sounds like: "Stray Cats Fever" PUFFY
I'm re-reading the Golden Compass right now. I originally started reading it when I was in high school, a friend's mother lent it to me, but wouldn't allow me to keep it long enough to finish it (she was temperamental). So, with the movie out and all, I was inspired to pick up where I left off ten years ago.
The weight of the conclusion of that paragraph just hit me like an anvil... ten years!
Anyway... on the movie's website you can take a test and get your Dæmon (Dæmon: The animal embodiment of a human's soul. It is prounounced 'demon"). So I did! I have a male hare named Anicetos.
12.18.2007
12.17.2007
白虎野の娘
sounds like: "白虎野の娘" 平沢 進
Today I used the itunes' store.
The first (and hopefully only) MP3 I bought was "白虎野の娘" 平沢 進 ("The Girl in Byakkoya" by Hirasawa Susumu) only to find it as a free download here right after purchasing!
It's from the パプリカ soundtrack.
パプリカ Review from Vital Source Mag:
World cinema continues to cast its strange, ethereal light on the nature of human dreaming with Satoshi Kon’s Paprika. Based on a story by accomplished author Yasutaka Tsutsui, Paprika is a complex 90 minutes of reality-twisting visual phenomena. The story follows Dr. Atsuko Chiba – a conservative clinical psychologist who helps clients by entering their dreamscapes as a character named Paprika, a younger, more cheerful version of the adult Dr. Chiba. Aided by a rare, tiny iPod-like device called a DC-MINI, she opens up their repressed memories. When one of the precious devices goes missing, reality turns bizarre as the dream world begins to make incursions into the waking world.
"白虎野の娘" 平沢 進
Lyrics and translation available here!
Today I used the itunes' store.
The first (and hopefully only) MP3 I bought was "白虎野の娘" 平沢 進 ("The Girl in Byakkoya" by Hirasawa Susumu) only to find it as a free download here right after purchasing!
It's from the パプリカ soundtrack.
パプリカ Review from Vital Source Mag:
World cinema continues to cast its strange, ethereal light on the nature of human dreaming with Satoshi Kon’s Paprika. Based on a story by accomplished author Yasutaka Tsutsui, Paprika is a complex 90 minutes of reality-twisting visual phenomena. The story follows Dr. Atsuko Chiba – a conservative clinical psychologist who helps clients by entering their dreamscapes as a character named Paprika, a younger, more cheerful version of the adult Dr. Chiba. Aided by a rare, tiny iPod-like device called a DC-MINI, she opens up their repressed memories. When one of the precious devices goes missing, reality turns bizarre as the dream world begins to make incursions into the waking world.
"白虎野の娘" 平沢 進
Lyrics and translation available here!
LOVER SOUL
sounds like: "Platinum" JUDY AND MARY
I found a thread on G.A.M. of Judy and Mary albums and singles. I was able to complete my collection with the exception of Hello Orange Sunshine!. This includes finally getting a copy of Miracle Driving which I've only had the pleasure of hearing live versions of some songs. I also have a studio version of my favorite J.A.M. song, "Lover Soul" (my original CDs were so scratched I couldn't import this song). To commemorate this glorious day, I have posted the video and English translation of the lyrics along with a translated transcript of the video dialog from my dear friend Wakana.
the first man :what's wrong?
YUKI : nothing's wrong. Please don't get bother.
the man: what are you doing here.
YUKI: I'm singing a song.
the man: ah, this is " lover soul."
the second young pretty man ; is there a convinience store around here?
YUKI : I don't know.
The man: hey, I heard you are " lover soul"? I've never seen such a beautiful "lover soul" before.
the strange kid : its fish. do you want to eat it ?
YUKI: I'm not hungry.
The kid: though you are " lover soul" !?
(I can't really translate this. its like he is blaiming for it)
YUKI: Im sorry.
polar bear: you were in a painful love, weren't you?
YUKI: how do you know?
Polar bear : because I'm in love with you.
LOVER SOUL
Lyrics: YUKI / Music: TAKUYA
The mysterious night gradually comes, I go into a dream
The mysterious night gradually comes, With you into a dream
An angel falls from heaven surrounded in flames
The mysterious night gradually comes, I go into a dream
The mysterious night gradually comes, With you into a dream
I can hear a singing voice in the frozen winter sky
If we stay like this we will disappear completely
I am melting into your body, becoming one
It's just your warmth
Against my skin in the dawn
Today, dirtied sheep
Pouring out their life's water
Wandering around in the snow
The mysterious night gradually comes, I go into a dream
If we stay like this we will disappear completely
I am melting into your body, becoming one
If we stay like this we will disappear completely
I am melting into your body, becoming one
It's just your warmth
Against my skin in the dawn
I found a thread on G.A.M. of Judy and Mary albums and singles. I was able to complete my collection with the exception of Hello Orange Sunshine!. This includes finally getting a copy of Miracle Driving which I've only had the pleasure of hearing live versions of some songs. I also have a studio version of my favorite J.A.M. song, "Lover Soul" (my original CDs were so scratched I couldn't import this song). To commemorate this glorious day, I have posted the video and English translation of the lyrics along with a translated transcript of the video dialog from my dear friend Wakana.
the first man :what's wrong?
YUKI : nothing's wrong. Please don't get bother.
the man: what are you doing here.
YUKI: I'm singing a song.
the man: ah, this is " lover soul."
the second young pretty man ; is there a convinience store around here?
YUKI : I don't know.
The man: hey, I heard you are " lover soul"? I've never seen such a beautiful "lover soul" before.
the strange kid : its fish. do you want to eat it ?
YUKI: I'm not hungry.
The kid: though you are " lover soul" !?
(I can't really translate this. its like he is blaiming for it)
YUKI: Im sorry.
polar bear: you were in a painful love, weren't you?
YUKI: how do you know?
Polar bear : because I'm in love with you.
LOVER SOUL
Lyrics: YUKI / Music: TAKUYA
The mysterious night gradually comes, I go into a dream
The mysterious night gradually comes, With you into a dream
An angel falls from heaven surrounded in flames
The mysterious night gradually comes, I go into a dream
The mysterious night gradually comes, With you into a dream
I can hear a singing voice in the frozen winter sky
If we stay like this we will disappear completely
I am melting into your body, becoming one
It's just your warmth
Against my skin in the dawn
Today, dirtied sheep
Pouring out their life's water
Wandering around in the snow
The mysterious night gradually comes, I go into a dream
If we stay like this we will disappear completely
I am melting into your body, becoming one
If we stay like this we will disappear completely
I am melting into your body, becoming one
It's just your warmth
Against my skin in the dawn
Ron Paul raises $6,000,000
sounds like: "Things are Changing" Diana Ross and the Supremes
I donated $5.00!
Paul raises $6 million in 24-hour effort
Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul's supporters raised over $6 million Sunday to boost the 10-term Texas congressman's campaign for the White House.
Called a "Money Bomb," the goal was to raise as much money as possible on the Internet in one day. The campaign's previous fundraiser brought in $4.2 million.
At midnight EST, donations were over $6 million, according to the campaign Web site. Those donations are processed credit card receipts, said Paul campaign spokesman Jesse Benton. Benton said the median donation is about $50 in the fundraiser, which was the idea of Paul supporters who are not officially connected to the campaign.
Trevor Lyman, a Paul supporter who is traveling the country following the Ron Paul blimp, said the date of the fundraiser coincides with the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.
The Ron Paul blimp is an aerial billboard emblazoned on one side with "Who is Ron Paul? Google Ron Paul." The other side reads "Ron Paul Revolution." The blimp, another grass-roots effort, was in Chester, S.C., on Sunday, and organizers hope to get it to New Hampshire before the Jan. 8 primary there.
Ron Paul: http://www.ronpaul2008.com
I donated $5.00!
Paul raises $6 million in 24-hour effort
Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul's supporters raised over $6 million Sunday to boost the 10-term Texas congressman's campaign for the White House.
Called a "Money Bomb," the goal was to raise as much money as possible on the Internet in one day. The campaign's previous fundraiser brought in $4.2 million.
At midnight EST, donations were over $6 million, according to the campaign Web site. Those donations are processed credit card receipts, said Paul campaign spokesman Jesse Benton. Benton said the median donation is about $50 in the fundraiser, which was the idea of Paul supporters who are not officially connected to the campaign.
Trevor Lyman, a Paul supporter who is traveling the country following the Ron Paul blimp, said the date of the fundraiser coincides with the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.
The Ron Paul blimp is an aerial billboard emblazoned on one side with "Who is Ron Paul? Google Ron Paul." The other side reads "Ron Paul Revolution." The blimp, another grass-roots effort, was in Chester, S.C., on Sunday, and organizers hope to get it to New Hampshire before the Jan. 8 primary there.
Ron Paul: http://www.ronpaul2008.com
12.16.2007
I Am Legend
sounds like: "メトロ" 東京事変
I saw I Am Legend this weekend. It was the first movie I've seen in the theater in nearly a year. I've been eagerly awaiting this movie since I'm a rabid fan of The Last Man on Earth and the trailer had me convinced that this version would be incredible. It was amazing for the first 3/4 of the film. After that, it began emitting a climatic stench that was akin to the last twenty minutes of Spielberg's remake of War of the Worlds. It had so much grisly and bleak potential, but ended with a half-ass, candied climax that would please the ignorant masses, but leave those true seekers of horror's jaws slacked in disgust. We were robbed.
If I could splice the ending of The Last Man on Earth into I Am Legend's it would be one of the best horror movies to come out recently with a profound commentary on fear and humanity that would leave the viewer's soul stained.
Francis Lawrence, how could you BLOW IT!?! After glancing at your next project, I guess I understand. Someone more worthy should have been given this project.
From KBPS Movie Reviews:
For one, this new version of I am Legend completely perverts the meaning of the title, losing the clever, dark irony and turning it instead into something heroic rather than something tragic. In the book, the infected hordes are not animalistic beings with no trace of humanity but rather vampiric humans. The literary Neville tries to offer a scientific explanation for vampirism as opposed to the usual supernatural one. So Neville discovers a germ that causes people to become averse to sunlight, thirsty for blood and resistant to bullets but vulnerable to wooden stakes. Neville goes out on daily hunts to kill these creatures but what he doesn’t realize is that there are some that have managed to control their disease and who have created a new society, a society that sees Neville as a monster that comes in the night to kill them (not unlike the mythic vampires of legend). In the end of the book (which is very different from the movie so don’t consider this a spoiler for the movie), the new vampire society captures Neville and sentences him to death. Neville realizes that in this new society he has become like the vampires of old–a legendary, horrific figure that kills indiscriminately. But this new film adaptation avoids the bleak irony of Matheson’s book to turn Neville into a heroic figure to be celebrated in “legends.” Plus I personally miss the vampire overtones and was disappointed to find the vampire angle essentially gone.
I saw I Am Legend this weekend. It was the first movie I've seen in the theater in nearly a year. I've been eagerly awaiting this movie since I'm a rabid fan of The Last Man on Earth and the trailer had me convinced that this version would be incredible. It was amazing for the first 3/4 of the film. After that, it began emitting a climatic stench that was akin to the last twenty minutes of Spielberg's remake of War of the Worlds. It had so much grisly and bleak potential, but ended with a half-ass, candied climax that would please the ignorant masses, but leave those true seekers of horror's jaws slacked in disgust. We were robbed.
If I could splice the ending of The Last Man on Earth into I Am Legend's it would be one of the best horror movies to come out recently with a profound commentary on fear and humanity that would leave the viewer's soul stained.
Francis Lawrence, how could you BLOW IT!?! After glancing at your next project, I guess I understand. Someone more worthy should have been given this project.
From KBPS Movie Reviews:
For one, this new version of I am Legend completely perverts the meaning of the title, losing the clever, dark irony and turning it instead into something heroic rather than something tragic. In the book, the infected hordes are not animalistic beings with no trace of humanity but rather vampiric humans. The literary Neville tries to offer a scientific explanation for vampirism as opposed to the usual supernatural one. So Neville discovers a germ that causes people to become averse to sunlight, thirsty for blood and resistant to bullets but vulnerable to wooden stakes. Neville goes out on daily hunts to kill these creatures but what he doesn’t realize is that there are some that have managed to control their disease and who have created a new society, a society that sees Neville as a monster that comes in the night to kill them (not unlike the mythic vampires of legend). In the end of the book (which is very different from the movie so don’t consider this a spoiler for the movie), the new vampire society captures Neville and sentences him to death. Neville realizes that in this new society he has become like the vampires of old–a legendary, horrific figure that kills indiscriminately. But this new film adaptation avoids the bleak irony of Matheson’s book to turn Neville into a heroic figure to be celebrated in “legends.” Plus I personally miss the vampire overtones and was disappointed to find the vampire angle essentially gone.
キラーチューン
sounds like: "ビスケット (Live Osaka-jo Hall)" YUKI
feels like: もっとよくです。
This is my new favorite song is Tokyo Jihen's "Killer Tune":
”キラーチューン” 東京事変
”キラーチューン” LIVE on "Bokura 4" TV show
娯楽CM
”キラーチューン” Lyrics
「贅沢は味方」もっと欲しがります負けたって
勝ったってこの感度は揺るがないの
貧しさこそが敵
贅沢するにはきっと財布だけじゃ足りないね
だって麗しいのはザラにないの
洗脳(わな)にご注意
ご覧、ほらねわざと逢えたんだ
季節を使い捨て生きていこう
夜も秋も盗めないよ
貴方は私の一生もの
贅沢するにはきっと妬まれなきゃいけないね
ちょっと芳(かぐわ)しいのを睨まないで
欲しがらないなら
「今日は一度切り」無駄がなけりゃ意味がない
絶対美しいのは計れないの
溢れ出すから
ご覧、険しい日本(ここ)で逢えたんだ
探し出してくれて有り難う
空も恋も騙せないよ
私は貴方の一生もの
feels like: もっとよくです。
This is my new favorite song is Tokyo Jihen's "Killer Tune":
”キラーチューン” 東京事変
”キラーチューン” LIVE on "Bokura 4" TV show
娯楽CM
”キラーチューン” Lyrics
「贅沢は味方」もっと欲しがります負けたって
勝ったってこの感度は揺るがないの
貧しさこそが敵
贅沢するにはきっと財布だけじゃ足りないね
だって麗しいのはザラにないの
洗脳(わな)にご注意
ご覧、ほらねわざと逢えたんだ
季節を使い捨て生きていこう
夜も秋も盗めないよ
貴方は私の一生もの
贅沢するにはきっと妬まれなきゃいけないね
ちょっと芳(かぐわ)しいのを睨まないで
欲しがらないなら
「今日は一度切り」無駄がなけりゃ意味がない
絶対美しいのは計れないの
溢れ出すから
ご覧、険しい日本(ここ)で逢えたんだ
探し出してくれて有り難う
空も恋も騙せないよ
私は貴方の一生もの
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