ひとりの夜もそばにいようぜ　君と僕の歌を歌う

Well.... ok... the song didn't exactly say that, but didn't it imply that watching TV burns your bright future?!?!?!

nevertheless....

I really want to check out these jdrama series.... I really kawtow to those people whose blogs I've visited. How on earth did they manage to watch so many series =______=

Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (Hani Kimi)
(Ashiya Mizuki, a Japanese girl in the U.S. who one day sees the young athlete Sano Izumi (Oguri) compete in the high jump on television. She begins to idolize him, and decides to move to Japan to attend the same school as him. However, Izumi goes to an all-boys school, so Mizuki disguises herself as a boy to achieve her dream of being with her idol.)

Hmmm... I came across the manga version of this series many years ago... but I wasn't attracted to read the manga... I don't really like shoujo mangas that much... But somehow, this is one of the series that sounds like it's a good watch as a live action... So i really want to buy this series from somewhere.... I hate torrenting (IT'S SLOW!!!)


Tokyo Friends (the series and the movie)
(Otsuka Ai plays the character of a small town girl who goes to Tokyo chasing after her dream... On arrival, she finds a job as a waitress in a restaurant and meets guitarist Ryuuji Shintani. Ryuuji likes her voice and invites her to join his band as the vocalist, The Survival Company.
ANDDDD the character comes from SHIKOKU!! muahahahah Yoshitaroooo~~~~~)

I saw the preview of this series on Astro, actually... And I really liked the songs on it... So i downloaded the OST... But I've been unable to download the series... The movie is for sale but for some reason, the series is not.. It's only 5 episodes too!


Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani (movie)
(A rich millionaire hires a detective to find a cure for the “Lemming Syndrome,” as his only grandchild is stricken with the disease. The detective learns that the live music played by the band Stepin Fetchit may have the innate ability to cure people stricken with the disease. Now the grandfather, detective and the granddaughter travel to find the musicians and cure the granddaughter of Lemming Syndrome.)

Hmm... I came across this movie just today while i was randomly browsing through ebay... I thought it was really interesting and if I can find a way to watch this relatively cheaply, I'd love to check it out.


Orange Days (Series)
(One day, Kai Yuuki meets a girl who is playing violin in campus. She is Sae Hagio. In marked contrast to her beautiful tone and attractive looks, her personality is somewhat impertinent. And to top it off, she communicates through very vulgar sign language. Four years ago, she lost the most important thing for a violinist - her hearing.)

I saw the DVD for sale the other day at Speedy video... for SIXTY BUCKS... so i decided to download it... It's almost done... then my comp got hit by a virus, so i have suspended all downloading activity... But would like to check it out ^__^



Besides those, Aida has asked me to check out Hana Yori Dango (Meteor Garden). Hmmm... Like Hana Kimi, I've known about the series for awhile but I've never checked it out... Maybe it's too shoujo??? hahahahahahaha.... Anyway... it's TWO seasons.. so let's see how it goes.

I WOULD like to check out Hana Yori and Hana Kimi... For some reason, there are some shoujo series that I think would be nice to be watch as a live action and not the manga version or anime... I guess... that's because shoujo series can get too sickeningly sweet sometimes!! hahahaha... and the drawing and expressions on Anime and Manga can really overload it! hahahaha... I dunno!! I suppose!! hahaha....

Anyway.... I'm VERY picky with entertainment (except music I guess)... Its always the same type of books, the same genre of music, the same themed animes, etc etc... I don't like anything that's too dramatic and sad (which leaves out 99.9999999% of all j/k/t dramas hahaha)... Actually I prefer watching comedies or mystery series for japanese movies and dramas (I like those food type of shows the best!!! It's always wacky and interesting!!), I like action/adventure with a little mix of romance for animes, I like BRAINLESS ACTION FLICKS! for Hollywood movies, and as for books... it really depends on my mood hahaha... but nothing drama!!! LOOONGGGGG and BOOORING...


I am currently watching:

Yu Yu Hakusho (anime)
YEAH.... FINALLY..... wanted to watch this like YEARSSS ago... to hell with downloading.. the entire 112 episodes was onsale for only 50 bucks the other day. It's okay... abit too much repetitive fighting.......... like pokemon style of fighting hahahahahahaha

Busou Renkin (anime)
Was also on sale!! only 17 bucks!!! Anyway, i did not know (or kinda forgot) that the manga of this series is by Nobuhiro Watsuki!!!! The creator of Rurouni Kenshin!! But anyway, this story is very different from Kenshin.... Still good though!

Food Detective 2 (series)
Yeappppp I told you I like food japanese drama... So have been watching this one... Just still till ep3, though... Kinda long, 1 hour each episode!! hahaha


Currently Reading:

Inuyasha
PLEASE ENDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!! Looks like the end is NEAR!! REALLY NEAR!!! But dude... it's Inuyasha and Takahashi Rumiko!! So we better keep our fingers crossed yo!!

Gakuen Alice
DUDE, this series KICKS ASS! PERIOD. DUDE. KICKS ASS!! It might LOOK elementary school but dude!! The story is AWESOME!!


And NO, my Japanese is NOT improving one bit!!! =_______=
But well, at least I can understand more of Yu Yu Hakusho in Japanese when then subbing is COMPLETELY wrong and doesn't make sense...


There goes my "bright" future, Isshiki-san.... *sigh*

hahahaha!!! Nice funny pictures!!!

ISHIKAWA-SAN!!!


hahahaha... I totally laughed when i saw this picture!! It's so cute!! hahaha... The japanese katakana words there says "ISHIKAWA" and it points to Ishikawa-san!! hahahahahaha... damn cute!!! Yoshitaro took the pic~ hehe... But Ryou looks really nice here!


SELF PORTRAIT ISSHIKI-SAN!!!


It's the pic Isshiki-san made for his Wii profile! hahaha... he says he thinks the pic looks like him hahaha... Really?!?!
(btw... Isshiki-san is not in Lunkhead!! He's from the band Tsubaki (つばき)!!)



Actually, I think it's really cute the bands actually take the time and think about taking pictures to put up on the blogs... haha... that's very nice and thoughtful of them ^___^ cute~

OK... So my laptop at home has been completely hijacked by an ULTRA VICIOUS MALWARE!!! While it has not destroyed most of my files and I can still do things on it and online but... i don't want to go to any sites that require passwords.... So.... I guess it's time to reformat... sigh... WINDOWS!!!!!! Problematic!

Anyway... I've uploaded a wonderful song by Lunkhead from their latest album Fuka! It's called Kyoushitsu (classroom) and it's an AMAZING ballard!!! Urm... Ok... please have a listen... I'm not trying to promote Lunkhead but this really IS a good song!

Please check it out! I promise you, it's a good song =)





Anyway... I thought this was really nice:



It's from the Tsubaki blog. It's a post by Isshiki-san with a pic he took of Tsubaki's CDs at a store... I think it's nice, isn't it??? To walk into a store and see something your own work on the shelves... ^__^


OK! Lunkhead pic of the day ^___^... Too bad yoshitaro is seldom in the pics coz he's the one taking the pics =_________=

Just started a Lunkhead group on Friendster today. If you're a fan, and you're still on Friendster, PLEASE JOIN! よろしく！

http://www.friendster.com/group/tabmain.php?gid=1446498


LUNKHEAD TOUR2008「ENTRANCE(＾3＾)-☆chu!!!!」

4/05(土)　Nagoya ELL
4/06(日)　Osaka FANDANGO
4/13(日) Shinjuku Tower Records In-Store Special Live
4/19(土)　Oita TOPS
4/20(日)　Kagoshima SRHall
NEXT -----> 4/23(水)　Nagano LIVEHOUSE J
4/28(月)　Niigata CLUB JUNKBOX
4/29(火祝)Takasaki clubFLEEZ
5/3(土) Tokyo Highline Record In-Store
5/08(木)　Mito LIGHTHOUSE
5/09(金)　Aomori QUARTER
5/11(日)　Sapporo BESSI HALL
5/14(水)　Kanazawa van van V4
5/15(木)　Kyoto 磔磔
5/17(土)　Hiroshima NAMIKI JUNCTION
5/18(日)　Hakata DRUM Be-1
5/20(火)　Takamatsu DIME
5/25(日)　Sendai CLUB JUNKBOX

Here's a nice pic of Lunkhead =))



hehe... they're like such a wonderful band.. ne!

You want something for nothing
The higher that you climb
The longer you fall
Maybe your time is coming
Will you ask to climb
when you find the wall
Is it time to doubt?
Is it time to wait?
Will you be left alone
At the starting gate?

I have to say that Noel Gallagher was an amazing writer back then. Amazing.


Here are Tsubaki (つばき) pics... nice pics~ Photos by Nishihara.


Ogawa-san...


Okamoto-san looks GREAT! here!!! April 19th was her birthday... Happy Belated Birthday~


Isshiki-san... Very cool pic of him...


Very cool pic of the band!! Ok... there are 4 people in this pic because they usually have a guitarist that plays with them on tours.

hahahahah!! I found myself a song I like the most in the new album!!! "Saidaa" (Cider).... I think it's a really, really lovely song!!!! Buttttt.... I can't really understand the whole thing!! I think it's one of those lost love-nostalgic-moving forward kind of Yoshitaro songs!!!

Lovely!!

The music is also VERY VERY different from anything they've made before! But the music is really calm and lovely!

Please listen!

I even PAINSTAKINGLY transcribe the kanji lyrics!!! Muahahahaha...

Aaaaaaaaaaaa... I really curse my inability to read Japanese!! I'll pay anyone one can translate it for me!!

WILL THIS SONG DETHRONE TSUKI TO TENOHIRA????????? Aaaaa!! I think if i understood the song, it might.... HMMMMMMMMM!

サイダー
アルブム：孵化
歌：ランクヘッド 作詞：小高芳太朗 作曲：小高芳太朗

隣で泣いてる君の　涙の理由を僕は
聞けないままでいる　何も出来なくてごめんね

僕達はまだ若すぎて抱きしめ方も解からない
触れたら壊れそうな僕達の明日

夏の陽射しは力を増す　僕達は目を細める
陽炎が揺れたら　蝉の声のシャワー
いつもの間にか僕達も　上手に大人になって
今日の日の輝きも　忘れてしまうのかな

君は真っ赤な目で　僕を睨みつけている
僕は手を握るくらいしか　何も出来なくてごめんね

僕達はまだ若すぎて永遠なんて意味が無い
触れたら壊れそうな僕達の明日

夏の陽射しは力を増す　僕達は目を細める
陽炎が揺れたら　蝉の声のシャワー
君の手を握る　汗ばんだ左手
君は不機嫌そうに　強く握り返す

僕達は恋をする　僕達は恋をする
そうたって生きていく　夢を見るみたいに
明日の事なんてきっと　誰にも解からないなら
今すぐに伝えなきゃ　生きてるあいだた

君を愛してる　君を愛してる　君を愛してる
君を愛してる

喉が渇いたな

Wonderful~!!!!! Fuka arrived today!!! Amazing!! Just 1 day after the release!!! Great!!


Outside... the cover is kinda weird.... so different from the style of other Lunkhead releases!


The CD... I really like the CD design... There's a really nice feather on it...


DOES THIS CONSTITUTE AS PORN???? hahahahaha... Like I said... VERY weird and VERY DIFFERENT from the style of the other Lunkhead releases so far...


The only picture of the band.........

I'm still listening to the songs~ So will comment about it later! So far so good....!!!!

Aaaaa Odaka singing「君を愛してる」..... I love you!! Wowwwww~~~ Who are you singing to???

hahahaha...

By G田:

今日はいよいよニューアルバム孵化の発売日。
ベストのこととかいろいろあったけど、あったからこそ、この「孵化」というアルバムが世にでることはほんとうに嬉しい。
とにかく聴いてほしい。
いろんな思いがこのアルバムには詰まっているのね。
ここ最近いろんな雑誌やらラジオやらテレビやらで「孵化」について語ってきたけど、聴いてもらうのが聴いてもらうのが。
すごく「気持ちいい」アルバムだと思う。
楽しんでほしいな。
どうぞよろしく！

Today is the release dates of the new album "Fuka".
Besides best things and various things that came together, I'm really glad "Hatch" has come to this world.
Anyway, I want you to listen.
Various desires are stored up in this album.
This release, "Hatch", has been talked about on various magazines, radio, televisions, still, do listen to it.
I really think that it is a "pleasant" album.
I want you to enjoy it.
Best regards!

-------------

Also, pic ODK posted for his birthday. He wishes everyone Thank You :)

Anyway, IF you can read Chinese (traditional), I recommend you go to Ame's blog... http://hktest.myweb2s.com/tool/BlogDiary?id=777&did=189.... She posted a really really sweet birthday wish to Yoshitaro on her blog... Even with just an online translation tool, her words about the meaning of Lunkhead in her life is so wonderful.... 「即使發生甚麼事，怎樣的痛苦，也可以因為你們而熬過來。 被你們拯救了。」... I think that's the most wonderful thing a fan can say about a band =)

I really wish i can understand Japanese to understand Lunkhead better... But anyway, that's not possible at the moment....

dude, I just found out today that the word Pulchrima 「プルケリマ」exist and those Lunkhead fellas didn't just make it up! Aaaaa~ The things you learn if you ACTUALLY know how to read Japanese =_=

Anyway, Pulchrima-- the English word it was derived from is "Pulchritude". It is a noun meaning "beauty" or "the most beautiful".

Apparently, it was Ishikawa-san who discovered the word, and upon Odaka-san's insistence, the word was use as the Mini Album title... And the title track in the album is about the desire for a friend or lover from a past hometown, loving each other in a place far away, and parting at times..... I think... the Japanese is damn confusing, i can't totally understand.

Anyway.... was looking for pics today! So here are some I found!!!


ODK cute!......... DAMN CUTE! No????


ODK damn dishellved!!!!


Drunk with Yamashita-san.............. I REALLY don't wanna know...


Ishikawa-san looks so cute here~~~~!!!!!


MUAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA! つばき!!! Tsubaki!!!! Isshiki-san at a radio show!! hehehehe


Anyway.... desires of the heart.... 私の心での1つの願望はランクヘッドのライブに行くことです。でも、そんな事が今年には出来ません。Sigh... I just can't go to Japan another time this year just for Lunkhead... it's not making sense anymore... As much as I love them and loveeeeee to be there, I think..... it's not something I should do.... Well, I love you, Lunkhead, but-- Sigh... what was the ONE AND ONLY ONE WORD I could and had said to Yoshitaro? 「ランクヘッドが好き」... I guess... it's just getting too unhealthy to feel that way these days.... グッド・バイ


ON another NOTE!!!!! I think Lunkhead fans are great!!!! Muahahahaha..... So I met someone from Hong Kong who frequently flies to Japan for Lunkhead live! And reading Japanese fans blogs, they all go through hell and high water, crawl to Niihama and such, religiously go for every Tokyo (and nearby areas) live! Muaahahahahahahahaha! It's good to know you're not crazy, it's normal!!! muahahahahaha... Crap... but this makes me wanna go there again even more!!! Blahhh~~~~~~!! NOOO ELAINE NOOOO!!!!
But anyway, so, I think it doesn't really matter if you're very famous, not so famous, or anything at all.... It'd be great for them to be famous, but as it is.... the important thing is that, there's a strong fan base that supports the band with all their hearts~ ^_^ THAT is the most important sign of a successful band, I believe.... And from the couple of Lunkhead fans I've come to know, it seems to be this way for Lunkhead~! As Ishikawa-san said during the 7/2 live in Shinjuku, "your and our power combined"-- ^_^


Here's Pulcherima... hmm!



oh yeah... I wanted to say too... Actually it's because of this song Pulcherima, that I made up my mind to go to Japan in December last year.
I remember I was driving in my car around October... I was really unsure if I should go to Japan AGAIN in December so soon... But I remember I was driving to college and then Pulcherima played on the radio... At that moment, it just uplifted me and I just made up my mind solidly and certainly made the decision to go to Japan. Thank you, プルケリマ...

hmmm... it's not quite possible but..... here are the list of Lunkhead songs I enjoy listening to the most! ^_^ (valid till today, that is, haha)

ULTIMATE BESTS:
1) Tsuki to Tenohira 月と手のひら
2) Komorebi 木漏れ陽
3) Haisora 灰空
4) Indigo インディゴ
5) Purukerima プルケリマ
6) Zenshin Boku Senjou he 前進 / 僕 / 戦場へ
7) Hakudaku 白濁
8) Yuugure no 夕暮れの
9) Boku to Ki 僕と樹

10) Taion .体温
11) Sangatsu 三月
12) Hitorigoto ひとりごと
13) Natsu no Nioi 夏の匂い
14) Hutari ふたり
15) Sakura Biyori 桜日和
16) Canaria Vox カナリア ボックス
17) Sakura Ko　桜子
18) Hikari no Machi 光の街
19) Niji .虹
20) Tokyo nite 東京にて
21) Bokura ha ikiru 僕らは生きる
22) Kiseki 奇跡
23) HEARTBEATER

24) Reiji 零時
25) Fuyu no Asa 冬の朝
26) Huan to Yume 不安と夢
27) Garasu Tama ガラス玉
28) Nemurenai Yoru no koto 眠れない夜のこと
29) Giggle ギグル
30) Kirariiro きらりいろ
31) Shiroi Koe　白い声
32) Prism　プリズム
33) Suwarouteiru スワロウテイル
34) Gekkou Shounen 月光少年
35) Goodbye グッド・バイ
36) Clover クローバー
37) Bokura no Sennaka to Taiyou to 僕らの背中と太陽と
38) Highlight　ハイライト
39)Saigo no Tane 最後の種
40) Bokura no Uta 僕らのうた

41) Kareri To　帰り途　
42) Kimi to Cosmos 君とコスモス
43) Himeyuri no Hana 姫百合の花
44) ENTRANCE

*list does not include any post-Entrance songs and some of the singles that I have not listened to.

For those I did not list... means I am impartial to them.... like casual songs, some are nice, but i don't specifically seek them out...

Hmm... seems like it's easier to list the Lunkhead songs I enjoy less.... hmmm... But kinda terrible that out of the 80++ songs they have I only really really like half of them.... hmmmm....

Here is a list of some of the songs I loved around the same time last year that I listed in my letter to Yoshitaro:

WASHINGTON - Dyslexia affects different parts of children's brains depending on whether they are raised reading English or Chinese. That finding, reported in Monday's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, means that therapists may need to seek different methods of assisting dyslexic children from different cultures.

"This finding was very surprising to us. We had not ever thought that dyslexics' brains are different for children who read in English and Chinese," said lead author Li-Hai Tan, a professor of linguistics and brain and cognitive sciences at the University of Hong Kong. "Our finding yields neurobiological clues to the cause of dyslexia."

Millions of children worldwide are affected by dyslexia, a language-based learning disability that can include problems in reading, spelling, writing and pronouncing words. The International Dyslexia Association says there is no consensus on the exact number because not all children are screened, but estimates range from 8 percent to 15 percent of students.

Reading an alphabetic language like English requires different skills than reading Chinese, which relies less on sound representation, instead using symbols to represent words.

Past studies have suggested that the brain may use different networks of neurons in different languages, but none has suggested a difference in the structural parts of the brain involved, Tan explained.

Tan's research group studied the brains of students raised reading Chinese, using functional magnetic resonance imaging. They then compared those findings with similar studies of the brains of students raised reading English.

Guinevere F. Eden, director of the Center for the Study of Learning at Georgetown University in Washington, said the process of becoming a skilled reader changes the brain.

"Becoming a reader is a fairly dramatic process for the brain," explained Eden, who was not part of Tan's research team on this paper.

For children, learning to read is culturally important but is not really natural, Eden said, so when the brain orients toward a different writing system it copes with it differently.

For example, English-speaking children learn the sounds of letters and how to combine them into words, while Chinese youngsters memorize hundreds of symbols which represent words.

"The implication here is that when we see a reading disability, we see it in different parts of the brain depending on the writing system that the child is born into," Eden said.

That means, "we cannot just assume that any dyslexic child is going to be helped by the same kind of intervention," she said in a telephone interview.

Tan said the new findings suggest that treating Chinese speakers with dyslexia may use working memory tasks and tests relating to sensor-motor skills, while current treatments of English dyslexia focus on letter-sound conversions and sound awareness.

He said the underlying cause of brain structure abnormalities in dyslexia is currently unknown.

"Previous genetic studies suggest that malformations of brain development are associated with mutations of several genes and that developmental dyslexia has a genetic basis," he said in an interview via e-mail.

"We speculate that different genes may be involved in dyslexia in Chinese and English readers. In this respect, our brain-mapping findings can assist in the search for candidate genes that cause dyslexia," Tan said.

In their paper, the researchers noted that imaging studies of the brains of dyslexic children using alphabetic languages like English have identified unusual function and structure in the left temporo-parietal areas, thought to be involved in letter-to-sound conversions in reading; left middle-superior temporal cortex, thought to be involved in speech sound analysis, and the left inferior temporo-occipital gyrus, which may function as a quick word-form recognition system.

When they performed similar imaging studies on dyslexic Chinese youngsters, on the other hand, they found disruption in a different area, the left middle frontal gyrus region.

The study was funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, the Hong Kong Research Grants Council and the University of Hong Kong.

In a separate paper, published two years ago, University of Michigan researchers reported that Asians and North Americans see the world differently.

Shown a photograph, North American students of European background paid more attention to the object in the foreground of a scene, while students from China spent more time studying the background and taking in the whole scene.


By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_he_me/dyslexic_differences;_ylt=Ai7NtqFyRqKxOKmOutlmeYWs0NUE


How interesting!!!

Actually I was just thinking about Dyslexia across languages today. I was just wondering if it's possible for a person to be non-dyslexic in one language but dyslexic in another.

But dyslexia is not like a nature problem, but rather a physical chemical brain dysfuction, right? So, does that mean that this dysfunction will disrupt learning in any language because it's a physical dysfunction?

So, here, in this study in this article, it shows that different type of learning is required for different languages-- and therefore different techniques required to overcome dyslexia.

So... is it possible that one may not be dyslexic in one language but dyslexic in another?

But what is dyslexia? How does it occur? What part of the brain does it affect that causes this reading disability?

I just always thought dyslexia is the inability to associate symbols with sounds because the brains just can't make that connection.

Hmmm....... should research some about this...

Happy Tsubaki Pic!



awww such a loving family... They seem to sit with each other alot.......


Lunkhead pics~


Gouda! Backstage....


Sou! Nagoya...


AND..... LUNKHEAD TOUR UPDATE.

LUNKHEAD TOUR2008「ENTRANCE(＾3＾)-☆chu!!!!」

4/05(土)　Nagoya ELL
4/06(日)　Osaka FANDANGO
4/13(日) Shinjuku Tower Records In-Store Special Live
4/19(土)　Oita TOPS
4/20(日)　Kagoshima SRHall
4/23(水)　Nagano LIVEHOUSE J
4/28(月)　Niigata CLUB JUNKBOX
4/29(火祝)Takasaki clubFLEEZ
5/3(土) Tokyo Highline Record In-Store
5/08(木)　Mito LIGHTHOUSE
5/09(金)　Aomori QUARTER
5/11(日)　Sapporo BESSI HALL
5/14(水)　Kanazawa van van V4
5/15(木)　Kyoto 磔磔
5/17(土)　Hiroshima NAMIKI JUNCTION
5/18(日)　Hakata DRUM Be-1
5/20(火)　Takamatsu DIME
5/25(日)　Sendai CLUB JUNKBOX


Coming up next: 4/13 Shinjuku Tower Records In-Store Special Live!

買った人は是非友達に聴かせてください。本当に俺たちは皆が一番のプロモーターなんです。
The person who bought it must let friends listen by all means. Really, for us, you (everyone) are the best promoter.


みなさん、今日はニューシングル、素晴らしい世界の発売日です！買っていただけましたか？聴いていただけましたか？素晴らしい世界は俺らにとって渾身のシングルなんです。素晴らしい世界を聴いてアルバムを楽しみにしといてほしい。
Everyone, today is the release date of the new single "Wonderful World"! Were you able to buy it? Were you able to listen? "Wonderful World" is a single in which we had put in our whole self. I hope for you to enjoy listening to "Wonderful World" and I want you to be with looking forward to the new album.


『素晴らしい世界』が発売になりました～！自信を持って最高だと言い切れる曲になりました。とにかく聞いてみて下さい。聞いてみてピンと来たら是非買ってやって下さい。そしてお友達や家族にも薦めてみて下さい。こんな時代だから、こんな時代だからこそ、この日記を読んでくれているあなたが最強で最高のプロモーターです。『素晴らしい世界』、どうぞよろしくお願いします！
"Wonderful the world" has been put on the market! It became a tune that was able to be asserted to be the highest with the conviction. Anyway, please hear it. Please buy it by all means with the pin and listen to it when it comes. And, please recommend it to friends and family. Because of this era, that is why in this era, you who are reading this diary is the the strongest, highest promoter. "Wonderful the world", please kindly listen with my best regard! (dude, yoroshiku onegai shimasu is kinda hard to directly translate here!!)


アルバムももうすぐ出るけど、買ってね。ランクヘッドに清き一票をよろしくお願いします。

Subarashii Sekai

Seishun no Kage (Shadow of Youth) - Tulip Cover

so here's to japanese english... aaaaaaa~~~~~~~~ i will never understand!

SO PEOPLE REMEMBER!!!

セトリ (serito) = SET LIST (errr you do know what this is right? Its the "playlist" of a concert)
リリス(ririsu) or even just リリ (riri) = RELEASE (as in album release)
ツアー (tsuaa) = Tour (wth?)

Blah... it's already hard enuf to understand Japanese English with katakana... but seriously, and with the usual Japanese practice of shortening words, it's get even harder to understand!!! (of coz, i am sure ALL would be understood if I just bothered to study the language properly!)

Other usual shortened Japanese English words:

パソコン (pasokon) = personal computer/PC..... yeah why can't it just be PC (ピシ) hahahah!
テリビ　(teribi) = ........ terribly.... NOOOO... it's Television... Why can't it be TV??
コンビニ (kombini) = convenient store....... hmm...

Would it kill you to breathe easy?
Only 17 miles lay between you and me
I could make it if I had to
I don't break easily
You got my counsel, thick as thieves
If there's a crime, we'll keep it secret
For there's only trace amounts left in your blood
You may be a sinner
But you may be justified

Just keep your mouth shut
Keep your guard up
I swear I'll make it right

Will it kill me to breathe?
Not as easy as you think it is
Between you and me,
I could fake it if I have to
I don't break easily
I need your counsel, thick as thieves
I have no crime to keep a secret
It was hers, it was not mine

Well I may be a sinner,
But it wasn't me this time

Just keep your mouth shut
Keep your guard up
I swear I'll make it right

Well, listen to yourself
There is a hemmorage in your mouth
It won't stop bleeding
Well, you may be the trigger
I will hold the smoking gun
You'll get away clean
I'll keep your secrets 'til the grave has swallowed me
And I will never tell a tortured soul they're burning by my side
That I am a sinner
I am a savior
I am a lie

So keep your mouth shut
Keep your guard up
I swear I'll make it right


Chris Cabrera is still awesome with his song writing.

HOORAHHHHHHH!!!! NEW SINGLE!!! OMEDETOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Waiting for it to be sent by post! (along with Tsubaki's Kakusei World)

OMEDETOU!!!!!!!!!

Here's one of those thoughtful serious Yoshitaro posts! (odd coming on the day of his single release)... Damn long too! hahahaha


現在朝の四時。
ベイＦＭのゲストから帰ってきたところ。
パーソナリティのスキップカウズのイマヤスさんは、
俺が高校時代、オールナイトニッポンのパーソナリティもされていて
毎週本当に楽しみにしていた。
そんな人が未だに、デビューしてからずっと
リリースする度に呼んでくれる。
そして毎回ちゃんと聴きこんでくれて話してくれる。
一回さらっと聴いただけじゃ気付かないところまで
きちんと聴いてくれる。
それがいつも凄く嬉しい。

窓の外ではもう新聞配達の音が聞こえる。
過ぎ去ってみると、真冬の早朝の寒さがいつも恋しい。
あの、歪んだ世界のすべてを一度正しい形にリセットしてくれるような
凛として、正しくて、それでいて優しい寒さ。
小雨が降っていればなおのこと。
耳を澄ますと『静寂』という音が聞こえてくる。

最近の出来事と言えば、
一昨日、久々に朝まで飲んだ。
男八人で夜が明けるまで飲んだ。
あんなに腹がよじれるほど笑ったのはどのくらいぶりだろう？というくらい笑った。
５年後、10年後、俺たちはみんな何をしているんだろう？
同じように集まって、腹がよじれるぐらい笑えるかな？
俺たちは皆違う人間で違う人生を歩いていて
生きているって事は変わりつづけるしかないってことで
それを止めることは誰にも出来ない。
だからこそ信じる。
あやふやで不確かなものを俺は信じる。
変わらない、確かなものなんて信じる価値はない。
恐ろしい。おっかない。
それはもう消えないんだ。
でも自分で止めてしまったらもうそこで終わり。

ある人が、ゲームセンターなんかにある、タッグを組んでミッションをクリアしていくゲームを人間の信頼関係に比喩していた。
ある場所で落ち合うために離れ離れになったら
もう、相手がそこにくる事を信じて自分も生き残ってそこに行くしかないと。
話のディティールはおぼろげだけど俺はそれをなるほどなーと思った。
自分はそこまでに死ぬかもしれない。
相手も死んでるかもしれない。
下手したら裏切られるかもしれない。
でも一回信じたらいくしかないんだ。
信じるってことは、ただ待っていることじゃない。信じた相手に信じてもらえる自分になることでもあるんだと解かった。

先日帰った新居浜は、いつも帰る度に少しずつ形を変える。
駅前はもう見渡す限り更地だし、思い出の場所はばしばし潰れたり移転したり。
俺の住んでいた場所はまるごとジャスコになったし、
壮の生まれ育った家も更地になった。
それでも
新居浜を歩いていると俺たちが生きたこの街は確かにちゃんとここにあるんだ、と
そう思える。
どれだけ形を変えても揺るがないんだ、と。
ジャスコに変わった家も、五班広場も、前田商店も
何もかもが昨日のことのように思い出せる。
それはこの新居浜って街がちゃんと生きているからなんだと思う。

いつだって帰るべき場所へ胸を張って帰られるように生きていたいなあ。
それは大変なことのようで案外簡単なことだと思うんだよ。

ってちょっと真面目になりすぎちまったぜ。
もうすぐ５時だよ。

素晴らしい世界、どうぞよろしく。
おやすみなさい。

Electronic Translation (excite.jp)

4 AM now.
Place in which it came back from guest in bay FM.
Imayas of Skippcauz of the personality
I am done and the personality of all night Japan is done at high school days.
It looked forward really every week.
For a long time after such a person still debuts
It calls every time it releases it.
And, it learns every time neatly and it speaks.
To the place in which it is not noticed once only by listening
It listens neatly.
It is always terrible and glad.

It has already heard of the sound of the newspaper delivery outside the window.
The cold early morning of the midwinter is always missed when passing away.
Let's never never reset everything in that distorted world in correct shape.
The gentle cold. dignified, correct, and exist and
Drizzle has fallen and.
It hears of the sound 'Silence' when straining one's ears.

If you say a recent event
It drank after a long time until the morning the day before yesterday.
It drank until the morning dawned in eight men.
How much particular laughter by the twist of the belly will be yellowtail?It solved and it laughed by saying.
What are we all doing ten years later five years later?
Can you laugh by the similar gathering, and the twist of the belly?
We are all walking life different by different man.
The ..alive.. thing
Nobody can stop it.
It believes.
I believe an ambiguous, uncertain one.
It doesn't change, and it is not worth believing it is certain in the one.
It frightens it. It is fearful.
It has not disappeared any longer.
However, it has already ended there when my stopping it.

It is metaphor in the mutual trust of man as for the game that a certain person is in the game center that unites tag and clears the mission.
When becoming separate to meet in a certain place
When the thing of which the other party comes there can do nothing but already been believed, I also survive, and it go there.
The detail of the talk faintly thought my to be ｰ.
I might die there.
The other party might also die.
Unskilled might be betrayed.
However, it can do nothing but go when believing once.
It doesn't wait in belief. It is ..solving.. also when becoming me whom the other party who believed can believe.

Niihama to which it returned the other day changes shape little by little every time it always returns.
Already land with a cleared surface as far as the eye can reach around the station, and the place of memories collapses and moves for a while.
The place where I had lived wholly became Jusco.
The house where had been born and grow up became land with a cleared surface, too.
Still,
When this town where we lived is neatly the certainty here when it walks in Niihama
It is possible to think so.
With ..shake.. however much you change shape.
The house that changes into Jusco, five group plaza, too and the Maeta shop
Everything can be recalled yesterday.
I think that the reason for the town is that it is neatly alive in this Niihama of it.

..putting the chest on the place to which it should always return and alive as return...
A serious do thing and I think it to be an unexpectedly easy.

..becoming... serious for a moment
It is five o'clock soon.

Please continue your favors toward the wonderful world please.
I wish you sweet dreams!



aaaaaaaaaaaaaa... i love u~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hahahahahahah! man~... obsessive!

Haha... actually, no... I still love Lunkhead's songs, it seems. Burn out or not, I do love listening to their songs. And songs like Hakudaku, Haisora, Tsuki to Tenohira, Sakura Biyori, etc. etc... still puts a smile on my face and makes me sing along (in my incorrect Japanese)...

So, we'll see how it goes... I just really hope I won't end up relegating Lunkhead to becoming a band that means too much to me that I can't bear and stop listening to their songs... as it had happened to Finch.

JPN fan playlist!

HOORAH! After muchhhhhh transcribing and searching online, I have managed to piece together the entire lyrics kanji of Kuru Asa Moeru Mirai!

作詩：一色徳保 作曲：つばき

狂っているようこんな世界は　テレビを見て思った
誰かが嘆くそんな事を　分かりきっている事さ
都合良すぎて嘘つき過ぎて　そろそろツケが回ってきたのさ
テリビで言う正義と悪の　つじつま合わなくなってんだ

そして隠し持っていた凶器を手にし　誰かの夢を裂く
来る朝を待ち光る未来を消そうとする

言いたい事などほとんど言えずに　隅っこで息するのが限界
誰かが嘆くそんな事を　分かりきっている事さ

言葉もまるで無意味なんだよ　壊れていく世界よ
ここにいるのも怖いしね　奪うだけ奪うから

今日も隠し持っていた狂気の中で誰かが夢を見る
来る朝を待ち光る未来を消そうとする

満たされぬ心のせいだろ　奪って　憎んで　守って
無責任な狂った世界で君は何を見てるの

そうさ隠し持っていた凶器を手にし僕は夜を裂こう
そして明日へと向かおうとしようこんな世界で
君はできずそうして僕を見ているだけなのかい
来る朝を待ち燃える未来を遠くで見るだけ

I understand it not.

Is he against watching television or what? Television is a leathal that destroys our future??? Wow, what an activist! hahahah... Anyway, no, i don't really know what he means... But it's still a nice song anyhow!