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  1. Posted

    THREE LIGHTS DOWN KINGS' "Future Maker". I haven't listened to the whole "Rock to the Future" album, but if this is the best track they could come up with from it, I don't know if I want to. God, it's so embarrassingly bland. It literally sounds like they just sucked all the fun and personality out of the band.

     

    I'm not surprised Ko-ichi ditched them if this was the direction they wanted to go in.

     

     

  3. Posted

    3 hours ago, orange~ said:

    thank you@violetchainfor the lovely reminder of LA Guns. <3

     

    All the confusion between different versions of the band was annoying and made me feel uncertain about them. Would love to have such a "definite version" :P

    Yeah, I got fed up with them as well a few years ago because of all the drama and line-up changes, but if Tracii and Phil are back on the same side I think something might actually get done. Phil does not seem like the type to make a decision like that unless he's really expecting it to be worth his while.

     

    I'm hoping the fact that they already have a record deal and tour dates booked for 2017 will force them to keep it together for at least a year, but you never know with them...

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  4. Posted · Edited by violetchain

    http://sleazeroxx.com/singer-phil-lewis-quits-l-a-guns/

    http://sleazeroxx.com/tracii-guns-confirms-phil-lewis-only-out-of-l-a-guns-version-with-steve-riley/

    ^It's kind of amazing that L.A. Guns are still bringing the drama so hard after over a decade of this nonsense.

     

    Still love them though. <3

     

    Really hoping the new album with Phil and Tracii actually happens in 2017. Waking the Dead is one of my favourite releases basically ever and I would love to hear what they can come up with now. There's something so magical about the way that Phil's more traditional, consistent style and Tracii's ambition and eagerness to keep things fresh complement each other.

     

    This line-up sounds so sexy. It'll be a shame if they manage to shoot themselves in the foot again. :sad:

     

     

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  7. Posted

    1 hour ago, itsukoii said:

    what's your guys' preferred method of practicing your listening skills? it's something i really need to work on, but i'm not really sure how to go about it. listening to music seems like the most obvious method, but i don't really want to go searching for lyrics for every song i listen to.

     

    (i'd like to read japanese subtitles as i listen to whatever my preferred method of practicing is, because my listening skills are shit lmao. i need to read and listen)

    Variety shows can be good for that because they use massive, easy to read subtitles to emphasize the important parts of what people are saying.

     

    Ex.

     

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  8. Posted

    This movie had its flaws, but I don't know if this series is going to improve on it. Mainly, I don't know if Neil Patrick Harris can compete with Jim Carrey's Count Olaf. I loved how over the top he played it, since I always imagined him as someone who makes a big production out of every single thing he does, and the Netflix Count Olaf just seems so low-energy in this trailer by comparison.

     

     

     

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  10. Posted · Edited by violetchain

    I'm half Chinese, so I already look fairly Asian (to Canadian people, at least), and there are actually a shocking amount of Japanese culture nerds in Toronto, so I can't say I've ever really felt alone in this hobby/obsession or like life would be better if I was Japanese.

     

    I really like where I live. It's probably mostly because I just moved out of the suburbs, but I just feel like there's so much potential here right now.

  12. Posted · Edited by violetchain

    Is it weird that I think DADAROMA is kind of a cool name? I always read it as "Dadaism + aroma" - like "with the scent/flavor/spirit of Dadaism", which is kind of fitting for a VK band. I mean, you can't tell me that a VK band wouldn't use something like this as their cover artwork:

     

    2dilrac.jpg

     

    After some quick Googling, it seems like that wasn't what they were going for, but I still think it has a nice look and sound to it compared to a lot of the VK names out there.

     

     

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  14. Posted · Edited by violetchain

    "Hated" is probably a little strong in this case, but the telephones. It's funny, because they have so many things I love going for them (energetic performances, engrish lyrics, super high-pitched male vocals, a silly sense of humour, cheesy 80s influences...etc.), but I really didn't like I Hate Disco or Monkey Disco at first, and those were always the first songs that came up when I looked into them, so for years I couldn't understand the appeal.

     

    Then I watched the videos for Keep Your Disco and Don't Stop the Move, Keep On Dancing and some live stuff and all of a sudden the other tracks started sounding good. Well, I still think Monkey Disco is right on the edge of being too ridiculous, but yeah...

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  15. Posted · Edited by violetchain

    Updated my list a bit.

    I'm trying to get through a bunch of stuff before the end of year lists start, but I'm kind of overwhelmed by just how much there is to choose from. I'm always at least a few months behind the times, and it feels like most of the artists I've been following have been crazy productive this year. :oro:

  17. Posted

    6 hours ago, cvltic said:

    Ayataso practically doxxed Noa (I left out his real first name bc I think it's a little dicey to include but his whole name is out there because of this)

    I don't really follow Avanchick or any of these bands, but was that name actually a secret? It seems like it could also be a stage name. It's listed on vkdb, and it looks like there is a blog he made under the name Takashi from a previous project where he mentions that he has started a new blog for Avanchick. He even links to his new Noah accounts:

    http://ameblo.jp/kurogoma1225/entry-11877448595.html

     

  19. Posted · Edited by violetchain

    Was so scared to listen to Frederic's full album since my expectations are so high after their last two minis, but it's actually really good. Could do without two of the tracks, but the whole thing is totally ridiculous and totally them. Lol these song titles. I just imagine Koji sitting in a room with a rhyming dictionary and slapping his knee when he reads them out every time I see things like "Replica Paprika" and "Service Nervous".

     

    Thought Night Step was a little boring at first, but it's grown on me after a few listens.

     

     

  20. Posted · Edited by violetchain

    I've never been in a relationship either. I like having a lot of alone time, and I have some very good friends who are also eternally single, so I'm not depressed about it or anything, but I do wonder what I've been missing out on sometimes.

     

    It's tough to even imagine dating though, since I'm super shy, oblivious, and I work 99% from home, so I basically never meet anyone new. Even when I go out to events or take classes, almost all of the people I feel comfortable talking to are either female, double my age or in a relationship, so I doubt I'm going to have much luck unless I get a more social job or take up some less stereotypically feminine hobbies. (I took classes on sewing and botanical watercolour painting, so in hindsight, I guess I shouldn't have been surprised that the students were almost all middle-aged women. :X'D:)

     

    Oh well, I think I'm probably still too spoiled to date someone right now anyway. I feel like I've grown up a bit since moving to the city, so maybe next year I'll feel a bit more confident.

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  21. Posted

    After the random concept change when Yutori left, I'm not really surprised they didn't make it. Seemed like they didn't really have much of an identity as a band and they were just trying to follow whatever was trendy.

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  22. Posted · Edited by violetchain

    I feel like someone has probably already translated this, but I wanted to try. There are a lot of lines I'm not sure about, but I think the general idea is pretty clear.

     

     

    In My Life

     

    Lyrics: SALU

    Music: BACHLOGIC

     

    I don’t know the future

    I can’t even tell you what will happen two seconds from now

    That’s why we can’t be stopped*

    No one can confine us

    Yeah, money, I got it

    Let’s shout “kanpai!” out loud

    Baby we can do it all

    Hey, we can do anything

    The power of false assumptions is amazing*

    Before, if I wanted something,

    I used to just make a silent wish to Santa

    Being a spectator at a game as well,

    Well, it’s fun for what it is**

    But “I’m a player”

    The moment I started feeling that way, there was no stopping me

    There are no second chances at life

    What’s behind you won’t change, so look forward

     

    There are no second chances at life

    This is my life, you know

    Even if we have regrets, we can’t be stopped

    There are no second chances at life

    This is my life, you know

    I wonder how it will turn out

    I don’t know what our future will be like…I don’t know

     

    When you’re filled with regrets,

    It’s like your heart is stuck

    I drink the last of my coffee at the park

    There’s only five minutes left…okay

    “I may not have found a job in a first class business, but I’m okay

    I’m living on my own, without any trouble”

    “Sending…”

    Somehow, when I look up at the sky,

    I think of common phrases and ads

    Things like “I want to see you” and rules to be cool***

    I want to change this planet into my ideal world,

    But, well, the truth is, you can’t change the true nature of human beings

    Violence and capital rule over us

    And the people who want to give us some leeway can’t get results****

    Mammonism and materialism

    Dealing with material bitches, from this point on it’s impossible*****

    When they looked at me, I used to be able to flip them off******

    But I throw the peace sign back at them too

    Every now and then I feel like my heart is breaking,

    But I’m going to make the world I’ve been dreaming of

    If I keep trying over and over again,

    The future will change a little bit

    Without letting it go out, I’ll turn that tiny flame into my strength and go!

     

    There are no second chances at life

    This is my life, you know

    Even if we have regrets, we can’t be stopped

    There are no second chances at life

    This is my life, you know

    I wonder how it will turn out

    I don’t know what our future will be like…I don’t know

     

    How much time is left?

    And how much money do we really need?

    I ask myself that, but of course, all I know is what’s going on right now

    We’ll be thinking about those things all our lives

    But it’s heaven on earth, this air I’m sharing with you

    We keep fighting against gravity

    You work with your time and pay with your time*******

    We are earthlings

     

    There are no second chances at life

    This is my life, you know

    Even if we have regrets, we can’t be stopped

    There are no second chances at life

    This is my life, you know

    I wonder how it will turn out

    I don’t know what our future will be like…I don’t know

     

    That’s right, nobody knows what the future will hold

    You don’t know

    So let’s savor the present

    This is my life

    There’s no second chance

    You drive me crazy

    And so, maybe

    It won’t end

     

    Notes:

    *, **, ***, ****, *****, ****** I’m really not sure about these lines

    ******* I think the idea here is that if you work all your life you won’t have any time to do anything else and you’ll regret it, but I’m not sure

     

    In My Life

     

    Boku wa mirai no koto na do shiranai

    Ni-byou saki no koto datte wakaranai

    Dakara mou daremo tomerarenai

    Daremo bokura o ashidome wa dekinai

    YEAH.. MONEY I GOT IT

    Kanpai sakebou kowadaka-raka ni

    BABY WE CAN DO IT ALL

    Hora nandemo dekiru

    Omoikomi ga naseru chikara wa zetsudai

    Katsute boku wa hoshii mono ga attemo

    Damatte SANTA ni negau dake datta

    Kankyakuseki de nagamete iru GEEMU mo

    Sore wa sore de maa maa tanoshikatta

    Demo jibun ga PUREIYAA

    Sou kanji-hajimetara tomaranaku-natta

    Nidome wa nai LIFE

    Ushiro wa kawaranai

    Mae o mina

     

    Nido wa nai jinsei

    THIS IS MY LIFE YOU KNOW

    Koukai shitemo bokura wa tomarenai OH

    Nido wa nai jinsei

    THIS IS MY LIFE YOU KNOW

    Dounaru ka na

    Bokura no mirai wa I DON’T KNOW…

     

    Koukai shite iru koto ga

    Kokoro ni hikkakatta mama

    KOOHII o nomihosu kouen

    Nokosareta jikan wa go-fun…OK

    “Ichiryuu kigyou ni shuushoku dekita wake ja nai kedo

    Daijoubu meiwaku kakezu ni hitori de ikiteru”

    Soushin… nantoka miageta sora ni wa

    Arifureteru serifu ya koukoku

    Aitai to ka iketeru housoku

    Risou no sekai ni kaetai kedo

    Maa jitsu wa kawaranai ningen no honshou

    Bouryoku to shihon no shihai ja

    Yutori de tsukurareta yatsura wa kikanai

    Haikinshugi busshitsushugi

    MATERIARU BICCHI ja kono saki muri

    Boku o miru nari nakayubi tateta

    Kare ni mo PIISU o kaeshita kedo

    Tama ni kokoro ga ore-sou ni naru

    Demo yume miru sekai o tsukuri ni iku yo

    Kurikaeshite ita tte sukoshi wa

    Kawatte kite iru mirai tte yatsu wa

    Sono chiisa na honoo kesazu ni chikara ni kaete GO

     

    Nido wa nai jinsei

    THIS IS MY LIFE YOU KNOW

    Koukai shitemo bokura wa tomarenai

    Nido wa nai jinsei

    THIS IS MY LIFE YOU KNOW

    Dounaru ka na

    Bokura no mirai wa I DON’T KNOW…

     

    Nokori no jikan wa dono kurai de

    Hitsuyou na kane wa dore kurai?

    Demo kekkyoku ima shika shiranai

    Bokura wa isshou kangaeru hito

    Chijou no rakuen kimi to wakeru kuuki

    Sakarai-tsuzukeru no sa juuryoku ni

    Jikan de hataraite jikan ni PAY suru

    Bokura chikyuujin

     

    Nido wa nai jinsei

    THIS IS MY LIFE YOU KNOW

    Koukai shitemo bokura wa tomarenai

    Nido wa nai jinsei

    THIS IS MY LIFE YOU KNOW

    Dounaru ka na

    Bokura no mirai wa I DON’T KNOW…

    I DON’T KNOW

     

    Sou mirai wa minna shiranai

    U DON’T KNOW

    Dakara koso ima o ajiwaou

    THIS IS MY LIFE

    Nido wa nai

    YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY

    Dakara MAYBE

    Owaranai

     

    Kanji:

    http://j-lyric.net/artist/a057a43/l02d213.html

  24. Posted

    I basically stopped caring about KAT-TUN after they lost Koki, but I've always had a weak spot for Taguchi as well, so it's nice to see him again. The song isn't really anything to write home about, but his singing is less awkward than I was expecting and he looks great, so I'm curious to see what he can do.

     

     

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