Happy first year Flying Teapot!

So the day finally came when we would be celebrating Flying Teapots first birthday. In all honesty I have no idea why I started this. I guess it was on a whim. I don't even know why I'm in this uploading business in the first place since it takes me about an hour to upload 80-90mb large files.

A lot of things happened in this one year. I finished and started a lot of things in my life and this blog kinda reflected all these happenings, despite being just a download blog. My first day at college, my trips to Serbia and all the little things I whine about in my posts. Now when I look back at the old posts I can actually remember how I was and how I felt when I was posting it. So in a way each post is a small part of me, but, this was also the purpose of this blog. To give away things that I like, I sad one day, thus I opened this - thing. A Flying Teapot that rides in the air gathering people on the netsphere for a tea party somewhere in the clouds. I guess I kinda succeeded in doing so. I met a lot of great people through this blog and I also managed to receive some things that I was unable to find myself so when all is calculated I think it was a good thing to start this. Which is why you should put on a birthday hat for ronery me. ;( Anyway, my head hurts from drinking yesterday so I needed to rant a little.



In any case I'll switch from my nostalgia to something better. Presents!

I uploaded several things and I hope you will like most of them. There's a bit of everything so I think everyone should be satisfied. In all honestly I had no idea what to post. At first I wanted to post all my original Bathory cds in .flac but the idea was soon dropped because I realized that my cd rom does not work so I could not rip them apart. -_-

The second idea was to post around 10 albums that were the most influential to my musical path but I decided not to because those albums are so mainstream and accessible that people would not download them at all.

So finally I decided to post:

1. Two ebooks that I'm currently reading.
2. A manga dear to me.
3. A raw manga that looks fucking awesome.
4. A video game that I'm digging for a while now.
5. A movie that I recently watched and enjoyed a lot.

So open your presents dammit!

FIRST PRESENT

I don't like to read books. There, I said it. I am way too much psychotic to be able to concentrate myself on imagining something that the other person is trying to tell me with countless words. I think of at least three different things at the same time completely unrelated to the book when I read. That is of course when I read dramas or story books (whatever they are called). I read science books. Yes, I'm that much of an elitist. I read things of science. Astronomy and philosophy. Therefore I present you the two books that I'm currently enjoying quite a bit.

The first is called The General Principles of Reality. The book tries to unravel the mystery known as reality and they do it in a most interesting way with not that much mathematics so if you don't understand more complex math you should not have a problem with reading it. In short here's what you'll find here:

- defining realities and relative realities
- defining a new concept of dimension
- introduce and define the Reality Scale Constant S
- defining the true effect of gravity and charge
- redefining Newton’s Gravitational formula and introducing the Q transform
- defining Space-Time Density and its New Universal Law
- show a new perspective on most known physics
- defining charge and neutrality
- detailing the relation between Quantum and Celestial realms
- defining Space-Time Buoyancy (anti-gravity)
- detailing Space-Time Buoyancy (anti-gravity) applications
- defining the formulation of Space-Time Distortion
- detailing the link between Electricity and Distortion
- defining Electro-Distortion equations
- redefining Light and Electromagnetic Waves
- detail that the Speed of Light (c) is not constant or a limit
- detailing Faster Than Light speed applications including Quantum Radio
- redefining Einstein’s Relativity equations
- redefining Einstein’s Energy equation
- attempt to explain zero and its relation to dimension and realities
- detailing the true effect behind elementary and molecular bonds
- touch on entropy, aging and its link to Earth
- touch on evolution
- explain Existence
- proving God exists

Although I don't agree with everything that the author wrote he does make some dashing good points.

Read it.

The second book is called Understanding the Universe From Quarks to the Cosmos. The name speaks for itself. The book is some serious heavy shit so if you don't like this kind of books, don't read it. It's about 600 pages long so I could honestly recommend this only to people that are into astronomy and science (and also to those who want their heads to explode).

Read it.

SECOND PRESNT

Aruku Hito - Walking Man

In this manga; nothing happens. That's right, nothing. And it's about, well, uhh, this:

Nowadays, who takes his time to climb a tree in the middle of the city? To look at the birds, to play in the puddles after the rain? The walking man, through his lonely and silent strolls, makes us rediscover the happiness of wandering around. I do this quite often myself, walking around aimlessly so I quite like this manga. It reminds me of post rock albums at some places.

There's a picture of a penis in this manga so download it.

THIRD PRESENT
BITCH

Junji Ito - Shin Yami no Koe - Kaidan

I can't read Japanese and I don't think I ever will which is a shame but oh well. In case you don't know, a raw manga means that it's not translated. Despite this flaw this looks totally amazing even without the words. It's one of the best Itos works and amazingly well drawn I might add. So if you are not familiar with the Japanese language I suggest you download this anyway for sheer brilliance of art. The stories look totally fucked up. Hopefully some good soul will translate this one day.

Download.

FOURTH PRESENT

Crayon Physics

This game is the best thing that happened in my life, ever. Perhaps one of the most innovative and orginal games of all time. Watch the trailer, it will explain everything and then download this and play it untill your life is consumed in whole and become one with the megastructure. The music is also completely amazing.

Download.

FIFTH AND LAST PRESENT

Adrift In Tokyo

Year of release: 2007
Director: Satoshi Miki
Genre: Drama
Duration: 101 min
Language: Japanese (English subtitles)

A movie from this century? In color? :D

Yes and it's amazing. There's not much info about this film around imdb and there's no snowblood apple review so my hands are a bit tied.

Anyway the plot goes something like this:

Takemura has no friends and no family. He's a student but he doesn't have any particular ambitions. In other words, he isn't going anywhere fast. Were all this not enough, the sorry sad sack has a debt of 800,000 yen. Fukuhara, a surly debt collector with a glorious mullet, is on his case. After roughing Takemura up, he gives him an ultimatum-72 hours to pay up, or else. Takemura barely has his wits about him again when he runs across Fukuhara a second time, and this time the thug has a different proposal-a walk. That's right, in exchange for a million yen, Takemura must accompany Fukuhara on a walk across the city of Tokyo. Starting in a distant corner of the city, they begin their trek towards downtown, striking up a conversation.

So basically much like all the presents today this movie is relaxing and calm. Two people walk through the city and they talk. They exchange life stories and visit places that mean something to them.

Highy recommended!

Links:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8

Subtitles

And this concludes this lengthy post. I hope you enjoyed at least one present.

Lastly, I would like to thanks everyone who visits this little place of blue background and I hope you'll visit it in the future until I get hit by a car and die a pointless death while my organs are being sold on black market and thus I won't be able to post again.

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You can take off your birthday hat now that you wore for me while reading this! >:|

This is so funny and sad at the same moment.

Damn I'm so bored right now I might run around the graveyard (not like it's going to be my first time anyway).

Sun Ra

Sun Ra is a person I respect most high. Not a lot of people like him lived on this sad plant. Unfortunately my life started too late to witness him live but fortunately he left quite an abundance of music behind him for me to gnaw on and absorb the sonic sounds of his space love.

In any case I stumbled on accident on a blog called Blaxploitation Jive that posted a majority of his records. If you like Sun Ra then you must visit this blog!

Go here!

Necros

Ah good old punk. This short records kinda brings me back the nostalgia of those suburban high school punk bands from USA. Not that I ever lived there but I can picture how their life was (or at least approximate :D).

The Necros was formed in 1979 in Maumee, Ohio. They were a punk band made up of high school kids playing fast, furious, short songs of the sort that were eventually dubbed “hardcore” by the media a couple years later. In 1980, the Necros recorded a demo, and in early 1981, Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson (of Touch and Go fanzine) fronted the money to release 4 of those songs as a 7” record (commonly known as the Sex Drive 7”). This 7” became the first release on Touch and Go Records.

It might be recognized as hardcore later but it sounds like ordinary punk to me. D:

Anyway I have two of their releases:

Conquest For Death

A1 Conquest For Death (1:17)
B1 Take 'Em Up (0:54)

Necros

A1 I.Q. 32 (0:23)
A2 Youth Camp (1:23)
A3 Peer Pressure (1:20)
A4 Race Riot (1:09)
A5 Wargame (0:35)
B1 I Hate My School (1:05)
B2 Past Comes Back To Haunt Me (0:45)
B3 Reject (1:30)
B4 Public High School (1:08)

I mistagged the album as I.Q. 32 but it's called just "Necros", or so it seems.

Get Both.

Suehiro Maruo - Rose Colored Monster

Most of FT readers should already be aware that when it comes to Maruo works I turn into a teen giggling schoolgirl that just got a pink cellphone which means that I'll drool a lot in this post.

Rose Colored Monster was Maruos debut work. He was 26 when he released it and if you compare it to his newer work you can notice the amateurism and high motivation in this work. Since it was his first official book he was free to do anything he wants and so he did. Stories vary from sad romances to outright scat drawings and then switches to a class abuse story. The opening story is called "Das Kabinett Des Dr. Caligari" or in English "The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari". It's worthwhile to mention that this is actually an tribute to a German silent expressionist film from the late 20s that went by the same way. There's a torrent circulating around for it so you can download it from isohunt if you'd like to see it (I did and I liked it; you might not if you are not into silent films). Other works also have various tributes and references which actually (to me at least) lets you discover with what things the author is fascinated by and thus peek a bit into his own life.

There's also a prototype/prequel of Midori here. The story is called "The Secret And Sad Story Of The Camelia Girl". While he didn't directly use this plot in the "Amazing Freakshow" he did use it in the animated version of Midori. There are also some really perverted stories in this one that I found really funny. I'm not sure if it is supposed to be funny but then again I have a weird sense of humor.


The art of the manga is still in a bit boy~ish stage so it's not as much detailed as his later works but there are some great but simple drawings like this one below:

Which is yet another reference to silent films (a film that most of you should recognize I think D:)

He also tends to experiment with coloration. I really like the use of red color mixed with black. It gives me this elegant yet fashionable style to the characters with a bit gothic touch. Some though are just inverted colors and some are just plain simple and boring.

Oh well, I won't bother you anymore.

The Moon is looking at us!

Infekcija - Kaźdy Rabotnik

I bought this cd on a punk gig in my city. I never heard of them but I wanted to buy it anyway since it was cheap and I kinda liked the cover.

Well it's standard hardcore anti capitalist punk we all know and love!

Download.

Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss

Yndi Halda are a post-rock band from Canterbury, United Kingdom. ‘Yndi Halda’ is Old Norse for “Enjoy Eternal Bliss”, also the name of their “self-titled” debut. The band’s music is characterized by expansive, cinematic pieces that have seen the group compared to modern classical and post rock - however, Yndi Halda’s work is usually considered more thematically optimistic or hopeful, and more song-based than artists of those genres. Quite good and enjoyable post-rock that I'm lately listening.

Tracklist:

01. Dash & Blast (16:48)
02. We Flood Empty Lakes (11:44)
03. A Song for Starlit Beaches (19:44)
04. Illuminate My Heart, My Darling! (21:54)

Download.

Shintaro Kago - Super-Conductive Brains

Personally I hold this as Shintaros best work, ever. This time around it's not an one shot but a full book. It presents different stories settled in a future world in which biomechanoids of any kind are created for every purpose. The art much more detailed and the story is much more in depth.

These biomechanoids look totally absurd and surreal. An truly unique experience. I suggest you read this even if you might not be into grotesque art. Also this one of the few books that Shintaro published. There are three in total to my knowledge. First one would be this, the sceond would be Dance! Kremlin Palace that is currently being translated and the last one would be Bride In Front Of The Station that I only have untranslated. :<

Download.

Harry Roy and His Mayfair Hotel Orchestra

I love this photo.

In the good days of swing there were a lot of bands. Some are well known and made a mark on history and some were, eh, less successful. Harry Roy and his orchestra falls into the other category. This does not mean that he's terrible or bad at playing. It's just that his orchestra never made it big.

There's not much info about him but his bio on wiki is here so you can read if you'd like. What makes this one a bit more unique from others is that he sometimes would make a bit provocative songs. They are of course perfectly normal songs with perfectly normal lyrics but they make your imagination go wild har har. No one really tried to ban such songs but they can sometimes be quite direct. While most are aimed at sexual references one is even appealing on suicide. It's called "I'm Gonna Kiss Myself, Goodbye" and the lyrics go:

I'm gonna kiss myself goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
I'm gonna get my wings and fly
Up high, up high

In any case I compiled a bunch of his songs so this isn't any album or anything. It's just a bunch of his songs in one zip. Quality varies but most are in good shape.

Tracklist:

01. Be Careful It's My Heart
02. Better Think Twice
03. Bugle Call Rag
04. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
05. Elmer's Tune
06. Hey Little Hen
07. I'm Gonna Kiss Myself, Goodbye
08. It's Only A Paper Moon
09. I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo
10. La Cucaracha
11. Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm
12. Nobody's Sweetheart
13. Oh! You Sweet Thing
14. Okay Toots
15. Pennsylvania 65000
16. Pistol Packin' Mama
17. Remember Me
18. Roll Along Covered Wagon
19. Rosita
20. Run Rabbit Run
21. Sand In My Shoes
22. Shake Down The Stars
23. Someday Monday Always
24. Struttin' In The Sand
25. Sweet Little Sweetheart
26. That Lovely Weekend
27. The Continental
28. The Tuscana (You Just Retreat)
29. They Can't Black Out The Moon
30. This Is The Army Mr. Jones
31. Tiger Rag
32. Troublesome Trumpet
33. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
34. What A Difference A Day Made
35. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
36. Why Don't You Fall In Love With Me
37. You Are My Sunshine
38. Isn't This A Lovely Day
39. She Had To Go And Lose It At The Astor
40. Something Different
41. Pennsylvania Polka
42. They Can't Black Out The Moon
43. Say It

Download.

Oh yes

Kyaaa. Yes these are mine. I bought them. First manga evar on paper that I own. :3 It might not be a big deal to you but it is to me since this is an official release and it's also translated to my pagan language. In case you don't recognize the covers this is Blade of the Immortal which is something I was planning to read for quite a while now.

It's also one of the first mangas that are being published in my country. I expect more to come or I will post dramatic anime screenshots. >:|


Oh yes; I won't be posting anything untill I read this. :P

Ultraman

Commits suicide. :(

AK47/Senata Fox - Split

Doing it, cephalochromoscope style.

I uploaded this before I scanned it so I'm putting all the scans in the post. It's not my rip and apparently this is a vinyl rip. Oh well, I have it on tape so I guess the sound is better here.

Ak47 play crusty (the clown) hardcore communist anarcho as fvck punk while Senata Fox also (oh surprise) plays hardcore punk but in a much more happier fashion and the vocals are also high pitched (they also sound fucking awesome live). Senata Fox also has some nifty groovy riffs that I enjoy a lot.

The lyrics here are in English so you can read them but it's just a few songs. You also get a free small paper notebook when you buy this. It's full with lyrics by both bands but I don't know where I placed it so I haven't scanned it, yet. Because I can't find it ok? When I find it I'll scan it and add it here (if I remember lolololol).

AKCIJAAAAAA

Fats Waller - Sugar Blues

He was an excellent pianist — now usually considered one of the very best who ever played in the stride style. Many believe that his songwriting and his lovable, roguish stage personality often overshadowed his playing. Before his solo career, he played with many performers, from Erskine Tate to Bessie Smith, but his greatest success came with his own five- or six-piece combo, “Fats Waller and his Rhythm”. Fats Waller was such an impressive and talented pianist that he came to the attention of the rich and famous - sometimes whether he wanted to or not. Fats Waller was in Chicago in 1926 and, upon leaving the building where he was performing, Waller was kidnapped by four men, who bundled him into a car and drove off. The car later pulled up outside the Hawthorne Inn, owned by infamous gangster Al Capone. Fats was ordered inside the building, to find a party in full swing. With a gun against his back, Waller was pushed towards a piano, whereupon the gangsters demanded he start playing. A terrified Waller suddenly realized he was the “surprise guest” at Al Capone’s birthday party. Soon comforted by the fact that he wouldn’t die, Waller played, according to rumor, for three days. When he left the Hawthorne Inn, he was very drunk, extremely tired, and had earned thousands of dollars in cash given to him by Capone himself and by party-goers as tips.

Though Waller could read and write music well (from his classical keyboard studies as a child) and would even, on occasion, perform organ works of Bach for small groups, his brilliant improvisations have had to be transcribed from old recordings and radio broadcasts. The pianist and keyboard professor Paul Posnak has recently produced transcriptions of 16 of Waller’s greatest solos, published by Hal Leonard, and himself performs these in concerts worldwide. In 1978 a Broadway musical entitled Ain’t Misbehavin’ was produced. Performed by five African American actors, it showcased the works of Waller in the style of a musical revue and included such songs as “Honeysuckle Rose”, “The Joint is Jumpin’”, and “Ain’t Misbehavin’”. The show opened at the Longacre Theatre and ran for over 1600 performances.

Oh in any case this is really, really lovely piano playing and smooth lovable jazz singing.

Tracklist:

01. You're the Picture (I'm the Frame)
02. My Very Good Friend the Milkman
03. Blue Because of You
04. There's Going to Be The Devil to Pay
05. 12th Street Rag
06. There'll Be Some Changes Made
07. Somebody Stole My Gal
08. Sweet Sue, Just You
09. Truckin'
10. Sugar Blues
11. Just As Long As the World Goes 'Round and 'Round (And I Go Around With You)
12. Georgia Rockin' Chair
13. Brother, Seek and Ye Shall Find
14. The Girl I Left Behind Me
15. You're So Darn Charming
16. Woe! Is Me
17. Rhythm and Romance
18. Loafin' Time
19. (Do You Intend to Put an End to) A Sweet Beginning Like This
20. Got a Bran' New Suit
21. I'm on a See-Saw
22. Thief in the Night

Get get get get.