Tokage

^ If they do that I'm going to somehow find a way to anonymously email a crate of elephant shit to Sho's house

*flawless

Ningen Shikkaku (2010), an adaptation of Osamu Dazai's famous novel. Because I really loved the book, I had great expectations of the movie as well. Sadly, the movie itself fell flat in most aspects. The acting was okay, but so much of the book's content was skimmed over or just completely unclear that anyone who hadn't read the book would have great difficulty keeping up with the movie. The book itself centers largely around the thoughts and feelings of its main character, but in the movie you get almost no idea of how he thinks or anything... Stuff just happens without any real explanation. It's a pity.

I feel like this band is the reincarnation of Dokusatsu Terrorist or something

yo dude hit me up w/ that ヒトツメ mini and the jinkaku radio thing

Nice!

Amazing...

Pretty much all the 'typical' '90s nu-metal bands (Korn, Coal Chamber, Limp Bizkit, Deftones) sound like a large majority of VK bands from ~2002 - 2007 in some shape or form. Early girugamesh and also √eight, for example. Also, Exotic Animal Petting Zoo always gave me a modern Dir en grey type of vibe (although they're not VK anymore, but still..)

I tried to watch Enter the Void yesterday, but I couldn't finish it... Maybe I wasn't in the right state of mind for it or maybe I'm just a cinema pleb, I don't know. It just didn't do anything for me other than bore me, to be honest..

It's not just a mini-album or a live album but an actual full-blown thing to be honest. It's about time for them...

Aw yis, I Am Robot And Proud is great. I couldn't get into Braids' latest thing at all, though despite how I heard part of it live last summer. It didn't really captivate me for some reason.. On the other hand, I remember hearing some of Local Natives' new stuff live and really liking it, but I haven't managed to listen to the studio version yet... Should really get around to it. I'll check some of the hip-hop stuff on your list out too, I feel like I haven't listened to enough hip-hop in the last year. In terms of japanese artists, I agree wholeheartedly with all the ones I actually know. Especially 88kasyo and The Novembers continue to sweep me off my feet every year with what they manage to release..

Yeah, Gravity's Rainbow is prettttttty Interesting. It was the second Pynchon book I read, the first one being Inherent Vice, and it felt really jarring to see the transition. Inherent Vice feels MUCH more straightforward... Still, I really did like the book even though I feel like I missed like 70% of all the references and such. Also, to stay on topic, my most recent purchase was a ticket to the zoo.

um i am hella interested in this

what is fukusuke doing even

Should be interesting, especially if Kent is also involved...

Philip K. Dick - The Zap Gun Nick Cave - The Death of Bunny Munro Irvine Welsh - The Acid House Thomas Pynchon - The Crying of Lot 49 Mikhail Bulgakov - The Master & Margarita yep, books.....

Liked the sample, sounds way better than tracks like Lotus or Glass Skin at least.

Scared.

stylin'

So how many of these tracks are old songs? Are there even any old songs?

The Fog is great. I don't know if it's blasphemous to say so, but I think I like it more than Halloween, even.

It legit still sounds like 9goats to me (which is good)