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the vk scene is so vast that it's only as interesting as the amount of effort you put into finding bands that interest you. for me, it really is as simple as that. as someone who unabashedly invests a lot of time in exploring new bands, i won't even pretend to know enough to make generalizations about "vk" as a whole. (but evidently these days listening to 3 bands is more than enough for ppl to prophesize that vk is dying, has died, etc.)
 
anyway i don't listen to 80% of current vk bands that i happen to know of, but whatever i'm listening to haven't gotten any less interesting/relevant to me, nor have new discoveries gotten any less exciting.

^That's all about taste. Like all the people who are butthurt it's not the 80s anymore and still listen to the same albums from then. VK hasn't gotten 'shitty' it's just so many people stick with what they know and don't like change.
 
Like all music, VK changes and to me, it still lives up to its main appeal and forever kicks ass.

VK is life 5eva

SET-LIST at 2015/10/31:
 
01.Awake
02.264
03.mind yourself
04.just do it
05.take it back
06.start
07.音-ON-
08.DEAR
09.薔薇VALA(bara VALA)
10.SHOW TIME
11.2minutes.
12.AstRocK‼︎
13.LIFE IS GAME
14.I KNOW
15.Nephilim
16.in the world
 
EN1
01.GLORY
02.this song
03.SUMMER様々(SUMMER samazama)
 
EN2
01.take it back
02.264

[track list]
01.心音-shinon-
02.take it back
03.DEAR
04.SHOW TIME
 

2nd half of the album sounds good

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That's absolutely messed up.
 
According to the site DarkWater linked the top 10 sites most likely to have compromised your information would be:
Top 10 breaches
152,445,165 Adobe accounts
30,811,934 Ashley Madison accounts
13,545,468 000webhost accounts
4,821,262 mail.ru Dump accounts
4,789,599 Bitcoin Security Forum Gmail Dump accounts
4,609,615 Snapchat accounts
3,867,997 Adult Friend Finder accounts
3,474,763 Спрашивай.ру accounts
3,122,898 MPGH accounts
2,983,472 XSplit accounts
I checked my accounts and I'm all good

Readfull http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2015/10/28/000webhost-database-leak/
 
anyway to check out if something happens to your username/email you can check it at https://haveibeenpwned.com/
 
my email seems to be pwned in 2013 too.. with the adobe scandal back then.. which I totally forgot about it.
 
Right now I'm glad that I use many different passwords then what I used to use at 000webhost.
Because this is already happened in March... and I could log in all around the Internet on the websites I use the same passwords at.
 
Still, it happens a lot now days that websites get hacked.. so I guess.. its never safe.... only changing passwords once a while is the key...
 

new look:
 

It is obvious that Youtube is fully ready to take advantage of their monopoly to start disregarding 'have-not's', squeezing as much revenue as possible and selling customers both the disease and the cure in an endless cycle until the next big change in entertainment mediums.
Disease: Commercials
Cure: Pay for no ad's (only really useful on console or mobile since no adblock).
Disease: Can't minimize Youtube on mobile.
Cure: Now you can pay to minimize it (useful when you want to do something else on your phone while listening to music or speech not in your library, or have phone in your pocket and don't want random vids pocket played).
Disease: Can no longer watch most of the content you previously could.
Cure: Exciting news guys, that stuff that used to be free is now 9.99
Etc...
Also saving vids is so easily done, I even had the option to do it via the app when I first got my phone? Seems like they really wanted some additions to throw into the Youtube Red pitch to make it seem like people are actually receiving some kind of added value or improvement in their experience by paying 9.99 for the same old crap.
I can almost taste how bad the new music recommendation system will be. It steadily gets worse and worse by trying to force certain artists on you, but it'll now be all about pushing their big artists and Youtube stars more than ever, so I'll be watching Mejibray or Dir en grey or something and Youtube will act like they really think the next video I really want to see is the latest booty song or Taylor Swift Behind the Scenes, or the Smosh Movie.
So yeah, they definitely changed the game in entertainment and did big things for changing how we access content and how people live, but let that get to their heads, losing the plot of providingan amazing amount.of content for free to anyone with web access. Now it's time to make some more cash grabs as they have no new vision or direction to take themselves that will actually serve the people.

So this reeks of google from a mile away.
 
I have no problem with youtube trying to make some cash, seeing how it is a business and all, but I do have a problem with how they are going about it.
 
First of all, the majority of the perks they are offering for youtube red should of have been free in the first place or aren't enough as incentives. A feature like background play for the mobile app should be free, while the rest of the paid features can be easily be obtained using other free services as many others have already pointed. Don't want ads? Install adblock. Want to download youtube audio or youtube videos? Use third party sites. I've used all of the above and don't plan to stop. I have adblock 24/7, I don't have time to waste, sorry. it might be because I'm getting old, but time is valuable, and I choose not to waste those precious seconds wasting away on some stupid non related ad. And although I do subscribe to some content users, I have and will continue to support them through other means, whether that's buying their merch, product, service, or whatever else. 
 
The inclusion of google music is neat, but then again I don't use streaming services. I actually have amazon prime and part of that offer is receiving free online streaming from their collection of music, which is cool, but I don't even really use it, even though I have access to it. 
 
The other problem is the price point. $10 seems like a lot to pay for features you can already get for free, or simply being able to to play youtube in the background while on your phone. Then of course is the issue of how much youtube, or rather google actually gets from from that subscription fee. I know they say a good portion will go to youtube creators, but I have feeling that ratio will be highly skewed in youtubes favor and not the content creators. Whether content creators receive more revenue from being on the paid subscription rather than simply using ads will remain to be seen.
 
Then of course there is youtube exclusive content you can get from being a paid subscriber. But I'm not a big fan of anything or anyone on youtube to pay $10 a month to see a video of. I'm sure there will be special films or episodes or something like that eventually happening, but again I don't see that as a huge incentive, especially in a market that's already over-saturated and you already have competitors like netflix and amazon, and others who offer a ton more value with a lower price point, or both. 
 
The biggest issue I have with the way this has been handled is the fact that youtube pretty much bullied content creators to sign to youtube red or have all their videos be listed as private videos and be blocked from public viewing. It really calls in to question their claim of saying 99% of content creators were on board with youtube red when they were actually forced into it. This forced agreement may be so paying users don't have to watch ads on channels not signed to youtube red, but it goes to show how badly this paid subscription service was planned out.
 
There are several other ways youtube could have gone and tried to make revenue for their business rather than this mess of a plan. It's already starting to affect the community as certain videos, and entire channels are starting to disappear because they haven't, or won't agree to the youtube red services. I am not an original content creator per say, but it does worry me to see how this will affect royalty payout for music as a musician and for other musicians as well. 
 
Personally I will not be a subscriber. Sorry, this service isn't worth it at all. And I fail to see how this is for content creators benefits when there could have been a number of ways to implement services that helped out creators more without bullying, but then I'm guessing youtube wouldn't have seen as much revenue for themselves as they wanted to.  
 
I see two ways this will go. The first which I would like to see happen, is no one will pay for this BS service and it will fail miserably. The second, which seems just as likely, is a very small portion will pay for this, although it won't be as much people as youtube hopes it will be, but it will be sufficient enough for them to continue with the service until more people start to come around to it and youtube red eventually sticks. 

I totally get that they need to make a profit, but I feel like re-purposing the entire website to something that turns its back on the main reason people enjoyed the site in the first place is just bad business. The trick is to create a RELEVANT value and reason to throw money at the site. Not create a bunch of features that have nothing to do with most people's use of the site and hold it hostage until you get money from them. That's just a good way to make people walk away, imo.

It is obvious that Youtube is fully ready to take advantage of their monopoly to start disregarding 'have-not's', squeezing as much revenue as possible and selling customers both the disease and the cure in an endless cycle until the next big change in entertainment mediums.
Disease: Commercials
Cure: Pay for no ad's (only really useful on console or mobile since no adblock).
Disease: Can't minimize Youtube on mobile.
Cure: Now you can pay to minimize it (useful when you want to do something else on your phone while listening to music or speech not in your library, or have phone in your pocket and don't want random vids pocket played).
Disease: Can no longer watch most of the content you previously could.
Cure: Exciting news guys, that stuff that used to be free is now 9.99
Etc...
Also saving vids is so easily done, I even had the option to do it via the app when I first got my phone? Seems like they really wanted some additions to throw into the Youtube Red pitch to make it seem like people are actually receiving some kind of added value or improvement in their experience by paying 9.99 for the same old crap.
I can almost taste how bad the new music recommendation system will be. It steadily gets worse and worse by trying to force certain artists on you, but it'll now be all about pushing their big artists and Youtube stars more than ever, so I'll be watching Mejibray or Dir en grey or something and Youtube will act like they really think the next video I really want to see is the latest booty song or Taylor Swift Behind the Scenes, or the Smosh Movie.
So yeah, they definitely changed the game in entertainment and did big things for changing how we access content and how people live, but let that get to their heads, losing the plot of providingan amazing amount.of content for free to anyone with web access. Now it's time to make some more cash grabs as they have no new vision or direction to take themselves that will actually serve the people.

I wouldn't downplay Google's acquisition of YouTube either. A lot of my fondest memories of YouTube came before the copyright censorship, forced Google+ integration, and ads everywhere. I wonder how much of a hand Google had in shaping YouTube Red.
I think this is useless as well. I have apps to get videos I want to download and keep. I'm no caveman so I have an MP3 player for all my music listening needs. And it's not like there are many "content creators" I follow, certainly not enough and not often enough to spend $10 a month. What really stood out to me was the following line which I quoted above:

The first thing I thought of is that they're coming for Last.fm's throne.

Should be amazing as always ^^

Individual photos! All of them in GIF format <3

SuG new maxi single "SICK'S" will be released at 2015/12/16 (3 TYPE)
 
SuG-shop edition (3,240yen) will include CD+photobook (48 pages), limited edition (1,782yen) will include CD+DVD (including "SICK'S" PV & PV making), and standard edition (1,296yen) will include CD+masters card (1 out of 10 type, first press only)
 
[CD track list]
01.SICK'S
02.ゆりかご(yurikago)
03.JUICY (included in standard edition)
 

My "huh?" face.

I feel so badass having "Joined: June 28, 2007". Or not. :'D
Edit: Shiny nose ftw. : |

Wow, everyone is really pretty!
My picture is terrible quality, but it's me!

I can get this for free with adblock+keepvid. No, thanks.

This is for the new generation who didn't have to sit through 15 minute commercial breaks and can't handle 30 second ads.
 
Bleh.
 
honestly don't care about the 'original' content either.

Thank you for this @Zeus
I think YouTube Red isn't a good idea, I remember years ago You Tube don't had this ads they do nowadays, and they are wanting people to pay for this ends? It's so clear that they are desperate for money.
They are even doing a music app, I'm afraid they will ending up transferring all music related to this and charging people to see it, same for Games with You Tube Gaming.
And we can't forget the amount of people that will google You Tube Red and get redirect to Red Tube.

Setlist is ok. im excited because SuG lives are always awesome: )

Ryo and Nii started a facebook page! Ryo even showed his old and new driver's licenses pic in it xDD
https://www.facebook.com/Ryo-Nii-Brother-766464273479050/?ref=profile