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Member Since: 2007-05-17
Favorite Sift: Sean Connery Voice Club for Men
Favorite Tags: rock, telecaster, fender, japanese, japan, indie, lol japan, eia
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Favorite Sift: Sean Connery Voice Club for Men
Favorite Tags: rock, telecaster, fender, japanese, japan, indie, lol japan, eia
Last Power Points used: 2008-07-25 • Available: 14 hours 5 minutes 37 seconds
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Also, what's it like living in Japan?
In reply to this comment by JAPR:
the pillows, Asian Kung-fu Generation, Ellegarden, etc. I just saw Ellegarden at Kyouto Taisakusen, it was SO FUCKING GOOD. I'm not sure how to describe it other than I've never been to such an intense concert.
Yeah, I love the acoustic songs! Stare at the Sun acoustic is reallllly tight too. I wish they'd go back to their roots a bit though and stop trying to be artsy with the whole elements theme going on. Nothing good ever comes from being artsy. .____.
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Which Japanese bands? I'm more or less slowly turning into a weaboo anyway
Yeah, I love Melting Point of Wax, So Strange I Remember You especially as well as virtually anything on Vheissu. I&II was fairly good, thought they captured water brilliantly, Night Diving especially with the way they conveyed dripping water, and the tranquility of deep sea diving. Fire, eh not so much. Could see they were going for a sense of chaos and distortion but just didn't feel like it came together melodically, Flame Deluge was excellent though. Agree Red Sky EP was excellent, especially their acoustic renditions, particularly Of Dust and Nations, really wish they'd do more of them.
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Yeah, I've heard a few of the songs, but haven't really gotten around to checking it out fully, for some reason. Been too busy with new releases from my favorite Japanese bands, I guess. I thought Alchemy Index vols. I and II was pretty solid, with some tight songs, but definitely not quite up to par with the other stuff. Still, "not up to par with the other stuff" still translates to "pretty damn good," so I can't really complain too much in that department.
I wish they had a music video for T&C, A Torch to End All Torches, Melting Point of Wax, or So Strange I Remember you, because it's always hard to find truly good live videos of songs like that. I was very surprised to see them release Red Sky on that EP thing, but totally dug the coupling tracks.
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Heh, yeah it was a bit of a giveaway before, now it's more subtle
Reminds me, I still gotta sift that song too
Sample the album on their myspace if you want, it's not anything groundbreaking by all means but still a solid album all around. Not nearly as good as Vheissu but still, have to give them props for branching out and experimenting with different styles.
http://www.videosift.com/video/How-my-last-relationship-ended
Yeah, I love Melting Point of Wax, So Strange I Remember You especially as well as virtually anything on Vheissu. I&II was fairly good, thought they captured water brilliantly, Night Diving especially with the way they conveyed dripping water, and the tranquility of deep sea diving. Fire, eh not so much. Could see they were going for a sense of chaos and distortion but just didn't feel like it came together melodically, Flame Deluge was excellent though. Agree Red Sky EP was excellent, especially their acoustic renditions, particularly Of Dust and Nations, really wish they'd do more of them.
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Yeah, I've heard a few of the songs, but haven't really gotten around to checking it out fully, for some reason. Been too busy with new releases from my favorite Japanese bands, I guess. I thought Alchemy Index vols. I and II was pretty solid, with some tight songs, but definitely not quite up to par with the other stuff. Still, "not up to par with the other stuff" still translates to "pretty damn good," so I can't really complain too much in that department.
I wish they had a music video for T&C, A Torch to End All Torches, Melting Point of Wax, or So Strange I Remember you, because it's always hard to find truly good live videos of songs like that. I was very surprised to see them release Red Sky on that EP thing, but totally dug the coupling tracks.
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Heh, yeah it was a bit of a giveaway before, now it's more subtle
Reminds me, I still gotta sift that song too
Sample the album on their myspace if you want, it's not anything groundbreaking by all means but still a solid album all around. Not nearly as good as Vheissu but still, have to give them props for branching out and experimenting with different styles.
http://happy.videosift.com/talk/Hearts-moons-stars-clovers-and-now-DIAMONDS
You're wildly unpopular. This pleases legacy.
In reply to this comment by JAPR:
*promote
BTW, Farhad is saying goodbye to us all:
http://obscure.videosift.com/talk/This-Is-The-End
I'm sure he'd appreciate a few kind words from a fellow obscure sifter.
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Haha, I forgot how funny that video was. Nice.
Yeah, it was pretty cool, I got to see ART-SCHOOL live on Friday, and managed to get to talk to the singer after the show, get a signature for my girlfriend (they're her very favorite band) and a pic with the singer. It was a great show. I was down in Tokyo just for Friday and Saturday to hang out with a friend that's there for a semester, so it was a pretty awesome weekend.
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Ahh, in old Edo town, I see. I can't imagine a better conversation to have in one of the world's great cities than one about 2G1C (as those of us in the art biz affectionately call it.)
Tell the Emperor I said hi, and that he still owes me 10,000 yen for that bet. He thought I didn't know how to make balloon animals.
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Funny, I was having a great conversation about 2 girls 1 cup on the train in Tokyo yesterday evening with a buddy and his Mexican friend on our way to go drinking.
In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Thanks. I had to come out of retirement to defend my bad name. None of you asshole would talk about 2 girls 1 Cup.
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You're alive! Good to see you around.
Tell the Emperor I said hi, and that he still owes me 10,000 yen for that bet. He thought I didn't know how to make balloon animals.
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Funny, I was having a great conversation about 2 girls 1 cup on the train in Tokyo yesterday evening with a buddy and his Mexican friend on our way to go drinking.
In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Thanks. I had to come out of retirement to defend my bad name. None of you asshole would talk about 2 girls 1 Cup.
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You're alive! Good to see you around.
In reply to this comment by JAPR:
You're alive! Good to see you around.
In reply to this comment by JAPR:
I'm afraid I've been rather inactive since the end of the semester crunch/start of summer. I didn't have reliable internet connection at my home, so wasn't browsing/posting much, but I'm in Japan until August, so I figured it's about time I get back in the game, I've missed the awesome videos you, kronos, dystopian, and several others manage to dig up.
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You are most welcome, friend! Great post! I need to visit your queue and pqueue more often.
In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Why thank you!
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*livemusic *vintage *promote
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Why thank you!
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*livemusic *vintage *promote
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*promote
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My favorite Ted Leo song.
Good luck with this, I tried to sift it ages ago and it went nowhere.