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So how does one even go about getting into this band? Their discography is huge and from what I've heard the quality of their work tends to be rather inconsistent so I feel as though it'd be really easy to listen to the "wrong" release first. Are there any releases that tend to be unanimously agreed to be amongst their best? I'd like to give them a shot but I really have no idea where to start.

I'm not familiar with anything on that list with the exception of the Iron Maiden song. 1. Fightstar - Battlefield 2. Invalids - Far Away Cranes 3. school food punishment - パーセンテージ 4. LITE - Black & White 5. 凛として時雨 - a symmetry 6. 65daysofstatic - A Failsafe 7. lycoriscoris - weightless 8. Les Discrets - Après l'ombre 9. 유카리 - Where Do I Go? 10. Crystal Castles - Violent Youth

The Danish Girl. I thought it was pretty weak. It felt more like it was just trying really hard to appeal to a specific demographic rather than being a good movie in its own right. The pacing was awful and it seemed to keep repeating the same things over and over to try to cheaply lengthen the movie's runtime. I don't think Eddie Redmayne did as much of a good job as people have made out, though he wasn't awful by any means. I dunno, it just seems like the type of film that people want to like due to its subject matter than one that actually deserves a lot of the praise I've seen it get. Not bad but nothing even remotely special either.

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Thinking of having dyed as a sort of red/blonde ombré thing sort of like this picture. Thoughts?

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Euuuuuuuuurghdjfhgfbzjhvdshgfvsdtsfyrghgzudhzgzmmdmdgmzmd,g. Brain, please stop. Like, just chill. CHIIIIILLLLLLL.

Holy fuck. We are no longer friends. Patient: TK from 凛として時雨 Diagnosis: Inspiration is DEAD Prescription: Go back in time to 2012 and refuse to write the opening for Psycho-Pass, saving you from the temptations of becoming a repetitive, soulless, anime-opening spewing songwriter controlled by the evil music overlords at SMEJ

Hmm, that was more enjoyable than the title track and the es or s stuff. Hopefully the rest of the song isn't just a repeat/minor variation of the first half.

Damn, that profanity. I never realised Cat was such a hXc rebellious youth back in the day But as for the main topic of the thread, some of the earlier posters were on the right lines. There are a lot of different reasons why people listen to music. Some people are more drawn to aesthetics (both musical and visual), others to composition, others more to the lyrical aspects, etc. I'd say that even the way that music is promoted can be a huge factor for some people, even if subconsciously. Given that, it's not entirely surprising that certain genres or styles that may seem mutually incompatible to some can be natural progressions of each other to other people. In the cases of both Visual Kei & K-Pop, they're both extremely similar in the way they're presented and marketed. Both place a significant portion (if not the majority) of their emphasis on selling idolised 'characters' based on their looks, personalities, and so on with the music often performing more of a secondary function; giving them a reason to be dancing around on camera or releasing new photos of them looking attractive for their new look, etc. I'd even go so far as to say that the only major difference between those two genres and a lot of Japanese idol music (AKB48 and the like) in that respect is the fact that they don't have the borderline paedophilic aspect to them that the latter does, which probably tends to be a major barrier for a lot of people. Basically, if you're really into visual aesthetics, idolising the personas that the band members present, etc, then it's not entirely surprising that you'd be drawn to both Visual Kei and K-Pop because in that respect they're very similar to each other.

It's really not a big deal. NK has been pursuing a nuclear programme for decades; nothing's changed from before. Their general strategy for obtaining influence in world affairs is to make manufacture mini-crises like these every few months, since they don't really have anything else going for them. It won't lead to anything substantial.

Why yes, ridiculously hot airport lady, you may indeed touch me.

I have no idea if that's a good thing or not, but I'm going to assume that it is

I decided to become invisible.

If we're judging by the quality of the music, it seems more like the latter

I'm in Japan at the moment to see a downy concert and while I was here I decided to go check out the Budokan since I was in the area. Actually had no idea the ARCHE lives were this weekend, so I was pretty surprised when I found myself surrounded by fans queuing up so early in the day xD

Yeah, not feeling this at all. It's weird how his songwriting has degenerated into something so... lazy. Hard to think that this is the same guy that wrote songs like シャンディ, mib126, film A moment, etc.

I'm listening to TK's unravel and actually enjoying it. What the fuck is happening?

Going to dig through the releases you guys have posted since I personally didn't find anything interesting this month. 새벽's EP was okay but weaker than her first (which itself was just 'decent'). The only other notable thing I listened to was Dream Theater's album, which was only notable for being so monotonous that it made me want to gouge my eyes out.

Started playing The Witness. My brain hurts already.

I'm on the 20th track right now and it's so bland that it's actually difficult to keep listening. Can't believe this is the same band that once wrote stuff like this.

Dream Theater's new album has 34 tracks and is over two hours long. The fuck...

New 雨のパレード is pretty nice. I tend to find this band rather "meh" overall but they have some solid tracks here and there. This is probably my favourite song by them since ペトリコール. Hopefully the b sides are good too.