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That's really my only beef with when bands go major. The pressure to put out material so sometimes gives you a string of hit-miss-hit-miss albums.

Geez, when is that album going to come out?

Kawaii!!!

I wouldn't mind. As long as they are not too good. If I fall in love with any more bands, I'll be broke before Christmas.

I think you need to fix something . . . I do like your signature though. <3

My dad and mom think it is absolutely stupid and weird I listen to music in a language besides English. Not only that, they both think rock music is music only for "emo kids" and social rejects. They think I should be a "normal" teenager and listen to mainstream American pop stuff that comes on the radio and MTV like Rihanna, Ke$ha, or something (and in my mom's case, only a certain brand of Christian music). My family mocks my tastes and I've refrained from sharing with them about it any further because their cliched/racist reactions and dumb questions annoy me. Strangely enough, they don't mind buying CD's for me as gifts on the occasion, which is perfectly alright with me. Most of my friends have a similar opinion, though they are lot less extreme about the racism and what not. They are mostly just freaked out by visual kei, which I don't really blame them for. I do have two close friends who are casual fans though, both of whom I managed to convert and I share MP3's with them sometimes. One of my friends really loves Versailles and GACKT (I gave her some J-indie and J-metal songs recently and she loves those a lot too) and I have another friend who also loves GACKT, Miyavi, and some "anime bands" like Orange Range and Asian Kung-Fu Generation. However, I don't know anyone in my whole county who is probably as big of a geek about it as I am.

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Oh gosh, R.I.P.

Kaya scares me.

Oh, okay haha!

Listened to a J-Rock CD for the first time in a car ever today, lol.

I want new Anthem PV now!!!

^ I really don't understand this comment.

Haha, cool.

I did a very unholy splurge on J-Rock. Physical CD's: Anthem - Heraldic Device (pre-order) Anthem - Tightrope Caroline Rocks - 白い空気とカーディガンと頭痛 Caroline Rocks - Parallel Cinema Staff - Blue, under the imagination Cinema Staff - Symmetoronica Cinema Staff - Cinema Staff Andymori - Kakumei Versailles - Holy Grail GACKT - Diabolos Kuroyume - Feminism iTunes/Amazon Downloads: Sunsgrind - Misdirection EP Cinema Staff - 水平線は夜動く the cabs - 一番はじめの出来事 Boris - Mabuta no Ura

"Interview with Kiwamu" Oh, god. Betting $100 he'll say something about piracy or rude overseas fans.

I read a translated interview where he says it is basically a result of trauma to the vocal chords due to a harsh, persistent cough (caused by what they assumed to be either allergies or pertussis). Someone correct me if I'm off the mark . . .

Nooo! Not X-Japan syndrome!

Oh gosh, I just wanna cry right now. For some reason, I had a bad feeling it would come to this but I didn't think it would be this soon. D'espairsRay were one of the first bands I really came to appreciate and they introduced me to metal music. I really REALLY regret I was never able to see them live or anything. Just when I thought this would be the best summer ever for J-Music . . .

^ Thanks for sharing the link! I totally forgot about that survey. And good to read something with a far less insulting/condescending tone with decent sources. (Despite the fact it is an article from JaME, who have gotten things wrong before, including confusing Futoshi Abe with Kiyoshiro Imawano, but I digress).

Probably gonna end up buying the cheap Hong Kong Limited version like last time. . . Versailles, Andymori, and Boris made me broke. Loving the Pepsi-themed album art. Nice.

Source: OHP Yay!!! Tracklist: 1. C’mon 2. ??よ??ら傷??ら????日々よ 3. ???????????アナタ 4. Homebound 5. Don’t Wanna Lie 6. DAREKA 7. ボス 8. Too Young 9. ピルグリム 10. ザ・マイスター 11. デッドエンド 12. 命? 13. ultra soul 2011

Oh, I see. That's a relief. But not like it is going to matter anyway if I never get my invite.

^ Glad you mentioned about Japanese music. :/ I'm going to just store my music on ADrive. You can't stream, but free 50 GB storage for anything you want 'aint too bad. And it reads unicode/characters perfectly fine.