The song was driving me nuts, so I decided to translate it. There were a few spots where things were really oddly phrased or when there was more than one possible translation, so I had to fudge a line or two. As a whole, though, it should be pretty accurate. Also included is a transliteration of the Japanese lyrics so you can sing along at home ( Read more... )

Japanese pop music is one of my guilty pleasures. When lafinjack was visiting over the weekend, we did a massive media swap--I gave him all of my comics scans and some music, he gave me a bunch of videos and more music. Among the things I got from him was this music video, which he originally got from coleenie:

Yuki - JOY (74 MB ( Read more... )

Shocking news, I know.

Things have been busy but boring. I may get around to chronicling various things here at some point. Probably not.
I'm not sure how back I am--I might just be dropping by now and again until I have the free time to really catch up.

I also come bearing goodies in the form of mixes.

Two I put together about a week ago:

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Edie Sedgwick - Sigourney Weaver

As Jay put it when he linked this, I dare you to get the song out of your head after watching the video.

But Ripley's not ready to get it on
'til Vasquez gets those black dyke boots on

For anyone that didn't get to download it the first time around, I updated the link for my mix.

I decided to make a mix for the hell of it. Inspired by some Andrew Bird lyris, I call it:

Chalky Lemonade [LINK UPDATED]

1. The Futureheads - Hounds of Love (3:02)
2. Madvillain - All Caps (2:10)
3. The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist (4:50)
4. The Kleptones - Plan (4:49)
5. Modest Mouse - Tiny Cities Made of Ashes (3:41)
6. Nice Marbles - Eleki ( Read more... )

Tonight (well, I guess it's technically last night now), I went with my friends Darcy and Luke to see Andrew Bird play at some little wine bar in Madison. I was a little worried heading out there because while they had tickets, I didn't, and only a "limited number" would be available at the door ( Read more... )

Cara needed someone to pick up a shift at the Brew today, and I figured why not--I could use a coupl'extra bucks. I burned off an actual audio CD copy of the mix Jhayne made to play while I was here, and, of course, forgot to throw it in my bag on my way out the door ( Read more... )

You have the ability to steal everything and go on a rampage. You are a monstrous thief.

The Kleptones - A Night at the Hip Hopera

Imagine, if you will, an album of songs made by remixing Queen with hip hop.

Yes. It's just that good.