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Congratulations Saku! 
 
I personally never smoked before, I find it a nauseating smell to even be around and therefore stay away from people who are actively smoking mostly ^___^ However I do think it's somewhat revolutionary that these things came in existence, in my opinion it's still not healthy at all but at least it's better than smelly cigarettes.

since posting in this thread early this year, I have quit vaping and I am now nicotine free!

I've been nicotine free for three years xD  I could never get into the whole 'vaping' thing, I loved real cigarettes too much haha.

some guys are clueless unless blatantly obvious

Monochrome Heaven's Top 25 Tracks of 2014

Presenting The Top 25 Tracks of 2014 as voted by our Official Reviewers and staff members. Any Japanese song released in 2014 was eligible, although our primary focus was on J-rock.

25.
TAMTAM - "シューゲイズ"

24.

宇宙コンビニ (uchu conbini) - ­ 光の加減で話した (Hikari no Kagen de Hanashita)

23.

シナリオアート (Scenarioart) ­- "アオイコドク" (Aoi Kodoku)

22.

DIR EN GREY -­ "懐春 (kaishun)"

21.

LLLL -­ "Oddness"

20.

BACK­-ON -­ "セルリアン (cerulean)"

19.

101A ­- "Forbidden Sky"

18.

DIV ­- "漂流彼女 (hyouryuu kanojo)"

17.

PLASTICZOOMS ­- "Sleepwalker"

16.

ねごと (NEGOTO) -­ "黄昏のラプソディ (tasogare no rhapsody)"

15.

sow ­- "to growth, for growth"

14.

TK from 凛として時雨 (ling tosite sigure) -­ "unravel"

13.

DIR EN GREY -­ "輪郭 (rinkaku)"

12.

tayuta ­- "夢見た 蒼 (yumemita ao)"

11.

八十八ヶ所巡礼 (88kasyo junrei) -­ "攻撃的国民的音楽 (kougeki teki kokumin teki ongaku)"

10.

Mono -­ "Recoil, Ignite"

9.

和楽器バンド (Wagakki Band) -­ "千本桜 (Senbonzakura)"

8.

DIR EN GREY ­- "phenomenon"

7.

la la larks -­ "end of refrain"

6.

黒百合と影 (Kuroyuri to Kage) - "「浴槽」 (yokusou)"

5.

アルルカン (arlequin) ­- "墓穴 (hakaana)"

4.

mothercoat - "trickster"

3.

Boris -­ "雨 (ame)"

2.

THE NOVEMBERS -­ "Rhapsody in beauty"

1.

sukekiyo ­- "Aftermath"

THIS GUY IS FRIGGIN EPIC https://www.youtube.com/user/Tuengxx

Probably my favorite book series in a Loooooooong time for me. I am so ready for book 3.
 
Pat lives like an hour or so away from me, I should find his address and go complain lol.

This album is what I would call a final STOP sign for anyone who seriously expected a second Withering To Death (and associates). Once again Dir en grey go on showing that they are willing to take any risk, just to express themselves. The album is more fluent and consistent than Dum Spiro Spero, but still it is a natural evolution from that style and I think it's safe to say that we can expect this sort of evolution in the future ahead. It also carries an atmosphere that is beautifully consistent. Each song sounds like it is supposed to be on THIS album.
What takes this album to the extreme is the change from melodic one-liners to total dissonance (Chain repulsion --> 禍夜想). Those elements are also much more focused into each song for its own than in the past. You don't get another DREAMBOX here, because it either is totally harmonic, or it is totally crazy and unpredictable. Past songs like Shitataru Mourou appear like early inspirations to what conceptualizes the sound on this album. Distorted, through-composed with one theme after another, and still focused. Sukekiyo and tool are also greeting in the background.
 
The guitar work is great on this album. There are great chord progressions (鱗, Phenomenon, revelation of mankind), reminiscences to old VK (Cause of Fickleness, 懐春) and downright hypnotic riffs that may turn a theme into a whole song (The Inferno). Faster, more technical, heavily layered. It's like kaoru and die read a few sukekiyo reviews on which their own guitar work on deg is ridiculed in comparison, just to shove it back into the writer's a**es. The solos here and there are a nice touch, but not really necessary. Toshiya steps back a bit from his metallic slapping sound. His bass isn't as present anymore, but still contributes with warm and soft riffs, and of course also he gets times to shine (sustain the untruth, 懐春). Shinya's drums are for once not overly experimental and actually try to fit into the songs, with great result. It is still to see though if he manages those disciplines on stage, too.
 
輪郭 was helluva song in 2012 and it still is on this album. Other highlights are Phenomenon, 懐春, Cause of Fickleness, Revelation of Mankind. 空谷の跫音 takes the "Vanitas" spot, but ends up in a totally different direction. The Inferno does the obligatory "heavy-song" and somewhere resembles "Decayed Crow", but ends up being a very solid piece of death metal.
There are problems though. The placement of the songs seems spontantous from time to time. Un deux is not the strongest song on the album to say the least, and it also doesn't fit as an opener. Likewise, the finisher doesn't quite feel natural in its place. Sustain the Untruth would have been better maybe.
 
This album is heavily experimental, it doesn't try to sound compelling, and the listener should really know what to expect and how to deal with it. Dir en grey fans of the post-Uroboros material may find joy with this piece, fans of the older stuff on the other hand might just be overwhelmed by the unconformity presented to them. Dir en grey have once more proven they're not just this band which does "western metal" now. ARCHE is a solid release with my score of 8/10.
 
wow this sucked I hope someone can put it in better words than me

for the love of god...work acquaintance posts a detailed fb status all about her period....to the bone...im female too, but wow. either in private with a good friend, or your doctor..lettting your entire social media know????? in that amount of detail?????

Everything has been moved over successfully!
 
I'll begin work on the band artist profiles this week.

i think it is too. those blog posts are way too similar to be a freaky coincidence.
in case anyone hasn't seen them: http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/3036101.html

attack on titans
 
the style of animation is refreshing.. BUT
 
-simplistic, boring plot - even a 4 year old could follow
-boring character personalities
-boring character designs
-boring costume/outfit designs
-repetitive and slow-paced, with not much progress
 
-sure, it makes for an easy peasy group cosplay.. but what else?

And no one was ever able to get a hold of the full release despite many people asking for it. I hope they'll release an album or something soon with all of these songs. 

you don't need to buy me anything.
I don't care for expensive gifts.
the greatest gift is you accepting me for who I am.
for being respectful, kind and caring.
being there for me during my struggles.
supportive in my career aspirations.
and most of all just simply holding me in your arms.
what attracted me to you was your big heart.
I can see you are genuinely a good person.
that's what I fell in love with, your personality.

Madoka retired the scene. Shou did official support for para:noir and is still doing support for other bands I think. Jin is doing support for everyone and their mother, just like before unsraw. I'm not sure what tetsu's up to. Jun has a new band Ms.LIAR according to vkdb. Yuuki popped up on twitter again for unsraw's revival/second disbandment live but I don't think he's doing anything. No idea what's going on with Rai.
 
 
Shou's blog: http://profile.ameba.jp/sho-official/
Tetsu's blog: http://profile.ameba.jp/tetsu-official
Jin's blog: http://profile.ameba.jp/jin3official
Yuuki's twitter: https://twitter.com/yuuki_ofc