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Haha, exactly what that reminded me of. (this is what emmny is talking about for those who don't know) This one completely trumps the raccoon one though XD:

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I dig this super catchy 1/3 leopard hat-kei band.

Jesus, are you me? lol That's nearly the exact same starting experience I had with Vistlip. When the LMN J countdowns were super popular on Youtube, STRAWBERRY BUTTERFLY was on the list for several weeks. I absolutely fell in love with the song, and their concept + style blew my mind (NEXT was also a super awesome track). I listened to the THEATER album a lot after that (Dead Cherry, CLASSIC OPERA, and LION HEART mainly). They were kinda on the backburner for me until SINDRA, which created some mind blew-ception (July VIIth [Re:birth] is still in my top 5 tracks). Then ORDER MADE came out, aw hell no. The shit I went through would've given Leonardo Dicaprio an aneurysm. Still my (collective) favorite album/mini-album/single to this day. (android's dream, milk&macaron, and ORDER MADE my faves) The ORDER MADE MV was beautiful. Since then I've really liked CHIMERA and most of the LAYOUT album. Idea is probably my favorite track by them at the moment. -- As for the Revelation Space DVD, I was really surprised how good they sounded live. Excellent performers. ... *takes a deep breath* But yea, I don't know what everyone is railing CONTRAST for. If it has anything to do with the sound it's really just "vistlip" to me. I don't know what else to say about it.

"Craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked" Wise words, wise words... Edit: aaaand, that's a quote by Thomas Fuller. Sweet literary references SuG.

Mizuki looks like he's having a blast in this PV (*A*). I don't remember if I've seen a "lava" concept before, so I'm quite stoked. Me:

I'm surprised that this thread is only 2 pages . I wish I was familiar with more composers (and classical music in general), but I'm kinda picky since I'm partial to ambient/atmospheric classical music. At least from my experience, I would consider Erik Satie and Claude Debussy to be my favorite composers. Satie's Gymnopédies compositions are my favorite, and I also like Debussy's orchestrations of them. Something I found interesting from a video I watched is that Ryuichi Sakamoto ("Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" Composer) drew inspiration from Debussy whom he states took inspiration from "Asian music". (quite a bit of back-and-forth there) I would love to have been at this performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgSeZpcMOBE

Out of all my listening devices, I actually prefer my 2004 car speakers to my ATH-M50s... I don't know if it's the mastering or what, but I've been really bothered by my hearing lately. Every sharp "s" sound or cymbal hit literally gives me headaches and I can't listen to a lot of "brash" VK stuff at full volume. A few months ago my dad was surprised when I told him how bothered I was when he was playing some stuff through our living room speakers. Fortunately, I've set up my eq on iTunes to reduce a tad bit of treble and boost the bass a little. I need to invest in a pair of open-ended Fidelo X2s or Mad Dog Pros to widen the soundstage a bit to get some distance.

*muted whimper* While I typically pride myself as a connoisseur for live-limited items, I was actually blissfully unaware of both releases that you've mentioned. So yea, I just got Tears, 桜色, and Unlimits.

I absolutely love this Aerosmith cover by FEST VAINQUEUR. Not sure if this counts (Yasu has a visual aesthetic). Acid Black Cherry has done an insane amount of covers (I love them all btw) from Japanese artists. UCHUSENTAI:NOIZ has done some decent OPM (Original Pilipino Music) covers in Tagalog. Not too crazy about the band though. I can confirm flips went crazy over this one, lol.

I clearly went bonkers this month since I refrained from buying CDs during the month of December. Two more packages incoming (one from the Rarezhut stream and another containing live-limited NEXX and MoNoLith items.) About 20 total CDs o_o... Needless to say, I'm excited. I also got the rest of the Diz dizcography, not shown here.

Just noticed I've never contributed to this thread. I'll go ahead and post a couple of my favorites. Bonus: I like a lot of female bands/artists too like Apink, f(x), and Neon Bunny (thanks to John Oliver). Similarly to J-Pop though, I'm not a huge fan of most large female idol groups.

Anybody know stuff similar to this: I love listening to harmonic hammock and contrary parade (I also picked up that rimacona album at a bookstore several months ago). Super calm, acoustic, "cafe" music (that I literally listen to in cafes.)

I don't know if I'm crazy thinking this way, but I'm really nonplussed (inf.) about the "elitism" and the overall negatives about VK. It's probably because I have a very "shouganai" mindset (which undoubtedly has its negatives). People make mistakes/do stupid shit, individuals grow up (mostly), and you're really bound to always be surrounded by people you probably don't agree with. As for the genre or subculture that is Visual Kei, my only qualms are usually band-specific. If your entire objective as a band is to merely emulate other artists in hopes to become popular, and your music is obviously uninspired; I probably wont listen to you. Live-limited items are to gain attraction at lives, and personally having to pay more is really subject to supply & demand. It can't be helped. If most of your bands discography is live-limited releases and I can't get my hands on them, too bad, it's one band; I can deal with it. (I'll be sad though T_T) 以上です。 *proceeds to strike Buddhist gong*

I'm dead.

I think (not entirely sure) -NOVA- might be alluding to an auction service. That being the case, it would be too much of a time investment on Rarezhut's part w/ sniper bidding and real time stuff. Even if the item has a "buy now" option, it's common courtesy to have an account available to provide user feedback, etc (which FJ does function as). It's a ton of extra steps. Edit: *FACEPALM*. I totally forgot that all of this is done through FJ so you don't... really... have... to... worry... about... that... Well, cool. Basically I'm getting the advantages of a reduced shipping fee due to items being sent en bulk.

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Additionally, as someone from the U.S, I'm super interested in this. A 12% fee on each of my 6 CDs (in my most recent shipment) would amount roughly to $7. My FJ overseas fee for that shipment cost $33. If you're able to chop shipping fees like that... This would be extremely helpful since I buy more stuff on webshops than I do on yahoo or mbok (b/c specials). That being said, I'd like to hear more about the logistics.