Listening to something pink and angelic from Macross F

I’m listening to pink monsoon as I write this.  I haven’t warmed up to it yet though.  Maybe because I haven’t anything to associate it to yet–the Macross F movie isn’t out yet.

It is possible though I’ll warm up after playing it more.  I actually didn’t like Diamond Crevasse when I first heard it, so there is hope.  I began to like it as I listened more to it, and my liking for it soared when I read the lyrics.

On the other hand, today I was researching electronic pianos.  I want to  buy one, but I’m not 100% confident it would be a good purchase.  Tomorrow I’ll look at the Casio showroom, maybe do the rounds at all music shops.  But I’m leaning towards the Casio brand because they’re cheaper/reasonably priced.  Right now a million reasons are floating in my head why I shouldn’t buy one.  Let’s see what happens in December. 

Megumi, May’n, and the forced smile

When I saw May’n’s DVD I wanted to write some sort of post about but never found the time and the motivation.  Until this post.

Enjoying anime music on a Christmas day

For a couple of days now I’ve been listening to the songs that I missed out on these past 2 years.  It was only this year that I really started listening and watching the OPs and EDs of the anime I’m watching.  I have this habit of fast-forwarding if I don’t like the first few seconds of the OP/ED.  And when I do get those OP/ED releases, I usually pay attention only to the particular song that was used in the OP or ED.  The only exceptions being Honey and Clover (I&II), Beck, and Simoun.  These 3 shows already have excellent soundtracks and it was just natural for me to listen and reminisce.  For the rest, I didn’t really care that much.

VACANCY by Kylee

This is the 1st song of the CD titled VACANCY by Kylee.  This is the song used for the ED of the anime, Bounen no Xamdou.  After Diamond Crevasse and Kataomoi Fighter, this is my 3rd most favorite ED.  I absolutely love it.  And now Kylee as an artist is now on my radar.  Hope she makes it big later on. 

Justice by Kylee

This is the 2nd song of the CD titled VACANCY by Kylee.  She reminds me a little of Avril Lavigne.  As for this song, I also like it very much.  It seems that this song and Plan B overshadows Vacancy itself.  Thinking about it now, I like the two songs’ lyrics much more than that of Vacancy’s.  My favorite part is ‘I’ll counting down the days and hours/Until the day when victory is mine’.  I like the way it conveys the anticipation.

Plan B by Kylee

This is the 3rd song of the CD titled VACANCY by Kylee.  I came across this because I also liked the song Vacancy very much.  The latter is the ED to the Bounen no Xamdou anime.  Going back to this song, not only is the tune great to listen to, the lyrics are also good. If I could dedicate a song to my old self of many years back, this would probably be it.  Why?  Sorry, but that’s a secret! 

A Marimite Christmas

Ever heard of ‘Christmas Album ~La Vierge Marie Vous Regarde~’?  Yes, this is what I’m talking about.

I was surprised something like this came out.  And since I’m a big Marimite fan, I had to check it out.  The verdict?

The State of the 2nd Gig

Umm, I’m ashamed that I haven’t posted anything here for 10 months.  I have already listened to various anime drama CDs, countless anime OPs and EDs and yet not one post has come out.  I’m struggling because not only am I pressured into writing something for my main blog, I’ve also been very busy with real life activities.  Much, much busier than the past 3 years of my life.  I’m not doing a lot of overtime, so it’s not because of work.  It’s just that, I found other things to do than just sit in front of my PC at home, when I’m not working.

So I guess this is it for this blog’s update post.  Till next? 

Wondering what’s next

I’ve really neglected this blog. I basically forgot about it, and although I have some post ideas, it might be a long time before I get to post them. I’m already back in my country. I have basically failed to make this blog the more serious extension of my older blog, Cute Proxy’s Anime Rants. I actually have 2 other blogs aside from this and CPAR, I must be aiming for the impossible. Oh well, since I have a lot free time in the coming months, perhaps something else will be posted in this blog. I hope.

Sights and Sounds: The Anime Connection

One of the staples of daily life in Japan, especially if your workplace is not near, is the train. For the first time in my life, I was able to ride a train. (Not that there are no trains in my country, but in my city there are none.) As an anime fan, this is always a familiar sound, the train chugging along. This time it reminded me of The Place Promised in our Early Days. But the most eerie sound of all would be the one before a train is supposed to pass. It actually reminds me of those ‘getting high in the Eva‘ sequences. That might be forever etched in my mind.

So one time I surf channels and what do I see? A musical program that just reminds me of Nodame Cantabile. Looking at apartments I picture in my head the soft colors of Honey and Clover.

Out of all these, however, I guess the most etched feature must be the train.

Maybe that’s what happens if a lot of what I ’see’ about Japan is through anime (excluding history books and news, of course). The ‘idealized’ image of this country I’m now in might not be that accurate. On the other hand, I wonder if this will help a bit in making me adapt better. We’ll see.