JukaForever

I have no idea. I'm trying to figure out what happened to her brain disease. It could be in remission for all we know, but she hasn't commented on it yet. I think it's weird that she mentions that she had some brain disease but never mentioned what it was or if she got better or not. If it was bad enough for her to leave Aldious, but apparently not bad enough for her to not form Raglaia two years later, what exactly was it that was so bad that Aldious couldn't go on hiatus for a year or two? Was the band so impatient that they couldn't wait? Or was there something else at play? And if that seems rude I'm only poking because things don't add up.
 
 
We'll probably never get answers though.

those numbers look like overall numbers, are you sure you posted the right ones?
 
Top 3 from the last 7 days:
 
1 Flip   45 2 Sheek Louch  28 3 yazzmad  23

I HAVE MADE THE MEME!

Youtube's recommended videos after a simple search for japanese rock/metal. I think a downloading blog called japanese-music-dream or something like that back in 2010 for a variety of genres. Then edohsama and ongaku-something-something for all things visual kei related. Finally this forum ^^
Even with this forum though, youtube still tends to be the most effective in supplying me bands that I will like.

So glad now after 400 posts I could change my 'title' to what I really am.
; )

these KPOP-crossed-jrock siggies though

these KPOP-crossed-jrock siggies though

uhh lol  I don't really think about it too much but since it is brought up, if I find the right person, I wouldn't mind marriage otherwise I am just as happy being a crazy cat person. At the same time I don't really agree with the concept of marriage and would be cool with polygamy in society.  

uhh lol  I don't really think about it too much but since it is brought up, if I find the right person, I wouldn't mind marriage otherwise I am just as happy being a crazy cat person. At the same time I don't really agree with the concept of marriage and would be cool with polygamy in society.  

It is fascinating how some people can convey their thoughts so eloquently in writing but are complete shit when it comes to communicating verbally.

Gonna defo be a shit fest of peoples feelings, any and whatever it may be

I must admit, MEJIBRAY's ballads are my favourite tracks by them. EMILY and Anemone are too beautiful. 

Just wanted to say, I love Raven. >.>
 
Don't hate me, it's so different and catchy, how could I not?

I think the visual aspects is especially superb with Meto, I don't think there is a "try-hard" in creating a visual character. If that were the case, a lot of the animu are complete try-hards. The PV is just OK, there isn't as strong of a theme this time around, if there is, I fail to catch it.

BB Guns should have an orange tip on them right? If it isn't, the cops have the right to defend themselves in the case if it were a real gun.
 
So many goddamn issues, my feed is littered with many thoughtful assessments of said issues but there are even more nonsensical-ignorant ones.

From CDJapan:
 
"Comes with a bonus DVD featuring music video(s), footage shot at his photo session in France, interview footage, a video message from KAMIJO"
 
plus I think he talks about some of specific songs, I don't understand Japanese sorry. It has a lot of him posing around in France with his outfit. One of the song is featured as the theme of said posing around. Same PV as the singles except Louis is metal version, some slight changes in the scenes, nothing too big though.

The problem is that most discussions centered on visual kei (especially by non-vk fans, or anti-vk ppl) are often slathered with frightening helpings of overgeneralization, made worse by a common stereotype of vk fans that's, let's just say, not too charitable. People need to realize that not all visual kei fans are (or come anywhere near to) immature, rabid fangirls who creepily stalk twitter/ameblo and hyperventilate at their bandomen's zettai ryoiki 24/7. Oh yes, of course, there are those (and btw I don't believe there's anything wrong with that, but that's going off-topic). And there are also vk fans who refuse for whatever reason to listen to anything else but vk. So what? This "snobbishness" isn't even something peculiar to vk - just take a look at people who exclusively listen to classical music, or trance, or hip-hop, or whatever - and in my view, not necessarily something "bad".

The thing is, contrary to common presuppositions, some of these people who swear by vk have actually explored other genres, found that they didn't like them, and returned to the "sanctuary" of vk music where they feel most at ease. There's a very common tendency to feel that simply because I found a mind-blowingly good band, people are "missing out" on this gem because they don't know about it (and if they do know, then they're not being critical!). I used to feel the same way sometimes, but I've come to accept that isn't the case at all. For every 1 person who's interested I can easily find 100 others who quite honestly don't give a shit. In my case I've also occasionally checked out purported "albums of the century" (hurhur) and didn't know wtf I was listening to. But this is just as well; if there were any place for aggressive musical evangelism, all of us would be listening to AKB48 and Arashi and nothing else.

A final point. Let's face it: the music industry today is staggeringly huge and there are way too many bands/artists for anyone to listen to. For most people who are neither NEETs nor retirees, their "exploratory" phase must stop (or at least slow down) at some point. To put it crudely some sacrifice has to be made between breadth and depth of music: because no one has infinite time to sit down and listen to music leisurely, people who have less diverse tastes can channel their time to further exploring what they really like. It's not so much that vk music is irreconcilable with other genres of music; it's the practical constraint of time where spending a month to explore other genres means they will have 1 less month to explore vk bands they like. Not everyone is willing to make this sacrifice. As an anecdotal aside, I'm just a rather casual listener of classical music but I have a good friend who listens to almost nothing but Chopin since he was 14 and has developed an unbelievable familiarity with almost every single Chopin specialist from the 19th through the 21st century (he even knows who are the Nocturnes specialists, Mazurka specialists, etc. within the Chopin repertoire). I hardly think it would make any sense for me to inform him that he has wasted his time and suggest that he'd have been better off if he had traded 50% of this expertise to explore rap or J-indies instead. And if I wouldn't say that, why would it be easier to say the exact same thing to the obsessive vk fan, if not for the derogatory (and often incorrect) stereotypes usually associated with vk fans I've mentioned at the start of the post..?

I've only listened to the album once very casually and i don't think i'm in the position to comment on the quality of the album, much less give a proper review. But my own view is that there's no value inherent in taking risks just for the sake of doing it. I mean, if i'm in a band that has found a unique niche sound and accrued a solid following, why would i not want to keep to my sound? Moran's songs sound "samey" too, and enough people buy their sound, so I don't believe being a successful musician is all about changing sounds every few releases and trading a group of fans for another as the band becomes more "mature". To be honest that would be ridiculous. Instead it's about being able to stand your ground in what's alr a very challenging scene, consolidate some sort of identity for yourself/your band, and then explore how to vary elements of your music meaningfully. I feel it's important that the variation comes in at the last step (and note the emphasis), otherwise the result will be the polymorphous disaster that's Sadie's last album ._.
For me arlequin has managed to find their own sound (already impressive given how young and relatively inexperienced they are), and i'm more than happy to give them time to take the last step. Simply because it will take time.

Haha, so we're pretty much vise versa. And i agree completely,late this year was my come back year into K-Pop and these last few months have really REALLY been impressive. My iphone is filled with more K-pop than usual.
 
 
I can respect that. To me, their music resonates with me and they kind of remind me of Shinhwa in their earlier days. 
Yes, please do. I have a feeling they're gonna go very far as a group.
 
BTW:
 
I copped the AOA come back album last night. This was my first time really listening to them and I must say, next to T-ARA's And and End, this is one of the best releases this year. 

I found the new single similar in sound although there are more slow-downs, in the middle of the songs, in this release. Still enjoyable goodiness though.

I found the new single similar in sound although there are more slow-downs, in the middle of the songs, in this release. Still enjoyable goodiness though.

I thought he was 300 years old

when you do a zoom-in on a 4k x 6k pic and you see all the details down to the finer hairs underneath the tip of the nose *shivers*

why not create a pinned template? I know some posters have really good looking posts. They would make good templates
 
 
 
 
Only saw that now, I am assuming that is missing an "a" ? I will make sure to include a picture of a panda next time I post a link. pce