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by DarkRidley
Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:21 am
Forum: The Chillout Lounge
Topic: What are you reading?
Replies: 189
Views: 127815

Re: What are you reading?

I'm reading In the Miso Soup by the other Murakami. It's good so far, but I keep returning to this one bit where the protagonist's girlfriend remarks that a recent murder victim didn't seem to be killed in a Japanese way. How on earth do you kill someone in a Japanese way?
by DarkRidley
Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:33 am
Forum: Hello! Project Chat
Topic: Berryz Koubou to Perform at Sakuracon 2011
Replies: 84
Views: 8312

Re: Berryz Koubou to Perform at Sakuracon 2011

What? But I thought the people at Sakuracon only liked JAY-RAWK, GIRUGAMESH, GAYMIN and OH DDR...



Obviously I won't be able to see this, but maybe it's a sign that they could come to Europe next year. If they're prepared to send Berryz to America, it doesn't seem all that unlikely.
by DarkRidley
Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:16 am
Forum: Hello! Project Chat
Topic: Mano Erina - Seishun no Serenade
Replies: 46
Views: 7354

Re: Mano Erina - Seishun no Serenade

Her outfit is weird but awesome and so is the squelchy synth noise. It's nice to see her doing something a bit different. PV is a bit generic, but it's H!P, so whatever.
by DarkRidley
Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:10 pm
Forum: Music Chat
Topic: Yet another H!P vs AKB48 thread
Replies: 65
Views: 9955

Re: Yet another H!P vs AKB48 thread

I don't get why this thread has been so extraordinarily controversial, even reaching other forums. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':sad:' /> Al's post was by and large a joke as far as I could see, and most of the thread just consis...
by DarkRidley
Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:21 am
Forum: Music Chat
Topic: Yet another H!P vs AKB48 thread
Replies: 65
Views: 9955

Re: Yet another H!P vs AKB48 thread

I read this last night and actually decided to give you a shot to edit this sentence before I responded, but you didn't. I feel forced to address it. Idols are not real people? Huh? If they were plants I wouldn't be as upset about them feeding each other cream donuts in cat lingerie. I'd make it in...
by DarkRidley
Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:18 am
Forum: Music Chat
Topic: Yet another H!P vs AKB48 thread
Replies: 65
Views: 9955

Re: Yet another H!P vs AKB48 thread

Whoa, hold up. I agree with you. Voyeurism is a form of abuse. I have a lot of problems with Heavy Rotation's video, and it certainly presents a demaning male fantasy. I was tired when I made my post and it was out-of-line. I apologise. As I've said, I find AKB problematic in many ways. I still, how...
by DarkRidley
Tue Dec 14, 2010 12:19 am
Forum: Music Chat
Topic: Yet another H!P vs AKB48 thread
Replies: 65
Views: 9955

Re: Yet another H!P vs AKB48 thread

[quote name='Petit Melon' post='88976' date='Dec 14 2010, 02:29 AM']Your entire argument is based around idols being fuels for fetishes. It's not. The sexualization of the girls is dependent on the perception of the watcher.[/quote] Why shouldn't the marketers themselves be attempting to project a c...
by DarkRidley
Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:26 pm
Forum: Music Chat
Topic: Yet another H!P vs AKB48 thread
Replies: 65
Views: 9955

Re: Yet another H!P vs AKB48 thread

[quote name='Petit Melon' post='88967' date='Dec 13 2010, 11:47 PM']I would like to say the the circle jerk is directed at Dark Ridley. Only because Tsuki said I should bring my original post back! XDDDD [/quote] what is this i don't even No, really, I'm kind of lost. I didn't mention anything about...
by DarkRidley
Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:13 pm
Forum: Hello! Project Chat
Topic: MUJACK - Dec 12, 2010
Replies: 16
Views: 6055

Re: MUJACK - Dec 12, 2010

Thanks so much for the translation! <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/lmfao.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':wub:' /> Really funny stuff, and it's also nice to see how obviously moved Takamina was by JunJun's letter. It just goes to show how manufactured the fan wars real...
by DarkRidley
Mon Dec 13, 2010 6:56 am
Forum: Hello! Project Chat
Topic: The H!P Spam Thread
Replies: 558
Views: 62609

Re: The H!P Spam Thread

Part 1.

Part 2.

H!O torrent.



And Takamina is lovely. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... >/hmph.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':wub:' />
by DarkRidley
Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:06 pm
Forum: Music Chat
Topic: Yet another H!P vs AKB48 thread
Replies: 65
Views: 9955

Yet another H!P vs AKB48 thread

[quote name='Plum' post='88909' date='Dec 13 2010, 01:31 AM']Let me start off by saying that AKB48 creeps me out, and not in any small way. I literally feel physically revolted looking at their recent videos, and have often felt that I see some sort of underlying abusive and almost rape-centered vib...
by DarkRidley
Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:28 am
Forum: Hello! Project Chat
Topic: Momusu drops one last album before JunLinEri kick the bucket
Replies: 94
Views: 12445

Re: Momusu drops one last album before JunLinEri kick the bucket

It's been a couple of days and the album's mellowed on me, but I don't think it's any major disappointment. It's more rushed than their last two, but at worst it's a decent stopgap until they release something else. It's relatively cohesive, and it's got at least 3-5 album tracks I could see myself ...
by DarkRidley
Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:13 am
Forum: Hello! Project Chat
Topic: Morning Musume 9th gen audition + mass graduation
Replies: 219
Views: 39758

Re: Morning Musume 9th gen audition + mass graduation

I'm excited, but I maintain that this whole affair is pretty misguided, especially after seeing how young they all are. MM does not need a maturity gap that wide.



Still, a couple seemed to be decent-ish singers, although Tsunku will probably pick the worst, knowing him.
by DarkRidley
Thu Dec 02, 2010 3:06 pm
Forum: Hello! Project Chat
Topic: Momusu drops one last album before JunLinEri kick the bucket
Replies: 94
Views: 12445

Re: Momusu drops one last album before JunLinEri kick the bucket

My God, this thread has been hijacked by an old school fanwar. What the hell happened in the last few hours. ...3rd Love Paradise is clearly better. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ph34r.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':punch:' />
by DarkRidley
Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:34 pm
Forum: Hello! Project Chat
Topic: Goto Maki - Gloria
Replies: 23
Views: 3949

Re: Goto Maki - Gloria

Ugh, Ashiato is not doing it for me. I generally don't like alternative-style idol music, and this is no exception. It's not bad, just fairly dull. But then I don't much like most of her work with avex, and I'm not especially inclined towards the label to begin with.
by DarkRidley
Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:14 pm
Forum: Hello! Project Chat
Topic: Momusu drops one last album before JunLinEri kick the bucket
Replies: 94
Views: 12445

Re: Momusu drops one last album before JunLinEri kick the bucket

Very brief track-by-track based on my first impressions of the full album: Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game (AL ver.) The greatest asset of this song is the fairly awesome main melody line, so the extended intro does this song justice. It's never going to be remembered as one of Morning Musume's greate...
by DarkRidley
Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:22 pm
Forum: Hello! Project Chat
Topic: Momusu drops one last album before JunLinEri kick the bucket
Replies: 94
Views: 12445

Re: Momusu drops one last album before JunLinEri kick the bucket

[quote name='Al Kusanagi' post='88246' date='Nov 29 2010, 08:20 PM']Duh, because Eri's more popular and has been a member far longer.[/quote] Well, yeah, but I didn't mean that. I was asking why BonkyuAsh seemed to be suggesting it as though it would be the best idea. Obviously she wasn't doing that...
by DarkRidley
Mon Nov 29, 2010 10:19 am
Forum: Hello! Project Chat
Topic: Momusu drops one last album before JunLinEri kick the bucket
Replies: 94
Views: 12445

Re: Momusu drops one last album before JunLinEri kick the bucket

[quote name='BonkyuAsh' post='88218' date='Nov 29 2010, 03:08 PM']^ It's kind of obvious Eri is more important than them, the way UFA is treating their graduations. I mean look at the grad merch, there's Eri's all nice and graceful wearing a beautiful nice outfit in her photosets and having her own ...
by DarkRidley
Sun Nov 28, 2010 12:49 pm
Forum: K-Pop Korner
Topic: MAMA Awards 2010 (The Winners!)
Replies: 4
Views: 4534

Re: MAMA Awards 2010 (The Winners!)

[quote name='Ap2000' post='88174' date='Nov 28 2010, 06:38 PM']I just looked their Wikipedia article and was surprised. I thought they were in the business for 10 years or maybe more already. But only 3 years ? Wow, I am surprised. The Chocolate Disco performance had some hilarious "plastic sur...
by DarkRidley
Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:08 am
Forum: K-Pop Korner
Topic: MAMA Awards 2010 (The Winners!)
Replies: 4
Views: 4534

Re: MAMA Awards 2010 (The Winners!)

Best Asian Pop Artist Perfume <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dance.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':dance:' /> Yes. Wonder Girls appeared out of nowhere . . . There was a total fail when it come to them performing Nobody though. I cringed. Performances like this are w...
by DarkRidley
Sun Nov 28, 2010 5:37 am
Forum: Hello! Project Chat
Topic: Momusu drops one last album before JunLinEri kick the bucket
Replies: 94
Views: 12445

Re: Momusu drops one last album before JunLinEri kick the bucket

Ah, now this is more like it! Pops, burbles, squeaks, electric guitar and the Rubberface in the lead. It's nice to see MM move out of their string stage (which I honestly think peaked over a year ago now) and back into bubbly synth/electro-pop.
by DarkRidley
Sat Nov 27, 2010 1:18 pm
Forum: K-Pop Korner
Topic: The New All Purpose SNSD Thread
Replies: 1260
Views: 157994

Re: The New All Purpose SNSD Thread

You're not the only one, Haru. I'm not a huge SNSD fan, but this was a disappointment after Oh!/Run Devil Run. It bored me, especially My Best Friend and Wake Up. Hoot itself is all right, though.
by DarkRidley
Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:24 am
Forum: Music Chat
Topic: AKB48 19th Single - Chance no Junban
Replies: 9
Views: 2491

Re: AKB48 19th Single - Chance no Junban

Why do we need simple PVs from AKB? We've already got Morning Musume. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':wheely:' /> Seriously, I see your point, but it feels like AKS is treating this release as throwaway and cheap, which is a sh...
by DarkRidley
Fri Nov 26, 2010 2:55 am
Forum: Music Chat
Topic: AKB48 19th Single - Chance no Junban
Replies: 9
Views: 2491

AKB48 19th Single - Chance no Junban

PV preview here. It's not so great (pretty cheap looking, weirdly), but the full song's alright. Senbatsu is pretty all over the place because it was decided in a jankenpon competition. I really like this B-side , probably more so than Chance no Junbun itself. Covers and tracklistings are on CDJapa...
by DarkRidley
Thu Nov 25, 2010 4:12 pm
Forum: Music Chat
Topic: What are you listening to right now ?
Replies: 442
Views: 147513

Re: What are you listening to right now ?

My copy of Utada's new single collection arrived today, and I'm seriously addicted to Arashi no Megami and Show Me Love right now. Reminds me how much I still fucking love this women and her music. I want her hiatus to end before it's started now. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<...
by DarkRidley
Wed Nov 24, 2010 4:53 pm
Forum: Hello! Project Chat
Topic: Momusu drops one last album before JunLinEri kick the bucket
Replies: 94
Views: 12445

Re: Momusu drops one last album before JunLinEri kick the bucket

Preview of the "orchestral" album version of Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game. It's pretty much the same except for an extended introduction, which is somewhat predictable but still works. The song's not brilliant, but this is my favourite version of it. The synthpop Sayu song is still the b...
by DarkRidley
Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:10 am
Forum: Hello! Project Chat
Topic: Morning Musume 44th Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game
Replies: 89
Views: 11114

Re: Morning Musume 44th Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game

Yeah, but it's not officially counted, like in the UK, so it's not really a "record". They count consecutive Top 5s, Top 10s, etc., but not Top 6s. That's what Ap meant, if I'm not mistaken.
by DarkRidley
Tue Nov 23, 2010 7:59 am
Forum: Hello! Project Chat
Topic: Morning Musume 44th Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game
Replies: 89
Views: 11114

Re: Morning Musume 44th Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game

That's some serious wishful thinking there, Turtle. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':frown:' /> Still, the sales themselves are reasonably consistent, and at least it sold more than Seishun Collection. This isn't a great turnout, bu...
by DarkRidley
Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:50 am
Forum: Hello! Project Chat
Topic: Momusu drops one last album before JunLinEri kick the bucket
Replies: 94
Views: 12445

Re: Momusu drops one last album before JunLinEri kick the bucket

I did not expect this album to be good, but I've liked both album tracks so far, especially the Sayumi one, and the covers are...really quite good, actually. Don't make me hopeful now only to punch my soul when it comes to the crunch, UFA!