eye on them from time to time to see if they respect the uploader's wishes, and if they don't I will contact them about this as it's now an official board rule. I can't do more than that though, sadly. If they refuse to listen warnings/bans can be put in motion but registering a new account or using a proxy is done in less than 10 seconds.

Alright, that's good enough for me. The following part may contain spoilers for the NBC show Hannibal.
 
I recently tried that Hannibal show from NBC because so many people were hyping it, but I'm quite divided on it. When I found out the director was Bryan Fuller I sort of felt hesitant, as I never liked any show he made. I sort of hoped the show would include a level of quality as found in the movie of Silence of the Lambs, but I felt like it fell short in the character interaction department. The chemistry in that movie between Hannibal and Clarice was so incredibly intense and had me on the edge of my seat all the time. That sort of chemistry sincerely lacks between Hannibal and Will, yet seems more apparent during Lecter's interactions with his own therapist; Bedelia du Maurier (could be a woman-only thing, I don't know. I feel like both Bedelia and Clarice were more on Hannibal's level than Will was).
 
Mikkelsen does a fine job as Hannibal (especially considering he has to live up to Anthony Hopkins' fantastic performance), but Dancy's performance as Will Graham doesn't leave me convinced. Guy responds a bit too calmly about vomiting out an ear and randomly seeing stags getting out of a river, lol.
 
Also this has to be the dumbest FBI investigation team I've seen since The Mentalist. Each episode contains a new victim, but they don't seem to get any progress whatsoever until Hannibal cleverly puts the blame on Will. This show is like a combination of horror and thriller but it doesn't know which way to go so it mashes up a little bit of both, which doesn't necessarily HAVE to be bad, but it feels too messy for my taste. I hope it'll get better, but for now I've put it on hold.
 
Also, it seems like NBC can't get the rights for Clarice Starling from MGM for later seasons (for some reason I'm relieved?).
 
I'm also currently watching The Mentalist, Castle and The Blacklist. I casually watch Unforgettable as well, but not as often as the other three. I started the Blacklist a few weeks ago and it's quite a thrilling series.

How do you feel about artists who don't write their own songs, but use ghost writers to write part of or all of their material? Do you feel like these people don't deserve their fame, or is it something that doesn't bother you as long as you can enjoy the music? To keep the discussion in line, I'd like to keep this limited to Japanese music only, both VK as non-VK.
 
Also, what do you think about artists who start using ghost writers later on in their career when they've become quite succesful and have made a good deal on a major label (as an example: there have been rumours of the GazettE using ghost writers ever since the switch to SONY, but this is of course a rumour that has not been proven). If this were true, would you feel betrayed because your favourite artist has "stopped trying", or would you just shrug it off?

Awww, thank you! Yato is such a loveable idiot.

Shitty quality pictures for a shitty quality person D:<
On another note, I was invited to a Gatsby themed party...