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Watched about half of this so far, and it's everything I hoped it'd be.

Kyosuke Himuro x Teru (GLAY) Momo Kazuhiro (MO'SOME TONEBENDER) x Chiba Yusuke (The Birthday, ex-Thee Michelle Gun Elephant)

^Sorry, I don't know any of those artists. 1. AA= - Humanity2 2. Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Danny Go 3. Dragon Ash - Cool Boarders 4. Shounannokaze feat. MINMI - Sakura ~Sotsugyou~ 5. J - Across The Night 6. Corrosion of Conformity - Dirty Hands Empty Pockets (Already Gone) 7. Kyle Vincent - Goin' Down 8. nil - Mona Lisa 9. Nakamaru Yuichi - STEP BY STEP 10. Down - Nothing In Return (Walk Away) I really love the AA= and Shounannokaze tracks, but Danny Go is the obvious winner from this list. It's one of the first TMGE songs I ever heard, so it'll always be special to me.

The new 04LS song is great. Not the direction I was expecting them to go in at all after swim. Really hoping that this major debut does good things for them.

Finally got around to listening to YON, so here's one more: No video, but there's a full acoustic version up on No Big Deal Records' Youtube channel: http://youtu.be/DIOQIwRPUHU?t=2m40s labyrinth RABIRINSU kimi inai mirai Kyoumi nai ki ni iranai RABIRINSU kimi inai mirai Kyoumi nai ki ni iranai Orikou na dokushoukansoubun Me no mae de yaburi Demo kangaedashitara nerenaku nattari Nomikonda FAINARU ANSAA ga Totsuzen no doshaburi Demo kan ga ataru kara koko de amayadori Itsumo jibunjishin ni makimodoshi Ushiromae naname zutto ki ni natteru Netsukenai modorenai kankei nai na GURAGURA yuraideru RABIRINSU kimi inai mirai Kyoumi nai ki ni iranai RABIRINSU kimi inai mirai Kyoumi nai ki ni iranai Itsumo jibunjishin ni makimodoshi Ushiromae naname zutto ki ni natteru Netsukenai modorenai kankei nai na GURAGURA yuraideru Iminai Iminai Kitai semai sekai suki kirai Iminai Iminai mirai itai itai inai inai RABIRINSU kimi inai mirai Kyoumi nai ki ni iranai RABIRINSU kimi inai mirai Kyoumi nai ki ni iranai Kanji: http://petitlyrics.com/lyrics/1027581

Now here, No where Aa koko kara mienai hodo yogoreta kinou Aa kotoba ni dekinai koto no kurikaeshi da Aa Jibun no yowasa heikou ni aru jidai Hibi ni kanchigai shiteru Koko de, oto de, souzou de, fusaideru kara Kankei nai furi shiteru to nandemo nai fushinkan no Shoutai wasure wa shinai na Nokotteru kara Kansei mae no shinjitsu mo kanzen naru kojinsen mo Shougai raku de wa nai na Wakatteru kara Aa iki ga tsuzukanai hodo kasaneta hi yo Aa doushite mienai n da inaku natta Aa Jibun no kowasa zensen ni aru jirai Hibi ni hanashigai shiteru Koko de, oto de, souzou de, fusaideru kara Kankei nai furi shiteru to nandemo nai fushinkan no Shoutai wasure wa shinai na Nokotteru kara Kansei mae no shinjitsu mo kanzen naru kojinsen mo Shougai raku de wa nai na Wakatteru kara Aa Aa Fukuranda sekai ni wa Ima, musuu no mirai Kankei nai furi shiteru to nandemo nai fushinkan no Shoutai wasure wa shinai na Nokotteru kara TSUNTSUN tsurara rirurero KANKAN teri tarirurera Shoutai wa sude ni nai na Mukatteru kara Shougai yakume wa nai ka Sagashiteru kara Kanji: ^in comments of Youtube video monolith Music and Lyrics: GEN Itsukara kanashii to ka Yasashii to ka namida no koujitsu Kimi igai ni nani o toru Itsukara ga tadashii to ka kuyashii to ka namida no kougi-chuu Kimi igai ni nani o nozomu Kitto machigaerarenai na yurayuraida kono kanshoku o Samenai yume o shizuka ni mitai Memo ni nokosareta tsukame-sou de tsukamenai yuugenjikkou Kagiwaketa kibou de sae mo Kimi ni aisarenai no ga ii no sa Itsukara kanashii to ka Yasashii to ka namida no koujitsu Kimi igai ni nani o toru Itsukara ga tadashii to ka kuyashii to ka namida no kougi-chuu Kimi igai ni nani o nozomu Memo ni nokosareta tsukame-sou de tsukamenai yuugenjikkou Aisareta kioku ni mo Saware-sou de sawarenai na Tsunaida mama de ii no ni Itsukara kanashii to ka Yasashii to ka namida no koujitsu Kimi igai ni nani o toru Itsukara ga tadashii to ka kuyashii to ka namida no kougi-chuu Kimi igai ni nani o nozomu Kimi igai ni nanimo nai daro Kanji: http://petitlyrics.com/lyrics/1003039 Wednesday MANY ME LIVING INSIDE MY BODY AND TIME ME AND ME AND ME... Gozen san-ji ikou no shikou SHALL WE ALL TONIGHT LET ALL OF US TOGETHER IN MY ROOM MEETING IN MY HEAD Gozen san-ji ikou no shikou MORE SIMPLY, THEN I CAN UNDERSTAND IT HEY THERE, HERE’S MY FEELING THAT’S ALSO MINE SORT ALL OF THESE ON MY DESK Saigo no koe ga suru suiyoubi Kanjou no kyoukaisen Kizukanai furi Kutsuu datta darou Dou natte n da Boku no nounai shuuchuu kouji Koumyou ni doumyaku ni kizukanu you ni Keikaku henkou-chuu MEETING IN MY ROOM IT STILL DOESN’T SEE TO GOING WELL TRUE VOICE IS CRASHES Gozen san-ji ikou no shikou MY PURITY AND MY PRIDE WENT HOT AND HAVING AN ARGUMENT GRABBING EACH OTHERS’ SHIRTS Gozen san-ji ikou no shikou MORE SIMPLY, THEN I CAN UNDERSTAND IT SORT MY ALL OF FEELING ON MY DESK MORE SIMPLY, THEN I CAN UNDERSTAND IT AND A HEARTLESS FEELING, MY CALM FEELING NOW IT’S TIME TO GIVE A JUDGE Henji no nai Jimonjitou o Kurikaesu tabi Sono koe wa toonoite kieru kieru Sayonara sayonara Saigo no koe ga suru suiyoubi Kanjou no kyoukaisen Kizukanai furi kutsuu datta darou Dou natte n da Boku no nounai shuuchuu kouji Koumyou ni doumyaku ni kizutsukanu you ni Keikaku henkou-chuu Kanjou no kyoukaisen kizukanai you ni Shuuen no senritsu Eien wa toutotsu ni kirisakareteku LAST WEDNESDAY Kanji: http://petitlyrics.com/lyrics/1003250

I went with option 2. I find it really charming for certain artists. Especially bands that are a bit more on the silly side, like the telephones, the pillows, pop punk bands, etc. There are certain songs that just wouldn't be anywhere near as fun to sing along to in Japanese. This one, for example: It gets a bit harder to make it work for more serious songs, but some singers pull it off.

Pre-ordered Suck a Stew Dry's new live DVD since it was oddly affordable.

The new WHITE ASH song is pretty sexy. Seems like Nobita's English is still completely incomprehensible though.

The new Suck a Stew Dry song is really cute. Not crazy about the video though. I can't take anything with slinkys in it seriously.

I've been pretty lucky. Most of my absolute favourite bands either came back in the past few years or are still going. The only disbanded ones coming to mind are Psycho le Cemu and Thee Michelle Gun Elephant. PLC keep holding reunion shows every now and then, and it's not like TMGE can or should get back together after Abe Futoshi passed away, so I can't really complain about those two either.

^Kagerou is the singer from Syokudaikakkokai's name.

Made these truffles today, (although I halved the recipe, used mostly dark chocolate and added way less sugar than it said to), and I'm actually really surprised by how good they taste. I think I'm going to make them again around Christmas - maybe with half coffee flavoured or with some nuts on the inside... http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/6344/easy-chocolate-truffles.aspx

KAGERO / 31 the telephones / 21 LIPHLICH / 11 MO'SOME TONEBENDER / 9 geek sleep sheep / 9

^Cyntia aren't called VK, as far as I know? They're a regular hard rock/metal band that's gradually becoming more pop-rock. The comments in the OP are just comparing the way their sound is changing to VK bands, and the other poster even says "please stop comparing Cyntia to VK".

Paranoia Agent Ranma 1/2

Was rediscovering my love for J last week. J / 25 KAGERO / 13 MO'SOME TONEBENDER / 10 THREE LIGHTS DOWN KINGS / 8 クリープハイプ (CreepHyp) / 5

The bassist from KAGERO has such an adorable singing voice. I wonder if that's why he makes so much instrumental music. http://youtu.be/uzSW6KrKXV8?t=40s

Ooh, a longer one. Might get this if the trailer looks good.

Facebook and Last.fm mainly. I scan Twitter for news and pictures sometimes but don't post on it. I used to love Livejournal, but now all I use it for is finding variety shows when I get a boyband craving.

I know a few of those artists, and I listen to a bit of Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas, but I don't know any of those songs. 1. KinKi Kids - to Heart 2. asobius - new morning (Japanese ver.) 3. nil - Fighting Friday Night 4. Silver Ginger 5 - Brain Sugar 5. Tesla - We're No Good Together 6. Faith No More - Everything's Ruined 7. Cinderella - Sick For The Cure 8. David Usher - Alone in the Universe 9. Static-X - The Trance is the Motion 10. Shotgun Messiah - Side F-X This is an interesting one. I'm surprised I got such a long string of English songs with the way my music library has been recently. There's some cheesy stuff on this list, but Alone in the Universe is a classic. Really brings me back to the glory days of MuchMusic.

The fact that they spelled Padalecki wrong eats away at the credibility of this story a bit...

Do you mean Project J? I don't think it's still around anymore, but that was the site that got me into almost all of my favourite bands when I first started listening to Japanese music. In addition to the bands you listed they had a lot of profiles for non-VK artists like Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, Judy and Mary, the pillows, The Back Horn, etc. Lots of really good stuff.

Seconding Hitomi Yaida and Silent Siren. Also, no mentions for Shonen Knife and Judy and Mary? I'm not a diehard fan of theirs, but Shonen Knife have the cutest lyrics ever. "He gets his kicks from a tiny toy A green frog filled with catnip And pretty soon he's gonna be seventeen Kitty cat birthday party Catnip is a kitty cat drug We plant catnip seeds together All summer long he watches it growing Dreaming of the harvest moon Catnip dream, catnip dream, catnip dream Meow, meow, meow" Judy and Mary