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Just finished Usagi Drop. If you haven't seen it, you owe it to yourself to watch it right now, as it is pretty much the cutest thing ever (and I mean that in a legit heartwarming sense of the word cute, not the moe kind of cute).

Thanks for understanding that we all needed a break from you, Panda.

I just finished my third attempt to make it through this album. Zeitgeist was my first time listening to the band and I really enjoyed it. I wish I could say that same for Rhapsody. I feel like I have the opposite view point as Cat does. Where he see's at it as a band taking their own route and doing something unique when they could have played it safe I feel like they are trying to hard to be grungy and I feel like I am having "LOOK AT US WE ARE UNPOLISHED AND UNIQUE" shouted at me. My biggest problems with this albums comes with its intentional unpolished, borderline noise, quality of the album. And it's not that I don't like it when bands do this as there are some that I can really enjoy when they get it right (Boris is the first one that pops in to my mind). Perhaps this is something unique to me, but I hate the sound of guitars that are so far distorted that they bring out that grainy sound that reminds me of listening to a low bitrate song...maybe it's just a case for me that there is a fine line between "fuzz" and low quality and The Novembers steps across that line for me on tracks like Sturm und Drang, Blood Music.1985, and the one they named by mashing their first on to the numpad. There are songs like Rhapsody in beauty that I want to like but that siren like just ends up grating on me too much. Xeno feels a bit too stock imo and tu m' and Bokurawa Nandattan Darou just come off as snoozefests imo. Xenakis goes the ambient/noise route, and since I have always had a hard time enjoying ambient music because I need a bit more of a bite to my songs to keep me interested, so this is pretty much is an immediate skip for me. This leaves dumb and Romancé as the standout tracks of the album for me. And while they are good, I can't say that they blow me away. All in all Rhapsody feels like a huge miss to me. And while I don't fault anyone for liking it, I doubt I will ever spin this album again.

Sounds cool so far, can't wait for this to hit.

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Awwww yeeeeeah! Their last release was incredible and its been far too long.

I honestly like most of the guys on this list, but if I am being honest with myself I really need to pick Morrie, because that dude is an utter badass. While I can't say I have followed him for nearly as long as some of the other guys on this list, he is the one on this list that has created my favorite stuff in the past several years.

This legitimately made me run around my apartment laughing.

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I just can't imagine this going well. I really hope I am wrong...but man... Not that I am trying to justify this because really, I hate this too, but I wonder what percentage of anime takes place in Japan. I would be willing to bet that it is around 95%.

God dammit Champ, you stole my line!

While Music is hardly a fantastic album, I still enjoy it. On the other end, Monster isn't bad either, but it was entirely forgettable. Sure it wasn't the abominations that were NOW and GO and was most certainly a step in the right direction, it didn't stop it from being bland and forgettable. I don't remember a single song off of Monster and haven't be compelled to spinning again after its initial release (and Gravitation is so much better that it is makes Monster obsolete imo) while I can still think back Music and actually can remember the songs in my head. That and I love the weird ass instrumental track before Puzzle on Music.

I can't help but feel that this is going to be a train wreck...

Though this is massively late, here is my completed list!

Oh nice! I look forward to checking them out. 2014 has been a pretty weak year for Post Rock for me so far, hopefully Mono can change that for me.

Since Bayonetta is getting so many rave reviews lately it has reminded me that I needed to go back and finish the original.

Was suppsed to have them today but, theres a lack of stock so I had to wait I'm thinking about getting one once stock has been refilled.

These are all the systems I currently own: PS3 PS2 Wii U Wii Gamecube N64 Nintendo DS Gameboy Color Gameboy Dreamcast PC Gameboy Advance, Gameboy Advance SP, and my NES were all sold/given away down the line.

On the second book of the Mistborn Trilogy. So far I am enjoying it but there are some bits that drive me nuts

Started Princess Tutu yesterday, seems pretty promising.

Only have the final boss of FF6 left to go...this will actually be my first FF that I have actually completed XD

Welcome to the forum! If you have any questions, feel free to ask anyone with a Red or Blue name. Also, nice list of bands there! I am especially happy to see Sel'm on there, they are massively underrated.