O_O
Watch all three parts. You'll understand what's going on without knowing Japanese.
Holy Shit 5000
O_O
Watch all three parts. You'll understand what's going on without knowing Japanese.
Hiroaki Samura - Bradherley's Coach
If you have a problem with rape and degradation of women, you won't like this. I'm in temptation to tag this as guro but since there are not any explicit violent and raping scenes I won't. But this story is quite disturbing in its own unique way.The story is set around 1910 (give or take a few years). Every year, Lord Nicola A. Bradherley, one of Europe’s leading aristocrats, sends his coach round to various orphanages to adopt little girls and trains them to join his opera troupe. But most of these girls never make it onto the stage — a far more sinister fate awaits them, sacrificed in the name of the greater good. I won't give any more spoilers. The story is a bit unrealistic but believable to some degree so it's all good.
The art is exceptional as expected from someone like Samura. He designed a lot of dresses in this particular manga. Some look terribly wrong and stupid but there are some really nice ones (oh my, fashion critic now).
Ruth Etting
Ahh. Man music suck these days. I wish I lived in the 30s (preferably not in Germany aho ho). The old swing sounds so good. It's nothing like today's upbeat techno pop that feels so; plastic. Sure people like this, it's perfectly normal to enjoy such music in this time. But for me this is so; empty and so shallow. While on the other hand I enjoy the old songs from 30s. Ruth Etting is a fine example of how music used to sound. It felt so real and sincere. Where did that go? When did that feeling disappeared from pop music? It's so vulgar today. The elegance of it was lost long ago I guess. Which is a shame.
Oh well. No point whining about it. What was was, what is is. But I still can be a pretentious dick and listen what I like and force it here on my blog. :3
Ruth Etting was known as America’s Radio Sweetheart, and was the top female vocalist in America for several years, often singing in the ‘torch’ song style. In 1925, Ruth Etting was discovered by a Columbia record executive in Chicago and was signed to a nation-wide deal. In 1927 she was recommended by Irving Berlin to Florenz Ziegfeld for a spot in his Follies. She was an instant success in New York, and the top vocalist in the country for a number of years.
I collected a lot of her songs here. Note that this not an album or a compilation it's just a bunch of her songs I zipped. Some are in good quality, some are in bad.
Songs are:
01. A Needle In A Haystack
02. But I Do, You Know I Do!
03. Button Up Your Overcoat
04. Cigarettes, Cigars
05. Close Your Eyes
06. Could I, Certainly I Could
07. Cuban Love Song
08. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
09. ...leave...
10. Exactly Like You
11. Funny, dear, what love can do
12. Glad Rag Doll
13. Good Night, Sweetheart
14. Guilty
15. If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight
16. I'll Be Blue, Just Thinking of You
17. I'll Get By
18. I'm Bringing A Red, Red Rose
19. I'm Good For Nothing But Love
20. It Happened In Monterey
21. Laughing At Life
22. Life Is A Song
23. Love Me Or Leave Me
24. More Than You Know
25. Nevertheless
26. Out Of Nowhere
27. Summer Is Over
28. Taking the blues away
29. The Kiss Waltz
30. Where Your Eyes Burning Baby
31. Without That Gal!
32. You're The Cream In My Coffee
Get.
Black Shape of Nexus
B.SON is a drone doom/sludge band from Mannheim, Germany formed in 2005.
Members of B.SON have also played (currently or formerly) in other bands, including Stack, Curbeaters, Prone, Corpse Prose, The Notorious Love Affair, Battle of the Speeds, The Ghost Dance Movement, 2 Minutes Hate Show.
In mid 2007 Vendetta Records released their first album. Also in 2007 a split LP with the berlin sludge band Crowskin came out. Also released by Vendetta Records. Simultaneously with the Split LP a CD came out on Vendetta compiling both, the album LP and the Split LP). Everything mastered by James Plotkin; produced, engineered and mixed by the band in best diy tradition.
In January 07 first Drummer Marco left the band. A few months later Marius joined the band. In the meantime they started to release a new beast: microbarome meetings. Occassionally they meet for improvisational work, representing the drone side of the lineup. Some of this work will be released on both labels Ecocentric Records and Vendetta Records.
Oh I haven't listened to this band in ages. I almost forgot how good they are. Seriously check them out if you are into drone. I have their first demo and first album. They released another full length and a split last year but I never checked it out. :/
Black Shape Of Nexus - 2006 - Demo
01. I (21:13)
02. II (13:30)
03. III (10:10)
04. I (Drone Version) (18:47)
Black Shape of Nexus - 2007 - Black Shape of Nexus
Mastered by James Plotkin of Khanate
1. III (10:35)
2. VI (11:05)
3. V (21:00)
1. III (10:35)
2. VI (11:05)
3. V (21:00)
Bluedawn (푸른새벽)
* Bluedawn disbanded. 정상훈, male member of Bluedawn is doing solo project, The Invisible Fish aka 투명물고기. And also for female member, 한희정. *
Bluedawn (푸른새벽) is a Korean indie band made up of Dawn and Sorrow. Theirs is a melody of dream and sadness, a spring morning when sun shines brightly, but ice won’t melt. Filled with softness; soft guitar, soft piano, soft voice. Bluedawn is full of pure heart and calm.
To date Bluedawn has released two studio albums. A self titled album, and in 2005 submarine sickness / waveless was released. It was a two disc mini-album set, with five tracks on either side of the disc. While their first album featured mostly guitar, submarine sickness / waveless featured piano and strings equally with guitar. / waveless is quite different from it’s former half of the album. Notably, Sorrow sings on this half more and there is also more experimentation done with instrument.
This is an excellent band, too bad they split up. Oh well, life goes on I guess. Enjoy their albums for I am sharing all of them.
Bluedawn (푸른새벽) is a Korean indie band made up of Dawn and Sorrow. Theirs is a melody of dream and sadness, a spring morning when sun shines brightly, but ice won’t melt. Filled with softness; soft guitar, soft piano, soft voice. Bluedawn is full of pure heart and calm.
To date Bluedawn has released two studio albums. A self titled album, and in 2005 submarine sickness / waveless was released. It was a two disc mini-album set, with five tracks on either side of the disc. While their first album featured mostly guitar, submarine sickness / waveless featured piano and strings equally with guitar. / waveless is quite different from it’s former half of the album. Notably, Sorrow sings on this half more and there is also more experimentation done with instrument.
This is an excellent band, too bad they split up. Oh well, life goes on I guess. Enjoy their albums for I am sharing all of them.
Shintaro Kago - The Memories of Others
Another really great Shintaros one shot. This one is about a certain disease that makes your past deeds follow you around in small panels above your head. Soon everyone gets it and the reader discovers the unusual life of normal people. And of course everything goes hectic.It's a bit confusing to read as well.
Sir Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace
FUCK YOU BUDDY
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
湯川潮音 (Shione Yukawa) - 逆上がりの国
Ah here's an really neat little I album that I'm always happy to listen. Very lighthearted music and pretty much naive in sound. Happy humming, whining guitar sound, bells and stuff like that they all mold into this wonderfully happy music. Except track 3, that one sucks. Most notably her albums are produced by Yoko Kanno of The Seatbelts fame. Get this if you are in a bad mood.
Tracklist:
01. 3:15
02.シルエット
03. ネムネムの森
04.うしろ姿の人
05. インディアン・スミレ
06. 逆上がりの国
07. レクイエム
08. ピアノ (instrumental)
Lalalala
Franz Kafka's Ein Landarzt (A Country Doctor)
Year of release: 2007Director: Koji Yamamura
Genre: Drama/Psychological
Duration: 21 min
Language: Japanese (English subtitles)
When someone mentions animation or anime that is related to Japan it usually means big eyed moe girls with high pitched voices that are 18 but look like 9. This is sadly true, most anime are like that because the audience demands this and the production houses deliver that in order to make money. But not all is everything like that. Since their animation culture flourishes a lot there are still plenty of astonishing visual experiences.
This particular anime is - unique. Forget everything you ever saw from Japan because this one is completely different and completely surreal. Perfectly fit for a Kafkas story. The motion of characters, the background drawings, the eerie sounds of nature they all blend into this marvelous work so much that I could not believe what I'm watching. So memorable yet so morbid and scary.
I'll stop my drooling here. In any case this is an adaptation of a short prose by Kafka called Ein Landarzt which translates to "A Country Doctor". The story is about an a hapless country doctor that was called by the night bell emergency to visit a young patient. Events soon take on a surreal aspect as "unearthly horses" transport him instantaneously to the bedside. The doctor, preoccupied with personal distractions and grievances against those he is employed to care for, fails to find what is revealed to be a vile, fatal wound. He is humiliated by the villagers, who are "always expecting the impossible from the doctor," and doomed to an endless return trip, losing everything.
Highly recommended!
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Strange yet awesome dream.
So I was walking around someplace until I realized I'm in Japan. I think someone was also with me but the person disappeared very quickly. In any case we were trying to find the Shinjuku station but I moved in a manner of old DOS adventures, I had little arrows at the bottom of my view and I pressed them. Eventually I decided to ask someone where the Shinjuku station is so I looked around and found three girls sitting. The one I talked to had a really bright green skirt. Actually all her clothes were green. I asked her where is shinjuku and she told me where it is but she also told me that I don't listen to proper music. After that we were discussing what is music and what is not and she told me that ambient music sucks because it has no apparent melody or anything related to music. And that music should be all about mini skirts and flashy looks with techno beats. Somehow I ended up shopping clothes with them in some stores and a male friend came afterwords to join us. They eventually left and I stayed with that 4th friend and we wandered around the store and when I decided to go outside I opened the door and woke up. ;_;
I should switch my obsession from Japan to something better. >_>
Spangle call Lilli line - Spangle call Lilli line
In keeping with Spangle call’s standard rock instrumentation, their style reaches well beyond downtempo, a relaxed and heavily electronic genre. While the band is often described as post-rock, their sound is more of a compromise between the two. Songs are not bound by verse-chorus convention, but drift lazily, guided by a light melody. The guitars and varied percussion together with numerous (and frequently spacey) electronic additions weave a sound that, while complex, flows very evenly. Otsubo Kana’s wispy vocals contribute an organic piece to the melody as well, while adding to the relaxed atmosphere.
In any case I believe this is more rock than post-rock but what the hell. Very enjoyable and relaxing album. I could not find a proper album cover so a band photo should suffice because it looks awesome. Also I'm not sure about the gender of the person to the right. :/
Tracklist:
01. normal star
02. irie
03. new crawl
04. under north sour
05. error slow
06. august (8)
07. (untitle)
08. u.f.
Download.
Capitalist Casualties - Planned Community
Another one of my 7''s. Capitalist Casualties is one of the most popular hardcore/powerviolence bands out there. Well this is mostly due to the fact that they are also one of the first powerviolence bands and surprisingly they are still active.This little vinyl is but a drop of their huge amount of songs. It's pretty much their trademark sound here.
I also scanned everything etc. and I decided to shamelessly tag this as my rip. Ahoy.
I wrote Casulties instead of Casualties. -_-
Tsutomu Nihei - Winged Armor Suzumega
Winged Armor Suzumega is a 10-page full-color sci-fi action spectacle that should satisfy any Nihei fan who has been waiting for new material from the maestro. Granted, there’s not much story you could squeeze into 10 pages, but Nihei made up for it with some of his best color illustrations to date. Also, while it’s not explicitly mentioned in the story, it’s believed that Suzumega is at least somewhat related to Abara since it features the Gaunas. Maybe it takes place in an alternative universe of Abara? I guess only Nihei himself could answer that question. Spectacular art but not much story. For fans of Nihei and art enthusiasts.
AK-47 - November 13th Split
If anyone remembers I mentioned something in the "overview of the year" post that I ripped most of my vinyls and that I'll be posting them. As usual it took me forever to start scanning the cover and editing everything. Finally this process is (mostly) complete and I present you the very first of my 7'' punk as fuck vinyls!
AK-47 is an anarcho-communist crust punk from Croatia. They are one of the legends of our scene and played many shows everywhere. While I'm not really into politics of any kind I certainly enjoy their music and their lyrics are very truthful and shocking. While they do promote communist ideals their lyrics are also about the hard working class and their suffering. They have just one song on this split and it's a story about people in Jasenovac which was an extermination camp in NDH (a puppet state durring the WW2).
November 13th is a hardcore band from uh, I think USA. They play classic hardcore punk and are quite fun to listen but I must say that AK steals all the glory from this record.
I scanned all the inserts and everything. The Croatian band was also very thoughtfull so they translated their lyrics into German and English. ^_^
Tracklist:
01. AK-47 - ...ova je pjesma crvena kao krv suboraca... (6:39)
02. November 13th - Ancient Spirits (1:47)
03. November 13th - Furst (1:52)
04. November 13th - Burn Them Down (2:06)
Download.
A Coprophile Obsessed Virgin Schoolgirl's Underwear Rubber - Schoolgirl's Suicide
Ah the stereotypes. Got to love them!
So one day I was browsing through blogs and I came upon this cover. Of course as any other weeboo I recognized the "cover" art. It's from Suicide Circle so I thought I should give this a whirl. I expected some low grade blah blah brutal noisegrind crap but this turned out to be actually an really fine record! I quite like it! Nothing original but very nice brutal grindcoreish stuff with anime sound clips.
Tracklist:
1. Vampire Blood Shit (1:12)
2. Schoolgirl's Suicide (1:23)
3. Suck My Big Destroyer (1:46)
4. Kill.Fuck.Relax (2:06)
Download.
Charlie And His Orchestra
Despite characterizing jazz as “Entartete musik”, ironically the Third Reich had their own swing band for propaganda purposes. German propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels conceived of using the style in shortwave radio broadcasts aimed at the United States and particularly the United Kingdom. British listeners heard the band every Wednesday and Saturday at around 9 pm.The purpose of the band was to stir pro-NS sympathy, draw attention to World War II Allied losses, and carry Adolf Hitler’s messages in an entertaining form. The songs stressed how badly the war was going for the target audience, and how it was only going to be a matter of time before they would be beaten.
Led by German accented frontman Karl Schwedler (“Charlie”), conducted by Lutz Templin, and paced by drummer Fritz Brocksieper, the band included Kurt Abraham on reeds and Willy Berking on trombone. The group formed in 1940, making over 90 recordings between March 1941 and February 1943. Arrangements were by Templin, Willy Berking, and Franz Mück, with lyrics written by the Propagandaministerium. Schwedler was allowed permission to travel to neutral and occupied countries to collect jazz and dance music, which helped the band and propaganda ministry to craft more recordings.
Popular American swing songs - and popular British tunes/songs - were initially performed true to the original, until about the second or third verse which were replaced by pro-German lyrics and monologues. For example, in the tune You’re Driving Me Crazy, Schwedler croons about the confusion of new love, and in the third verse continues: Here is Winston Churchill’s latest tear-jerker: Yes, the Germans are driving me crazy / I thought I had brains / But they shot down my planes…” Later, the entire lyric would be modified, clearly based on the original. The band even recorded some “cover versions” of the originals, unaltered.
Indeed, anecdotal accounts indicate that Winston Churchill enjoyed the broadcasts, finding the lyrics hilarious.
Certainly an interesting piece of history to listen. Very peculiar.
Tracklist:
01. And So Another Lovely Day Is Over
02. Bei Mir Bist Du Schön
03. blue moon
04. Bye Bye Blackbird
05. Calling Invasion Forces
06. Daisy
07. Dinah
08. Elmers Tune
09. FDR Jones
10. Germany Calls
11. Hold Tight
12. I Can't Give You Aything But Love
13. I Double Dare You
14. I Got Rythm
15. I'll Never Say 'Never Again' Again
16. I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
17. I'm Sending You The Siegried Line
18. Indian Love Call
19. Japanese Sandman
20. Makin Whoopee
21. Nice People
22. South Of The Border
23. St. Louis Blues
24. Stardust
25. Tea For Two
26. Thaks For The Memory
27. The Kings Horses
28. The Man With The Big Cigar
29. The Sheik Of Araby
30. Three Little Fishes
31. Under An Umbrella In The Evening
32. United Air Man
33. Who'll Buy My Bublitchky
34. Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf
35. Why'd Ya Make Me Fall In Love
36. You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming
37. You're Driving Me Crazy
38. You're The Top
Download!
964 Pinocchio
Year of release: 1991
Director: Shozin Fukui
Genre: Sci-Fi/Cyberpunk
Duration: 93 min
Language: Japanese (English subtitles)
Imdb
Snowblood Apple Review
Alright so the poll ended and I gave it some thought (bastards, I originally wanted to post Hamlet ;_;). The conclusion was to post this movie for obvious reasons. This is from Japan, fucked up (maybe not as much as certain other Fukui films but still!) and it's cyberpunk. So I think this covers everything the voters (mostly) wanted.
Despite being low budget the movie is very enjoyable. It's not exactly terribly serious but it's not a comedy either. There are some humorous scenes (dark humor I might add) but they fit in this crazy atmosphere very nice.
The plot revolves around a cyborg that is designed to be a love bot (HOHO, YES LESBIAN SCENES ARE IN THIS MOVIE KYAAAA) but the owners throw it out because the cyborg can't have an erection (or something like that). The cyborg then wanders around Tokyo and he finds an homeless girl who adopts him and takes him to her lair.
I'll stop here because there's an great review (as always) on Snowblood Apple so I won't add anything else. All in all I like this one. It's not totally mind blowing or original but I had fun watching it.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Subtitles.
You need HJ Split to patch this back into one file.
Waita Uziga - In a Quagmire (Nukarumi no Naka)
Well the so called guro week did not work as I planned. I posted a lot less from what I planned but eh, they were good considering the number they were downloaded haha!Firstly I would just like to state that this is not guro. I tagged it so because it's Uziga.
In any case this was his debut manga. It's mostly just humiliation/hentai. The story is about an maid with ulterior reasons that corrupts a spoiled little rich girl. She turnes her into a sexual beast etc. etc. Basic stuff kinda but it's fun to see Uziga doing something; different in a way. Also features a few full colour pages which is always nice. His art in this one is not so good as in future realeses but that's understandable though it still is nice to look. As usual the scans are flawless!
1st. April
Uh, I forgot to make a joke. I have an exam though today and I did not study so I'll fail 99% sure. MY LIFE IS SO CASH
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