ghost

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Castlevania 3
Darkstalkers 3
I just noticed, kind of on a vampire binge

Updated!
 
Current Collection

Yeah, I think the nudity has a bit to do with authenticity, as it does feel a bit more real that way. At least to me. And this wasn't exactly grown up, respectable men we saw in these videos. It's kinda normal for a lot of men to focus on tits and ass when filming videos like that.
 
I also have to add that I have always appreciated nudity in most horror genres. When it comes ot ghost stories and haunted house films, I can do without, even though it doesn't bother me there either. I like nude girls after all. But I think nudity adds a lot to the fun in slashers, cannibal films and splatters as an example. A huge part of the fun.

Japanese part (except vinyls):

Everything else (big shelf is games and wife's records):

I took closeups of everything as well since you can't really see it all.
Visual kei/J-Pop
Vinyls and big limited editions
Neo-folk/Noise/Metal/Pop/Rock/EBM/Gåff/etc.
Me and the wife's video game collection
My latest purchase
Full resolution pics here
Some more games and my GameBoy are hidden away in the cellar but I didn't feel like digging them out.

CDs and lps are just in alphabetic order, If I had to divide for genre or jrock/non jrock I will become mad. I think 1/3 of my collection is japanese CDS.

Some shoots at things that i love:

^ Awesome!!!
I have too much stuff all over the place, so for now, here's my BUCK-TICK collection:


...and my Asai Kenichi-related stuff (JUDE, SHERBETS, solo, PONTIACS):

Well, just rearranged all my stuff in my relax/music/gaming room and thus resulted in a somewhat tidied mess and thus time for me to make some photo's of my collection

Main part of my collection with most of my precious/favorite stuff, top shelf is mostly male-fronted rock bands,
top row, from left to right:
ART-SCHOOL, killing boy, KAREN, COLD KITCHEN (all ART-SCHOOL related stuff), uranino, Half-Life, jeepta, Dirty Old Men, any, UNDER THE COUNTER, OGRE YOU ASSHOLE, aie, 99 Radio Service
bottom row, from left to right:
me-al art, digitalis, aquarifa, some smaller stuff, inspire:tion, HOLA/SHIBATA, Massdre, FLiP, random stuff, yume miteru, mitsume, part of my ACIDMAN collection
all the way up on the left is the Zankyo Record Anniversary Book =)
Under these rows is a TV and some shelfs with a shitload of X360-games...

2nd part of my collection. Mostly stuff by bands I only got one release of. Will link to closer ups below

small stack below the 2nd part-collection

70+ demos, Live only singles, cd-r's etc. Mostly only packed in paper cases so it's not handy to put them on a shelf xD

Random VK-shizzle. Got some more VK stuff laying around, but I never use that stuff anymore
Want to see more, incl. more close ups of my collection:
http://smg.beta.photobucket.com/user/Ai ... an%20album
Now let me show yours =)

Just got my first order from Closet Child!

 
Excitement level is off the walls right now.

I just finished watching V/H/S.
And.....
I thought it was alright.
For it's genre, I thought it was very well done. A lot of the shorts had good atmosphere and I liked the way all the videos were connected through one main story.
I liked the variety of topics the different directors tackled and there were some pretty good effects.
 
With that said though, the movie was pretty forgettable with no real scares and lacked an impact that shakes the heart.
With most of the shorts, you knew how it was going to end and, as with other films of the shaky cam style, there's too much filler for my liking.
For example, with Second Honeymoon, the only real tense or interesting parts constituted about like 5 minutes of the entire short (at least it only felt like 5).
Some of the audio was difficult to hear and, as a result, I missed crucial parts of the stories (ex. The sick thing...Emily..)
 
Probably isn't a complaint for most people, but there was way too much (senseless) nudity or sex related writing in the shorts for me. In Tuesday the 17th, the main girl's dialogue *before a certain event*, was really awkward and didn't add to the situation.
I know guys like boobs, but almost every guy behind the camera focuses on cleavage or legs. Yes, I suppose it gives it more of a natural feel to the footage, but not every guy is a perverted sex fiend who'll do anything to get a quick peak at some boobehs.
 
Now, I do give them credit for the final product considering they had a lot less time than a full length film to execute their ideas. That in itself is pretty impressive.
But, I guess that's where some of my disappointment comes from; I'd like to see a lot of ideas fleshed out more and given the time they need to develop and build a solid story and atmosphere.
 
Overall, it was entertaining and definitely didn't feel like a waste of time. It just didn't have that extra something to really make a lasting impression and become something historically great. This first entry, in what appears to be a trilogy so far, has definitely wetted my appetite and gets me curious enough to follow the series to experience more creepy shaky cam horrors.
 
What would really make this authentic is viewing the movie on an actual VHS.
 

I dreamt about playing support bass for a band but kept on abandoning due to wanting to pee. For some reason, I took the 20 min walk home just to pee. I came back to the play just in time to perform for the main band but had to leave again after the first song. Went home again but this time I was fed dinner and moments after finishing my meal called in to get back asap. As I left my home, I was offered a ride to the play. However, as soon as I got on the ride, I had the urge to pee again. I held it in this time. When I got to the play, I was put to perform for a live hip-hop band. However after only one song, the bass guitar was taken away from me and given to some girl who proceeds play to well enough to astonish the crowd. I watched in amazement of how well she played and had the feeling I was being showed up but I couldn't keep my eyes off of her and wanted to hear her play some more. Then I woke up with a massive urge to pee

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Castlevania 3
Darkstalkers 3
I just noticed, kind of on a vampire binge

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Castlevania 3
Darkstalkers 3
I just noticed, kind of on a vampire binge

Shutters a good one!
It was a little different than your typical white ghost with black long hair offing people flick.
I thought the Conjuring was pretty good. It doesn't really do anything original but it does what other movies have done pretty well.
I will admit, thinking back to it now I can't say it was really memorable. It doesn't try to grab you with shock factor or a gruesome scene but rather focuses more on its characters and story (which is appreciated in a genre where story and character development is rarely the main focus).

I need big glasses to obscure my tiny Asian eyes.
This is part of my "Prospect" series (2 of 2).
 

"Up prospect"

I need big glasses to obscure my tiny Asian eyes.
This is part of my "Prospect" series (2 of 2).
 

"Up prospect"

I need big glasses to obscure my tiny Asian eyes.
This is part of my "Prospect" series (2 of 2).
 

"Up prospect"

I need big glasses to obscure my tiny Asian eyes.
This is part of my "Prospect" series (2 of 2).
 

"Up prospect"

but I don't wanna

As a collector of Jrock CDS, I like to know what I'm buying. I want to know the differences between first and second press, limited edition vs regular edition, digipack or jewel case, Euro release vs Japan release vs US release, etc. Sometimes it's easy to find this information and sometimes it's next near to impossible (especially for earlier releases).
 
I feel like this would be a difficult idea to implement (and I'm not even sure how many people are even interested in this kind of information) but what do people think about creating some kind of list that has all the release differences for a bands discography?
I'm not sure how feasible this is considering there are so many bands and we may not even be able to find all this information.
It sounds like a good idea when I think about it but I feel like once it gets started it's going to be a lot more complicated than planned.
 
 
Still, on the chance people are on board I had a couple ideas to start.
 
-List information such as (title, release date, catalog number, pressing, edition, bonuses (i.e. extra tracks, special booklet, slipcase, etc))
-Link to a photo(s) if possible (Most likely from personal collection)
-Have the thread (or whatever it will be) accessible to all members for edits to add more bands, releases and info.
 
Heck, maybe we can just create an individual thread per band under the artists section or something. 
Like I said, this seems like too much information to handle and/or more work than it's worth, but I thought I'd see what people thought of the idea.
 

For the lulz - introducing the super official MH J-meme thread! I think you get the drift - share the best J-music related memes/funnypics/younameit that you've found in the interwebs or made yourself!
 
Following pictures are made by anonymous, yet extremely hilarious meme creators.
 

 

 

 
 

I prefer CD's because they are small and more readily available.  I love LP's but I simply do not have the space for them lol.  I would love tapes more if I didn't get my heart broken so many times by them getting eaten by tape players T__T

We going old school here?
Here's one from 2005!

I see PS2 is still the system of choice.
Or people are just stuck with it hah.

I see PS2 is still the system of choice.
Or people are just stuck with it hah.

Having been a solid gazette fan for most of their career (until recently) from my opinion and understanding, both of these albums were very huge indications of change and growth with in their musical career. NIL I believe was the album that really gave a hint of change from their releases prior to that. It was a solid transitional album, though they had a short hiccup with stacked rubbish i think. NIL is the album I feel that really pulled in the mass amounts of fans. That's when i remember them blowing up. DIM is also a hint of change for them. I admire this album over NIL not because it's better, I just feel it was a lot more experimental. DIM was that one album I could tell all the members were really in sync and this was a sound that they spent all their time and energy and passion trying to create. I feel that DIM flows extremely well and conveys a lot of different settings and emotions in a story like manner. The transitional tracks add a nice touch. While some people thought those to be annoying and a rip off because they weren't actual songs, I found them to be very artistic and enhancing. Those tracks were like bread crumbs, giving an offsetting preview/intro to the next phrase of the album as a whole. I don't particularly have an opinion on what that album led them in to in regards to their current works, but DIM as a whole was a piece of artwork in my wholeheartedly honest opinion.