tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101916552011-12-05T09:24:59.103-05:00women and music I cannot but give way for, whatever my business is.Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14781930470259967200noreply@blogger.comBlogger4372125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10191655.post-19220988228613208782011-07-14T19:35:00.011-04:002011-07-20T08:59:08.845-04:002011-07-20T08:59:08.845-04:00

Jrocknyc has moved over to Tumblr. Update your bookmarks/rss/site! http://jrocknyc.tumblr.com/ http://jrocknyc.tumblr.com/ Feel free to enjoy this blog's archive (using the dropdown menu at right) or use the search box up top to reminisce. ^_^

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Smooch! More here. thx reitsu! ~

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click to poo After yeeeears of having a simple, blank, iconless desktop, I tried Rainmeter & the Omnimo (aka "Windows 8") theme. [link] Spent a day configuring it, decided I didn't like it (you can't have IE ~and~ FF ~and~ CR!?), and went with Win7's GIANT ICONS instead. (Psst! Click on your desktop and hold CTRL while scrolling with your mouse wheel! Neat!) Left screen is 1920x1200,

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 Ice T - This autobio was interesting because I knew nothing about him or the scene he developed in, but he takes an awful lot of credit for being the first to do X or Y in a jealous sort of way. And given how proudly he quotes his lyrics, which he seems to think are pretty poetic, you feel kinda bad for him, like he's a mentally retarded kid having trouble using a pencil. Because his

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This sight will probably only be familiar to those of you who bought cassette tapes in the mid-to-late eighties, or had older siblings who did... at The Nice Price! ~

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. matenrou opera helios 2011 Firsto major single desu! "Helios" is the epic one, "Adult Children" is the aggressive one, "Kizuna" is a piano ballad one, and "Magnolia" is the playfulone. And the first line in "Magnolia"'s bridge mimics a Mucc song (but which one!?). Oh! There's also a "Helios (Buy Another Track Again Separately Version)" that's two minutes longer than the original.

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Oh man! That background was designed to DESTROY VIDEO CODECS! Kinetic TO THE MAX! Great intro and verse, BRILLIANT bridge (1:20-1:40) that really captures some magic. (And I know it says "High High High High in the background but I hear "Hai Hai Hai Hai!") And then buzzkill, the same damn chorus they use in every other song they've ever written. But it gets better Dan Savage, the solo is

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sugizo the edge & miranda 2011 Two new digital singles from the inimitable Sugizo, one perfectly suited for the Cowboys and Aliens end credits -- a mix swirling modern atmospherics and a simple, not-quite-jangly-or-twangy guitar line, laid overtop of a cruising techno* beat. I dig. (I was gonna say it's a little like L'Arc's "Get Out From the Shell" in flavor, til I checked and found my

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USATODAY: In Germany's first loss in the tournament in a dozen years, Japan absorbed relentless pressure during regulation time. Standout midfielder Homare Sawa still had the alacrity in the 108th minute to spot a deep run from the substitute, serve her perfectly and see Maruyama slip it around goalie Nadine Angerer to stun the 26,067-sellout crowd and an expectant nation. Germany threw

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This vacation video will have to do til I compile all the footage and edit a more in-depth one... :) A fine long, long weekend outside the city, happy birthday America, burn in hell Casey Kidkiller, etc etc etc. Blogger totally changed up their publishing so I'm worried this will post weirdly and fuck up the Disqus comments... I've got new Sugizo, MatOp and L'Arc to review too... plus

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Thursday, May 1, 2003A Brief History of DegPart One: MissaStill playing:dir en greymissaSeemed like, having already discussed Kisou and Gauze and Macabre (which is pronounced ma-ka-bu-ra over here by the by), I should now work my way backwards and

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Based on the all too short samples up at Amazon.com... (thanks Asari!)Amazon.com:Kyoukotsu No NariSounds like an intro, so let's assume it is.The Blossoming BeelzebubA little too slow and sludgey.Different SenseWorst part of the song, that clip.AmonSounds like another Different Sense. Is that good? Hmmm...."Yokusou Ni Dreambox" A little dreamy, but finally some melody!JuuyokuMore barking and

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Ben & Jerry's Won :( I can only surmise that Blue Bunny was not victorious because you have not experienced Blue Bunny. Blue Bunny tastes like what I imagine SNSD tastes like! SNSD :) You must try Blue Bunny! Bunny Tracks!!! ~

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NATALI:thx syrup!Interviews (boring), live photos (eh), and (if I read right) two tracks: a remix of "Amon" , and "Zan (Wizardry version)" (which is just the Lotus version of "Zan" but slightly,what, shorter?)...Nice hair, Kaoru.~

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Demonoid: Music : J-Pop : Lossless X JAPAN Shepherds Bush Empire, London Thursday 28th June 2011 Recorded by HAD0KEN SETLISTNew Intro S.EJadeRusty NailSilent JealousyDRAINKurenaiBorn To Be FreeI.V.XEncoreENDLESS RAINArt Of Life (2nd movement) Notes: I've not seen a single audiance recording of this band since they started 20 years ago! I had been waiting a long LOOONG time to see X Japan and

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I forget where I read these."Startups are the new rock band."Meaning there's no money in the music business anymore, you can be just as famous doing a tech project, coding can satisfy the creative impulse (and there's a definite artistry to a well-made app or platform), VCs investors are the new record deal, etc."The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference."Meaning that if you want a girl

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I love the Colony/Clayman era, so I applied the band logo from that era to their other albums last night. :)Sounds of a Playground Fading (2011)A Sense of Purpose (2008)Come Clarity (2006)Soundtrack to Your Escape (2004)Reroute to Remain (2002)The Jester Race 15th Anniversary Edition (2011)The Jester Race (1996)Subterranean (1995)Lunar Strain (1994)~

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Duke SCOTUS!ACLU:The Supreme Court ended the 2010 term today, delivering the much-anticipated decision in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, a case that challenged California's ban of the sale of violent video games to minors. In a 7-2 decision, the Court found the state's law violated the First Amendment. The Court called California's attempt to put video games in a new category not

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True Grit (2010) - Classy, smart pacing, great characters with realistic motivations, but I hated the very end, and wish the film had stopped at the "happy" ending... Great dialogue, great delivery... "It astonishes me that Mr. LaBoeuf has been shot, trampled, and nearly bitten his tongue off, and yet not only does he continue to talk but he spills the banks of English." :) ~ Never Let Me

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JaME U.S.A.: JIMI: "All of my former band mates have stories of seeing X or LUNA SEA on TV and hearing their parents tell them “please don't grow up to be like that.”"thx evan!It's loooong (did he type that all in one go!?) but detailed and interesting. Go check it out! Post your favorite sentence here!~

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I love Louis CK's stand-up, especially all the shit about raising kids. I've listened to his four specials three or four times each since finding him in 2009-ish.I identify! But as the premiere of season 2 of his show approached, I began to worry, because some of those episodes last year were SO UNCOMFORTABLE TO WATCH and the possibility of him going too far for the season opener seemed likely.

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dir en greydifferent sense2011I'm sorry, but I can't take the flapping-in-the-breeze/tuned-down-to-drop-Z tunings and the elephants-on-trampolines riffs and worst of all Kyo's super-gutteral, mic-swallowing verse vocals, which I just realized is NOT him being silly but him being LIKE DIRELY SERIOUS."GRAWBROWUHHRR graaaaa~aa~aa~aah~h~h~h~h!" x1000On the other hand, the chorus I like. Because, you

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thx cliff!Wow a PV of footage that felt old a year ago, and STILL isn't the official video, but is just promotional filler from the L.A. Showcase dvd(?)...Go Yoshiki!~

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I'm still not convinced this is real. The tentacle porn clips seem too easy, too unimaginative/uncreative... something they'd have done as teenagers, not now. Dir en Facebook: by Dir en grey Official on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 8:04am We released 'DIFFERENT SENSE' today. You know what saddens us. There is no need for an explanation. I'm grateful from the bottom of my heart to all our fans

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Still sucking? S-T.net: "We talked about DJ SiSeN going to Anime USA, Kiwamu just announced that BLOOD will also be making an appearance at the con this fall! Don’t miss this chance to see the new era of BLOOD!I saw Blood at a small NYC club in 2007(?)... and I recall them being atrocious. Even for a VK band. No chemistry, no style or presence, only a basic understanding of how to use their 

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