"Is the festival after the festival forever?"
Been a busy week or so, Here's a recap of what I've been up to for the past few weeks-
Firstly my lj has undergone a MASSIVE make over. I changed the layout and made edits to my interests, my communities, my userpics, my profile and did some locking and unlocking on various journal entries. Even my name changed now. I just got tired of the same old "Taima: crash of thunder" thing.
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I recently got into an indie jrock band called "Baseball Bear" and as it is indie AND Japanese there is of course not much info that can be found about them. at least not in english of course. but all you really need to know, is how awesome their songs are.
Here's my favorite
a live performance of Matsuri no Ato and if you like that one then you can find a bunch other videos for them linked to the same YT page. I'd recommend: dakeshimetai, changes, aishiteru, crazy no kisetsu ga, and manatsu no jouken.
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Next, my love for western television has been rekindled with new force, particularly my love for UK tv dramas. They are short, they are well written and best of all they are chock full of ENGLISH ACCENTS WOO! Seriously, so far I've watched Life on Mars S1, most of S2 and all of Ashes to Ashes S1, the spin off for LOM. I know spin off makes people go EWWW, but it's a really great show and manages to be different enough from LOM. I've also become insanely fond of Philip glenister and John simm cause of these shows. and I spent last night perusing forums for LOM and A2A, and watching a bunch of guest appearances of Glenister on various talk shows. It is SO nice to be able to understand everything that is being said on a talk show for a change. Well the new Ashes to Ashes season wont be starting till the 20th of...well this month. and I know it doesnt SOUND like it's a long time...BUT IT IS. So I've been nursing my addiction on other brit things that have some of the same actors as A2A and LOM. Like Tuesday for example! A low budget heist film starting Simm and Glenister among others. havent seen it yet, still trying to finish working my essay XD but I downloaded it via torrents. I also have State of Play and Blackpool on my must watch lists. I wanted to check out Clocking Off too, not just cause it has Glenister but because it has Christopher Eccleston too <3 Which for those who might not know (which I imagine is all of you XD) I had a big crush on the Ninth doctor of Doctor Who, and he was played by Eccleston, so now everytime I see him in something I get happyface :D
Another very unfortunate side effect of my massive love for Life on Mars, is a desire to watch The Sweeney. Which is a 70's brit cop show, that LOM got alot of it's inspiration from. I know it probably wont be as awesome as LOM but I kind of like the idea of it all the same. retro shows have their own charm. It's actually up on the American amazon for 31 dollars. not bad for 650 minutes of cop action! I really want to buy the LOM dvds too, but alas they arent available on this side of the pond yet ;_; Well if the S1 and S2 LOM dvds arent out before 2010 I'll just order them via UK amazon. at least I know the shipping wont be any worse than what I had to pay to for DVDs from Japan. XD BUT I WANT TO WATCH GENE HUNT KICKING IN A NONCE ON MY TV DARN IIIIIT. ;__;
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thanks to A2A and LOM, I've been listening to nothing but 70's and 80's music for the past week. and I have no regrets! *goes back to dancing to the Stranglers*
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As far as American tv goes, I'm really into Leverage (a show on TNT) and The Mentalist (bizarro procedural drama on CBS). I will definitely be making posts for all my current show obsessions, down the road. But I want to actually finish some or most of my assignments before I do. Since knowing me I will ramble on immensely XD especially for Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes.
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I've been hella busy with school work, I'm seriously up to my neck in assignments. My English essay, art museum assignment, art project and presentation is on Monday (which I told the teacher I wouldnt be able to make it because I'd be in Virginia. Except. I'm not. XD). Anyway, this is partially why I've been avoiding LJ and MSN lately. The other reason would be all the shows I've been watching in between working. But pffft who needs human interaction when you have TV!
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Thanks to all the shows I've been watching lately I have a affinity for the crime genre lately. If this keeps up I'll be watching The Departed and Resevoir dogs soon. or rewatching Pulp Fiction cause I've been wanting to rewatch for the longest time now. Sam "the man" Jacksooooon!
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Well that's all.
Firstly my lj has undergone a MASSIVE make over. I changed the layout and made edits to my interests, my communities, my userpics, my profile and did some locking and unlocking on various journal entries. Even my name changed now. I just got tired of the same old "Taima: crash of thunder" thing.
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I recently got into an indie jrock band called "Baseball Bear" and as it is indie AND Japanese there is of course not much info that can be found about them. at least not in english of course. but all you really need to know, is how awesome their songs are.
Here's my favorite
Click to viewa live performance of Matsuri no Ato and if you like that one then you can find a bunch other videos for them linked to the same YT page. I'd recommend: dakeshimetai, changes, aishiteru, crazy no kisetsu ga, and manatsu no jouken.
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Next, my love for western television has been rekindled with new force, particularly my love for UK tv dramas. They are short, they are well written and best of all they are chock full of ENGLISH ACCENTS WOO! Seriously, so far I've watched Life on Mars S1, most of S2 and all of Ashes to Ashes S1, the spin off for LOM. I know spin off makes people go EWWW, but it's a really great show and manages to be different enough from LOM. I've also become insanely fond of Philip glenister and John simm cause of these shows. and I spent last night perusing forums for LOM and A2A, and watching a bunch of guest appearances of Glenister on various talk shows. It is SO nice to be able to understand everything that is being said on a talk show for a change. Well the new Ashes to Ashes season wont be starting till the 20th of...well this month. and I know it doesnt SOUND like it's a long time...BUT IT IS. So I've been nursing my addiction on other brit things that have some of the same actors as A2A and LOM. Like Tuesday for example! A low budget heist film starting Simm and Glenister among others. havent seen it yet, still trying to finish working my essay XD but I downloaded it via torrents. I also have State of Play and Blackpool on my must watch lists. I wanted to check out Clocking Off too, not just cause it has Glenister but because it has Christopher Eccleston too <3 Which for those who might not know (which I imagine is all of you XD) I had a big crush on the Ninth doctor of Doctor Who, and he was played by Eccleston, so now everytime I see him in something I get happyface :D
Another very unfortunate side effect of my massive love for Life on Mars, is a desire to watch The Sweeney. Which is a 70's brit cop show, that LOM got alot of it's inspiration from. I know it probably wont be as awesome as LOM but I kind of like the idea of it all the same. retro shows have their own charm. It's actually up on the American amazon for 31 dollars. not bad for 650 minutes of cop action! I really want to buy the LOM dvds too, but alas they arent available on this side of the pond yet ;_; Well if the S1 and S2 LOM dvds arent out before 2010 I'll just order them via UK amazon. at least I know the shipping wont be any worse than what I had to pay to for DVDs from Japan. XD BUT I WANT TO WATCH GENE HUNT KICKING IN A NONCE ON MY TV DARN IIIIIT. ;__;
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thanks to A2A and LOM, I've been listening to nothing but 70's and 80's music for the past week. and I have no regrets! *goes back to dancing to the Stranglers*
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As far as American tv goes, I'm really into Leverage (a show on TNT) and The Mentalist (bizarro procedural drama on CBS). I will definitely be making posts for all my current show obsessions, down the road. But I want to actually finish some or most of my assignments before I do. Since knowing me I will ramble on immensely XD especially for Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes.
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I've been hella busy with school work, I'm seriously up to my neck in assignments. My English essay, art museum assignment, art project and presentation is on Monday (which I told the teacher I wouldnt be able to make it because I'd be in Virginia. Except. I'm not. XD). Anyway, this is partially why I've been avoiding LJ and MSN lately. The other reason would be all the shows I've been watching in between working. But pffft who needs human interaction when you have TV!
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Thanks to all the shows I've been watching lately I have a affinity for the crime genre lately. If this keeps up I'll be watching The Departed and Resevoir dogs soon. or rewatching Pulp Fiction cause I've been wanting to rewatch for the longest time now. Sam "the man" Jacksooooon!
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Well that's all.